Stone and Coal

Stone and coal supply different early production needs. Keeping their mines and belts separate makes it easier to manage construction materials and fuel demand.

PC / Global, current version

WHERE & HOW TO FARM

Where to farm

Separate stone and coal vein patches on the starting planet.

Set up independent extraction lines for stone and coal, then send each material to its intended consumers. Both use Mining Machines over veins; the useful farming loop is to monitor each line separately and expand the one that is actually running short.

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GET STARTED

How to farm

Before you go

Mining Machines
Power connections
Separate conveyor routes
Storage or direct production consumers for each material

Identify one stone patch and one coal patch, checking each patch before placing a miner.
Position a Mining Machine over the stone veins and connect it to power.
Run the stone output on its own belt to construction-material production or storage.
Place a second powered miner over coal and connect a separate belt.
Route coal to its intended fuel or production consumers, with a reserve if other lines depend on it.
Check both belts for backups and shortages before adding more mining capacity.

Farming tips

A miner covering more veins extracts faster, but the covered veins are depleted sooner.
Use separate buffers if coal serves more than one purpose, so one consumer cannot silently empty the whole supply.

Repeat, collect and use

Extraction continues as long as each patch has veins remaining. Rebuild the relevant line on a new patch when stone or coal runs low.

Common mistakes

Combining stone and coal on one unfiltered belt; keep the materials on separate routes.
Letting fuel demand consume all coal without checking other consumers; reserve or prioritize the needed output.
Adding miners while a full belt or stalled consumer blocks the route; fix the blockage before expanding.

When to stop or switch

Stop expanding each mine once its own consumers have a steady supply. Switch to a fresh patch when its current veins are depleted or demand cannot be met.

Sources & fact checks

dsp-wiki.com ↗

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