How do I craft Carbon in No Man's Sky?

To craft Carbon, you need Condensed Carbon x1. Use the Refiner to combine them.

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Carbon

Carbon is an unrefined organic element in No Man's Sky. The best yield: refine Condensed Carbon x1 in a Portable Refiner to get 2.

Best yield

Portable Refinerabout 0.12s per batch

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1 batch: 1 Condensed Carbon in a Portable Refiner makes 2, about 0.12s in one refiner.

Best yield per input first

Times are approximate, per batch (one run of the recipe). In-game refiner timers are often off.

The building block of all organic life. Of critical importance to space travellers, as Carbon is used to recharge mining equipment.

The Mining Laser will harvest Carbon from trees, plants, and all other forms of vegetable.