All 61 Buildings and What They Do in Dyson Sphere Program

Dyson Sphere Program is a factory game where you build automated production lines on planets and out in space. Buildings are the structures that keep those lines running, from power generators and mining machines to belts, smelters, research labs and turrets that hold off hostile Dark Fog attacks. Knowing what each group does makes it much easier to plan a factory that runs well and to decide what to research next.

Tesla Tower

Connects power generators and consumers within a local power grid.

Unlocked By

Electromagnetism

Recipe Time

1 s

Build Recipe

2 Iron Ingot, 1 Magnetic Coil

Wireless Power Tower

Extends a power grid and charges Icarus when it is nearby.

Unlocked By

High-Efficiency Plasma Control

Recipe Time

3 s

Build Recipe

3 Plasma Exciter, 1 Tesla Tower

Satellite Substation

Connects buildings to the grid over a wider area than a Tesla Tower.

Unlocked By

Satellite Power Distribution System

Recipe Time

5 s

Build Recipe

2 Frame Material, 10 Super-magnetic Ring, 1 Wireless Power Tower

Wind Turbine

Generates power from wind; output depends on the planet.

Unlocked By

Electromagnetism

Recipe Time

4 s

Build Recipe

1 Gear, 6 Iron Ingot, 3 Magnetic Coil

Thermal Power Plant

Burns fuel to generate power.

Unlocked By

Thermal Power

Recipe Time

5 s

Build Recipe

4 Gear, 10 Iron Ingot, 4 Magnetic Coil, 4 Stone Brick

Solar Panel

Generates power from sunlight.

Unlocked By

Solar Collection

Recipe Time

6 s

Build Recipe

5 Circuit Board, 10 Copper Ingot, 10 High-purity Silicon

Geothermal Power Station

Generates power from geothermal energy on suitable planets.

Unlocked By

Geothermal Extraction

Recipe Time

6 s

Build Recipe

20 Copper Ingot, 4 Photon Combiner, 15 Steel, 1 Super-magnetic Ring

Mini Fusion Power Plant

Burns fuel rods to generate power.

Unlocked By

Mini Fusion Power Generation

Recipe Time

10 s

Build Recipe

8 Carbon Nanotube, 4 Processor, 10 Super-magnetic Ring, 12 Titanium Alloy

Energy Exchanger

Charges accumulators from the grid or discharges charged accumulators into it.

Unlocked By

Interstellar Power Transmission

Recipe Time

15 s

Build Recipe

8 Particle Container, 40 Processor, 40 Steel, 40 Titanium Alloy

Accumulator

Stores power when charged and can supply it to a grid later.

Unlocked By

Energy Storage

Recipe Time

3 s

Build Recipe

3 Crystal Silicon, 6 Iron Ingot, 1 Super-magnetic Ring

Notes

Accumulator (full) is the charged state of this same building; Energy Exchangers charge and discharge it.

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Ray Receiver

Captures energy from a Dyson swarm or sphere and can produce Critical Photons.

Unlocked By

Ray Receiver

Recipe Time

8 s

Build Recipe

20 High-purity Silicon, 10 Photon Combiner, 5 Processor, 20 Steel, 20 Super-magnetic Ring

Notes

A Graviton Lens can be supplied as an optional input; this is a mode of the same Ray Receiver, not a separate building.

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Artificial Star

Burns fuel rods to generate power.

Unlocked By

Artificial Star

Recipe Time

30 s

Build Recipe

10 Annihilation Constraint Sphere, 20 Frame Material, 10 Quantum Chip, 20 Titanium Alloy

Notes

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Conveyor Belt MK.I

Moves items between buildings at the first belt speed tier.

Unlocked By

Basic Logistics System

Recipe Time

1 s

Build Recipe

1 Gear, 2 Iron Ingot

Conveyor Belt MK.II

Moves items between buildings at the second belt speed tier.

