Tungsten Carbide Reaction

Tungsten Carbide Reaction Formula · Composite reactor · prices as of 2026-10-08 19:31 UTC

Profit / slot / day
1.42M
Profit
39.73M
Margin
17.6%
ROI
22.8%
Total cost
173.93M
Output value
225.14M
Runs
244
Time per run
1h 22m 5s
Job duration
6d 22h 53m
Slots
4
No unrefined reaction raises this chain's profit/slot/day at current prices, so this is the regular chain.

Material flow

Material flow for Tungsten Carbide5 bought materials feed 3 reaction jobs ending in Tungsten Carbide.586 Nitrogen Fuel Block → Rolled Tungsten Alloy58611,712 Tungsten → Rolled Tungsten Alloy11,71211,712 Platinum → Rolled Tungsten Alloy11,712586 Nitrogen Fuel Block → Sulfuric Acid58611,712 Atmospheric Gases → Sulfuric Acid11,71211,712 Evaporite Deposits → Sulfuric Acid11,7121,192 Nitrogen Fuel Block → Tungsten Carbide1,19223,816 Rolled Tungsten Alloy → Tungsten Carbide23,81623,816 Sulfuric Acid → Tungsten Carbide23,816Nitrogen Fuel Block: 2,364 boughtNitrogen Fuel Block2,364 boughtTungsten: 11,712 boughtTungsten11,712 boughtPlatinum: 11,712 boughtPlatinum11,712 boughtAtmospheric Gases: 11,712 boughtAtmospheric Gases11,712 boughtEvaporite Deposits: 11,712 boughtEvaporite Deposits11,712 boughtRolled Tungsten Alloy: 24,000 · 120 runs (produced in the chain)Rolled Tungsten Alloy24,000 · 120 runsSulfuric Acid: 24,000 · 120 runs (produced in the chain)Sulfuric Acid24,000 · 120 runsTungsten Carbide: 2,440,000 · 244 runs in 2 slots (final product)Tungsten Carbide2,440,000 · 244 runs in 2 slots
Bought Produced in the chain Final product Edge labels: quantity each job consumes.

Slot allocation

Optimal slots: 2 parallel lines sized so every job fits one 7-day cycle; the figures on this page are per steady cycle.

2 lines · 4 slots · 98.5% utilisation

Initial investment 310.67M

Slots per reaction
ReactionSlotsRuns / slotDuration / slotFirst cycle
Tungsten Carbide21226d 22h 53m2
Rolled Tungsten Alloy11206d 20h 9m1
Sulfuric Acid11206d 20h 9m1
  1. Cycle 1: 2 slots (intermediates)
  2. · Cycle 2+: 4 slots (steady state)

Start-up

One-time cycle before cycle 2, from which every cycle runs the production steps below.

Cycle 1, start-up

Runs Rolled Tungsten Alloy (1 × 120 runs), Sulfuric Acid (1 × 120 runs).

Buy for cycle 1

ItemQuantityUnit priceTotalBroker fee
Nitrogen Fuel Block 1,17216.54K19.38M290.77K
Tungsten 11,7121.15K13.41M201.15K
Platinum 11,7127.35K86.13M1.29M
Atmospheric Gases 11,7121732.03M30.43K
Evaporite Deposits 11,7121892.22M33.24K
Total123.17M1.85M
Multibuy list (5 items)

Job cost 11.73M · with purchases 136.74M

Production steps

Every cycle from cycle 2: 2 steps, every job in its own slots, side by side; a step's output feeds the next step in the following cycle.

Multibuy list (5 items)

Step 1 of 2 · 2 intermediates in parallel

Reaction jobs of step 1
JobSlotsRuns / slotPer runDuration / slotProducedUsedSurplusJob cost
Rolled Tungsten Alloy11201h 22m 5s6d 20h 9m24,00023,81618410.30M
Sulfuric Acid11201h 22m 5s6d 20h 9m24,00023,8161841.42M

Buy for step 1

ItemQuantityUnit priceTotalBroker fee
Nitrogen Fuel Block 1,17216.54K19.38M290.77K
Tungsten 11,7121.15K13.41M201.15K
Platinum 11,7127.35K86.13M1.29M
Atmospheric Gases 11,7121732.03M30.43K
Evaporite Deposits 11,7121892.22M33.24K
Total123.17M1.85M

Job cost 11.73M = system 7.85M (10.14%) + facility tax 774.56K (1.00%) + SCC 3.10M (4.00%)

Step subtotal 136.74M

Step 2 of 2 · final product

Reaction jobs of step 2
JobSlotsRuns / slotPer runDuration / slotProducedUsedJob cost
Tungsten Carbide21221h 22m 5s6d 22h 53m2,440,0002,440,00017.17M

Uses 23,816 Rolled Tungsten Alloy from step 1, 23,816 Sulfuric Acid from step 1.

