Salt

+| Property | Details |+| --- | --- |+| **Category** | Raw Materials |+| **Source** | Salt Node, Salt Deposit |+| **Biomes** | Graveyard, Sparse Plains, Observatory Island, Root Canyon |+| **Description** | NaCl. Halite, also known as rock salt. Culinary and sanitation applications. |+ +![Salt](wiki-images/f6/f6212e1457166bed4d73cc8d10af6499.png)+ +**Salt** is a [Raw Material](Raw Materials) used in the crafting of [Food](Food) items.+ +## Obtaining+ +Salt can appear as:+ +*   Resource Nodes that are broken by hand or using any [Tool](Tools).+*   Resource Deposits that are broken with the [Sonic Resonator](Sonic Resonator).+ +Salt can be found in the [Graveyard](Graveyard), [Sparse Plains](Sparse Plains), and [Root Canyon](Root Canyon), as well as on the [Observatory Island](Observatory Island).+ +## Uses in Crafting+ +*   *Used in various food recipes.*+ +## Databank Entry+ +**Halite (NaCL)**, commonly known as salt. A critical nutrient and a favorite flavor in human foodstuffs.+ +Nearly four percent of the alien seawater is dissolved salt—far higher than the concentration in human blood. Living things (even on this world) cannot survive this level of salt in their bodies.+ +As a result, organisms spend a great deal of energy pumping salt out of their bodies. Some fish use a third of their metabolic energy to pump salt.+ +A shortage of salt is equally dangerous. Hyponatremia causes hallucinations, seizure, coma, and death (easily confused with other syndromes caused by exposure to this alien environment).+ +**Assessment:** search for salt on sandy sea bottoms and around dead coral domes.+ +**Note:** pools of salt-heavy brine may occur at the sea floor. Contact with this brine may cause seizures and death. Certain bacteria (halophiles) can thrive in these environments.