Exploration and upgrades
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…
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Unlock and Set Up the Grinder
Check the Science Shop at BURG.L in the Oak Lab; build the Grinder at your base.
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.
Farming steps
- Visit BURG.L and open the Science Shop to inspect the Advanced Production Buildings unlock.
- Check your available analysis options as well; use the route your save actually offers.
- Before spending Raw Science or collecting materials, confirm the Grinder recipe has appeared in your build menu.
- Gather the recipe’s displayed materials and carry them to your chosen base location.
- Place the Grinder near storage so you can move ingredients and collect finished slurry conveniently.
- Interact with the built station and select a slurry recipe that matches your current need.
- Load the matching input, run the process, and collect the slurry for its intended use.
- 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
What you can get here
Open a guide to find other locations and see what the item is used for.