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Crystal Extractor

Crystal Extractor: Crystal per hour, and crystal storage.

How to use it

Crystal per hour, and crystal storage

Each level increases passive crystal income and storage. Crystal is the rarer half of advanced hardware, instruments and research costs.

Requirements & connections

The local Command Core must reach at least the level you want to build. An earlier queued Core upgrade can meet this requirement.

Upgrades use this planet’s Construction queue and resources in its Store. Resources waiting in the Works cannot pay. Keep enough stock for fuel and defence. Read order queues for timing and cancellation losses.

Reference values

Each row is the separate cost to reach that level. Local levels and research affect timers and capacities. Research timing uses the capital’s Command Core.

Upgrade reference levels
Level reached	Alloy	Crystal	Production per hour	Base build minutes
1	20	15	35	1.95
2	44	33	86.18	2.65
3	77	58	145.99	3.61
4	274	206	212.2	4.91
5	443	333	283.61	6.67
6	706	530	359.47	9.07
7	861	646	439.23	12.34
8	1,042	782	522.5	16.78
9	1,255	942	608.95	22.82
10	1,505	1,129	698.34	31.04
11	1,800	1,350	790.46	42.21
12	2,145	1,609	885.12	57.41
13	4,100	3,075	1,041.12	78.07
14	5,188	3,891	1,211.3	106.18
15	6,530	4,897	1,395.95	144.4
16	8,178	6,134	1,595.31	196.39
17	10,199	7,650	1,809.65	267.09
18	12,671	9,503	2,039.21	363.24
19	15,687	11,766	2,284.21	468
20	19,362	14,521	2,544.89	468
21	23,829	17,872	2,821.46	468
22	29,251	21,938	3,114.14	468

The table shows reference levels, not a universal building cap. The Hangar has its own fixed top; other local buildings obey the Core, and Deuterium Refinery also obeys Synthesis. Production rows exclude satellites and temporary effects.

How to use it

Requirements & connections

Reference values

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