# Compacted Coal > Canonical source: [Compacted Coal](https://satisfactorybase.com/wiki/items/compacted-coal) > Language: en A much more efficient alternative to Coal. Used as fuel for vehicles and Coal-Powered Generators. ## Properties - Entity type: Item - Form: solid - Stack size: 100 - Sink points: 28 - Energy: 630 MJ - Radioactive: No - Can be discarded: Yes ## Produced by ### [Alternate: Compacted Coal](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-enrichedcoal-c) 12 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler) [Coal](/wiki/items/coal): 5 per cycle; 25/min, [Sulfur](/wiki/items/sulfur): 5 per cycle; 25/min → [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 5 per cycle; 25/min. ### [Alternate: Dark-Ion Fuel](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-ionizedfuel-dark-c) 3 s. [Converter](/wiki/buildings/converter) [Packaged Rocket Fuel](/wiki/items/packaged-rocket-fuel): 12 per cycle; 240/min, [Dark Matter Crystal](/wiki/items/dark-matter-crystal): 4 per cycle; 80/min → [Ionized Fuel](/wiki/items/ionized-fuel): 10 m³ per cycle; 200 m³/min, [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 2 per cycle; 40/min. ### [Alternate: Nitro Rocket Fuel](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-rocketfuel-nitro-c) 2.4 s. [Blender](/wiki/buildings/blender) [Fuel](/wiki/items/fuel): 4 m³ per cycle; 100 m³/min, [Nitrogen Gas](/wiki/items/nitrogen-gas): 3 m³ per cycle; 75 m³/min, [Sulfur](/wiki/items/sulfur): 4 per cycle; 100/min, [Coal](/wiki/items/coal): 2 per cycle; 50/min → [Rocket Fuel](/wiki/items/rocket-fuel): 6 m³ per cycle; 150 m³/min, [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 1 per cycle; 25/min. ### [Ionized Fuel](/wiki/recipes/recipe-ionizedfuel-c) 24 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery) [Rocket Fuel](/wiki/items/rocket-fuel): 16 m³ per cycle; 40 m³/min, [Power Shard](/wiki/items/power-shard): 1 per cycle; 2.5/min → [Ionized Fuel](/wiki/items/ionized-fuel): 16 m³ per cycle; 40 m³/min, [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 2 per cycle; 5/min. ### [Rocket Fuel](/wiki/recipes/recipe-rocketfuel-c) 6 s. [Blender](/wiki/buildings/blender) [Turbofuel](/wiki/items/turbofuel): 6 m³ per cycle; 60 m³/min, [Nitric Acid](/wiki/items/nitric-acid): 1 m³ per cycle; 10 m³/min → [Rocket Fuel](/wiki/items/rocket-fuel): 10 m³ per cycle; 100 m³/min, [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 1 per cycle; 10/min. ## Used as recipe ingredient ### [Alternate: Fine Black Powder](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-gunpowder-1-c) 8 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler) [Sulfur](/wiki/items/sulfur): 1 per cycle; 7.5/min, [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 2 per cycle; 15/min → [Black Powder](/wiki/items/black-powder): 6 per cycle; 45/min. ### [Alternate: Compacted Steel Ingot](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-ingotsteel-2-c) 24 s. [Foundry](/wiki/buildings/foundry) [Iron Ore](/wiki/items/iron-ore): 2 per cycle; 5/min, [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 1 per cycle; 2.5/min → [Steel Ingot](/wiki/items/steel-ingot): 4 per cycle; 10/min. ### [Alternate: Turbo Heavy Fuel](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-turboheavyfuel-c) 8 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery) [Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/items/heavy-oil-residue): 5 m³ per cycle; 37.5 m³/min, [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 4 per cycle; 30/min → [Turbofuel](/wiki/items/turbofuel): 4 m³ per cycle; 30 m³/min. ### [Turbofuel](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-turbofuel-c) 16 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery) [Fuel](/wiki/items/fuel): 6 m³ per cycle; 22.5 m³/min, [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 4 per cycle; 15/min → [Turbofuel](/wiki/items/turbofuel): 5 m³ per cycle; 18.75 m³/min. ## Used as generator fuel - [Coal-Powered Generator](/wiki/buildings/coal-powered-generator) ## Used in schematic costs - [Turbofuel](/wiki/schematics/turbofuel): 15 ## Related items - [Coal](/wiki/items/coal) - [Sulfur](/wiki/items/sulfur) - [Packaged Rocket Fuel](/wiki/items/packaged-rocket-fuel) - [Dark Matter Crystal](/wiki/items/dark-matter-crystal) - [Ionized Fuel](/wiki/items/ionized-fuel) - [Fuel](/wiki/items/fuel) - [Nitrogen Gas](/wiki/items/nitrogen-gas) - [Rocket Fuel](/wiki/items/rocket-fuel) - [Power Shard](/wiki/items/power-shard) - [Turbofuel](/wiki/items/turbofuel) - [Nitric Acid](/wiki/items/nitric-acid) - [Black Powder](/wiki/items/black-powder) - [Iron Ore](/wiki/items/iron-ore) - [Steel Ingot](/wiki/items/steel-ingot) - [Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/items/heavy-oil-residue) ## Unlocked by - [Compacted Coal](/wiki/schematics/compacted-coal-research-sulfur-compactedcoal): MAM research - [Ionized Fuel](/wiki/schematics/ionized-fuel): MAM research - [Rocket Fuel](/wiki/schematics/rocket-fuel): MAM research - [Alternate: Compacted Coal](/wiki/schematics/alternate-compacted-coal): Schematic - [Alternate: Dark-Ion Fuel](/wiki/schematics/alternate-dark-ion-fuel): Hard Drive alternate - [Alternate: Nitro Rocket Fuel](/wiki/schematics/alternate-nitro-rocket-fuel): Hard Drive alternate ## Guides - [Alternate recipes and Hard Drives](/guides/alternate-recipes) ## Technical Details - Class name: Desc_CompactedCoal_C - Native class: FGItemDescriptor - Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/CompactedCoal/Desc_CompactedCoal - Resource form (export): RF_SOLID