Guide to PE Refining

What is PE refining?

PE refining is a mechanic in the game that allows to use raw PE from Extraction and refine it in order to afterwards trade it for more PE and various goods.

This task is usually performed by a Clerk due to its simplicity and repetitiveness, but it can prove very useful in the long term.

Getting started

Your first step to refine PE is getting PE boxes.

The Extraction Office, with cargo console on image.

At the start of a shift, there should be a crate with a few PE boxes in Extraction. It is advised to use this box to increase how many PE boxes you can carry around.

To get more PE boxes, you can buy them from the Corporate Trade Console in Extraction for 50 PE each.

Refining proccess

The refining area in information department.

Upon reaching information, you will see the refining device in the image displayed, near it are filters. Put PE box inside the refinery machine and it will start refining the box. After a minute, a refined PE box will be produced.

You can speed up the lengthy refining process by adding filters to the refinery while it's processing a box. When a box is inserted, it will display a filter strength between 2 to 21, which you need to match by using filters. There are Blue, Green, Red and Yellow filters, each worth 2, 3, 6 and 10 refining strength. Simply add filters until you match the strength. Succesfuly matching the filter strength speed up refining by 3 time (60 seconds down to 20), so you can gain a lot of time. However, if you go over the filter strength, the box is lost. Information starts with a few filters, but you can buy more at the Corporate Trade Console for 10 PE each. Green Filters are notoriously important as they are the only odd number available.

PE Boxes usage

Once you have obtained refined PE box, you have two choices on your hand.

• Primarly, Refined PE Boxes will be used at the Power Inputs (sometime referred to as Gacha) in Extraction. Simply use a refined PE box on a Power Input to send it away. This will provide 2 things:
  • After a delay, which is usually 2 minutes but can depend per Power Inputs, this will reward the facility with 100 PE (50 more than the price of a box) and leave betweem 50 to 200 Ahn to be taken for your efforts (this is one of the only sources of Ahn!).
  • These Power Inputs will also reward you with crates depending on who you send these boxes to, after meeting their individual quota (such as sending 3 boxes to R-Corp). These crates can be opened with a crowbar and reward you with unique weapons, outfits, armor and tools depending on its source. Note that every shift, only 4 of the 18 Power Inputs will be available, so not all rewards are available at the same time. Refer to the table below for a list of possible items.
• Else, you can give your Refined PE Boxes to your Company Representative (if present), allowing them to perform researches which unlock rewards for your fellow members to use. Bare in mind that with some minor exceptions, these researches are 1 time only rewards and cannot be researched again. You can also give regular PE Boxes if you are in a hurry, but they are only worth half as much to the Representative. Refer to the Company Representative page for a list of researches available with PE Boxes. Lastly, the Company Representative get it's own Power Input, so do not hesitate to request supplies from them with your Refined PE Boxes.

