This guide offers comprehensive instructions on how to effectively manage and increase the energy supply within your factory in Arknights: Endfield, ensuring seamless operation as your industrial complex grows.
Fueling Your Industrial Empire: Mastering Power in Arknights: Endfield
The Critical Need for Enhanced Energy Production
As your factory expands with an increasing number of facilities and production lines, the demand for power in Arknights: Endfield becomes paramount. A basic Automation Core alone cannot sustain a flourishing industrial complex, necessitating the implementation of more robust energy solutions to keep all machinery operational.
Introducing the Thermal Bank: Your Solution to Power Shortages
To overcome the initial 200 energy point limitation of your factory, the introduction of a Thermal Bank is essential. This specialized facility is designed to generate supplementary energy by utilizing originium ores or batteries, thereby significantly boosting your factory's total power capacity. It's important to understand that the Thermal Bank complements, rather than replaces, your base power output.
Unlocking and Constructing the Thermal Bank
Before you can construct a Thermal Bank, you must first acquire its blueprint. This is achieved by activating the 'Power 1' node within the AIC Factory Plan menu. This particular node is situated in the Basic AIC 2 level, which becomes accessible upon obtaining the Basic Expansion Core, typically awarded after completing the main mission titled 'Paving the Way.' Once unlocked, constructing a Thermal Bank requires 10 origocrusts and 10 amethyst parts.
Powering Your Thermal Bank: Resource Management
For a Thermal Bank to function effectively and contribute to your factory's energy grid, it requires a continuous supply of either originium ores or LC valley batteries. Should the facility cease to receive one of these power sources, it will become inactive, causing your factory's overall power output to revert to its baseline level.
Optimizing Energy Generation: Ores Versus Batteries
The amount of energy a Thermal Bank generates varies significantly depending on the fuel source. When fueled with originium ores, the facility provides an additional 50 energy points to the network. However, by utilizing LC valley batteries, the energy output dramatically increases to an impressive 220 extra energy points, more than doubling the standard power capacity.
Producing LC Valley Batteries for Maximum Efficiency
To produce LC valley batteries, you will need the Packaging Unit facility. This becomes available after unlocking the 'Packaging Tech' node, also found in the Basic AIC 2 level. Crafting a single LC valley battery demands five amethyst parts and 10 units of originium powder, representing a strategic investment for superior energy productio
