Workers
Workers is a mechanic that is available at Military Tier 1, used for early game automation before AI is unlocked. Once you tier up your military tier for the first time, you can access the worker page on the right side of the screen, with a button and a cube symbol on it.
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Workers
To use workers, you need to buy them with a certain amount of 
gems, and the cost grows as you have more workers. There is also a hardcap on worker amount that is based on your Military Tier. The cost for the xth worker is 100*3x-1, and the limit of workers is 1+MT. The worker limit can be further increased with a certain Military Perk.
| Worker # | Worker Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | 300 | 400 |
| 3 | 900 | 1,300 |
| 4 | 2,700 | 4,000 |
| 5 | 8,100 | 12,100 |
| 6 | 24,300 | 36,400 |
| 7 | 72,900 | 109,300 |
| 8 | 218,700 | 328,000 |
| 9 | 656,100 | 984,100 |
| 10 | 1.968 M (1.968e6) | 2.952 M (2.952e6) |
| 11 | 5.905 M (5.905e6) | 8.857 M (8.857e6) |
| 12 | 17.715 M (1.771e7) | 26.572 M (2.657e7) |
| 13 | 53.144 M (5.314e7) | 79.716 M (7.972e7) |
| 14 | 159.432 M (1.594e8) | 239.148 M (2.391e8) |
| 15 | 478.297 M (4.783e8) | 717.445 M (7.174e8) |
| 16 | 1.435 B (1.435e9) | 2.152 B (2.152e9) |
| 17 | 4.305 B (4.305e9) | 6.457 B (6.457e9) |
| 18 | 12.914 B (1.291e10) | 19.371 B (1.937e10) |
| 19 | 38.742 B (3.874e10) | 58.113 B (5.811e10) |
| 20 | 116.226 B (1.162e11) | 174.339 B (1.743e11) |
| 21 | 348.678 B (3.487e11) | 523.018 B (5.23e11) |
| 22 | 1.046 T (1.046e12) | 1.569 T (1.569e12) |
| 23 | 3.138 T (3.138e12) | 4.707 T (4.707e12) |
| 24 | 9.414 T (9.414e12) | 14.121 T (1.412e13) |
| 25 | 28.243 T (2.824e13) | 42.364 T (4.236e13) |
| 26 | 84.729 T (8.473e13) | 127.093 T (1.271e14) |
| 27 | 254.187 T (2.542e14) | 381.28 T (3.813e14) |
| 28 | 762.56 T (7.626e14) | 1.144 Qa (1.144e15) |
| 29 | 2.288 Qa (2.288e15) | 3.432 Qa (3.432e15) |
| 30 | 6.863 Qa (6.863e15) | 10.295 Qa (1.029e16) |
There are four things you can change for each worker: task, interval, name and group. As of current game version(v0.9.4 B1), Worker name and group don't have any actual effect on gameplay, but in the future, the name and group can be used by AI for more advanced automation.
The default interval for workers is "Slow(5s)", which means that the worker would do the task once every 5 seconds. With gems, you can also unlock more interval settings, which allows the worker speed to be "Medium(2s)", "Fast(1s)", or "Very Fast(0.5s)". You can set the worker interval to any one you've unlocked. You can also pause some of the workers so that they stop working.
The cost for unlocking Medium(2s) is 1000 gems, Fast(1s) is 10000, and Very Fast(0.5s) is 100000.
Task List
Shown below are the different types of tasks workers can be assigned to. Different worker tasks unlocks by unlocking the corresponding building or floor it is associated with.
Shipyard
Dockmaster
Orders shipments and collects them upon arrival.
Provides additional options!
- 5 Min./15 Min./1 Hour/4 Hours/8 Hours/24 Hours
Powerplant
Storage Manager
Automatically replaces empty resource containers in the powerplant. Empty containers are being sold before being replaced.
Boost Restarter
Automatically restarts all boosts based on the current settings.
Make sure to configure your boosts in the power plant before assigning this task to a worker!
The Dyson Sphere
Warning: This section contains spoilers about Powerplant Floor 2.
These worker tasks unlocks after unlocking the Second Floor of the Powerplant
Dyson Engineer
Automatically restarts the construction of dyson drones on every work tick if enough resources are available.
Tower Testing
Module Manager
Gives this worker permission to upgrade tower modules during tower testing.
Provides additional options!
- Always upgrade cheapest using xp.
- Always upgrade most expensive using xp.
