Electronics tree

Electronics tree allows you to research useful machinery: Item Transference Devices, pumps, quarries, reactors, sifters, centrifuges, etc.

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

List of nodes

Arc Smelting

Tier 6

Using your newfound quantum knowledge, you've designed an incredibly powerful electric furnace that smelts even more efficiently and quickly than a blast furnace, but can also perform quantum conversions by pressurizing its contents to levels that surpass gas giants.

Unlocks: Arc Smelter.

Requires	Industrial Smelting (Electronics tree)
Price	12500x Research 5x Pyreite Bar 5x Isogen Bar

Silicon Batteries

Tier 2

Using silicon, you've learned to create simple solid-state batteries at your Electronics Center- a big step up from junky old lead-acid ones.

Unlocks: Basic Battery.

Requires	Electronics (Electronics tree)
Price	210x Research 5x Tungsten Bar 5x Silicon

Allows to research: Improved Batteries (Electronics tree).

Improved Batteries

Tier 3

You've improved your skills building batteries with silicon, and can now create batteries that hold much more charge than before.

Unlocks: Improved Battery.

Requires	Silicon Batteries (Electronics tree)
Price	720x Research 5x Titanium Bar 1x Advanced Circuit

Allows to research: Protocite Batteries (Electronics tree).

Protocite Batteries

Tier 4

Using Protocite's amazing ability to store and channel energy, you've designed a new kind of battery that is better than silicon in every way.

Unlocks: Industrial Battery.

Requires	Improved Batteries (Electronics tree)
Price	1350x Research 5x Protocite Bar 1x Quantum Processor

Allows to research: Advanced Batteries (Electronics tree).

Advanced Batteries

Tier 5

Combining Quantum technology and Quietus metals, you have developed a bizarre sort of battery that stores energy almost like a living creature. This comes with even better storage capacity.

Unlocks: Advanced Battery.

Requires	Protocite Batteries (Electronics tree)
Price	2200x Research 5x Quietus Bar 2x A.I. Chip 1x Particle Core

Allows to research: Hydrogen Batteries (Electronics tree).

Hydrogen Batteries

Tier 6

Liquid Metallic Hydrogen is such a potent energy medium that it blows any solid-state battery out of the water. With it, you've designed what may well be the best battery in the galaxy.

Unlocks: Ultra Battery.

Requires	Advanced Batteries (Electronics tree)
Price	5200x Research 8x Densinium Bar 50x Liquid Metallic Hydrogen

Industrial Smelting

Tier 3

Experimentation with heat-resistant alloys have lead to your creation of a powerful Blast Furnace which can efficiently smelt rare ores, and many materials which regular furnaces can't handle.

Unlocks: Blast Furnace.

Requires	Combustion Engines (Electronics tree), Powered Smelting (Electronics tree)
Price	7200x Research 8x Advanced Alloy 1x Quantum Processor

Allows to research: Arc Smelting (Electronics tree).

Industrial Centrifuging

Tier 2

With Tungsten, you can now build a big, bulky centrifuge that more efficiently processes liquids and can also receive external attachments to jar honey. Build one at your Electronics Center.

Unlocks: Industrial Centrifuge.

Requires	Electronics (Electronics tree)
Price	1050x Research 5x Tungsten Bar

Allows to research: Laboratory Centrifuging (Electronics tree), Powered Sifting (Electronics tree).

Laboratory Centrifuging

Tier 3

You've developed a sleek new centrifuge that is better at its job than before thanks to the power of Protocite processing.

Unlocks: Lab Centrifuge.

Requires	Industrial Centrifuging (Electronics tree)
Price	3600x Research 5x Protocite Bar 1x Quantum Processor

Allows to research: Isotope Processing (Electronics tree).

Isotope Processing

Tier 4

With AI technology, you've designed a centrifuge that is so efficient and capable that it can even process radioactive isotopes into exciting new forms.

Unlocks: Gas Centrifuge.

Requires	Laboratory Centrifuging (Electronics tree)
Price	6800x Research 5x Morphite 3x Effigium Bar 1x Focusing Array

Combustion Engines

Tier 2

You've improved upon your fossil-fuel-burner design. With a Combustion Engine, you can generate more power than an Alternator using a wider array of fuel types.

Unlocks: Combustion Generator.

Requires	Electronics (Electronics tree)
Price	600x Research 10x Oil 1x Advanced Processor

Allows to research: Industrial Smelting (Electronics tree).

Advanced Condensation

Tier 3

You've improved upon your condenser design to create a much more potent device which will condense many useful reagants and elements in addition to liquids.

Unlocks: Atmospheric Condenser.

Requires	Condensation (Electronics tree)
Price	2700x Research 1x Power Core

Allows to research: Atmospheric Cleansing (Electronics tree).

Powered Smelting

Tier 2

You've learned to use electrically-generated heat to smelt materials automatically. The Electric Furnace can only process common and uncommon ores, but it's great for getting extra materials from ores and blocks.

Unlocks: Electric Furnace.

Requires	Electronics (Electronics tree)
Price	750x Research 3x Tungsten Bar

Allows to research: Industrial Smelting (Electronics tree).

