Ascenders: Simulation Whitepaper

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Production Structures

Refinery

The Refinery is a structure that can be built on any built foundation of any size in the

Home Land⁠

or a

Premium Land⁠

. It is one of the three core

Production Structures⁠

that directly feeds into the resource and crafting game loop by processing

Resources⁠

into

Refined Resources⁠

for you. In order to build a Refinery, you need to pay some $AGEM and resources.

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Functionality

The role of the Refinery in the resource and crafting game loop is intermediary. It processes raw resources excavated via the

Extractor⁠

into refined resources. This process works similar to the Extractor, but instead of having a resource capacity pool, you have to fill up the pool of resources manually via excavation or online trade.

If you have the minimal amount of raw resources required to use the Refinery, you select your

Workers⁠

just like with the other

Production Structures⁠

and check the time, cost, and output of the refinement process. When you confirm your selection, the refinement process starts, and at the end of the timer, you get the refined resource.

Refined resources are primarily used for the

Fabricator⁠

. The third step in the resource and crafting game loop, and the third Production Structure. Here, you can turn the refined resources into

Components⁠

Unlike the Extractor, a Refinery can be build on any available and built

Foundations⁠

of any size (unless it’s reserved for

Utility Buildings⁠

) even if there aren’t any resources available. This makes the foundations devoid of any resource an optimal place to put the Refinery.

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Refined Resources

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Refined Resources⁠

are essential items in Ascenders: Simulation. They are made by processing raw resources in the Refinery, and allow you to advance into more complex crafting and trading. They don’t have a listed rarity, since the raw resources needed to create them already have them, but since the cost of making one refined resource is several raw resources, their value is always higher than one of the raw resources that create them.

Refined resources mainly help in fabricating

Components⁠

in the Fabricator structure, but they can also help complete

Weekly Deals⁠

when they ask for a number of refined resources.

There is no city restriction on what Refineries can do, but it is significantly harder to get the city-exclusive raw resources from the other city to refine into their refined counter-parts, making them some of the more valuable trading items on the market.

Later features that will be added to Ascenders: Simulation will add more uses for refined resources. The exact details are still unknown, but they will fill another important role for crafting and advancing the resource and crafting game loop as you play.

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“To refine is a simple concept, but a delicate art. Especially when working with combustible gasses, liquids, or radioactive material.”

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List of Refined Resources

List of Refined Resources

Iron

A refined resource produced from refining Hematite.

“One of the most fundamental metals to have available.”

Methane

A refined resource produced from refining Hydrocarbon.

“Good as a gas for heat and light, bad for everything else.”

Phosphate

A refined resource produced from refining Phosphorite.

“Although it is found in bones, I wouldn’t set my teeth in that.”

Silicon

A refined resource produced from refining Quartz.

“One of the most useful materials to have available, most commonly found in a valley.”

Graphene

A refined resource produced from refining Graphite.

“The most hexagonal that sci-fi is ever going to get.”

Girdoline

A refined resource produced from refining Hydrogirdon.

“A distilled version of Hydrogirdon that seems to be more adaptable to human tinkering.”

Tungsten

A refined resource produced from refining Scheelite.

“Used for superalloys and emitters of all sorts, it was desired most on Earth as a cube.”

Lithium

A refined resource produced from refining Petalite.

“Keep out of range from water, or stay out of range of both.”

Cobalt

A refined resource produced from refining Cobaltite.

“It’s so stubborn, even when used in batteries it would rather recharge than die.”

Stoicaline

A refined resource produced from refining Stoicane.

“A surprisingly calm resource, seemingly okay with anything you want to do.”

Platinum

A Refined Resource produced from refining Sperrylite.

“For those who think Gold is not good enough.”

Uranium

A refined resource produced from refining Uraninite.

“The forbidden glowstick, producing an incredible amount of energy.”

Ergaline

A refined resource produced from refining Ergalite.

“It turns out intergalactic rock can be harvested for interstellar gas. Who would have thought?”

Neodynium

A refined resource produced from refining Monazite.

“If you ever felt like your music didn’t sound metal enough, try adding Neodynium.”

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All Launch Refined Resources

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Refinery

Functionality

Refined Resources

All Launch Refined Resources

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