Chemistry tree

Chemistry tree allows you to research medicine, fuel (for mechs and ships), liquids, plastics, high-tech substances.

See the page Research for "how it works" information.

List of nodes

Bio-Metallic Compounds

Tier 4

You've learned how to mix living material and metals in chemistry to do some bizarre things. You can produce useful Alien Compound and Quietus Ore in your lab.

Unlocks: Alien Compound, Quietus Ore.

Requires	Morphic Super-Compounds (Chemistry tree)
Price	4500x Research 5x Prisilite Star 5x Plasmic Crystal

Biofuel

Tier 2

You've learned how to make fuel out of organic matter, which can be used to fuel various generators, ship engines and mechs.

Unlocks: Biofuel Canister.

Requires	Chemistry (Chemistry tree)
Price	300x Research 20x Algae 10x Salt

Allows to research: Improved Biofuel (Chemistry tree), Liquid Fuels (Chemistry tree).

Improved Biofuel

Tier 3

You've learned how to make fuel out of organic matter, which can be used to fuel various generators, ship engines and mechs.

Unlocks: Erithian Biofuel Canister.

Requires	Biofuel (Chemistry tree)
Price	1000x Research 10x Erithian Algae 20x Plasmic Fluid

Allows to research: Amazing Biofuel (Chemistry tree).

Amazing Biofuel

Tier 4

You've learned how to make fuel out of organic matter, which can be used to fuel various generators, ship engines and mechs.

Unlocks: Protocite Fuel Canister.

Requires	Improved Biofuel (Chemistry tree), Peerless Liquid Creation (Chemistry tree)
Price	3500x Research 10x Liquid Protocite 5x Putrid Slime

Cell Manipulation

Tier 3

You are now able to engineer advanced cells and mutagenic samples in your lab that are especially useful in bioweapons and plant design as well as craft and utilize bizarre biological slimes.

Unlocks: Mutated Cell, Putrid Slime, Mutagene, Potent Mutagene.

Requires	Advanced Liquids (Chemistry tree)
Price	1200x Research 40x Cell Matter 100x Organic Soup

Allows to research: Cell Mastery (Chemistry tree).

Cell Mastery

Tier 5

Your knowledge of cells is vast. You can make even more strange cells and mutagenic samples.

Unlocks: Viral Cell, Powerful Mutagene, Durable Mutagene.

Requires	Cell Manipulation (Chemistry tree)
Price	3000x Research 20x Alien Compound 100x Blue Grav-Liquid

Chemistry

Tier 1

Chemistry is a wonderful field with many practical applications such as the creation of plastics, bombs, medicine, fertilizer or biodiesel. With the ability to make an Alchemy Table at your Machining Table, you're now ready to start exploring its potential.

Unlocks: Mark VI Gasmask, Alchemy Table, Mulch, Nitrogen, Blood, Living Root, Cell Matter.

Requires	Basic Training (Chemistry tree)
Price	180x Research 1x Empty Bottle 20x Plant Fibre 20x Water

Allows to research: Simple Optics (Chemistry tree), Simple Plastics (Chemistry tree), Chemical Reactions (Chemistry tree), Explosives (Chemistry tree), Fertilizer (Chemistry tree), Biofuel (Chemistry tree), Liquid Creation (Chemistry tree).

Chemical Reactions

Tier 1

You've learned to make chunks of pure carbon in your lab and a couple different compounds that will be useful in agriculture and medicine.

Unlocks: Calcium Nitrate, Magnesium Sulfate, Carbon.

Requires	Chemistry (Chemistry tree)
Price	160x Research 1x Magnesium Powder 10x Carbon Dioxide

Allows to research: Elemental Synthesis (Chemistry tree), Improved Fertilizer (Chemistry tree).

Elemental Synthesis

Tier 2

With your newfound chemistry knowledge, you can now create various elemental compounds that would normally be obtained from slain foes. You can also create more advanced crystals. You'll have to upgrade to a Chemistry Lab first, though.

Unlocks: Cryonic Extract, Scorched Core, Phase Matter, Static Cell, Venom Sample, Ice Crystal, Silicon.

Requires	Chemical Reactions (Chemistry tree)
Price	1000x Research

Allows to research: Morphic Super-Compounds (Chemistry tree).

Explosives

Tier 1

Perhaps one of the most classic chemical reactions is something going boom. Now, you can make that happen on demand with some neat new explodables to help you mine.

Unlocks: Thorn Grenade, Copper Bomb, Iron Bomb, Chili Pepper Bomb, Powder Keg, Crude Bomb, Molotov.

Requires	Chemistry (Chemistry tree)
Price	200x Research 20x Volatile Powder 20x Oxygen

Allows to research: Advanced Explosives (Chemistry tree).

Advanced Explosives

Tier 3

By using plastic in the creation of explosives, you can not only more safely contain bigger and deadlier bombs, but also easily shape your charges to make them more effective when they blow.

Unlocks: Blasting Dynamite, Throwing Dynamite, C4 Plastic Explosive.

Requires	Explosives (Chemistry tree)
Price	900x Research 10x Volatile Powder 20x Advanced Plastic

Allows to research: Particle Destabilization (Chemistry tree).

