What is Plastics used for?

It is an input in 24 recipes, such as Advanced Orbital Exchange Interface, Automated Defense System: Tesla Coil and Chainsaw. It is used to build 1 station, such as Nuclear Centrifuge.

How long does Plastics take to craft?

6 s per craft at the Polymerizer. One craft makes 1. Station speed bonuses are applied in-game and not included.

Plastics

ResourcesTier 5Feature level: Dangerous Horizons

Craft 1 Plastics from 0.5 L Refined Oil per craft at a Polymerizer (6 s).

In-game description: “Mouldable panels for use in containers, shells, casings, housings, etc.”

How to make

1 recipe

Recipe 1 of 1 · station

Polymerizer

Input

0.5 Refined OilFluid · litres,5 per minute0.08 per second0.5 per craft

Output

1 Plastics,10 per minute0.17 per second1 per craft

Time: 6 s per craft, base
Power draw: computed in-game
Unlocked by: T5 ManufacturerPlastics blueprint

Quantities are per craft. Times are each station's base rate (crafting work ÷ processing rate); station speed bonuses are applied in-game and not included.

Weight: 0.5kg
Stack size: 50
Recipes: 1
Used in: 24

About Plastics

Plastics is a Tier 5 item in the Resources category. One craft turns 0.5 L Refined Oil into 1 Plastics at the Polymerizer (6 s). Used in 24 recipes, most often at the Manufacturer. Used to build 1 station. Unlocked by the Plastics blueprint in the Tier 5 tech tree, after Polymerizer.

Used in

All 24

Recipes that use Plastics
Makes	Station	Needs / craft	Tier
Advanced Orbital Exchange Interface	Manufacturer	30	Tier 5
Automated Defense System: Tesla Coil	Manufacturer	40	Tier 5
Chainsaw	Manufacturer	50	Tier 5
Crude Oil Generator	Manufacturer	50	Tier 5
Dropship Landing Pad	Manufacturer	30	Tier 5
Jackhammer	Manufacturer	50	Tier 5
Laser Sidearm	Manufacturer	30	Tier 5
Lithium Axe	Manufacturer	15	Tier 5
Lithium Bow	Manufacturer	10	Tier 5
Lithium Crossbow	Manufacturer	10	Tier 5
Lithium Javelin	Manufacturer	10	Tier 5
Lithium Knife	Manufacturer	15	Tier 5

Showing 12 of 24, most-used products first.

Crafted at

1 station

Craft time of Plastics per station
Station	Time / craft	Plastics /min	Power
Polymerizer	6 s	10/min	computed in-game

Unlocked by

Tier 5 blueprintPlastics
Requires Polymerizer.

Used to build

1 station

Nuclear Centrifugeneeds 30

Change history

Tracked since Week 252. Changes from later data updates appear here.

Plastics FAQ

How do you make Plastics in ICARUS?: One craft turns 0.5 L Refined Oil into 1 Plastics at the Polymerizer (6 s).
What is Plastics used for?: It is an input in 24 recipes, such as Advanced Orbital Exchange Interface, Automated Defense System: Tesla Coil and Chainsaw. It is used to build 1 station, such as Nuclear Centrifuge.
Where is Plastics crafted?: At the Polymerizer.
How do you unlock Plastics?: Unlocked by the Plastics blueprint in the Tier 5 tech tree, after Polymerizer.
How long does Plastics take to craft?: 6 s per craft at the Polymerizer. One craft makes 1. Station speed bonuses are applied in-game and not included.