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How to Build a Hydrogel Core
My Time at Sandrock

How to Build a Hydrogel Core

Learn how to craft the Hydrogel Core in My Time at Sandrock. This guide details all required materials, including Copper Bars, Basic Leather, Copper Pipes, Engines, and Bronze Blades, and how to obtain them.

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Learn how to craft the Hydrogel Core in My Time at Sandrock. This guide details all required materials, including Copper Bars, Basic Leather, Copper Pipes, Engines, and Bronze Blades, and how to obtain them.

The Hydrogel Core is a significant build in My Time at Sandrock. To craft it, you will need the following components: x10 Copper Bars, x5 Basic Leather, x4 Copper Pipes, x2 Engines, and x2 Bronze Blades. This guide breaks down how to acquire or craft each of these materials.

Required Materials for Hydrogel Core:

  • Copper Bars: x10
  • Basic Leather: x5
  • Copper Pipe: x4
  • Engine: x2
  • Bronze Blade: x2

Total Raw Resources Needed:

  • Copper Ore: 102
  • Raw Animal Skin: 15
  • Sea Salt: 5
  • Tin Ore: 16
  • Engines: 2

How to Make Copper Bars

Copper Bars can be crafted in the furnace using x3 Copper Ore. Copper Ore is abundant in the Abandoned Ruins, especially from mining large Copper Crystals and clearing debris. To make the 10 Copper Bars needed for the Hydrogel Core, you will require 30 Copper Ore.

Alternatively, Copper Bars can be obtained by recycling Copper Scraps found in the Eufaula Salvage Yard or purchased from the Eufaula Salvage Shop. You can also buy Copper Bars directly from Hammertime for approximately 25 Gols.

How to Make Basic Leather

Basic Leather is crafted at the worktable using Raw Animal Skin and Salt. Each piece requires 3 Raw Animal Skin and 1 Salt. To make the 5 Basic Leather needed, you will require 15 Raw Animal Skin and 5 Salt.

How to Get Raw Animal Skin

Raw Animal Skin is primarily obtained by hunting Wild Yakmels in the desert. They often drop Raw Animal Skin and Damaged Animal Skin. Damaged Animal Skin can be converted into Raw Animal Skin at the worktable (x4 Damaged Animal Skin = x1 Raw Animal Skin).

How to Get Sea Salt

Sea Salt must be purchased from vendors, specifically the By the Stairs store and the Blue Moon To-Go store, for around 8 Gols each.

How to Make Copper Pipes

Copper Pipes are crafted using Copper Bars on the Grinder. Each pipe requires 2 Copper Bars. To make the 4 Copper Pipes needed, you will require 8 Copper Bars.

As mentioned, Copper Bars can be smelted from Copper Ore, recycled from Copper Scraps, or purchased. To obtain the 8 Copper Bars for the pipes, you will need an additional 24 Copper Ore (on top of the 30 for the Hydrogel Core's Copper Bars).

How to Get Engines

Engines can be found by mining debris in the Eufaula Salvage Abandoned Ruins. If you are having trouble finding them, they can be purchased from the Eufaula Salvage Store for approximately 130 Gols each.

How to Make Bronze Blades

Bronze Blades are crafted at the worktable after purchasing the recipe from the Commerce Guild Store for about 317 Gols. Each Bronze Blade requires x2 Copper Gears and x4 Bronze Bars. For the 2 Bronze Blades needed, you will require 4 Bronze Bars and 2 Copper Gears.

How to Make Bronze Bars

Bronze Bars are smelted in the Furnace using x3 Copper Ore and x2 Tin Ore. To craft the 4 Bronze Bars needed for the Bronze Blades, you will require 12 Copper Ore and 8 Tin Ore.

Copper Ore is found abundantly in the Abandoned Ruins. Tin Ore is found on level 3 and deeper in the Abandoned Ruins, typically from silver spikey crystals.

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