This guide is accurate as of Ver. 165fix.
Created on Feb 22nd 2020
Last edited on Mar 1st 2020

Space is another game mode that is unlocked after you've reached 185 empire points, and it comes with new buildings and resources. If you've reached space for the first time, you're probably confused about what buildings and resources to prioritize. This guide aims to help you get past space quickly so that you can go back to the main game and enjoy your new mutations, all while keeping amber costs reasonable.

If you would prefer not to follow a step-by-step guide, skip the walkthrough section.

Planet base ore production is supposed to be based on Empire Points, but it seems like it's stuck at 188 ore per second?

Yes, this is currently bugged. You can still affect it with multipliers from research and orbital amplifiers, but they'll be a lot weaker than expected.

New Sector Cost



Energy Crystal


Orbital Amplifier

As of Ver. 165fix, planet_base is fixed at 188 ore per second.

Crystal Drone


Dust Collector



Sputnik ~ Cost: 20M Ore, 400M Energy, 10K Stardust
Each Sputnik produces 1 R.P. per second per Sputnik built.
If you have 1 Sputnik, each Sputnik produces 1 R.P. per second for a total of 1 R.P. per second.
If you have 2 Sputniks, each Sputnik produces 2 R.P. per second for a total of 4 R.P. per second.
If you have 3 Sputniks, each Sputnik produces 3 R.P. per second for a total of 9 R.P. per second.

Dust Collider


Space Base ~ Cost: 500M Ore, 50B Energy, 500K Stardust
Has 10 staff which can be permanently assigned to increase Ore (pilot), Energy (engineer), or R.P. (scientist) production by a flat +10% per staff assigned. Once assigned to a role, staff cannot be reassigned to another role.

Space Lab ~ Cost: 3B Ore, 100B Energy, 2M Stardust
Produces 20 R.P. per second.


Mining 1 ~ Cost: 5,000 R.P.
+5,000 Ore per second

Mining 2 ~ Cost: 100K R.P., requires Mining 1
+100% to Stardust extraction

Mining 3 ~ Cost: 600K R.P., requires Mining 2
+50% to the Ore output from the planet
+10 to the staff at the space bases

Mining 4 ~ Cost: 3M R.P., requires Mining 3
x1.5 Ore extraction
x1.5 Energy output
x1.5 Stardust extraction

Construction 1 ~ Cost: 1,000 R.P.
Crystal drones can be improved

Construction 2 ~ Cost: 150K R.P., requires Construction 1
Allows the building of space bases

Construction 3 ~ Cost: 400K R.P., requires Construction 2
Purchase speed of all improvements (drone upgrades, crystal doubling, etc.) increases by 5 times

Construction 4 ~ Cost: 1.5M R.P., requires Construction 3
Allows the building of space labs

Space Exploration 1 ~ Cost: 25K R.P.
-25% cost of opening new sectors

Space Exploration 2 ~ Cost: 650K R.P., requires Space Exploration 1
2x R.P. from Sputniks and space labs

Space Exploration 3 ~ Cost: 2M R.P., requires Space Exploration 2
+15 to the staff at the space bases

Space Exploration 4 ~ Cost: 10M R.P., requires Space Exploration 3
A colonisation ship can be sent to the new planet!

Colonisation Ship ~ Cost: 20B Ore, 20T Energy, 20M Stardust
The game will almost start anew!
Amber, amber improvements and achievements will be preserved.
When you fly to the new planet, you will be able to choose 2 mutations that can have a significant impact on the game.
You will also get a bonus: +100% to the empire points. (2 EP every 15 tiles after completing space once, 3 EP every 15 tiles after completing space twice, etc.)

Amber spent: 324-329. You'll need 199 more amber for an upgrade later if this is your first time, so have at least 528 amber.
Estimated time: 4-15 minutes of playing

Before you begin, make a save file.

