Power Plant
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| Max. Tier | 6 |
| Conversion rate | 800:1 |
| Color theme | Yellow |
The Power Plant is a building used to generate electricity to give speed boosts to other buildings.
Contents
Power Grid
The power grid is where you place structures in order to generate and store energy.
You can place structures by selecting one from the list on the left of the screen, and then clicking an empty tile.
To delete a structure, right-click the filled tile while not having any structure selected from the list. Doing so will refund you 25% of the resource you spent buying the component. This can be increased to 50% if you have Component Recycling Skill.
Structures can connect with each other without the use of pipes, but pipes can be used to use resources more efficiently at times.
Network
This is where you spend your energy to speed up other buildings:
- Construction Firm: Reduces construction time for buildings.
- Factory: Speeds up shard refining, store reload, machine speed, and fabricator speed.
- Mine: Speeds up the drill, asteroid mining time, and asteroid scanning time.
- Headquarters: Speeds up download of software and how fast contracts run out.
- Shipyard: Speeds up shipments.
- Museum: speeds up artifact research time and offshore market refresh time.
- Arcade: On its own, it only speeds up the cooldown timer of "Refresh Wheel." To effectively boost the arcade you need to have something else (located in the spoiler below), which reduces the time between delays (such as time between stopping jumble rows) and increases the speed of the lucky wheel.
- Trading Post: reduces the time between perk refreshes and the timer to reset trades
The more energy you use, the longer and stronger the boost is.
You can boost multiple buildings at the same time, but if they are boosted at exactly the same time then they have to split the energy for the boost, and so the boosts will be weaker. If you are using workers to restart boosts this isn't a problem in practice, because the periods of each building are different, and so each building will end up boosted at a unique time.
Mechanics
Boosting applies a percentage of the total available energy (10%, 25%, 50% or 100% depending on your selection) towards boosting. If there are multiple buildings being boosted simultaneously, the energy is split between them. (This splitting will not be shown in the preview numbers before you boost, but it will be apparent afterwards.) Call this energy being allocated to boosting a building BoostEnergy.
Then BoostEnergy is divided between time and effectiveness based on the position of the slider. For effectiveness, the slider runs from 1% to 100% of BoostEnergy, and for time the slider runs from 100% to 1%. This does mean that the overall energy sums to 101%! Call the amount after the the slider PostSlider.
For both time and effectiveness, PostSlider is used as follows: Result = log(PostSlider) * Perks * BaseValue. When displayed, Result is rounded for effectiveness, but truncated for time. The base for the log is 10 normally, or 7 with the Super Boost skill. Perks include Town Perks, as well as the 1.25 multiplier from Max Power if at full power (only applies to effectiveness). The table of BaseValues is:
| Building | Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|
| Construction Firm | 4:00 | 20% |
| Factory | 3:00 | 15% |
| Mine | 3:20 | 18% |
| Headquarters | 2:00 | 22% |
| Shipyard | 5:00 | 10% |
| Museum | 3:00 | 15% |
| Workshop | 3:40 | 21% |
| Arcade | 5:00 | 0.5% |
| Trading Post | 3:00 | 15% |
Technology
These are your structures for use in the power grid.
You can unlock more by upgrading the Power Plant in the Construction Firm.
You can upgrade structures if they are upgradeable. All costs are rounded to the nearest resource. The power plant runs at 10 ticks/sec.
Basic
Water Pump
Provides infinite water.
Cost: 25 * 1.5qty
Fluid Pipe
Transports 1000L of gas or fluid per tick.
Cost: 5 * 1.5qty
Currently used to move water from a water pump to a coal boiler, and to move steam from a coal boiler to a steam turbine.
The pipe is gray when empty, blue when filled with water, and white when filled with steam.
Upgrades:
Pipe Throughput (9 levels): +1000 to pipe input, output and storage (add.)
Yellow Battery
Adds +2000 power capacity.
Cost: 50 * 1.5qty
Can be placed anywhere, and is not needed to be connected to anything.
Upgrades:
Capacity (15 levels): +50% battery capacity
Deep link (5 levels): +1% total power capacity per Yellow battery (add.)
Note that the Total Capacity bonus applies to all batteries, as well as the base 1000 power! I.e. if you have fully upgraded Yellow Batteries and have 10 of them, they're providing +50% to all capacities.
