Biomass

Biomass
Measure type	Mass
Standard unit in-game	grams

How to generate

Biomass is a Terraformation Index category that is split into 3 units (all measured in grams):

• Plants
• Insects
• Animals

To initially increase plant biomass, the player will need to use Biodome T2, Seed spreaders, Algae Generators, Tree spreaders, Beehives, Ecosystems or Plants Rockets. Also, some more advanced machines will also create plant biomass (see table below).

To initially increase insect biomass, the player will need to either find butterfly larvae or make larvae in an Incubator or Ecosystem, insert them into a Butterfly Dome or Butterfly Farms, build Beehives, Outdoor Farms, or Insect Spreader Rockets. Also, some more advanced machines will also create insect biomass (see table below).

To increase animal biomass, the player will need to find or create Fish eggs to insert them into an Aquarium T1, Aquarium T2, or Fish Farms, or find or create Frog eggs to insert them into an Amphibians Farm. The player can also insert Creature DNA into an Animal Shelter or use an Animals Spreader Rocket.

Rockets do not generate biomass by themselves, but multiply the output of the related machines considerably by 12.5 to 17.5.

Units

The units used in the game are the extended SI units of mass with SI fractional prefixes. For historical reasons, SI is a little weird for mass in particular, with the standard unit being the kilogram instead of gram, and the non-standard unit Tonne (or metric ton) being also commonly used.

Gram	g	10−6 tonnes	0.000001 t	0.001 kg	-
Kilogram	kg	10−3 tonnes	0.001 t	-	1,000 grams
Tonne	t	-	-	1,000 kg	1,000,000 grams
Kilotonne	kt	103 tonnes	1,000 t	1,000,000 kg	109 grams
Megatonne	Mt	106 tonnes	1,000,000 t	109 kg	1012 grams
The earth has 560 Mt of Biomass, can your planet beat earth?

Production ranks

Note that production values may increase when different species of Seeds, butterfly larvae, Fish eggs, or Frog eggs are used. Only some production values are increased, depending on the machine or building, and are marked with a + in the table below.

List of Biomass producing Machines and Buildings

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Item	Energy kW/s	Oxygen ppq/s	Plants g/s	Insects g/s	Animals g/s	Biomass g/s
Grass spreader	13.8	108	0.19	-	-	0.19
Algae Generator T1	13	127	0.8	-	-	0.8
Aquarium T1 at 100%	75	-	-	-	4	4
Flower spreader T1 at 100%	28.8	161	9.2	-	-	9.2
Biodome T2	75	1450	11	-	-	11
Butterfly Dome at 100%	139	-	-	20	-	20
Algae Generator T2	27	350	23	-	-	23
Flower spreader T2 at 100%	38.8	325	43.5	-	-	43.5
Butterfly Farm at 100%	30	-	-	75	-	75
Tree Spreader at 100%	31	920	97	-	-	97
Outdoor Farm	45.5	-	95	8	-	103
Aquarium T2 at 100%	225	250	18	25	65	108
Tree Spreader T2 at 100%	71	1950	175	-	-	175
Fish Farm at 100%	155.5	25	50	90	195	335
Fish Farm T2 at 100%	185	180	70	120	7350	7540
Beehive	25	-	350	15	-	365
Butterfly Farm T2 at 100%	45	-	-	475	-	475
Beehive T2	95	-	358	390	-	748
Amphibians Farm at 100%	155	-	75	-	965	900
Tree Spreader T3 at 100%	153	8500	1250	-	-	1250
Animal Shelter	270	-	310	170	3490	3970
Ecosystem	325	-	2980	224.4	.	3800.4

Blueprint rewards

Attaining a certain amount of biomass will unlock several blueprints for each type and also for the the total of it. For details refer to the blueprint page.