Buildings > Star Rack

= Star Rack = Used to create stars, which are used in a Fireworks Mortar. Once created, stars dry on the rack for a period of time (30 seconds per star). Up to 100 stars can be made in each batch.

Drying times:

• 2 stars: 60 seconds
• 7 stars: 3 minutes 30 seconds
• 26 stars: 13 minutes
• 40 stars: 20 minutes
• 100 stars: 50 minutes

To build:

Costs:

• 4 copperwire
• 40 boards
• 4 canvas

Built: in a compound, uses 7x7 cells

Skill/Tech required: Pyrotechnics

Star Details

By statistics

Binders:

• beeswax
• tar
• cactus sap

Some stars also need Aluminum Powder

All stars need some variety of metal salt:

Aluminum Antimony Copper Gold Iron Lead Lithium Platinum Silver Titanium Tin Tungsten Zinc

In alphabetical order of metal salt Per 10 stars (the minimum that does not involve rounding):

Star Name	Binder	Salt	Sulfur	Charcoal	Aluminum Powder?
Banana Dream (ND)	9 Tar	47 - Aluminum	8 Sulfur	26 Charcoal	26 Aluminium Powder
Squat Canary (common)	14 Cactus Sap	10 - Aluminum	3 Sulfur	15 Charcoal	none
Ice Comet (PB)	16 Cactus Sap	25 - Aluminum 70 - Silver	3 Sulfur	23 Charcoal	none
Light (PB)	5 Tar	123 - Aluminium 33 - Silver	9 Sulfur	13 Charcoal	13 Aluminium Powder
Zhadu Star (Karnak)	9 Tar	92 - Aluminum	14 Sulfur	14 Charcoal	14 Aluminum Powder
Bundle of Joy (Sinai)	5 Cactus Sap	48 - Antimony	6 Sulfur	23 Charcoal	none
Deep Flame (PB)	18 Cactus Sap	41 - Copper 53 - Silver	4 Sulfur	47 Charcoal	none
Dragon's Breath (Karnak)	16 Cactus Sap	12 - Copper	7 Sulfur	31 Charcoal	none
Faerie Duster (VoK)	15 Tar	16 - Copper	11 Sulfur	74 Charcoal	74 Aluminum Powder
Fire Fly (Upper Nubia)	13 Cactus Sap	6 - Copper	5 Sulfur	13 Charcoal	none
Party Popper (RSO)	16 Clay	12 - Copper	15 Sulfur	5 Charcoal	32 Aluminum Powder
Sky Poppy (PB)	5 Clay	77 - Copper	18 Sulfur	5 Charcoal	38 Aluminium Powder
Spark (PB)	6 Cactus Sap	8 - Copper 32 - Zinc	2 Sulfur	16 Charcoal	none
Tangerine Dream (PB)	17 beeswax	14 - Copper	9 Sulfur	28 Charcoal	none
Cotton Candy (Karnak)	7 Beeswax	22 - Gold	15 Sulfur	53 Charcoal	none
Fizzberry (Karnak)	10 tar	7 - Gold	15 Sulfur	26 Charcoal	26 Aluminum Powder
Flowersy (PB)	20 Tar	67 - Gold 46 - Lead	14 Sulfur	34 Charcoal	34 Aluminium Powder
Rusty Comet (PB)	7 beeswax	67 - Iron	8 Sulfur	57 Charcoal	none
Frozen (PB)	10 Cactus Sap	26 - Tungsten 42 - Iron	5 Sulfur	14 Charcoal	none
Emerald Light (PB)	9 Cactus Sap	65 - Lead	3 Sulfur	38 Charcoal	none
