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Liquid · Density 75

Move Lava by changing what it is.

Lava is not carried through the regular fluid route. The reliable factory pattern is to freeze it, turn the result into a solid transport material, then ignite it again where heat is needed.

State
Liquid
Density
75
Natural location
Deep Lava Cave
Transport form
Cinder

Working route

Use the constraint
as the design.

  1. 01 · Freeze

    Snow, including Snow made by a Cryoblaster, freezes Lava into Scoria.

  2. 02 · Dig

    Break the Scoria to obtain Cinder, a solid material that can move on Grabbers, Conveyors, or Launchers.

  3. 03 · Route

    Move Cinder to a contained workstation. Keep it separated from other materials before ignition.

  4. 04 · Ignite

    Fire returns Cinder to Lava. A Filter holding Lava can ignite passing pixels for automated burning.

Evidence notes

Confirmed first.
Tested second.

Official Wiki

  • Lava is naturally found in deep Lava Caves and can also be recreated by applying Fire to Cinder.
  • Water hitting Lava becomes Steam while the Lava quantity does not decrease.
  • A Filter configured for Cinder can hold a local Lava worksite for automated burning.

Community-tested

  • A recorded factory build uses an allow-only-Cinder filter to refill a small contained Lava floor, then loops unburned Slag back for another pass.

These are useful player examples, not official specifications.

Continue the route

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