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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.
=Black Hole Formation=
=Black Hole Reset=
Entering a Black Hole '''resets''':
*Gene Strand and colony upgrades
*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''':
*Bacteria
*Nanobots
*Gene Strands
*Bacteria colonies
*Most of the Evolved and Mutated Bacteria
Resources that '''won't be lost''':
*[[Diamonds]]
*[[Dark Matter]]
*[[Scientists]]
*[[Minerals]]
*[[Boost|Boosts]]
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.
=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 [[Gene Strands|'''Gene Strands''']] a player has.
::{{Dark matter formula 1.3.0}}
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 is earned.
A player who has reached planet 25 can receive approximately 390 units of Dark Matter. If the player has used [[Evolved Bacteria]] that grants more Gene Strands, this number can potentially be bigger.
=New Features=
Entering a Black Hole unlocks:
* [[Dark Matter Institute]]
* [[Research#Bacteria Irradiation|Bacteria Irradiation]] (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.
=Trivia=Initially, the [[Dark Matter Institute=]] drops were limited to 800 units when entering a Black Hole for the first time. This limit was removed at a later version.[[Category:Game Mechanics]]
