Aluminum Alloy
“ | Aluminum Alloy can be used to produce Item Prototype at the Engineering Center. | „ |
— In-game description |
Aluminum Alloy is a type of technology material (also known as a tmat) used in the Engineering Center to progress the Weapon and Equipment tech tree.
Acquisition
Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Refinery ![]() | 1 x Aluminum ![]() | 1 x Aluminum Alloy ![]() | 00:00:00.24 |
Use
Aluminum Alloy is only used in the Engineering Center to progress the current research level in the Weapons and Structures Tech Tree. The amount of Aluminum Alloy required to advance the tech depends on the research level (also known as a tech tier), with higher levels requiring more Alloys.
Doing so will create either a Weapon or Structure Prototype Kits (these can be used in either a Factory, Mass Production Factory, or a Construction Yard to create a "prototype" version of that product. For infantry equipment, it will appear and operate like a fully teched item).
Storage
It stacks up to 100 per slot in inventories. It can be stored in the stockpiles of Bases (32k max).
It can be crated (need stack of 20 per crate) and uncrated with the right click
context menu while interfacing a Seaport, Storage Depot, or Shipping Container.
Crates of Aluminum Alloy can be directly submitted to any item stockpile that accepts that item to transfer their content.The crates can also be stored in the crate stockpiles of Storage Depots (1000 public, 300 per Reserve Stockpile), Seaports (1000 public, 300 per Reserve Stockpile), Shipping Containers (60), or Storage Ships (1000).
It can be transported by almost any vehicle with inventory slots, but is most commonly transported by Trucks. For long distances, it is much more efficient to transport it in bulk amounts as crates with shipping vehicles carrying Shipping Containers and submit them to a crate stockpile.
Tips
- Since technology materials are important to advance your faction's research, it is highly recommended not to store them in Reserve Stockpiles or Refinery personal queues
- As such, they should be spent or stored in visible stockpiles on the map, preferably in Refineries