Power Shard

Power Shards are special items used for overclocking buildings. Each shard increases the maximum allowed clock speed by 50%. A building can accept a maximum of 3 shards, which means a maximum running speed of 250% for production buildings or 202% for power generation buildings (due to overclocking not being linear).

Resource acquisition
Additional power shards can be randomly obtained as drops from the FICSMAS calendar.

Usage
Power Shards are used solely for overclocking. See Clock Speed for more details.

Tips

 * It is best to use them to overclock raw resource extractors (Miners and Oil Extractors) to saturate a conveyor or pipe throughput. Overclocking production buildings is not advised, as more of them can be built instead. Overclocking power generators causes the resulting production speed to result in numbers with decimal spaces, making them considerably harder to work with.
 * Underclocking a building does not require any power shard.
 * Power Shards are renewable by taming Lizard Doggos, as they have a chance to find new Power Slugs.
 * It is commonly misconcepted that Power Shards wear out after a certain period of time, they do not. The disadvantage of overclocking is increased power consumption (or uneven consumption rate for generators) as mentioned above, not that the shards are temporary.

History

 * Patch 0.3.4.14: Production times changed to work better with Constructor sounds. Crafting clicks adjusted.

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