36.0k Hashes
Summary
Veins Utilization is an repeatable upgrade that applies a -6% ore consumption / miner product (power of 0.94 per level) and +10% mining speed (multiple of +10% per level). The ore consumption decreases exponentially, while the mining speed and cost in universe matrix and hashes increases linearly. The speed increasement also affects on Oil Extractor, Water Pump and Orbital Collector.
Levels
| Level | Icon | ID | Resource Consumption | Hashes | Unlocks | Net Gain (Total) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3601 | 36.0k | -6% ore consume / miner product.
+10% mining speed. |
-6% ore consume / miner product (94%).
+10% mining speed (110%). | ||||||
| 2 | 3602 | 180k | -6% ore consume / miner product.
+10% mining speed. |
-11.6% ore consume / miner product (≈88.4%).
+20% mining speed (120%). | ||||||
| 3 | 3603 | 180k | -6% ore consume / miner product.
+10% mining speed. |
-16.9% ore consume / miner product (≈83.1%).
+30% mining speed (130%). | ||||||
| 4 | 3604 | 480k | -6% ore consume / miner product.
+10% mining speed. |
-21.9% ore consume / miner product (≈78.1%).
+40% mining speed (140%). | ||||||
| 5 | 3605 | 1.80M | -6% ore consume / miner product.
+10% mining speed. |
-26.6% ore consume / miner product (≈73.4%).
+50% mining speed (150%). | ||||||
| 6→∞ | 3606 | × (LVL-5) |
900 / | -6% ore consume / miner product.
+10% mining speed. |
Total ore consumption: =0.94^LVL
Total mining speed: | |||||
Technically, the maximum level is 10,000, with 199,820,040,000 Universe Matrices (white cubes). The cost for each subsequent level increases linearly by +4,000 universe matrix (+3,600,000 hashes). The lowest ore consumption you can get is 1.121039E-44 at level 1633, which will consume 5,304,024,000 white cubes.
The decrease in ore consumption allows a vein to last longer, helping stretch the supply of rare resources. Ore consumption decreases multiplicatively but the mining speed increases only linearly. In the beginning, the mining speed will dominate over the ore consumption effect, so you'll notice your veins depleting faster, assuming your miners go at top efficiency (i.e. can send all that they produce). This effect peaks at L6, when the ores will deplete at the highest possible rate, roughly 10% faster than at L0. The break-even level for this is L17, when the ore consumption effect starts to finally dominate, giving you about same vein depletion speed as at L0. Further on, you'll only notice slower resource loss, with L36 giving you half the L0 vein consumption, L52 giving 1/4, and L71 reducing it to about 10% of base. See table below for more details.
Getting to L31 for the first time gives you the "Firing on all cylinders" achievement.
Prerequisite Technologies
Research and resource consumption
- Hashes cost formula for Level >= 6
- 3,600,000 * (Level - 5) Hashes
- Cost formula for Level >= 6
- 4,000 * (Level - 5) Universe Matrix
| Level | Hashes | 1 vein mining speed (x / min) | Vein reserves used in 1 min | Product per reserve | Crude Oil Seep half-life (hours) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 30.0 | 30.0 | 1 | 12.0 | ||
| 1 | 36,000 | 33.0 | 31.0 | 1.06 | 11.61 | |
| 2 | 180,000 | 36.0 | 31.8 | 1.13 | 11.32 | |
| 3 | 180,000 | 39.0 | 32.4 | 1.20 | 11.11 | |
| 4 | 480,000 | 42.0 | 32.8 | 1.28 | 10.98 | |
| 5 | 1,800,000 | 45.0 | 33.0 | 1.36 | 10.90 | |
| n | 4000 * ( n - 5 ) | 3,600,000 * ( n - 5 ) | 30 * ( 1 + 0.1 * n ) | 30 * ( ( 1 + 0.1 * n ) * 0.94 ^ n ) | 1 / (0.94 ^ n ) | 12 / ( ( 1 + 0.1 * n ) * 0.94 ^ n ) |
| 6 | 4,000 | 3,600,000 | 48.0 | 33.1 | 1.45 | 10.87 |
| 7 | 8,000 | 7,200,000 | 51.0 | 33.1 | 1.54 | 10.89 |
| 8 | 12,000 | 10,800,000 | 54.0 | 32.9 | 1.64 | 10.94 |
| 9 | 16,000 | 14,400,000 | 57.0 | 32.7 | 1.75 | 11.02 |
| 10 | 20,000 | 18,000,000 | 60.0 | 32.3 | 1.86 | 11.14 |
| 17 | 48,000 | 43,200,000 | 81.0 | 29.6 | 2.86 | 12.72 |
| 20 | 60,000 | 54,000,000 | 90.0 | 26.1 | 3.45 | 13.79 |
| 100 | 380,000 | 342,000,000 | 330.0 | 0.7 | 487 | 530.89 (~7 months) |
| 200 | 780,000 | 702,000,000 | 630.0 | 0.003 | 236826 | 135329 (~15.4 yrs) |
| 500 | 1,980,000 | 1,782,000,000 | 1530.0 | 0.0000000001 | 2.7E13 | 6.42E+12 (~733 mln yrs) |
| 590 | 2,340,000 | 2,106,000,000 | 1800.0 | 2.52E-13 | 7E+15 | 1.43E+015 (~163 bln yrs) |
| 1000 | 3,980,000 | 3,582,000,000 | 1800.0 | 2.42E-24 | 7E+26 | 8.85E+025 (~10 sextillion yrs) |
| 10000 | 39,980,000 | 35,982,000,000 | 1800.0 | 3.42E-266 | 5E+268 | 6.31E+266 (~7.21E+262 yrs) |
