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Unlock and Set Up the Grinder

Unlocking and placing a Grinder establishes a reusable base station for turning mushrooms, Plant Fiber, and Spoiled Meat into slurry.

PC / Global, 1.4
WHERE & HOW TO FARM

Where to farm

Check the Science Shop at BURG.L in the Oak Lab; build the Grinder at your base.

Check BURG.L’s Science Shop and your available analysis recipes to find the Grinder unlock for your save. The recorded route allows an Advanced Production Buildings purchase or an analysis unlock, but it does not establish one specific chip as a prerequisite. Once the recipe is available, gather its displayed building materials, place the Grinder near storage, and use it to process the inputs you need.

GET STARTED

How to farm

Before you go

  • Access to the Oak Lab and BURG.L.
  • Raw Science if the Science Shop offers the purchase route, or the item required by an available analysis route.
  • The construction materials shown in the Grinder recipe.
  • A base location with room to access the Grinder and nearby storage.
  1. Visit BURG.L and open the Science Shop to inspect the Advanced Production Buildings unlock.
  2. Check your available analysis options as well; use the route your save actually offers.
  3. Before spending Raw Science or collecting materials, confirm the Grinder recipe has appeared in your build menu.
  4. Gather the recipe’s displayed materials and carry them to your chosen base location.
  5. Place the Grinder near storage so you can move ingredients and collect finished slurry conveniently.
  6. Interact with the built station and select a slurry recipe that matches your current need.
  7. Load the matching input, run the process, and collect the slurry for its intended use.

Farming tips

  • The listed research does not identify a required chip for this unlock, so use the Science Shop and recipe state in your own save as the check.
  • Keep different inputs in storage near the station; mushrooms, Plant Fiber, and Spoiled Meat produce different slurry types.

Repeat, collect and use

Unlocking and building the Grinder are one-time setup tasks per save. Processing is repeatable whenever you supply more suitable ingredients.

Common mistakes

  • Assuming the Hedge chip is required: check the actual Science Shop and recipe unlocks instead of delaying based on that assumption.
  • Building before confirming the recipe: verify the Grinder appears in the build menu first.
  • Expecting slurry without ingredients: gather the input for the recipe you intend to run.

When to stop or switch

Stop setup when the Grinder is built and its recipes are available; switch to the relevant ingredient collection loop for the slurry you need.

Sources & fact checks
REWARD DETAILS & CONDITIONS

Sources & rewards

Farming route

Unlock and Set Up the Grinder

Check the Science Shop at BURG.L in the Oak Lab; build the Grinder at your base.

  • Access to the Oak Lab and BURG.L.
  • Raw Science if the Science Shop offers the purchase route, or the item required by an available analysis route.
  • The construction materials shown in the Grinder recipe.
  • A base location with room to access the Grinder and nearby storage.
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