Extractors

"Nature is a treasure hoarder."

Slimepedia Entry
''Extractors are a special class of Slime Science gadgets that are essential for building all other types of gadgets. Extractors include drills, pumps and apiaries.''

''Once placed on a build site, the extractor will begin working, collecting resources from the environment over time. Once it is full of resources, an extractor can be emptied. The best extractors can repeat this cycle multiple times before they finally break down.''

''Each extractor can find exclusive resources if used in the correct zone:  Pumps can find a special resource in the Dry Reef.  Drills can find a special resource in the Indigo Quarry.

Apiaries can find a special resource in the Moss Blanket.''

Information
Extractors are required to obtain resources needed to make other Slime Science gadgets. You can't move them, but you can destroy them if you need to.

Each extractor can last for a preset amount of cycles, depending on the tier it belongs to. Cycles behave like this: the extractor starts working, and after it's done it's ready to empty resources, signified by it's "pee pee dance". After it empties it's resources, it either continues on to the next cycle, or explodes, automatically removing itself.

There are currently two tiers of extractors.

Tier 1 "Novice"
Tier 1 Extractors have a very low chance to obtain rare resources, and can last only for 1 cycle. In exchange for that, they're cheap (10 Pink Plorts, 6 Plorts of either Rock, Tabby or Phosphor Slimes and 3 Plorts of either Honey, Boom or Rad Slimes).

Novice Drill
"Allows you to drill for buried minerals. Lasts 1 cycle.

Novice Pump
"Allows you to siphon underground resources. Lasts 1 cycle.

Novice Apiary
"Allows you to collect resources from wild bees. Lasts 1 cycle.

Tier 2 "Advanced"
Tier 2 Extractors have better chances to obtain rare resources, and can last for 3 cycles. Because of that, they cost twice as much as Tier 1 extractors.

Advanced Drill
"A drill that unearths more minerals, with a higher chance for rare minerals. Lasts 3 cycles.

Advanced Pump
"A pump that siphons more resources, with a higher chance for rare resources. Lasts 3 cycles.

"A apiary that collects more resources, with a higher chance for rare resources. Lasts 3 cycles.

Tier 3
Although it's not available in the current version of the game, it's scheduled to be released soon in some update.

Tips

 * When trying to aim for rare resources, don't place your extractors where you get an additional resource (for example Indigonium), since that would make the resource pool smaller and raise your chances to obtain rare resources.

Changes

 * 0.4.0: Addition of extractors with Slime Science into the game.