Unlocked By

High-Efficiency Logistics System

Recipe Time

1 s

Build Recipe

3 Conveyor Belt MK.I, 1 Electromagnetic Turbine

Conveyor Belt MK.III

Moves items between buildings at the third belt speed tier.

Unlocked By

Planetary Logistics System

Recipe Time

1 s

Build Recipe

3 Conveyor Belt MK.II, 1 Graphene, 1 Super-magnetic Ring

Splitter

Combines or divides belt flows and can filter or prioritize its outputs.

Unlocked By

Upgraded Logistics System

Recipe Time

2 s

Build Recipe

1 Circuit Board, 2 Gear, 3 Iron Ingot

Automatic Piler

Stacks items on a belt to increase the number carried in each belt unit.

Unlocked By

Integrated Logistics System

Recipe Time

4 s

Build Recipe

4 Gear, 2 Processor, 3 Steel, 1 Super-magnetic Ring

Spray Coater

Applies proliferator spray to items moving along a conveyor.

Unlocked By

Proliferator Mk.I

Recipe Time

3 s

Build Recipe

2 Circuit Board, 2 Microcrystalline Component, 2 Plasma Exciter, 4 Steel

Logistics Distributor

Uses logistics bots to move items between nearby depots and Icarus.

Unlocked By

Distribution Logistics System

Recipe Time

8 s

Build Recipe

8 Iron Ingot, 4 Plasma Exciter, 4 Processor

Planetary Logistics Station

Moves items between logistics stations and factories on the same planet.

Unlocked By

Planetary Logistics System

Recipe Time

20 s

Build Recipe

20 Particle Container, 40 Processor, 40 Steel, 40 Titanium Ingot

Interstellar Logistics Station

Moves items between planets using logistics vessels.

Unlocked By

Interstellar Logistics System

Recipe Time

30 s

Build Recipe

20 Particle Container, 1 Planetary Logistics Station, 40 Titanium Alloy

Sorter MK.I

Transfers items between a conveyor and a building at the first sorter tier.

Unlocked By

Basic Logistics System

Recipe Time

1 s

Build Recipe

1 Circuit Board, 1 Iron Ingot

Sorter MK.II

Transfers items between a conveyor and a building faster than Sorter MK.I.

Unlocked By

Upgraded Logistics System

Recipe Time

1 s

Build Recipe

1 Electric Motor, 2 Sorter MK.I

Sorter MK.III

Transfers items between a conveyor and a building faster than Sorter MK.II.

Unlocked By

High-Efficiency Logistics System

Recipe Time

1 s

Build Recipe

1 Electromagnetic Turbine, 2 Sorter MK.II

Pile Sorter

Transfers stacked items between a conveyor and a building.

Unlocked By

Integrated Logistics System

Recipe Time

1 s

Build Recipe

1 Processor, 2 Sorter MK.III, 1 Super-magnetic Ring

Traffic Monitor

Measures items moving on a conveyor and can drive traffic signals.

Unlocked By

Upgraded Logistics System

Recipe Time

2 s

Build Recipe

2 Circuit Board, 2 Gear, 1 Glass, 3 Iron Ingot

Depot MK.I

Stores items and can be stacked to expand storage capacity.

Unlocked By

Basic Logistics System

Recipe Time

2 s

Build Recipe

4 Iron Ingot, 4 Stone Brick

Depot MK.II

Stores items with more capacity than Depot MK.I and can be stacked.

Unlocked By

High-Efficiency Logistics System

Recipe Time

4 s

Build Recipe

8 Steel, 8 Stone Brick

Storage Tank

Stores fluids and can be stacked to expand capacity.

Unlocked By

Fluid Storage Encapsulation

Recipe Time

2 s

Build Recipe

4 Glass, 8 Iron Ingot, 4 Stone Brick

Orbital Collector

Collects gases from a gas giant or ice giant for interstellar logistics.

