Technology · Item
Tank and large tank
Store fluids: a tank holds 16 m³, a large tank 64 m³, of one liquid or one gas.
In the game
How to get it
Tank: 6 iron sheets and bolts. Large tank: 32 steel plates and bolts. Fill them by pipe, or by right-clicking with a full bucket or cylinder; draw with an empty one.
What it is for
Buffer a refinery's cuts, keep water for the gas plant, store kerosene for RP-1 near the launch pad, keep hydrogen and oxygen.
Why it exists
A factory needs room between its machines: tanks keep what one makes until another needs it.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
| Store | Recipe | Holds | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage tank | 6 iron sheets + bolts | 16 m³ of one liquid or one gas | 1 x 2 m |
| Large tank | 32 steel plates + bolts | 64 m³ of one liquid or gas, large pipes | 3 x 3 x 3 m |
| Gas cylinder | 5 steel plates, a copper ingot, bolts (2 cylinders) | 64 units of one gas, carried | item |
Neither tank needs power nor has slots: buckets and cylinders by right-click, everything else by pipe. Wet concrete is refused (it would set inside).
On the progress path
LO3TransportSide quest
- BeforeLO2 · Piping
- This stepLO3 · Tank and large tank
- NextLO4 · Electric boat
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