# Power Shard

> Canonical source: [Power Shard](https://satisfactorybase.com/wiki/items/power-shard)
> Language: en

Power Slug mucus compressed into a solid crystal-like shard. 
It radiates a strange power.

## Properties

- Entity type: Item
- Form: solid
- Stack size: 100
- Radioactive: No
- Can be discarded: No

## Produced by

### [Power Shard (1)](/wiki/recipes/recipe-powercrystalshard-1-c)

8 s. [Constructor](/wiki/buildings/constructor)

[Blue Power Slug](/wiki/items/blue-power-slug): 1 per cycle; 7.5/min → [Power Shard](/wiki/items/power-shard): 1 per cycle; 7.5/min.

### [Power Shard (2)](/wiki/recipes/recipe-powercrystalshard-2-c)

12 s. [Constructor](/wiki/buildings/constructor)

[Yellow Power Slug](/wiki/items/yellow-power-slug): 1 per cycle; 5/min → [Power Shard](/wiki/items/power-shard): 2 per cycle; 10/min.

### [Power Shard (5)](/wiki/recipes/recipe-powercrystalshard-3-c)

24 s. [Constructor](/wiki/buildings/constructor)

[Purple Power Slug](/wiki/items/purple-power-slug): 1 per cycle; 2.5/min → [Power Shard](/wiki/items/power-shard): 5 per cycle; 12.5/min.

### [Synthetic Power Shard](/wiki/recipes/recipe-syntheticpowershard-c)

12 s. [Quantum Encoder](/wiki/buildings/quantum-encoder)

[Time Crystal](/wiki/items/time-crystal): 2 per cycle; 10/min, [Dark Matter Crystal](/wiki/items/dark-matter-crystal): 2 per cycle; 10/min, [Quartz Crystal](/wiki/items/quartz-crystal): 12 per cycle; 60/min, [Excited Photonic Matter](/wiki/items/excited-photonic-matter): 12 m³ per cycle; 60 m³/min → [Power Shard](/wiki/items/power-shard): 1 per cycle; 5/min, [Dark Matter Residue](/wiki/items/dark-matter-residue): 12 m³ per cycle; 60 m³/min.

## Used as recipe ingredient

### [Alien Power Matrix](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alienpowerfuel-c)

24 s. [Quantum Encoder](/wiki/buildings/quantum-encoder)

[SAM Fluctuator](/wiki/items/sam-fluctuator): 5 per cycle; 12.5/min, [Power Shard](/wiki/items/power-shard): 3 per cycle; 7.5/min, [Superposition Oscillator](/wiki/items/superposition-oscillator): 3 per cycle; 7.5/min, [Excited Photonic Matter](/wiki/items/excited-photonic-matter): 24 m³ per cycle; 60 m³/min → [Alien Power Matrix](/wiki/items/alien-power-matrix): 1 per cycle; 2.5/min, [Dark Matter Residue](/wiki/items/dark-matter-residue): 24 m³ per cycle; 60 m³/min.

### [Ionized Fuel](/wiki/recipes/recipe-ionizedfuel-c)

24 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery)

[Rocket Fuel](/wiki/items/rocket-fuel): 16 m³ per cycle; 40 m³/min, [Power Shard](/wiki/items/power-shard): 1 per cycle; 2.5/min → [Ionized Fuel](/wiki/items/ionized-fuel): 16 m³ per cycle; 40 m³/min, [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 2 per cycle; 5/min.

## Used in schematic costs

- [Alien Power Matrix](/wiki/schematics/alien-power-matrix): 100
- [Overclock Production](/wiki/schematics/overclock-production): 1
- [Synthetic Power Shards](/wiki/schematics/synthetic-power-shards): 10
- [Ionized Fuel](/wiki/schematics/ionized-fuel): 100

## Related items

- [Blue Power Slug](/wiki/items/blue-power-slug)
- [Yellow Power Slug](/wiki/items/yellow-power-slug)
- [Purple Power Slug](/wiki/items/purple-power-slug)
- [Time Crystal](/wiki/items/time-crystal)
- [Dark Matter Crystal](/wiki/items/dark-matter-crystal)
- [Quartz Crystal](/wiki/items/quartz-crystal)
- [Excited Photonic Matter](/wiki/items/excited-photonic-matter)
- [Dark Matter Residue](/wiki/items/dark-matter-residue)
- [SAM Fluctuator](/wiki/items/sam-fluctuator)
- [Superposition Oscillator](/wiki/items/superposition-oscillator)
- [Alien Power Matrix](/wiki/items/alien-power-matrix)
- [Rocket Fuel](/wiki/items/rocket-fuel)
- [Ionized Fuel](/wiki/items/ionized-fuel)
- [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal)

## Unlocked by

- [Blue Power Slugs](/wiki/schematics/blue-power-slugs): MAM research
- [Yellow Power Slugs](/wiki/schematics/yellow-power-slugs): MAM research
- [Purple Power Slugs](/wiki/schematics/purple-power-slugs): MAM research
- [Synthetic Power Shards](/wiki/schematics/synthetic-power-shards): MAM research

## Technical Details

- Class name: Desc_CrystalShard_C
- Native class: FGPowerShardDescriptor
- Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Environment/Crystal/Desc_CrystalShard
- Resource form (export): RF_SOLID