Aqua Marine (Sinai)	12 Tar	23 - Lead	9 Sulfur	25 Charcoal	25 Aluminium Powder
Blue Thunder (Sinai)	13 beeswax	136 - Lithium	15 Sulfur	44 Charcoal	none
Blue Wonder (Sinai)	14 Tar	254 - Lithium	6 Sulfur	30 Charcoal	30 Aluminum Powder
Citrus Trail (PB)	16 Tar	22 - Magnesium 18 -Tin	11 Sulfur	39 Charcoal	39 Aluminium Powder
Thin Red Line (Karnak)	18 Cactus Sap	6 - Platinum	1 Sulfur	68 Charcoal	none
Amisis' Arrow (CotS)	7 Cactus Sap	14 - Platinum	1 Sulfur	69 Charcoal	none
Raspberry (VoK)	11 Tar	28 - Platinum	9 Sulfur	27 Charcoal	27 Aluminum Powder
Glitter Dust (ND)	6 Tar	53 Platinum	13 Sulfur	111 Charcoal	111 Aluminium Powder
Ibis (PB)	9 Beeswax	78 Salts of Platinum	22 Sulfur	41 Charcoal	none
Clarity (PB)	8 Cactus Sap	14 - Silver 8 - Tin	4 Sulfur	48 Charcoal	none
Fred (ND) (Popper!)	18 Clay	27 - Silver	8 Sulfur	20 Charcoal	18 Aluminium Powder
Pulsing Light (Karnak)	17 Cactus Sap	9 - Silver	7 Sulfur	14 Charcoal	none
Big Blue Balls (RSO)	17 Cactus Sap	58 - Silver	7 Sulfur	92 Charcoal	none
Raindrop (PB)	15 Cactus Sap	83 - Silver 24 - Gold	7 Sulfur	12 Charcoal	none
Icicle (LN)	11 Cactus Sap	105 - Silver	3 Sulfur	42 Charcoal	none
Jewel (PB)	19 Cactus Sap	78 - Silver 88 - Zinc	7 Sulfur	18 Charcoal	none
Snowball (RSO)	18 Beeswax	8 - Strontium	24 Sulfur	32 Charcoal	none
Blue Bolt (Sinai)	12 Tar	87 - Strontium	2 Sulfur	24 Charcoal	24 Aluminum Powder
Green Beauty (PB)	20 Tar	14 - Tin	15 Sulfur	21 Charcoal	21 Aluminium Powder
Javelin (PB)	5 Tar	20 - Tin 34 - Gold	1 Sulfur	12 Charcoal	12 Aluminium Powder
Leaf (PB)	17 Cactus Sap	130 - Tin	1 Sulfur	18 Charcoal	12 Aluminium Powder
Clear Sky (PB)	8 Tar	78 - Titanium	16 Sulfur	13 Charcoal	13 Aluminium Powder
Green Pulsar (RSO)	13 Cactus Sap	49 - Titanium 27 - Tungsten	6 Sulfur	62 Charcoal	none
Still Water (Sinai)	6 Tar	29 - Titanium	17 Sulfur	28 Charcoal	28 Aluminium Powder
Broken Martini (Sinai)	8 Tar	12 - Tungsten	22 Sulfur	38 Charcoal	38 Aluminum Powder
Beautiful Lights (PB)	7 beeswax	6 - Tungsten	20 Sulfur	13 Charcoal	none
Bubble yum (Karnak)	16 beeswax	57 - Tungsten	5 Sulfur	99 Charcoal	none
Flying Frog (common)	11 Cactus Sap	10 - Zinc	5 Sulfur	10 Charcoal	none
Green Comit (VoK)	9 beeswax	80 - Zinc	21 Sulfur	10 Charcoal	none
Limelights (PB)	18 Cactus Sap	110 - Zinc	6 Sulfur	17 Charcoal	none
Vomit Comet (ND)	12 Cactus Sap	21 - Zinc 36 - Tin	6 Sulfur	63 Charcoal	none

... how many of these can I afford?

