# Time Crystal

> Canonical source: [Time Crystal](https://satisfactorybase.its-live.dev/wiki/items/time-crystal)
> Language: en

Time Crystals are Diamonds that have been reconfigured on a sub-atomic level in the Converter to retain a time-periodic self-organizing structure. This allows them to be used in the development of quantum processing and storage technologies.

## Properties

- Entity type: Item
- Form: solid
- Stack size: 200
- Sink points: 960
- Radioactive: No
- Can be discarded: Yes

## Produced by

### [Time Crystal](/wiki/recipes/recipe-timecrystal-c)

10 s. [Converter](/wiki/buildings/converter)

[Diamonds](/wiki/items/diamonds): 2 per cycle; 12/min → [Time Crystal](/wiki/items/time-crystal): 1 per cycle; 6/min.

## Used as recipe ingredient

### [Alternate: Dark Matter Trap](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-darkmatter-trap-c)

2 s. [Particle Accelerator](/wiki/buildings/particle-accelerator)

[Time Crystal](/wiki/items/time-crystal): 1 per cycle; 30/min, [Dark Matter Residue](/wiki/items/dark-matter-residue): 5 m³ per cycle; 150 m³/min → [Dark Matter Crystal](/wiki/items/dark-matter-crystal): 2 per cycle; 60/min.

### [Synthetic Power Shard](/wiki/recipes/recipe-syntheticpowershard-c)

12 s. [Quantum Encoder](/wiki/buildings/quantum-encoder)

[Time Crystal](/wiki/items/time-crystal): 2 per cycle; 10/min, [Dark Matter Crystal](/wiki/items/dark-matter-crystal): 2 per cycle; 10/min, [Quartz Crystal](/wiki/items/quartz-crystal): 12 per cycle; 60/min, [Excited Photonic Matter](/wiki/items/excited-photonic-matter): 12 m³ per cycle; 60 m³/min → [Power Shard](/wiki/items/power-shard): 1 per cycle; 5/min, [Dark Matter Residue](/wiki/items/dark-matter-residue): 12 m³ per cycle; 60 m³/min.

### [Neural-Quantum Processor](/wiki/recipes/recipe-temporalprocessor-c)

20 s. [Quantum Encoder](/wiki/buildings/quantum-encoder)

[Time Crystal](/wiki/items/time-crystal): 5 per cycle; 15/min, [Supercomputer](/wiki/items/supercomputer): 1 per cycle; 3/min, [Ficsite Trigon](/wiki/items/ficsite-trigon): 15 per cycle; 45/min, [Excited Photonic Matter](/wiki/items/excited-photonic-matter): 25 m³ per cycle; 75 m³/min → [Neural-Quantum Processor](/wiki/items/neural-quantum-processor): 1 per cycle; 3/min, [Dark Matter Residue](/wiki/items/dark-matter-residue): 25 m³ per cycle; 75 m³/min.

## Used in construction

- [Blueprint Designer Mk.3](/wiki/buildings/blueprint-designer-mk-3): 50
- [Conveyor Belt Mk.6](/wiki/buildings/conveyor-belt-mk-6): 1
- [Conveyor Lift Mk.6](/wiki/buildings/conveyor-lift-mk-6): 2
- [Quantum Encoder](/wiki/buildings/quantum-encoder): 50

## Used in schematic costs

- [Synthetic Power Shards](/wiki/schematics/synthetic-power-shards): 100
- [Quantum Encoding](/wiki/schematics/quantum-encoding): 50
- [FICSIT Blueprints Mk.3](/wiki/schematics/ficsit-blueprints-mk-3): 250
- [Peak Efficiency](/wiki/schematics/peak-efficiency): 250

## Related items

- [Diamonds](/wiki/items/diamonds)
- [Dark Matter Residue](/wiki/items/dark-matter-residue)
- [Dark Matter Crystal](/wiki/items/dark-matter-crystal)
- [Quartz Crystal](/wiki/items/quartz-crystal)
- [Excited Photonic Matter](/wiki/items/excited-photonic-matter)
- [Power Shard](/wiki/items/power-shard)
- [Supercomputer](/wiki/items/supercomputer)
- [Ficsite Trigon](/wiki/items/ficsite-trigon)
- [Neural-Quantum Processor](/wiki/items/neural-quantum-processor)

## Unlocked by

- [Matter Conversion](/wiki/schematics/matter-conversion): Milestone · Tier 9

## Technical Details

- Class name: Desc_TimeCrystal_C
- Native class: FGItemDescriptor
- Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/TimeCrystal/Desc_TimeCrystal
- Resource form (export): RF_SOLID