Tycoon Research Recipe

Research Recipe

ManifestProvided by Tycoon

Defines a research recipe that can be processed in a research workbench. Each recipe has: - A catalyst item (consumed to power the research) - A combustion/fuel item (determines processing duration) - An output item (the result, with a success probability) - Optional bonus outputs (extra drops with individual chances) Adapted from BTC Sky's ResearchNodeEntry pattern.

Fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
description	List<String>	empty	Description shown in the recipe tooltip
icon	Item	—	Recipe icon
categoryId	String	—	Research category this recipe belongs to
catalystItem	Item	—	Catalyst item required to power this research (consumed on start)
catalystCost	Int	1	Amount of catalyst items consumed per research attempt
fuelItem	Item	—	Combustion/fuel item that determines processing time (consumed per tick)
durationSeconds	Int	60	Processing duration in seconds
successChance	Double	80.0	Base success chance (0.0 - 100.0)
outputItem	Item	—	Output item granted on success
bonusOutputs	List<TycoonResearchBonusOutput>	empty	Bonus output items with individual drop chances TycoonResearchBonusOutput (3) Field Type Default Description item Item — Bonus output item chance Double 50.0 Drop chance percent (0-100) amount Int 1 Amount dropped
isRepeatable	Boolean	false	Whether this recipe can be repeated unlimited times
categoryXpReward	Int	10	XP granted to the research category on success

Common TypeWriter fields (displayName)

Field	Type	Default	Description
displayName	String	—	Display name in the research GUI

Current behaviour

The research tick marks started recipe processes as complete and notifies the player. In the current code no menu button type or action starts a recipe, so check that your setup can start one before relying on this entry.