Salt

 | Property | Details | | :--- | :--- | | **Category** | Raw Materials | | **Source** | Salt Node, Salt Deposit | | **Biomes** | Graveyard, Sparse Plains, Overgrown Ruins, Root Canyon |-| **Description** | NaCl. Halite, also known as rock salt. Culinary and sanitation applications. |  -![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.  +![Salt](Salt.png)+  ## Recipe   Salt can be produced in a Metal Farm.   | Machine | Input | Output | Crafting Time | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Metal Farm | - | 3x Salt | 2:00 |   ## 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.   ## Databank Entry  -> **Halite (NaCL)**, commonly known as salt. A critical nutrient and a favorite flavor in human foodstuffs.+> **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.+> 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.   *Source: Scan Salt*