Tek Trough

Put food for your nearby pets in this, and they'll automatically eat it when hungry! Can refridgerate items, so long as it's powered by a Tek Generator!

Item details

Type
Container
Health
2000
Item slots
100
Size
1L × 0.5W × 0.5H
Decay time
80d
Weight
4
Stack size
1
Added in
v260.0
Crafting XP
464
Unlocked upon defeating
  • Abyssalus
  • Crystal Wyvern Queen
  • Cymathoa (Beta, Alpha)
  • Desert Titan
  • Dinopithecus King
  • File:Forsaken Oasis (Valguero).png Forsaken Oasis  (Gamma, Gamma, Beta, Beta, Alpha, Alpha)
  • Grendel
  • Manticore
  • Megapithecus
  • Moeder, Master of the Ocean (Gamma, Gamma, Beta, Beta, Alpha, Alpha)
  • Nunatak
  • Ragnarok Arena
Crafted in
  • Tek Replicator
  • Exo-Mek
Required stations
  • Fabricator
  • Refining Forge

Crafting materials

  • Black Pearl45
  • Crystal or Primal Crystal100
  • Electronics50
  • Element or Red Element18
  • Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot900
  • Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule175
Compare batch sizes
Direct crafting costs for Tek Trough
Ingredient1 craft10 crafts100 crafts
Black Pearl454504,500
Crystal or Primal Crystal1001,00010,000
Electronics505005,000
Element or Red Element181801,800
Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot9009,00090,000
Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule1751,75017,500

Base recipe costs. Combine recipes and calculate raw materials in the resource calculator.

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