Holmium Compounding
Increasing Holmium production by extended processing chains. Yes, Multiple. Also can unlock support for advanced machines from other planets, so even more production can be made.
The goal of this mod is to provide a better supply of Holmium from the already-limited 1% chance of Ore appearing. It also allows you to scale as resources/science advances, eventually reaching a significant improvement when you tech past Fulgora.
Tier 1 - Holmium Concentration
By melting down the raw Holmium Ore and some Stone you can create a super-heated mix of Molten Holmium. You can then refine this to produce a Holmium Concentrate. Just be warned this will produce a Byproduct Slurry that needs to be processed.
At this point, you can then combine a small amount of this Concentrate with a large amount of water to produce Holmium Solution. It produces about 40% extra solution compared to the regular process, and this is before any productivity is involved.
This is researchable after you unlock Holmium Production, and costs 600 Red, Green, Cyan, Purple and White science packs.
Tier 2 - Holmium Crystalization
You can then feed the Holmium Concentrate into an Electro-Crystalization process, slowly growing a highly-pure Holmium Crystals. Then it can be crushed in a Recycler (since the Crusher is locked to space) to create a Holmium Powder.
The Holmium Powder can then be combined with Water to create Holmium Solution. The expanded process will create nearly double the solution compared to the regular process, before productivity.
You can research this after the first tier, for the cost of 1000 Red, Green, Cyan, Purple, Yellow and White science packs.
Tier 3 - Advanced Facilities
A third research unlocks using advanced buildings to increase the efficacy and production of the recipes:
- A Foundry from Vulcanus can be used to make Molten Holmium, speeding up the crafting and providing its built-in 50% productivity bonus.
- An Electromagnetic Plant from Fulgora can be used for the Crystalization, speeding up the crafting and providing its built-in 50% productivity bonus.
- A Centrifuge can be used for the Powderization, using a little additional steel to provide a better conversion rate and a faster crafting speed.
- A Cryogenics Plant from Aquilo can be used to combine the Concentrate or Powder with Water, providing its improved speed to the crafting, as well as its vast number of module slots.
Testing shows that with just the basic built-in productivity bonuses, the final output can be raised to 3x to 4x the normal amount of Holmium Solution produced. And this is before adding additional productivity modules into the advanced machines.
If you go full Productivity... well, its not a sane amount, but its also SLOW.
Unlocking this will happen after reaching the second tier alongside Metallurgic and Electromagnetic science, and requires a significant investment of 2000 each of Red, Green, Cyan, Purple, Yellow, Orange, and Pink science packs.