Crystal Mine
Crystal is the resource commonly used in electronics and a fundamental building block of ships, buildings, and research. It's more scarce and expensive to mine than ore.
Like the Ore Mine and the Hydrogen Synthesizer, the Crystal Mine can have workers assigned to it and will produce extra crystal.
Rather than producing in one lump sum every hour, mines produce resources continuously in Starfleet Commander, so you will see your resources update with every new page load.
Workers
One worker may be assigned to a mine from the beginning. Another is allowed with every three levels. So a level 3 mine may have 2 workers, a level 6 mine may have 3 workers, etc.
Workers able to work in the mine are:
| Type | Production Increase |
|---|---|
| Mining Droid | 2% |
| Basic Android | 4% |
| Human Worker | 4% |
Cost, Energy Use, and Production by Level
X = Level
Ore Cost = floor( 30 * (1.6)^X )
Crystal Cost = floor( 15 * (1.6)^X )
Energy Use = floor( 10 * X * (1.1)^X ) + (1 if X > 1)
Production Value = floor( 20 * X * (1.1)^X )
| Level | Ore Cost | Crystal Cost | Energy Use | Production Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | 24 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | 76 | 38 | 25 | 48 |
| 3 | 122 | 61 | 40 | 79 |
| 4 | 196 | 98 | 59 | 117 |
| 5 | 314 | 157 | 81 | 161 |
| 6 | 503 | 251 | 107 | 212 |
| 7 | 805 | 402 | 137 | 272 |
| 8 | 1,288 | 644 | 172 | 342 |
| 9 | 2,061 | 1,030 | 213 | 424 |
| 10 | 3,298 | 1,649 | 260 | 518 |
| 11 | 5,277 | 2,638 | 314 | 627 |
| 12 | 8,444 | 4,222 | 377 | 753 |
| 13 | 13,510 | 6,755 | 449 | 897 |
| 14 | 21,617 | 10,808 | 532 | 1,063 |
| 15 | 34,587 | 17,293 | 627 | 1,253 |
| 16 | 55,340 | 27,670 | 736 | 1,470 |
| 17 | 88,544 | 44,272 | 860 | 1,718 |
| 18 | 141,670 | 70,835 | 1,001 | 2,001 |
| 19 | 226,673 | 113,336 | 1,163 | 2,324 |
| 20 | 362,677 | 181,338 | 1,346 | 2,690 |
| 21 | 580,284 | 290,142 | 1,555 | 3,108 |
| 22 | 928,455 | 464,227 | 1,791 | 3,581 |
| 23 | 1,485,528 | 742,764 | 2,060 | 4,118 |
| 24 | 2,376,844 | 1,188,422 | 2,364 | 4,727 |
| 25 | 3,802,951 | 1,901,475 | 2,709 | 5,417 |
| 26 | 6,084,722 | 3,042,361 | 3,099 | 6,197 |
| 27 | 9,735,556 | 4,867,778 | 3,540 | 7,079 |
| 28 | 15,576,890 | 7,788,445 | 4,038 | 8,075 |
| 29 | 24,923,024 | 12,461,512 | 4,601 | 9,200 |
| 30 | 39,876,839 | 19,938,419 | 5,235 | 10,469 |
| 31 | 63,802,943 | 31,901,471 | 5,951 | 11,900 |
| 32 | 102,084,710 | 51,042,355 | 6,757 | 13,512 |
| 33 | 163,335,536 | 81,667,768 | 7,665 | 15,328 |
| 34 | 261,336,857 | 130,668,428 | 8,687 | 17,372 |
| 35 | 418,138,972 | 209,069,486 | 9,836 | 19,671 |
| 36 | 669,022,355 | 334,511,177 | 11,129 | 22,257 |
| 37 | 1,070,435,769 | 535,217,884 | 12,582 | 25,162 |
| 38 | 1,712,697,231 | 856,348,615 | 14,214 | 28,427 |
| 39 | 2,740,315,569 | 1,370,157,784 | 16,047 | 32,092 |
| 40 | 4,384,504,911 | 2,192,252,455 | 18,104 | 36,207 |
