Buildings make the colony's resources. Five core buildings carry through every age and change their look as they level up; each age also adds its own buildings. Every 10, 25, 50, 100 levels a building's output is multiplied by 2.
Core buildings
Age buildings
| Building | Age | Effect | Paid in | Output factor |
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| Fungus Garden | Bronze Age | Food per forager | Materials | ×1.2 |
| Lamp Forge | Bronze Age | Materials per builder | Food | ×1.2 |
| Seed Granary | Bronze Age | +4% Food cap per level | Materials | ×0.04 |
| Paperclip Forge | Iron Age | Materials per builder | Food | ×1.25 |
| Bread-crumb Bakery | Iron Age | Food per forager | Materials | ×1.25 |
| Barracks | Iron Age | +1% soldier damage and HP per level | Materials | ×0.01 |
| Charger Boiler | Steam Age | +2% Power Source multiplier per level | Materials | ×0.02 |
| Coal Pit | Steam Age | Materials per builder | Food | ×1.3 |
| Rail Tunnels | Steam Age | +0.5% all production per level | Materials | ×0.005 |
| Kitchen Refinery | Industrial Age | Food per forager | Materials | ×1.3 |
| Plastics Works | Industrial Age | Materials per builder | Food | ×1.3 |
| Drainpipe Highway | Industrial Age | +0.6% all production per level | Materials | ×0.006 |
| Battery Reactor | Atomic Age | +2.5% Power Source multiplier per level | Materials | ×0.025 |
| Hydroponic Garden | Atomic Age | Food per forager | Materials | ×1.35 |
| Alloy Foundry | Atomic Age | Materials per builder | Food | ×1.35 |
| Lab Annex | Atomic Age | +2% Codex question rewards per level (double at level 50) | Materials | ×0.02 |
| Data Hive | Information Age | +0.4% all production per level per linked colony (max 5 colonies) | Materials | ×0.004 |
| Silicon Mill | Information Age | Materials per builder | Food | ×1.4 |
| Synthetic Kitchen | Information Age | Food per forager | Materials | ×1.4 |
| Satellite Mound | Information Age | +1 Exploration range ring every 25 levels; +1% exploration speed per level | Materials | ×0.01 |
| Launch Mound | Space Age | Required to reach Space tiles; +1% expedition rewards per level | Materials | ×0.01 |
| Orbital Hive | Space Age | +3% population cap per level | Materials | ×0.03 |
| Asteroid Mine | Space Age | Materials per builder | Food | ×1.45 |
| Nutrient Vats | Space Age | Food per forager | Materials | ×1.45 |
| Solar Sails | Space Age | +1.5% exploration speed per level | Materials | ×0.015 |
| Dyson Swarm | Singularity | +1% all production per level | Materials | ×0.01 |
| Hive Mind | Singularity | +0.5% staff capacity per level | Materials | ×0.005 |
| Exotic Matter Forge | Singularity | Materials per builder | Food | ×1.5 |
| Energy Conversion | Singularity | Food per forager | Materials | ×1.5 |
