Egg Cracker

Egg Cracker

Converts viable Critter eggs into cooking ingredients.
Cracked Eggs cannot hatch.

Duplicants will not crack eggs unless tasks are queued.
Raw eggs are an ingredient in certain high quality food recipes.

Research

Meal Preparation

Dimensions

2×2 tiles

Category

Food

Overheat at

75 °C / 167 °F

Decor

+5 (Radius: 1 tile)

Requires

1 Egg
Duplicant operation

Effects

Varied amounts of Raw Egg & Egg Shell

Other Properties

Susceptible to flooding

Materials

Metal Ore

50 kg

Egg Cracker cracks open a critter egg for use as a cooking ingredient, converting it into Raw Egg and Egg Shell. Different types of critter eggs produce differing amounts of these items.

Egg Cracking Results by Species

Note: You can see how much Raw Egg and Egg Shell you would get directly in the Egg Cracker's interface by selecting the appropriate egg. No need to actually crack an egg to find out.

Image	Egg	Name	Result	Reproduction	kcal/cycle
		Hatch	1000 g Raw Egg 1000 g Egg Shell	17%/cycle (5.88 cycles/egg)	476
		Shine Bug	100 g Raw Egg 100 g Egg Shell	67%/cycle (1.49 cycles/egg)	188
		Drecko	1000 g Raw Egg 1000 g Egg Shell	11%/cycle (9.09 cycles/egg)	308
		Puft	250 g Raw Egg 250 g Egg Shell	22%/cycle (4.55 cycles/egg)	154
		Pacu	2000 g Raw Egg 2000 g Egg Shell	67%/cycle (1.49 cycles/egg)	3752
		Slickster	1000 g Raw Egg 1000 g Egg Shell	17%/cycle (5.88 cycles/egg)	476
		Pip	1000 g Raw Egg 1000 g Egg Shell	17%/cycle (5.88 cycles/egg)	476
		Pokeshell	1000 g Raw Egg 1000 g Egg Shell	17%/cycle (5.88 cycles/egg)	476
		Shove Vole	1000 g Raw Egg 1000 g Egg Shell	17%/cycle (5.88 cycles/egg)	476
		Plug Slug	1000 g Raw Egg 1000 g Egg Shell	17%/cycle (5.88 cycles/egg)	476
		Sweetle	1000 g Raw Egg 1000 g Egg Shell	22%/cycle (4.55 cycles/egg)	616
		Grubgrub	1000 g Raw Egg 1000 g Egg Shell	11%/cycle (9.09 cycles/egg)	308

Blueprints

Available blueprints

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