Fertilizer

Tier 1

You've begun to learn how to make useful crop-growing aids out of chemicals and can now craft basic fertilizer at your Alchemy Table

Ammonium Sulfate can be extracted from many sources. Try grinding up some Core Fragments or Poop in your Hand Mill.

You'll need a Growing Tray to do anything with your fertilizer - if you're just growing plants out of the ground with a hoe and watering can, it won't be of any use to you.

Unlocks: Fertilizer.

Requires	Chemistry (Chemistry tree)
Price	240x Research 10x Mulch 10x Ammonium Sulfate

Allows to research: Improved Fertilizer (Chemistry tree).

Improved Fertilizer

Tier 2

You can make even better fertilizer using more complex chemicals. Your plants will thank you with faster growth and more yields.

Unlocks: Advanced Fertilizer.

Requires	Chemical Reactions (Chemistry tree), Fertilizer (Chemistry tree)
Price	2200x Research 10x Fertilizer 50x Nitrogen 10x Phosphorus

Allows to research: Peerless Fertilizer (Chemistry tree).

Peerless Fertilizer

Tier 3

You've mastered not just plant fertilization, but also the making of pesticides. Just make sure to wash it before you eat it.

Unlocks: Superior Fertilizer, Pesticide, Methyl Iodide.

Requires	Improved Fertilizer (Chemistry tree)
Price	7200x Research 10x Advanced Fertilizer 20x Iodine

Specialized Gels

Tier 3

You've developed some weird gels that glow in the dark and can accelerate anything that touches them to a high speed.

Unlocks: Glowing Gel, Blue Glowing Gel, Green Glowing Gel, Purple Glowing Gel, Red Glowing Gel, Yellow Glowing Gel, Bounce Gel, Accelerator Gel, Low Friction Strip, Propulsion Strip L, Propulsion Strip R.

Requires	Advanced Liquids (Chemistry tree)
Price	500x Research 10x Bioluminescent Spore

Carbon Latticing

Tier 3

Graphene is one of the most wonderful substances ever created, and now you know how to make it yourself. A one-atom thick sheet of hexagonal graphite, graphene is ridiculously durable. In addition to being a key component in many powerful weapons and armor, graphene is also very useful in the creation of complex circuitry.

Unlocks: Graphene.

Requires	Simple Plastics (Chemistry tree)
Price	1000x Research 10x Carbon Plate 25x Sulphuric Acid

Allows to research: Morphic Super-Compounds (Chemistry tree).

Liquid Creation

Tier 1

You've learned the basics of liquid creation and can now artifically create a few different liquid types at your lab.

You've also learned to create Cell Material, a useful resource when engineering novel plants.

Unlocks: Cell Material, Black Tar, Poison, Water, Salt Water, Pus, Water Ball.

Requires	Chemistry (Chemistry tree)
Price	350x Research 50x Water 15x Hydrogen

Allows to research: Advanced Liquids (Chemistry tree), Liquid Fuels (Chemistry tree).

Advanced Liquids

Tier 2

You now know how to make a few more types of liquid, including some really hot or really cold ones.

With the engineered Spliced Cell, you have access to even greater genetic engineering.

Unlocks: Spliced Cell, Bio-Ooze, Liquid Iron, Organic Soup, Liquid Nitrogen, Slime, Sulphuric Acid, Mercury.

Requires	Liquid Creation (Chemistry tree)
Price	1400x Research 50x Contaminated Water

Allows to research: Cell Manipulation (Chemistry tree), Peerless Liquid Creation (Chemistry tree), Specialized Gels (Chemistry tree).

Peerless Liquid Creation

Tier 4

You can make even more complicated liquids at your lab.

Unlocks: Plasmic Fluid, Liquid Protocite, Liquid Irradium, Dark Water, Liquified Crystal, Irradium Ore.

Requires	Advanced Liquids (Chemistry tree)
Price	4000x Research

Allows to research: Amazing Biofuel (Chemistry tree).

Liquid Fuels

Tier 2

Your combined knowledge of fluid creation and biofuel has led to you designing an enhanced, efficient fuel for use in mechs and combustion generators.

Unlocks: Refined Fuel, Unrefined Fuel, Fuel Catalyst.

Requires	Biofuel (Chemistry tree), Liquid Creation (Chemistry tree)
Price	500x Research 20x Crystal Erchius Fuel 15x Oil 10x Volatile Powder

Basic Medicine

Tier 1

You've taught yourself some basic medical knowledge and can make simple healing items.

Did you know? Healing items in Frackin' Universe impose a moderately long cooldown upon use during which no other healing items can be used. Don't expect to spam bandages to victory!

Unlocks: Apothecary, Bandage, Honeysilk Bandage, Poison Antidote, Red Stim Pack, Yellow Stim Pack, Medical Syringe.

Requires	Basic Training (Chemistry tree)
Price	200x Research 2x Glass 10x Woven Fabric

Allows to research: Advanced Medicine (Chemistry tree).

Advanced Medicine

Tier 3

Your medical knowledge has grown quite a bit. You're able to make superior healing items.

