Plorts

Plorts are produced by Slimes when fed, and can be received through the Range Exchange. The main use of Plorts is to generate Newbucks by selling them in the Plort Market. Certain Plorts sell for more than others. When fed their favorite food, slimes drop double the amount of plorts.

Note: Lucky Slimes do not drop plorts - they reward the rancher with a shower of newbucks instead.

Biology
Plorts are the product of feeding slimes. Plorts share qualities in appearance with the slime that produced them; this makes it easy to identify the different plorts.

What exactly plorts are has not been made clear; however, whether they're excess mass given off by slimes to prevent uncontrolled growth or leftover material from foods that slimes can't use, they are, in a sense, the slime equivalent of fecal matter. This does NOT make it gross, though - just as animal feces can be highly nutritious food to plants, and oxygen is waste for plants but vital to the survival of animals, what is waste material to an alien species like slimes is not necessarily toxic or disgusting for Earth-based life forms.

When a slime first makes a plort it comes encased in a gel-like material that goes away quickly. When the plort is in this substance it can not be eaten by another slime to become a largo, but it can still be vacuumed up by you.

Plortonomics
Plorts are very useful for a variety of purposes at companies. While this is not visually shown, it is mentioned in the game. They range from power sources, food and drinks, to even military weaponry. Plorts are vital to industries outside of the Far, Far Range.

Prices
Note: As of 0.6.0, the base prices have changed and it is currently unknown if their price range is still the same.

Largos
Plorts can also be fed to slimes of a different species to transform the slime into a Largo Slime. Largo Slimes drop two Plorts, one for each of its slime type. If you feed it one of its slime types' favored food, it gives two of that slime's Plort and two of the other. You can't make a puddle largo because puddle plorts turn into water when they hit dry objects and puddle slimes don't eat plorts.

Warning: Do not give Largo Slimes a plort that it doesn't produce itself. If a Largo Slime eats a Plort that is not one of its types, it turns into a Tarr. For example, feeding a honey-pink Largo a phosphor plort will turn it into a Tarr.

Tips

 * It should be noted that Plort prices fluctuate from day to day based on how often you sell a particular Plort along with slight randomization. You should sell expensive Plorts in bursts by keeping them stored in the corral, an auto collector, or a silo. Hoard them while the prices are low, and sell them when their prices reach a peak.
 * Puddle Plorts can be used to refill ponds when it splashes the bottom, or used as water to kill the Tarr.
 * It is recommended that you pick up the spare plorts found in the wild to prevent them from getting out of control, seeing as plorts take a long time to de-spawn.
 * Puddle, Fire, and gold plorts cannot be used to make largos, so don't try to make these largos as puddle plorts instantly dissipate when touching something non-aquatic.
 * Remember not to give a largo a plort unlike one what it produces! You may get an unwanted surprise known as the Tarr.
 * As mentioned in the Slimepedia Rancher Risks section of the entry for Honey Slimes, Honey Plorts seem to attract slimes more.
 * This means the chances for Largos and Tarrs are higher if these Plorts are around
 * Hunter plorts can be dangerous, since a Largo made out of it will become feral after being created.
 * Plorts can be used to open Slime Gates. The currently only Gate in the Game that was opened with plorts is the Ancient Ruins "Megadoor".
 * They are also used in the Ancient Ruins to open the Desert teleporter, and in the desert to re-awaken Ancient Fountains
 * Gold Slime can eat plorts, but you'll get a golden plort and the gold slime will "fly".