Lightyear Frontier plunges you into a survival and farming adventure on a desolate planet. To excel in this realm, you must construct a cozy dwelling and a workshop for cultivation, rest, and enhancing your Lightyear Frontier gear. Acquiring various structures and upgrades necessitates sourcing an array of ores, rocks, and materials scattered across the landscape, including the valuable coal. While coal deposits are scattered throughout the map, the most abundant reservoir lies within Pine Heights.
Optimal Coal Locations in Lightyear Frontier
Unlike craftable items, coal is a natural resource akin to metals and rocks, akin to the Red Crystals in Lightyear Frontier. The prime coal hunting grounds are the designated spots within Pine Heights as indicated on the map above. Expect to uncover coal reserves on both sides of the Pine Heights entrance from the Meadows. Although not all coal deposits regenerate daily, new veins emerge periodically, with complete replenishment occurring within a game day or two.
Utilizing Coal in Lightyear Frontier
Coal predominantly fuels the Furnace, essential for heating and refining materials into various useful objects. By combining coal with items like Blue Crystal Dust, you can manufacture an assortment of glasses and lenses within the Furnace, including:
- Blue Glass
- Clear Glass
- Fractalite Bar
- Iron Bar
- Light Bulb
- Red Glass
- Steel Bar
- Yellow Glass
Enhancing Furnace Efficiency in Lightyear Frontier
Constructing a Furnace in Lightyear Frontier demands gathering twelve Wood and crafting twelve Clay. Transform Stone into Stone Dust using the Grinder to create Clay via an Assembler. Wood collection involves felling trees using the Saw tool.
For advanced production capabilities, consider building an Advanced Furnace (requiring 12 Glo Wood, 6 Copper Wire, 1 Power Core). This upgraded version accelerates production significantly, utilizing Dried Glo Fruit instead of coal, minimizing the need for continuous coal collection in this day 1 Xbox Game Pass offering.