Building

Spice mine

Spice is fuel, a research material and the most valuable resource. The colder your planet, the more your spice mine produces.

No spice, no flights: every flight burns fuel, including every save flight. On top of that come research, many buildings and units, the Thermosolar plant, scans with the Galaxy scanner and, in the Synth network, the Synth Former and the AI-Core. At the merchant spice is the most expensive resource.

Production depends on the planet's temperature: the colder the planet, the more spice. Set your planet's temperature in the level table to see the matching values. Cold planets therefore make great spice planets, and the Synth network even has nodes that shift the temperature.

The Spice mine has the highest energy demand per level of all mines, so plan for more energy than with the other mines. Warm planets, on the other hand, suit the Solar cells ship better, since it delivers more energy there. That makes for a sensible division of labour between your colonies.

At level 6 the Spice mine unlocks the Thermosolar plant and the Particle shield. Like the other mines, it benefits from Mining technology, building upgrades and the production nodes in the Synth network.

Background

Spice is a relatively rare raw material, which is why it is also a very valuable resource. It is needed for ship engines and research and is also very useful as an alloy. Spice even plays an important role in food production and is a must for an empire on the rise!

Levels at a glance

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Planet temperature

Level	Metal	Kryptonite	Build time	Spice / hour	Energy needed
1	220	80	25 s	6	-9
2	333	121	37 s	15	-21
3	502	183	57 s	27	-36
4	758	276	1 min 25 s	41	-55
5	1,144	416	2 min 9 s	60	-80
6	1,728	629	3 min 14 s	83	-111
7	2,608	949	4 min 53 s	111	-148
8	3,938	1,432	7 min 23 s	146	-195
9	5,947	2,163	11 min 9 s	189	-253
10	8,979	3,265	16 min 50 s	242	-323
11	13,558	4,931	25 min 25 s	307	-409
12	20,473	7,445	38 min 23 s	385	-513
13	30,914	11,242	57 min 58 s	479	-639
14	46,680	16,975	1 h 27 min	594	-792
15	70,486	25,632	2 h 12 min	732	-976
16	106,434	38,703	3 h 19 min	898	-1,197
17	160,715	58,442	5 h 1 min	1,097	-1,463
18	242,679	88,247	7 h 34 min	1,336	-1,782
19	366,445	133,253	11 h 27 min	1,622	-2,163
20	553,331	201,212	17 h 17 min	1,963	-2,618
21	835,530	303,829	1 d 2 h 6 min	2,371	-3,162
22	1,261,650	458,782	1 d 15 h 25 min	2,857	-3,809
23	1,905,091	692,761	2 d 11 h 31 min	3,435	-4,580
24	2,876,687	1,046,068	3 d 17 h 53 min	4,122	-5,496
25	4,343,796	1,579,563	5 d 15 h 43 min	4,937	-6,583
26	6,559,132	2,385,139	8 d 12 h 57 min	5,905	-7,874
27	9,904,290	3,601,560	12 d 21 h	7,052	-9,403
28	14,955,477	5,438,356	19 d 11 h	8,411	-11,214
29	22,582,770	8,211,917	29 d 9 h	10,018	-13,357
30	34,099,983	12,399,994	44 d 9 h	11,918	-15,890
31	51,490,974	18,723,991	67 d	14,162	-18,883
32	77,751,370	28,273,226	101 d 5 h	16,812	-22,416
33	117,404,568	42,692,571	152 d 20 h	19,938	-26,584
34	177,280,898	64,465,781	230 d 19 h	23,624	-31,498
35	267,694,156	97,343,330	348 d 12 h	27,966	-37,289
36	404,218,175	146,988,427	526 d 6 h	33,080	-44,107
37	610,369,444	221,952,525	794 d 16 h	39,099	-52,132
38	921,657,859	335,148,313	1,199 d 22 h	46,179	-61,573
39	1.39 B	506,073,952	1,811 d 22 h	54,504	-72,672
40	2.10 B	764,171,668	2,736 d	64,287	-85,716
41	3.17 B	1.15 B	4,131 d 9 h	75,778	-101,038
42	4.79 B	1.74 B	6,238 d 9 h	89,270	-119,027
43	7.24 B	2.63 B	9,419 d 22 h	105,105	-140,141
44	10.93 B	3.97 B	14,224 d 3 h	123,682	-164,910
