Battery

This article is about the fuel item. For the building used to store energy, see Power Storage.

Battery
Primarily used as fuel for Drones and Vehicles.
Unlocked at	Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering
Blueprint path	/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/Battery/Desc_Battery.Desc_Battery_C
Item
Stack size	200
Sink value	465
Fuel
Energy	6 000 MJ
Stack energy	1 200 000 MJ
1m 49.091s in Tractor 1m 20s in Truck 1m 6.667s in Explorer 40s in Cyber Wagon

Batteries are a late-game fuel used to fuel Drones. They are the most efficient vehicle fuel that is not radioactive. They cannot be used to generate power, and cannot be recharged once used up.

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Battery	2.5 × Sulfuric Acid 50 / min						2 × Alumina Solution 40 / min						Blender 3 sec	1 × Battery 20 / min 225 MJ/item	1.5 × Water 30 / min 150 MJ/item	Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering
	1 × Aluminum Casing 20 / min
Classic Battery Alternate	6 × Sulfur 45 / min						7 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet 52.5 / min						Manufacturer 8 sec	4 × Battery 30 / min 110 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering
	8 × Plastic 60 / min						12 × Wire 90 / min

Alternate recipes analysis

The following shows different ways to produce 1 Battery / second, or 60 / min:

Recipe	Sulfur /min (WP)	Bauxite /min (WP)	Crude Oil m3/min (WP)	Copper Ore /min (WP)	Iron Ore /min (WP)	Total WP	Total Energy /item (MJ)	Space (m2)	Building counts
Default	150 (219.30)	180 (184.05)	8 (6.84)	16 (5.54)	-	415.73	525.53	2295	12.23
Classic	90 (131.58)	105 (107.36)	49.33 (42.17)	14 (4.85)	53.85 (7.65)	293.61	695.42	4329	28

• Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: (resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. The lower the better.
• Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
• Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
• Among multiple ways to produce each of the ingredient, the recipe with the lowest WP is chosen. The exception is mentioned below:
  • Alumina Solution#Alternate recipes analysis - Sloppy Alumina
  • Aluminum Casing#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Aluminum Ingot#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Copper Ingot#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Plastic#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Wire#Alternate recipes analysis
• The Resin byproduct generated from Aluminum can be fed into Plastic production, saving some of the Crude Oil, energy and space.

Usage

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Magnetic Field Generator	5 × Versatile Framework 2.5 / min						2 × Electromagnetic Control Rod 1 / min						Manufacturer 120 sec	2 × Magnetic Field Generator 1 / min 3300 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Nuclear Power
	10 × Battery 5 / min
Super-State Computer Alternate	3 × Computer 3.6 / min						2 × Electromagnetic Control Rod 2.4 / min						Manufacturer 50 sec	2 × Supercomputer 2.4 / min 1375 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering Tier 8 - Nuclear Power
	20 × Battery 24 / min						45 × Wire 54 / min

AWESOME Sink

 Battery can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 465 points.

History

• Patch 0.4.0.0: Introduced new recipe, made the ingredients of the old recipe an alternate recipe
• Patch 0.1.20: Energy value increased from 1,000 MJ to 6,000 MJ
• Patch 0.1.14: Made officially available