Running a chemical lab in ROB RUN is one of the best ways to make money by selling Crystalline Powder for a tidy profit. This guide shows you how to get your Chemical Lab running and what you'll need to start cooking up your first batch of Crystal.
Unlocking The Chemical Lab
You will need to progress through Larry's Tree in the Shipments menu until you reach the “Production” branch. This will unlock the Chemical Lab that you can research for $160,000 and then purchase for $110,000. Once purchased, you can place the building on your base plot, but you'll still need to build other workstations to start manufacturing Crystal.
Making Crystal
To start cooking, you will need the following workstations:
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Chemical Reactor (for manufacturing Crystalline Concentrate)
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Industrial Engine (optional, for increasing the chances of producing higher-rarity Crystals)
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Industrial Freezer (for freezing Crystalline Concentrate)
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Lab Table (for converting Hard Crystals into Crystalline Powder)
The ingredients for Crystals are Reagent Canisters, which can be found as loot around the game world.
First, place the reagents inside the Reactor to process them into Crystalline Concentrate. After the Reactor is done processing, place the concentrate into an Industrial Freezer to solidify it. After a few hours, you can take out the Hard Crystals and process them at the Lab Table to make the final product. Now all you need to do is sell them.
Selling Your Product
You can sell batches of Crystalline Powder through the Fence, but this requires you to go out in a public space and risk being attacked by players. An alternative method is to sell the Hard Crystals directly to a Smuggler without processing them into Crystalline Powder.