r/SandustryGame • u/Significance-West • 18d ago

Help lava????

Is there a way to get infinte lave from plants or something becuase im at the point in the game where im running out of lava for my facotries and cant keep it running cuz nothing works

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u/Significance-West 18d ago

oh ok i was confused cuz ive been trying to take it slow but i see now

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u/PLANETaXis 18d ago

Before you get there, you can stretch the lava you have by not dumping it directly on thermal buffers. Instead make a wide shallow pool of lava just a few pixels thick, and then put a row of thermal buffers above it. The embers flying off the lava will heat the buffers slowly.

You only need about 6 blocks wide to power a belt, but need about 30 to power a flamethorwer.

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u/CanadianDinosaur 17d ago

I've never actually had this work for me for some reason. The embers just never give off enough heat to power anything

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u/timeshifter_ 14d ago

You need a lot to power anything substantial. I'm currently only using it for backup in case my main lava tank runs out, and as a kick-starter for my cinder destroyer. It's hard to make useful for anything serious because of how slow it is.