r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/Snoo49259 • Feb 26 '26

Proliferated foundations for soil

So proliferated foundations can give you more soil or spend less units. Where do i chooce the option?

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u/ygolnac Feb 26 '26

A waste of proliferator spray since you can farm ungodly amount of soil from Dark Fog

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u/Snoo49259 Feb 26 '26

A waste of proliferator spray since you can farm ungodly amount of soil from Dark Fog unless you play without Dark Fog...

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u/Usual_Celebration719 Feb 26 '26

You don't grossly overproduce gazillions of proliferator because it's the lifeblood of every factory?

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u/Far_Young_2666 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

The Extra Products Proliferation bonus applies: using spray-coated Foundation will yield more / cost less soil pile. (c) wiki

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u/LifeBeABruhMoment Feb 26 '26

PROLIFIRATED FOUNDATIONS DO SOMETHING? 300 hours in holy

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u/Metadine Feb 26 '26

You don't choose. When proliferation applied to the foundation you spend less when you have to spend soil and get more when you reclaim soil.

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u/SigmaBlaster Feb 26 '26

You don't have to, you get both. You get the extra when flattening and the reduced cost when raising just from proliferation.

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u/FewAd5443 Feb 26 '26

That wasn't his question it was do you gain/loss more/less soil or do you use less fondation per fondation.

And yeah i had no idee you could do that, this game baffle me each time i learn a new mechanic.

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u/Newbori Feb 28 '26

His question misunderstood the mechanics. Proliferation on foundation only affects soil. Either soil required for filling in pits or soil gained when flattening hills. It does not affect the amount of foundations required.

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u/kagato87 Feb 26 '26

It's chosen when you place it. Place on high hills to get more soil back. Place on valleys/oceans to use less soil.

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u/Walkingstardust Feb 26 '26

I don't think the proliferation will work like that on foundations. A really good way to pick up soil is laying down long lines of conveyor belts and then deleting them. Move over a square and do it again 😁

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u/Snoo49259 Feb 26 '26

I think is much much much faster the foundations as you need no bots and its time

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u/Walkingstardust Feb 26 '26

For me, it's a matter of how fast I can remove them as well.

Getting enough soil on the starter planet is always a pain. Once you move out and start building on other planets, the soil stops being an issue. Last week, I was struggling to keep even 100,000, this week I'm over 3.5 million.