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- Unlock the Electrical Kit in the Memetic skill tree
- Craft a Storage Battery at an Intermediate Supplies Workbench
- Craft a Logging Chainsaw or Electric Rock Drill using the Battery Storage
Whacking trees and ore nodes with a pickaxe is fun and all, but boy is it slow, so you’ll want to pivot to power tools as soon as possible to greatly speed up your farming runs. In comes the drill and chainsaw, which will make easy work of trees and nodes, netting you big ol’ hauls for very little effort.
But, to craft these handy tools you’ll need a Storage Battery. Sifting through all the formulas, menus, and materials that make up Once Human can make figuring out how to get this portable power source tricky. We’ll walk you through how to get and use a Storage Battery.
How to craft a Storage Battery
To get a Storage Battery, you’ll first need to unlock the Electrical Kit skill in the Memetics skill tree. Hold O to open up the cradle, tap Memetics on the left, then select the Logistics tab at the top. Scroll down to the tier 3 Ascendance skills and unlock the Electrical Kit for x5 Meme Point ciphers and x700 Energy Link by tapping F. The skill gives you access to the Storage Battery formula along with other electrical gadgets like a Switch, Alarm, and Dynamic Sensor.
To craft the battery, you’ll need an Intermediate Supplies Workbench, which you can get by spending x3 Meme Point ciphers and x200 Energy Link to unlock Intermediate Tools in the Crafting tab of the Memetics skill tree.
Once that’s done, build the Intermediate Supplies Workbench inside your Territory base. Tap B and right click to bring up the build menu, then navigate to Facilities and Production Processing and select the workbench. Place it down. It requires the following resources:
- x20 Bronze Ingot
- x20 Standard Part
- x20 Metal Scraps
- x15 Rubber
- x1 Electronic Part
Once the workbench is up and running, interact with it and select Storage Battery from the crafting options on the left, then tap F to start the production process. To craft a battery, you’ll need x15 Steel Ingot, x20 Rubber, x20 Acid, and x10 Electronic Part. Every battery takes 15 seconds to make.
How to use a Storage Battery
By itself, a Storage Battery is pretty much useless, but when paired with a power tool, it becomes a serious heavy lifter during farming runs. To get started, you’ll need to have unlocked the Chainsaws Memetic found under tier 3 in the Infrastructure tab, costing you x5 Meme Point ciphers and x700 Energy Link. This unlocks the formula for the Logging Chainsaw, which requires a Storage Battery. You can also grab the Electric Drills skill (x7 Meme Point ciphers and x2000 Energy Link) as well if you fancy speeding up ore mining with an Electric Rock Drill.
Head back to your Intermediate Supplies Workbench, tap the Tools tab at the top, and select either the Logging Chainsaw or Electric Rock Drill. For the sake of example, we’ll go for the chainsaw, which requires x35 Steel Ingot, x20 Refined Part, x20 Electronic Part, x20 Fireproof Plastic, and x1 Storage Battery. Craft the tool by tapping F once you have all the materials.
Once the crafting process is complete, head to your inventory and place the chainsaw in one of the slots in the hotbar at the bottom of the screen. Equip it and you’ll be able to farm trees with the Storage Battery acting as a portable power source to keep the chainsaw running.
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