How to control shine bugs

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Early game shine bugs are very useful and can often be sufficient to support enough plants to feed your dupes. However controlling the shine bugs has proven impossible for me.

If I'm lucky enough to lock them in with doors in the same room as the plants in time, they usually stay in. However I haven't been able to catch them in a room with plants if they start outside. I usually end up using lights to grow my plants.

Attacking the shine bugs just destroys them, it cannot be used to chase them in a particular direction.

Is there a way to 'push' them in a room with plants?

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Best Answer

Mealwood doesn't need light for growth, so early game just feed your dupes with mealwood, controlling the shine bugs won't matter.



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Quick Answer about "How to control shine bugs"

  • Building a room around the shinebugs (as you already mentioned) ideally there are already some plants (Bristle Berries in that room)
  • Same as before but contents of room dont matter. ...
  • Build a critter lure (quite mid-tech, requires plastic) and lure the shine bugs with some phosphorite to the lure.


    • Can you wrangle shine bugs?

    They can be domesticated, and produce Shine Nymph Eggs when captive. Though dupes cannot be ordered to wrangle Shine Bugs directly, they can be wrangled by using a Critter Drop-Off set to auto-wrangle.

    How do you move shine nymphs?

    You can wrangle them if you set a critter drop off near them. Set it to auto wrangle, critter amount 0 and choose the critter you want wrangled in the filter. This is the easiest way to move shine nymphs.

    How much space do shine bugs need?

    Shine BugTemp. Livable Range-20.15 to 49.85 \xb0CCalories Needed-66.67 cal/sHP5Space Required12Lay an egg every900 s2 more rows


    Shine Bugs = Unlimited Free Energy! Oxygen Not Included



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