Chemlab

The Chem Lab is one of MCLabs’ main systems for crafting chem compounds out of raw chems. To begin utilizing the Chem Lab, use either /chemlab or /lab to open the Chem Lab GUI. From here you can complete all Chem Lab actions and navigate to different menus inside the GUI. See below for more information on this system and how to use it!

Chem Lab Basics

Unlocking Formulas

Each base chem has a set of compounds that can be crafted within the Chem Lab GUI. However, in order to craft these compounds, you must first unlock their unique formulas. Ranks gradually provide access to new chem compound formula unlocks, with the first unlock being awarded at the Bioengineer rank. Chem Lord status allows players to unlock all chem compound formulas within the Chem Lab.

• See the Ranks page for info. on which ranks provide additional formula unlocks

• You can see how many formula unlocks you have available by hovering over the nether star in the Chem Lab GUI

• You cannot craft a compound in the Chem Lab until its formula has been unlocked, although using a crafting table to craft chem compounds (see /recipes in-game) is always a slow but reliable option

Crafting Recipes

Once you have unlocked the formula for a compound, you can begin crafting it through the Chem Lab GUI.

For example, if you have a carrot and potato farm (a common starter farm), a great early-game compound to unlock is Cartatonide:

1. Open the Chem Lab GUI with /chemlab
2. Navigate to one of the base chems you are working with (e.g., Carrotenium or Potatium)
3. Click on it to view all of the available compounds that are derivatives of the base chem
4. You will now see:
   • The required base chems for the compound
   • The ratio of base chems to craft the compound
   • The output compound
5. With all of the required ingredients in your inventory, you can then left-click to craft as many times as possible, or right-click to craft only once!

Note the ratio of base chems required to craft a compound! Make sure that you have enough of each of the base chems considering the ratio, or else you will not be able to craft the compound!

Returning to our example, lets look at the Cartatonide recipe:

• This recipe requires these base chems:
  • 1x Carrotenium
  • 1x Potatium
• This recipe yields this compound:
  • 1x Cartatonide

Note how this is a 1:1 crafting ratio, meaning that for every 1x Carrotenium, you will need 1x Potatium to craft the recipe. This makes the recipe one of the easiest recipes for beginners to start with!

Consequently, selling 1x Cartatonide will yield 1x Carrotenium prestige progress (before multipliers are considered when selling) and also 1x Potatium prestige progress. Thus, it's easier and more profitable to craft and then run chem compounds as opposed to just running the base chems separately!

Chem Names

From within the Chem Lab GUI, you can click on the name tag at the top-left of the GUI to view all Chem Names. This menu splits all of the chems into three brackets:

• Manual Chems
• Automatic Chems
• Refined Chems

Note that you can also access this page directly with the command /chemnames!

Chem Lab Calculator

The Chem Lab Calculator is a powerful tool that helps you plan your crafting and selling goals. To access the Chem Lab Calculator, follow these steps:

1. Open the Chem Lab GUI with /chemlab and click on the redstone dust at the top-left of the GUI
2. Navigate to the base chem that you would like to run a calculation on

Within the Chem Lab Calculator for a specific chem, you can modify the calculation:

• Click on the Emerald to view the required inventories of the chem remaining to complete the prestige progress for the chem

• Click on the White Cross to change the quantity of chems being calculated

• Click on the Green $ to change the Money Multiplier

• Click on the Pink P to change the Prestige Progress Multiplier

• Click on the Blue L to change the Leaderboard Score Multiplier

From there, hovering over the chem in the center of the GUI will show you:

• The quantity being calculated

• The cash that will be generated from selling the specified quantity of that chem, after any Money Multipliers

• The prestige progress that will be generated from selling the specified quantity of that chem, after any Prestige Progress Multipliers

• The leaderboard score that will be generated from selling the specified quantity of that chem, after any Leaderboard Score Multipliers

You can use the Chem Lab Calculator to calculate the results of selling your chems on boosts at various rates. Note that you currently cannot accurately adjust the calculator for different dealer rates, but this is a planned improvement coming soon!

Chem Lab Energy

Chem Lab Energy boosts your crafting efficiency when using Chem Lab!

Depositing Chem Lab Energy

To deposit energy:

1. Open the Chem Lab GUI with /chemlab
2. Left-click the Amethyst Shard in the top-right corner of the Chem Lab GUI
3. Deposit any of the following materials for Chem Lab Energy:

   Material (1x)	Lab Energy Output
   Coal	3 Energy
   Copper Ingot	4.5 Energy
   Iron Ingot	12 Energy
   Emerald	150 Energy

Using Chem Lab Energy

To use energy, right-click the Amethyst Shard in the top-right corner of the Chem Lab GUI! This will enable the use of Chem Lab Energy when crafting compounds:

• +10% Output Bonus: Your output will be increased by approximately 10%

• 0.2 Energy Per Craft: Each craft consumes around 0.2 energy from your stored supply

• Chemtainer Deposit: Bonus chems will go into your Chemtainer

Chemtainer

Your chemtainer is where you can store your chems for quick access in other worlds, or quick storage while you're farming. /chemtainer or /ch to access the chemtainer GUI. Quickly deposit chems from your inventory into your chemtainer with /ch qd. Quickly move chems from your chemtainer into your inventory with /ch withdraw <chemname>, the chems that you have in your chemtainer will be "tabbable" (can use tab-to-complete instead of typing out the full chem name). Your chemtainer capacity increases as you rank up. See Ranks for more information on chemtainer capacity increases!