Minerals

Raw ore mined from surveyed mineral sites. Hardness (H1-H4) gates which sonar detects a site and which drill can work it; each ore smelts 1:1 into its refined form at the Smelter.

Ore	Id	Hardness	Dig time	Smelts into	Notes
Iron Ore	`iron_ore`	H1	15 min/unit	Iron Ingot	Backbone of early industry; inner mineral sites
Silicon	`silicon`	H1	15 min/unit	Glass	Abundant across the inner rings
Titanium	`titanium`	H2	20 min/unit	Titanium Ingot	Light, strong mid-ring ore
Cobalt	`cobalt`	H2	20 min/unit	Cobalt Ingot	Battery chemistry, mid rings
Lead Ore	`lead_ore`	H2	18 min/unit	Lead Ingot	Dense, soft; base of all radiation shielding
Rare Earth	`rare_earth`	H3	25 min/unit	Rare Earth Core	Scarce magnetic ore, outer rings
Neutronium	`neutronium`	H4	30 min/unit	Neutronium Bar	The hardest known ore, far from base

Minerals

See also