User:Studenterhue/Botany Reagents Table

A table for Guide to Botany that will explain what various reagents do to plants.
VERY WIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDMxbCiRzK4

Agrichemistry

explain stats tracked by tables: 
-POISON, FIRE, RAD, ACID: damage "types", damage formula goes: check if plant has gene to resist RAD and POISON, check for genes that affect damage from lack of water, check if it has gene to reduce damage in general, consider endurance, subtract from plant health
--will possibly go under one column if there's not enough, probably room for each time, better that way probably for sortability
--need to explain damage? 
-GROWTH: Growth is how many 'growth points' the plant has. More growth points = more grown up plant is. Different plants have different growth max?
-ENDURANCE: Endurance
-CROPSIZE: Yield
-HARVESTS: Lifespan
-GROWTIME: Maturation Rate
-HARVTIME: Production Rate
-POTENCY: Potency
-HEALTH: kinda self-explanatory--will need to give some sort of base health people know what a +1 HEALTH means (don't know if different plant species have different health actually)

While in tray:

Reagent	Growth	Health	Mat. rate	Prod. rate	Lifespan	Yield	Potency	Endurance	Damage	Damage Type	Notes & Additional Effects
Phosphorus	66% chance of +1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	Slightly boosts plant growth speed, not as good as other chems though.
Ammonia	+4	66% chance of +1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	Removes 4 units of chems from tray every few seconds. Every chem gets some reagents removed, but specific amount based on combined volume of all reagents in the tray; higher means less reagents removed. End-all-be-all for accelerating growth speed.
Diethylamine	66% chance of +2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	Midtier plant growth speed booster.
Potassium	40% chance of +1	40% chance of +1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	Low-tier growth speed and health booster.
Ash	80% chance of +1	80% chance of +1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	Passable for healing plants and speeding up growth, but there're definitely better options.
Compost	-	66% chance of +1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	Okay at restoring plant health, but ammonia offers same benefits and more. But it's pretty common.
Potash	50% chance of +1	50% chance of +1	-	-	If > 1, 24% chance of -1	24% chance of +1	-	-	-	N/A	If plant dies after one harvest, separate 66% chance of -2 GROWTH if GROWTH > 2. More crops per harvest, but plant doesn't live as long.
Saltpetre	80% chance of +3	80% chance of +3	-	-	-	If >1, 24% chance of -1	50% chance of +1	-	-	N/A	Gives crops bigger volume of chems, but you get less crops per harvest. Also surprisingly good at healing plants and making them grow faster.
Space Fungus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50% chance of +1	-	N/A	Probably your best choice for boosting Endurance to get specific mutations or make plants more robust.
Water	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	Essential for plant growth to occur at all.
Mutadone	If >5, 80% chance of -5 GROWTH	-	If <0, 50% chance of +1	If <0, 50% chance of +1	If <0, 50% chance of +1	If <0, 50% chance of +1	If <0, 50% chance of +1	If <0, 50% chance of +1	-	N/A	Attempts to restore plant stats to 0 if they're negative, but inhibits growth.
Charcoal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	Removes 2 units of these harmful chemicals: chlorine, mercury, plasma, radium, sulfuric acid,toxin, toxic slurry, welding fuel
Blood	+3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	Growth speed boost occurs only if plant is man-eater
Radium	-	-	16% chance of -10 – +10	16% chance of -10 – +10	16% chance of -1 – +1	16% chance of -2 – +2	16% chance of -5 – +5	16% chance of -3 – +3	80% chance of +3	RAD	16% chance to attempt to give plant new gene and transform plant into a mutation. Damage does not occur if plant has Radiation Immunity gene. Radioactive stuff hurts plant growth and randomizes plant stats, naturally.
