And this is what that is.

This is a dark matter crystal.

And it is produced in the particle accelerator.

But here's the catch, okay?

In order for you to produce the dark matter crystal, you need dark matter residue.

So to create a dark matter crystal, you need to combine diamonds together with the byproduct from the quantum encoder, the dark matter residue.

So it is a bit strange how you need the byproduct of one part to be able to produce a part that is needed to be able to produce the byproduct

Isn't that strange?

Yes, it is.

And this isn't the first time we've had in Satisfactory where, you know, you can use the byproduct in one machine to like link it back and use it in a previous step in the chain, such as for like aluminum does that and nuclear and whatnot.

Another unique thing with the dark matter residue is also that this is not something you can package and sink.

For instance, when you're processing bauxite and that shit, you can take the water and then package it and then sink it.

With dark matter residue, that is not possible.

You actually need to produce dark matter crystals to be able to sink those to get rid of this.

So how in the heck are you supposed to solve this problem?

Well, that's up to you.

Figure it out.

No.

So dark matter residue can also be produced in the converter.

So you can take... And put that in the converter, and that will produce dark matter residue.

And you can sort of use that to...

hook it up into your chain and figure it out.

So in this case, for instance, when I made this, I'm linking it back from the quantum encoder into the particle accelerator, and then I'm also evening it out with the converter in this case.

So you'll need to figure this out and balance this in your own factory so it makes sense to you.