When energy runs out, the player can replace the empty power source with a new one.įor vehicles, interact directly with the empty power cell(s):

Some items and vehicles require a Battery, Power Cell, Ion Battery, or Ion Power Cell to operate. It draws its power from three special unremovable power cells, and it generates power from a built-in solar array during daylight hours. Lifepod 5 consumes and produces power much like a seabase. Each generator will work to fill its own internal storage capacity and will not fill the capacity of other generators. Power is drawn from the oldest generator first, regardless of the type of generator. The Power Transmitter can be used to connect generators to bases across greater distances. Power transmission is represented by a thin glowing blue line connecting an external generator to the base.

Seabases will draw power from internal generators ( Bioreactors or Nuclear Reactors) installed inside the base and from any external generators ( Solar Panels or Thermal Plants) within power transmission range. The fragments can be found in the Mushroom Forest or in Wrecks.Seabases require energy to produce breathable air and to power appliances such as the Fabricator, Power Cell Charger, and Battery Charger.

Power transmittor efficiency is 100%, there's no lost power.īefore it can be constructed, a single Power Transmitter fragment must be scanned with the Scanner.

Maximum distance between Power Transmitters and energy generator/seabase is only about 25 meters, connects only if an unobstructed line of maximum 25 meters can be established.

Maximum distance between two Power Transmitters is about 100 meters, connects even through ground.

More than one source can lead to a single target (but not the other way around).

It will always choose the closest one - it is not necessarily the one that makes the most sense.

Power supply lines are created at a generator and can 'hop' to either a power transmitter or a base.

Internal power sources (Bioreactors and Nuclear Reactors) cannot be connected, so one Seabase cannot act as a power source and power another Seabase.

It is not possible to have a single source transmit power to multiple targets (multiple Seabases can not share a single power source).

Power Transmitters can only be used to connect external energy generators ( Solar Panels and Thermal Plants) to a single Seabase.

Power Transmitters will still transmit power even if the area they are transmitting from is not rendered at the moment.

There is no limit to the number of connected Power Transmitters.

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