Pure Quartz Farming Calculator
Set a target, enter a farming spot, and see exactly how much Pure Quartz you need, how many runs it takes, and your quartz per hour — for manual runs or an automated mining base. Compare up to five locations to find the fastest. Everything updates as you type.
Set your target
Enter your farming spot
Choose your method
Results
Compare locations
Enter 2–5 spots to see which is actually fastest. The one with the most nodes isn't always the winner.
| Location | Nodes | Cycle (min) | Yield / run | Quartz / hr | Rank |
|---|
How Pure Quartz farming works in 1.0
What it's for
Pure Quartz is the backbone of the electric tech tree. Its headline use is the Circuit Board (4 Pure Quartz + 2 Polymer at a Production Assembly Line), and circuit boards gate most late-game electrical structures, factory lines and high-tier gear — so you end up needing a lot of it.
How you mine it
You need a Metal Pickaxe or better to break the nodes efficiently. Nodes respawn on a roughly one in-game day cycle, so the fastest supply is a base built inside a node cluster with two or three Mining Pals collecting passively while you do other things.
Level, run or automate
Work suitability is a 1–10 scale in 1.0, and a higher Mining level means faster breaks and more passive yield. Manual runs give burst supply; an automated base gives a steady trickle — this calculator models both, and the automated side discounts for real-world pathfinding and transport losses.
Want the best miners and spots? See our best base Pals guide (Aegidron is Mining 8) and the best base locations.