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How to Fill Biomass Cells and Run Bio Generators

The exact Biomass Cell connection sequence plus the most common failure checks.

IDLE_DIRECTIVE inventory and connected body grid with storage and generators
Fuel storage, the cell, the generator, and the main grid form one connected chain.
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A Biomass Cell is portable fuel storage for a Bio Generator. The Harvester is part of the resource-supply loop, but it does not fill the Cell directly.

Fill and connect a Biomass Cell

  1. Keep a Biotank or other Biomass storage with Biomass available.
  2. Hold the Biomass Cell over that storage.
  3. Click to fill the Cell.
  4. Place the filled Cell so it connects directly to the Bio Generator.
  5. Connect the Bio Generator to the main grid.
  6. Watch the energy rate and the Cell’s state through a full working cycle.

The reviewed grid contains tanks, generators, and connected components; trace the fuel path before adding branches.

What the Harvester actually does

A Harvester needs two things outside its body-grid connector:

  • Biomass storage with free capacity in the inventory; and
  • a reachable POI containing harvestable Biomass.

Its output goes to the storage in inventory. It does not automatically refill an ordinary Biomass Cell. If the Harvester is idle, check the current POI and storage capacity before rebuilding the body grid.

The full release includes a self-refilling Biomass Cell with a 30-second refill cooldown. Its exact unlock point is not established here, so do not plan the first Biomass loop around having it.

Symptom checklist

Symptom Check first
Cell will not fill Confirm the storage contains Biomass, then hold the Cell over it and click
Generator is inactive Confirm the filled Cell touches the Generator and the Generator touches the grid
Harvester is inactive Confirm the current POI contains Biomass and inventory storage has room
Energy still falls Compare generator output with active demand; disconnect one consumer and retest
Biomass is collected but Cell stays empty Fill the ordinary Cell manually from storage

For connector isolation, use the grid diagnostic. If you cannot reach a valid resource point yet, follow the Map and POI route.

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