Buildings — GalFi Command Deck

All Buildings

Upgrade Formula

Build Strategy

Resource Management

All Buildings — Level 1 Base Costs

Building	Slot	Cost to Build (Lv1)	Output / 24h	Consumes / 24h
Land Slot Buildings
Colony HQ Free · Auto-placed first	Land	Free (Level 1)	0.5 GALFI + 1 GFMNR + 1 GFORE + 1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD	—
Fusion Power Plant	Land	250 GFORE + 250 GFMNR	5 GFNRG	1 GFOOD
Farm Requires XENOS to build	Land	200 GFORE + 200 GFMNR + 25 XENOS	5 GFOOD	1 GFNRG
Barracks Produces armies for combat	Land	250 GFORE + 250 GFMNR	2 GFRCE	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Alien Zoo Requires XENOS to build	Land	500 GFORE + 500 GFMNR + 100 XENOS	0.25 GALFI + 1 XENOS + 2 GFOOD	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Residential Arcology	Land	500 GFORE + 500 GFMNR + 50 GFCMP	1 GALFI + 2 GFOOD + 2 GFNRG	—
Xeno Research Facility Requires XENOS to build	Land	600 GFORE + 600 GFMNR + 100 XENOS	1 XENOS	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Galactic Arena Requires XENOS to build	Land	750 GFORE + 750 GFMNR + 100 XENOS	1 XENOS + 2 GFOOD	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Utopian Gardens Requires XENOS to build	Land	1200 GFORE + 1200 GFMNR + 50 XENOS	1 XENOS + 1 GFEXO	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Private Citadel Produces HYPER · Rare resource	Land	1500 GFORE + 1500 GFMNR + 50 GFCMP + 50 GFAAC + 5 GFAAA	1 GALFI + 1 GFEXO + 2 GFNRG + 1 GFRCE + 0.01 HYPER	1 GFOOD
Matter Converters Requires GFAAA to build	Land	1000 GFORE + 1000 GFMNR + 100 GFCMP + 12 GFAAA	1 GFEXO + 0.5 GFAAC + 0.1 GFAAR + 0.5 TETRA	2 GFNRG
Components Factory Requires AMRIT to build	Land	500 GFORE + 500 GFMNR + 100 AMRIT	2 GFCMP	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Galactic Museum Produces Alien Artifacts	Land	1500 GFORE + 1500 GFMNR + 25 GFAAC + 12 GFAAR + 10 GFAAA	1 GFAAC + 0.2 GFAAR + 0.1 GFAAA	1 GFNRG
Plasma Cannon Battery Defensive · Phase 2 only	Land	1000 GFORE + 1000 GFMNR + 25 GFCMP	— (Defensive)	2 GFNRG
Orbit Slot Buildings
Orbital Shipyard Required to build all ships	Orbit	500 GFORE + 500 GFMNR + 100 GFCMP + 100 TETRA	— (Ship building)	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Space Elevator Best GALFI earner per slot	Orbit	1000 GFORE + 1000 GFMNR + 50 GFCMP + 100 TETRA	2.5 GALFI + 2 GFNRG	1 GFOOD
Orbital Power Array Best energy producer	Orbit	450 GFORE + 450 GFMNR + 50 TETRA	10 GFNRG	1 GFOOD
Orbital Laser Array Defensive · Phase 2 only	Orbit	1000 GFORE + 1000 GFMNR + 50 GFCMP + 10 GFAAA + 50 GFEXO	— (Defensive)	2 GFNRG
Hyper Refinery Orbit or Lagrange slot	Orbit / Lagrange	3000 GFORE + 3000 GFMNR + 100 GFCMP + 50 GFAAA	0.1 HYPER	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Lagrange Slot Buildings
Space Arcology Lagrange slot only · Self-sustaining	Lagrange	750 GFORE + 750 GFMNR + 50 GFCMP	1 GALFI + 1 GFCMP + 2 GFOOD + 2 GFNRG	—
Resource Slot Buildings
Asteroid Ore Mine Asteroids only · GFORE slot	GFORE Slot	500 GFORE	6 GFORE	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Asteroid Mineral Mine Asteroids only · GFMNR slot	GFMNR Slot	500 GFORE	6 GFMNR	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Planet Ore Mine Planets only · GFORE slot	GFORE Slot	500 GFMNR	5 GFORE	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Planet Mineral Mine Planets only · GFMNR slot	GFMNR Slot	500 GFORE	5 GFMNR	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Tetra Mine TETRA slot required	TETRA Slot	250 GFORE + 250 GFMNR	1 TETRA	1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD
Amrita Mine AMRITA slot · Rare Planet only	AMRITA Slot	1000 GFORE + 1000 GFMNR + 25 GFAAC	1 AMRIT	1 GFNRG
Megastructures — Cannot Be Upgraded
Dyson Sphere Provides +5 build slots · Requires Mega slot	Megastructure	10000 GFORE + 10000 GFMNR + 500 GFCMP + 100 TETRA + 100 AMRIT + 20 GFAAA + 20 HYPER	20 GALFI + 70 GFNRG + 2.5 GFEXO + 0.1 HYPER	20 GFOOD
Ringworld Provides +5 build slots · Requires Mega slot	Megastructure	10000 GFORE + 10000 GFMNR + 500 GFCMP + 100 TETRA + 100 AMRIT + 20 GFAAA + 20 HYPER	20 GALFI + 70 GFOOD + 2.5 GFEXO + 0.1 HYPER	20 GFNRG

Amber's Take

Space Elevator is the most efficient GALFI earner at 2.5/day — but it needs an Orbit slot. If you have a Planet with 2+ Orbit slots, stacking Space Elevators is one of the best passive income plays in the game.

