Electric 101

Pick a build

In the Bucks Store

Skip the fuel and the sun

A Test Generator gives 100 power, forever: no fuel, no wind, no sun, day and night. Nobody can craft one, but on Benelli 2X you can buy it with the Bucks you earn.

How to wire it

9,775Bucks right now

Get it in the Bucks Storeor type /buy Test Generator in our Discord

• Our serverRaid alertGet pinged in our Discord when your base gets hit. Free for everyone.
• Turrets on one batteryThree auto turrets on one big battery, chained through branches set to 10.
• Auto turretA turret that runs day and night on wind and a battery.
• Power your baseWind and solar into one battery, then a turret, a heater and lights.
• Lights and a heaterA battery, a switch, a heater and three lights.
• SAM siteShoot down helicopters: a big battery and a branch set to 25.
• Timer lightPress a button: the lights stay on, then turn off by themselves.

How power works

• Sources make it

  Large solar panel 0–20 (day only), wind turbine 0–150 (higher makes more), small generator 40 (burns fuel), test generator about 100 (no fuel, day and night: Bucks Store).

• Batteries store it

  They take everything coming into Power In, keep up to 80% of it, and never give more than their max: small about 10–15, medium 50, large 100. They can charge and power things at the same time.

• Passthrough

  Each part keeps what it needs and passes the rest on. 20 from a solar panel into ceiling lights (2 each) runs about 9–10 lights; the next one gets 0.

• Splitters share evenly

  What comes in is shared by the outputs in use: 30 in with 3 used = 10 each. Unused outputs take nothing.

• Branches take a set amount

  Branch Out gets the amount you set (2 at the lowest) and Power Out gets the rest. Handy for giving a turret exactly 10, then chaining on to the next branch.

• Not enough = off

  A part that gets less than it needs simply doesn’t work.

• Signals are tiny

  Logic parts (switch, timer, AND/OR, blocker, memory cell) only need a small signal on their control inputs: 1 is enough.

• Read the real number

  Look at a wire or port with the wire tool to see the power it carries. Allow +1 for each logic part to be safe.

About the numbers: they come from the PC version. Console is said to match with small differences, but its numbers were never published, so check with the wire tool in game. Double 11 once said longer wires need more power on console. That isn’t confirmed, but if a far-away part stays off, check the number reaching it.

Power calculator

Pick what makes your power, what stores it and what uses it, and see if you have enough.

Fill it in from a build:Raid alertTurrets on one batteryAuto turretPower your baseLights and a heaterSAM siteTimer lightClear

Makes power

• Large solar panelup to 20 in full sun, 0 at night−
  1
  +
• Wind turbine, on the groundabout 50 (wind changes)−
  0
  +
• Wind turbine, 2 floors upabout 90 (wind changes)−
  0
  +
• Wind turbine, 4+ floors upabout 130–150 with open sky−
  0
  +
• Small generator40 while it has Low Grade Fuel−
  0
  +
• Test generatorabout 100, no fuel · Bucks Store−
  0
  +

Stores power

• Small batterygives about 10–15 · stores about 150–400−
  1
  +
• Medium batterygives up to 50 · stores 9,000−
  0
  +
• Large batterygives up to 100 · stores 24,000−
  0
  +

Uses power

• Auto turretuses 10−
  0
  +
• SAM siteuses 25 (a PC number)−
  0
  +
• Ceiling lightuses 2−
  0
  +
• Electric heateruses 3−
  0
  +
• Electric furnaceuses about 3−
  0
  +
• Door controlleruses 1−
  0
  +
• Siren, flasher or audio alarmuses 1−
  0
  +
• Seismic sensoruses 1−
  1
  +
• HBHF sensoruses 1−
  0
  +
• Laser detectoruses 1−
  0
  +
• RF broadcasteruses 1−
  1
  +
• Pressure paduses about 1−
  0
  +
• Switch, timer, splitter, AND/OR...0 in game data: +1 each to be safe−
  2
  +

It runs

Enough power.