Input table

Input	Payment	Duration	Common reward pool	Rare reward pool	Very rare reward pool
Allas Workshop	1.5	120	Fixer Blade/Greatsword/Hammer, Jeong's Office Wakizashi	20% Chance: Jeon's Office Katana, Molar Office Chainsword/Chainknife	1% Chance: Blue Reverberation Jacket/Scythe, Black Silence Gloves, Vermillion Cross, Red Mist Sword, Purple Tear Katana
Backstreets	1	180	Rats Hammer/Knife/Scalpel/Brick/Pipe, Axegang Axe	30% Chance: Axegang Leader Axe, Sweeper Hook, District 23 Butcher Knife/Carving Knife	10% Chance: Sweeper Hooksword, Sickle, Claw
Hana Association	3	180	ALL of the other associations common rewards	30% Chance: Most of the other associations rare rewards	10% Chance: Hana Weapon System/Armor/Fixer Armor/Administrator Armor/Director Amor
J-Corp Syndicate	1	180	Mariachi Armor/Vivaz Armor, Ting Tang Shank/Cleaver/Pipe/Armor	30% Chances: Mariachi Maraca/Dual Maracas, Aida Armor, Ting Tang Leader Knife/Armor	10% Chances: Aida Armor/Dual Maracas
K-Corp	0.5	120	Prototype Manager Bullet, K-Corp Nanomachine Ampule	30% Chance: K-Corp Baton/Shield/Pistol/Axe/L1 Armor	5% Chance: K-Corp Spear/Blast Spear/SMG/Grenade/Scientist Uniform/L3 Armor, Bongy Plushie
Leaf Workshop	1	120	Yun Office Baton/Shortsword/Chainsaw/Gloves, Streetlight Office Baton/Bat/Greatsword, Leaftlet Round Hammer/Wide Hammer	30% Chance: Cane Office Cane/Claw/Briefcase/Fist, Leaflet Square Hammer	5% Chance: Mirae Suit/Cane/Life Insurance, Udjat Suit, Donghwan Greatsword
Limbus	1.5	120	LCB Sinner Weapons, Limbus Coat Armor/Vest Armor, Limbus Vest/Tie/Prisoner	10% Chance: Durante Armor, EGO weapon Sangre De Sancho, EGO Armor To Pathos Mathos/What is Cast/Branch of Knowledge
Liu	1.5	120	Liu Association Section 1 Suit/Section 5 Suit/Blade/Gloves	10% Chance: Liu Association Veteran Suits/Veteran Gloves/Spear/Sword/Leader Suit/Section 5 Leader Suit	N/A
Lobotomy	1	60	Various tools that can also be bought from extraction	25% Chance: Ordeal Detector, Prototype Manager Bullet, Instant Transmission Device, Enkephalin Resonance Unit	10% Chance: Agent Work Chance Injector, Officer Upgrade Injector, C-Fear Protection Injector
N-Corp	1.5	120	N-Corp Nails/Hammers/Armor	30% Chance: Seals (Red, White and Black)	5% Chance: Seals (Pale), GrossHand, GrossNagel, GoldNagel, RoseNagel, GrossHammer Armor, Hand der Gerechten, Nagel der Gerechten, Auserwählten Armor
R-Corp	3	120	Ordeal Detector, R-Corp Suit/Commander Suit/Armor/Commander Armor/Rifle/Dagger, Myo Plushie, Rabbit Plushie	10% Chance: R-Corp Sword/Reindeer Staff/Command Beret/Cloak	5% Chance: K-Corp Captain Sword/Captain Reindeer Staff
Rosespanner Workshop	1.5	120	Rosespanner Hammer/Mini Hammer/Spear/Coat/Jacket	30% Chance: Gears (Red, White and Black)	5% Chance: Gears (Pale)
Seven Association	1.5	240	Seven Association Blade/Fencing Foil/Armor/Recon Armor	30% Chance: Seven Association Veteran Blade/Fencing Foil/Armor/Recon Armor	10% Chance: Seven Association Director Armor/Blade/Cane/Dagger
S-Corp	1.5	120	S-Corp Sodas/Shotgun/Rifle/SMG/Assault Rifle	10% Chance: S-Corp Minigun/Grenade, Hostile Shrimp	N/A
Shi Association	1.5	120	Shi Association Blade/Knife/Jacket/Combat Suit	10% Chances: Shi association Yokai/Sakura/Serpent/Veteran Blade, Jacket, Combat Suit/Director Blade, Jacket, Combat Suit	N/A
Syndicate	3.5	120	Blade Lineage Robe, Thumb Rifle/Armor, Index Armor	30% Chance: Blade Lineage Cutthorat Robe/Katana, Thumb Capo Armor/Capo Rifle/Brass Knuckles, Index Armor/Sword, Kurokomo Blade, Night Awl Stilleto	5% Chance: Blade Lineage Admin Robe, Thumb Sottocapo Armor/Cane/Rifle, Index Greatsword/Spear/Longsword
Zwei Association	1.5	120	Zwei Association Junior Armor/Armor/Riot Armor/Baton/Zweihander/Knife	30% Chance: Zwei Association Veteran Zweihander/Veteran Armor/Leader Armor	N/A
W-Corp	2	60	W-Corp Uniform/Baton, Instant Transmission Device	10% Chance: W-Corp Gauntlet/Axe/Spear/Dagger/Hammer/Hatchet/Shield	N/A
Zelkova Workshop	1.5	120	Full-stop Sets, Dawn Office Sets. Wedge Office Sets.	40% Chance: Full-stop Office Assault Rifle/Pistol/Sniper, Dawn Office Sword/Cello, Wedge Office Spear	20% Chance: Full-stop Office Desert Eagle/Leader Set, Dawn Office Zweihander/Leader Set, Wedge Office Leader Set