Technology · Item
Pipe
Small pipes (10 cm, 4 voxels a second) and large pipes (50 cm, 64 voxels a second) carry liquids and gases.
In the game
How to get it
At the metal mill: 1 iron or copper sheet gives 4 small pipes; 4 steel plates and 2 bolts give 2 large pipes. Lay them like a cable from port to port.
What it is for
Join wells, tanks and machines: water, crude oil, fuels, gases. Many recipes also ask for small pipes (pump, tap, refinery, gas plant, fueling tower, central dock).
Why it exists
Two sizes only, easy to remember: the small one for a workshop, the large one for a pipeline.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
How to get them
| Pipe | At the metal mill | Gives | Inner size | Flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small pipe | 1 iron or copper sheet | 4 | 10 cm | 4 voxels a second |
| Large pipe | 4 steel plates + 2 bolts | 2 | 50 cm | 64 voxels a second |
A voxel of liquid is about 15.6 litres; a cubic metre is 64 voxels.
How it works
- Lay it from an output port to an input port; a wrong size is refused ("Wrong size for this port").
- One fluid per line. Free downhill over 20 m at most; otherwise a Booster pump.
- No span limit.
Right-click a block to place it, facing you. Broken, it comes back whole.
On the progress path
LO2TransportSide quest
One of the items of the step Piping.
- BeforeLO1 · Item logistics
- This stepLO2 · Piping
- NextLO3 · Tank and large tank