Tier 1
Coal Chest
Provides 2500kg of coal.
Cost: 40 * 1.5qty
Needs to be placed next to a coal boiler.
Has to be replaced periodically, as it will run out of coal.
Upgrades:
Storage (30 levels) +25% Coal (mul.) (Cost: 25000 * 3lvl)
Coal Boiler
Turns 100L of water, and 4 kg of coal into 30L of steam.
Cost: 150 * 1.5qty
Needs to be connected to a water pump and a coal chest to function.
Upgrades:
Denser coal (9 levels): +30L steam/tick, +4kg coal useage/tick and +100L water useage/tick
Steam Turbine
Transforms 10L of steam into 30 power per tick.
Cost: 60 * 1.5qty
Needs to be connected to an active coal boiler to generate energy.
Upgrades:
Condensed turbines (6 levels): +100% power production (mult.) and steam useage/tick (Cost: 5000 × 3lvl)
Two-flow rotors (6 levels): -1 base steam useage/tick (Cost: 10,000,000 × 16lvl)
Tier 2
Oil Barrel
Provides 10000L of oil
Cost: 1000 * 1.5qty
Can be placed anywhere, as long as a fluid pipe connects it to an oil furnace.
Upgrades:
Storage (30 levels): +20% Oil (mul.) (Cost: 100000 * 3lvl)
Oil Furnace
Turns 20L of oil and 200L of water into 100L of steam.
Cost: 17500 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Bigger heat chambers (9 levels): +100L steam/tick, +20L oil usage and +200L water useage/tick
Gas Tank
provides 20000L of gas.
Cost: 2000 * 1.5qty
can be placed anywhere, as long as fluid pipes connect it to a gas turbine.
Upgrades:
Storage (30 levels): +20% Gas (mul.) (Cost: 125000 * 3lvl)
Gas Turbine
Turns 25L of gas into 100 power per tick.
Cost: 5000 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Early ignition (5 levels): +100% power production and gas requirement
Optimized pipes (2 levels): +1% power production (mul.) for gas turbines per regular pipe on the grid regardless if it's in use
Tier 3
Water Turbine
Uses 20L of water to provide 3 power per tick.
Cost: 20000 * 1.5qty
Can be connected with pipes or directly to a Water Pump
Upgrades:
Streamlined turbines (9 levels): +100% power production (mul.) and +20L water useage
Solar Panel
Produces 1 power per tick (0 when raining).
Cost: 10000 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Double sized panels (10 levels): +100% power production
Aqua panels (5 levels): 2% × lvl of power production well continue during rain
Wind Turbine
Produces 0~4 power per tick (min. of 0 without wind and max of 4 when there is a hurricane).
Cost: 12500 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Extra long blades (10 levels): +100% power production
Titanium rotors: 8x power generation during hurricanes
Red Battery
Gives +25000 to power capacity.
Cost: 2000 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Capacity (4 levels): +100% power capacity
Deep link (3 levels): +1% power capacity per component that processes resources and/or produces power times the number of red batteries (add.)
Tier 4
Lava Pump
Provides 10M L of lava.
Cost: 25000 * 1.5qty
Lava can be moved with a fluid pipe.
Upgrades:
Storage (30 levels): +15% Lava (mul.) (Cost: 1500000 * 3lvl)
Thermal Generator
Turns 100L of lava and 100L of water into 200 power per tick.
Cost: 50000 * 1.5qty
Can be connected with a pipe or directly to a lava pump.
Upgrades:
Turbine overheating (4 levels): +100% power production (mul.), +100L water and lava useage/tick
Tier 5
Fission Reactor
Transforms 1Kg of Uranium and 100L of water into 200L of steam.
Cost: 100000 * 1.5qty
Uranium Box
Provides 50000Kg of Uranium.
Cost: 75000 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Storage (30 levels): +10% Uranium (mul.) (Cost: 5000000 * 3lvl)
Blue Battery
Gives +500000 to power capacity.
Cost: 50000 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Deep link (4 levels): +1% total power capacity per component on the grid that emits resources (imcluding storage) times the number of blue batteries (add.)
