Basalt Extraction

Basalt Extraction
Construction Cost	100 · 1
Maintenance Cost	-5 · -1
Size	3x3
Hitpoints	1000
Produces
Fields	Cultivates 2 3x4 basalt quarries.
Unlock	By unlocking Eco building rights

As the foundation of all Eden Initiative cities, Basalt Extractions produce the necessary Granules required to produce Building Modules with the assistance of a Smelter. This often overlooked resource is critical for housing, ship construction, and city development. This resource extractor takes up a modestly larger area for the fields than the Tycoon variant, but has the advantage of being very ecologically friendly.

While not as visibly identified as Mined resources, islands do have a limit on how much basalt can be harvested. In some rare cases, islands may be completely devoid of the resource. This can be viewed with the extended resource pane by clicking on the '>>' symbol in the upper left corner next to the fertility display. This limit tends to be very high, however, so it is unlikely to be depleted before resourcing technologies become available to extend the supply.

One Basalt Extraction plant is best paired with a single Smelter for optimal production.

Production Chains Utilizing this Building

Building Modules Using Basalt Extraction
150  · -10  · -2  · - 3
		Basalt Extraction 1 @ 100%		Smelter 1 @ 100%

Upgrades

Most are Research Projects at the Academy.

Type	Quality	Icon	Name	Effect	Description	Costs
			Refined Basalt screens	: -20%	Increases the amount of Material recovered.
			Improved blasting methodology	: -20%	Gentler Material splitting
			Reinforced Basalt mills	: -30% : -30%	Faster grinding rates.
			Automated cracking procedure	: -40% : -40%	Sifting and sorting machine.

Layouts Utilizing this Building

Building Modules	Basalt-Building modules layout	4 Basalt Quarries, 4 Smelters Bounding Box = 18 x 12 = 216 Tiles Minimum Area = 180 Tiles (+16 for Depot) Space efficiency = 83.3%
Building Modules		4 Basalt Quarries, 4 Smelters 13 tile long road Bounding Box = 19x11 = 209 Tiles Minimum Area = 180 Tiles Space Efficiency = 86%
Building Modules		8 Basalt Quarries, 8 Smelters Bounding Box = 24x24 = 576 Tiles Minimum Area = 360 Tiles Space Efficiency = 63%
Building Modules		8 Basalt Quarries, 8 Smelters Bounding Box = 21x20 = 420 Tiles Minimum Area = 360 Tiles Space Efficiency = 85.7 %
Building Modules		9 Basalt Quarries, 9 Smelters Bounding Box = 25x18 = 450 Tiles Minimum Area = 405 Tiles Space Efficiency = 90.0 % Only 1 Quarry (bottom left) is isolated from Depot.
Building Modules		4 Basalt Quarries, 4 Smelters Bounding Box = 16x16 = 256 Tiles Minimum Area = 180 Tiles Space Efficiency = 70%
Building Modules		4 Basalt Quarries, 4 Smelters Bounding Box = 15x14 = 210 Tiles Minimum Area = 180 Tiles Space Efficiency = 85.7%
Building Modules	You won't need more	20 Basalt Crushers, 20 Smelters, 40 basalt Quarries Bounding Box = 40x40 = 1600 Tiles (Takes up a whole depot radial area) Minimum Area = 1600 Tiles Space Efficiency = 56% based on ZachShneider designs, i just made it more extreme. It does work, but will break down a lot and E.V.E will let you know, sounding unsettling like Navi from Zelda
Building Modules		4 Basalt Quarries, 4 Smelters 20 tile long road Bounding Box = 18x12 = 216 Tiles Minimum Area = 180 Tiles Space Efficiency = 83%

Gallery

A basalt extraction zone with rice farms in the background

The same zone by another point of view ; notice the two smelters in the foreground