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Skylab

Your mining base: modules, power, robots, transport to your ship and every module level with costs and production.

How the Skylab works#

Open SKYLAB on the backpage rail. Your Skylab collects and refines ore for you – also while you are offline (up to 14 days are caught up).

Collectors gather Prometium, Endurium and Terbium. Refineries turn them into Prometid, Duranium, Promerium and Seprom (same recipes as in your ship, Seprom = 10 Promerium). The Xeno module gathers Xenomit.
The basic module carries the others: no module can be higher than it. The solar module gives power; every running module uses power. Too little power slows everything down by that share. Switch modules on and off with their power button.
The storage module sets how much of each ore fits.
Modules go up to level 20; up to 5 can be upgraded at the same time. An upgrade costs ore (the same amount of Prometium, Endurium and Terbium from your Skylab storage) plus credits and takes time – or pay the uridium price to finish it at once. An upgrade can be aborted, but what you paid is lost.
Robots: up to 12 per collector, 250 C or 50 U each, +5 % production each.
Transport sends ore to your ship: 0.12 minutes per unit (half with Premium) or at once for 1,250 U. What doesn't fit into your cargo stays in the Skylab; Xenomit takes no cargo space.

Note

Production on Ancient Orbit is 3 × the classic values – the tables below already show the real amounts per hour.

Module levels#

Basic, solar and storage module#

The basic module limits all others: no module can be higher than it. Solar = the power you have; storage = how much fits.

Level	Ore cost (each)	Credits	Uridium (instant)	Time	Power	Power use
1	0	0	0	00:00:00	170	16
2	707	16,352	1,487	00:02:18	210	19
3	2,923	27,144	2,468	00:03:44	270	24
4	8,000	38,891	3,536	00:05:17	350	31
5	17,469	51,403	4,673	00:06:54	450	40
6	33,068	64,560	5,869	00:08:35	570	51
7	56,718	78,279	7,116	00:10:20	710	64
8	90,510	92,499	8,409	00:12:08	870	79
9	136,688	107,171	9,743	00:13:58	1,050	96
10	197,642	122,257	11,114	00:15:51	1,250	115
11	275,902	137,725	12,520	00:17:46	1,470	136
12	374,123	153,550	13,959	00:19:44	1,710	159
13	495,087	169,708	15,428	00:21:43	1,970	184
14	641,694	186,180	16,925	00:23:44	2,250	211
15	816,957	202,949	18,450	00:25:47	2,550	240
16	1,024,000	220,000	20,000	00:27:51	2,870	271
17	1,266,051	237,320	21,575	00:29:58	3,210	304
18	1,546,443	254,896	23,172	00:32:05	3,570	339
19	1,868,605	272,719	24,793	00:34:14	3,950	376
20	2,236,068	290,777	26,434	00:36:25	4,350	415

Level	Ore cost (each)	Credits	Uridium (instant)	Time	Storage (raw / refined / Xenomit + Promerium / Seprom)	Power use
1	0	0	0	00:00:00	105600 / 5280 / 528 / 48	16
2	707	16,352	1,487	00:02:18	355195 / 17760 / 1776 / 161	19
3	2,923	27,144	2,468	00:03:44	722148 / 36107 / 3611 / 328	24
4	8,000	38,891	3,536	00:05:17	1194728 / 59736 / 5974 / 543	31
5	17,469	51,403	4,673	00:06:54	1765474 / 88274 / 8827 / 802	40
6	33,068	64,560	5,869	00:08:35	2429006 / 121450 / 12145 / 1104	51
7	56,718	78,279	7,116	00:10:20	3181160 / 159058 / 15906 / 1446	64
8	90,510	92,499	8,409	00:12:08	4018569 / 200928 / 20093 / 1827	79
9	136,688	107,171	9,743	00:13:58	4938423 / 246921 / 24692 / 2245	96
10	197,642	122,257	11,114	00:15:51	5938324 / 296916 / 29692 / 2699	115
11	275,902	137,725	12,520	00:17:46	7016186 / 350809 / 35081 / 3189	136
12	374,123	153,550	13,959	00:19:44	8170170 / 408509 / 40851 / 3714	159
13	495,087	169,708	15,428	00:21:43	9398635 / 469932 / 46993 / 4272	184
14	641,694	186,180	16,925	00:23:44	10700104 / 535005 / 53501 / 4864	211
15	816,957	202,949	18,450	00:25:47	12073234 / 603662 / 60366 / 5488	240
16	1,024,000	220,000	20,000	00:27:51	13516800 / 675840 / 67584 / 6144	271
17	1,266,051	237,320	21,575	00:29:58	15029673 / 751484 / 75148 / 6832	304
18	1,546,443	254,896	23,172	00:32:05	16610810 / 830540 / 83054 / 7550	339
19	1,868,605	272,719	24,793	00:34:14	18259241 / 912962 / 91296 / 8300	376
20	2,236,068	290,777	26,434	00:36:25	19974063 / 998703 / 99870 / 9079	415