- Always upgrade cheapest using gems.
- Always upgrade most expensive using gems.
Era Divider
- Warning: This section contains spoilers about Era.
These worker tasks unlocks after reaching Era.
Constantly tries to upgrade the damage and health dividers by one level. The upgrade order is based on the assigned rule.
Provides additional options!
- Always upgrade cheapest.
- Always upgrade most expensive.
- Only upgrade health divider.
- Only upgrade damage divider.
Arcade
Lucky Wheel Player
Automatically spins the Lucky Wheel on every work tick.
Jumble Player
Automatically plays Jumble on every work tick.
Museum
Buy & Combine
Buys 3x T1 Power Stones and performs a quick combine action per worker tick.
Provides additional options!
- Fire/Water/Earth/Air/Nature/Light/Darkness/Electricity
Buy Market & Combine
Buys highest tier Power Stones from the market and performs a quick combine action per worker tick.
Provides additional options!
- Fire/Water/Earth/Air/Nature/Light/Darkness/Electricity
Workshop
Era Scientist
Attempts to research lowering the xp cost for disabling era powers or to instantly finish an active research by using available hits taken/enemies destroyed. Provides Additional Options!
- All/Every enemy type
Head of Era Experiments
Automatically restarts the research that lowers the xp cost of the era hp and damage dividers if enough funds are available.
Essence Gatherer
Attempts to research essence or to instantly finish an active research using available hits taken/enemies destroyed. Provides additional options!
- Cycles through every element/(Each element individually).
Laboratory
Head of Science
Orders this worker to prestige an experiment that is ready to prestige on ever work tick. Provides additional options!
- All/(each element)
Water Plants (Nature Experiment)
Waters a single tile in the nature experiment garden every tick. Only dry tiles are being watered so wet tiles are automatically skipped.
Expand (Neutral Experiment)
Automatically uses the expand function of the neutral experiment on every worker tick.
Freezer (Water Experiment)
Automatically switches between charging the battery and activating the freezer of the water experiment. Does not interrupt pumping into or draining water from the tank.
Particle Researcher (Darkness Experiment)
Tries to align the scanner exactly with the direction the particle is located in on every work tick. Also tries to collect the particle on every work tick if possible. Higher scan range and noise reduction increases the chance of the worker finding the particle.
Spin (Gems Experiment)
Starts spinning a non-gem, non-spinning tile in the gem experiment as well as its surroundings on every work tick. Workers are affected by lock chance as well.
Stack Inserter (Gems Experiment)
Inserts the specified amount of stacks into the gem grinder on every work tick. Provides additional options!
- 1/10/100 stacks
Ceremonial Donut Gifter (Exotic Experiment)
Automatically gifts 10% of the best resource that matches the selected filter to the current celestial donut. If the current donut is completed then the worker will automatically move on to the next one. Provides additional options!
- Only gift good/neutral/bad items or better
Construction Firm
Auto-Constuct
Automatically tries to upgrade any building that matches the specified criteria.
Provides additional options!
- Always upgrade cheapest.
- Always upgrade most expensive possible.
Mine
Drill Operator
Automatically refills and restarts the drill on every work tick. Make sure to provide enough resources for fuel.
Mine
Digs up a single tile on each work tick provided there are enough resources to pay the digging price. If the entire grid is empty then a new layer will be generated instead.
Provides additional options!
- Any Color Shard you have unlocked
Asteroid Mining
- Warning: This section contains spoilers about Mine Floor 2.
These worker tasks unlocks after unlocking the Second Floor of the Mine.
Asteroid Miner
Automatically starts drilling the next drill-able field in the asteroid cluster at the selected index if no other field is being drilled on the next work tick.
Provides additional options!
- Mining cluster at position X of the list
Treasure Hunter
Automatically collects the next collectible reward in the selected cluster on a work tick.
Provides additional options!
- Claim rewards in cluster at position X of the list
Astrophysicist
Disposes completed clusters on every work tick and tries to start scanning if no scan is currently active.
Provides additional options!
- Perform quick scans
- Perform regular scans
Trading Post
Trader
- Automatically trades the first offer with the selected percentage and crate multiplier specified on work tick.
- Make sure to configure the trading amount percentage in the trading post before assigning this task to a worker!
- Provides additional options! (Crate multiplier >= any/0.5/0.75/1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2).
Factory
Ore Manager
Automatically puts ores into the crusher to turn them into dust.
