Drug lab

The drug lab is a production building that allows the crafting of medicine and a number of drugs.

Acquisition

Drug labs can be constructed once the Drug production research project has been completed. They require 50 Stuff (Metallic/Woody, 500 for SMVs), 75 Steel, 6 Components, 3,500 ticks (58.33 secs) of work, and a Construction skill of 4.

Despite the Intellectual skill being the primary factor in using a lab, the building of one does not rely on it.

Summary

Colonists that are incapable of Intellectual work can't be assigned to tasks in a drug lab, even to make drugs that use the Drug Cooking Speed (i.e. Cooking skill) to manufacture, such as smokeleaf joints. Colonists must also be assigned to the Craft work type to use the lab.

The following items can be crafted at the drug lab:

Name	Materials	Work to Make	Required Research	Type
Flake	4	000,250 ticks (4.17 secs)	Psychite refining	Drug - Hard Drug
4× Flake	16	001,000 ticks (16.67 secs)	Psychite refining	Drug - Hard Drug
Go-juice	2 + 1	000,600 ticks (10 secs)	Go-juice production	Drug - Hard Drug
4× Go-juice	8 + 4	002,400 ticks (40 secs)	Go-juice production	Drug - Hard Drug
Wake-up	2	000,900 ticks (15 secs)	Wake-up production	Drug - Hard Drug
4× Wake-up	8	003,600 ticks (1 min)	Wake-up production	Drug - Hard Drug
Yayo	8	000,350 ticks (5.83 secs)	Psychite refining	Drug - Hard Drug
4× Yayo	32	001,400 ticks (23.33 secs)	Psychite refining	Drug - Hard Drug
Penoxycyline	2	000,600 ticks (10 secs)	Penoxycyline production	Drug - Medical Drug
4× Penoxycyline	8	002,400 ticks (40 secs)	Penoxycyline production	Drug - Medical Drug
Smokeleaf joint	4	000,450 ticks (7.5 secs)	–	Drug - Social drug
4× Smokeleaf joint	16	001,800 ticks (30 secs)	–	Drug - Social drug
Medicine	3 + 1 + 1	000,700 ticks (11.67 secs)	Medicine production	Medical Items - Medicine
4× Medicine	12 + 4 + 4	002,800 ticks (46.67 secs)	Medicine production	Medical Items - Medicine

Analysis

Drug labs allow you to produce many substances, provided you have the research for them. Go-juice and wake-up are powerful emergency drugs. Flake can be a strong source of income. The drug lab itself is quite affordable; the main cost is the research required for each drug.

While most drugs require the lab to manufacture them, smokeleaf joints can also be made at a crafting spot, however this takes twice as long due to the crafting spot's workspeed penalty. Smokeleaf joints are the only product made at this bench that is dependent on the crafter's Drug Cooking Speed stat (i.e. their Cooking skill) rather than their Drug Synthesis Speed stat (i.e. their Intellectual).

Stats table

Drug lab	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Material	Beauty	Work to Build	HP	Flammability	Market Value
Bioferrite	0	008,750 ticks (2.43 mins)	240	75%	405
Gold	20	003,150 ticks (52.5 secs)	72	40%	5,345
Plasteel	0	007,700 ticks (2.14 mins)	336	0%	810
Silver	6	003,500 ticks (58.33 secs)	84	40%	845
Steel	0	003,500 ticks (58.33 secs)	120	40%	440
Uranium	0	006,650 ticks (1.85 mins)	300	0%	660
Wood	0	002,450 ticks (40.83 secs)	78	100%	405