The Universim – Space Boxes Guide

Deciphering the Space Boxes and hopefully finding out what awaits for you inside before you open it.

Guide to Space Boxes

Where to Find

The boxes are not immediately obvious at first glance, you gotta look around a bit. But what you are looking for are not actually boxes, but meteorites! They are grey and embedded in the earth.

Untouched Meteor

Meteor cracking open

When you find one, click on it a few times to crack it open, then use the telekinesis power to bring it over to your civilization. There’s a handy feature where you press “F” while holding it and it will bring you right to the center!

When I started up one game, I found 3 already spawned in around the world; in another game, 5. Seems randomization plays a role here. You will find more as the game continues via UFOs and Meteorites (Disaster).

Learning About Boxes

When you get new boxes, you’ll see three rows of question marks with options to open or scrap them. While the boxes are in your civilization center, your nuggets will research them during their free time. This research gradually reveals letters as clues about what’s inside the box, until all three clues are completely revealed. Once you have all the clues, you can decide whether to open the box or not.

I don’t suggest opening boxes before all clues are revealed, as it’s risky. These boxes can contain good items but also harmful things. For example, I’ve gotten a nugget with special pink skin (which their children could inherit!) but also had boxes that simply exploded. So open them carefully based on the clues.

The Clues

I’d like to start a list of all possible descriptions that can show up on the boxes.

Green Clue – Possible Meaning

• The surface of the box is inscribed with mysterious markings – Blueprint
• The box is warm to your nugget’s touch – Explosion
• Your nuggets hear a desperate banging inside… – Nugget
• A skunky smell wafts from the box – 50 Herbs
• Your nugget’s mouth waters as they approach – 50 Food
• The box’s surface shimmers with an energy – 200 Creator Points
• The box weighs a ton and is tightly packed – 30 Bricks
• A few gears can be heard turning with intent – All Buildings Repaired 25%
• The box is heavy and smells of sawdust – 30 Planks
• Your nugget’s energy drains as they approach the box – Lose 200 Creator Points
• A sickly sweet smell hits your nuggets as they near – Plague
• Your nuggets hear a clatter as something shifts inside the box – 100 Wood
• A clanging echos out as something shifts in the box – 30 Iron

Blue Clue – Possible Meaning

• A desperate banging and shouting can be heard from inside the box – Nuggets (3)
• A skunky smell wafts from the box – 75 Herbs
• Industrious machines clang and whir inside the box – All Buildings Repaired 50%
• Your nuggets hear a steady beeping. It quickens as they draw near… – Meteor Strike
• A metallic sound is coming out of the box – 30 Steel Beams
• The box is labeled FRA-GI-LE. Must be Italian. – 30 Glass
• Your nuggets hear a clatter as something shifts inside the box – 100 Wood
• The smell of fumes wafts from the box – 50 Oil

Red Clue – Possible Meaning

• An acrid fume fills the air around you – 100 Gas
• Fumes that smell like stars drift out of the box – 50 Fuel
• The chattering of a terrified conversation leaks out of the box – Nuggets (5)

Unknown Clue Color – Courtesy of Rudolph

• There is a whistling coming from inside the box… – Tornado
• Something rattles and buffets inside the box, trying to get out… – Windstorm
• A low moaning and wheezing comes from inside the box – Zombies
• Your nuggets feel extremely exhausted due to energy drains as they approach the box – Lose 1000 Creator Points
• Your nuggets energy drains fast as they approach the box – Lose 500 Creator Points
• The box’s surface shimmers with an extreme energy” – Gain 1000 Creator Points
• The box’s surface shimmers with a great energy – Gain 500 Creator Points
• The box glows with a green aura of vitality – Unknown amount of Chemicals
• A tinkling, like solid rain falling down a tube – Unknown amount of Plastic
• The weight of liquid rock sloshes around inside – Unknown amount of Cement
• Your nuggets hear the sound of many feet walking around inside the box – 10 Nuggets
• Your nuggets smell an odd odor coming from the box – 3 Nuggets (Blue)

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