The Crust Wiki: Lunar Automation & Survival
The definitive engineering database for The Crust. Master raw regolith extraction, subterranean conveyor loops, 360-hour night electrical balances, and colonist life support systems.
Primary Photovoltaic Grid & Extraction Pad
Continuous power generation during 360 daylight hours.
In The Crust, players manage a dual-layer lunar mining corporation. Surface harvesters gather raw Lunar Regolith with density 2.60 g/cm³, feeding vertical cargo elevators that channel ore into subterranean electric arc smelters and chemical leaching units. Survival requires engineering robust power reserves to endure the uninterrupted 360-hour lunar night through solid-state batteries and continuous hydrogen fuel generators.
Regolith Extraction & 360-Hour Night Balancing Simulator
E_night = P_load × 360 h Surface Exploration vs Subsurface Logistics
Dividing industrial operations across geographic planes protects critical infrastructure from surface radiation and meteor hazards.
Autonomous rovers extract bulk regolith and transport raw ore to cargo elevators. Photovoltaic farms harness peak solar irradiance, while Anti-Meteorite Laser Cannons protect the surface dome perimeter.
Subterranean facilities operate in sealed thermal comfort. High-temperature arc smelters refine iron ore (5.20 g/cm³) and titanium (4.50 g/cm³), and pressing modules produce structural concrete slabs.
Heavy-duty cargo elevators transfer up to 480 items per minute between subterranean workshops and surface launch pads, directly loading trade shuttles bound for Earth corporations.
New 1.0 Commercial Release Mechanics
Over 2,000 engineering commits introduce critical factory tools and colonist life support systems.
Layout modules and conveyor paths in advance with recipe duplication and dynamic resource tracking before spending raw materials.
Construct dedicated paved roads that eliminate transport drift, optimize vehicle pathfinding, and prevent equipment clipping.
Surface defense cannon automatically intercepts incoming orbital projectiles, expending exactly 1 Energy Cell per interception blast.
Showers and toilets boost colonist morale and prevent catastrophic epidemic outbreaks that degrade workforce efficiency.
PC System Hardware Requirements
Official hardware specifications verified from Steam store telemetry.
- Operating System:Windows 7 64-bit or newer
- Processor:Intel Core i5-4590K / AMD
- System Memory:8 GB RAM
- Graphics Card:GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB)
- Available Storage:8 GB available space
- Operating System:Windows 7 64-bit or newer
- Processor:Intel Core i5-7700 / AMD
- System Memory:16 GB RAM
- Graphics Card:GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB)
- Available Storage:8 GB available space
Verified 1.0 Strategy Blueprints
The Crust: All 28 Achievements 100% Guide
Unlock all 28 Steam achievements in The Crust. Global completion percentages, corporate market cap thresholds, and survival milestones.
The Crust 1.0 Beginner Guide & Survival
Master your first 360 hours on the Moon in The Crust 1.0. Essential survival steps, power grid baselines, and regolith processing.
The Crust: Colonist Management & Morale Guide
Master human colonist management in The Crust 1.0. Housing modules, hygiene sanitary requirements, epidemic prevention, and salary controls.
The Crust: 360-Hour Night Power Grid Guide
Engineer an unbreakable lunar electrical grid in The Crust. Balance 360-hour night battery banks, solar arrays, and hydrogen fuel generators.
The Crust: Refinery Automation & Conveyors
Master subsurface logistics in The Crust 1.0. Conveyor tiers, vertical elevator loops, regolith refinery ratios, and sorting matrices.
The Crust Engineering FAQs
What is The Crust? +
The Crust is an industrial lunar automation and colony simulation developed by VEOM Studio and published by Crytivo, fully released into version 1.0 on September 10, 2026. Players manage a dual-layer lunar corporation, coordinating surface extraction rovers and subterranean conveyor networks while engineering power grids to endure 360 hours of lunar night.
How does the 360-hour lunar night affect power in The Crust? +
A single lunar diurnal rotation generates roughly 360 hours of darkness. Because surface solar panels produce zero power during nightfall, colonies must pre-charge solid-state battery banks at 2.5x daytime demand or deploy hydrogen fuel generators to maintain baseload life support.
What major features are added in The Crust version 1.0? +
Version 1.0 introduces the blueprint Planning Mode, paved road construction tools for haulers, room wall styling, Anti-Meteorite Laser Cannons consuming 1 Energy Cell per interception, Showers and Toilets for epidemic prevention, colonist salary management, and 4 new Sandbox maps.
What are the conveyor belt speed ratings in The Crust? +
Conveyor belts operate across three speeds: Tier 1 transports 120 items per minute, Tier 2 transports 240 items per minute, and Tier 3 transports 480 items per minute, synchronizing with vertical cargo elevators.