Ordered by cost in metal salts Per 10 stars (the minimum that does not involve rounding):

Star Name	Binder	Salt	Sulfur	Charcoal	Aluminum Powder?
Fire Fly (Upper Nubia)	13 Cactus Sap	6 - Copper	5 Sulfur	13 Charcoal	none
Thin Red Line (Karnak)	18 Cactus Sap	6 - Platinum	1 Sulfur	68 Charcoal	none
Beautiful Lights (PB)	7 beeswax	6 - Tungsten	20 Sulfur	13 Charcoal	none
Fizzberry (Karnak)	10 tar	7 - Gold	15 Sulfur	26 Charcoal	26 Aluminum Powder
Snowball (RSO)	18 Beeswax	8 - Strontium	24 Sulfur	32 Charcoal	none
Pulsing Light (Karnak)	17 Cactus Sap	9 - Silver	7 Sulfur	14 Charcoal	none
Flying Frog (common)	11 Cactus Sap	10 - Zinc	5 Sulfur	10 Charcoal	none
Squat Canary (common)	14 Cactus Sap	10 - Aluminum	3 Sulfur	15 Charcoal	none
Dragon's Breath (Karnak)	16 Cactus Sap	12 - Copper	7 Sulfur	31 Charcoal	none
Party Popper (RSO)	16 Clay	12 - Copper	15 Sulfur	5 Charcoal	32 Aluminum Powder
Broken Martini (Sinai)	8 Tar	12 - Tungsten	22 Sulfur	38 Charcoal	38 Aluminum Powder
Tangerine Dream (PB)	17 beeswax	14 - Copper	9 Sulfur	28 Charcoal	none
Amisis' Arrow (CotS)	7 Cactus Sap	14 - Platinum	1 Sulfur	69 Charcoal	none
Green Beauty (PB)	20 Tar	14 - Tin	15 Sulfur	21 Charcoal	21 Aluminium Powder
Faerie Duster (VoK)	15 Tar	16 - Copper	11 Sulfur	74 Charcoal	74 Aluminum Powder
Clarity (PB)	8 Cactus Sap	14 - Silver 8 - Tin	4 Sulfur	48 Charcoal	none
Cotton Candy (Karnak)	7 Beeswax	22 - Gold	15 Sulfur	53 Charcoal	none
Aqua Marine (Sinai)	12 Tar	23 - Lead	9 Sulfur	25 Charcoal	25 Aluminium Powder
Fred (ND) (Popper!)	18 Clay	27 - Silver	8 Sulfur	20 Charcoal	18 Aluminium Powder
Raspberry (VoK)	11 Tar	28 - Platinum	9 Sulfur	27 Charcoal	27 Aluminum Powder
Still Water (Sinai)	6 Tar	29 - Titanium	17 Sulfur	28 Charcoal	28 Aluminium Powder
Spark (PB)	6 Cactus Sap	8 - Copper 32 - Zinc	2 Sulfur	16 Charcoal	none
Bundle of Joy (Sinai)	5 Cactus Sap	48 - Antimony	6 Sulfur	23 Charcoal	none
Citrus Trail (PB)	16 Tar	22 - Magnesium 18 -Tin	11 Sulfur	39 Charcoal	39 Aluminium Powder
