Mining nodes

The mining category has only five node types, but you'll find them all over the network: four types each boost one resource – Pig iron, Metal, Kryptonite or Spice – and the fifth boosts the total production of all four. All production bonuses add up.

Who benefits?

Everyone who wants to grow – especially miners and builders. More production means faster buildings and research and more material for fleet and defense. The more developed your mines are, the more every percentage point is worth.

Tips

• Target your bottleneck: if you're always short of Kryptonite, a kryptonite node does more for you than yet another pig iron node.
• The total resource production node works on all four resources at once – usually the best choice when you spend cores on mining nodes.
• More Spice means more fuel for your fleets and more input for the Synth Former (Synth energy, Former & AI-Core).
• Combine them with storage and energy nodes from the colony category (Colony nodes) so the extra output isn't wasted in full storage or held back by a lack of power.