Purchasing new colonies is the main means for increasing BPS and BPC. Colonies cost Bacteria. New types are unlocked when the player has accumulated Bacteria equal to the base price of the next available colony.

Purchasing a new colony increases the price of all colonies of the same type, but the increase to production remains the same.

Before purchasing colonized planets, there is an additional requirement of having previously destroyed 8 planets. This is not reset after entering a Black Hole.

All colonies and regular colony upgrades are used up when attacking a planet or entering a Black Hole. Gene Strand upgrades to colony production are only lost when entering a Black Hole, but BPC and BPS bonuses from the Dark Matter Institute and Premium purchases are permanent.

The effective production of colonies is also influenced by the equipped Evolved Bacteria, which can boost the total BPS, idle BPS, or reduce colony price.

Colony Types

Bacteria Guns

Bacteria Gun is available for purchase from the very beginning of the game.

Unlike other colonies, Bacteria Gun adds only to the player's BPC.

Icon	Name	Base Cost	Production
	Bacteria Gun	25	1

Bacteria Colonies

Except for Petri Dish, all Bacteria colonies are unlocked once the player has accumulated Bacteria equal to the base cost of that colony.

All Bacteria colonies only add to BPS, but some colony and Gene Strand upgrades can boost the player's BPC by a percentage of the total BPS.

Name	Base Cost	Production
Petri Dish	80	1
Germ Flask	500	4
Rotting Fish	4500	20
Trash Bin	63000	150
Compost Heap	1 323 000	1500
Incubator	42 336 000	20 000
Farm	2 032 128 000	360 000
Laboratory	1.46313E+11	8.80E+06
Germ Factory	1.58018E+13	2.91E+08
Sewage Network	2.56E+15	1.30E+10
Nuclear Reactor	6.22E+17	7.82E+11
Area 52	2.27E+20	6.37E+13
Space Station	1.24E+23	7.01E+15
Industrialized Asteroid	1.02E+26	1.04E+18
Artificial Planet	1.26E+29	2.09E+20

Colonized Planets

Colonized planets work identically to regular Bacteria colonies, but have the additional requirement of the player having previously destroyed at least 8 planets.

Name	Base Cost	Production
Mars colony	1.26E+40	9.89E+28
Mercury colony	1.26E+48	9.59E+36
Earth colony	1.26E+58	7.29E+44
Paflaolus colony	1.26E+68	6.09E+54
Aclanus colony	1.26E+83	7.09E+67
Lableilara colony	1.26E+99	8.09E+81