Buy for step 2

ItemQuantityUnit priceTotalBroker fee
Nitrogen Fuel Block 1,19216.54K19.72M295.74K
Total19.72M295.74K

Job cost 17.17M = system 11.50M (10.14%) + facility tax 1.13M (1.00%) + SCC 4.54M (4.00%)

Step subtotal 37.18M

Summary

Costs

Purchases
142.89M
Broker fees
2.14M
Job cost
28.90M
Total cost
173.93M

Sale

Output value
225.14M
Sales tax & broker fees
11.48M
Profit
39.73M

Slot time

Jobs (2 steps)
4
Slot time (4 slots × 7 d)
28d
Profit / run (244 runs)
162.83K
Profit / slot / day
1.42M

Outputs

ItemQuantityUnit priceTotalTax & feesVolume m³
Tungsten Carbide 2,440,00092.27225.14M11.48M24,400.00
Total225.14M11.48M24,400.00

Surplus intermediates (not counted as profit)

ItemQuantityUnit priceTotalVolume m³
Rolled Tungsten Alloy 1845.87K1.08M36.80
Sulfuric Acid 184888163.34K36.80
Total1.24M73.60

Price timing

Default 14 days (chain depth × cycle length). Input prices as of 2026-09-24.
Approximate (daily averages)
Profit, inputs bought 14 days ago
29.25M
Profit at today's prices
39.73M
Difference
-10.48M

Price and volume history

Profit / slot / day
Output value
Input cost
Traded per day, The Forge

90 of 90 days (≈ in the table) use the region's average daily trade price where no hub prices were collected, for buying and selling alike.

