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Xenobiology is the breeding and harvesting of slimes and their extracts for scientific purposes. This all takes place in the xenobiology lab below toxins mixing where you spawn, and is <strike>arguably</strike> more dangerous than making bombs if you don't know what you are doing. Which is a good reason to read this! | Xenobiology is the breeding and harvesting of slimes and their extracts for scientific purposes. This all takes place in the xenobiology lab below toxins mixing where you spawn, and is <strike>arguably</strike> more dangerous than making bombs if you don't know what you are doing. Which is a good reason to read this! | ||
== Familiarize Yourself == | |||
[[File:xenobiology2.png|400px|thumb|Xenobiology]] | |||
First, get familiar with your new home. | First, get familiar with your new home. | ||
The workspace in the centre includes a couple of closets with bio-hazard suits | The workspace in the centre includes a couple of closets with bio-hazard suits, a monkey recycling machine, and a slime processor. Also included is a smartfridge modified to hold slime extracts within easy arm reach from the slime processor. To the western end is a disposal unit that leads to space. | ||
To the south is the slime containment area with six pens. Two of these pens start with a baby grey slime. | To the south is the slime containment area with six pens. Two of these pens start with a baby grey slime. | ||
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==Get equipped== | ==Get equipped== | ||
Before you start breeding the slimes, make sure you have a fire extinguisher in your backpack or hand and a water-tank ready nearby. Both of which are luckily available right here in Xenobiology! | Before you start breeding the slimes, make sure you have a fire extinguisher in your backpack or hand and a water-tank ready nearby. Both of which are luckily available right here in Xenobiology! | ||
In addition, you also want a supply of monkeys, available through the monkey-cubes on the table. Simply unwrap them, dip in the sink or spray with water, and shove into the disposal tube into the pen. | In addition, you also want a supply of monkeys, available through the monkey-cubes on the table. Simply unwrap them (click on them in your hand), dip in the sink or spray with water, and shove into the disposal tube into the pen. | ||
==Gotta catch em' all!== | ==Gotta catch em' all!== | ||
When well fed an adult slime will split into 4 slimes with a | There are several different types of slime. You begin with two 'grey slimes' but, you can breed them to catch all the <strike>pokèmon!</strike> slimes! Each kind of slime has its own powers from its extract. | ||
When well fed an adult slime will split into 4 slimes with a 25-35% chance of mutating each.This flowchart shows the results of each slime's mutations when splitting, with options labeled "2x" having twice the chance of occurring. | |||
[[File:Slime_geneology2.png]] | [[File:Slime_geneology2.png]] | ||
===Recommended Slimes=== | === Recommended Slimes === | ||
While this part is purely optional to follow, it is HIGHLY recommended to breed at least one or two dark purple slimes as fast as you can for additional plasma | |||
While this part is purely optional to follow, it is HIGHLY recommended to breed at least one or two dark purple slimes as fast as you can for additional plasma, seeing how miners will end up dead most of the time. | |||
In addition, making sure to keep at least one pen producing grey slimes is a very good idea in order to have a sustainable monkey flow. | In addition, making sure to keep at least one pen producing grey slimes is a very good idea in order to have a sustainable monkey flow. You can always order more at cargo, but they are not always reliable. | ||
Purple slimes are a likely by-product of trying to get Dark Purple slimes and have the added benefit of that injecting the slime steroids into the Greys and the Dark Purples will significantly increase plasma/monkey amounts gained. Try out harvesting one baby purple and then using the steroids from it on a second baby purple! Repeat as necessary. | Purple slimes are a likely by-product of trying to get Dark Purple slimes and have the added benefit of that injecting the slime steroids into the Greys and the Dark Purples will significantly increase plasma/monkey amounts gained. Try out harvesting one baby purple and then using the steroids from it on a second baby purple! Repeat as necessary. | ||
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== Population Control == | == Population Control == | ||