Electronics

Tier 1

You've taught yourself some basic electronics and can now make a variety of rudimentary wired machinery at the Electronics Center.

Unlocks: Electronics Center, Rail Crafting Table, Alternator Generator, Power Relay, Power Sensor, Large Power Sensor, Iron Centrifuge, Sifter, Rock Breaker, Simple Battery, Weather Beacon, Mechanic's Wrench, Copper Pump, Copper Quarry.

Requires	Basic Training (Electronics tree)
Price	720x Research 9x Copper Wire 1x Potato

Allows to research: Solar Power (Electronics tree), Combustion Engines (Electronics tree), Nuclear Power (Electronics tree), Silicon Batteries (Electronics tree), Industrial Centrifuging (Electronics tree), Item Utilities (Electronics tree), Condensation (Electronics tree), Wind Turbines (Electronics tree), Powered Smelting (Electronics tree), Steam Power (Electronics tree).

Atmospheric Cleansing

Tier 4

Using your knowledge of atmospheric mechanics, you've designed a device which filters the air and regulates temperature, providing protection against many hazards while nearby.

Unlocks: Atmospheric Filter.

Requires	Advanced Condensation (Electronics tree)
Price	10800x Research 5x Advanced Alloy

Allows to research: Total Purification (Electronics tree), Healing Vapors (Electronics tree).

Nuclear Power

Tier 3

You've gotten a hang of nuclear fission, and can now build Fission Reactors that not only provide tons of power, but also generate useful fission by-products. Just mind the radiation.

Unlocks: Fission Reactor.

Requires	Electronics (Electronics tree)
Price	6600x Research 3x Advanced Alloy 3x Unstable Particles

Allows to research: Basic Fusion (Electronics tree).

Basic Fusion

Tier 4

You've done it! You've determined how to create stable fusion reactions! This is an efficient producer of energy, but requires coolant such as water or liquid nitrogen or you risk potentially fatal explosion.

Can be fueled with hydrogen isotopes such as Hydrogen, Helium 3 and Tritium.

Unlocks: Small Fusion Reactor.

Requires	Nuclear Power (Electronics tree)
Price	8600x Research 5x Tritanium Bar 1x Particle Core

Allows to research: Advanced Fusion (Electronics tree).

Advanced Fusion

Tier 5

Why stop at -basic- fusion when you can create something far more appealing? While expensive, the Large Fusion Reactor is well worth its weight for the power it can produce using hydrogen isotopes. It still requires coolant such as water or liquid nitrogen.

Unlocks: Large Fusion Reactor.

Requires	Basic Fusion (Electronics tree)
Price	11000x Research 5x Dense Alloy

Allows to research: Quantum Nucleonics (Electronics tree), Quantum Processing (Electronics tree).

Steam Power

Tier 2

You've mastered the primitive-but-useful art of steam power. You can build a hydraulic piston that boils water using 'hot' fuels like lava or core fragments to generate early power.

Unlocks: Hydraulic Dynamo.

Requires	Electronics (Electronics tree)
Price	500x Research

Item Utilities

Tier 2

Using Item Networks, you can automate a huge number of processes and improve your quality of life dramatically. Researching Item Utilities will give you access to a laundry list of useful utility objects at your Electronics Center.

Unlocks: Item Transference Device, Object Data Sensor, Configurable 3-State Cycler, Item Network Terminal, Repeater, Watcher, Incinerator, Storage Bridge, Storage Bridge V2, Spout, Liquid Mover Pump, Liquid Mover Input, Pressurized Mover Pump, ITD Currency Handler, ITD Unhandled Handler, Single-Slot Storage, Item Comparer, Stack Halver, Stack Splitter, Item Dropper, Capacity Sensor, Item Sensor, Grabber v1, Grabber v2, Grabber v3, Mass Incinerator.

Requires	Electronics (Electronics tree)
Price	800x Research 5x Electromagnet 5x Laser Diode

Allows to research: Improved Producers (Electronics tree), Technical Wiring (Electronics tree), Automated Assembly (Electronics tree).

Condensation

Tier 2

You've designed a device that will condense the atmosphere into liquid when powered. What liquid is produced depends on the planet.

Unlocks: Liquid Collector.

Requires	Electronics (Electronics tree)
Price	400x Research 100x Oxygen 4x Tungsten Bar

Allows to research: Advanced Condensation (Electronics tree), Controlled Reactions (Electronics tree).

Automated Assembly

Tier 4

Using advanced metals and machinery, you've created an automatic manufacturer which can be configured to quickly craft any item or object you want when provided with materials.

Unlocks: Manufacturing Station.

Requires	Item Utilities (Electronics tree)
Price	4200x Research 5x Advanced Alloy 1x Power Core

Controlled Reactions

Tier 3

Mixing liquids can have many beneficial effects, especially now that you designed a machine to do just that. The liquid mixer can not only produce liquid reactions quickly and cleanly, but also allows for some reactions that couldn't happen when mixing liquid manually.

Unlocks: Liquid Mixer.

