Editing Iron Mine (section)

== Overview ==
The Iron Mine costs 1,000 of the biome's primary resource plus 20 {{Icon|Tools}} to construct. It produces {{Icon|Ore}} at biome-dependent rates: +100/day in the [[Stone Biome]], +60/day in the [[Earth Biome]], and +40/day in the [[Wood Biome]], making the Stone Biome the most favourable location for ore extraction. All biomes consume 1 {{Icon|Tools}} per day to operate. The building requires 50 workers and is not available in the [[Arctic Biome]].

The Iron Mine has a built-in storage capacity of 500 {{Icon|Ore}}. An exclusion zone prevents placement within 1,500 meters of another Iron Mine or [[Improved Iron Mine]], ensuring that ore production cannot be concentrated in a single area.

The Iron Mine can be upgraded to the [[Improved Iron Mine]] at a cost of 100 {{Icon|Scrap}}. The upgrade doubles ore production to +200/day (Stone), +120/day (Earth), and +80/day (Wood), while increasing the worker requirement to 100 and expanding storage to 1,000 {{Icon|Ore}}. {{Icon|Tools}} consumption remains at 1/day.

{{Icon|Ore}} produced by the Iron Mine is processed through the tools chain:

{{Chain|Ore+Tools|Refinery|Metal+Wood|Tools Workshop|Tools|title=Tools Chain}}