45	16.50 B	6.00 B	21,478 d 10 h	145,467	-193,956
46	24.91 B	9.06 B	32,432 d 10 h	171,005	-228,007
47	37.62 B	13.68 B	48,973 d	200,931	-267,908
48	56.80 B	20.65 B	73,949 d 5 h	235,987	-314,649
49	85.77 B	31.19 B	111,663 d 8 h	277,039	-369,385
50	129.51 B	47.09 B	168,611 d 15 h	325,097	-433,462
51	195.56 B	71.11 B	254,603 d 13 h	381,339	-508,452
52	295.29 B	107.38 B	384,451 d 9 h	447,138	-596,184
53	445.89 B	162.14 B	580,521 d 14 h	524,098	-698,797
54	673.29 B	244.83 B	876,587 d 15 h	614,084	-818,779
55	1.02 T	369.70 B	1,323,647 d 8 h	719,275	-959,033
56	1.54 T	558.24 B	1,998,707 d 12 h	842,206	-1,122,941
57	2.32 T	842.94 B	3,018,048 d 8 h	985,832	-1,314,442
58	3.50 T	1.27 T	4,557,252 d 23 h	1,153,596	-1,538,128
59	5.29 T	1.92 T	6,881,452 d	1,349,509	-1,799,345
60	7.98 T	2.90 T	10,390,992 d 13 h	1,578,239	-2,104,319
61	12.05 T	4.38 T	15,690,398 d 17 h	1,845,225	-2,460,300
62	18.20 T	6.62 T	23,692,502 d 2 h	2,156,795	-2,875,727
63	27.48 T	9.99 T	35,775,678 d 4 h	2,520,320	-3,360,427
64	41.49 T	15.09 T	54,021,274 d 1 h	2,944,374	-3,925,832
65	62.65 T	22.78 T	81,572,123 d 19 h	3,438,937	-4,585,249
66	94.61 T	34.40 T	123,173,906 d 22 h	4,015,620	-5,354,160
67	142.86 T	51.95 T	185,992,599 d 11 h	4,687,932	-6,250,576
68	215.71 T	78.44 T	280,848,825 d 5 h	5,471,586	-7,295,449
69	325.73 T	118.45 T	424,081,726 d 2 h	6,384,859	-8,513,145
70	491.85 T	178.85 T	640,363,406 d 9 h	7,449,002	-9,932,003
71	742.69 T	270.07 T	966,948,743 d 15 h	8,688,729	-11,584,972
72	1.12 Qa	407.81 T	1,460,092,602 d 22 h	10,132,771	-13,510,362
73	1.69 Qa	615.79 T	2,204,739,830 d 10 h	11,814,530	-15,752,706
74	2.56 Qa	929.84 T	3,329,157,143 d 22 h	13,772,829	-18,363,772
75	3.86 Qa	1.40 Qa	5,027,027,287 d 8 h	16,052,790	-21,403,720
76	5.83 Qa	2.12 Qa	7,590,811,203 d 21 h	18,706,851	-24,942,469
77	8.80 Qa	3.20 Qa	11,462,124,917 d 20 h	21,795,943	-29,061,258
78	13.29 Qa	4.83 Qa	17,307,808,625 d 23 h	25,390,859	-33,854,479
79	20.07 Qa	7.30 Qa	26,134,791,025 d 5 h	29,573,840	-39,431,787
80	30.31 Qa	11.02 Qa	39,463,534,448 d 1 h	34,440,422	-45,920,562
81	45.77 Qa	16.64 Qa	59,589,937,016 d 14 h	40,101,566	-53,468,755
82	69.11 Qa	25.13 Qa	89,980,804,895 d	46,686,144	-62,248,192
83	104.36 Qa	37.95 Qa	135,871,015,391 d 12 h	54,343,811	-72,458,414
84	157.58 Qa	57.30 Qa	205,165,233,241 d 4 h	63,248,339	-84,331,118
85	237.95 Qa	86.53 Qa	309,799,502,194 d 4 h	73,601,489	-98,135,319
86	359.30 Qa	130.66 Qa	467,797,248,313 d 5 h	85,637,498	-114,183,331
87	542.55 Qa	197.29 Qa	706,373,844,952 d 23 h	99,628,275	-132,837,700
88	819.25 Qa	297.91 Qa	1,066,624,505,878 d 23 h	115,889,442	-154,519,256
89	1.24 Qi	449.84 Qa	1,610,603,003,877 d 6 h	134,787,323	-179,716,430
90	1.87 Qi	679.26 Qa	2,432,010,535,854 d 16 h	156,747,055	-208,996,074
91	2.82 Qi	1.03 Qi	3,672,335,909,140 d 13 h	182,261,992	-243,015,990
92	4.26 Qi	1.55 Qi	5,545,227,222,802 d 5 h	211,904,602	-282,539,470
93	6.43 Qi	2.34 Qi	8,373,293,106,431 d 8 h	246,339,100	-328,452,134
94	9.71 Qi	3.53 Qi	12,643,672,590,711 d 8 h	286,336,094	-381,781,459
95	14.66 Qi	5.33 Qi	19,091,945,611,974 d 4 h	332,789,556	-443,719,409
96	22.14 Qi	8.05 Qi	28,828,837,874,081 d	386,736,495	-515,648,660
97	33.44 Qi	12.16 Qi	43,531,545,189,862 d 7 h	449,379,750	-599,173,000
98	50.49 Qi	18.36 Qi	65,732,633,236,692 d 2 h	522,114,411	-696,152,548
99	76.24 Qi	27.72 Qi	99,256,276,187,405 d 1 h	606,558,425	-808,744,567
100	115.12 Qi	41.86 Qi	–	704,588,070	-939,450,760

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.

Spice mine

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