'''THIS [[File:Extinguisher.png]]IS GOING TO BE YOUR BEST FRIEND, HAVE ONE AT ALL TIMES''' | '''THIS [[File:Extinguisher.png]]IS GOING TO BE YOUR BEST FRIEND, HAVE ONE AT ALL TIMES''' | ||
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=== All slimes dead === | === All slimes dead === | ||
<strike>Job's over, man. Job's over!</strike> Hope you have a grey slime extract, if not, then your job's over, man. Job's over! | <strike>Job's over, man. Job's over!</strike> Hope you have a grey slime extract, if not, then your job's over, man. Job's over! | ||
=== 1-6 baby slimes === | === 1-6 baby slimes === | ||
If you need more extracts put one monkey in the disposal and wait for the slime to grow, then another and wait for the slime to split. | If you need more extracts put one monkey in the disposal and wait for the slime to grow, then another and wait for the slime to split. | ||
As tempting as it may be, do not send in two monkeys at once. The slime might decide the second is a friend and refuse to eat it! | As tempting as it may be, do not send in two monkeys at once. The slime might decide the second is a friend and refuse to eat it! | ||
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=== Adult slimes have split === | === Adult slimes have split === | ||
Time to kill one or more. '''Warning:''' This is the part of the job that's most likely to get you killed. | Time to kill one or more. '''Warning:''' This is the part of the job that's most likely to get you killed. | ||
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Once you have them there, simply spray with water. Once the ones you don't want are dead, feed the remaining slimes, harvesting extracts as needed. | Once you have them there, simply spray with water. Once the ones you don't want are dead, feed the remaining slimes, harvesting extracts as needed. | ||
Do not worry, as long as you are regarded as a 'friend' (Which you should be, if you feed it and kept in sight) and they are not extremely hungry, the slimes should not feed | Do not worry, as long as you are regarded as a 'friend' (Which you should be, if you feed it and kept in sight) and they are not extremely hungry, the slimes should not feed or glomp you. | ||
=== A slime wants to be your special friend === | |||
So you managed to piss it off, eh? Your safest bet here is to push it off (Help or Disarm Intent on the Slime) you and leg it, quite simply. Hide in a locker and yell for help if you can't get out of xenobiology itself. | So you managed to piss it off, eh? Your safest bet here is to push it off (Help or Disarm Intent on the Slime) you and leg it, quite simply. Hide in a locker and yell for help if you can't get out of xenobiology itself. | ||
== Extract | == Extract harvesting == | ||
Grab the dead slime, click on the slime processor and then click on it again to turn on the processor. | Grab the dead slime, click on the slime processor and then click on it again to turn on the processor. | ||
== Slime scanner == | |||
There are two of these neat devices in the extract storage. They don't provide a lot of useful into, but pay attention to mutation chance! It varies between 25% and 35%. Choose carefully which slimes to keep! If you're breeding greys for monkeys, you'll want less mutations, and if you want to get adamantine golems, you want to evolve them a lot! | |||
== Formulas == | == Formulas == | ||
All injections require one unit of reagent. Dropper is your friend. | |||
=== Tier 0 === | |||
{{anchor|Grey Slime}} | {{anchor|Grey Slime}} | ||
'''Grey Slime''' | '''Grey Slime''' | ||
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* Extracts creates a grey slime when injected with plasma, could be useful if you have to many slimes, but want to make sure you don't run out of them. | * Extracts creates a grey slime when injected with plasma, could be useful if you have to many slimes, but want to make sure you don't run out of them. | ||
* Extracts creates three monkey-cubes when injected with blood. | * Extracts creates three monkey-cubes when injected with blood. | ||
=== Tier 1 === | |||
{{anchor|Orange Slime}} | {{anchor|Orange Slime}} | ||
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[[File:slimemetal.png]] | [[File:slimemetal.png]] | ||
* Extracts creates several sheets of plasteel and metal when injected with plasma. Expect the roboticists to want the products. | * Extracts creates several sheets of plasteel and metal when injected with plasma. Expect the roboticists to want the products. | ||
=== Tier 2 === | |||
{{anchor|Yellow Slime}} | {{anchor|Yellow Slime}} | ||
