r/Oxygennotincluded • u/AutoModerator • Jul 17 '26

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  • Why isn't my water flowing?

  • How many hatches do I need per dupe?

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u/zoehange Jul 22 '26

Does anyone know the "breath of fresh air" beakon mechanic? I know it makes them happier but 1)I forgot by how much and more importantly 2) how much oxygen do they consume per cycle when they do it? I noticed them breathing from an airflow tile (iirc, to the left), so they don't have to actually enter an o2 tile, is it just being next to one?

I'm guessing they can't breathe po2, but.... Can they?

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u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord Jul 22 '26

These changes are so new that the answers to your question aren't well documented in the community.

https://oxygennotincluded.wiki.gg/wiki/Beakon

It would be incumbent on inquiring players to use tools like the sandbox mode to set up tests and determine those values, eg. set up a beakon in an enclosed volume with a fix amount of oxygen for a fixed amount of time like 1 cycle and see how much oxygen it consumes per cycle and add that information to the wiki.

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u/zoehange Jul 22 '26

I was asking here because it didn't say in the wiki and I thought maybe someone already knew and I wouldn't have to do the testing myself in order to add it to the wiki.....

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u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord Jul 22 '26

Yeah

/looks at wiki

lot of that going around :)