Experiment: Water

The Water Experiment

The Water experiment is one of 12 experiments in the laboratory, available at laboratory tier 4.

The goal of the Water Experiment is to pump a certain amount of water and cool said water to a certain temperature.

Experiment

The water experiment consists of 2 main parts: the Tank and the Battery. The tank can initially hold up to 100 L of water.

Below the Tank are 3 buttons:

• Fill: Fills the tank at a rate of 1 L/s
• Freeze: Cools the contents of the tank down at a rate of 0.5°C/L/h
• Drain: Drains the tank at a rate of 1 L/s

Additionally, there is a button below the battery:

• Charge: Charges the battery at a rate of 2 W/s

You can only have 1 of these buttons active at any one time.

Upgrades

The upgrade store allows you to buy upgrades for the experiment tab. The price of each upgrade starts out at 100 , and gets multiplied by x100 every time you buy an upgrade. Using prestige (especially the "Free Upgrade" prestige) is thus vital to being able to afford them. Upgrades and upgrade costs can be reset with the Reset button, along with all experiment progress.

Pump

The base rate at which water is pumped into or drained from the tank.
Rate: 2^lvl * 1L / sec., 4 upgrades.

Tank (Volume)

The maximum amount of water that fits into the tank.
Volume: 2^lvl * 100L, 8 upgrades.

Freezer

"The base rate at which the freezer cools down the water displayed in °C per L of water per hour." (It's actually °C times L of water per hour.)
Rate: 1.9^lvl * -0.5°C/L/h, 8 upgrades.

Overfill (Tank)

Allows the tank to be filled beyond the maximum at a slower rate. X represents the excess water.
Formula: None at lvl 0, otherwise 1/(1+X*(4.5-lvl/2)), 8 upgrades.

Battery (Max.)

The maximum amount of power the battery can store. (Should be in Joules, not Watts.)
Formula: 400W + lvl * 200W, 8 upgrades.

Power Usage

The battery consumption factor of draining, freezing and filling the tank.
Formula: .75^lvl * 100%, 8 upgrades.

Battery (Charge)

The base rate at which the battery charges up.
Formula: 2^lvl/2 * 2W / sec., 8 upgrades.

Overcharge (Battery)

Allows the battery to be filled beyond the maximum at a slower rate. X represents the excess power.
Formula: None at lvl 0, otherwise 1/(1+X*(4.5-lvl/2)), 8 upgrades.

Battery Boost (Pump)

Allows the battery to multiply the pumping speed. X represents the current power of the battery in W.
Formula: X^0.05*lvl, 8 upgrades.

Battery Boost (Freezer)

Allows the battery to multiply the freezing speed. X represents the current power of the battery in W.
Formula: X^0.05*lvl, 8 upgrades.

Time Boost (Freezer)

Increases the freezing speed based on the time spent in the current mode. X represents the time in seconds.
Formula: None at lvl 0, otherwise Log_10-lvl(X), 8 upgrades.

Time Boost (Battery)

Increases the charging speed of the battery based on the time spent in the current mode. X represents the time in seconds.
Formula: None at lvl 0, otherwise Log_10-lvl(X), 8 upgrades.

Prestige

Prestige drains all of the water from the tank, resets its temperature back to 20°C and the battery back to 0W. You have to choose between 2 bonuses:

• +1 Free Upgrade: You are able to buy an additional upgrade from the store for no charge.
• Lower upgrade cost scaling: Lowers upgrade store cost scaling by 5 additively.

All bonuses are multiplicative.

Rewards

Volume (Temperature)	Reward
15L (15°C)	Water Taste
75L (0°C)	Frost Nova
200L (-10°C)	Shield of Frost
500L (-20°C)	Shatter
1000L (-22°C)	Extinguish
2500L (-40°C)	Glacier Spikes
100L (-273°C)	Absolute Zero
Varies	+% Water damage
Varies	+% Water resistance

Trivia

• The water experiment was reworked in update V0.8.4 B1
• The battery and the whole experiment displays power used as Watts per second (W/s), despite the Watt already being a unit of energy consumption (Joules per second).
• The module Absolute zero is a reference to the concept of Absolute Zero in physics.