Unlocked By

Gas Giants Exploitation

Recipe Time

30 s

Build Recipe

20 Accumulator (full), 1 Interstellar Logistics Station, 20 Reinforced Thruster, 50 Super-magnetic Ring

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Mining Machine

Mines ore veins and sends the extracted items to belts or storage.

Unlocked By

Electromagnetism

Recipe Time

3 s

Build Recipe

2 Circuit Board, 2 Gear, 4 Iron Ingot, 2 Magnetic Coil

Advanced Mining Machine

Mines ore veins over a larger area and can supply logistics stations directly.

Unlocked By

Photon Spotlight Mining

Recipe Time

20 s

Build Recipe

10 Frame Material, 40 Optical Grating Crystal, 4 Quantum Chip, 10 Super-magnetic Ring, 20 Titanium Alloy

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Water Pump

Pumps water from an ocean.

Unlocked By

Fluid Storage Encapsulation

Recipe Time

4 s

Build Recipe

2 Circuit Board, 4 Electric Motor, 8 Iron Ingot, 4 Stone Brick

Oil Extractor

Extracts crude oil from an oil seep.

Unlocked By

Plasma Extract Refining

Recipe Time

8 s

Build Recipe

6 Circuit Board, 4 Plasma Exciter, 12 Steel, 12 Stone Brick

Oil Refinery

Refines crude oil into oil products.

Unlocked By

Plasma Extract Refining

Recipe Time

6 s

Build Recipe

6 Circuit Board, 6 Plasma Exciter, 10 Steel, 10 Stone Brick

Fractionator

Separates a small share of hydrogen flowing through it into deuterium.

Unlocked By

Deuterium Fractionation

Recipe Time

3 s

Build Recipe

4 Glass, 1 Processor, 8 Steel, 4 Stone Brick

Chemical Plant

Makes chemical products from fluid and item inputs.

Unlocked By

Basic Chemical Engineering

Recipe Time

5 s

Build Recipe

2 Circuit Board, 8 Glass, 8 Steel, 8 Stone Brick

Quantum Chemical Plant

Makes chemical products faster than a Chemical Plant.

Unlocked By

Mesoscopic Quantum Entanglement

Recipe Time

10 s

Build Recipe

1 Chemical Plant, 3 Quantum Chip, 3 Strange Matter, 10 Titanium Glass

Miniature Particle Collider

Processes high-energy materials, including antimatter production.

Unlocked By

Miniature Particle Collider

Recipe Time

15 s

Build Recipe

20 Frame Material, 10 Graphene, 8 Processor, 25 Super-magnetic Ring, 20 Titanium Alloy

Arc Smelter

Smelts ores and other inputs into basic materials.

Unlocked By

Automatic Metallurgy

Recipe Time

3 s

Build Recipe

4 Circuit Board, 4 Iron Ingot, 2 Magnetic Coil, 2 Stone Brick

Plane Smelter

Smelts materials faster than an Arc Smelter and supports additional recipes.

Unlocked By

Plane-Filter Smelting

Recipe Time

5 s

Build Recipe

1 Arc Smelter, 5 Frame Material, 4 Plane Filter, 15 Unipolar Magnet

Negentropy Smelter

Uses Dark Fog technology to smelt materials at a high speed.

Unlocked By

Negentropy Recursion

Recipe Time

6 s

Build Recipe

30 Energy Shard, 10 Negentropy Singularity, 1 Plane Smelter, 4 Quantum Chip

Assembling Machine Mk.I

Assembles components and buildings from item inputs.

Unlocked By

Basic Assembling

Recipe Time

2 s

Build Recipe

4 Circuit Board, 8 Gear, 4 Iron Ingot

Assembling Machine Mk.II

Assembles components and buildings faster than Mk.I.

Unlocked By

High-Speed Assembling

Recipe Time

3 s

Build Recipe

1 Assembling Machine Mk.I, 8 Graphene, 4 Processor

Assembling Machine Mk.III

Assembles components and buildings faster than Mk.II.

