Experiment: Gems - Revision history

Cratorrex.rx at 16:46, 13 January 2026

2026-01-13T16:46:36Z

Robotoraccoon: Upgrade are on the right

2024-07-24T12:35:39Z

Upgrade are on the right

Fireball541: /* Prestige Upgrades */ turns out prestige resets left-hand side upgrades?

2024-04-10T17:21:53Z

Prestige Upgrades: turns out prestige resets left-hand side upgrades?

Dbugz: Updated module icons to use Template:Module.

2023-08-23T20:08:08Z

Updated module icons to use Template:Module.

Jzh: Gem grinder upgrades, prestige upgrades, prestige effects

2023-08-21T02:57:46Z

Gem grinder upgrades, prestige upgrades, prestige effects

Jzh: /* Rewards */

2023-08-21T02:41:38Z

Rewards

Ryan180322: added shipyard gem rewards

2023-03-05T11:00:51Z

added shipyard gem rewards

Lmnt0: add unlock info

2021-03-04T20:36:45Z

add unlock info

Lmnt0: Created page with "The Gem Experiment left The '''Gem experiment''' is one of 12 experiments in the Laboratory. The goal of the Gem Experiment i..."

2021-03-04T19:54:23Z

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[[File:GemExperiment.png|thumb|The Gem Experiment]]
[[File:Gem.png|left]]
The '''Gem experiment''' is one of 12 experiments in the Laboratory. The goal of the Gem Experiment is to fill the board with [[gems]].
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==Mechanic==
Clicking a tile rolls the tiles around the central tile in a + formation (Max is 5 tiles) into random icons. Roll time varies, from 1 second to 15 seconds.

You must complete the gem board 9 times in order to receive 1 stack.

===Upgrades===

* '''Lock chance''': Chance to not re-roll a tile if the icon is a gem. Does not work on the tile being clicked, as in clicking a gem tile always re-rolls the tile.
* '''Gem chance''': Chance for a tile to end up being a gem.

==Rewards==
{| class="wikitable"
! Stacks !! Reward
|-
! 1
| [[File:Ultimate Module.png|Ultimate|30px]] Lucky Shot
|-
! 5
| [[File:Defensive Module.png|Defensive|30px]] Phasing
|}

==Trivia==
* Since it only matters to the player whether or not a particular tile is a gem and the grid has size 5x5, the grid can be seen as being in one of 2<sup>25</sup>=33,554,432 distinguishable states. However, since any kind of rotation or reflection of the grid is ultimately inconsequential to a strategy for solving the experiment, any states that differ from each other merely by those means can be subsumed into one abstract state. This cuts down the size of the state space by almost a factor of 8 - 8 because an asymmetric grid has four rotations each in two reflections, almost because a few states are in some way symmetric and thus have less. The exact size of the state space after accounting for rotations and reflections is '''4,211,744''' (including the one goal state of full 25 gems) as determined by brute force search.

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 The '''Gem experiment''' is one of 12 experiments in the [[laboratory]], available at laboratory tier 6.
-The goal of the Gem Experiment is to fill the board with [[gems]], in order to obtain dust.
+The goal of the Gem Experiment is to fill the board with [[gems]], in order to obtain dust. <sup>Only normal/blue gems count towards a stack, not pink exotic gems.</sup>
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 ==Mechanic==

