Is it possible to automate gathering larva?

[Forsparda]

im just wondering because teir 2 mutagen requires larva and you cant automate it without them

[satans_favourite]

i have not found a way to collect larvae, however you can craft them. so a productionline that makes mutagen 2 is possible. and if you dont need that many, you can just pick em up

[chutz748]

the autocrafters can see larva around them for the recipe that it is needed for, but you have to stand next to the autocrafter outside, so kinda defeats the purpose

[Reaperbot]

you can only auto-craft the common larva that I know of which can be used for a few recipes. sadly you can't auto-craft the other larva recipes in the base game currently but might be able to with mods. otherwise you have to manually collect uncommon and rare to use for incubator recipes in base game.

[Tinian]

I built a platform in the ancient paradise above the spire. I did not want the common larva so I put auto crafters on each corner to make Mutagen T2. While I was up there looking for named larva, enough common larva spawned to fill up all 4 auto crafters.

Not perfect but until you get the ability to make common larva it kind of works as long as you are in the area.

[Starseed]

Originally posted by Tinian:

I built a platform in the ancient paradise above the spire. I did not want the common larva so I put auto crafters on each corner to make Mutagen T2. While I was up there looking for named larva, enough common larva spawned to fill up all 4 auto crafters.

Not perfect but until you get the ability to make common larva it kind of works as long as you are in the area.

Have you been back to see if it did actually work because my understanding is like you said "while you were there" you saw the lava, because if you stay still, the larva actually comes to you! If you leave, it will stop because thats what it does, it comes to "you". In fact. I go pick up all the larva even if I dont want it and then a rare will appear

[Starseed]

I was actually about to post about this and that we need an upgrade for the incubators so we can automate production. Wil put it in here instead lol:

We need demand options in Incubator for "individual" 3 slots. otherwise its impossible to put making frogs eggs or fish eggs on auto mode. (Cant be done for auto butterfly larva for the higher value since they use rare larva that you cant produce so cant use an automated production.

In the incubator, currently you can chose the 3 items manually or for demand yes, BUT its random what one the drones will give you, like 3 fertilisers show up instead of one of each item! So having the demand option on each individual 3 boxes is needed.

Plus auto research tick box, like there is for auto scrap one decompilers full, or sending rockets when full. It would then also need to put the resulting eggs into its own box seperate from the three for input. So there needs to be a separate box, (even three perhaps thinking "automation") for output.

I would be cheeky and say please, we could do with being able to make rare larva, but then why call it "rare" but it would help tremendously with automating production.

[Tinian]

You are correct that it does not work if you are not there. But I was there hunting golden and serena larva so at least I did not have to pick up the common larva. Just uncommon and rare and named. The common got used by the auto crafters.

This was before the volcano update, I have not used it since then so not sure if it will keep working now or not. I don't think it would because larva are supposed to spawn where you are, but since I have not checked not sure.

[Aaxc]

While it's true, that you cannot automate the gathering of larve itself, the autocrafters can still pick it up if it spawns near it.

So what I do, I just place T2 muta autocrafting at all my teleports/bases, so that when I move around and do other stuff, it creates T2 muta and then the drones deliver it to my main base where rest of the process takes place.

While this is not exactly fully automatic, it still works quite well.

[Zewtastic]

Originally posted by Aaxc:

While it's true, that you cannot automate the gathering of larve itself, the autocrafters can still pick it up if it spawns near it.

This is hilarious, but true.
I totally did not realize those auto-crafters could just be picking your pockets and hoovering up anything wandering by.

[Trolling4Motorboating]

I made a really nice 3 wide displace case wall with some pulsar quartz and uranium for decoration. came back later to find the autocrafter pilfered them all lol

per original topic can totally automate the production of common and rare larva, once unlocked. you just need to have robust bacteria automation at the base of that supply chain. Iv'e got one 2x2 room that has all the larva, mutagens and fertilizer on full auto.

[Evolvei]

Wait for the trainable frog to be introduced and have them gather the larva for you.

[Guard1an4]

Common and Rare Larva can be crafted. Uncommon larva can be obtained by recycling the bee larva you get from the t2 beehive. There is also a mod that will enable you to automate your incubator.

Here is a link to the mod in case you are interested: https://www.nexusmods.com/planetcrafter/mods/35

[Heavy_Johnny]

All you have to do is set the DNA manipulator to supply Uncommon Larva and set a T2 locker to demand the Uncommon Larva. The Drone will collect the Uncommon Larva from the DNA multiplier and replace it in the storage locker while the Multiplier is
sequencing the larva. A bug (no pun intended).

[Trolling4Motorboating]

one of the recent updates allows building of the Ecosystem machine. This will generate all 3 base larva (common, uncommon, rare) along with the whole host of low tier butterfly larva.
https://planet-crafter.fandom.com/wiki/Ecosystem