Entering a Black Hole '''resets''':
*Gene Strand and colony upgrades
*Colony irradiation levels
*Destroyed planets
*[[Planetary_Research#Planetary_Discoveries|Planetary Discoveries]]
Black Hole '''does not''' reset:
*Achievements
*Premium upgrades
*Colony irradiation levels*[[Dark Matter Institute ]] technologies
Resources that '''will be lost''':
*Dark Matter
*Scientists
*[[Minerals]]
Evolved 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 Irradiation]]. Before entering a Black Hole, the player will also be prompted to secure up to two Evolved Bacteria that will definitely survive. Only Evolved Bacteria of Level 2 and above can be secured.
=Drops=
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.
A player who has reached planet 25 can at most receive 390 units of Dark Matter.::{{dark matter formula}}
=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.
The '''A player who has reached planet 25 can receive approximately 390 units of Dark Matter. If the player has used [[Dark Matter InstituteEvolved Bacteria]]''' is unlocked after the first Black Hole.In the Dark Matter Institutethat grants more Gene Strands, the player this number can purchase various technologiespotentially be bigger.
With When entering the exception of '''Premium upgrades'''Black Hole for the first time, these are the only upgrades that Dark Matter drops are never lost or resetlimited to 800 units.
=Other New Features=Entering a Black Hole unlocks:
A feature that is otherwise inaccessible to players is * [[Dark Matter Institute]]* [[Research#Bacteria Irradiation|'''bacteria irradiation'''Bacteria Irradiation]], which is (unlocked when the 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 them have been unlocked)
Entering a Black Hole also changes parts of planet descriptions.
[[Category:Game Mechanics]]
