Power Shard

Power Shards are special items used for overclocking buildings. First obtained by hunting and processing Power Slugs, a way to produce them synthetically becomes available in Tier 9.

Obtaining

Unlocking

Blue Power Slugs is unlocked via the Power Slugs Research chain in the MAM using:

1

Yellow Power Slugs is unlocked via the Power Slugs Research chain in the MAM using:

1

25

100

Purple Power Slugs is unlocked via the Power Slugs Research chain in the MAM using:

1

25

200

Synthetic Power Shards is unlocked via the Power Slugs Research chain in the MAM using:

10

100

200

Resource acquisition

Slug Color	Blue	Yellow	Purple	Total
Slug Number	596	389	257	1242
Power Shards	594	776	1280	2650

There are currently 1242 Power Slugs known in-game; 596 blue, 389 yellow, and 257 purple. 1 slug of each type is consumed as part of research in the MAM. In addition, 1 Power Shard is consumed to unlock the overclocking function. The upper limit of obtainable Power Shards is infinite, as they can be synthesized in a Quantum Encoder and Lizard Doggos can generate an infinite amount of slugs over time. The upper limit of non-renewable, usable Power Shards is 2650.

In conjunction with unlocking Production Amplifier, passing Power Slugs through a Constructor that has been enhanced with 1 Somersloop will double the output Power Shard(s). In this manner the upper limit of non-renewable Power Shards becomes 5300.

Additional Power Shards can be randomly obtained as drops from the FICSMAS calendar.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Power Shard (1)	1 × Blue Power Slug7.5 / min	Constructor 8 sec Craft Bench  × 4	1 × Power Shard7.5 / min	MAM Power Slugs Research - Blue Power Slugs
Power Shard (2)	1 × Yellow Power Slug5 / min	Constructor 12 sec Craft Bench  × 6	2 × Power Shard10 / min	MAM Power Slugs Research - Yellow Power Slugs
Power Shard (5)	1 × Purple Power Slug2.5 / min	Constructor 24 sec Craft Bench  × 12	5 × Power Shard12.5 / min	MAM Power Slugs Research - Purple Power Slugs
Synthetic Power Shard	2 × Time Crystal10 / min 2 × Dark Matter Crystal10 / min 12 × Quartz Crystal60 / min 12 × Excited Photonic Matter60 / min	Quantum Encoder 12 sec 0 - 2,000 MW	1 × Power Shard5 / min 12 × Dark Matter Residue60 / min	MAM Power Slugs Research - Synthetic Power Shards

AWESOME Shop

Name	Cost	Contents
Synthetic Power Shard	10	10x  Power Shard

Usage

Overclocking

Main article: Clock speed

Power Shards are used for overclocking. Each shard increases the maximum allowed clock speed by 50%. A building can accept a maximum of three shards, which means a maximum running speed of 250%.

Research

 Power Shard is used for research in the Alien Technology Research chain in the MAM.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Alien Power Matrix	5 × SAM Fluctuator12.5 / min 3 × Power Shard7.5 / min 3 × Superposition Oscillator7.5 / min 24 × Excited Photonic Matter60 / min	Quantum Encoder 24 sec 0 - 2,000 MW	1 × Alien Power Matrix2.5 / min 24 × Dark Matter Residue60 / min	MAM Alien Technology Research - Alien Power Matrix
Ionized Fuel	16 × Rocket Fuel40 / min 1 × Power Shard2.5 / min	Refinery 24 sec	16 × Ionized Fuel40 / min 2 × Compacted Coal5 / min	MAM Sulfur Research - Ionized Fuel

AWESOME Sink

 Power Shard cannot be sunk into the AWESOME Sink and will clog the input.

Tips

• Overclocking production buildings will always result in greater power consumption than simply creating more buildings, though there are cases for doing so to simplify production numbers, reduce beltwork, or to reduce machine count for space or performance reasons.
• Underclocking a building does not require any power shards.
• Power Shards are renewable in the early game by taming Lizard Doggos, as they have a chance to find new Power Slugs.
• It is a common misconception that Power Shards "wear out" after a certain period of time: this is probably a result of half-remembered statements from older builds when they could be used as vehicle fuel. The disadvantage of overclocking is increased power consumption as mentioned above, not that the shards are temporary.
• As soon as Production Amplifier is unlocked in the MAM, consider using a Constructor that is boosted by a Somersloop. That way, you get double the Power Shards yield per Slug.

History

• Patch 1.0: Introduced Synthetic Power Shard recipe, making them automatable. Now used in crafting.
• Patch 0.6.1.2: Fixed being able to place Power Shards inside a Machine even if you have not researched overclocking yet and this leading them to being stuck unless dismantling the building
• Patch 0.4.0.4: Copy paste now autofills Power Shard slots if available
• Patch 0.3.4.14: Production times changed to work better with Constructor sounds. Crafting clicks adjusted.
• Patch 0.1.11: Power Shards can no longer be used as fuel.