Buildings and machines
Checked 2026-11-05 · Lightyear Frontier 1.0
Find each machine role, historical unlock, and automation connection in this catalog. Water Pump supplies water, Mineral Extractor adds minerals beside a deposit, Connector Pipe links machines, and Furnace processes materials. Barn and Workshop Shed remain entries in the table; Workshop Shed and Storage Shed are different constructs.
Power cells that say none are the published none, not a guess that the building is free of Energy. 1.0 added several tier II and III machines and resource filters. Where the data file records that change, it is in the effect or the version line. Exact Energy numbers were not published, so they are not here. Wiring advice for the extractor is the pipe guide. The pump's place in a river-to-field route is the water guide.
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| Automated Water Pump | Automation / Water | 12 (0.8); 1.0 moves automation start to Milestone 4 | None (0.8); water source | Pumps water from rivers, lakes or the ocean through Connector Pipes into Watering Drone Stations, Water Troughs and Water Reservoirs | 2 sources · wiki.gg / Official Automation update / Official 1.0 announcement |
| Mineral Extractor | Resource / Mining | 9 (0.8) | — | Placed next to a large natural mineral deposit, it generates extra minerals daily | 2 sources · Official Country Roads update / Fandom |
| Connector Pipe / Automation Pipe | Automation | 9 (0.8); automation starts at Milestone 4 in 1.0 | None | Carries crafting resources and water between construct inputs and outputs | 2 sources · wiki.gg / Official Automation update / Official 1.0 announcement |
| Furnace | Processing / Crafting Station | 4: Bronze Technology & Commerce | None | Smelts ores, sand and clay into bars, glass and lenses; small chance of a duplicate output | 2 sources · wiki.gg / Official 1.0 announcement |
| Barn | Animal construct (per Fandom construct list) | — | — | Listed as a construct; no recipe or effect documented | 1 source · Fandom |
| Workshop Shed | Crafting construct (per Fandom construct list) | — | — | Listed under Crafting; no recipe or effect documented | 1 source · Fandom |
| Storage Shed | Storage | 10: Steel Technology | None | Large storage construct that accepts pipe input | 3 sources · Fandom / wiki.gg / Official 1.0 announcement |
| Small Shed | Storage | 8: Drones & Roads | None | Small storage construct | 2 sources · Fandom / wiki.gg |
| Mineral Crusher | Processing | 2: Resource Refinement | None | Crushes chunks into resources with better yield than hand-breaking; capacity 24 | 2 sources · wiki.gg / Official 1.0 announcement |
| Sawmill | Processing | 2: Resource Refinement | None | Breaks logs into resources | 2 sources · Official Country Roads update / Fandom |
| Solar Generator | Power | 12: Solar Energy | Produces Energy | Passive Energy from sunlight, no fuel cost | 2 sources · wiki.gg / Official Automation update |
| Combustion Generator | Power | 5: Energy | Burns Fuel | Produces Energy from Fuel; tiers II and III at later milestones | 2 sources · wiki.gg / Official Automation update |
| Water Reservoir | Automation / Water | 8 | None | Large water buffer that can be filled by pumps or rain | 1 source · wiki.gg |
| Assembler | Processing | — | None | Crafts components and specialty recipes | 2 sources · wiki.gg / Fandom |
| Grinder | Processing | 3: Further Expression | None | Crushes crystals into dust and processes materials | 2 sources · wiki.gg / wiki.gg / Official 1.0 announcement |
Questions
Are empty cells zero?
No. A dash means the public pages I used did not give a value.
How do I open detailed information?
Select a linked item name for acquisition, uses, and version details. Other items remain readable in the table.
What does the source column mean?
The number of independent publishers linked for the row; multiple pages from one publisher count once.
Related
Sources
- Lightyear Frontier Wiki — checked 2026-11-05
- Official 1.0 announcement — checked 2026-11-05
- wiki.gg: Automated Water Pump — checked 2026-11-05
- Official Automation update — checked 2026-11-05
- Official Country Roads update — checked 2026-11-05
- Fandom: Milestones — checked 2026-11-05
- wiki.gg: Connector Pipe — checked 2026-11-05
- wiki.gg: Furnace — checked 2026-11-05
- Fandom: Constructs list — checked 2026-11-05
- wiki.gg: Constructs — checked 2026-11-05
- wiki.gg: Mineral Crusher — checked 2026-11-05
- wiki.gg: Automation — checked 2026-11-05
- wiki.gg: Water Reservoir — checked 2026-11-05
- wiki.gg: Yellow Crystal — checked 2026-11-05
- wiki.gg: Red Crystal — checked 2026-11-05