Banana Dream (ND)	9 Tar	47 - Aluminum	8 Sulfur	26 Charcoal	26 Aluminium Powder
Glitter Dust (ND)	6 Tar	53 Platinum	13 Sulfur	111 Charcoal	111 Aluminium Powder
Javelin (PB)	5 Tar	20 - Tin 34 - Gold	1 Sulfur	12 Charcoal	12 Aluminium Powder
Bubble yum (Karnak)	16 beeswax	57 - Tungsten	5 Sulfur	99 Charcoal	none
Vomit Comet (ND)	12 Cactus Sap	21 - Zinc 36 - Tin	6 Sulfur	63 Charcoal	none
Big Blue Balls (RSO)	17 Cactus Sap	58 - Silver	7 Sulfur	92 Charcoal	none
Emerald Light (PB)	9 Cactus Sap	65 - Lead	3 Sulfur	38 Charcoal	none
Rusty Comet (PB)	7 beeswax	67 - Iron	8 Sulfur	57 Charcoal	none
Frozen (PB)	10 Cactus Sap	26 - Tungsten 42 - Iron	5 Sulfur	14 Charcoal	none
Green Pulsar (RSO)	13 Cactus Sap	49 - Titanium 27 - Tungsten	6 Sulfur	62 Charcoal	none
Sky Poppy (PB)	5 Clay	77 - Copper	18 Sulfur	5 Charcoal	38 Aluminium Powder
Ibis (PB)	9 Beeswax	78 Salts of Platinum	22 Sulfur	41 Charcoal	none
Clear Sky (PB)	8 Tar	78 - Titanium	16 Sulfur	13 Charcoal	13 Aluminium Powder
Green Comit (VoK)	9 beeswax	80 - Zinc	21 Sulfur	10 Charcoal	none
Blue Bolt (Sinai)	12 Tar	87 Strontium	2 Sulfur	24 Charcoal	24 Aluminum Powder
Zhadu Star (Karnak)	9 Tar	92 - Aluminum	14 Sulfur	14 Charcoal	14 Aluminum Powder
Deep Flame (PB)	18 Cactus Sap	41 - Copper 53 - Silver	4 Sulfur	47 Charcoal	none
Ice Comet (PB)	16 Cactus Sap	25 - Aluminum 70 - Silver	3 Sulfur	23 Charcoal	none
Icicle (LN)	11 Cactus Sap	105 - Silver	3 Sulfur	42 Charcoal	none
Raindrop (PB)	15 Cactus Sap	83 - Silver 24 - Gold	7 Sulfur	12 Charcoal	none
Limelights (PB)	18 Cactus Sap	110 - Zinc	6 Sulfur	17 Charcoal	none
Flowersy (PB)	20 Tar	67 - Gold 46 - Lead	14 Sulfur	34 Charcoal	34 Aluminium Powder
Leaf (PB)	17 Cactus Sap	130 - Tin	1 Sulfur	18 Charcoal	12 Aluminium Powder
Blue Thunder (Sinai)	13 beeswax	136 - Lithium	15 Sulfur	44 Charcoal	none
Light (PB)	5 Tar	123 - Aluminium 33 - Silver	9 Sulfur	13 Charcoal	13 Aluminium Powder
Jewel (PB)	19 Cactus Sap	78 - Silver 88 - Zinc	7 Sulfur	18 Charcoal	none
Blue Wonder (Sinai)	14 Tar	254 - Lithium	6 Sulfur	30 Charcoal	30 Aluminum Powder

