Features

Overview of the current oxide-meth gameplay loop and systems.

Production Pipeline

Meth production follows a four-stage pipeline. Variant and purity metadata carry through the entire chain.

Cook -> Crystallize -> Break -> Bag

Stage	Input	Output	Equipment	Time
Cook	4 base ingredients + 0-2 additives	liquid_meth_tray	Meth Table	~20 seconds
Crystallize	liquid_meth_tray	crystallized_meth_tray	Crystallizer	5 minutes
Break	1-3 crystallized_meth_tray	3-6 shards per tray	Meth Table	Interactive
Bag	3 shards + 1 baggy	1 variant bag item	Meth Table	Interactive

Cooking

The cooking stage uses an interactive temperature minigame on the meth table.

Process

1. Interact with a placed meth table and select Cook Meth.
2. Add the 4 base ingredients shown in the scene.
3. Pour liquids by tilting the bottle downward.
4. Drag solid additives into the pot when used.
5. Add up to 2 additives.
6. Start the cook and follow the active key prompt.
7. Hold temperature in the 35-65C optimal range for the best purity result.
8. A successful cook outputs liquid_meth_tray.

Temperature mechanics

Setting	Value
Cook duration	20 seconds
Heat rate	0.13 per frame while holding the correct key
Cool amount	15.0C instant drop when the key is released
Start temperature	30.0C
Optimal range	35-65C
Key cycle interval	4 seconds
Keys	E, Q, R, G, X, H

Failure conditions

Condition	Result
Temperature exceeds maximum	Batch explodes, ingredients and additives are consumed, no output
Temperature stays below 15C for 5+ seconds	Batch is ruined, ingredients and additives are consumed, no output

Ingredient interactions

• pour: base ingredients plus cough_syrup, toluene, acetone, hazardous_waste, and magnesium_oxide
• drag: pain_killer, cannabis_leaf, adrenaline, vanilla_unicorn_pills, and lax_to_the_max

Additives and Variants

Up to 2 additives can be used per cook.

Additive	Level	Type	Heat Rate	Optimal Range	Purity Bonus
Pain Killer	1	drag	1.0x	+0C	+0
Lax to the Max	1	drag	0.9x	+0C	-3
Cannabis Leaf	1	drag	1.0x	+0C	+0
Cough Syrup	1	pour	0.95x	+0C	+0
Magnesium Oxide	3	pour	1.0x	+5C	+0
Hazardous Waste	3	pour	1.15x	-5C	-5
Vanilla Unicorn Pills	3	drag	1.0x	+0C	+0
Adrenaline	5	drag	1.3x	+0C	+3
Acetone	5	pour	1.05x	+0C	+5
Toluene	7	pour	1.0x	+3C	+5

Named combinations produce these shipped variants:

Variant	Additives	Value Multiplier	Shard Modifier
Crystal	none	1.0x	0
Glass	Toluene	1.3x	0
Blue Sky	Adrenaline + Toluene	1.6x	0
Purple Haze	Cough Syrup + Vanilla Unicorn Pills	1.5x	0
Lean Crystal	Cough Syrup	1.2x	0
Green Rush	Cannabis Leaf	1.15x	0
Dirty Sprite	Cannabis Leaf + Cough Syrup	1.45x	0
Street Mix	Lax to the Max + Pain Killer	0.7x	+2
Rocket Fuel	Adrenaline + Hazardous Waste	1.35x	+1
Club Special	Adrenaline + Vanilla Unicorn Pills	1.55x	0
Ice	Acetone + Toluene	1.5x	-1

Unmatched additive combinations fall back to the default crystal variant.

Purity System

Purity is calculated from the cook performance, then carried all the way through trays, shards, and finished bags.

Final Purity = Base Score + Level Penalty + Additive Bonuses

Level-based purity penalties

Level	Penalty
1	-30
2	-25
3	-20
4	-15
5	-10
6	-8
7	-5
8	-3
9	-1
10	0

Purity grades

Grade	Score Range
Pure	90-100
High	70-89
Mid	50-69
Low	30-49
Dirty	0-29

Crystallizing

Liquid trays are placed into a crystallizer and persist across restarts.

Setting	Value
Drying time	5 minutes
Columns	2
Slots per column	9
Total capacity	18 trays
Tick interval	30 seconds

Drying data is stored in meth_drying_slots.

Breaking

Breaking happens at the meth table.

Setting	Value
Max trays per session	3
Base shards per tray	3-6
Visual tray stages	4

Variant modifiers change the effective shard range:

Variant	Effective Range
Most variants	3-6
Street Mix	5-8
Rocket Fuel	4-7
Ice	2-5

Shards are produced as variant-specific shard items such as crystal_meth_blue_sky.

Bagging

Bagging is a weight-based minigame on the meth table.

Setting	Value
Shards per bag	3
Shard weight range	0.3g-1.0g
Target weight	1.0g
Minimum seal weight	0.8g

How it works

1. Start Bag Meth at a meth table.
2. Pick a variant group from your available shard inventory.
3. Place shards onto the scale.
4. Try to land between 0.8g and 1.0g.
5. Seal the bag when the target range is met.

The output is the matching variant bag item, such as meth_baggy_ice, with purity metadata preserved.

Usage Effects

Bagged meth items are usable and are configured in shared/config/usage.lua.

Core usage settings

Setting	Value
Cooldown	120 seconds
Base duration	90 seconds
Base intensity	0.5
Purity multipliers	Pure 1.3x, High 1.1x, Mid 1.0x, Low 0.8x, Dirty 0.6x

Supported effect channels

• stress relief
• healing
• armour gain
• stamina regeneration
• speed boost
• screen effects and camera shake

Each entry in Config.Usage.variantEffects overrides the base profile for that specific variant before purity scaling is applied.

Progression

XP rewards

Activity	XP
Cook a batch	25
Collect dried tray	10
Break trays	30
Bag meth	15 per bag

Level unlocks

Level	Unlocks
1	Pain Killer, Lax to the Max, Cannabis Leaf, Cough Syrup
3	Magnesium Oxide, Hazardous Waste, Vanilla Unicorn Pills
5	Adrenaline, Acetone
7	Toluene

The drugs_progression table is shared across Oxide drug resources, but meth progression remains independent under the meth drug key.

Equipment

Meth table

The meth table handles:

• cooking
• tray breaking
• bagging

Crystallizer

The crystallizer handles:

• liquid tray drying
• 18 persistent tray slots
• no placement level requirement by default

Gas Mask

The gas mask is a usable item configured as:

Setting	Value
Item	gas_mask
Component ID	1
Drawable	175
Texture	0
Put-on animation	1200ms

Cooking Manual

The meth_manual item opens the in-game manual UI and covers:

• the production pipeline
• additive recipes
• variant values
• equipment usage
• item imagery loaded from your inventory integration

Safe Zones

Safe zones are polygon areas defined in Config.SafeZones where equipment placement is blocked.

Next Steps

• Installation
• Configuration
• Admin
• Exports