You need

4

Batteries give

up to 10–15

Comes in: day

20

Comes in: night

0

A full charge lasts

about 38–100 min

• In the day more comes in than you use, so the batteries stay topped up.
• At night solar makes 0, so the batteries carry everything until morning.
• From empty, with nothing switched on, a full charge takes about 9–25 min at best (batteries keep about 80% of what comes in).
• Small battery: newer PC numbers say 15 out and 400 stored, older ones 10 and 150. Console may use either: check with the wire tool.

It counts everything as switched on at once. PC numbers: console is said to match with small differences. Look at a wire with the wire tool in game to see the real number.

It runsNeed 4 · batteries 10–15

Every part

AllPowerRoutingLogicSensorsDevicesWirelessTools

• Wind TurbineMakes power from the wind, day and night. The higher you build it, the more it makes.Gives: 0–150 (about 50 on the ground, about 90 two floors up, about 130–150 four or more floors up with open sky)In the Bucks Store · 320 Bucks
• Large Solar PanelMakes power from sunlight, in the day only.Gives: 0–20 (20 only when it faces the sun; 0 at night; less when damaged)
• Small Rechargeable BatteryStores a little power and gives it back out at a low, steady rate.Gives: Up to about 10–15 at once; stores about 150–400 rWm
• Medium Rechargeable BatteryA mid-size battery: enough for a turret or a whole room of parts.Gives: Up to 50 at once; stores 9,000 rWm
• Large Rechargeable BatteryThe biggest battery: powers several turrets or a SAM site.Gives: Up to 100 at once; stores 24,000 rWmIn the Bucks Store · 190 Bucks
• Small GeneratorBurns Low Grade Fuel to make steady power.Gives: 40
• Test GeneratorFree power with no fuel, wind or sun, day and night. It can’t be crafted: on Benelli 2X you buy it in the Bucks Store.Gives: About 100, foreverIn the Bucks Store · 9,775 Bucks
• SplitterSplits one line into up to three equal lines.Uses: 0 in game data (allow 1 to be safe)
• Electrical BranchPeels a set amount off a line and lets the rest carry on.Uses: 0 in game data (some guides say 1)
• Root CombinerAdds two power sources together into one stronger line.Uses: 0 in game data
• SwitchAn on/off switch you flip by hand or with a signal.Uses: 0 in game data (allow 1 to be safe)
• ButtonPress it and it lets power through for a few seconds.Uses: About 0–1 (unclear)
• TimerWhen it starts, it lets power through for the seconds you set, then shuts off by itself.Uses: 0 in game data (allow 1 to be safe)
• BlockerPasses power normally, but cuts it while its Block input has power.Uses: 0
• AND SwitchLets power out only when BOTH inputs have power.Uses: 0
• OR SwitchLets power out when EITHER input (or both) has power.Uses: 0
• XOR SwitchCheck in gameLets power out only when exactly ONE input has power, never both.Uses: 0 in game data (one guide says 1)
• Memory CellRemembers on or off: one signal sets it on, another resets it off.Uses: 0
• Pressure PadA floor plate that lets power through only while a player stands on it.Uses: About 1
• HBHF SensorSenses people nearby (heartbeat, breathing, footsteps) and sends a small signal.Uses: 1
• Laser DetectorLets power through while a player is in its beam.Uses: 1
• Seismic SensorHears explosions within a range you set and sends a signal. The classic raid alarm trigger.Uses: 1
• Door ControllerOpens the door it’s paired with while it has power, and closes it when the power stops.Uses: 1
• Electric HeaterKeeps you warm nearby while it has power.Uses: 3
• Ceiling LightA small light that hangs from the ceiling.Uses: 2
• Auto TurretShoots unauthorized players in a 180° arc, with a gun and ammo you load.Uses: 10 (one guide says 25)
• SAM SiteFires missiles at unauthorized aircraft.Uses: 25 (a PC number)In the Bucks Store · 1,925 Bucks
• Siren Light / Flasher Light / Audio AlarmAlarm outputs: a spinning red light, a flashing blue light and a loud alarm sound.Uses: 1 each
• Electric FurnaceA small furnace that smelts with electricity instead of wood.Uses: About 3 (one guide says much more)In the Bucks Store · 510 Bucks
• RF Broadcaster & ReceiverWireless power: a broadcaster sends a frequency while it has power, and anything on that frequency reacts, anywhere on the map.Uses: 1 each
• Wire ToolConnects one part’s output to another part’s input.