Prometium, Endurium and Terbium collectors#

Level	Ore cost (each)	Credits	Uridium (instant)	Time	Per hour	Power use
1	50	5,500	500	00:01:00	6,600	16
2	566	13,081	1,189	00:02:18	22,200	19
3	2,338	21,715	1,974	00:03:44	45,135	24
4	6,400	31,113	2,828	00:05:17	74,670	31
5	13,975	41,122	3,738	00:06:54	110,346	40
6	26,454	51,648	4,695	00:08:35	151,812	51
7	45,375	62,623	5,693	00:10:20	198,822	64
8	72,408	73,999	6,727	00:12:08	251,160	79
9	109,350	85,737	7,794	00:13:58	308,652	96
10	158,114	97,805	8,891	00:15:51	371,145	115
11	220,721	110,180	10,016	00:17:46	438,513	136
12	299,298	122,840	11,167	00:19:44	510,636	159
13	396,070	135,766	12,342	00:21:43	587,415	184
14	513,355	148,944	13,540	00:23:44	668,757	211
15	653,566	162,359	14,760	00:25:47	754,578	240
16	819,200	176,000	16,000	00:27:51	844,800	271
17	1,012,841	189,856	17,260	00:29:58	939,354	304
18	1,237,154	203,917	18,538	00:32:05	1,038,177	339
19	1,494,884	218,175	19,834	00:34:14	1,141,203	376
20	1,788,854	232,623	21,147	00:36:25	1,248,648	415

Prometid and Duranium refineries#

Level	Ore cost (each)	Credits	Uridium (instant)	Time	Per hour	Power use
1	75	8,250	750	00:01:40	330	16
2	849	19,622	1,784	00:03:49	1,110	19
3	3,507	32,573	2,961	00:06:12	2,256	24
4	9,600	46,669	4,243	00:08:46	3,735	31
5	20,963	61,683	5,608	00:11:27	5,517	40
6	39,682	77,472	7,043	00:14:15	7,590	51
7	68,062	93,935	8,540	00:17:09	9,942	64
8	108,612	110,998	10,091	00:20:08	12,558	79
9	164,025	128,605	11,691	00:23:11	15,432	96
10	237,171	146,708	13,337	00:26:19	18,558	115
11	331,082	165,270	15,025	00:29:30	21,927	136
12	448,948	184,260	16,751	00:32:45	25,533	159
13	594,105	203,649	18,514	00:36:03	29,370	184
14	770,033	223,416	20,311	00:39:24	33,438	211
15	980,349	243,539	22,140	00:42:48	37,728	240
16	1,228,800	264,000	24,000	00:46:15	42,240	271
17	1,519,261	284,784	25,889	00:49:44	46,968	304
18	1,855,731	305,875	27,807	00:53:16	51,909	339
19	2,242,327	327,262	29,751	00:56:50	57,060	376
20	2,683,282	348,933	31,721	01:00:27	62,418	415

