# Rusted Metal

- **ID**: `SPACEGUNK3`
- **What it is**: Junk
- **Category**: Special
- **Base value**: 20 units
- **Storage**: Junk: Junk - drop it. Drop it when you need the slot. Sell it if you are at a terminal anyway. Why: The game calls it junk; it sells for almost nothing.
- **Gettable**: T0 +2: 2 step(s) from 2 raw material(s), 2 unit(s) in total

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## Cheapest chain

1 x Rusted Metal from **Tier 0 - any planet**, refining only. Gather: 1 Ferrite Dust, 1 Oxygen. 2 step(s), 2.2m of machine time (one refiner, unattended).

- 1 x [Rusted Metal](SPACEGUNK3.md): Oxidise Metal x1, 1.7m, Medium Refiner
  - 1 x [Pure Ferrite](LAND2.md): Extract Metallic Elements x1, 30s, Portable / Personal Refiner
    - 1 x [Ferrite Dust](LAND1.md) (gather)
  - 1 x [Oxygen](OXYGEN.md) (gather)

## Made by (2)

| Make | From | Operation | Mult | Time | Machine | Rate/h | Profit | Gettable |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 Rusted Metal | [Pure Ferrite](LAND2.md) + [Oxygen](OXYGEN.md) | Oxidise Metal | x1 | 1.7m | Medium | 72 | -22 | T0 +1 |
| Rusted Metal | [Ferrite Dust](LAND1.md) + [Oxygen](OXYGEN.md) | Oxidise Metal | x0.50 | 1.7m | Medium | 36 | -28 | T0 raw |

## Used in (1)

| Make | From | Operation | Mult | Time | Machine | Rate/h | Profit | Gettable |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2 Ferrite Dust](LAND1.md) | Rusted Metal | Recycle Waste Materials | x2 | 2.7m | Portable | 45 | +8 | T0 +2 |

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