Grippers are the primary way MoteMancer transfers items from one hex tile to a structure and vice versa.
A Gripper will only pick up an item if its output tile can receive it. This means if it is feeding into a production building, it will only pick up items that building can use, and it will only pick up an item if that building is not already holding five crafts' worth of inputs. If it is feeding into any other type of building, it will pick items up even if the output building is full, in which case it will hold the item and wait until it can place it.
The Simple Gripper is the basic Gripper that fulfils this purpose, but more advanced elemental Grippers can go further.
Earth -based Grippers focus more on utility, where this utility ranges from transferring items across longer distances to multiple sources at once to even the transfer of Power .
Earth -based Grippers share the Earthen Might research upgrade. This upgrade allows Earth -based Grippers to grab multiples of an item at once and transferring it to the target hex tile or Structure.
Earth Grippers include:
Air -based Grippers focus more on configuration, where these configurations allow a single type of Air -based Gripper to even change which hex tiles it takes from and delivers to. The ability to change configurations comes from the Zephyr Shift upgrade, allowing most Air -based Grippers to change from transferring items from one input hex tile to two outputs, or vice versa.
Air -based Grippers also have the Aerial Force upgrade, where the more times this upgrade is researched, the faster Air -based Grippers will transfer items. With all five iterations of this research, Whirling Grippers can transfer one item per 0.5 seconds in the target direction.
Air Grippers include: