WULING AIC RESET: GOURD & V1.2 PREP
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With Palm-Top Savior wrapping up on May 13, 2026 and Version 1.2 Phase 2 launching the very next day, every Wuling AIC operator faces the same two-day decision: keep grinding gourds until the timer hits zero, or start unwinding the temporary factory now. The answer depends on your Stock Bill reserves, component shortages, and how aggressively you plan to push into the upcoming Test Area map.
This post breaks down the automatic liquidation mechanic, the three reversion strategies the community has converged on, the technical steps to rebuild a healthy base, and the blueprint codes you can paste straight into the game.
TL;DR — Key Points
- Production ends May 13, but the Goods Exchange stays open until May 19, 2026 — spend your certs before that.
- Leftover Xiranite Gourds and Jade Gourds auto-convert to Wuling Stock Bills when the event closes, bypassing outpost transaction caps.
- 14,000,000 bill regional storage cap at RDM Level 12 — overflow gets paid in Fruits of Altruism Certs, which become worthless after May 19.
- Weekly 12.5M Stock Bill regional cap still applies — spend down your reserves before the dump.
- Max profitable Jade Gourd stockpile: ~116,667 units (at 120 bills each, from an empty wallet).
- Three player archetypes: Early-Dismantle (component-starved), Max-Yield Stockpiler (currency-starved), Hybrid Optimizer (balanced 6/min line).
- Restore Forges of the Sky back to Heavy Xiranite, re-split Hetonite into Parts + Disks, and rebuild SC Wuling Battery to 12–13.25/min.
- Version 1.2 Phase 2 on May 14 introduces Liquid Heavy Xiranite for Test Area exploration and the Super Chef agricultural event.
How Post-Event Liquidation Actually Works
When the Palm-Top Savior production window closes at the May 13 cutoff, any Xiranite Gourd or Xiranite Jade Gourd still sitting in your AIC depot or outpost warehouse is automatically processed into regional Wuling Stock Bills. The conversion is treated as a single bulk transaction and ignores the per-outpost hourly and daily trade limits that normally throttle large gourd dumps.
The catch sits one layer up: the regional Stock Bill ledger itself has a hard storage ceiling tied to your Regional Development level. At RDM Level 12, the cap is 14,000,000 bills. Anything that would push you past that ceiling does not roll over into bills — it gets paid out in Fruits of Altruism Certs. Those certs are useful only in the event shop, and that shop locks permanently on May 19, 2026, after which any unspent certs are purged.
On top of that, the regional weekly Stock Bill cap of 12.5 million still applies to the conversion event. If your weekly throughput is already partially consumed by your normal outpost sales, the dump will be metered against whatever headroom is left.
Calculating Your Maximum Profitable Stockpile
A single Jade Gourd liquidates at 120 Wuling Stock Bills. The maximum useful stockpile is just the bill ceiling divided by the per-unit value:
Max Jade Gourds = Target Bill Yield / 120Starting from an empty wallet at RDM 12:
14,000,000 / 120 ≈ 116,667 Jade GourdsPast that threshold, every additional gourd you produce returns either nothing (if certs already maxed) or doomed certs. The practical takeaway: once you can see 116k Jade Gourds in your depot, pull the trigger on factory reversion and stop burning raw Xiranite on a wasted resource.
Gourd Conversion Reference
| Parameter | Xiranite Gourd (Phase 1) | Xiranite Jade Gourd (Phase 2) |
|---|---|---|
| Outpost Sell Value | 40 Wuling Stock Bills | 120 Wuling Stock Bills |
| Event Cert Yield (approx) | 10 Fruits of Altruism Certs | 30 Fruits of Altruism Certs |
| Base Production Inputs | 90/min Raw Xiranite | 12/min Hetonite + 12/min Heavy Xiranite + Yazhen |
| Outpost Cap Impact | Moderate drain | Extreme — exhausts hourly outpost regen |
| Post-Event Conversion Limit | Capped by regional bill ceiling | Capped by 14M regional storage |
| Max Profitable Stockpile (empty wallet) | 350,000 units | 116,667 units |
Pre-conversion checklist:
- Drain your existing Stock Bills on high-tier outpost goods (Hetonite Parts, Cuprium Components, progression mats) to clear headroom for the dump.
- Verify your weekly regional bill cap has not already been consumed.
- Spend down Fruits of Altruism Certs in the Goods Exchange — they expire on May 19.
The Three Player Strategies
Three distinct playstyles have emerged in community discussions, each driven by what your account is actually short on.
1. The Early-Dismantle Operator
These are mid-to-late-game players who already cleared the 800,000 Fruits of Altruism Cert milestone for the event medal and submitted the 20,000 Jade Gourds required for the medal trim. For them, currency is no longer the bottleneck — components are.
End-game gear artificing is brutal on standard components. Maxing a newly pulled operator like Tangtang or Xaihi can burn through 30,000+ Hetonite Parts, Hetonite Disks, and Cuprium Components. Every minute the factory stays locked on gourd output is a minute the artificing queue starves. Early-dismantle players revert their base 2–4 days before the May 13 cutoff to rebuild standard component stockpiles ahead of Version 1.2.
2. The Max-Yield Stockpiler
The opposite profile: chronic Stock Bill shortage, ambitious endgame outpost shopping list, and an empty regional ledger. For these players, the Jade Gourd is the most profitable item in Wuling’s entire history, and the event’s end is a one-shot chance to seed a multi-million bill reserve.
The strategy is straightforward — run the gourd line at full capacity until the final second. The execution is messier: depot overflow becomes a constant threat, so stockpilers offload Stabilized Carbon (SC) batteries into Valley IV storage arrays to free up Wuling depot slots specifically for gourds. Manual transport runs between depots are the price of squeezing every last drop out of the liquidation.
3. The Hybrid Optimizer
The balanced approach. A full 12/min Jade Gourd line completely paralyzes the Wuling power grid and starves every other module, which is unsustainable for anyone trying to keep gear artificing online. Hybrid optimizers scale the gourd line down to 6/min, which frees enough raw Xiranite, Hetonite, and power to keep a 13.25/min SC Wuling Battery line and a standard component pipeline running in parallel.
The trade-off is a smaller final stockpile, but the base never enters a post-event energy crisis and component reserves stay healthy heading into Phase 2.
Strategy Comparison
| Archetype | Dismantle Timeline | Operational Focus | Post-Event Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early-Dismantle | 2–4 days before May 13 | Rebuild Hetonite + Cuprium pipelines for gear artificing | Components ready; lower bill reserves |
| Max-Yield Stockpiler | Final second of event | Cram every depot slot with Jade Gourds | High bills; clogged depots, component shortages |
| Hybrid Optimizer | Gradual wind-down over last 48h | 6/min gourd line alongside batteries + components | Balanced reserves; stable power grid |
Technical Reversion Steps
Whichever strategy you pick, the post-event rebuild has the same backbone. Phase 2’s volumetric demand forced most bases into distorted, power-starved layouts — restoring a sustainable factory means systematically undoing those compromises.
1. Rebuild the SC Wuling Battery Line
A 12/min Jade Gourd line consumes roughly 5.6k power, which is exactly what most players robbed from the battery line to feed Phase 2. First priority on revert is bringing SC Wuling Battery output back to 12/min or 13.25/min.
The key optimization here is the inert xircon effluent loop:
- A 12/min SC battery line emits 24/min inert xircon effluent as a byproduct.
- Routing that effluent through a purification unit yields 6/min of purified xircon effluent.
- Feed the purified output back into your Forge of the Sky loops to generate Heavy Xiranite at a reduced raw Xiranite cost.
This closed-loop design slashes raw mineral node demand and prevents the cascading stalls that hit every Phase 2 base.
2. Reallocate Forges of the Sky
During the event, most players pulled their Forges of the Sky off Heavy Xiranite to crank basic Xiranite for the gourd recipes. Re-stage the post-event layout in the AIC planner before tearing down belts. Reverse the assignment: dedicate at least one Forge — typically up to four — back to Heavy Xiranite production. The exact count depends on how aggressively you’re prepping for Liquid Heavy Xiranite manufacturing (more on that below).
3. Restore Hetonite Splitting
Raw Hetonite was rerouted directly into gourd production during the event, bypassing the splitter that normally produces Hetonite Parts and Hetonite Disks. Re-engage the splitter — those parts are mandatory for structural upgrades, higher-tier crafting, and gear artificing.
4. Diagnose the Fluid Pipe Bug
When you paste a new high-throughput blueprint or rebuild complex acid/water lines manually, the engine occasionally fails to recalculate fluid transport. The symptom is localized starvation at Reactor Crucibles and Water Treatment units even though source pumps are running.