The Upgrade Formula

Level N Cost = Base Cost × 1.5 ^(N−1)

Output also increases by 1.5× per level — upgrades always pay off

Cost & Time Multipliers by Level

LVL 1

1.00×

12h build

LVL 2

1.50×

18h build

LVL 3

2.25×

27h build

LVL 4
3.38×
40.5h build

LVL 5
5.06×
60.75h build

LVL 6
7.59×
~91h build

Instant Upgrade with GALFI

Any building can be instantly upgraded by paying Normal Cost × 1.2 in GALFI at the prevailing exchange rate. This skips all waiting time entirely — no 18h, no 27h, no 91h timers.

You can also purchase buildings directly with GALFI without gathering the individual resource tokens, and without the standard 12h construction wait.

Amber's Take

Save GALFI instant upgrades for your highest-output buildings when you need a fast boost. Don't waste it on early levels — the time savings are small. Level 4→5 skipping 60+ hours is where instant upgrades really shine.

Recommended Build Order

Phase 1 — Foundation (Days 1–7)

Colony HQ → Level 2

Must be done before any other building can reach Level 2. Always keep HQ one level ahead of everything else.

Build Ore Mine

Place on your GFORE or GFMNR slot immediately. This is your primary resource source — everything else depends on ore.

Build Fusion Power Plant + Farm

Buildings need GFNRG and GFOOD to operate. Without these, nothing produces anything. Build both as soon as you have ore.

Upgrade Ore Mine → Level 2

1.5× ore output. Goes from 6→9 GFORE/day (Asteroid) or 5→7.5 GFORE/day (Planet). More ore = faster everything.

Upgrade Power Plant + Farm → Level 2

5→7.5 GFNRG and GFOOD per day. Builds a surplus so buildings never run dry.

Phase 2 — Expansion (Days 8–30)

Build Orbital Shipyard

Required to build all ships. Needs 500 GFMNR + 500 GFORE + 100 TETRA + 100 GFCMP. No shipyard = no missions = no rare resources.

Build Components Factory

Produces GFCMP which is required for all ship construction. Build this before trying to build ships regularly.

Add Residential Arcology or Space Elevator

1 GALFI/day and 2.5 GALFI/day respectively. Stack these on available Lagrange and Orbit slots for passive GALFI income.

Phase 3 — Specialization (Days 30+)

Max out production buildings to Level 5+

At Level 5, buildings produce 5.06× their base output. Keep HQ always one level ahead. Upgrade Mines → Power → Food → Income.

Build Megastructures (Dyson Sphere / Ringworld)

20 GALFI/day each. Requires HYPER and AMRIT. These are endgame — each also unlocks +5 additional build slots.

Amber's Take

The biggest mistake new players make is building too many buildings before they can supply them all with GFNRG and GFOOD. 3 fully running buildings beat 10 empty ones every time. Get your power and food surplus sorted first, then expand.

How Building Operations Work

Loading Buildings

Every building needs GFNRG and GFOOD loaded to operate. You must load a minimum of 24 hours worth of resources at a time. Maximum load scales with level — Level 1 holds 1 week, Level 2 holds 2 weeks, and so on.

Collection Rules

Rewards stack if you don't collect immediately — you won't lose production. You can also cancel production mid-cycle for pro-rated rewards. One-click replenish lets you refill all buildings at once.

If Buildings Run Dry

If a building runs out of GFNRG or GFOOD, it stops producing entirely. No partial output. This is why building your Power Plant and Farm first — and keeping them upgraded — is so critical.

Practical Example

Your Asteroid Ore Mine produces 6 GFORE/day and consumes 1 GFNRG + 1 GFOOD/day. To run it for 3 days: load 3 GFNRG + 3 GFOOD, then collect 18 GFORE after 3 days.

Early Adopter Rewards

Token rewards from Buildings and Missions will be reduced over time. The first economic rebalancing happens 90 days after launch, then every 90 days after. GALFI earnings and mission rewards are expected to reduce the most.

This means the earlier you start building and upgrading, the more you earn. Ships may also become more expensive in later updates. Get in early, build hard.

Amber's Take

The early adopter window is real. The game is designed so that first movers earn the most. This isn't just marketing — the 90-day rebalancing cycle means every day you delay is a day of higher earnings you're missing. Build now, optimize later.