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The Reprocessor Stomach is an artificial body part introduced by the Royalty DLC that improves the metabolism and hunger rate of a pawn.

Acquisition

Reprocessor stomachs can be crafted at a Fabrication bench once the Artificial metabolism research project has been completed. The required techprint can be obtained either by trade or completing quests for the Empire. They require 15 Plasteel, 4 Advanced components, 26,000 ticks (7.22 mins) of work, and a Crafting skill of 8.

Alternatively, they can purchased from traders and outlander and empire settlements.

Summary

Body part

A reprocessor stomach replaces the user's organic stomach. The reprocessor stomach has a part efficiency of 125%. This not only fully replaces the functionality of a normal stomach - when coupled with the stomach body part having a Metabolism importance of 50%, it results in an increase in metabolism of +12.5% over natural. Metabolism, in turn, improves the rest rate multiplier by +3.75%, meaning the colonist will require slightly less sleep.

Eating capacity, eating speed, and food poisoning chances are unaffected.

Other effects

A reprocessor stomach reduces the hunger rate of a pawn by 25%, meaning they only require 3/4 the food to live. Contrary to what is displayed on the item info card this effect is applied as an offset to the hunger rate instead of a multiplier. All artificial stomachs are immune to gut worms, and installing one will instantly cure the disease. Unlike the bionic stomach, but similar to the other Royalty DLC stomach replacements, EMPing a pawn with a reprocessor stomach will force them to vomit.

Installation

Installing the part requires 2,500 ticks (41.67 secs) of work, 2x medicine of herbal quality or better, and a Medical skill of 5.

Removing the part requires 2,000 ticks (33.33 secs) of work, 1x medicine of herbal quality or better, and has no Medical skill requirements.

If the operation fails, the part will be destroyed.

Analysis

The reprocessor stomach is a cheaper way to reduce time sleeping than upgrading to a royal bed, however both can be combined.

While EMP-wielding enemies are relatively rare, friendly fire is a relevant concern on melee pawns as using EMP grenades and melee attackers on Centipedes is a common and successful tactic. Having a reprocessor stomach on those melee pawns will result in them vomiting and negatively affecting this tactic and others like it. However, this can also be exploited against enemies with part, as well as against escaping prisoners or rebellious slaves. For the latter two options however, use of an implant that causes brain shock may be more useful as it downs the pawn, rather than merely causes temporary vomiting.

As for the reduction in hunger rate, it is important to note that since it stacks additively with hunger offsets such as smokeleaf high and neural superchargers, rather than multiplicatively, the effect may be much weaker than expected in combination of other modifiers.

Comparisons

The Royalty DLC introduced a number of stomach replacements to complement the base bionic stomach, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. All three of these variants include the benefits offered by the bionic stomach in addition to their unique benefits however they are also susceptible to EMP, causing the pawn to vomit uncontrollably for a short length of time.

Bionic Stomach

In comparison to the reprocessor stomach, the bionic stomach eliminates the vulnerability to EMP in exchange for requiring 33.3% more food.

Sterilizing Stomach

In comparison to the reprocessor stomach, the sterilizing stomach eliminates the risk of food poisoning in exchange for requiring 33.3% more food.

Nuclear Stomach

The nuclear stomach combines the benefits of both the sterilizing and reprocessor stomachs, reducing the amount of food a pawn requires by a whopping 75% and eliminating the risk of food poisoning at the cost of inflicting torso cancer on average once 120 in-game days.

Stomach	Cost	Digestion	Hunger Rate	Food poisoning	Side effects	Market Value
Stomach	-	1x	1x			-
Bionic stomach	10+ 3	1.125x	1x	×50%		785
Sterilizing stomach	15+ 4	1.125x	1x			1,030
Reprocessor stomach	15+ 4	1.125x	0.75x			1,030
Nuclear stomach	15+ 4	1.125x	0.25x		Carcinoma	1,030
Fleshmass stomach	-	1x	1x		+8% Pain	??^{[Detail needed]}

Artificial body parts

Arm/Hand: Archotech arm • Bionic arm • Power claw • Prosthetic arm • Wooden hand • Drill arm • Elbow blade • Field hand • Hand talon • Venom talon • Flesh tentacle • Flesh whip
Head: Archotech eye • Bionic eye • Bionic ear • Bionic jaw • Bionic tongue • Cochlear implant • Denture • Aesthetic nose
Head implants: Joywire • Painstopper • Circadian assistant • Circadian half-cycler • Gastro-analyzer • Learning assistant • Mindscrew • Neurocalculator • Psychic harmonizer • Psychic reader • Psychic sensitizer • Venom fangs • Control sublink (Standard, High) • Mechlink • Mech gestation processor • Remote repairer • Remote shielder • Repair probe
Spine: Bionic spine • Revenant vertebrae
Stomach: Bionic stomach • Nuclear stomach • Reprocessor stomach • Sterilizing stomach • Fleshmass stomach
Heart: Bionic heart • Prosthetic heart • Heart • Adrenal heart • Corrosive heart • Metalblood heart
Lung: Lung • Detoxifier lung • Fleshmass lung
Kidney: Kidney • Detoxifier kidney
Organs: Liver
Visceral implants: Death acidifier • Aesthetic shaper • Coagulator • Healing enhancer • Armorskin gland • Stoneskin gland • Toughskin gland • Immunoenhancer • Love enhancer • Ghoul plating • Ghoul barbs
Leg/Foot: Archotech leg • Bionic leg • Prosthetic leg • Peg leg • Wooden foot • Knee spike
Related: Psylink neuroformer • Xenogerm
Deprecated: Scyther blade • Psychic silencer

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-The '''Reprocessor Stomach''' is an [[artificial body part]] introduced by the [[Royalty DLC]] that improves the [[metabolism]] and hunger rate of a pawn.
+The '''Reprocessor Stomach''' is an [[artificial body part]] introduced by the [[Royalty DLC]] that improves the [[metabolism]] and [[Saturation#hunger rate|hunger rate]] of a pawn.
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 === Other effects ===
-A reprocessor stomach reduces the hunger rate of a pawn by 25%, meaning they only require 3/4 the [[food]] to live. All artificial stomachs are immune to [[gut worms]], and installing one will instantly cure the disease. Unlike the [[bionic stomach]], but similar to the other Royalty DLC stomach replacements, [[EMP]]ing a pawn with a reprocessor stomach will force them to vomit.
+A reprocessor stomach reduces the hunger rate of a pawn by {{Good|25%}}, meaning they only require 3/4 the [[food]] to live. Contrary to what is displayed on the item info card this effect is applied as an offset to the hunger rate instead of a multiplier. All artificial stomachs are immune to [[gut worms]], and installing one will instantly cure the disease. Unlike the [[bionic stomach]], but similar to the other Royalty DLC stomach replacements, [[EMP]]ing a pawn with a reprocessor stomach will force them to vomit.
 === Installation ===
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 The reprocessor stomach is a cheaper way to reduce time sleeping than upgrading to a [[royal bed]], however both can be combined.
 While EMP-wielding enemies are relatively rare, friendly fire is a relevant concern on melee pawns as using [[EMP grenades]] and melee attackers on [[Centipede]]s is a common and successful tactic. Having a reprocessor stomach on those melee pawns will result in them vomiting and negatively affecting this tactic and others like it. However, this can also be exploited against enemies with part, as well as against escaping [[prisoner]]s or rebellious [[slaves]].{{IdeologyIcon}} For the latter two options however, use of an implant that causes [[brain shock]] may be more useful as it downs the pawn, rather than merely causes temporary vomiting.
+As for the reduction in hunger rate, it is important to note that since it stacks ''additively'' with hunger offsets such as [[Smokeleaf joint#smokeleaf high|smokeleaf high]] and [[Neural supercharger#neural superchargers|neural superchargers]]{{IdeologyIcon}}, rather than multiplicatively, the effect may be much weaker than expected in combination of other modifiers.
 === Comparisons ===