Uranium	-	-	24% chance of -10 – +10	24% chance of -10 – +10	24% chance of -1 – +1	24% chance of -2 – +2	24% chance of -5 – +5	24% chance of -3 – +3	+2	RAD	24% chance to attempt to give plant new gene and transform plant into a mutation. Damage does not occur if plant has Radiation Immunity gene. It makes sense an radioactive element would scramble plant stats and sometimes induce new genes and mutations.
Polonium	-	-	25% chance of -10 – +10	25% chance of -10 – +10	25% chance of -1 – +1	25% chance of -2 – +2	25% chance of -5 – +5	25% chance of -3 – +3	80% chance of +5	RAD	25% chance to attempt to give plant new gene and transform plant into a mutation. Damage does not occur if plant has Radiation Immunity gene. This radioactive substance is a little better than other elements at scrambling plant stats and causing genes and mutations, but causes more damage.
Stable Mutagen	80% chance of -3 – -1	-	16% chance of -10 – +10	16% chance of -10 – +10	16% chance of -1 – +1	16% chance of -2 – +2	16% chance of -5 – +5	16% chance of -3 – +3	-	N/A	16% chance to attempt to give plant new gene and transform plant into a mutation. Unstable mutagen is better in almost every way.
Unstable Mutagen	If >1, 40% chance of -1	-	24% chance of -10 – +10	24% chance of -10 – +10	24% chance of -1 – +1	24% chance of -2 – +2	24% chance of -5 – +5	24% chance of -3 – +3	-	N/A	24% chance to attempt to give plant new gene and transform plant into a mutation. Like its name suggests, it scrambles plant stats and sometimes causes new genes and mutations.
Glowing Slurry	-2 – -1	-	-10 – +10	-10 – +10	-1 – +1	-2 – +2	-5 – +5	-3 – +3	-	N/A	Attempt to give plant new gene and transform plant into a mutation. Arguably best of its kind for randomizing plant stats and inducing genes and mutations, with a relatively low growth penalty.
Atrazine	-3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+2	POISON	Damages plant and inhibits growth only if plant is a weed and does not have Toxin Immunity.
Plasma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	POISON	Turns out plasma hurts plants, for the most part. No damage if plant has Toxin Immunity gene.
Acetaldehyde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	POISON	This chemical precursor hurts the plant if it does not have Toxin Immunity gene.
Formaldehyde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	POISON	Embalming fluid hurts plants. No damage if plant has Toxin Immunity gene.
Toxin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	POISON	Toxin hurts you a little, and it hurts plants a little too. No damage if plant has Toxin Immunity gene.
Miasma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	POISON	Miasma is harmful for both plants and people. No damage if plant has Toxin Immunity gene.
Acetic Acid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	ACID	It's a weak acid, but it still hurts plants.
Fluorosulfuric Acid	-5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	ACID	As with people and items, this nasty acid wrecks plant health and severely stunts growth. Did you expect anything else?
Sulfuric Acid	-3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	ACID	Not as bad as its fluoro- version, but still hurts plant health and slows growth.
Phlogiston	-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	FIRE	To nobody's surprise, adding phlogiston destroys most plants and acutely stunts growth.
Phlogiston Dust	-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	FIRE	Just like regular phlogiston, the dust form hurts plant health and growth.
Napalm Goo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	POISON	Unsurprisingly, napalm is bad for plants, though you might be surprised it poisons them rather than burns them. No damage if plant has Toxin Immunity gene.
Welding Fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	POISON	Damages plant if it does not has Toxin Immunity gene.
Chlorine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	POISON	Hurts people, hurts plants too, if plant lacks Toxin Immunity gene.
Fluorine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	POISON	No damage if plant has Toxin Immunity gene
Mercury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	POISON	Mercury hurts plants, who knew? No damage if plant has Toxin Immunity gene

