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Upon stumbling across a power slug for the first time inSatisfactory, new players may be a little surprised by their appearance. These glowing, oversized bugs are fairly common and pretty easy to find. They are used for crafting certain items and are very handy both in the early stages and the late stages of the game.
Using the power slugs in the MAMwill allow the player to craft power shards. These can then enable overclocking of buildings. Overclocking a machine can help to increase its productivity. In a game where the object is to build giant and efficient factories, increasing productivity is always a good thing. This guide will take a look at power slugs and how to find them.
Power Slugs - Purpose & Uses In Satisfactory
As mentioned, power slugs are used to increase the rate of production at the player’s factories. Using theMAM (Molecular Analysis Machine), you can convert power slugs into power shards.These power shards can then be used to overclock production facilities, extractors, and more.
It’s worth noting that overclocking increases the power consumption of any given item. However, this trade off in power is more than worth it as you’ll be able to stockpile a lot more valuable materials much more quickly than normal.
The faster the clock speed, the more power is consumed in the process, so be sure that youhave enough fuel to keep things runningif you are going to be using power slugs.
Where To Find Power Slugs In Satisfactory
There are three different types of power slugs;blue, yellow, and purple. Blue slugs are the most common, with the rarity increasing for yellow power slugs, then increasing even further for purple power slugs.Each slug gives the player a different amount of power shards when used in the MAM. Finding the slugs is much easier than many new players might think. First, after you have set up a MAM, you can research the ability to craft anobject detector. This handy little machine can be used to track the locations of power slugs.
Outside of that, there are a few different areas where each slug can be found. See the list below for details:
