How do cipher keys work?
Attach ciphers to a Normal module, then apply the key.
You'll need
- Pick one with exactly the key's number of ports, identified, not Faction quality. Easiest: craft it from a researched blueprint.
- Attach the ciphers to its ports. Each adds the cell its port points at to the shape, and can't currently be removed.
- Apply the key. The module becomes a harmonic.
Good to know
- All known keys use two ciphers, so the module needs exactly two ports.
- A cipher that makes a fitted module too big to fit is refused, not used up.
- Ciphers landing on random ports is a bug being fixed: you should get to pick.
- Wrong module type? A developer suggests changing it with a Thoth adapter, then applying the key.
Warning
A harmonic adds 1,000 to its build rating.