Biolab

Biolab

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Recipe
10 + 10 + 2 + 1 + 25 + 3 → 1
Total raw
10 + 10 + 2 + 1 + 25 + 3
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Health	350 455 560 665 875
Resistances	Fire: 0/70%
Stack size	5
Rocket capacity	1 (0.2 stacks)
Dimensions	5×5
Energy consumption	300 kW (electric)
Mining time	0.5
Speed	2 2.6 3.2 3.8 5
Science pack drain	50%
Pollution	8/m
Buildable only on
Module slots	4 slots
Prototype type	lab
Internal name	biolab
Required technologies
Boosting technologies
Produced by
Recycling results
0.25

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Space Age expansion exclusive feature.

The Biolab is an upgraded version of the lab that is unlocked by researching the Biolab technology using Agricultural science pack from Gleba. It boasts a number of advantages over the standard lab:

• Biolabs have a built-in speed bonus, meaning research is processed twice as quickly (effectively a 100% speed bonus)
• Biolabs have 50% science drain, meaning they consume half as many packs for the same amount of research progress
  • Put together, the above two points effectively mean the biolab consumes science packs at the same rate as the regular lab, but gives double the research progress. This is like a productivity bonus, except it stacks multiplicatively rather than additively with other bonuses.
• Biolabs have four module slots instead of two.
• Biolabs are larger (5x5) and have more health.

It features minimal disadvantages:

• They are more complicated to create, involving Biter eggs which require Bioflux to acquire.
• They may only built on Nauvis.
• They use more power and pollute more.

The speed bonus granted from lab research speed multiplies with the Biolab's increased speed.

History

• 2.0.7:
  • Introduced in Space Age expansion.

See also

• Lab
• Research
• Technologies