Tier 6
Fusion Reactor
Transforms 250L of He3 into 500L of Plasma
Cost: 1750000 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Cold Fusion (9 levels): +500L Plasma Production (add.), +250L Helium Requirement (add.) (Cost: 1e14 * 100lvl)
Helium3 Tank
Provides 100000L of He3
Cost: 500000 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Storage (30 levels): +8% Gas (mul.) (Cost: 25000000 * 3lvl)
Plasma Pipe
Transport 1000L of Plasma per tick
Cost: 100000 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Plasma Throughput (9 levels): +1000 Plasma input/output/storage (add.) (Cost: 1e15 * 1000lvl)
Plasma Turbine
Transform 100L of Plasma into 5000 power per tick
Cost: 500000 * 1.5qty
Upgrades:
Plasma Synergy (3 levels): +2% [plasma] Power Production (mul.) for every component on the grid that is not a plasma turbine regardless if it's in use, +300L Plasma Requirement (add.) (Cost: 1e16 * 1e8lvl)
(Note: The +2% bonus is *additive* with increasing levels, i.e. at 3/3 levels it is a 1.06 multiplicative bonus.)
Water Synergy (5 levels): +18% Plasma Turbine Power Production (add./mul.) for every water turbine on the grid regardless if it's in use, +80% Water Turbine Power Production (add.) for every plasma turbine on the grid regardless if it's in use (Cost: 1e18 * 1e6lvl)
(Note: The +18% bonus is additive with increasing levels, and also additive with number of components. I.e. at 5/5 levels it is a +90% bonus per water turbine. This applies independently/in addition to Plasma Synergy.)
Solar Synergy (5 levels): +10% Plasma Turbine Power Production (add./mul.) for every solar panel on the grid regardless if it's in use, +50% Solar Panel Power Production (add.) for every plasma turbine on the grid regardless if it's in use (Cost: 1e18 * 1e6lvl)
(Note: The +10% bonus is additive with increasing levels, and also additive with number of components. I.e. at 5/5 levels it is a +50% bonus per solar panel. This applies independently/in addition to Plasma Synergy.)
Wind Synergy (5 levels): +10% Plasma Turbine Power Production (add./mul.) for every wind turbine on the grid regardless if it's in use, +50% Wind Turbine Power Production (add.) for every plasma turbine on the grid regardless if it's in use (Cost: 1e18 * 1e6lvl)
(Note: The +10% bonus is additive with increasing levels, and also additive with number of components. I.e. at 5/5 levels it is a +50% bonus per water turbine. This applies independently/in addition to Plasma Synergy.)
Floor 2
Dyson Node
Provides aura and +X Power / Tick (depends on dyson power)
Cost: 1e12 * 1.5qty
Dyson nodes cannot be placed in the 8 squares next to another node. Available as soon as Floor 2 is unlocked, regardless of Power Plant level.
Power amount is dyson_power0.25. This maxes at 1189.2071 power per tick.
Skills
- See also: Skills (Upgrade)
- Quantum Grid - Allows components on the power grid to connect to components on the opposite edge of the grid.
- Super Boost - Using more power for boosts has a higher impact on duration/effectivity. (Log10 -> Log7)
- Max. Power - Increases the effectiveness of all active boosts by 25% (multiplicative) if the current amount of power exceeds the maximum amount.
- Efficient Recycling - Lowers the base conversion rate from town resources to power plant resources to 600.
- Shutdown - Allows you to cancel boosts anytime. Does not refund any power!
- Yellowprints - Unlocks the ability to store up to 3 different layouts of the power plant as well as the functionality to import, export and apply them at any time. Additionally adds the an option to sell the entire grid.
Exotic Skills
- See also: Exotic Skills
- Hibernation Mode (50
) - Boosts stop losing their duration while the game is closed but still affect all buildings during that time as many they would normally do.