When infused

this might actually be better in the infusion section but dunno

Reagent	Source	Mat. rate	Prod. rate	Lifespan	Yield	Potency	Endurance	Damage	Notes
Ammonia	Ammonia Plant Formula	+5 – +10	+2 – +5	-	-	-	-	+13 – +27	Good at speeding up plant growth. 5% chance to give Accelerator gene
Potash	Potash Plant Formula	-	-	-2 – 0	+1 – +4	-	-	+3 – +7	Increases size of harvests at cost of plant lifespan.
Saltpetre	Saltpetre Plant Formula	-	-	-	0 – +2	+2 – +8	-	+3 – +7	Increases amount of chemicals inside each crop and boosts amount of crops you get too a bit.
Space Fungus	Use a beaker or similar on fungus stains in maintenance.	-	-	-	-	-	+1 – +3	+3 – +7	3% chance of giving Damage Resistance gene. The go-to for increasing Endurance, which makes plants more hardy and is essential for certain mutations.
Mutadone	Mutadone Plant Formula	If < 0, +1	If < 0, +1	If < 0, +1	If < 0, +1	If < 0, +1	If < 0, +1	+3 – +7	Attempts to reset stats back to zero, indirectly reversing the effects of chems like unstable mutagen.
Radium	Chem Dispenser	-10 – +10	-10 – +10	33% chance to -1 – +1	-2 – +2	-5 – +5	-3 – +3	+8 – +22	Attempts to grant new gene and induce a plant mutation. Randomizes plant stats!
Uranium	Space merchants.	-10 – +10	-10 – +10	33% chance to -1 – +1	-2 – +2	-5 – +5	-3 – +3	+8 – +22	Attempts to grant new gene and induce a plant mutation. Randomizes plant stats!
Stable Mutagen	See Chemicals	-10 – +10	-10 – +10	33% chance to -1 – +1	-2 – +2	-5 – +5	-3 – +3	+3 – +7	Attempts to grant new gene and induce a plant mutation. 2% chance of granting Unstable gene. Randomizes plant stats!
Unstable Mutagen	Mutagenic Plant Formula	-20 – +20	-20 – +20	33% chance to -2 – +2	-4 – +4	-10 – +10	-6 – +6	+3 – +7	Attempts to grant new gene and induce a plant mutation. 5% chance of granting Unstable gene. Randomizes plant stats wildly.
Blood	Stab yourself, scoop up blood with beaker or similar.	+5 – +10	+5 – +10	-	-	-	+10 – +30	+3 – +7	Hastens growth and makes Man-Eater stronger, but otherwise has no effect on other seeds.
Toxic Slurry	Extract from slurrypods.	-	-	-	-	-	+4 – +8	Resets to 0	Toxic stuff is good for Slurrypod seeds! And only those seeds.
Green Vomit	See Chemicals	-	-	-	-	-	+4 – +8	Resets to 0	Fixes seed damage for Slurrypod seeds, and only slurrypod seeds.
Weird Cheese	Extract from weird cheese.	-	-	-	-	-	+4 – +8	Resets to 0	Fixes seed damage for Slurrypod seeds, and only slurrypod seeds.
Weird Cheese	Extract from venne.	-	-	-	-	-	-	Sets to 100	Only applies if seed is Slurrypod
Pryosium	See Chemicals	-	-	-	-	-	-	+83 – +107	Firey chems hurt plants.
Phlogiston	Extract from Burning Commol or see Chemicals.	-	-	-	-	-	-	+83 – +107	Liquid fire is bad for seeds. What else is new?
Chlorine Triflouride	See Chemicals	-	-	-	-	-	-	+83 – +107	ClF3 hates scientists and firefighters, and it hates plant seeds too.
Sorium	See Chemicals	-	-	-	-	-	-	+83 – +107
Fluorosulfuric Acid	See Chemicals	-	-	-	-	-	-	+78 – +87	This powerful acid hurts seeds a lot. Who knew?
Sulfuric Acid	See Chemicals	-	-	-	-	-	-	+43 – +57	This common acid is bad for seeds. Were you expecting something else?
Atrazine	Weedkiller bottles	-	-	-	-	-	-	+53 – +67	Weedkiller harms weed seeds too (and only weed seeds), less if it has the Toxin Immunity Gene.
Plasma	Chem Dispenser	-	-	-	-	-	-	+18 – +37	Turns out plasma is not good for seeds. Damage is reduced if seed has Toxin Immunity Gene.
Toxin	Rancid milk, certain insect bites.	-	-	-	-	-	-	+18 – +37	Naturally, toxin is bad for seeds. It's not so bad if it has the Toxin Immunity Gene.
Mercury	Extract from fishmint or get from Chem Dispenser	-	-	-	-	-	-	+18 – +37	Bad for soil, bad for people, bad for seeds too. Toxin Immunity Gene reduces most of the damage.
Oil	See Chemicals	-	-	-	-	-	-	+18 – +37	Oil hurts the seed. Less damage if it has the Toxin Immunity Gene.
Space Cleaner	Ask the Janitor for some.	-	-	-	-	-	-	+18 – +37	There is less damage if seed has Toxin Immunity Gene.
Chlorine	Chem Dispenser	-	-	-	-	-	-	+18 – +37	Chlorine hurts you a bit, and it hurts seeds a bit too. Less damage if seed has Toxin Immunity Gene.
Fluorine	Chem Dispenser	-	-	-	-	-	-	+18 – +37	Fluorine damages seed less if it has the Toxin Immunity Gene.
Welding Fuel	Get from handheld fuel tanks and big tanks.	-	-	-	-	-	-	+18 – +37	Less seed damage if it has the Toxin Immunity Gene.

Raw Data

Raw data:

Chlorine - +3 POISON

Fluorine - +3 POISON

Mercury - +1 POISON

Phosphorus - 66% chance of +1 GROWTH

Plasma - +2 POISON, harmless if plant is "plasmavore"

Potassium - 40% chance of +1 GROWTH, +1 HEALTH

Radium - 80% chance of +3 RAD, 16% of attempting to give plant new gene and mutation , and scramble stats

Uranium - +2 RAD, 24% chance of attempting to give plant new gene and mutation , and scramble stats

Water - Essential for plant growth to occur at all.

