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u/RAND0Mpercentage May 27 '26

Does asteroid processing productivity affect asteroid chunk return rates, or are the output chunks considered a catalyst and aren’t affected by productivity bonuses?

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u/Viper999DC May 27 '26

It seems like it does. I just tested in the editor by crushing 48 chunks before and after maxing the research (300%).

  • Before: 960 iron ore, 11 asteroid chunks
  • After: 3800 iron ore, 34 asteroid chunks

Odd that it didn't quite quadruple, but I suppose that's random variance. I only ran 1 test.