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Energy is a resource that is most often used to power artifacts, weapons, and computerized equipment in Caves of Qud. One unit of this energy is referred to as charge (not to be confused with Charge, the skill).
Despite the focus on electrical energy, energy can also refer to other types.
Energy Types
Energy cells represent only one type of energy type. Items can use liquids and manual effort to store energy as well.
Electrical
One of the most common ways to deliver energy to an item is with an energy cell. For example, the 
laser pistol, 
hologram bracelet, and 
powered exoskeleton are all examples of items that require an energy cell to function.
Electrical energy users and storage is always EMP Sensitive.
Liquid
Some items are powered by liquid as fuel. One dram of the specified liquid corresponds to a certain amount of charge specified by the object. Energy cells that require liquid are also considered electrical energy because the liquid is used for the purpose of electricity generation.
Clockwork
The 
carcass kneader uses a hand crank to charge itself. The player may choose to wind it up by interacting with it.
Zero Point Energy Collector
The Zero Point Energy Collector(ZPEC) is a reality distorting, infinite electrical energy source that charges depending on the current world that the object resides in. As long as the item is in "JoppaWorld" which is the starting world that the player starts in, the ZPEC will generate 40 charge a turn. Currently, only the 
ceremonial vibrokhopesh and the 
grav chair use the ZPEC.
How the ZPEC exactly works is unknown, but is reality distorting and cannot work under the effects of normality. This means that being in a normality field or normality gas will cause the item to stop charging.
Charge Estimates
Unless the player character has a 
telemetric visor or the 
optical technoscanner, all types of energy storage include descriptions stating its vague percentage of energy available. They are separated into 6 sections.
| Charge Type | |||||
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| Percentage | Electrical | Clockwork | Light | ||
| 0% | Drained | Run Down | Dark | ||
| 1-10% | Very Low | Very Run Down | Very Dim | ||
| 11-25% | Low | Fairly Run Down | Somewhat Dim | ||
| 26-50% | Used | Somewhat Run Down | Somewhat Bright | ||
| 51-75% | Fresh | Well-wound | Fairly Bright | ||
| 76-100% | Full | Fully Wound | Bright | ||
Note that the fullest value shows up as early as 75% max charge. Technoscanning is the only way to see if the cell is completely charged. When seeing the exact percentage, 100% will only display when the cell is truly at max charge.
References
Unless stated, information comes from XRL.World.Capabilities.EnergyStorage
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