By picture

Cost for 100 stars. You can make less stars per batch, the cost will be ceiling(cost*batch_size/100).

Amisis' Arrow (CotS)

• 70 Cactus Sap
• 140 Salts of Platinum
• 10 Sulfur
• 690 Charcoal

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Aqua Marine (Sinai)

• 120 Tar
• 230 Salts of Lead
• 90 Sulfur
• 250 Charcoal
• 250 Aluminum Powder

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Banana Dream (ND)

• 90 Tar
• 470 Salts of Aluminum
• 80 Sulfur
• 260 Charcoal
• 260 Aluminum Powder

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Beautiful Lights (PB)

• 70 beeswax
• 60 Salts of Tungsten
• 200 Sulfur
• 130 Charcoal

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Big Blue Balls (RSO)

• 170 Cactus Sap
• 580 Salts of Silver
• 70 Sulfur
• 920 Charcoal

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Blue Bolt (Sinai)

• 120 Tar
• 20 Sulfur
• 240 Charcoal
• 870 Salts of Strontium
• 240 Aluminum Powder

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Blue Thunder (Sinai)

• 130 beeswax
• 150 Sulfur
• 440 Charcoal
• 1360 Salts of Lithium

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Blue Wonder (Sinai)

• 140 Tar
• 60 Sulfur
• 300 Charcoal
• 2540 Salts of Lithium
• 300 Aluminum Powder

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Broken Martini (Sinai)

• 80 Tar
• 220 Sulfur
• 380 Charcoal
• 120 Salts of Tungsten
• 380 Aluminum Powder

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Bubble yum (Karnak)

• 160 beeswax
• 50 Sulfur
• 990 Charcoal
• 570 Salts of Tungsten

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Bundle of Joy (Sinai)

• 50 Cactus Sap
• 60 Sulfur
• 230 Charcoal
• 480 Salts of Antimony

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Citrus Trail (PB)

• 160 Tar
• 110 Sulfur
• 390 Charcoal
• 220 Salts of Magnesium
• 180 Salts of Tin
• 390 Aluminum Powder

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Clarity (PB)

• 80 Cactus Sap
• 40 Sulfur
• 480 Charcoal
• 140 Salts of Silver
• 80 Salts of Tin

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Clear Sky (PB)

• 80 Tar
• 160 Sulfur
• 130 Charcoal
• 780 Salts of Titanium
• 130 Aluminum Powder

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Cotton Candy (PB)

• 7 Beeswax
• 150 Sulfur
• 530 Charcoal
• 220 Salts of Gold

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Deep Flame (PB)

• 180 Cactus sap
• 40 Sulfur
• 470 Charcoal
• 410 Salts of Copper
• 530 Salts of Silver

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Dragon's Breath (Karnak)

• 160 Cactus sap
• 70 Sulfur
• 310 Charcoal
• 120 Salts of Copper

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Emerald Light (PB)

• 90 Cactus sap
• 30 Sulfur
• 380 Charcoal
• 650 Salts of Lead

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Faerie Duster (VoK):

• 150 Tar
• 160 Salts of Copper
• 110 Sulfur
• 740 Charcoal
• 740 Aluminum Powder

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Fire Fly (Upper Nubia):

• 130 Cactus Sap
• 50 Sulfur
• 130 Charcoal
• 60 Salts of Copper

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Fizzberry (Karnak)

• 100 tar
• 150 Sulfur
• 260 Charcoal
• 70 Salts of Gold
• 260 Aluminum Powder

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Flowersy (PB):

• 200 Tar
• 140 Sulfur
• 340 Charcoal
• 670 Salts of Gold
• 460 Salts of Lead
• 340 Aluminum Powder

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Flying Frog (Common):

• 110 Cactus Sap
• 50 Sulfur
• 100 Charcoal
• 100 Salts of Zinc

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Fred (ND)

• 180 Clay
• 270 Salts of Silver
• 80 Sulfur
• 200 Charcoal
• 180 Aluminum Powder

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Frozen (PB)

• 100 Cactus Sap
• 260 Salts of Tungsten
• 420 Salts of Iron
• 50 Sulfur
• 140 Charcoal

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Glitter Dust (ND)

• 60 Tar
• 130 Sulfur
• 1110 Charcoal
• 530 Salts of Platinum
• 1110 Aluminum Powder

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Green Beauty (PB)

• 200 Tar
• 150 Sulfur
• 210 Charcoal
• 140 Salts of Tin
• 210 Aluminum Powder

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Green Comit (VoK)

• 90 beeswax
• 210 Sulfur
• 100 Charcoal
• 800 Salts of Zinc

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Green Pulsar (RSO)

• 130 Cactus Sap
• 60 Sulfur
• 620 Charcoal
• 490 Salts of Titanium
• 270 Salts of Tungsten

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Ibis (PB)

• 90 Beeswax
• 220 Sulfur
• 410 Charcoal
• 780 Salts of Platinum

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Ice Comet (PB)

