With how much they shake up the standard survival formula, it’s best to go in prepared.
Otherwise, those new Bionic Duplicants will power off before you get to really enjoy them.
How To Unlock Bionic Duplicants
Bionic Duplicants are part ofthe Bionic Booster DLC Pack.
As such, you will need toown and download that DLCfor these variants to appear in the game.
On this screen, randomizing a Duplicant has a chance of having one be Bionic.
This will ensure all randomly generated options for that selection will be Bionic.
The other way for them to appear isthrough the Printing Pod.
Bionic Duplicants have a chance of spawning here.
But HOW to do that isvastly different from the standard version.
They Consume Power Instead Of Food
Bionic Duplicants don’t eat.
Instead, theyconsume battery power at a rate of 120 kJ a day.
To support this, Bionic Duplicants canretain up to four power banks inside of them.
Each consumable power bank can contain up to 120 kJ of power, totalling 480 kJ between recharges.
There arethree consumable power banks, each with 120 kJ of power but with different crafting requirements.
This late-game optioncannot be used for Duplicantsand is intended as a power source for machinery.
Gunk Extraction Instead Of Bathrooms
Instead of a bladder,Bionic Duplicants have a Gunk meter.
To avoid that, Duplicants will seek a method to remove the Gunk.
The ideal option is the Gunk Extractor, a simple machine they can use to drain all Gunk.
Be sure to give the machine a liquid output, perhaps draining into a hole.
When no extractor is available,Duplicants will seek out Outhouses and Lavatoriesinstead.
This is becauseGunk is needed for the next topic.
They Need Gear Oil
Bionic Duplicants require lubrication.
This is tracked bythe Gear Oil stat.
There are two methods of lubricating: using the Lubrication Station or crafting Gear Balm.
This also provides a small buff.
But with both oils not being quickly accessible, this is amid- to late-game option only.
This consumable item will fully restore the Gear Oil level when used.
verify you have a Duplicant with theApothecary Usage abilityand set their medicine priority high enough.
Gear Balm costs the same amount of Gunk that one Bionic Duplicant will generate.
This allows you tocreate an Extrator-to-Gear-Balm loop that lubricates one Duplicant with just Water.
They Consume Oxygen Differently
Bionic Duplicantsstill consume 100g/s of oxygen, like regular ones.
One minor change is thatthey do not exhume CO2.
The biggest difference, however, is that theyonly stop to ‘breath’ once every four days or so.
Throughout the day, these Duplicants willbreathe from their internal tank instead.
Water stresses out Bionic Duplicants, so attempt to avoid submerging them when possible.
When given the option,Bionic Duplicants will seek out bottled tanks of oxygen to consume.
it’s possible for you to use this to prep large volumes of oxygen.
Bionic Duplicant Sleep And Work Schedules
Bionic Duplicants do not have a standard daily routine.
While beneficial,Bionic Duplicants don’t require sleep.
On the third day, however,they will need extra time to recharge, refill, and relax.
They don’t sleep, insteadentering a “defragmenting” phase.
This process bothreduces stress and generates Microchips.
Said chips can be used tocraft Booster Packs, so it’s important that they do this regularly.
This process alsoemits light, so be careful that it doesn’t bother non-bionic Duplicants at night.
They’ll still work, just with less efficiency.
Certain skills can upgrade the number of boosters they can have on at a time.
The main benefit of Boosters is the modular nature they offer.
You canswap out boosters at will, so each Duplicant will only have the skills they need.