Requires	Condensation (Electronics tree)
Price	2700x Research 5x Titanium Bar

Quantum Processing

Tier 6

Not satisfied with traditional extraction machines, you've improved on the design with quantum mechanics. Quantum Extractors not only work faster than ever, but produce twice as much from their extractions.

Unlocks: Quantum Extractor.

Requires	Advanced Fusion (Electronics tree)
Price	8800x Research 10x Xithricite 10x Liquid Deuterium

Quantum Nucleonics

Tier 6

Generating electricity from quantum mechanics is something very few people have done, but you can count yourself among them with your new Quantum Reactor. Capable of burning both traditional and esoteric fuels, it generates unfathomably large amounts of power.

Unlocks: Quantum Reactor.

Requires	Advanced Fusion (Electronics tree)
Price	14400x Research 2x Liquid Metallic Hydrogen 5x Densinium Bar

Healing Vapors

Tier 5

By applying your knowledge of medicine to electronics, you've created a field generator that rapidly heals everything within a wide radius.

Unlocks: Regeneration Matrix.

Requires	Atmospheric Cleansing (Electronics tree)
Price	12600x Research 5x Unstable Particles 5x Dense Alloy 25x Medical Kit IV

Total Purification

Tier 6

You've mastered atmospheric cleansing. With the Atmospheric Regulator, there is no place you can't settle - butt-naked, if you so choose.

Unlocks: Atmospheric Regulator.

Requires	Atmospheric Cleansing (Electronics tree)
Price	21600x Research 10x Dense Alloy 25x Liquid Metallic Hydrogen

Powered Sifting

Tier 3

Having improved upon your Sifter design, you can now harvest the hidden treasures of blocks much more efficiently. You can also create a Rock Crusher, which breaks up hard materials like cobblestone and conglomerate instead of sands and silts.

Unlocks: Powder Sifter, Rock Crusher.

Requires	Industrial Centrifuging (Electronics tree)
Price	3600x Research 5x Titanium Bar 2x Advanced Circuit

Solar Power

Tier 2

The free energy of stars is now within your reach with your understanding of solar technology. You can now build solar panels at your Electronics Center.

Unlocks: Solar Panel.

Requires	Electronics (Electronics tree)
Price	900x Research 5x Silicon 5x Silver Bar

Allows to research: Improved Solar Cells (Electronics tree).

Improved Solar Cells

Tier 3

You've learned to use graphene to enhance your solar panels, allowing you to build bigger and more efficient solar arrays.

Unlocks: Solar Array.

Requires	Solar Power (Electronics tree)
Price	1440x Research 5x Gold Bar 8x Graphene

Allows to research: Peerless Solar Cells (Electronics tree).

Peerless Solar Cells

Tier 4

By combining nanofibre and Quietus metals, you can create incredibly potent solar towers which harvest vast amounts of renewable energy.

Unlocks: Solar Tower.

Requires	Improved Solar Cells (Electronics tree)
Price	2700x Research 5x Molecular Nano-Fibre 5x Quietus Bar

Basic Training

Tier 1

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.

Allows to research: Electronics (Electronics tree).

Defense Systems

Tier 4

You've put your wiring expertise to work, and can now create many autonomous turrets for defense or automation.

Unlocks: Defense Turret, Flame Turret, Crippler Turret, Vashta Turret, Gauss Turret, Laser Turret, Rocket Turret, Tesla Turret, Harvester Turret v1, Harvester Turret v2, Harvester Turret v3, Fire Trap, Acid Trap, Crafted Sawblade Trap.

Requires	Technical Wiring (Electronics tree)
Price	500x Research 15x Silicon Board 10x Electromagnet

Wind Turbines

Tier 3

With access to hardier metals like Titanium, you've developed a durable wind turbine which will generate lots of renewable energy in the right environment.

Unlocks: Wind Turbine.

Requires	Electronics (Electronics tree)
Price	3600x Research 5x Titanium Bar 25x Copper Wire

Technical Wiring

Tier 3

You've designed a crafting table for creating logic gates, sensors, traps and other large-scale wiring objects.

Unlocks: Wiring Station.

Requires	Item Utilities (Electronics tree)
Price	800x Research 5x Titanium Bar 20x Copper Wire

Allows to research: Defense Systems (Electronics tree).

Improved Producers

Tier 2

You've learned to upgrade your copper pumps and quarries into iron versions, which work more quickly.

Unlocks: Iron Pump, Iron Quarry.

Requires	Item Utilities (Electronics tree)
Price	300x Research 5x Iron Bar

Allows to research: Advanced Producers (Electronics tree).

Advanced Producers

Tier 3

You've learned to upgrade your iron pumps and quarries into titanium versions, which work more quickly still.

Unlocks: Titanium Pump, Titanium Quarry.

Requires	Improved Producers (Electronics tree)
Price	720x Research 5x Titanium Bar

Allows to research: Peerless Producers (Electronics tree).

Peerless Producers

Tier 4

You've learned to upgrade your titanium pumps and quarries into Densinium versions, which work extremely quickly.

Unlocks: Densinium Pump, Densinium Quarry.

Requires	Advanced Producers (Electronics tree)
Price	900x Research 5x Densinium Bar