Unlocked By

Quantum Printing

Recipe Time

4 s

Build Recipe

1 Assembling Machine Mk.II, 8 Particle Broadband, 2 Quantum Chip

Re-composing Assembler

Uses Dark Fog technology to assemble recipes at a high speed.

Unlocked By

Matter Recombination

Recipe Time

5 s

Build Recipe

1 Assembling Machine Mk.III, 30 Energy Shard, 10 Matter Recombinator, 4 Quantum Chip

Matrix Lab

Produces matrices and researches technologies.

Unlocked By

Electromagnetic Matrix

Recipe Time

3 s

Build Recipe

4 Circuit Board, 4 Glass, 8 Iron Ingot, 4 Magnetic Coil

Self-evolution Lab

An upgraded Matrix Lab built with Dark Fog materials that makes matrices and runs research.

Unlocked By

Digital Analog Computation

Recipe Time

4 s

Build Recipe

20 Dark Fog Matrix, 10 Silicon-based Neuron, 1 Matrix Lab, 4 Quantum Chip

EM-Rail Ejector

Launches Solar Sails toward a Dyson sphere or swarm.

Unlocked By

Solar Sail Orbit System

Recipe Time

6 s

Build Recipe

20 Gear, 5 Processor, 20 Steel, 10 Super-magnetic Ring

Vertical Launching Silo

Launches Small Carrier Rockets to build Dyson Sphere structure.

Unlocked By

Vertical Launching Silo

Recipe Time

30 s

Build Recipe

30 Frame Material, 20 Graviton Lens, 10 Quantum Chip, 80 Titanium Alloy

Gauss Turret

Fires at nearby ground targets.

Unlocked By

Weapon System

Recipe Time

4 s

Build Recipe

2 Circuit Board, 8 Gear, 8 Iron Ingot, 4 Magnetic Coil

Missile Turret

Fires missiles at Dark Fog targets on the ground and in space.

Unlocked By

Missile Turret

Recipe Time

6 s

Build Recipe

12 Circuit Board, 6 Engine, 6 Electric Motor, 8 Steel

Implosion Cannon

Fires explosive shells at ground targets.

Unlocked By

Implosion Cannon

Recipe Time

5 s

Build Recipe

10 Circuit Board, 8 Electric Motor, 10 Steel, 2 Super-magnetic Ring

Laser Turret

Uses a laser to attack ground targets.

Unlocked By

Planetary Defense System

Recipe Time

6 s

Build Recipe

6 Circuit Board, 9 Photon Combiner, 6 Plasma Exciter, 9 Steel

Plasma Turret

Fires plasma capsules at ground targets.

Unlocked By

Plasma Turret

Recipe Time

10 s

Build Recipe

5 Plasma Exciter, 5 Processor, 10 Super-magnetic Ring, 20 Titanium Alloy, 10 Titanium Glass

SR Plasma Turret

A high-power plasma turret for defending against Dark Fog.

Unlocked By

Plasma Turret

Recipe Time

8 s

Build Recipe

5 Plasma Exciter, 5 Processor, 15 Steel, 5 Super-magnetic Ring

Battlefield Analysis Base

Collects Dark Fog drops and can repair or reconstruct nearby buildings.

Unlocked By

Battlefield Analysis Base

Recipe Time

6 s

Build Recipe

18 Circuit Board, 12 Engine, 6 Microcrystalline Component, 12 Steel

Jammer Tower

Emits periodic jamming pulses that slow nearby Dark Fog units.

Unlocked By

Jammer Tower

Recipe Time

5 s

Build Recipe

12 Copper Ingot, 6 Diamond, 9 Plasma Exciter, 3 Processor

Signal Tower

Attracts Dark Fog attacks and extends Missile Turret targeting to its signal range.

Unlocked By

Signal Tower

Recipe Time

6 s

Build Recipe

6 Crystal Silicon, 12 Steel, 2 Wireless Power Tower

Planetary Shield Generator

Projects a shield over a planet to protect it from Dark Fog attacks.

