Composter

The Composter is a feature in that allows players to turn Organic Matter into. The Composter also requires Machine Fuel to operate, which can be added from items such as and s. The Composter takes 10 minutes to create each Compost, consuming 4000 Organic Matter and  Machine Fuel in the process. A full Composter can last 100 minutes without intervention.

Organic Matter
When inserted into the Composter, items are converted into Organic Matter. Items cannot be taken out of the Composter once they have been inserted. Organic Matter is needed to make each Compost, excluding upgrades.

The following table gives the Organic Matter for all known compostable items. All Organic Matter values below are exact. For example, Potatoes are worth exactly 0.33 organic matter, not 1/3. Note that Tightly-Tied Hay Bales and Condensed Fermento can only be used with sufficient Composter upgrades because they are worth more than the default limit of Organic Matter.

The best item to buy from the Bazaar for making Compost is currently at  per Compost.

Upgrades
There are 5 Composter Upgrades available for the Composter.
 * Composter Speed (requires ): Increases Composter production speed by per tier. The maximum speed is, or . Ignoring the Multi Drop upgrade, each tier of this upgrade increases the Composter's production rate by 1.2 Compost per hour.
 * Multi Drop (requires ): When Compost is produced, grants a chance per tier to produce an extra one. The maximum chance is . Ignoring the Composter Speed upgrade, each tier of this upgrade increases the Composter's production rate by 0.18 Compost per hour on average.
 * Fuel Cap (requires ): Increases the maximum Machine Fuel that the Composter can hold by per tier. Including the base value, the maximum limit is  Machine Fuel.
 * Organic Matter Cap (requires ): Increases the maximum amount of Organic Matter that can be stored by per tier. Including the base value, the maximum limit is  Organic Matter.
 * Cost Reduction (requires ): Reduces the amount of Organic Matter and Machine Fuel required to produce Compost by per tier. The maximum reduction is, which results in the consumption of  Organic Matter and  Machine Fuel per Compost.

The table below gives the cost for each Composter Upgrade. The columns labeled Copper and Rare Crop Cost are the amount of Copper and Rare Crops needed to increase one of the upgrades to that tier. This cost is the same for each of the upgrades at that tier. The other columns are costs that only apply to the Composter Upgrade shown in the column heading.

The total raw material cost to max out all Composter Upgrades is given below. Excluding the Copper, these materials would sell to Merchant NPCs for.