Map resource·Ores·Tier 3

Zirconium node

Needs the full game In the free version skills stop at level 4, and this asks for

Mining Mastery lv 6The full game is a one-time purchase inside the app (Full Game Unlock).

Dense zircon-bearing deposit of significant purity. Zirconium''s low neutron absorption made it the standard cladding material for pre-war reactor fuel rods.

Yields 3

Anomalous Rock FormationContainers · T3

CermetResources · T3

Zirconium OreResources · T3

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49,0 Mountains10
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Mountains: -40% movement speed · Bolt Action Rifles +15% · Sniper Rifles +15%

From the game files (version 2.4.261112-4cec7dd).

Gathering tools

Tool	Grade	Bonus	Requires	For this resource
Makeshift Pickaxe	T0	—	—	too weak
Iron Pickaxe	T1	—	—	too weak
Steel Pickaxe	T1,5	+5%	—	too weak
Hardened Steel Pickaxe	T1,75	+10%	—	too weak
High Grade Steel Pickaxe	T2	—	Mining Mastery lv 4	too weak
Tungsten-Tipped Pickaxe	T2,5	+5%	Mining Mastery lv 4	too weak
Titanium Pickaxe	T3	+5%	Mining Mastery lv 6	enough
Cobalt-Tipped Pickaxe	T3,5	+10%	Mining Mastery lv 7	enough

The game guide says the tool tier gates the resource tier. “Enough” compares the tool grade with this resource tier (T3). Bonus: chance of one more resource per gather.

Tasks

Gather Zirconium Node

Codex entry

Entry 1
The principal ore of zirconium is zircon, ZrSiO₄, usually recovered from heavy-mineral sands alongside ilmenite and rutile. Natural zircon contains hafnium with zirconium at roughly a 1-to-50 ratio.
Entry 2
Zirconium alloys are valuable in nuclear reactors because they resist corrosion while absorbing very few neutrons. Hafnium behaves chemically almost the same but absorbs neutrons strongly, so reactor-grade zirconium must be purified.
Entry 3
Zircon crystals are exceptionally durable geological clocks. Grains from Western Australia's Jack Hills have been dated to about 4.4 billion years old, making them the oldest known terrestrial material.

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Yields 3

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Gathering tools

Tasks

Codex entry

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