Metal warehouse
Determines how much metal your planet can hold. Once it's full, your blast furnace runs at only 5%.

Without a warehouse a planet holds 100,000 metal, and every level of your Metal warehouse doubles that. When it's full, your Blast furnace only produces 5% – particularly annoying for the most important building material in the game.
Metal is needed in huge amounts: for the Development center, the Microsystem accelerator and large fleets. For example, level 2 of the Microsystem accelerator already costs one million metal – to fit that into storage you need at least level 4. Size your warehouse for your next big projects.
Background
The metal warehouse allows for large amounts of metal to be stored. The storage capacity of the warehouse changes with each level. If the storage capacity is exceeded, only 5% of the actual target amount will be produced.
Levels at a glance
| Level | Pig iron | Metal | Build time | Storage capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,000 | 800 | 3 min 32 s | 200,000 |
| 2 | 4,000 | 1,600 | 7 min 4 s | 400,000 |
| 3 | 8,000 | 3,200 | 14 min 8 s | 800,000 |
| 4 | 16,000 | 6,400 | 28 min 17 s | 1,600,000 |
| 5 | 32,000 | 12,800 | 56 min 34 s | 3,200,000 |
| 6 | 64,000 | 25,600 | 1 h 53 min | 6,400,000 |
| 7 | 128,000 | 51,200 | 3 h 46 min | 12,800,000 |
| 8 | 256,000 | 102,400 | 7 h 32 min | 25,600,000 |
| 9 | 512,000 | 204,800 | 15 h 5 min | 51,200,000 |
| 10 | 1,024,000 | 409,600 | 1 d 6 h 10 min | 102,400,000 |
| 11 | 2,048,000 | 819,200 | 2 d 12 h 20 min | 204,800,000 |
| 12 | 4,096,000 | 1,638,400 | 5 d 40 min | 409,600,000 |
| 13 | 8,192,000 | 3,276,800 | 10 d 1 h | 819,200,000 |
| 14 | 16,384,000 | 6,553,600 | 20 d 2 h | 1,638,400,000 |
| 15 | 32,768,000 | 13,107,200 | 40 d 5 h | 3,276,800,000 |
| 16 | 65,536,000 | 26,214,400 | 80 d 10 h | 6,553,600,000 |
| 17 | 131,072,000 | 52,428,800 | 160 d 21 h | 13,107,200,000 |
| 18 | 262,144,000 | 104,857,600 | 321 d 19 h | 26,214,400,000 |
| 19 | 524,288,000 | 209,715,200 | 643 d 14 h | 52,428,800,000 |
| 20 | 1.05 B | 419,430,400 | 1,287 d 4 h | 104,857,600,000 |
| 21 | 2.10 B | 838,860,800 | 2,574 d 8 h | 209,715,200,000 |
| 22 | 4.19 B | 1.68 B | 5,148 d 17 h | 419,430,400,000 |
| 23 | 8.39 B | 3.36 B | 10,297 d 11 h | 838,860,800,000 |
| 24 | 16.78 B | 6.71 B | 20,594 d 22 h | 1,677,721,600,000 |
| 25 | 33.55 B | 13.42 B | 41,189 d 20 h | 3,355,443,200,000 |
| 26 | 67.11 B | 26.84 B | 82,379 d 16 h | 6,710,886,400,000 |
| 27 | 134.22 B | 53.69 B | 164,759 d 9 h | 13,421,772,800,000 |
| 28 | 268.44 B | 107.37 B | 329,518 d 19 h | 26,843,545,600,000 |