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 ===Gem Grid Upgrades===
-* '''Lock chance''': Chance to not re-roll a tile if the icon is a gem. Does not work on the tile being clicked, as in clicking a gem tile always re-rolls the tile.
+*'''Lock chance''': Chance to not re-roll a tile if the icon is a gem. Does not work on the tile being clicked, as in clicking a gem tile always re-rolls the tile.
-* '''Gem chance''': Chance for a tile to end up being a gem.
+*'''Gem chance''': Chance for a tile to end up being a gem.
 ===Gem Grinder Upgrades===
-* '''Instant complete chance''': (left side) Chance that a new grid will instantly entirely into gems. (This value slightly increases the more unused stacks you own.)
+*'''Instant complete chance''': (left side) Chance that a new grid will instantly entirely into gems. (This value slightly increases the more unused stacks you own.)
-* '''Don't consume stack chance''': (right side) Chance that a processed stack will not be consumed, allowing you effectively to grind it a second time.
+*'''Don't consume stack chance''': (right side) Chance that a processed stack will not be consumed, allowing you effectively to grind it a second time.
 ==Prestige Upgrades==
-* '''Improvement''': Reduces the waiting time between layers by 0.1 sec (max. 9 levels)
+*'''Improvement''': Reduces the waiting time between layers by 0.1 sec (max. 9 levels)
-* '''Improvement''': Increases the total grinding time by 1 second for each level of the right hand side grinder upgrade. (max. 30 levels)
+*'''Improvement''': Increases the total grinding time by 1 second for each level of the right hand side grinder upgrade. (max. 30 levels)
-* '''Improvement''': Increases the dust produced per second by 0.5 second per level of the right hand side grinder upgrade. (max. 30 levels)
+*'''Improvement''': Increases the dust produced per second by 0.5 second per level of the right hand side grinder upgrade. (max. 30 levels)
-* '''Improvement''': Increase the starting level of all upgrades by 1 without increasing the price scaling. (max. 30 levels)
+*'''Improvement''': Increase the starting level of all upgrades by 1 without increasing the price scaling. (max. 30 levels)
 Whenever you prestige, the following effects take place:
-Another thing that the prestige does is it resets the upgrades on the left-hand side (i.e. lock chance and gem chance), although this is not specified anywhere. Exotic skill would disable this effect as well.
+*Gem grid will be reset (exotic skill disables this)
 ==Rewards==
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Requirement !! Reward
+!Requirement!!Reward
 |-
-! 1 Stack
+!1 Stack
-| {{Module|Ultimate|size=30px}} Lucky Shot
+|{{Module|Ultimate|size=30px}} Lucky Shot
 |-
-! 5 Stacks
+!5 Stacks
-| {{Module|Defensive|size=30px}} Phasing
+|{{Module|Defensive|size=30px}} Phasing
 |-
-! 62.55M Gem Dust
+!62.55M Gem Dust
 | +2500% Shipyard: Gem Rewards
 |}
 ==Trivia==
 * Since it only matters to the player whether or not a particular tile is a gem and the grid has size 5x5, the grid can be seen as being in one of 2<sup>25</sup>=33,554,432 distinguishable states. However, since any kind of rotation or reflection of the grid is ultimately inconsequential to a strategy for solving the experiment, any states that differ from each other merely by those means can be subsumed into one abstract state. This cuts down the size of the state space by almost a factor of 8 - 8 because an asymmetric grid has four rotations each in two reflections, almost because a few states are in some way symmetric and thus have less. The exact size of the state space after accounting for rotations and reflections is '''4,211,744''' (including the one goal state of full 25 gems) as determined by brute force search.
 *Since it only matters to the player whether or not a particular tile is a gem and the grid has size 5x5, the grid can be seen as being in one of 2<sup>25</sup>=33,554,432 distinguishable states. However, since any kind of rotation or reflection of the grid is ultimately inconsequential to a strategy for solving the experiment, any states that differ from each other merely by those means can be subsumed into one abstract state. This cuts down the size of the state space by almost a factor of 8 - 8 because an asymmetric grid has four rotations each in two reflections, almost because a few states are in some way symmetric and thus have less. The exact size of the state space after accounting for rotations and reflections is '''4,211,744''' (including the one goal state of full 25 gems) as determined by brute force search.
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 * Dust will be reset (exotic skill disables this)
 * Base level for each upgrade will increase
 ==Rewards==

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 |-
 ! 1 Stack
-| [[File:Ultimate Module.png|Ultimate|30px]] Lucky Shot
+| {{Module|Ultimate|size=30px}} Lucky Shot
 |-
 ! 5 Stacks
-| [[File:Defensive Module.png|Defensive|30px]] Phasing
+| {{Module|Defensive|size=30px}} Phasing
 |-
 ! 62.55M Gem Dust

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 | [[File:Defensive Module.png|Defensive|30px]] Phasing
 |-
-! 6.255e7 Gem Dust
+! 62.55M Gem Dust
 | +2500% Shipyard: Gem Rewards
 |}

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 [[File:GemExperiment.png|thumb|The Gem Experiment]]
 [[File:Gem.png|left]]
-The '''Gem experiment''' is one of 12 experiments in the Laboratory. The goal of the Gem Experiment is to fill the board with [[gems]].
+The '''Gem experiment''' is one of 12 experiments in the [[laboratory]], available at laboratory tier 6.
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 ==Mechanic==