Unlocked By

Planetary Defense System

Recipe Time

10 s

Build Recipe

20 Electromagnetic Turbine, 5 Particle Container, 20 Steel, 5 Super-magnetic Ring

Holo Beacon

Marks a location with a visible hologram and an optional memo.

Unlocked By

Holo Beacon

Recipe Time

4 s

Build Recipe

3 Iron Ingot, 4 Prism, 2 Plasma Exciter, 2 Circuit Board

Notes

Its power use changes with visibility and hologram size; it can also attract Dark Fog relays when its beaconing setting is enabled.

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How to Unlock, Make and Place Buildings in Dyson Sphere Program

Most buildings start out locked. You open them by researching the technology that goes with them, then craft them in Icarus's Replicator or in an Assembling Machine using the materials each one calls for. Once it's made, you pick the building from its category in the construction menu and place it in the world. Some buildings come in upgraded versions, like belts, sorters and assemblers, and each newer version is built using the one before it, so you move up one step at a time.

Which Buildings to Get First

You don't need every building to get going. The early game centers on power, mining, smelting and a lab to start research, and those are the groups worth focusing on first. The technologies that matter most at the start are Basic Logistic Systems, Automatic Metallurgy and Basic Assembling, which opens the first Assembling Machine. You can research them in any order, as long as the materials they need are already in your inventory.

Power Buildings: How Your Factory Gets Energy

Power keeps everything running, and your first source is usually Wind Turbines. How much a turbine produces depends on the planet, so the same turbine can perform differently from one world to the next. Put them close to your mining machines and you may not need a Tesla Tower to carry power over.

Tesla Towers connect generators and consumers into a local grid, and they can go almost anywhere. Satellite Substations cover a wider area than a Tesla Tower does. Wireless Power Tower extends a grid and charges Icarus, your mecha, when it's nearby, though fuel stays useful for trips away from base.

For more power, Thermal Power Plants burn fuel and are the usual next step once wind isn't enough. Solar Panels turn sunlight into power, and Geothermal Power Stations work on suitable planets. Mini Fusion Power Plant and Artificial Star both burn fuel rods, and their ingredients are advanced materials, so they come later in the game.

Ray Receiver captures energy from a Dyson swarm or sphere and can produce Critical Photons. Accumulators store power for later, so a grid can draw on it when you need it.

Belts, Sorters and Storage: Moving Items Through Your Factory

Belts carry items from one building to the next, and sorters are the pieces that connect belts to buildings. Most buildings have input and output points around their base, and each point takes one connection. Smelters and assemblers need sorters to feed them, because a belt that just touches the side won't insert anything on its own.

Belts come in tiers, and each newer tier moves items faster than the one before. Sorters follow the same pattern, but the farther a sorter reaches, the slower it moves items. Splitters divide or merge belt flows, and their priority setting can act like an overflow gate.

Other helpers are worth knowing. Automatic Piler stacks items on a belt so each unit carries more, and Pile Sorter moves those stacked items between a belt and a building. Spray Coater applies proliferator spray to items on a belt, and Traffic Monitor measures what passes along it and can drive traffic signals.

Depot MK.I and Depot MK.II hold items, and you can stack them to add capacity while they keep sharing the same connection points at the base. Depot MK.II holds more than MK.I. Storage Tanks do the same job for fluids, and liquids like water and oil travel on the same belts and sorters as solid items, appearing as jelly-like cubes.

Logistics Stations: Moving Items Between Planets

Belts work well inside a single factory, but once your operations span more than one planet, you need stations. Planetary Logistics Station moves items between logistics stations and factories on the same planet. Interstellar Logistics Station moves items between planets using logistics vessels, and you build it using a planetary station as one of its ingredients.

Logistics Distributor works on a smaller scale. It uses logistics bots to move items between nearby depots and Icarus, which makes it useful for keeping supplies close at hand.