Unlocks: Burn Resistance Spray, Medical Kit, Medical Kit II, Mutavisk Bandage, Blue Stim Pack, Orange Stim Pack, Green Stim Pack, Corvex Putty.

Requires	Basic Medicine (Chemistry tree)
Price	1500x Research 20x Bandage 10x Woven Fabric

Allows to research: Peerless Medicine (Chemistry tree).

Peerless Medicine

Tier 5

It's no exaggeration to say that you're one of the best medics in the galaxy. You can craft impossibly potent healing items which can cure any wound.

Unlocks: Medical Kit III, Medical Kit IV, Perfect Medical Kit, Nanowrap Bandage, Medical Bay.

Requires	Advanced Medicine (Chemistry tree)
Price	7000x Research 40x Mutavisk Bandage

Metallic Hydrogen

Tier 5

Normally, this stuff is only found in the depths of gas giants, but you found a way to make it in your lab by yourself. Metallic Hydrogen is a powerful superconductor, and an amazing fuel source. Also, you found the best way to weaponize Unstable Particles - by combining them with Metallic Hydrogen to build ridiculously destructive grenades.

Unlocks: Metallic Hydrogen, Particle Grenade.

Requires	Particle Destabilization (Chemistry tree)
Price	7000x Research 1000x Hydrogen

Morphic Super-Compounds

Tier 4

Through intense experimentation, you've learned to create an amazing substance that exploits the strange properties of phase matter to be simultaneously incredibly durable and highly moldable. Besides its use in weapons and armor, it's also quite conductive and will allow amazing new electronic devices to be made.

Your knowledge of phasic materials has also allowed you to create 'blocks' of raw matter in your lab that are useful for a couple different esoteric reactions.

Unlocks: Morphite, Matter Chunk, Pure Erchius Crystal.

Requires	Carbon Latticing (Chemistry tree), Elemental Synthesis (Chemistry tree)
Price	5000x Research 10x Irradium Bar 10x Phase Matter

Allows to research: Bio-Metallic Compounds (Chemistry tree).

Simple Optics

Tier 2

Microscopes are extremely useful, allowing you to scan Bees for their genetic capabilities as well as generate research from investigated artifacts and equipment.

This microscope is available in an Auto-Assembler.

Unlocks: Apex Microscope.

Requires	Chemistry (Chemistry tree)
Price	380x Research 1x Glass 2x Tungsten Bar

Allows to research: Complex Optics (Chemistry tree).

Complex Optics

Tier 3

You're able to create much better microscopes now, enhancing your production rates.

This microscope is available in a Matter Assembler.

Unlocks: Hazard Microscope.

Requires	Simple Optics (Chemistry tree)
Price	1580x Research 1x Glass 2x Advanced Plastic

Allows to research: Advanced Optics (Chemistry tree).

Advanced Optics

Tier 4

Your microscopes are getting quite good now, allowing extreme zoom and fantastic clarity.

This microscope is available in a Matter Assembler.

Unlocks: Electron Microscope.

Requires	Complex Optics (Chemistry tree)
Price	2380x Research 1x Glass 2x Durasteel Bar

Allows to research: Master Optics (Chemistry tree).

Master Optics

Tier 5

Your microscopes are a thing of beauty, allowing you to see into microcosms previously unknown.

This microscope is available in a Power Station.

Unlocks: N. Electron Microscope.

Requires	Advanced Optics (Chemistry tree)
Price	4380x Research 1x Glass 1x Storage Bridge V2

Simple Plastics

Tier 2

You've learned to create a simple, flexible plastic material that is especially helpful in the creation of electronics and wearables.

Unlocks: Plastic Polymer, Beachball, Bouncy Ball, Water Balloon.

Requires	Chemistry (Chemistry tree)
Price	250x Research 2x Copper Bar 10x Carbon Dioxide

Allows to research: Complex Plastics (Chemistry tree), Carbon Latticing (Chemistry tree).

Complex Plastics

Tier 3

Having learned a lot about plastic creation, you can now create a much more potent rigid plastic that is extremely durable and quite heat-proof. Advanced Plastic is a key ingredient in tons of things, and you can almost never have enough. Luckily, you've learned of several different ways to make this substance, though you'll probably be deriving it from petrol most of the time.

Unlocks: Advanced Plastic, Diving Mask, Lava Balloon.

Requires	Simple Plastics (Chemistry tree)
Price	740x Research 20x Oil 15x Plastic Polymer

Basic Training

Tier 0

Your training, thanks to four years in the Protectorate Academy, provides you with basic survival skills to keep you alive for extended periods in the event of a crash. This includes basic chemistry knowledge.

Unlocks: Bomb.

Allows to research: Chemistry (Chemistry tree), Basic Medicine (Chemistry tree).

Particle Destabilization

Tier 4

Turns out all that explosives knowledge was good for something besides making things explode: making things _prone_ to exploding. Unstable Particles are crucial in developing nuclear technology.

Unlocks: Unstable Particles.

Requires	Advanced Explosives (Chemistry tree)
Price	1500x Research 10x Neptunium Rod 20x Helium-3

Allows to research: Metallic Hydrogen (Chemistry tree).