Biosculpter pod

A Biosculpter pod is a new building added by the Ideology DLC. It's unlocked by researching Bioscuplting. It's very important to colonies with Transhumanist ideoligion, but other colonies can still build and use it.

Acquisition

The biosculpter pod can be built with 120 Steel, 4 Components and 28,000 ticks (7.78 mins) of work.

Summary

It can perform three different operations on a colonist. After an operation, the pod becomes attuned to that colonist, forbidding usage by other colonists for 60 days. Each operation takes between 4 to 10 days to complete. The time to complete is affected by room cleanliness and is further reduced by half for colonists with Transhumanist ideoligion. It also requires nutrients to complete a cycle, which needs to be loaded by colonists. It accepts things like human meat and kibble, without mood impact on colonists, but does not accept hay.

Room cleanliness increases the speed of the the biosculpting cycle, with cleaner rooms being faster. 0.6 cleanliness (Sterile tile flooring) grants a 115% speed-factor.

A colonist inside the biosculpting pod will have the progression of any diseases stopped for the duration of the pod operation. The pod will not cure the disease or have any other effect on it.

In the case of power loss, the biosculpting will pause until power is restored or 24 hours pass without power, at which the biosculpting cycle will automatically be interrupted and the colonist will be ejected. They will get Biosculpting sickness temporarily

Note: Drug highs and tolerances do not decay while in a pod, but the time for scheduled use still progresses. Thus a pawn may take a dose, get in a pod, have the timer to their next dose tick down, and then take a second scheduled dose while still under the effects of the first. This can turn otherwise safe or low risk drug schedules into dangerous ones and runs the risk of addictions. Food poisoning and toxic buildup similarly do not progress while in the pod.

Healing

Healing costs 10 nutrients and takes 10 days to complete. It heals all fresh wounds and one random injury. It can heal scars, including brain scars. It does not heal: Alzheimer's, Dementia, Frail, Cataracts, Frail, Bad back, Asthma, Toxic buildup, missing body parts, Luciferium need, addictions or diseases.

Age reversal

Age reversal costs 10 nutrients and takes 10 days to complete. It reverses one year of aging, to a minimum colonist age of 18. Colonists with Transhumanist ideoligions are granted Received age reversal thought, which adds 3 mood for 4 days, but they will expect yearly treatments.

Pleasure

Pleasure costs 5 nutrients and takes 4 days to complete. It grants Biosculptor Pleasure Cycle thought, giving +10 mood for 12 days.

Analysis

Age reversal is only important when a colonist is getting close to turning 50 years old biologically (the non-bracketed number listed for their age), or is already 50 or older. While you can do age reversal pre-emptively, it may be worthwhile to hold off unless the colonist has nothing to do for a while.

Healing can be extremely valuable, especially for scars on the torso, neck, and head, which can't be replaced by bionics. Repairing these scars would otherwise require a rare Healer mech serum or a permanent commitment to luciferium.

Because of the 60 day delay before the pod can be used by another colonist, some colonies may find it effective to repeatedly biosculpt one colonist, giving them age reversal, all the healing they can accept, and a pleasure cycle all in a row.

There currently is an exploit that allows you to uninstall active biosculpters and still have them biosculpt a pawn without consuming power or nutrition.

It can be very helpful to keep a pod with a healing cycle prepared, that isn't bound to any particular colonist. This can not only save on many medicine, but also save the life of a colonist that you might not otherwise have been able to treat in time. Having a waiting pod near your colony defenses allows pawns to rapidly be placed in the pod - as they are effectively suspended as soon as they enter the pod, and all injuries will be healed once the cycle is complete, this effectively guarantees that a pawn that makes it to the pod will survive, even if they had seconds to live. They will also be free of any risk of infection. The downside to this is the increased healing time over traditional methods.

Version History

Ideology DLC Release - Added.
1.3.3069 - Reduce nutrition required for biosculpting from 20 to 10 for healing and age reversal cycles.

Architect

Misc: Caravan hitching spot • Egg box • Grave • Marriage spot • Party spot • Pen marker • Sarcophagus • Tool cabinet • Meditation spot • Nature shrine (Large, Small)
(research): Comms console • Cryptosleep casket • Firefoam popper • Ground-penetrating scanner • Long-range mineral scanner • Moisture pump • Multi-analyzer • Orbital trade beacon • Pod launcher • Stele (Large, Grand) • Transport pod • Vitals monitor • Ship landing beacon