Where to use fusion energy cell?

[Celesdriel]

I know they power the generators in wrecks, but my supply of pulsar quartz is low and I'm a long way from being able to craft it (~45 GTi). No spoilers, please, but which wreck should I use my single cell on for best effect at this stage of the game?

[Sleeper]

Personally I would save what you have to use in fusion power plants, giving you loads of power to run things. This will allow you to put out more tree growers, heaters etcetera, increasing the speed that you can get up to making Pulsar Quartz at which point you can power up all wreck generators you want.

[Wolf9]

Usually using 3 pulsar quartz for one cell opens an area, where You can find around another 3 pulsar quartz to compensate it.

[avatar.zero]

Originally posted by ajl1957:

Personally I would save what you have to use in fusion power plants, giving you loads of power to run things. This will allow you to put out more tree growers, heaters etcetera, increasing the speed that you can get up to making Pulsar Quartz at which point you can power up all wreck generators you want.

I would agree with this. There isn't really anything mind-blowing unlocked by activating those ship generators. Go ahead and save it until you've got a stable setup and the ability to reliably manufacture your own Pulsar Quartz and just pick whatever wreck you want to start with.

[Wolf9]

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

Originally posted by ajl1957:

Personally I would save what you have to use in fusion power plants, giving you loads of power to run things. This will allow you to put out more tree growers, heaters etcetera, increasing the speed that you can get up to making Pulsar Quartz at which point you can power up all wreck generators you want.

I would agree with this. There isn't really anything mind-blowing unlocked by activating those ship generators. Go ahead and save it until you've got a stable setup and the ability to reliably manufacture your own Pulsar Quartz and just pick whatever wreck you want to start with.

Cannot agree. Last time I found more then 22000 tokens in those 3 close ships, so now I have T2 lockers and T2 drones long before being able to make pulsar quartz.

[Soylent]

where do you find the pulsar quartz? I'm also too far from making them, and I need another fusion reactor

[avatar.zero]

Originally posted by Soylent:

where do you find the pulsar quartz? I'm also too far from making them, and I need another fusion reactor

There's a few in the Meteor Field (unlighted area that looks like glittery coal), a couple at the top of the Waterfall hill, and a few in a cave between the Crater and the Highlands. That's about all that I know of until you start getting Pulsar Quartz meteors or the ability to craft them.

[bateluer]

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

Originally posted by Soylent:

where do you find the pulsar quartz? I'm also too far from making them, and I need another fusion reactor

There's a few in the Meteor Field (unlighted area that looks like glittery coal), a couple at the top of the Waterfall hill, and a few in a cave between the Crater and the Highlands. That's about all that I know of until you start getting Pulsar Quartz meteors or the ability to craft them.

There's a cave with some as well, though you can't mine pulsar, obviously. IIRC, its sealed by ice until a certain heat index is reached. Like others have said, I think its a better strategy to use your pulsar crystals to make fusion generators before you start powering up wrecks. A single fusion reactor lets you power up a lot equipment, and by that stage, you should have a decent amount of automation in place, as well as more seeds and jars than you could want.

[Soylent]

Originally posted by bateluer:

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

There's a few in the Meteor Field (unlighted area that looks like glittery coal), a couple at the top of the Waterfall hill, and a few in a cave between the Crater and the Highlands. That's about all that I know of until you start getting Pulsar Quartz meteors or the ability to craft them.

There's a cave with some as well, though you can't mine pulsar, obviously. IIRC, its sealed by ice until a certain heat index is reached. Like others have said, I think its a better strategy to use your pulsar crystals to make fusion generators before you start powering up wrecks. A single fusion reactor lets you power up a lot equipment, and by that stage, you should have a decent amount of automation in place, as well as more seeds and jars than you could want.

Thanks! I found that cave finally. The problem was that the drone base required 3 crystals, but I also needed more power.

[Glacialis]

Originally posted by Wolf9:

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

I would agree with this. There isn't really anything mind-blowing unlocked by activating those ship generators. Go ahead and save it until you've got a stable setup and the ability to reliably manufacture your own Pulsar Quartz and just pick whatever wreck you want to start with.

Cannot agree. Last time I found more then 22000 tokens in those 3 close ships, so now I have T2 lockers and T2 drones long before being able to make pulsar quartz.

Remember that loot changes based on terraformation stages.

https://planet-crafter.fandom.com/wiki/Storage_Containers#Loot_table

As always, wikis can container spoilers. There is an Expand link to open up the loot table as an actual table.