Hydrogen Synthesizer

The Hydrogen Synthesizer separates the atoms in water to produce hydrogen gas, the primary fuel powering your ships' and buildings' fusion reactors. The process is slow and expensive, making hydrogen the rarest and most valuable of the three resources.

Like the Ore Mine and the Crystal Mine, the Hydrogen Synthesizer can have workers assigned to it and will produce extra hydrogen.

The formula for Hydrogen Production (from Matt of Blue From Support) is 12 * level * (1.1 ^ level) * (-0.002 * max_temp + 1.28).
Someone that has multiple worlds should add values along with the world max temp to this table.

Cost, Energy Use, and Production by Level

X = Level

Ore Cost = floor( 150 * (1.5)^X )

Crystal Cost = floor( 50 * (1.5)^X )

Energy Use = floor( 20 * X * (1.1)^X ) + (1 if X > 1)

Production Value =

Level	Ore Cost	Crystal Cost	Energy Use	Production Value
1	225	75	22	13
2	337	112	49	29
3	506	168	80	47
4	759	253	118	70
5	1,139	379	162	96
6	1,708	569	213	127
7	2,562	854	273	163
8	3,844	1,281	343	205
9	5,766	1,922	425	254
10	8,649	2,883	519	311
11	12,974	4,324	628	376
12	19,461	6,487	754	451
13	29,192	9,730	898	538
14	43,789	14,596	1,064	637
15	65,684	21,894	1,254	751
16	98,526	32,842	1,471	882
17	147,789	49,263	1,719	1,031
18	221,683	73,894	2,002	1,200
19	332,525	110,841	2,325	1,394
20	498,788	166,262	2,691	1,614
21	748,182	249,394	3,109	1,864
22	1,122,274	374,091	3,582	2,149
23	1,683,411	561,137	4,119	2,471
24	2,525,116	841,705	4,728	2,836
25	3,787,675	1,262,558	5,418	3,250
26	5,681,512	1,893,837	6,198	3,718
27	8,522,269	2,840,756	7,080	4,247
28	12,783,403	4,261,134	8,076	4,845
29	19,175,105	6,391,701	9,201	5,520
30	28,762,658	9,587,552	10,470	6,281
31	43,143,988	14,381,329	11,901	7,140
32	64,715,982	21,571,994	13,513	8,107
33	97,073,973	32,357,991	15,329	9,197
34	145,610,960	48,536,986	17,373	10,423
35	218,416,440	72,805,480	19,672	11,803
36	327,624,661	109,208,220	22,258	13,354
37	491,436,992	163,812,330	25,163	15,097
38	737,155,488	245,718,496	28,428	17,056
39	1,105,733,232	368,577,744	32,093	19,255
40	1,658,599,848	552,866,616	36,208	21,724

Note

The exact amount of hydrogen produced by the hydrogen synthesizer varies based on the world on which it operates. Worlds farther out from the sun (i.e. with a higher planet number) generate more hydrogen than those closer to the sun.

A Gamer's note: Hydrogen is, in reality, the most abundant element in the Universe, not the rarest. It's also important to note that while the ELEMENT hydrogen is the most common in the universe, it is often attached to other things. On earth in particular, Diatomic hydrogen gas is a little rare, if not as rare as they make it out to be.

• However, from the reference to fusion, I'd guess it's deuterium or tritium they're talking about, which are quite hard to find in quantity.

See Also

• Mines
• Ore Mine
• Crystal Mine
• Workers
• Mine Droid
• Solar Plant
• Nuclear Power Plant
• Hydrogen Storage