Ammonia - +4 GROWTH, 66% chance of +1 HEALTH. Removes 4 units of chems from tray. Every chem gets some reagents removed, but specific amount based on combined volume of all reagents in the tray; higher means less reagents removed.

Diethylamine - 66% chance of +2 GROWTH

Charcoal - Removes 2 units of every harmful chem present (toxin, toxic slurry, sulf. acid, plasma, mercury, welding fuel, chlorine, radium)

Mutadone - 20% chance of -5 GROWTH if GROWTH >5. 50% of inducing one of these effects: +1 GROWTIME, +1 HARVTIME, +1 HARVESTS, +1 CROPSIZE, +1 POTENCY or +1 ENDURANCE if any of them are less than 0.

Acetaldehyde - +4 POISON

Atrazine - If plant species is weed: +2 POISON and -3 GROWTH

Formaldehyde - +4 POISON

Glowing Slurry - Up -1 to -2 GROWTH, Attempts to give plant new gene and mutation and scrambles stats

Polonium - 80% chance of +5 RAD, 25% of attempting to give plant new gene and mutation and scramble stats

Stable Mutagen - 80% chance of up to -1 to -3 GROWTH, 16% of attempting to give plant new gene and mutation and scramble stats

Toxin - +1 POISON

Unstable Mutagen - 40% chance of -1 GROWTH if GROWTH > 1, 24% of attempting to give plant new gene and mutation and scramble stats

Miasma - +1 POISON

Acetic Acid - +1 ACID

Fluorosulfuric Acid - +10 ACID, -5 GROWTH

Sulfuric Acid - +5 ACID, -3 GROWTH

Napalm Goo - +1 POISON

Phlogiston - +8 FIRE, -12 GROWTH

Phlogiston Dust - +8 FIRE, -12 GROWTH

Welding Fuel - +1 POISON

Ash - 80% chance of +1 HEALTH, 80% of +1 GROWTH

Blood - If plant is man-eater: +3 GROWTH

Compost - 66% chance of +1 HEALTH

Potash - 50% chance of +1 HEALTH, +1 GROWTH. 24% of +1 CROPSIZE. 24% chance of -1 HARVESTS. If grass, separate 66% chance of -2 GROWTH if GROWTH > 2

Saltpetre - 80% chance of +3 HEALTH, 80% CHANCE of +3 GROWTH. 50% of +1 POTENCY, 24% of -1 CROPSIZE if CROPSIZE > 1

Space Fungus - 50% of +1 ENDURANCE

• Phosphorus - Phosphorus slightly accelerates plant growth, though not nearly as much as ammonia does.
• Potassium - Adding potassium boosts plant health somewhat and makes it grow a little bit faster.
• Ash - Ash slightly boosts both plant health and growth.
• Diethylamine - Diethylamine helps plants grow faster, more than phosphorus but still less than ammonia.
• Space Fungus - Fungus makes the plant extra hardy & more resistant to the aforementioned poisons. Many plant mutations also involve reaching certain levels of endurance.
• Glowing Slurry - Glowing slurry slows down plant growth slightly and immediately induces a mutation. Surprisingly, this doesn't damage plant health very much.
• Stable Mutagen - On plants, it's less likely to cause mutation than unstable mutagen but is more likely to dampen plant growth.
• Radium - Radium can cause a plant to mutate, but, unsurprisingly, irradiates it, damaging the plant.
• Uranium & Polonium - For hopefully obvious reasons, these radioactive substances damage plant health and have a fairly high chance of inducing mutations.
• Fluorosulfuric Acid - As with people and items, this nasty acid wrecks plant health and severely stunts growth. Did you expect anything else?
• Sulfuric Acid & Hydrochloric Acid - These acids also hurt plant health and slow growth, though not as much as fluorosulfuric acid.
• Phlogiston & Phlogiston Dust - To nobody's surprise, adding phlogiston destroys most plants and acutely stunts growth.
• Acetaldehyde, Acetic Acid, Chlorine, Fluorine, Formaldehyde, Mercury, Napalm, Plasma, Toxin, Welding Fuel - Unsurprisingly, all these chems poison the plant, decreasing its health. Formaldehyde, chlorine, and fluorine are the worst among them.
• Charcoal - Charcoal gradually removes any harmful chemicals in the plant tray.