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Is sand worth more than dust?
Dust is the base. Sand is listed at 3 times that value. Stone is listed at 7 times. A capsule is how dust moves, not a fourth ore with its own multiplier.
| Name | value per kg | multiplier | produced by | consumed by | source count | capsule weight kg | transport | larger variant | Sources · checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon Dust | $1 | 1x | Hand tools, vehicles, robot vacuums, J.O.O.N.A.S. | Pressure Chamber; depot/Collector sale | 1 source | — | — | — | [1] [2] |
| Moon Sand | $3 | 3x | Pressure Chamber (5 kg per 12 s) | Stone Press | 1 source | — | — | — | [1] [2] |
| Moon Stone | $7 | 7x | Stone Press (2 kg block per 6 s) | Collector sale | 1 source | — | — | — | [1] [2] |
| Dust Capsule | 1 kg of dust per capsule | — | Packager, robot docks, J.O.O.N.A.S. (20 kg capsules) | Machine inputs, station intake, Capsule Catcher | 2 sources | 1 | Conveyor belt | None found; J.O.O.N.A.S. fires 20 kg capsules | [1] [2] [3] |
Where each resource is made
Moon dust comes off tools, vehicles, vacuum robots, and the six-arm unit. You can sell it at a depot or collector, or feed it to the Pressure Chamber. The chamber writes sand at 5 kg every 12 seconds. Sand's only printed consumer is the Stone Press, which also eats an equal kilogram of dust and emits 2 kg of stone every 6 seconds. Stone's consumer is the sale, not another machine, on the pages I have. Market contracts that ask for stone are a row in the machine list, and I do not have a payout table for those contracts, so I do not quote one.
Auto-deposit of dust is a frequent question. I do not have a keybind that two pages name. The Packager plus a belt to a station intake is the documented way to stop carrying. If a contract refuses stone, the failure belongs on that contract row, not on a guess that stone is unsellable.
Why I will not quote a single best ore
Seven times dust sounds like stone always wins, until 18 kW and a starved sand buffer are in the way. Three times is the chamber's upgrade over raw dust, and it still wants 10 kW. Early on, raw dust through a $100 Packager is the resource that funds the panels. I switch to sand when the $225 power pair exists, and to stone when a second power source covers 18 kW.
Questions
What is sand worth versus dust?
3 times, on the resource table. Stone is 7 times.
Do market contracts buy stone?
A contract row exists. A payout number was not copied, so none is printed here.
Sources
- Fextralife resources via press (current access restricted; retained from dated research) — checked 2026-11-10
- Steam store — checked 2026-11-10
Related: Stone Press · Capsules