Data table (90 days)
DateProfit / slot / dayOutput valueInput costTraded
2026-07-10 ≈1.10M216.53M143.70M19,008,373
2026-07-11 ≈843.15K216.57M150.76M98,768,305
2026-07-12 ≈798.28K216.79M152.20M154,197,129
2026-07-13 ≈922.52K216.82M148.80M58,772,417
2026-07-14 ≈1.14M216.92M142.98M313,633,664
2026-07-15 ≈1.84M243.07M147.98M30,706,695
2026-07-16 ≈1.84M242.98M147.84M48,673,475
2026-07-17 ≈1.76M243.32M150.48M58,745,820
2026-07-18 ≈1.82M240.10M145.91M43,461,502
2026-07-19 ≈1.30M229.60M150.37M86,828,353
2026-07-20 ≈1.66M240.24M150.23M21,748,672
2026-07-21 ≈1.68M240.14M149.85M31,371,525
2026-07-22 ≈1.41M240.12M157.22M18,943,037
2026-07-23 ≈1.40M240.10M157.44M23,814,413
2026-07-24 ≈1.34M236.73M155.84M14,736,525
2026-07-25 ≈1.38M240.05M157.79M47,713,798
2026-07-26 ≈1.56M240.05M152.99M55,601,217
2026-07-27 ≈802.66K218.62M153.79M133,875,531
2026-07-28 ≈1.08M226.85M153.85M88,088,138
2026-07-29 ≈1.17M229.36M153.80M38,952,295
2026-07-30 ≈1.13M229.36M154.71M77,518,234
2026-07-31 ≈1.18M229.31M153.25M41,238,528
2026-08-01 ≈1.49M240.07M154.96M97,809,139
2026-08-02 ≈1.45M240.05M156.10M39,951,803
2026-08-03 ≈1.21M232.21M155.15M55,853,875
2026-08-04 ≈1.33M239.05M158.46M33,179,877
2026-08-05 ≈1.29M234.48M155.22M51,176,127
2026-08-06 ≈1.07M234.22M161.06M33,341,522
2026-08-07 ≈1.30M232.85M153.42M20,702,531
2026-08-08 ≈949.31K227.24M157.80M75,259,706
2026-08-09 ≈1.17M232.46M156.64M5,833,675
2026-08-10 ≈1.25M232.48M154.47M53,991,387
2026-08-11 ≈1.16M232.78M157.15M27,582,566
2026-08-12 ≈1.17M232.73M156.92M20,199,621
2026-08-13 ≈802.88K214.96M150.37M53,946,008
2026-08-14 ≈1.15M232.17M156.95M27,834,938
2026-08-15 ≈-164.12K194.64M158.04M39,842,316
2026-08-16 ≈1.11M231.80M157.54M27,192,626
2026-08-17 ≈1.24M231.78M153.93M15,734,147
2026-08-18 ≈1.13M229.36M154.85M15,824,832
2026-08-19 ≈928.16K222.28M153.75M97,717,845
2026-08-20 ≈1.12M226.92M152.77M33,515,025
2026-08-21 ≈919.75K222.02M153.74M17,307,149
2026-08-22 ≈1.25M231.73M153.63M45,838,538
2026-08-23 ≈1.18M229.36M153.34M41,489,420
2026-08-24 ≈1.24M229.26M151.77M16,943,331
2026-08-25 ≈1.11M229.21M155.14M38,357,219
2026-08-26 ≈1.21M229.21M152.42M19,739,507
2026-08-27 ≈1.19M226.92M150.77M11,583,019
2026-08-28 ≈1.16M226.90M151.70M56,191,574
2026-08-29 ≈1.41M229.19M146.82M48,684,064
2026-08-30 ≈1.20M229.12M152.53M24,759,130
2026-08-31 ≈1.22M229.07M152.10M118,864,895
2026-09-01 ≈1.27M229.12M150.73M42,496,818
2026-09-02 ≈1.37M226.90M145.86M16,336,197
2026-09-03 ≈1.19M226.75M150.68M48,012,187
2026-09-04 ≈922.29K226.65M158.00M18,407,908
2026-09-05 ≈897.89K226.60M158.63M64,002,213
2026-09-06 ≈711.16K220.09M157.69M78,985,082
2026-09-07 ≈602.83K212.28M153.38M36,695,599
2026-09-08 ≈375.51K212.28M159.65M30,392,133
2026-09-09 ≈187.09K212.26M164.82M19,760,655
2026-09-10 ≈481.74K212.28M156.72M57,875,144
2026-09-11 ≈438.93K224.41M169.24M34,204,864
2026-09-12 ≈659.44K219.53M158.59M23,328,591
2026-09-13 ≈673.54K219.58M158.25M78,694,322
2026-09-14 ≈669.68K219.43M158.22M39,077,342
2026-09-15 ≈680.26K219.43M157.92M66,569,271
2026-09-16 ≈745.16K219.33M156.04M41,541,360
2026-09-17 ≈813.06K219.33M154.17M54,541,365
2026-09-18 ≈903.37K219.60M151.93M68,165,078
2026-09-19 ≈1.01M224.48M153.48M14,096,015
2026-09-20 ≈1.40M226.46M144.70M73,069,287
2026-09-21 ≈1.08M222.04M149.32M21,807,643
2026-09-22 ≈933.37K222.04M153.38M44,475,358
2026-09-23 ≈754.66K214.74M151.49M56,195,744
2026-09-24 ≈1.08M226.21M153.21M42,512,545
2026-09-25 ≈1.23M225.70M148.73M38,445,416
2026-09-26 ≈1.02M224.24M153.04M43,738,408
2026-09-27 ≈1.12M223.99M149.97M30,452,444
2026-09-28 ≈1.02M223.80M152.69M52,238,049
2026-09-29 ≈1.16M223.94M148.87M69,567,710
2026-09-30 ≈1.05M223.70M151.77M52,136,507
2026-10-01 ≈1.31M224.24M145.17M64,798,103
2026-10-02 ≈1.12M226.33M152.38M58,850,241
2026-10-03 ≈1.14M226.51M151.77M98,751,709
2026-10-04 ≈1.14M226.60M151.87M70,814,075
2026-10-05 ≈1.29M225.31M146.66M41,345,402
2026-10-06 ≈990.22K225.31M154.87M22,522,485
2026-10-07 ≈793.22K209.84M145.84M37,126,073

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