Mineral Extractor

The Mineral Extractor extends a mining route by generating additional minerals beside a large natural deposit. Its role is local: it does not roam the landscape, search for the next vein, or turn every small rock into an extraction site. Country Roads introduced it alongside hauling and production changes. A useful layout decision is therefore to choose the deposit first, then decide where the extra ore should go. Storage offers a buffer, while a processing destination belongs to a larger automation plan. The published description gives a daily production pattern without a universal output count. Do not size an entire Furnace line around an assumed number of ores per day. Connector and storage behavior are explained in the pipe guide.

Acquisition and published details

The item and progression fields below are historical 0.8 wiki data; changes explicitly described in the 1.0 release notes are identified separately.

Obtaining it: Unlock through the milestone track and build it beside a large deposit.

Main use: Turns a finite-looking mining spot into a daily mineral income.

category: Resource / Mining. recipe was not published, so the cell stays empty. milestone: 9 (0.8). power was not published, so the cell stays empty. input was not published, so the cell stays empty. output: Additional minerals each day. effect: Placed next to a large natural mineral deposit, it generates extra minerals daily. version change: Added in Country Roads (2025-11-17); still part of 1.0 progression.