1a. If this isn't your first time following this guide, you should be familiar enough with the steps. Start by timelapsing 30 minutes to save up to 50 seconds. (If you need to spend time reading this, you've probably got enough ore already.)
1b. Wait for 5k ore (26.6 seconds if you didn't timelapse in 1a) and build 1 energy crystal.
2. Timelapse 30 minutes.
[188 ore, 1 energy/s] (5 amber total)

3. Double energy crystal 4 times. (16 energy/s)
4. Timelapse 30 minutes.
[188 ore, 16 energy/s] (10 amber total)

5. Double energy crystal 4 times. (256 energy/s)
6. Timelapse 30 minutes.
[188 ore, 256 energy/s] (15 amber total)

7. Double energy crystal 2 times. If you've been clicking as fast as possible and didn't timelapse in 1a, you may need to wait up to 24 seconds for enough ore. There are no other points in the guide where waiting for resources is necessary. (1024 energy/s)
8. Timelapse 30 minutes.
[188 ore, 1024 energy/s] (20 amber total)

9. Build 2 crystal drones.
10. Timelapse 30 minutes.
[2188 ore, 3024 energy/s] (25 amber total)

11. Double energy crystal 2 times. (4096 energy/s)
12. Open 4 new sectors.
13. Build 5 more crystal drones.
14. Timelapse 30 minutes.
[7188 ore, 11096 energy/s] (30 amber total)

15. Double energy crystal 2 times. (16384 energy/s)
16. Timelapse 6 hours.
[7188 ore, 23384 energy/s] (52 amber total)

17. Double energy crystal 3 times. (131.07K energy/s)
18. Open 2 new sectors.
19. Build 2 dust collectors and upgrade both to 3 stardust per second.
20. Timelapse 6 hours.
[7188 ore, 138.07K energy, 6 stardust/s] (74 amber total)

21. Open 2 new sectors.
22. Build 2 Sputniks.
23. Upgrade both dust collectors to 5 stardust/s.
24. Double energy crystal 1 time. (262.14K energy/s)
25. Timelapse 30 minutes.
[7188 ore, 269.14K energy, 10 stardust, 4 R.P./s] (79 amber total)

26. Research +5000 ore, crystal drone improvement.
27. Upgrade 6 crystal drones to +4000 and 1 crystal drone to +5000.
28. Open 1 new sector.
29. Build 1 more dust collector and upgrade it to 4 stardust/s.
30. Timelapse 6 hours.
[34188 ore, 291.14K energy, 14 stardust, 4 R.P./s] (101 amber total)

31. Research cheaper sectors.
32. Open 3 new sectors.
33. Build 3 more Sputniks.
34. Upgrade 2 crystal drones to +5000 and 5 crystal drones to +6000.
35. Upgrade 2 dust collectors to 5 stardust/s and 1 dust collector to 6 stardust/s.
36. Double energy crystal 1 time. (524.29K energy/s)
37. Timelapse 1 day.
[45188 ore, 564.29K energy, 16 stardust, 25 R.P./s] (150 amber total)

38. Research +100% stardust, space bases, 2x R.P., +50% planet ore / +10 staff, speed of improvement.
39. Upgrade all 3 dust collectors to 12 stardust/s.
40. Upgrade 1 crystal drone to +6000 and 6 crystal drones to +7000.
41. Double energy crystal 3 times. (4.19M energy/s)
42. Timelapse 30 minutes.
[53282 ore, 4.24M energy, 36 stardust, 50 R.P./s] (155 amber total)

43. Open 1 new sector.
44. Build 1 space base.
45. Appoint 5 pilots (ore), 10 engineers (energy), and 5 scientists (R.P.).
46. Timelapse 6 hours.
[79923 ore, 8.48M energy, 36 stardust, 75 R.P./s] (177 amber total)

47. Research +15 staff to space bases.
48. Open 2 new sectors.
49. Build 2 more space bases.
50. Appoint all 85 new staff (35 each from 2 new bases, 15 from old base) as engineers for more energy.
51. Upgrade all 3 dust collectors to 18 stardust/s.
52. Timelapse 1 day.
[79923 ore, 44.54M energy, 54 stardust, 75 R.P./s] (226 amber total)

53. Research x1.5 ore/energy/stardust production.
54. Upgrade all 3 dust collectors to 20 stardust/s (x1.5 = 90 stardust/s total)
55. Double energy crystal one time. (8.39M energy/s)
56. Timelapse 1 day.
[119.88K ore, 132.88M energy, 90 stardust, 75 R.P./s] (275 amber total)

57. Timelapse 1 day.
(324 amber total; 329 amber with timelapse in 1a)

58. Research space colonization.
59. Colonize new planet.

Congratulations! You can now continue playing the main game. Remember to visit the amber shop to buy 1 extra mutation for 199 amber if you haven't already.