Changes

After the player has destroyed a certain number of '''[[Planets|planets]]''', it becomes possible to enter a Black Hole.  Doing so resets most of the upgrades and resources, but earns the player '''[[Resources#Dark Matter|Dark Matter]]''' and can unlock additional features, such as the '''[[Dark Matter Institute]]''', where new technologies can be researched.

*Gene strand Strand and colony upgrades*Colony irradiation levels

*Colony irradiation levels*[[Dark Matter Institute ]] technologies

*Gene strandsStrands

*Most of the evolved Evolved and mutated bacteriaMutated Bacteria

*Dark matterMatter

Evolved bacteria Bacteria have a default 10% [[Evolved Bacteria#Black Hole Survival Probability|chance to survive a Black Hole]]. This can be increased through [[Research#Bacteria Irradiation|bacteria irradiationBacteria Irradiation]]. Before entering a Black Hole, the player will also be prompted to secure up to two bacteria Evolved Bacteria that will definitely survive. Only evolved bacteria of Level 2 and above can be secured.

Entering a Black Hole will grant [[Resources#Dark Matter|'''Dark Matter''']], which can be spent in the '''[[Dark Matter Institute]]. The amount of Dark Matter depends on how many [[Resources#Gene Strands|gene strands]] a player has'''.

Gene strands that have been spent The amount of Dark Matter depends on upgrades do not count towards how much Dark Matter is earnedmany [[Gene Strands|'''Gene Strands''']] a player has.

=It makes no difference whether the particular Gene Strand has been obtained from the [[Evolved Bacteria]] effect or it is obtained as a base drop from killed [[Planets|planet]] population. However, Gene Strands that have been spent on [[Upgrades|upgrades]] do not count towards how much Dark Matter Institute=is earned.

In the A player who has reached planet 25 can receive approximately 390 units of Dark Matter Institute, . If the player has used [[Evolved Bacteria]] that grants more Gene Strands, this number can purchase various technologiespotentially be bigger.

There is a separate skill tree When entering the Black Hole for BPSthe first time, BPC, and ResearchDark Matter drops are limited to 800 units.

With * [[Dark Matter Institute]]* [[Research#Bacteria Irradiation|Bacteria Irradiation]] (unlocked when the exception 5th planet after the first Black Hole has been destroyed)* A new [[Mineral Fusion|Mineral Fusion recipe]] (each Black Hole unlocks at least one new recipe until all of '''Premium upgrades''', these are the only upgrades that are never reset.them have been unlocked)

Dark Matter Institute is unlocked after the first Entering a Black Holealso changes parts of planet descriptions.[[Category:Game Mechanics]]