By the time you get the cyclops (entirely optional), you should be more or less ready for end game, but the base power is 1200 of which 60 power is a whopping 5%. This is bad, since shields also uses 1 percent of 6000 (60 power). Using sonar is ridiculously expensive though, with 2 minutes of use losing me about 7-8%, or 420-480 power. Originally posted by Varagonax:With full ion power cells, and the efficiency module using stealth mode uses 3 percent of my 6000 power, or 180 power.

Shields and Silent Running can afford to be a little more expensive since you can't use them constantly. Sonar at least should be cheaper given how much you need to use it. I do believe I've heard that the usable upgrades are kind of power hogs though. Well, they said they wanted you to be able to drive it for 2 full real-time hours on full cells, and at 9-10 ppm as you say with 6000 power that's TEN hours. At best, the regular batterys last thirty minutes of slow single direction movement (it costs more power to turn and go straight, and even more to turn, descend and move foward. Taking into account the fact that single movement at slow drains 9 power per minute (ppm for short), standard 20 ppm, and flank is 40, maintaining power on the cyclops is a chore and a half. With full ion power cells, and the efficiency module using stealth mode uses 3 percent of my 6000 power, or 180 power. Without that bugged upgrade, the Cyclops is supposed to be fairly OK drain-rate-wise at this point.

It may be causing the OP's problems, for all I know. It actually increases all general power drain and nullifies your efficiency upgrades on top of it, so DO NOT TRY TO USE IT. Yeah but they've stated that as of Voice of the Deep the thermal upgrade is bugged, and BADLY. From my understanding, a nuclear reactor upgrade is in the workings also. The glitch is fixed, but they added a thermal reactor upgrade for the cyclops, so anytime you begin to run low on power just ease the cyclops into an area that is hotter than 30C and you will charge back up to full. Originally posted by CDPlaya:They did give us an olive branch with it though.

Subnautica cyclops draining power