Salt

 | Property | Details |-|---|---|+| :--- | :--- | | **Category** | Raw Materials | | **Source** | Salt Node, Salt Deposit |-| **Biomes** | Graveyard, Sparse Plains, Observatory Island, Root Canyon |+| **Biomes** | Graveyard, Sparse Plains, Overgrown Ruins, Root Canyon |  +![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.   ## 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 on the Observatory Island.+Salt can be found in the Graveyard, Sparse Plains and Root Canyon, as well as on the Overgrown Ruins.   Unlike most other nodes, salt nodes in the Graveyard do respawn.   ## Recipe   Salt can be produced in a Metal Farm.  -| Machine | Input | Output | Crafting Time |-|---|---|---|---|-| Metal Farm | - | 3x Salt | 2:00 |+| Machine | Crafting Time | Input | Output |+| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |+| Metal Farm | 2:00 | - | 3x Salt |   ## Uses in Crafting   Salt is used in various crafting recipes, primarily for food and specific equipment.   ## 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.