Alternate: Cheap Silica
Alternate RecipeAssembler · 15 MW
The Alternate: Cheap Silica recipe produces 52.5 Silica per minute in a Assembler, using 22.5 Raw Quartz, 37.5 Limestone per minute — an alternate recipe unlocked from a Hard Drive in the MAM. All numbers below come straight from the official Satisfactory game data.
Rates are per minute at 100% clock. Outputs after the first are byproducts.
Alternate: Cheap Silica at a glance
Made in
Assembler
Power
15 MW
Output
52.5/min Silica
Unlock
Hard Drive (MAM)
Alternate: Cheap Silica is an alternate recipe made in a Assembler, turning 22.5 Raw Quartz, 37.5 Limestone into 52.5 Silica per minute. Because it is research-unlocked, it is optional — you choose whether to slot it in for a different input mix than the default recipe. Each Silica is worth 20 points in the AWESOME Sink.
Other ways to make Silica
Satisfactory has 4 recipes that produce Silica. Compare their inputs, buildings, and power below — this recipe is highlighted.
Silicastandard
22.5 Raw Quartz → 37.5 Silica · Constructor · 4 MW
Alumina Solutionstandard
120 Bauxite, 180 Water → 120 Alumina Solution, 50 Silica · Refinery · 30 MW
Alternate: Cheap Silicaaltthis page
22.5 Raw Quartz, 37.5 Limestone → 52.5 Silica · Assembler · 15 MW
Alternate: Distilled Silicaalt
120 Dissolved Silica, 50 Limestone, 100 Water → 270 Silica, 80 Water · Blender · 75 MW