What is Salt used for?

It is an input in 24 recipes, such as Gunpowder, Butter and Cheese.

Where is Salt crafted?

At the Organic Residue Cleanser or the Biofuel Bio-Cleaner.

How long does Salt take to craft?

5 s per craft at the Organic Residue Cleanser, 12.5 s at the Biofuel Bio-Cleaner. One craft makes 5. Station speed bonuses are applied in-game and not included.

Salt

Resources

Craft 5 Salt from 1 Noxious Crust (Salt) per craft at an Organic Residue Cleanser (5 s), or at 1 other station.

In-game description: “A small pile of Salt, can be used on a salting station to preserve food.”

How to make

1 recipe

Recipe 1 of 1 · station

Organic Residue Cleanser

Input

1 Noxious Crust (Salt),12 per minute0.2 per second1 per craft

Output

5 Salt,60 per minute1 per second5 per craft

Time: 5 s per craft, base
Power draw: computed in-game
Unlocked by: No blueprint required

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.

Also: Mined from deep-ore deposits with a deep-mining drill (1 deposit type in the data).

Weight: 0.01kg
Stack size: 500
Fuel value: 5kJ
Recipes: 1
Used in: 24

About Salt

Salt is an item in the Resources category. One craft turns 1 Noxious Crust (Salt) into 5 Salt at the Organic Residue Cleanser (5 s) or Biofuel Bio-Cleaner (12.5 s). Used in 24 recipes, most often at the Homestead Kitchen Bench.

Used in

All 24

Recipes that use Salt
Makes	Station	Needs / craft	Tier
Gunpowder	Mortar and Pestle +3	1	Tier 2
Butter	Mortar and Pestle +3	3	—
Cheese	Homestead Kitchen Bench +2	10	—
Health Recovery Elixir	Homestead Medicine Bench +2	3	Tier 3
Liquid Solution	Chemistry Bench	5	—
Water Treatment Pill	Homestead Medicine Bench +2	2	—
Anti-Radiation Transfusion	Homestead Medicine Bench +2	5	Tier 3
Banana Bread	Homestead Iron Stove +5	1	—
Caramel Pastry	Biofuel Stove +2	5	—
Caramelized Onions	Firepit +16	6	—
Enzyme Virus	Homestead Medicine Bench +2	3	—
Health Recovery Concoction	Character Crafting +4	2	Tier 1

Showing 12 of 24, most-used products first.

Crafted at

2 stations

Craft time of Salt per station
Station	Time / craft	Salt /min	Power	Water
Organic Residue Cleanser	5 s	60/min	computed in-game	100 mL/s (boost)
Biofuel Bio-Cleaner	12.5 s	24/min	No power connection	250 mL/s (boost)

Unlocked by

No blueprint required: the data lists no tech-tree or workshop unlock for its recipes.

Change history

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

Salt FAQ

How do you make Salt in ICARUS?: One craft turns 1 Noxious Crust (Salt) into 5 Salt at the Organic Residue Cleanser (5 s) or Biofuel Bio-Cleaner (12.5 s).
What is Salt used for?: It is an input in 24 recipes, such as Gunpowder, Butter and Cheese.
Where is Salt crafted?: At the Organic Residue Cleanser or the Biofuel Bio-Cleaner.
How long does Salt take to craft?: 5 s per craft at the Organic Residue Cleanser, 12.5 s at the Biofuel Bio-Cleaner. One craft makes 5. Station speed bonuses are applied in-game and not included.