Mine

The Mines are one of the first resource buildings available. It's purpose is to generate minerals over time.

To store minerals Silos are required.

Information

The minerals obtained from mines can be collected by clicking on them; alternatively, the player can click on a silo to automatically collect all of the minerals gained from all mines in the colony.

Minerals collected from the mines can be used to accelerate an upgrade within 5 minutes left, send units to Defense Bunkers, obtain refinery cubes, to both unlock and upgrade units, and to travel to other colonies to colonize. Minerals are also required when attacking other players that are not in the same system as the player and to upgrade certain defensive buildings.

It is recommended to build mines outside your walls as protecting your turrets and silos is more important

Upgrades

To see detailed info on how to unlock each level, and the total amount of buildings, visit the Star Base's page.

Level
1	8s	120	750	6	360	1h	1	1
2	2m 30s	240	1,500	11	990	1h 30m	1	1
3	10m	520	2,400	20	2,700	2h 15m	3	1
4	30m	1,080	6,000	31	6,510	3h 30m	8	1
5	1h	2,260	12,000	46	13,800	5h	15	1
6	2h 30m	4,470	24,000	62	27,900	7h 30m	34	2
7	6h	9,980	45,000	81	55,980	11h 30m	78	4
8	12h	20,940	65,000	103	105,060	17h	158	6
9	1d	43,960	105,000	128	197,760	1d 1h 45m	321	12
10	1d 12h	92,340	165,000	156	360,360	1d 14h 30m	550	25