Biomass

Biomass
Primarily used as fuel. Biomass Burners and vehicles can use it for power. Biomass is much more energy efficient than raw biological matter.
Unlocked at	Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 6
Stack Size	200
Sink Value	12
Blueprint Path /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/GenericBiomass/Desc_GenericBiomass.Desc_GenericBiomass_C
Fuel
Energy	180 MJ
Stack Energy	36 GJ
Burn Time 6s in Biomass Burner 3.273s in Tractor 2.4s in Truck 2s in Explorer 1.2s in Cyber Wagon
Stack Burn Time 20m in Biomass Burner 10m 54.545s in Tractor 8m in Truck 6m 40s in Explorer 4m in Cyber Wagon

Biomass is a fuel item produced from various biomass items such as Leaves, Wood or Alien Carapaces. It is used to fuel the the Biomass Burner and vehicles. It provides significantly more fuel value than Leaves but less than Solid Biofuel. It is also a building material for U-Jelly Landing Pads.

For conversion rate and energy multiplier, see Biomass_Burner#Conversion

Obtaining

Unlocking

Biomass (Alien Carapace) is unlocked via the Alien Organisms Research chain in the M.A.M. using:

10

Biomass (Alien Organs) is unlocked via the Alien Organisms Research chain in the M.A.M. using:

3

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Biomass (Leaves)	10 × Leaves 120 / min												Constructor 5 sec × 1	5 × Biomass 60 / min 4 MJ / item		Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 6
Biomass (Wood)	4 × Wood 60 / min												Constructor 4 sec × 2	20 × Biomass 300 / min 0.8 MJ / item		Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 6
Biomass (Mycelia)	10 × Mycelia 150 / min												Constructor 4 sec × 1	10 × Biomass 150 / min 1.6 MJ / item		Mycelia Research - Mycelia
Biomass (Alien Carapace)	1 × Alien Carapace 15 / min												Constructor 4 sec × 2	100 × Biomass 1500 / min 0.16 MJ / item		Alien Organisms - Structural Analysis
Biomass (Alien Organs)	1 × Alien Organs 7.5 / min												Constructor 8 sec × 4	200 × Biomass 1500 / min 0.16 MJ / item		Alien Organisms - Organic Properties

Usage

Research

 Biomass is used in the Mycelia Research chain in the M.A.M. for additional unlocks.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Biocoal Alternate	5 × Biomass 37.5 / min												Constructor 8 sec	6 × Coal 45 / min 5.33 MJ / item		Tier 3 - Coal Power
Fabric	1 × Mycelia 15 / min						5 × Biomass 75 / min						Assembler 4 sec × 2	1 × Fabric 15 / min 60 MJ / item		Mycelia Research - Fabric
Solid Biofuel	8 × Biomass 120 / min												Constructor 4 sec × 10	4 × Solid Biofuel 60 / min 4 MJ / item		Tier 2 - Obstacle Clearing
U-Jelly Landing Pad	2 × Rotor						20 × Cable						Build Gun	1 × U-Jelly Landing Pad		Tier 2 - Jump Pads
	200 × Biomass

AWESOME Sink

 Biomass can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 12 points.

See also

• Solid Biofuel