Batteries

Note : this is a proof of concept for a pages that describe several similar items, same as for solar panels and generators. See discussion. Links and screenshots to be added if page is kept.

Batteries are items you can craft that stores power when surplus are produced and release it when an internal battery needs to fill up.

They are filled up and release their power at the maximum rate of 4 units/sec or 1 bar/sec.

This page is about the external batteries, see the Power page for the differences between the internal and external batteries.

Crafted from the Backpack
Right from the start of the game, you can craft a small battery in you backpack's printer, using 1 lithium.

You can place it in any one slots.

It stores up to 8 units or 2 bars of power.

So when placed in the backpack, it increase the total energy storage by 80%, from 10 to 18 units. A single of this battery in the backpack, yet visually a lot smaller than the main battery, almost doubles the storage and the time you can spend mining while not tethered (or no other source of energy is available). Energy will be drawn first from the battery over the internal one but as said above will only be filled when the main one is itself full.

Crafted from the Printer
Once researched, you can craft a bigger battery in the Printer module, using 2 Lithium.

You can place it in any two adjacent slots.

It stores up to 16 bars of powers.