TheEvilMango Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Are they worth ranching? And if so what is a good set up for them? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101460-glossy-dreckos/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neotuck Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Yes Most people feed them meal wood but I prefer BB as water is easier to sustain than dirt A lot of people have their own designs but I have not seen one as effective as mine, feel free to use it Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101460-glossy-dreckos/#findComment-1139827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkyn Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Kudos to the efficiency of that one, but I suspect it's a little intimidating. Here is a vastly simpler starter version that you can set up once you get ranching and feed the hydrogen gas in via the tank-emptier from the floor below: Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101460-glossy-dreckos/#findComment-1139904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasza22 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 7 hours ago, Neotuck said: Most people feed them meal wood but I prefer BB as water is easier to sustain than dirt Mealwood is better early as it increases the chance for a glossy morph. Once you got a healthy population of glossies you can switch to bristle. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101460-glossy-dreckos/#findComment-1139926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neotuck Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 7 minutes ago, Sasza22 said: Mealwood is better early as it increases the chance for a glossy morph. Once you got a healthy population of glossies you can switch to bristle. Given that regular dreckos cant eat bristles, I assumed every one uses mealwood at first for increasing glossy morph chances Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101460-glossy-dreckos/#findComment-1139929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
biopon Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Neotuck's ranch works really well, I can vouch for it. Is it worth it? Glossies probably are. I am not certain about these numbers but I believe each should produce 150kg plastic every 8 days. With a full ranch that's 150kg every cycle, or 250g/sec. If you melt it down to naphtha, then heat it to sour gas, etc, this should power 1.8 natgas generators continuously. For regular dreckos you can use the same design but with balm lilies in chlorine. The nice thing about this is that it's completely free of input resources, other than rancher labor, and will net you eggs, meat and reed fiber. Given how expensive it is in terms of pwater to grow fibers in a farm, this might be a good investment as well. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101460-glossy-dreckos/#findComment-1139930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcus2611 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Glossy dreckos are absolutely worth ranching; they let you skip the whole process of having to go down to the oil biome (takes a while and isn't really safe without exosuits), pump oil back up, refine it to petroleum, and feed it into the polymer press, which is a finicky building since if you don't have a way to deal with the vented steam and cool things down it'll overheat the machinery and scald your dupes. Meanwhile glossy dreckos just require some dirt/water for the plants, a bit of dupe attention, and a hydrogen filled room (which is the trickiest part of the whole set up). And early plastic is very useful for a lot of stuff. It's something you'll always want a little of but not something you'll need a ton of unless you're remodelling your base entirely in plastic or building transit tubes to everywhere. So the constant, small scale bioplastic production is perfect for your needs. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101460-glossy-dreckos/#findComment-1139939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waifu Wars Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 1:20 AM, Neotuck said: Yes Most people feed them meal wood but I prefer BB as water is easier to sustain than dirt A lot of people have their own designs but I have not seen one as effective as mine, feel free to use it you are everywhere on this form with your good ideas! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101460-glossy-dreckos/#findComment-1140591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neotuck Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, Waifu Wars said: you are everywhere on this form with your good ideas! It's nice to be acknowledged, thank you Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101460-glossy-dreckos/#findComment-1140593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulwind Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 And with the new qol update, you use way, way more fiber than before. Ends up making regular dreckos worth it too. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101460-glossy-dreckos/#findComment-1140848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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