Promerium refinery#

Level	Ore cost (each)	Credits	Uridium (instant)	Time	Per hour	Power use
1	125	13,750	1,250	00:03:00	33	16
2	1,414	32,703	2,973	00:06:54	111	19
3	5,846	54,288	4,935	00:11:13	225	24
4	16,000	77,782	7,071	00:15:50	372	31
5	34,939	102,805	9,346	00:20:42	552	40
6	66,136	129,119	11,738	00:25:45	759	51
7	113,437	156,558	14,233	00:30:59	993	64
8	181,019	184,997	16,818	00:36:23	1,257	79
9	273,375	214,341	19,486	00:41:54	1,542	96
10	395,285	244,513	22,228	00:47:33	1,857	115
11	551,803	275,450	25,041	00:53:18	2,193	136
12	748,246	307,100	27,918	00:59:11	2,553	159
13	990,175	339,416	30,856	01:05:08	2,937	184
14	1,283,388	372,360	33,851	01:11:12	3,345	211
15	1,633,915	405,898	36,900	01:17:21	3,774	240
16	2,048,000	440,000	40,000	01:23:34	4,224	271
17	2,532,102	474,639	43,149	01:29:53	4,698	304
18	3,092,885	509,792	46,345	01:36:16	5,190	339
19	3,737,211	545,437	49,585	01:42:43	5,706	376
20	4,472,136	581,554	52,869	01:49:14	6,243	415

Seprom refinery#

Level	Ore cost (each)	Credits	Uridium (instant)	Time	Per hour	Power use
1	250	27,500	2,500	00:06:00	3	16
2	2,828	65,406	5,946	00:13:47	9	19
3	11,691	108,576	9,871	00:22:25	21	24
4	32,000	155,563	14,142	00:31:40	33	31
5	69,877	205,610	18,692	00:41:24	51	40
6	132,272	258,239	23,476	00:51:31	69	51
7	226,873	313,116	28,465	01:01:59	90	64
8	362,039	369,994	33,636	01:12:45	114	79
9	546,750	428,683	38,971	01:23:48	141	96
10	790,569	489,027	44,457	01:35:06	168	115
11	1,103,607	550,901	50,082	01:46:37	198	136
12	1,496,492	614,199	55,836	01:58:21	231	159
13	1,980,349	678,831	61,712	02:10:17	267	184
14	2,566,777	744,720	67,702	02:22:24	303	211
15	3,267,830	811,796	73,800	02:34:41	342	240
16	4,096,000	880,000	80,000	02:47:09	384	271
17	5,064,204	949,279	86,298	02:59:46	426	304
18	6,185,770	1,019,585	92,690	03:12:32	471	339
19	7,474,422	1,090,874	99,170	03:25:26	519	376
20	8,944,272	1,163,108	105,737	03:38:28	567	415

Xeno module#

Gathers Xenomit at the rate of the Promerium refinery of the same level.

Level	Ore cost (each)	Credits	Uridium (instant)	Time	Power use
1	75	8,250	750	00:01:00	16
2	849	19,622	1,784	00:02:18	19
3	3,507	32,573	2,961	00:03:44	24
4	9,600	46,669	4,243	00:05:17	31
5	20,963	61,683	5,608	00:06:54	40
6	39,682	77,472	7,043	00:08:35	51
7	68,062	93,935	8,540	00:10:20	64
8	108,612	110,998	10,091	00:12:08	79
9	164,025	128,605	11,691	00:13:58	96
10	237,171	146,708	13,337	00:15:51	115
11	331,082	165,270	15,025	00:17:46	136
12	448,948	184,260	16,751	00:19:44	159
13	594,105	203,649	18,514	00:21:43	184
14	770,033	223,416	20,311	00:23:44	211
15	980,349	243,539	22,140	00:25:47	240
16	1,228,800	264,000	24,000	00:27:51	271
17	1,519,261	284,784	25,889	00:29:58	304
18	1,855,731	305,875	27,807	00:32:05	339
19	2,242,327	327,262	29,751	00:34:14	376
20	2,683,282	348,933	31,721	00:36:25	415

Generated from the live game data on 15 November 2026. Something wrong or missing? Tell us on Discord or use the in-game bug report.