In Space Engineers, players must gather and process ores to craft essential resources and build their space empire. The game features a variety of ores, such as iron, nickel, and silicon, which can be extracted from asteroids and planetary surfaces using drills and excavators. The Basic Refinery is a starting point for ore processing, allowing players to convert raw ores into usable materials. However, as players progress, they can upgrade to a more advanced Refinery, which offers increased efficiency and capacity, enabling them to process larger quantities of ores and produce more refined materials, such as ingots and components, to fuel their space-based endeavors.

Basic Refinery

The Basic Refinery is a fundamental block in Space Engineers that converts mined ores into usable materials. It offers a significant upgrade over the Survival Kit, particularly for refining raw ores. Note that the refinery's production rate varies by material, with some items, like Iron Ingots, being produced faster than others, such as Magnesium Power.

• Category: Facility
• Function: Refines entry-level ores
• Grid Size: Large
• Mass: 2802.0 kg
• Power Standby: -1 kW
• Power Active: -330 kW
• PCU: 75
• Dimensions: 1x2x1
• Time to Build: 40 sec

Refinery

The Refinery is a mid-to-late game production block in Space Engineers that converts raw ores into refined materials, including platinum, uranium, silver, and gold, which the Basic Refinery cannot process. It offers faster, more efficient, and power-saving processing than the Basic Refinery but at a higher construction cost. The Refinery can be integrated into a conveyor system and is a key component in producing components and tools.

• Category: Facility
• Function: Turns ores into material
• Grid Size: Large
• Mass: 25328.0 kg
• Power Standby: -1 kW
• Power Active: -560 kW
• PCU: 90
• Dimensions: 2x4x2
• Time to Build: 90 sec