Power Shard

Power Shards are made from Power Slugs in a Constructor.

1.2 · Standard resource layout · Data 1.2.3.1

INGREDIENTS → FINISHED ITEM

How to craft Power Shard

Quantities below are per complete recipe batch. Rates are for one machine at 100% clock. Keep every output moving so byproducts do not block production.

Power Shard (1)

Constructor · 8 seconds per machine cycle

Inputs per batch

1 × Blue Power Slug7.5 / min

All outputs per batch

1 × Power Shard7.5 / min

Other recipe: Power Shard (2)

Constructor · 12 seconds per machine cycle

Inputs per batch

1 × Yellow Power Slug5 / min

All outputs per batch

2 × Power Shard10 / min

Other recipe: Power Shard (5)

Constructor · 24 seconds per machine cycle

Inputs per batch

1 × Purple Power Slug2.5 / min

All outputs per batch

5 × Power Shard12.5 / min

Other recipe: Synthetic Power Shard

Quantum Encoder · 12 seconds per machine cycle

Inputs per batch

2 × Time Crystal10 / min
2 × Dark Matter Crystal10 / min
12 × Quartz Crystal60 / min
12 m³ Excited Photonic Matter60 m³/min

All outputs per batch

1 × Power Shard5 / min
12 m³ Dark Matter Residue60 m³/min

CRAFTING & INGREDIENTS

Power Shard acquisition

Collect a Power Slug at a placed location and process it in a Constructor using the matching Power Shard recipe.

Power Shards are made from Power Slugs in a Constructor. The recipe depends on slug color: one Blue Power Slug yields one shard, one Yellow Power Slug yields two, and one Purple Power Slug yields five. Collect slugs at their placed locations, then bring them to a Constructor configured with the matching recipe. Wild placed slugs are one-time pickups, so a collected location is not a repeatable supply. Power Shards are used in the Ionized Fuel and Alien Power Matrix recipes; check that the recipe you want is available and has its other ingredients before routing shards there.

See crafting steps ↓Ingredients & recipes ↓

GET STARTED

How to craft

Before you craft

Constructor configured for the matching Power Shard recipe
A Blue, Yellow, or Purple Power Slug
Storage or an available recipe that can use the resulting shards

Find a placed Power Slug location and collect an available slug.
Bring the slug to your production area.
Set a Constructor to the recipe matching the slug's color.
Supply the Power Slug and collect the resulting Power Shards.
Store the shards or route them to an available Ionized Fuel or Alien Power Matrix recipe.
Check for other required ingredients before starting the downstream recipe.

Crafting tips

The color recipes yield one shard from Blue, two from Yellow, and five from Purple.
At 100% clock, a Constructor produces 7.5 Blue, 10 Yellow, or 12.5 Purple Power Shards per minute.
Wild slug locations are one-time pickups; do not plan recurring production from a collected site.

Repeat, collect and use

Process another slug when you have one available and have storage or a use for its shard output.

Common mistakes

Assuming every slug color produces the same number of Power Shards.
Planning a repeatable supply from a wild slug location after collecting its one-time pickup.