Energy Shard

Energy Shards are a fuel and crafting component recovered from Dark Fog Debris dropped by Dark Fog units of level 3 or higher. When burned in Icarus’s combustion chamber, they also act as a special fuel for manual crafting, greatly increasing crafting speed.

As a fuel, each Energy Shard provides 3.60 MJ of energy, and using them for manual production grants a +50% crafting speed bonus. This bonus also benefits from Proliferator effects: applying Proliferator to Energy Shards increases the energy they provide and also increases the manual crafting speed bonus. With Proliferator Mk.III, each Energy Shard provides 4.50 MJ and the crafting speed bonus rises to +100%.

• When using Energy Shards for manual crafting, keep Icarus idle as much as possible. Even walking or building consumes energy and makes each shard run out faster.
• A good setup is to fully recharge the core, load Energy Shards into the combustion chamber, queue up a large number of crafts, and let Icarus stand still.
• Dark Fog farming can provide a steady supply of Energy Shards, which makes strict conservation less necessary.
• In the late game, Energy Shards are also used as material for Dark Fog production buildings such as Re-composing Assemblers and Negentropy Smelters.