Genetic Ooze

Genetic Ooze is an element used to represent the substance that makes up certain living objects in Oxygen Not Included. In the game data, its element ID is Creature, and it is associated with objects made from genetic booze. It is not a commonly discussed industrial material, but it appears in the context of critters and other biologically derived objects.

A notable bug affects objects made from Genetic Ooze when they are first spawned or stored in containers, especially Duplicants and Critters: their temperature is reset to 20 °C. This can matter when using living materials in temperature-sensitive setups, since the reset can undo heating or cooling already applied to the object.

• The temperature reset occurs on initial spawn or when the object is placed in storage.
• The reset target is 20 °C, which is also the ideal drinking temperature.
• The behavior has been observed for objects associated with Duplicants and Critters.
• Because the material is tied to living entities, it can interact with temperature-based contraptions in unintuitive ways.