Power slugs are the green and yellow crystals that feed overclocking. Automating collection means a stockpile for every machine you will ever boost.
Why this matters
Every overclock and Somersloop needs slugs. A steady stockpile removes the bottleneck on boosting your factory.
Step-by-step
- Find slug nodes on the world map.
- Build a small outpost near a cluster.
- Place miners or collect slugs manually in bulk.
- Belt or store slugs in a container.
- Connect the outpost to power.
- Revisit when you need shards or loops.
- Keep a slug buffer for late-game overclocking.
Tips
- Yellow slugs drop more shards
- Map shows slug clusters
- Bulk-collect on supply runs
- Store slugs before you need them
Practical notes
Yellow slugs give more shards than green ones, so farm yellow clusters first when a site offers both. An outpost near a cluster pays for itself the first time you overclock without a supply run.
Store shards in a container near the machines you plan to boost, so overclocking never becomes a walking trip. A steady slug stock turns overclocking from a rare event into a routine tuning tool.
Yellow clusters are worth the detour even when green sites are closer to base.
Bulk-collect on supply runs so the stock grows while you build other lines.
Yellow clusters repay the extra flight with the extra shards they drop.
Common mistakes
- Leaving slugs for later with no stock
- Building an outpost with no power
- Mining impure clusters only
- Spending every slug immediately