Moonlit Solar Panel
Summary
The Moonlit Solar Panel is the night twin of the Daylight Solar Panel — the second tier of the night branch. It produces EU/FE at night under open sky and nothing by day, so your machines don't fall silent after dark. You can't craft it. The only way to get one is to grow it from a base panel with a Lunar Evolution Chip (see Solar Panel → Progression).
Mini-example: evolved from a base panel with a night chip → 3 EU/FE/t on a clear night. Pair it with a day panel and your workshop runs around the clock — one feeds the Battery Box while the other sleeps.
A unique trick of the night branch: even in rain or a thunderstorm it keeps a faint 1 EU/FE/t trickle, so it never falls fully silent in bad weather.
Energy
The panel only produces power — it never takes any in. It holds up to 8000 EU/FE and sends it out on an LV line.
| What | Value |
|---|---|
| Internal buffer | 8000 EU/FE |
| Output | up to 20 EU/FE/t (LV) |
| Base output (clear night) | 3 EU/FE/t |
Energy leaves through the 4 sides and the bottom. The top face is the working surface — don't cover it.
Generation
The mirror image of the day panel: Overworld only, at night, with open sky above. Glass is fine.
| Situation | Output |
|---|---|
| Clear night, open sky | 3 EU/FE/t |
| Glass above (transparent) | 3 EU/FE/t (no change) |
| Leaves / cobweb above (partial shade) | ~2 EU/FE/t |
| Snow layer or snowfall | 1 EU/FE/t (a small trickle) |
| Rain or thunder | 1 EU/FE/t (keeps trickling — night branch only) |
| Day | 0 |
That rain/thunder trickle is the night branch's signature: where a day panel goes to zero in a storm, the moonlit panel keeps a tiny current flowing.
Interface
One screen shows the buffer level, current output and the sky state (night / snow / rain / day).
Block Properties
A flat slab half a block tall, like the base panel. Any pickaxe breaks it.
| What | Value |
|---|---|
| Shape | low panel (half-slab) |
| Tool | pickaxe |
Sound
The same soft hum as the base panel, but it plays at night under open sky. Unlike the day panels, rain and thunder don't silence it — the moonlit panel keeps trickling and stays "active" in a storm. See the base panel.
Recipes
Not craftable. The only way to get it is to grow it from a base Solar Panel: drop in a Lunar Evolution Chip and let the panel work for a few clear nights. The stored energy carries over. In REI/JEI press R to see an informational page describing the evolution (not a crafting recipe).
Progression
Second tier of the night branch (T2), grown from the base Solar Panel. From here it can evolve further up the night branch in future tiers.
Related
Solar Panel — the neutral T1, the panel you grow this from. Daylight Solar Panel — the mirror of the day branch. Battery Box · Copper Cable