Refinery

The Refinery refines raw Helium, Sulphur, and Powerium into Products. It accepts unprocessed resource inputs and converts them into finished chemical and gas products used by other buildings and production chains. The Refinery is a mid-tier processing building that centralizes the conversion of elemental raw materials into higher-value outputs.

The Refinery unlocks as a Level 11 reward of Future Health Solutions in the Corporate Terminal.

Practical notes and production details:

• Primary function: process raw Helium, Sulphur, and Powerium into finished Products used elsewhere in the economy.
• Unlock requirement: obtained at Corporate Terminal as the Level 11 reward from Future Health Solutions.
• The Refinery supports multiple recipes. Documented recipes include:
  • Sulphuric Acid — Inputs: 2 Sulphur Ore and 1 Chemicals; Duration: 0.5 seconds; Output: 1 Sulfuric Acid; Rate: 120/min.
  • Pressurized Helium — Inputs: 1 Sulphur Ore and 1 Helium-3; Duration: 2 seconds; Output: 1 Pressurized Helium; Rate: 30/min.
• Production throughput: recipes list explicit duration and per-minute rates; design factory layouts to match those rates with upstream mining and chemical supply.
• Resource routing: position Refineries close to Sulphur and Helium sources or ensure reliable transport logistics (conveyors, pipelines, or equivalent) to sustain continuous operation.
• Integration: outputs such as Sulfuric Acid and Pressurized Helium feed downstream manufacturing and should be stored or routed directly to consuming buildings to avoid bottlenecks.
• Balancing: match input supply rates (ore and any secondary reagents) to recipe consumption rates; the Refinery’s cycle times imply that small mismatches quickly reduce effective output.
• Scaling: build multiple Refineries to increase capacity rather than overclocking a single unit, keeping logistics and power draw manageable.
• Power and maintenance: ensure adequate power and supporting infrastructure for continuous operation; treat the Refinery as a core processing hub in mid-game production chains.

The Refinery is a predictable, recipe-driven building that converts elemental raw materials into essential products for industry progression. Plan inputs and downstream usage around the documented recipe rates to maintain efficient production flow.