Genetic Extractor

[Percale]

Newly returned to the game. At a loss with 5 empty slots in the extractor and a list of potential sources (and other mystery sources) for genetic traits. Unlike prior devices, there is no formula map (mostly: one slot is for mutagen, one for fertilizer, one for base source) There is no clue in early access for this: is it 5 of something or one of 5 different things or randomly put 5 things in some order until something is discovered and BTW do you then leave for other activities because the extractor will take several minutes to do whatever it does? Should one just skip the whole animal class and go directly after keys to end to the game?

[Coops]

if you hover over the items that you can use in the machine it will tell you what trait it will give you. You can put one thing in or up to 5 at a time. The transformation is instant.
For example, the first three; bee larva, rare larva and silkworm each determine the species. If you use one of them it will give a trait that only fits in the first slot of the animal DNA machine. You can make all three at once but you can only use one of them to make an animal.
Likewise, other sources provide different traits. They are in the same order as they appear in the Animal DNA machine.

[Phoenix Cat]

There is a cheat sheet on reddit if you want the info or you can google it yourself. Someone on discussion has already posted it somewhere,

[randal_thor69]

Talking about this?: https://www.reddit.com/r/theplanetcrafter/comments/1c15daq/10_animals_and_genetics/

[archmag]

Originally posted by Percale:

Newly returned to the game. At a loss with 5 empty slots in the extractor and a list of potential sources (and other mystery sources) for genetic traits. Unlike prior devices, there is no formula map (mostly: one slot is for mutagen, one for fertilizer, one for base source) There is no clue in early access for this: is it 5 of something or one of 5 different things or randomly put 5 things in some order until something is discovered and BTW do you then leave for other activities because the extractor will take several minutes to do whatever it does?

Why not just try it? It takes less time than writing a post. It's an extractor, why would it need a formula? Just put items in it and press button and it extracts genes from those items. Not instantly but in just few seconds.

Should one just skip the whole animal class and go directly after keys to end to the game?

Why do you ask this? It's you decision if you want to see animals or not. They are not blocking you from ending the game, so if your goal is to just see "the end" feel free to go collect the keys and finish. If your goal is to see everything the game offers, then check the animals too. It's your choice, no one can tell you what you want.

[Percale]

Originally posted by Coops:

if you hover over the items that you can use in the machine it will tell you what trait it will give you. You can put one thing in or up to 5 at a time. The transformation is instant.
For example, the first three; bee larva, rare larva and silkworm each determine the species. If you use one of them it will give a trait that only fits in the first slot of the animal DNA machine. You can make all three at once but you can only use one of them to make an animal.
Likewise, other sources provide different traits. They are in the same order as they appear in the Animal DNA machine.

Thanks Coops, guess it just seemed counter-intuitive to have empty slots and hoped to not have to sort all the alternatives.

[Myrion]

The 5 slots means you can extract 5 at the same time.
The extractables are listed in the bottom rows, every extractable item has a certain DNA you will get from it.
DNA comes in several kinds, important are: Species, Color A, Color B as those are the necessary parts of creating a mammal. The others are optional.

Given that all mammals are equal in output, it makes sense to use the easiest available stuff for every part. This means bee larvae for species (you get so many if you have a bunch of T2 bee hives), fish eggs for B (water life collector), butterfly larvae for A (these you need to incubate with common larvael, mutagen and fertilizer - making them the only part that's limited).

If you just want to build rockets, you need any 6 traits - throw in some unused quartz or something.

[Phoenix Cat]

Originally posted by Myrion:

The 5 slots means you can extract 5 at the same time.
The extractables are listed in the bottom rows, every extractable item has a certain DNA you will get from it.
DNA comes in several kinds, important are: Species, Color A, Color B as those are the necessary parts of creating a mammal. The others are optional.

Given that all mammals are equal in output, it makes sense to use the easiest available stuff for every part. This means bee larvae for species (you get so many if you have a bunch of T2 bee hives), fish eggs for B (water life collector), butterfly larvae for A (these you need to incubate with common larvael, mutagen and fertilizer - making them the only part that's limited).

If you just want to build rockets, you need any 6 traits - throw in some unused quartz or something.

Using the easiest stuff is just boring. LOL. They added it to the game, why would you not want to put some effort into it??