Mining and Extraction Buildings

Extraction buildings pull raw materials out of the world. The Mining Machine is the main one: place it over ore veins, and it sends what it mines to belts or storage.

Ore nodes run dry over time. Miners can overlap, but a node shared by more machines runs out faster, so it helps to spread them out and cover as many nodes as you can. Advanced Mining Machine covers a larger area and can feed logistics stations directly.

Water Pump draws water from an ocean, and Oil Extractor pulls crude oil from an oil seep. Orbital Collector gathers gases from gas giants and ice giants for interstellar logistics.

Smelters, Refineries and Chemical Plants

Production buildings turn raw materials into the parts and products you need. Arc Smelter turns ores and other inputs into basic materials. Plane Smelter, which is built from an Arc Smelter, works faster and supports more recipes. Negentropy Smelter uses Dark Fog technology to smelt materials at high speed, and Miniature Particle Collider processes high-energy materials, including antimatter production.

Oil Refinery turns crude oil into oil products. Chemical Plant makes chemical products from fluid and item inputs, and Quantum Chemical Plant, built from a Chemical Plant, makes them faster.

Fractionator separates a small share of the hydrogen flowing through it into deuterium. Its speed depends on how fast the belts feed it and carry material away, so the best setup keeps a steady stream of hydrogen moving in and out.

Assembling Machines and How They Upgrade

Assembling machines turn the items you feed them into components and buildings. Assembling Machine Mk.I is the starting point, and Mk.II and Mk.III each run faster than the version before. Re-composing Assembler uses Dark Fog technology to assemble recipes at high speed, and it's built from an Assembling Machine Mk.III.

Matrix Labs and Research Buildings

Research buildings turn materials into the progress that unlocks new buildings. Matrix Lab produces matrices and runs research, and your first science item is Electromagnetic Matrix. You make it from a Magnetic Coil and a Circuit Board, then feed it into the lab.

Matrices are something you keep supplying, not a one-time unlock, so set up a steady line for them. Once an Assembling Machine Mk.I is running, let it make the coils and boards, and keep your labs stocked with matrices. Self-evolution Lab is an upgraded version of the Matrix Lab, built with Dark Fog materials.

Dyson Sphere Buildings: Launching Materials Into Space

The Dyson Sphere is built in space, out of parts that have to be launched there. EM-Rail Ejector launches Solar Sails toward a Dyson sphere or swarm, while Vertical Launching Silo sends Small Carrier Rockets to build the structure. Together, these two buildings carry your materials from your planets into orbit.

Defense Buildings Against Dark Fog

Dark Fog are hostile forces that attack your factories, and defense buildings are how you hold them back. Gauss Turret, Laser Turret, Implosion Cannon and Plasma Turret all fire at ground targets. Missile Turret stands out because it fires at Dark Fog on the ground and in space, and SR Plasma Turret is a high-power plasma turret built for defending against Dark Fog.

Battlefield Analysis Base collects Dark Fog drops and can repair or reconstruct nearby buildings. Jammer Tower sends out periodic jamming pulses that slow nearby Dark Fog units.

Signal Tower attracts Dark Fog attacks, and it extends Missile Turret targeting to its signal range. That makes it a trade-off: you gain reach, but you also draw the attacks. Planetary Shield Generator projects a shield over a whole planet to protect it.

Holo Beacon: Map Markers and Memos

Holo Beacon belongs to the Environment group, and it's about marking places rather than making products. It shows a visible hologram at a spot you choose, and it can work as a map marker that shows where your factories are. It also has a built-in memo, where you can type notes for planning and records.

Its power draw rises and falls with how visible the hologram is and how big it is. Its optional beaconing setting can draw Dark Fog relays to its location, so think twice before you switch it on.

It's crafted from Iron Ingots, Prisms, Plasma Exciters and Circuit Boards. It has its own research, so you need to unlock that before you can make one.

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