Ionized Fuel in Satisfactory 1.0: The Pros and Cons

The new Satisfactory 1.0 update brings a brand-new fuel type called ionized fuel. This new fuel promises to be super-efficient on paper.

Let’s look at how ionized fuel works, how to make it, and if it’s better than other fuels in the game.

Understanding Ionized Fuel’s Potential

Ionized fuel burns six times slower than regular fuel and 2.5 times slower than turbo fuel. This makes it the most efficient fuel in theory. But in practice, it might not be as good as it sounds.

Making Ionized Fuel

To make ionized fuel, players need to go through several steps. First, they must make Rocket Fuel, which is new in the 1.0 update. Rocket Fuel is made by mixing Turbo Fuel and Nitric Acid. Players can make Nitric Acid using nitrogen gas, water, and iron plates.

One good thing about making Rocket Fuel is that it creates compact coal as a byproduct. Players can use this coal to make more turbo fuel, which saves resources like coal and sulfur.

Challenges with Ionized Fuel

Even though ionized fuel burns slowly, making it is very hard. The biggest problem is that it needs synthetic power shards, which players can only get late in the game, in Phase 5 or Tier 9 of the Hub.

1. Excited Phonic Matter: This is generated in the converter but requires a substantial amount of power.
2. Quartz Crystals and Diamonds: These materials, particularly diamonds, necessitate considerable quantities of coal and are created in the power-intensive particle accelerator.
3. Dark Matter Crystals: Formed from Dark Matter Residue and time crystals, both are energy-intensive products crafted in the converter and quantum encoder, respectively.

Power Consumption Concerns

Making ionized fuel needs advanced machines that use thousands of megawatts of power.

So while it might be the best fuel in theory, it’s only really possible to make late in the game when players have a lot of resources and power.

Conclusion: Is Ionized Fuel Worth It?

Because it needs so much power and so many resources, ionized fuel might not be the best choice for most players. Other fuels like Rocket Fuel and Turbo Fuel are easier to get and still work well. Rocket Fuel is almost as good as ionized fuel but much easier to make.

Ionized Fuel is really for players who have reached the end of the game and want to make everything as efficient as possible. Most players should stick with easier-to-make fuels unless they have a lot of resources and power to spare.

Final Thoughts

Ionized Fuel is an interesting new addition, but it’s extremely challenging to make and mostly for late-game players.

Whether it’s worth making depends on how you like to play and what resources you have. For most players, Rocket Fuel is still a good and efficient choice.

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