The fix is manual: clear and reconnect every fluid line after blueprint placement. Specifically:
- Wire each of the four clean-water pumps on the bottom of the factory core individually to its respective splitter.
- Clear residual fluid volume from acid pump lines before resuming the loop.
- Restart the affected production stations once flow is restored.
Blueprint Codes for Fast Reversion
The community has converged on standardized modular blueprints for the post-event rebuild. These assume RDM Level 10+, the 40×40 grid expansion, and the Depot Bus system deployed.
| Blueprint | Server | Share Code | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuling 1.2 Optimized Factory Core | Asia | EFO0152142e2Aiu13eIoe | Baseline 12/min SC Battery, Hetonite Parts, Heavy Xiranite |
| Wuling 1.2 Optimized Factory Core | NA / EU | EFO01iOe7o498O24672U4 | Western reversion profile, max automated component output |
| Heavy Xiranite & Hetonite Module | NA / EU | EFO01iOe70U63u26u72U4 | Dedicated high-tier progression parts module |
| Standard SC Wuling Battery Module | Asia | EFO01521eE59iEuueIoe | Battery production for Wuling Thermal Banks |
| Standard SC Wuling Battery Module | NA / EU | EFO01U4Ai812e6OO37Oa8 | Western battery module for local grid stability |
After import, walk every fluid junction — the pipe bug rarely survives a manual reconnect pass.
Preparing for Version 1.2 Phase 2 (May 14)
Phase 2 drops the day after the gourd event ends, and the reversion plan has to account for two new content streams: the Wuling — Test Area map and the Curious Use of Xiranite + Supply: Wuling Super Chef events.
Liquid Heavy Xiranite Production
The Test Area introduces Superactive Blight environmental obstacles. Standard water sprayers can’t clear them — you need Liquid Heavy Xiranite applied via exploration drones to open Protocol Crates and unlock lift systems.
Production is a three-stage automated chain:
- Acid Extraction — Acid pumps continuously harvest Precipitation Acid from regional pools.
- Crucible Reaction — Acid plus refined Heavy Xiranite feeds a Reactor Crucible, generating raw Liquid Heavy Xiranite.
- Automated Bottling — Pipe the liquid into a Filling Unit that packages it into empty steel or ferrite bottles. Players can then carry bottles in inventory and dispatch them via exploration drones.
Add an overflow valve. Once the primary Liquid Heavy Xiranite storage tank saturates, route excess Heavy Xiranite back to the main depot for standard crafting. Without this, you’ll either stall the bottling line or burn material into a full tank.
Repurposing Agricultural Lines for Super Chef
Throughout Palm-Top Savior, hydroponic lines and Planting/Seeding ratios (typically 2:1) were tuned exclusively for Yazhen powder. The May 14 Wuling Super Chef supply event introduces specialized food recipes that require a broader spread of agricultural inputs.
Reprogram the hydroponic beds and seed selectors for the new ingredient list, then route raw inputs into regional packaging centers to fulfill the event’s delivery quotas. The reward chain includes the Sticker: Wuling Super Chef, Oroberyls, and Marks of Perseverance — and crucially, none of it requires touching your heavy industrial sectors.
Phase 2 Operational Impact
| Event / Zone | Target Output | Production Chain | Operational Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuling — Test Area | Environmental clearance, map progression | Drone delivery of Liquid Heavy Xiranite | Unlocks regional teleport points |
| Curious Use of Xiranite | Bottled Liquid Heavy Xiranite | Heavy Xiranite + Acid → Reactor Crucible → Filling Unit | Requires stable acid extraction + bottling stations |
| Supply: Wuling Super Chef | Event-exclusive culinary shipments | Hydroponic crops → Seed Picking → Packaging Unit | Full agricultural reconfiguration |
Bottom Line
Two days out from the May 13 cutoff, the most expensive mistake is producing more Jade Gourds than your regional Stock Bill ceiling can absorb. Calculate your headroom, drain your existing bills into outpost progression goods, and pick the strategy that matches your shortage: components, currency, or both.
The reversion itself is mechanical — restore the SC Battery line, reallocate Forges, re-split Hetonite, walk every fluid junction. The only piece of the rebuild that’s genuinely new is the Liquid Heavy Xiranite chain, which goes live for the Test Area on May 14. Lay the acid extraction and Reactor Crucible groundwork before Phase 2 unlocks so you’re not improvising on launch day.
Spend down your Fruits of Altruism Certs before May 19. After that, they’re database entries with no value.
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