• 160 Cactus Sap
• 30 Sulfur
• 230 Charcoal
• 250 Salts of Aluminum
• 700 Salts of Silver

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Icicle (Lower Nubia)

• 110 Cactus Sap
• 30 Sulfur
• 420 Charcoal
• 1050 Salts of Silver

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Javelin (Pharaoh's Bay)

• 50 Tar
• 10 Sulfur
• 120 Charcoal
• 200 Salts of Tin
• 340 Salts of Gold
• 120 Aluminum Powder

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Jewel (Pharaoh's Bay):

• 190 Cactus Sap
• 70 Sulfur
• 180 Charcoal
• 880 Salts of Zinc
• 780 Salts of Silver

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Leaf ((Pharaoh's Bay):

• 170 Cactus Sap
• 10 Sulfur
• 180 Charcoal
• 1300 Salts of Tin

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Light (Pharaoh's Bay):

• 50 Tar
• 90 Sulfur
• 130 Charcoal
• 1230 Salts of Aluminum
• 330 Salts of Silver
• 130 Aluminum Powder

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Limelights (Pharaoh's Bay):

• 180 Cactus Sap
• 60 Sulfur
• 170 Charcoal
• 1100 Salts of Zinc

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Party Popper (RSO)

• 160 Clay
• 150 Sulfur
• 50 Charcoal
• 120 Salts of Copper
• 320 Aluminum Powder

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Pulsing Light (Karnak)

• 170 Cactus sap
• 70 Sulfur
• 140 Charcoal
• 90 Salts of Silver

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Raindrop (PB)

• 150 Cactus Sap
• 70 Sulfur
• 120 Charcoal
• 830 Salts of Silver
• 240 Salts of Gold

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Raspberry (VoK)

• 110 Tar
• 90 Sulfur
• 270 Charcoal
• 280 Salts of Platinum
• 270 Aluminum Powder

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Rusty Comet (PB)

• 70 Beeswax
• 80 Sulfur
• 570 Charcoal
• 670 Salts of Iron

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Sky Poppy (PB)

• 50 Clay
• 180 Sulfur
• 50 Charcoal
• 770 Salts of Copper
• 380 Aluminum Powder

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Snowball (RSO):

• 240 Sulfur
• 180 Beeswax
• 320 Charcoal
• 80 Salts of Strontium

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Spark (PB)

• 60 Cactus Sap
• 20 Sulfur
• 160 Charcoal
• 80 Salts of Copper
• 320 Salts of Zinc

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Squat Canary (Common):

• 140 Cactus Sap
• 30 Sulfur
• 150 Charcoal
• 100 Salts of Aluminum

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Still Water (Sinai):

• 60 Tar
• 170 Sulfur
• 280 Charcoal
• 290 Salts of Titanium
• 280 Aluminum Powder

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Tangerine Dream (PB)

• 170 beeswax
• 140 Salts of Copper
• 90 Sulfur
• 280 Charcoal

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Thin Red Line (Karnak)

• 180 Cactus Sap
• 10 Sulfur
• 680 Charcoal
• 60 Salts of Platinum

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Vomit Comet (ND):

• 120 Cactus Sap
• 60 Sulfur
• 630 Charcoal
• 210 Salts of Zinc
• 360 Salts of Tin

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Zhadu Star (Karnak)

• 90 Tar
• 140 Sulfur
• 140 Charcoal
• 920 Salts of Aluminum
• 140 Aluminum Powder

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Star Lab Information

Portable Star Labs are the method by which new stars may be discovered, for use in the Test of Pyrotechnics. Each university starts with the same two basic recipes, and can gain additional ones using Star Labs. Each university that has opened the Pyrotechnics technology will distribute approximately two Portable Star Labs to players per week, apparently at random intervals. After use, a lab can be turned in at any University that has opened Pyrotechnics (note: not necessarily the one from which it was received). Once a single university has received seven labs, the scientists there, also known as a random number generator, will select one of the seven submitted stars, and players will then be able to learn that recipe from that university, and only that university.

