Editing Transmutation (section)

== Speed ==

Transmutation works through a recipe at a steady pace, measured in BC of item worth per minute. Each conversion needs work equal to the worth of its inputs plus the worth of its outputs. Boost recipes need three times that. Outputs finish one at a time as the work completes, so a long batch can be claimed in parts.

Your pace is set by two things:
* '''Refinery Modules.''' Each unpaused Module adds 1 point, plus 0.2 for every level, so a level 15 Module adds 4. Modules count strongest first, and each further Module counts 5% less than the one before it. Pausing Modules for [[Salvage]] also slows Transmutation.
* '''Transmutation Speed upgrade.''' Without it, you run at 5% of full speed. The tiers raise this to 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%.

At full speed every point gives 2M BC of work per minute.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Work per day (24 hours)
|-
! Refinery Modules !! No upgrade !! Tier 1 !! Tier 3 !! Tier 5
|-
| 5 at level 1 || 0.78B || 3.1B || 9.4B || 15.6B
|-
| 5 at level 15 || 2.6B || 10.4B || 31.3B || 52.1B
|-
| 15 at level 15 || 6.2B || 24.7B || 74.2B || 123.7B
|-
| 25 at level 15 (the maximum) || 8.3B || 33.3B || 99.9B || 166.5B
|}

=== A day of nonstop Transmutation ===

How much you burn in a day depends on the recipe, since outputs count toward the work too. Your "BC transmuted" stat counts only the worth of the inputs used up. With Transmutation Speed at tier 5 and the [[Refinery]] running all day:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Recipe !! Work per conversion !! 5 Modules at level 15 !! 25 Modules at level 15
|-
| 4 Green → 1 Amber Gemerald
| 1.5B
| 34 conversions:
* 136 Green into 34 Amber
* 34B BC transmuted
| 110 conversions:
* 440 Green into 110 Amber
* 110B BC transmuted
|-
| 3 Red → 2 Purple Gemerald
| 4.5B
| 11 conversions:
* 33 Red into 22 Purple
* 33B BC transmuted
| 36 conversions:
* 108 Red into 72 Purple
* 108B BC transmuted
|-
| 1 of each colour → 1 Pluperfect Gemerald
| 3.25B
| 16 conversions:
* 16 of each colour into 16 Pluperfect
* 40B BC transmuted
| 51 conversions:
* 51 of each colour into 51 Pluperfect
* 127.5B BC transmuted
|-
| 240 minute to 480 minute Personal Boost
| 36B
| 1 conversion:
* 5 boosts and 5 Pluperfect into 1 boost
* 7B BC transmuted
| 4 conversions:
* 20 boosts and 20 Pluperfect into 4 boosts
* 28B BC transmuted
|}

Without the upgrade everything runs 20 times slower: one Green to Amber conversion takes almost 14 hours with 5 level 15 Modules.