Rock

Various types of rock can be found within the Eco world, most of it under the Dirt layer. Different rock types hold different ores, and can be valuable in their own right for crafting.

With Eco Beta 8.0, six rock types were added to the game: Sandstone, Shale, Limestone, Granite, Gneiss, and Basalt.

Harvesting

To be collected, all rock must be broken up with the Pickaxe, then collected by hand in stacks of 20. It can be placed in a crossed 2x2 pattern, with 4 items taking up 1 block of space. These blocks can create house walls, but will have to be picked up or put in a Stockpile to be used for crafting.

Rock tiers

Rocks can be divided into tiers based on how hard they are to break. The following table shows how many hits it takes to break each tier of rock with each tier of pickaxe. Note that while lower tier pickaxes are slower, even a stone pickaxe is able to break any type of rock in the game. Note also that the Mining Tool Strength Talent will cause pickaxes to work as if they were the next tier up in this table.

	Stone Pickaxe	Iron Pickaxe	Steel Pickaxe	Modern Pickaxe
Tier 1 Sandstone Shale Iron Ore Coal	1	1	1	1
Tier 2 Limestone Granite Copper Ore Gold Ore	2	1	1	1
Tier 3 Gneiss Slag	4	2	1	1
Tier 4 Basalt	6	3	2	1

Crafting Recipes

None

Used in Recipes

Crafting Station	Item				Materials				Level Needed	Crafting Time (mins)	Labour Cost	XP Gained
Workbench	Arrastra x1				Wood Tag x5	Rock Tag x30		Wood Board Tag x10	Basic Engineering Level 1	5	300	5
Campsite	Campfire x1				Wood Tag x3		Rock Tag x12		None	0.5	20	5
Workbench	Carpentry Table x1				Wood Tag x20		Rock Tag x20		None	1	100	10
Workbench	Masonry Table x1				Rock Tag x20		Wood Tag x10		None	1	100	5
Masonry Table	Mill x1				Rock Tag x40		Wood Tag x20		Masonry Level 1	8	360	5
Masonry Table	Mortared Stone x1 Has Variants				Mortar x1		Rock Tag x4		Masonry Level 1	0.16	15	0.5
Research Table	Geology Research Paper Basic x1				Rock Tag x30				Mining Level 1	0	30	1.5
Workbench	Mortared Stone x1				Mortar x1		Rock Tag x6		None	0.16	20	0
Workbench	Research Table x1				Plant Fibers x30	Wood Tag x30		Rock Tag x40	None	5	250	0
Tool Bench	Stone Axe x1				Wood Tag x4		Rock Tag x10		None	0.5	10	0
Masonry Table	Stone Brazier x1				Rock Tag x15				Masonry Level 1	4	25	2
Tool Bench	Stone Hammer x1				Wood Tag x4		Rock Tag x10		None	0.5	10	0
Tool Bench	Stone Machete x1				Wood Tag x4		Rock Tag x10		None	0.5	10	0
Tool Bench	Stone Pickaxe x1				Wood Tag x4		Rock Tag x10		None	0.5	10	0
Tool Bench	Stone Road Tool x1				Wood Tag x4		Rock Tag x10		Basic Engineering Level 1	0.5	10	0.1
Tool Bench	Stone Sickle x1				Wood Tag x4		Rock Tag x10		None	0.5	10	0
Workbench	Store x1				Wood Tag x10		Rock Tag x10		None	5	100	0
Campsite	Tool Bench x1				Wood Tag x20		Rock Tag x10		None	1	50	0
Workbench	Torch Stand x1				Plant Fibers x15	Wood Tag x10		Rock Tag x10	None	2	10	0