Sandbox/expedition

General Expeditions

#	Key Resource	Time					+	Total Gross Resources per Hour		Sparkling Load
2		0:30		200	60		200	230	1	8+ for GS
3		0:30	90	90	120		180	300		9+ for GS
5		1:30	133	133	13	13	266	318
5 GS		1:30	200	200	20	20	400	477		3 1⁄3
6		0:40				120		360
6 GS		0:40				200		600		6
21		2:20	137	116			253	253
21 GS		2:20	206	174			380	380		1.7 or 2.1
37		2:45		138	98		138	236
37 GS		2:45		207	147		207	354		1.5 or 1.8 or 2.2
38		2:55	144		69		144	213
38 GS		2:55	216		104		216	320		1.4 or 1.7 or 2.1

General Rules of Expeditions

Key assumptions of the table above

• The table assumes that expedition timings are run optimally.
• The table lists gross, not net, resource gain.
• The chart does not take into account resources spent sparkling
• While expedition 6 gives the "highest" gross resources per hour, this is all in bauxite, which may have a limited utility.

Common Expedition Combinations

As one of the three expeditions is usually committed towards either expedition 2 for buckets or expedition 6 for bauxite, most combinations here will cover the options for the remaining two expeditions.

Combination	Overall Resource Focus					+	Total Gross Resources per Hour
5 GS 21 GS		406	374	20	20	780	860
21 GS 38 GS		422	174	104	0	596	700
5 GS 38 GS		416	200	124	20	616	800
37 GS 38 GS		216	207	251	0	423	674
5 GS 21 GS 38 GS		622	374	123	20	996	1180

Forming Expedition Compositions

The following can be seen from the above table

• For extra sparkling chance, expedition 5 can be run with five sparkled ships instead of the minimum of 4.
• Assuming perfect efficiency, expedition 5 effectively dominates expedition 21.
  • This means that expedition 21 should not be run unless expedition 5 is also being run
• Stacking expeditions 5, 21, and 38 for an all-out fuel focus

Bucket Expeditions

#	Key (Non-Bucket) Resource	Time					Average Time Per Bucket (lower is better)
2		0:30		200	60		1H
4		0:50		72			1H 40M
9		4:00	87				No Buckets
9 GS		4:00	130				2H 40M
10		1:30	33			19	3H
13 GS		90	113				5H 20M

Overnight/Long Expeditions

#	Key Resources	Time					+	Total Gross Resources
9 GS		4:00	525				525	525	1.5
11 GS		5:00				375		1125	1
12 GS		8:00	75	325	300	75	400	925
13 GS		4:00	360	450			810	810	1
15 GS		12:00			450	600		2250
16 GS		15:00	750	750	300	300	1500	2700
24 GS		8:20	750			225	750	1425	1
35 GS		7:00			360	420		1620
36 GS		9:00	750		300	300	750	1950	1
40 GS		6:50	450	450		150	900	1350	1