How long for Ion Cube Platform to respawn?

[stiv]

So, does anyone know how long it takes for the ion cube platform to respawn?
It's the one in the Primary Containment Facility you can drill with the PRAWN Suit.

[seven]

Maybe a few minutes. Not long.

[Coops]

I can take the cubes,exit prawn and open two of the gates then scan five artifacts and the next set of cubes comes up. You can get fifteen cubes while you scan everything in the upper two floors of the building.and open the four gates

[stiv]

Thanks, guys.
The reason why I asked here is because I thought it was around 30-40 minutes. In that case asking in the forum would be quicker than figuring out on my own by waiting in front of it.

It turns out it's only a matter of 1-2 minutes. So waiting in front of it is no big deal.

[admiral1018]

It takes exactly 2 minutes.

If you want to do a major harvest (i.e. filling the entire Prawn storage or your own with cubes), definitely bring along some extra food and water and prepare to do other things in real life in the background while you wait. The cubes make a sound when they're ready, which will let you know when to come back. Equipping the Stillsuit in this case will also save some time and space. Alternatively, you can plant your own food in the Sea Emperor's aquarium in a growbed (or build an entire base there if you really want).

[bongerman85]

i have one of those machines in my base, it doesnt look as sleek as the one down there, but it does produce ion cubes from electricity, and you dont have to drill those.

[bongerman85]

now im just ready for the devs to add an ion cube machine into below zero or for a modder to do it.

[dragonbornzyra]

Originally posted by stiv:

Thanks, guys.
The reason why I asked here is because I thought it was around 30-40 minutes. In that case asking in the forum would be quicker than figuring out on my own by waiting in front of it.

It turns out it's only a matter of 1-2 minutes. So waiting in front of it is no big deal.

Ironically, coming online to ask this quesiton, and then waiting for a response, took far longer than the 2 minutes it would have taken if you just sat there and waited.

I read and understand your reasonings. Just pointing that out. In hindsight.

Originally posted by admiral1018:

It takes exactly 2 minutes.

If you want to do a major harvest (i.e. filling the entire Prawn storage or your own with cubes), definitely bring along some extra food and water and prepare to do other things in real life in the background while you wait. The cubes make a sound when they're ready, which will let you know when to come back. Equipping the Stillsuit in this case will also save some time and space. Alternatively, you can plant your own food in the Sea Emperor's aquarium in a growbed (or build an entire base there if you really want).

My roomate and I have a sprawling rediculously pointless mega base in that Aquarium.

Originally posted by bongerman85:

now im just ready for the devs to add an ion cube machine into below zero or for a modder to do it.

There's a finite surplus amount of Ion Cubes in the games. Granted there are more things to do with the Ion Cubes, however their uses are limited and static, and due to the map's limited size, the short length of the story, and the actual use of said crafted Ion Cube dependant items, it balances out to just about the "same"

Below Zero has 4 Ion Cube deposits to drill, and a l o t of single Ion Cubes out and ready to be grabbed by hand.

But a good idea for a mod none the less.

[admiral1018]

There's really not a whole lot to do with ion cubes after a certain point. Once you've completed all the story items and put ion batteries/cells in your tools and vehicles, excess cubes are pretty much useless. They would be more useful if they had some auxiliary use to help power bases or something, but right now there's a point at which extra cubes just take up storage space.

[SCP_Classified]

All my equipment that requires battery is now Ion powered, even my extra bases in every biomes, this battery is pretty late late late game material

[bongerman85]

wait until u see the modded versions of the ion batteries, or the unobtanium battery.