Metals/Gas/Crystal

Metals, Gas, and Crystal are the three utility resources in Colony. They have no supply cap and are represented in game instead of as SPL tokens. They are the primary currency for building upgrades.

Base Production Rates

A standard planet produces:

ResourceBase Rate
Metals4,000/hr
Gas4,000/hr
Crystal4,000/hr

Planet type bonuses add +500/hr to your primary resource (or +0.1/hr Stardust for Starfield planets).

Production

  • Passive Production

Buildings on your planet continuously generate resources. Upgrade buildings to increase rates.

  • Mining

Complete the daily mining activity for up to a 10% production boost. This bonus is capped and resets daily.

  • (Coming Soon) Stardust Trade-In

Trade Stardust for loot boxes containing randomized amounts of utility resources.

Utility

Building Upgrades

LevelMetalsGasCrystalTotal Cost
Level 130,00070,000100,000200,000
Level 240,00090,000150,000280,000
Level 350,000110,000200,000360,000
Level 460,000130,000200,000390,000
Level 570,000150,000200,000420,000
Level 680,000170,000250,000500,000
Level 7100,000200,000300,000600,000

Stardust Building Upgrades

Unlock passive Stardust generation by spending utility resources.

Stardust LevelMetalsGasCrystalTotal
Level 1100,000100,000100,000300,000
Level 2300,000300,000300,000900,000
Level 3500,000500,000500,0001,500,000