Tips and Tricks
Recommended Setups
- Starter Power Plant Setup [1]
Yellowprint Cost 182,300 
Requirements Fully upgraded components via Technology tab. Power Capacity 3.023 M (3.023e6) Average Power Production 132,600/sec Import Code tZBBCsJADEWv4gm8wOxcCO4KeoG0Rh1IkzDNMMztla4M0jJI+1bJ/+GHRKVgUgK2IwncJVu48CNytHro XjBh2JmKRFJOYIaphskQxltOfWT803I4R6Nik7J1xCBAV5MET5zrc04MAy7qBT5ndXlUp/5Ero+3LHU0 37b87g0ivLPWffMG
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- Mid-game Power Plant Setup [2]
- Recommended
Yellowprint Cost 4 Sp (4e24)
Requirements Power Plant Floor 2. 2 levels of each plasma turbine upgrade in Technology tab. Power Capacity 69.35 B (6.935e10) Average Power Production ??? Import Code 7ZW/DsIgEMbfyMWxm4urUV/gKlcluR4Nf9Lw9nZpIh1aaIrW6sR3BO6+30GgUS3qhoDtjhQI5WwhuZIsrS8qZ6TiM8LNKj0aeSRS7QGsRe2/Jorn2x57jr6sieGznSjJYZ8jRsc7aqEbrk6XkjFhW6qhd4HH6AA5R4ExIOGN4iMyatgk7YCv+wlMDX35cOkDSbp6f+k03JfzlgV44DUECSFHT1ij6FNOyiywKQYSbu58ykkZIC6ae e6j9MdLwJMsVkWXIzKKQJ+AkQLel+k1uf2JDjwB
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- Cheaper
Yellowprint Cost 3 Qi (3e18)
Requirements Power Plant Floor 2. 1 of each plasma turbine upgrade in Technology tab. Power Capacity 2.32 T (2.32e12) Average Power Production ??? Import Code 7ZbLDsIgEEX/yI1Ldm7cGvUHpjJVEjo0PEL4e+uiSWliA30k1nY3cAfunCEEauVR1xLIHqQCrpxlgkpBwgbGg1F0RkINVmnWZJkK7k4XgrAvFtLhCaxFHb7GXhBvlxslQV+AUDIPjZoz39kmxTYHIxZLZ4SiK8Ljo71QClcdb00MzzTrFOJuzlzIvVJjjsnnOIU2LmUu3sSjj83/CzV22yqpRt6m5YTLQI4sZufb+dbKF1BK5dvMJUapzMtXEpv3npotNWL8H2qNnRj/txoUh27V744yCN8=
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- No-Dyson
Yellowprint Cost 4 Sp (4e24)
Requirements 2 levels of each plasma turbine upgrade in Technology tab. Power Capacity 1.873 T (1.873e12) Average Power Production ??? Import Code 7ZbBDoIwDIbfyItHbjyBUV+gSNUlZSVjy8Lby4WEmaBsrOiBE38zUv6Pdltb9mhaAm0PxFCzs0VZ3F2nWJ8RbpZNRNQxgTmBRtpYphrukYh9Cdai6TNFw8/sGrg6UymNqUBhEgmbFTnMobN0gHxVYrHCAoT+nkjKNcfLoOHxvjhb/kwZDdajx68yFtrD8Bg/FASho/n3Qq9L88UwSZOmESzN90+kH2xu0p17UfeNutU57JWuf9jqMpftFCpWy9+48rPVGn75ASt1Jl1DlUsnen8B
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- Recommended
- Late-game Power Plant Setup [3]
Yellowprint Cost 3 QiD (3e48)
Requirements Electricity Infinity Perk enabled. Power Plant Floor 2. Fully upgraded components via Technology tab. Power Capacity 3.046 Qi (3.046e18) Average Power Production 2.266 Qa/sec (2.266e15/sec) Import Code 5ZbNDoIwDMffyItHbl68GvUFiqu6ZHRkbFl4e/GA2RadY4IQva30498fZaG1tKhqAaRXQgKTRheczpy 4bgvWNpK2SKhAS1V0UU0FR6NKThg6WxRC2g1ojaqNWmfTcEl7hNM9L2ZZ6BJ6vfS09FaGAPpOX/GKgptqfejOcMEBDVhOrC/ZSAFqB4TCB1f IHuHuczfeKZMuHnTtI400bN9yURLIg3eVAO8I5PYYoOZ+Wh+BR67BdODjXCmnkW9CZ/HnEj/XnQk3kTyd9a3M/KAvmWOUQ6ouCtE5/jNfKQz 2cVOc51QLfjq/hZq/SKXvfEuy8veqqHPqMU02Yt95Aw==
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References
- Discord: Early Power Plant Setup
- Discord: Power plant guide v5
- Discord: MT15 Power Plant (Post Electric Stone)
