Patent

A patent is a technological advancement that, when researched in the Patent Lab, grants the player exclusive use of that technology. The costs listed below are for games with four players. For games with a different number of players, check the multipliers table.

List of patents

Patent	Cost	Time (s)	Description	Mars	Ceres	Io
Energy Vault	Chemicals x40	40	+100 Power stockpile (refills +2/s when making power).	Yes	Yes	No
Financial Instruments	Chemicals x40	40	Receive 25% cut from rivals' debt interest.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Water Engine	Chemicals x40	40	Units and Offworld Markets are powered with Water.	Yes	No	No
Nuclear Engine	Chemicals x40	40	Units and Offworld Markets are powered with Uranium.	No	Yes	Yes
Perpetual Motion	Chemicals x40	40	-50% power consumption.	No	Yes	Yes
Geothermal Borehole	Chemicals x40	40	Buildings on or adjacent to a Geothermal source produce +0.2 power and don't consume it.	Yes	No	Yes
Cold Fusion	Chemicals x40	40	Buildings are powered with Water.	Yes	Yes	No
Transparent Aluminum	Chemicals x60	60	Build with Aluminum instead of Glass.	No	Yes	Yes
Superconductor	Chemicals x60	60	+100% power production when connected to HQ.	Yes	No	Yes
Virtual Reality	Chemicals x60	60	+50% profit from Pleasure Dome.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nanotech	Chemicals x60	60	Recycles construction resources when scrapping buildings.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Liquid Batteries	Chemicals x80	80	Solar Condensers and Solar Panels are always on.	No	Yes	Yes
Carbon Scrubbing	Chemicals x80	80	Buildings which need Carbon collect it from the atmosphere.	Yes	No	No
Slant Drilling	Chemicals x80	80	Can mine in adjacent tiles.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Synthetic Meat	Chemicals x80	80	Greenhouse Farm is permanently boosted.	No	No	Yes
Thinking Machines	Chemicals x80	80	-50% sabotage damage for buildings adjacent to HQ.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Teleportation	Chemicals x80	80	Can teleport resources.	Yes	Yes	No

Multipliers for game size

Number of players	Cost multiplier	Time multiplier
2	0.5	1
3	0.75	1
4	1	1
5	1	1.25
6	1	1.25
7	1	1.425
8	1	1.65