| 29 | 536.87 B | 214.75 B | 659,037 d 15 h | 53,687,091,200,000 |
| 30 | 1.07 T | 429.50 B | 1,318,075 d 7 h | 107,374,182,400,000 |
| 31 | 2.15 T | 858.99 B | 2,636,150 d 15 h | 214,748,364,800,000 |
| 32 | 4.29 T | 1.72 T | 5,272,301 d 6 h | 429,496,729,600,000 |
| 33 | 8.59 T | 3.44 T | 10,544,602 d 13 h | 858,993,459,200,000 |
| 34 | 17.18 T | 6.87 T | 21,089,205 d 2 h | 1,717,986,918,400,000 |
| 35 | 34.36 T | 13.74 T | 42,178,410 d 4 h | 3,435,973,836,800,000 |
| 36 | 68.72 T | 27.49 T | 84,356,820 d 8 h | 6,871,947,673,600,000 |
| 37 | 137.44 T | 54.98 T | 168,713,640 d 16 h | 13,743,895,347,200,000 |
| 38 | 274.88 T | 109.95 T | 337,427,281 d 9 h | 27,487,790,694,400,000 |
| 39 | 549.76 T | 219.90 T | 674,854,562 d 18 h | 54,975,581,388,800,000 |
| 40 | 1.10 Qa | 439.80 T | 1,349,709,125 d 12 h | 109,951,162,777,600,000 |
| 41 | 2.20 Qa | 879.61 T | 2,699,418,251 d 1 h | 219,902,325,555,200,000 |
| 42 | 4.40 Qa | 1.76 Qa | 5,398,836,502 d 3 h | 439,804,651,110,400,000 |
| 43 | 8.80 Qa | 3.52 Qa | 10,797,673,004 d 7 h | 879,609,302,220,800,000 |
| 44 | 17.59 Qa | 7.04 Qa | 21,595,346,008 d 14 h | 1,759,218,604,441,600,000 |
| 45 | 35.18 Qa | 14.07 Qa | 43,190,692,017 d 4 h | 3,518,437,208,883,200,000 |
| 46 | 70.37 Qa | 28.15 Qa | 86,381,384,034 d 9 h | 7,036,874,417,766,400,000 |
| 47 | 140.74 Qa | 56.29 Qa | 172,762,768,068 d 19 h | 14,073,748,835,532,800,000 |
| 48 | 281.47 Qa | 112.59 Qa | 345,525,536,137 d 15 h | 28,147,497,671,065,600,000 |
| 49 | 562.95 Qa | 225.18 Qa | 691,051,072,275 d 7 h | 56,294,995,342,131,200,000 |
| 50 | 1.13 Qi | 450.36 Qa | 1,382,102,144,550 d 14 h | 112,589,990,684,262,400,000 |
| 51 | 2.25 Qi | 900.72 Qa | 2,764,204,289,101 d 5 h | 225,179,981,368,524,800,000 |
| 52 | 4.50 Qi | 1.80 Qi | 5,528,408,578,202 d 10 h | 450,359,962,737,049,600,000 |
| 53 | 9.01 Qi | 3.60 Qi | 11,056,817,156,404 d 20 h | 900,719,925,474,099,200,000 |
| 54 | 18.01 Qi | 7.21 Qi | 22,113,634,312,809 d 16 h | 1,801,439,850,948,198,400,000 |
| 55 | 36.03 Qi | 14.41 Qi | 44,227,268,625,619 d 9 h | 3,602,879,701,896,396,800,000 |
| 56 | 72.06 Qi | 28.82 Qi | 88,454,537,251,238 d 18 h | 7,205,759,403,792,793,600,000 |
| 57 | 144.12 Qi | 57.65 Qi | – | 14,411,518,807,585,587,200,000 |
| 58 | 288.23 Qi | 115.29 Qi | – | 28,823,037,615,171,174,400,000 |
| 59 | 576.46 Qi | 230.58 Qi | 67,124,351,006,106 d 8 h | 57,646,075,230,342,348,800,000 |
| 60 | 1,152.92 Qi | 461.17 Qi | – | 115,292,150,460,684,697,600,000 |
Values without premium, Synth or specialization bonuses. Costs are for upgrading to the given level. Set your development center, microsystem accelerator and universe above and the build times adjust.