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* Extracts creates a small amount of random food when injected with plasma, bork bork bork. Expect anything from a robo-burger to death berries. | * Extracts creates a small amount of random food when injected with plasma, bork bork bork. Expect anything from a robo-burger to death berries. | ||
* Extracts creates a small amount of random drinks when injected with water, bork bork bork. | * Extracts creates a small amount of random drinks when injected with water, bork bork bork. | ||
=== Tier 2.5 === | |||
{{anchor|Bluespace Slime}} | {{anchor|Bluespace Slime}} | ||
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[[File:slimepyrite.png]] | [[File:slimepyrite.png]] | ||
* Extracts creates some paint when injected with plasma. For the love of all that is holy, don't give it to the clown! | * Extracts creates some paint when injected with plasma. For the love of all that is holy, don't give it to the clown! | ||
=== Tier 3 === | |||
{{anchor|Red Slime}} | {{anchor|Red Slime}} | ||
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* Extracts spawns a few random [[Critters#Hostile|hostile mob]]s when injected with plasma. [[Alien]]s are common from this reaction, so you might be able to fill xenobiology with actual xenomorphs! | * Extracts spawns a few random [[Critters#Hostile|hostile mob]]s when injected with plasma. [[Alien]]s are common from this reaction, so you might be able to fill xenobiology with actual xenomorphs! | ||
* Extracts spawns one random mob when injected with blood. These mobs are not immediately hostile, but may be provoked by certain actions or if they encounter a construct or mech. NOW you might be able to fill xenobiology with actual xenomorphs [[Beyond the impossible|without killing yourself!]] | * Extracts spawns one random mob when injected with blood. These mobs are not immediately hostile, but may be provoked by certain actions or if they encounter a construct or mech. NOW you might be able to fill xenobiology with actual xenomorphs [[Beyond the impossible|without killing yourself!]] | ||
=== Tier 4 === | |||
{{anchor|Oil Slime}} | {{anchor|Oil Slime}} | ||
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== How to make an efficient slime farm == | == How to make an efficient slime farm == | ||
First of all: Get that extinguisher and kill one of the two baby grey slimes. This ensures that in the case your slimes die, you are assured to have a backup grey slime extract avaliable to start over. Then, bring a monkey cube over and soak it in water, and place the monkey in disposals. Engage the disposal and | |||
First of all: Get that extinguisher and kill one of the two baby grey slimes. This ensures that in the case your slimes die, you are assured to have a backup grey slime extract avaliable to start over. Then, bring a monkey cube over and soak it in water, and place the monkey in disposals. Engage the disposal and watch as the slime eats the monkey. Do NOT enter the pen and bash the monkey, the only thing that will happen is slime will get less food. After the slime is done, try talking to him! Just say "Hello" and his number, or "Hello, slimes". If it replies, congratulations, you've got a friend. This slime and its offspring will never attack you. If that didn't work, you'll have to repeat it. | |||
Important detail: after feeding on a monkey, a slime may befriend the person who was the last one to '''grab''' or '''bump''' into a monkey. So don't put two monkeys in at the same time, since if one of them bumps another, the slime may consider it a friend and refuse to feed on it! | |||
Another thing you should note is that you can unwrench your equipment and move it around. There is a wrench nearby, too. | |||
== So You're a Traitor == | == So You're a Traitor == | ||
Sadly, what you can get here that can't be gotten easier elsewhere is an EMP and <strike>random hostile animals which include a few very deadly ones</strike> BEACONS SPACE BEARS ALIUMS SPIDERS HIVEBOTS PINE TREES OH GOD IT'S HORRIFYING. Releasing the Slimes is somewhat viable, but you will likely get caught doing so, and baby Slimes are rather tame (Unless you have Red Slime Essence. Then it's a party.) | Sadly, what you can get here that can't be gotten easier elsewhere is an EMP and <strike>random hostile animals which include a few very deadly ones</strike> BEACONS SPACE BEARS ALIUMS SPIDERS HIVEBOTS PINE TREES OH GOD IT'S HORRIFYING. Releasing the Slimes is somewhat viable, but you will likely get caught doing so, and baby Slimes are rather tame (Unless you have Red Slime Essence. Then it's a party.) | ||