Mining & resources · Item
Helium-3
The Moon's fuel ore: it burns four times as long as coal in any fire.
In the game
How to get it
Mine helium-3 ore in the Moon's veins and lodes, or collect what dustbacks shed (8 voxels every 6 to 9 minutes).
What it is for
Fuel for the Furnace, the generator, the refinery, the concrete mixer: a cubic metre burns 240 s.
Why it exists
On the Moon there is no wood and little coal: helium-3 keeps the fires burning.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
Helium-3 ore is mined in the Moon's veins and giant lodes, or picked up under a herd of Dustbacks. As fuel it burns four times as long as coal (240 s a cubic metre).
On the progress path
LU3MoonMain path
A sub-action of the step Lunar industry: not needed to go on, but counted in your progress.
- BeforeLU2 · Lunar creatures
- This stepLU3 · Lunar industry
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