Drug lab

The drug lab is a production building that allows the crafting of medicine and a number of drugs.

Acquisition[edit]

Drug labs can be constructed once the Drug production research project has been completed. They require 50 Stuff (Metallic/Woody), 75 Steel, 6 Components, 3,500 ticks (58.33 secs) of work, and a Construction skill of 4.

Despite the Intellectual skill being the primary factor in using a lab, the building of one does not rely on it.

Summary[edit]

Colonists that are incapable of Intellectual work can't be assigned to tasks in a drug lab, even to make drugs that use the Drug Cooking Speed (i.e. Cooking skill) to manufacture, such as smokeleaf joints. Colonists must also be assigned to the Craft work type to use the lab.

The following items can be crafted at the drug lab:

Name	Materials	Work to Make	Required Research	Type
Flake	4	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	Psychite refining	Drug - Hard Drug
4× Flake	16	001,000 ticks (16.67 secs)	Psychite refining	Drug - Hard Drug
Go-juice	2 + 1	000,600 ticks (10 secs)	Go-juice production	Drug - Hard Drug
4× Go-juice	8 + 4	002,400 ticks (40 secs)	Go-juice production	Drug - Hard Drug
Wake-up	2	000,900 ticks (15 secs)	Wake-up production	Drug - Hard Drug
4× Wake-up	8	003,600 ticks (1 min)	Wake-up production	Drug - Hard Drug
Yayo	8	000,350 ticks (5.83 secs)	Psychite refining	Drug - Hard Drug
4× Yayo	32	001,400 ticks (23.33 secs)	Psychite refining	Drug - Hard Drug
Penoxycyline	2	000,600 ticks (10 secs)	Penoxycyline production	Drug - Medical Drug
4× Penoxycyline	8	002,400 ticks (40 secs)	Penoxycyline production	Drug - Medical Drug
Smokeleaf joint	4	000,450 ticks (7.5 secs)	–	Drug - Social drug
4× Smokeleaf joint	16	001,800 ticks (30 secs)	–	Drug - Social drug
Medicine	3 + 1 + 1	000,700 ticks (11.67 secs)	Medicine production	Medical Items - Medicine
4× Medicine	12 + 4 + 4	002,800 ticks (46.67 secs)	Medicine production	Medical Items - Medicine

Analysis[edit]

The ability to craft industrial medicine can be very useful, but while two of the ingredients (herbal medicine and 3 cloth) can be simply grown, neutroamine must be traded for. Overall it is cheaper to craft it, coming in at a third of the base price of the product, but requires plant material.

Aside from medicinal purposes, it can also be a very large source of income. Growing psychoid leaves and mass-producing Yayo or Flake can be hugely profitable.

While most drugs require the lab to manufacture them, smokeleaf joints can also be made at a crafting spot, however this takes twice as long due to the crafting spot's workspeed penalty. Smokeleaf joints are the only product made at this bench that is dependent on the crafter's Drug Cooking Speed stat (i.e. their Cooking skill) rather than their Drug Synthesis Speed stat (i.e. their Intellectual).

Material table

Material	Stuff cost	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Wooden Drug lab	50	0	002,450 ticks (40.83 secs)	78	100%	00,405,00
Golden Drug lab	500	20	003,150 ticks (52.5 secs)	72	40%	05,345,00
Plasteel Drug lab	50	0	007,700 ticks (2.14 mins)	336	0%	00,810,00
Silver Drug lab	500	6	003,500 ticks (58.33 secs)	84	40%	00,845,00
Steel Drug lab	50	0	003,500 ticks (58.33 secs)	120	40%	00,440,00
Uranium Drug lab	50	0	006,650 ticks (1.85 mins)	300	0%	00,660,00