Spice warehouse
Determines how much spice your planet can hold. Once the warehouse is full, your spice mine drops to 5% output.

Without a warehouse a planet holds 100,000 spice, and every level of your Spice warehouse doubles that. Once the limit is reached, your Spice mine keeps running at only 5%.
You need spice as fuel, for research, for the Thermosolar plant and, in Synth universes, for the Synth Former and AI-Core. If you fly a lot or run Synth programs, you often build up large reserves – and the warehouse has to grow with them.
On cold planets your Spice mine produces a lot, so the warehouse fills correspondingly faster there. Size the warehouse for the amount that piles up overnight.
Background
The spice warehouse allows for large amounts of spice 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.