Ignores items in the crafting grid so you can use it to keep items away from this worker!
Mixing Engineer
Automatically turns dust into ore lumps and puts them into the mixer. Provides additional options!
- Up to T2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/only insert dust
Boiler Operator
Automatically puts higher tier dust into the boiler to turn it into lower tier dust. Ensures that at least 1 of each dust remains. Provides additional options!
- Down to T1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 dust
Refining Overseer
Restarts the refining process with the least amount of shards required to get the desired ore tier.
Provides additional options!
- T1-T10
Forestry Technician
Harvests all yields of a single tree on every work tick. Cycles through all active trees.
The Fabricator
- Warning: This section contains spoilers about Factory Floor 2.
These worker tasks unlocks after unlocking the Second Floor of the Factory.
Dissolving Expert
Automatically add an itemstack to the beginning of the dissolve queue of the fabricator based on your filter settings.
Make sure to configure your auto-dissolve settings in the fabricator before assigning this task!
AI
Worker Taskid's
| Facility Name | Taskid | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | task.towertesting.upgrade | Upgrades modules during tower testing () |
| Tower | task.towertesting.upgradeEra | Upgrades Eradividers during tower testing () |
| Powerplant | task.powerplant.replace | Replacing empty power plant resource containers |
| Powerplant | task.powerplant.restart | Restarting the boosts inside the powerplant whenever they run out |
| Powerplant | task.dyson.construct | Constructing dyson drones in side the powerplant |
| Shipyard | shipyard.shipping | Ordering a new shipment and collecting it after it arrives () |
| Laboratory | task.laboratory.prestige | Prestinging [Selection] in the laboratory |
| Laboratory | task.laboratory.nature.water | watering plants in the nature experiment |
| Laboratory | task.laboratory.neutral.expand | Expanding in the neutral experiment |
| Laboratory | task.laboratory.water.freeze | Freezing water in the water expirment |
| Laboratory | task.laboratory.darkness.search | Searching and collecting particles in the darkness experiment |
| Laboratory | task.laboratory.gems.spin | Spinning for gems in the gems experiment |
| Laboratory | task.laboratory.gems.stack | Inserting (#) stack(s) in the gems experiment grinder |
| Laboratory | task.laboratory.exotic.gift | Gifts 10% of best resources towards donuts |
| Construction Firm | task.construct | Constructing buildings () |
| Trading Post | task.tradingpost.trading | Automatically performs crate trades, has options |
| Workshop | task.workshop.era.research | Starts and finishes research for era disable powers, must specify element |
| Workshop | task.workshop.era.experiment | Restarts research into hp/damage dividers |
| Workshop | task.workshop.era.essence | Starts and finishes research for essence, must specify element |
| Museum | task.museum.buycombine | Buy 3x () Power Stones and do a quick combine |
| Museum | task.museum.buyoffshore | Buy highest tier () Power Stones and do a quick combine |
| Factory | factory.oreManagement | Putting ores into the crusher |
| Factory | factory.upTiering | Turns dust into lumps and puts them into the mixer, option for max tier of dust->lump |
| Factory | factory.downTiering | Boils dust down to lower tier dust, always keeping one. Option for min tier |
| Factory | factory.refiningManagement | Restarting ore refining everytime it completes () |
| Factory | factory.dissolveManagement | Adding items to the dissolve queue of the fabricator |
| Factory | factory.treeHarvesting | Gathers yields from trees (or planted things) every tick |
| Mine | task.mine | Mining and generating layers as long as layers are available (tab) |
| Mine | task.mine.drill | Refilling and restarting the mining drill |
| Mine | task.mine.asteroid | Mining asteroids at list index () |
| Mine | task.claim.asteroid | Claming asteroid rewards at list index () |
| Mine | task.scan.asteroid | Scan for asteroids () and dispose completed clusters |
| Arcade | task.arcade.playLuckyWheel | Spinning the Lucky Wheel in the Arcade |
| Arcade | task.arcade.playJumble | Playing Jumble in the Arcade |
Trivia and Credits
Trivia
- Before workers got added, the Tower Customization button icon uses the cube symbol. It got changed to the current icon because worker button now uses that icon.
- In an earlier version, the worker task "Buy and Combine" can trigger a bug that crafts t51 gems.
- Yes, you don't pay your worker more gems once you buy them. They are just sla[REDACTED]
Credits
Authored by: cl1694
Curated by: SomethingSomethingUsername
