Hey folks,

I'm rank 700 and sitting around 16k artifact production. I've known for a while the important of artifacts, and have been focusing on it since around rank 400, but I'm nowhere close to other posters on these forums, even those ~200 ranks below me or newer than me. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I go on a scan run whenever my planet scanned is low, and I actively seek artifact planets. I'm also a big fish in my legion, so I get dibs on planets others would not be able to invade.

I don't have a Dyson or Gaia planet, but they can't possibly make *that* much difference, right? Any tips?

Thanks in advance!

It takes time!! I'm rank 515 and my arti production is just over 17K, but i have been working on it since about rank 100, so not surprising I'm higher than you. You may already know this, but some things to help you increase your arti are (aside from taking arti planets!!)

1. Missions - the Taltherian chain gives you the urbanise ability (ie make 15x, 20x, 22x arti planets) and Trellith chain gives you some great artis to put on your planets to increase your arti production. Their are other ones that will help, but those are probably the best two.
2. Major NPC'ing - this will get you more Troop Carriers and more terraformers.
3. Money - Getting GP to get your mission exotic and dyson will give your arti production a major boost, but only if you can afford. You should be able to get the exotic without real world cash, just save up 10 terraformers.

Hope that helps

A Mission Dyson should pump out over 2000 arti per hour if you didn't know the first thing about how to set it up properly (much higher if you do). It would make for a 20-25% increase in your production so, yes it would be that big of a deal.

That said, a few things that can always help:

If an arti planet isn't better then 1x it should typically be set up for pure production. If you squeak 20/hour from 50 planets, you just upped your production by 1k.

2 "common" items that can always improve production from the ct lab: Galactic Concord Station, Hypergate. If you haven't already work on sticking one on every artifact planet you have.

Never underestimate the value of a planet where artifact richness is secondary. (Ie: Ecumenopolis, still treat it as an artifact planet and pump out every point from it you can).

Believe me, they do make a difference!

And I don't have the best build I can get on both planets, since I'm only rank 441 and don't have access to all the high-ranked npc drops

Just to give you some numbers on the importance of what you're missing

My top 42 ap worlds are responsible for over 60k ap/h which is just over half of my total ap/h so by ignoring max planets you are really limiting your self.

Make sure you are getting the most from each planet. I set up literally every planet that is not maxed out, or intended as a future project to be pure production.

No, no... Big planets don't make much of a difference.

Yeah not at all

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my total artifact production is less than Cen's 1 rift... im rank 499...