Refinement - Official Guide for Outspace Game

Refinement

Last update 07.10.2025

Refining is the process in which one material is transformed into another. This procedure is most often carried out in specialized refineries located on stations or colonies.

The refining process includes the following steps:

Equipment selection

Each type of refining process requires a specific kind of equipment, such as a smelting furnace, mill, or chemical laboratory.

Resource supply

Refineries operate with strictly defined raw materials such as ore, water, or sulfur, which form the basis for the final product.

Energy consumption

Every refining process requires a specific amount of energy, depending on the equipment used and the materials being processed.

Time requirements

The duration of refining varies depending on technological factors and the properties of the star system where the refinery operates.

Cards affecting refining

Refinery efficiency on stations

Station efficiency is calculated to prevent unlimited performance growth from building multiple identical facilities. The first facility of a given type provides the highest efficiency, while each additional one has a gradually smaller effect. This means that players can build more blocks with the same function, but their total benefit does not increase linearly. From the player's perspective, this creates diminishing returns — more identical modules still increase performance, but less significantly than the first one. This principle encourages diversity in station construction and pushes players to combine different types of equipment instead of maximizing only one type.

Refinery efficiency per station

Number of refineries Total efficiency New refinery bonus
1100%+100%
2159%+59%
3198%+39%
4227%+29%
5251%+24%
6271%+20%
7287%+17%
8302%+15%
9315%+13%
10327%+12%
 

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