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Modules

Modules are upgrades that can be applied to planets to improve their performance.

Unlike buildings, modules do not need robots to be built, but they do consume resources and time.

Each type of module can be built in a location according to the table shown below.

All modules have a maximum level of 10.

What are modules?

Modules are advanced upgrades that complement your constructions. While buildings produce resources, modules amplify and unlock special capabilities.

Don't use robots - Built with resources and fixed time
Maximum level: 10 - Each level improves the effect proportionally
Location-specific - Each module can only be installed on certain types of structures
One module per type - You can't have two modules of the same type in the same place
Can be destroyed - Some modules can be removed if you change strategy

Module guide for new players

When to start with modules? Modules are a medium to long-term upgrade. First make sure you have your basic buildings at a good level (mines, industries, shipyard).

Recommended modules to start:

Resource production modules - Increase production of specific mines and industries
Ship specialization - Reduces time and costs of manufacturing a specific ship size
Bunker - Improves your planet's defense and resource saving
Deep Mining / Heavy Industry - Increase the maximum level of mines or industries (advanced)

Tip: On an asteroid you can only add the bunker, and only if your Prospecting is on it.

Module categories

Production modules (Planets)

Increase the production of a specific resource on the planet where they are installed.

Each level grants an extra % of production of the associated resource
Also grant additional points to the planet
There is one for each resource: Robots, Mineral, Crystal, Gas, Plastic, Ceramic, Liquid, Micros, Fuel and M-A

Limit improvement modules

Increase the maximum level that certain buildings can reach.

Deep Mining: +levels maximum for all mines
Heavy Industry: +levels maximum for all industries
Military Expansion: +levels maximum for shipyard and shelter

Warning! If you destroy these modules, buildings that exceed the base limit will be reset to level 100.

Defense modules

Provide additional defenses to your structures.

Bunker (Planets): Improves attack, defense and resource saving
Mothership Inhibitor: Prevents enemy motherships from jumping to your sector

Specialization modules

Improve the manufacturing of ships of a specific size.

Reduce the manufacturing time of the chosen ship size
Reduce the resource cost of manufacturing
There is one for each size: Fighters, Corvettes, Cruisers, Battleships and Titans
Built on planets and motherships

Enclave modules

Enclaves are special structures that grant bonuses to your entire alliance.

Victory Points: Increases the VP your alliance receives
Mine/Industry Production: Production bonus for all members
Ship improvements: Attack, defense, cargo, speed for the entire alliance
Not cumulative: Only the enclave with the highest bonus level counts

Mothership modules

Motherships are massive capital ships with exclusive modules.

Mothership Jump: Allows instant jumping to other systems
Fleet Jump: Reduces flight time of sent fleets
Wormhole Transit: Allows travel through wormholes

Bank modules

Banks provide financial and commercial services.

Trade credit: Allows requesting resource credits with a repayment deadline
Trade investment: Allows investing resources to earn profits
Optimization: Reduces commissions, improves recycling and speeds up trade times
Alliance Bank: Unlocks shared resource management for the alliance. Each level grants a +2% bonus when depositing resources, up to +20% at level 10

Citadel modules

Citadels are built on pulsars and grant ship bonuses to the entire alliance, with a fixed bonus per level.

Ship attack/defense/cargo: Improves these properties for all alliance ships
Speeds: Increases hyper speed, max hyper, and impulse for allied ships
Only 1 type per citadel: choose the module that most benefits your alliance
Does not stack with enclaves: with the same module in an enclave and in a citadel, the higher one counts

Citadels consume 3 PI. Their modules are not destructible.

Differences between modules and constructions

Constructions

100 Maximum level (expandable with modules)
Uses robots to build
Variable time based on robots
Construction queue
Produces resources directly

Modules

10 Maximum level
Does not use robots
Fixed time: most modules take 24h total, while defense and shipyard modules still take 6h per level
Construction queue
Improves/amplifies existing
Consumes PI on install

Empire points and modules

Each new module (level 0→1) consumes empire points (PI) from your available total.

Enclave, citadel, and wonder modules are not destructible
Destructible modules can be removed to free up invested PI
Upgrading an existing module (e.g. level 2→3) does not consume additional PI

Before installing a module, make sure the benefit is worth the PI cost. Check your balance in the Empire section.

Modules on asteroids

A free asteroid accepts no modules. With your Prospecting on it, you can add the bunker

The bunker is built through the module queue (6 h per level), needs your collection fleet on the asteroid and is paid from its cargo, not from the planet
To extract all production you need ships with a mining component of each size (corvette, cruiser, battleship and titan): each size extracts its own share

Tips for new players

Best practices

Don't build modules too early — First level up your basic buildings (mines, industries, shipyard)
Start with resource modules — Install the module for the resource you need most for +50% per level
Bunker early — Upgrade your planet's shelter; it's a very effective defense
Shipyard specialization — Reduces build time and cost for the ship size you use most
Each new module costs PI — Plan before building so you don't run out of empire points

Common mistakes

Building modules without base buildings — Modules amplify existing buildings, they don't create from scratch
Destroying deep mining/heavy industry — Buildings above level 100 will be reset to 100
Not having collectors of every size — Each size extracts its own share of the asteroid: without all four you won't get the most out of it
Ignoring research — The research module reduces time by 10% per level

Advanced tips

Module strategy

Specialize planets — Combine resource module + deep mining/heavy industry to maximize production
Enclaves vs Citadels — The citadel gives a fixed bonus per level; the enclave's grows with control time. Of the same type they don't stack: the higher one counts
Mothership modules — Fleet jump + factorial send allow power projection over great distances
Tactical destruction — Destroy modules that no longer serve you to recover PI (only if destructible)
Coordinate with your alliance — Enclave modules benefit all members

Advanced optimization

Evaluate PI vs benefit — Not every module is worth the empire point investment
Non-stackable modules — Enclave and citadel modules only apply the highest level, they don't stack
Citadel: 1 module — You can only install one type of citadel module per structure; choose wisely
Alliance bank — The module grants +2% per level on deposits; level 10 = +20% bonus
Fixed time — Most modules take 24 hours in total across their 10 levels; defense and shipyard modules take 6 hours per level. It doesn't depend on robots

Module destruction

Some modules can be destroyed to free up PI. However, there are important consequences:

Deep Mining — If destroyed, mines above level 100 are reset to level 100
Heavy Industry — If destroyed, industries above level 100 are reset to level 100
Military Expansion — If destroyed, shipyard and shelter above level 100 are reset to level 100

Enclave, citadel, wonder, and alliance bank modules are not destructible. Once installed, they remain permanently.

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Description

Artificial worm hole module

Wormhole Mothership

Allows the trip through wormholes

A natural wormhole has the module at level 20, while an artificial one starts at level 1 and can be upgraded up to 10. That is why travelling through a natural wormhole is +43 % faster than through a maxed-out artificial one, and +200.9 % faster than through a newly built one.

Wormhole travel time depends on the distance, but grows much more slowly than it: twice the distance takes only ×1.47 and ten times the distance ×3.63. That is why the wormhole pays off more the farther away the destination is. The comparisons between wormholes are the same at any distance.

Travelling through a wormhole consumes no fuel.

Dyson fleet dispatch

Dyson Sphere

Reduces the flight time of fleets sent from a Dyson sphere.

Flight time saved compared to the same trip in hyper without the module:

Level 1 −2.5 % Level 2 −5 % Level 3 −7.5 % Level 4 −10 % Level 5 −12.5 % Level 6 −15 % Level 7 −17.5 % Level 8 −20 % Level 9 −22.5 % Level 10 −25 %