Star labs are pre-loaded with materials to fire 60 shots. After each shot, the owner is given the option of naming the shot that was just fired, selecting the shot that was just fired as the best so far, refiring the last shot without changing it, or firing a new random shot. Players other than the owner can register as watchers of the display, and will be able to see the stars as they are launched, and read the costs of the most recently-launched star. The owner of the lab has sole discretion over which star is selected as the "best" - it is not a voting process - but typically the owners solicit input from the watchers and make a collaborative decision. Once a final decision has been made and named, the lab can be turned in at a university. At this point, the number of watchers becomes important: this number is a weighting factor on how likely it is that that particular star design will be selected, once 7 total have been turned in. (Example: six labs are turned in with 1 watcher, and a seventh is turned in with 14 watchers. There will be a 70% chance that the seventh lab is the one selected)

Star labs seem to produce several basic kinds of stars: (not an exhaustive list yet)

• Pulsing stars - these have a strong glow on the first star, and usually leave a simple trail. There is considerable variability in the size of the star, and the length of the trail. The basic frog and canary designs are this type.
• Cone stars - Have a strong glow at the front, and diffuse into a short 'cone' shape.
• Bomb stars - these are often hard to see, since they fly their lifetime unignited, and then explode at the end. Most of these have been relatively unimpressive so far.
• Sparkler stars - these are typically crowd favorites. They leave a shower of sparks as a trail, usually but not always in the same color as the head of the star.

Stars are typically a single basic color, but there are occasional instances of two-color stars. In some cases, both colors are present in the star, and in others, the star has a multi-coloured trail.

Star Costs: Stars seem to have their costs randomly generated, along the following parameters:

• 2 types of binder/activator materials (clay, beeswax, cactus sap, sulfur, or tar) - the two lines are occasionally rolled as the same material, but still appear separately in the recipe
• 1 or 2 types of metal salts (range 5-250? salts per 10 stars) - normally 1 salt type for most stars, but two-color stars will have two salt types.
• aluminum powder (range 5-250? powder per 10 stars) - this is only required on sparkler- or bomb-type stars, as described above.

Notes:

• Star Labs need not be returned to the same university from which they are received
• Turning in one lab is independent of the university producing another lab (e.g. it is possible for a university to produce a second lab before the first is turned in, or even before the first is requested by a player, but the latter seems quite unlikely)
• There is no known game benefit to having or using a star lab, outside of its intended purpose of returning it to a university. Please don't keep them.
• Make sure you don't leave the nomination of a favourite until the end, one cannot go back and you risk losing your star lab. Any favourite nomination is overwritten by a new favourite, so you can nominate the first one that looks half decent and then nominate a new one if you get a better one later.

Salt Colours

Aluminium

• Yellow
• Higher salt costs tend towards clearer, brighter yellow. Low costs give a pastey, grey-yellow look.

Antimony

• Ethereal Green

Copper

• Diffusing Red
• Higher salt costs tend towards having a 'white hot' core.
• Very high salt costs tend towards Magnesium, similarly to Iron.

Gold

• Pinky Purple

Iron

• Murky Orange
• High salt costs tend towards red, and at 100+ salts, looks similar to Magnesium

Lead

• Soft Pastel Green

Lithium

• Ethereal, translucent blue.
• High salt costs tend towards a darker, deeper blue.

Platinum

• As Gold, but with a hint of Red

Silver

• Almost white, with a hit of blue.
• High salt costs tend towards and ethereal blue.

Titanium

• Coral Blue

Tin

• Green
• High salt costs tend towards a dazzling lime colour

Tungsten

• Purple/Blue

Zinc

• Apple green

See Also...

KaBoom Pyrotechnics - for all your Pyrotechnics supplies.
Pyrotechnics guide, star rack, Pyrotechnics Stadium locations