Metal Foundry[]
The metal foundry is a type of resource building that produces metal. Metal is important resource of game so it's produced by this building. It can be found under the build menu and costs 425 energy and 283 oil. A player can have a maximum of four metal foundries, at outpost level 4 this increases to 5. The maximum level of the metal foundries depends on the outpost level.
| Level | Cost: Oil-Energy | Production/hour | Capacity | Upgrade/build time |
Outpost level |
| 1 | 283 - 425 | 2,400 | 8,800 | 20s | 1 |
| 2 | 708 - 1,063 | 2,880 | 15,360 | 2 min | 1 |
| 3 | 1,771 - 2,656 | 3,840 | 26,880 | 5 min | 2 |
| 4 | 4,427 - 6,641 | 5,280 | 45,760 | 1 hrs | 2 |
| 5 | 11,068 - 16,602 | 7,200 | 74,400 | 2 hrs | 3 |
| 6 | 27,669 - 41,504 | 16,560* | 198,720* | 21min 28s* | 3 |
| 7 | 69,173 - 103,760 | 19,080* | 259,776* | 47min 14s* | 4 |
| 8 | 172,933 - 259,399 | 21,240* | 327,888* | 1hr 43min 56s* | 4 |
| 9 | 432,332 - 648,499 | 23,760* | 402,696* | 3hr 48min 39s* | |
| 10 | Wait for updates | Wait for updates | Wait for updates | Wait for updates |
(*) Production/hour, Capacity and Upgrade/building times have changed 9/2011