Salt

 | Property | Details | | :--- | :--- | | **Category** | Raw Materials | | **Source** | Salt Node, Salt Deposit | | **Biomes** | Graveyard, Sparse Plains, Overgrown Ruins, Root Canyon |-| **Scan Required** | Yes (Scanner) |+| **Scan Tool** | Scanner |   ![Salt](Salt.png)   **Salt** is a raw material used in the crafting of mostly Food items. It is also used in some power storage related recipes and a few decorations.   ## Recipe   Salt can be produced in a Metal Farm.   | Machine | Input | Output | Crafting Time | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Metal Farm | - | 3x Salt | 2:00 |   ## Appearance   In-game, salt appears in small to medium-sized piles with a pale, peachy color and a somewhat shimmery look. The material's crystalline structure is apparent on closer inspection, with sharp, geometric outlines to the deposits.   ## Obtaining   Salt can appear as:   *   Resource Nodes that are broken by hand or using any Tool. *   Resource Deposits that are broken with the Sonic Resonator.   Salt can be found in the Graveyard, Sparse Plains, and Root Canyon, as well as around the Overgrown Ruins.   Salt deposits are very commonly found forming at the beginning of small Current streams.   Unlike most other nodes, salt nodes in the Graveyard do respawn.   ## Uses in Crafting   Salt is used in various crafting recipes, primarily for food and survival items.   ## 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 must spend energy pumping salt out of their bodies. Some Earth 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.