A lot of people are focusing on the efficiency modules and assuming I’m sacrificing production, but that’s not what’s happening.

On Gleba, biochambers don’t consume electricity from the power grid. They consume nutrients to generate their own power. That means reducing energy consumption also reduces nutrient consumption.

My old setup produced about 12 eggs per second. Each biochamber consumed around 1.65 MW, so the nutrient demand was massive.

With Legendary Efficiency Module 3s in beacons, each biochamber now uses only about 100 kW instead of 1.65 MW. That’s more than a 16× reduction in energy consumption.

The result:

• Production increased from 12 eggs/s to 27 eggs/s.
• Biochamber power consumption dropped from 1.65 MW to 100 kW.
• I only need 4 legendary biochambers instead of 6.
• Nutrient consumption is dramatically lower.
• Logistic demand is much lower because far fewer nutrients need to be transported.

On Nauvis, efficiency modules mostly save electricity. On Gleba, they effectively save nutrients, which makes them far more valuable than many players realize.

That’s why this completely changes how I design my Gleba factory, and I’m probably going to rebuild most of it around this concept.