Light Bulb count?

[blueknite]

Im new to the game, and im trying to research but i dont have any research points so i just wanted to ask how to acquire them?

[Toaster Fu]

Welcome! Build a science machine and put stuff in it. A good rule to keep in mind is the rarer the item the more science points you will get.

[blueknite]

OHHHHH XD , thank you! that makes a crazy amount of sense

[PringleMan]

I usually pump gold into it. That seems the most cost effective item to feed it at the early game. It does not take much to get a few gold nuggets and they give a pretty good amount of tech

[Bogpad]

you can always use digged up grass tufts, they give 20 points, 5 more than gold, and are the fastest thing to get, you just have to be carefull to not overdo it, since they are, while plenty, still not infinite.

[Sara]

not infinite.

true, but you don't need them in the game... (the digged up items)

[Bogpad]

true, but you don't need them in the game... (the digged up items)

well, you can always replant them. I would not dig up grass near my camp to feed it to the machine, because at some point, I start gathering grass tufts to place them within the light radius of my camp in bunches, so I can harvest them during nighttime and don't need to waste time on this during day, same with saplings. Thats why I would only feed tufts to the science machine that I gathered on more uninteresting islands that most likely will never be inhabitated by me at any point of my current life.