is the primary use of slag as landfill?

[Mr-Bandit]

swimming in the stuff, was hoping it had other uses, but looks like im just gonna have to use it to backfill empty minesites and dumping into ocean to expand island.

(already have plenty ground for concrete, no issues there)

is that basically what to do with it? have i missed something obvious???

thx :)

[Billy_Bligh]

No other use... just dump it

[Keranik]

you can also trade it off for sour water

[zeke]

If you click on the mortar and pedestal icon (left side of the screen) the game will literally show you the recipes for every item you've unlocked (including recipes you haven't yet unlocked). If you click or search slag it will show you all productions of slag and all potential uses for slag (there are at least one or two).

[SpeedDaemon]

Landfill and trade.

There's a slag->sour water trade that's useful for getting additional sulfur and ammonia, and then when you inevitably have too much sulfur as a result, there's a sulfur-> sludge trade that will give you fuel gas and compost when digested. The fuel gas can be burned for power, or processed into diesel or naphtha, and the compost goes towards fertilizer.

[jamiechi]

Publicado originalmente por Billy_Bligh:

No other use... just dump it

Absolutely Not true. As clarified by SpeedDaemon.

[Billy_Bligh]

Publicado originalmente por jamiechi:

Publicado originalmente por Billy_Bligh:

No other use... just dump it

Absolutely Not true. As clarified by SpeedDaemon.

Indeed... trading it never crossed my mind. In 1000+ hours, I've never actually traded slag or sour water.

[SpeedDaemon]

Publicado originalmente por Billy_Bligh:

Indeed... trading it never crossed my mind. In 1000+ hours, I've never actually traded slag or sour water.

Most people probably don't truly need to; however, as you get later into the game, you have to start locking down your shore line so you can build more docks (or just for aesthetic reasons). At some point you run out of (convenient) ocean to dump in. Depending on what you're doing, you may have multiple belts worth of slag you need to get rid of.

[wabbithunta]

Use the Menu on the RHS of the screen and look up Crushed Slag.
You can use slag (via a crusher) and add it to production for concrete
See image for use

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3151100084

[ashshirey]

concrete base. very efficient

[Austin]

I use it to make concrete blocks

[Zero0n3]

save it all for sour water trade - sour water -> fert to help your farms

[kbs666]

Slag is needed for concrete early then you trade it for sour water which becomes ammonia and sulphur. you then trade the gigantic mountains of sulphur for sludge which becomes fuel gas.

[jamiechi]

Publicado originalmente por SpeedDaemon:

Publicado originalmente por Billy_Bligh:

Indeed... trading it never crossed my mind. In 1000+ hours, I've never actually traded slag or sour water.

Most people probably don't truly need to; however, as you get later into the game, you have to start locking down your shore line so you can build more docks (or just for aesthetic reasons). At some point you run out of (convenient) ocean to dump in. Depending on what you're doing, you may have multiple belts worth of slag you need to get rid of.

Not saying you are wrong on your maps, but I have never had issues with too much slag.

Haven't the Developers increased the limits of the maps so running out of ocean is less of an issue? Also, it seems to me the oceans are a bit shallower than they used to be.

I also always set the height value in the custom settings to max. Maybe that setting only applies to the land heights and not the ocean depths?