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Ore Refinery

DIRECT ANSWER

Ore Refinery: current answer

Ore Refinery was added to Resource Transfer Station handling in ST-11. If refined output stays at the building, investigate the transfer connection and worker route before treating the refinery's production rate as the cause.

Quick facts

  • Official ST-11 notes include Ore Refinery in resource transfer.
  • ST-24 later changes the station's worker distribution and Warehouse delivery.

Practical workflow — editorial guidance

Separate three observations: incoming ore, a completed production cycle and output leaving the building.

If output accumulates, inspect station pickup behavior and Warehouse receipt.

Record the refinery and station state together when reporting a transfer regression.

Evidence limits

Recipes, production ratios, work time and unlock costs require current in-game verification.

Related systems and next steps

System

Mining

Mining is one of the idle work categories addressed by ST-24 Auto-assignment improvements. If soldiers ignore mining, first check available work and existing orders, then separate extraction from hauling the resulting resource.

Building

Resource Transfer Station

The Resource Transfer Station moves colony goods. ST-24 improves worker distribution and sends interrupted loads to Warehouse; hauling to Warehouse no longer requires a Level 2 station. Level 2 hauling drones were introduced in ST-11.

Building

Warehouse

Warehouse is the intended destination for interrupted Resource Transfer Station deliveries after ST-24. The update also removes the Level 2 prerequisite for hauling goods there; drones are a separate Level 2 feature.

System

Production Bottlenecks

Find a colony bottleneck by checking task selection, production output, pickup and Warehouse receipt in order. ST-11 expands refinery/wood-plant transfers; ST-24 changes worker distribution and interrupted delivery.

Update

Directive ST-11: State Maintenance

Directive ST-11: State Maintenance was published on 2026-09-11. Loading and startup stability improved. Level 2 Resource Transfer Stations gained hauling drones; Ore Refinery and Wood Processing Plant outputs joined resource transfer.

Patch history

Source ledger

Last checked 2026-09-26. Official-source verification is not independent live-game testing. Practical workflows are editorial guidance.