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Paper Mill Plans
Paper Mill Plans is a research entry in the plant branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.
Pelletizer Plans
Pelletizer Plans is a research entry in the plant branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.
Pick Order
Choose what each arm grabs first: loose hay, the biggest things, or whatever is closest. Needles always come first.
Pinpoint
Left click with the metal detector on to switch to pinpoint. It beeps much faster when it is right over a needle. It does not hear any farther.
Piston Rake
Piston Rake is a research entry in the automation branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.
Pitchfork
Pitchfork is a research entry in the handling branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.
Platform Plans
Unlocks platforms, $10 a square metre. You and your machines can stand on them.
Power Pole
Carries power. Poles up to 9 m apart connect. Machines within 6 m get power if nothing blocks the cable. Comes with Electricity.
Pulper Plans
Pulper Plans is a research entry in the plant branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.
Raise Bale Quality
Each level makes bales sell for about 7% more.
Raise Eco Brick Quality
Each level makes eco bricks sell for about 8% more.
Raise Pulp Slab Quality
Each level makes pulp slabs sell for more.
Rake Wheels
Adds Forward and Back buttons to every piston rake. Move a rake a little closer to the pile without taking it down. It stops by itself if something is
Roof Plans
Unlocks flat roofs, angled roofs and roof hatches, $28 a metre. Climb onto the roof through a hatch.
Satellite Dish Mk I Plans
Satellite Dish Mk I Plans is a research entry in the prospecting branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below
Satellite Dish Mk II Plans
Satellite Dish Mk II Plans is a research entry in the prospecting branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected belo
Satellite Dish Mk III Plans
Satellite Dish Mk III Plans is a research entry in the prospecting branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected bel
Satellite Dish Mk IV Plans
Satellite Dish Mk IV Plans is a research entry in the prospecting branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected belo
Scan Batch Size
Each level lets scanners check 25% more hay at once.
Scan Cycle Speed
Each level makes scanners check hay faster, loose or in bales and eco bricks.
Scanner Mk I Plans
Scanner Mk I Plans is a research entry in the prospecting branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.
Scanner Mk II Plans
Scanner Mk II Plans is a research entry in the prospecting branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.
Second Wind
Each level makes stamina come back 18% faster.
Small Arm Plans
Small Arm Plans is a research entry in the automation branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.
Smart Splitter Plans
Unlocks the Smart Splitter, $1200. You pick what may leave through each of its three outputs, so one belt can be sorted by type.
Smooth Pouring
Each level makes buckets and barrows empty 12% faster. The numbers below are for the bucket.
Soft Landings
Each level makes you spill 10% less hay when you jump.
Spade
Spade is a research entry in the handling branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.
Splitter Priority
Adds a priority setting to every splitter. The chosen side gets all the hay. The other side only gets hay when the first one is backed up.
Spring Heels
Each level makes you jump 5 cm higher.
Stairs and Railings
Unlocks stairs ($15 a metre of height) and railings ($6 a metre). Railings are 1.05 m tall.
Standard Arm Plans
Standard Arm Plans is a research entry in the automation branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.
Steady Hands
Each level makes you spill 8% less hay while running.
Strong Back
Each level gives you 15% more stamina.
Stronger Generator
Each level raises how much power a generator can make, and lets it hold 240 more strands of hay. It still needs enough hay to get there.
Stronger Suction
Each level makes the yard vac suck up hay 25% faster, from a wider patch.