v0.8 - Starting factory to Tier 8

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References:

• Milestones
• Space Elevator

Part 1 - Chapter 1

• Goal: Initially, the goal is to establish our base location and automate all production. Make sure you choose a spot with plenty of iron, and copper and limestone is close! This is looking ahead to the future where we want to setup our base of operations.

  • Choose your production/building color pallete!
  • large mall/hub for all items
  • a transportation hub to import in product
  • a space elevator location and surrounding factory for space elevator parts.
  • Focus on getting to research tier 3 as quickly as possible to tap into coal power. With Coal power we can stop manually feeding the biomass burners and focus on a robust infrastructure. This is considered temporary and will get you to phase 2 in roughly an hour after smart plates are open.

• Setup new todos in game

• Total power required: 223MW (8 biomass generators at 30MW each).

• New power built: 240MW (8 biomass generators at 30MW each) The image below is trying to show the progression. Recommendation is two storage containers, one for wood, one for leaves, that each feed into their corresponding constructors - that then merges into a 3rd constructor to make the solid biofuel.

• Plan to produce product: plan - Note that the diagram below shows meat instead of the biomass example I just shared above.

• Resource nodes required:

  • 197 Iron (3.5 normal nodes)
  • 37.5 Copper (1 normal node)
  • 90 limestone (1.5-2 normal nodes)

• Research to complete:

• Special project: Start to plan for mall - need it to be 36 tiles wide (see next step for details)

• Special project 2: Start to plan for Space Elevator. In the design below we need a large flat space with plenty of space for 4 factories to be build North, East, South, and West. As we get through each phase of the elevator, we build a new factory on top - with supporting train stations for each wing and level.
  

• Factories needed: (All dumping into Hub)

  • Iron
  • Copper
  • Concrete

• When we can move to next step: When plan and research for Tiers 1 and 2 is complete.

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Part 2 - Chapter 1

• Goal: Setting up coal power stations is a high priority, as it takes the pressure off manually harvesting biomass and feeding the biomass generators
  • Secondary Goal: Create final base and space for mall
• Setup new todos in game
• Total power required: ~366MW (8 coal generators at 75MW each)
• New power built: 600MW (8 coal generators at 75MW each)
• Plan to produce product: plan
• Resource nodes required:
  • 543 iron (6 normal nodes) (80 for steel production, 260 for iron production)
  • 60 copper (1 normal node)
  • 135 limestone (2.5 normal nodes)
  • 200 coal (3.5 normal nodes) (80 Coal (1.5 normal nodes) for steel + 120 coal (2 normal nodes) for power)
• Research to complete: Research Tiers 3+4
• Special projects: Create the mall, with 36 spots.
  • 6 spots for iron
  • 4 spots for concrete/steel:
  • 11 spots for copper/plastic:
  • 6 spots for motors:
  • 6 spots for AL:
  • 3 spots for Quartz:
• Factories needed:
  • Hub (Iron/Copper/Concrete from chapter 1)
  • Coal (power plants)
  • Steel (Steel Beams, Steel Pipes, Stators, Encased Industrial Beams
• When we can move to next step: When Tiers 3+4 are complete, Basic mall is constructed, and Phase 1 of the space elevator is complete (50 Smart Plates), and the beginning of storage of smart plates for future stages

Notes

• This is the stage where I feel like I'm always short of reinforced plates, this plan is adjusted to make more
• While Heavy Modular Frames unlock in the tier 4 "Advanced Steel Production" milestone, you can't build a manufacturer to create heavy modular frames until you unlock the tier 5 "Industrial Manufacturing" milestone - so the automation of these should be pushed to the next chapter.

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Part 2 - Chapter 2

• Goal: build up resources to produce space elevator phase 2 items
• Total power required: ~1521MW (21 coal generators at 75MW each)
• New power built: 1800 (24 coal generators at 75MW each)
• Plan to produce product: plan
• Resource nodes required:
  • 1,236 iron (20.5 normal nodes - or 10.5 with Mk2 miners)
  • 455 copper (7.5 normal node - or 3.5 with Mk2 miners)
  • 135 limestone (2.5 normal nodes - or 1.5 with Mk2 miners)
  • 825 coal (7.5 normal nodes - or 3.5 with Mk2 miners) (510 Coal (8.5 normal nodes - or 4.5 with Mk2 miners) for steel + 315 coal (5.5 normal nodes - or 3 with Mk2 miners) for power)
• Research to complete: None
• Special projects: Design the space elevator factories.
  • -> Smart plating -> Modular Engine -> Thermal Propulsion Rocket
  • -> Automated Wiring -> Adaptive Control Unit -> Assembly Directory System
  • -> Versatile Framework -> Magnetic Field Generator
  • -> Nuclear Pasta
• When we can move to next step: When items above are being produced

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Part 2 - Chapter 3

• Goal: Produce phase 2 space elevator items and deliver items to space elevator. Ensure there is enough storage to keep excess once the elevator is full
• Total power required: 1656MW (supported by 24 coal generators at 75MW each for a total of 1800MW)
• New power built: none
• Plan to produce product: plan - (Note that this uses the outputs from Chapter 3)
• Resource nodes required: none
• Research to complete: none
• When we can move to next step: When Tier 5 is researched and phase 2 items are delivered to space elevator, including 500 Smart Plating, 100 Automated Wiring, and 500 Versatile Framework

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Part 2 - Chapter 4

• Goal:
  • Build production lines to complete tier 5 research,
  • start oil refineries to create plastic, rubber, circuit boards, and computers
  • create motor line
  • create heavy modular frame line
• Total power required: 2543MW (supported by 34 coal generators at 75MW each for a total of 2550MW)
• New power built: 1802MW
• Plan to produce product: Research Tier 6 and rep for space elevator phase 3 plan
• Resource nodes required:
• Research to complete: Tier 5:
• Factories needed:
  • Hub (Iron/Copper/Concrete from chapter 1)
  • Coal (power plants from chapter 2)
  • Steel (Steel Beams, Steel Pipes, Stators, Encased Industrial Beams from chapter 2) + Motors
  • Refinery (Plastic/Rubber)
  • Heavy Modular Frames
  • Electronics (Computers, Circuit Boards)
• When we can move to next step:

Updates:

• Plastic plan tweak

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Part 3 - Chapter 1

• Goal:
  • Start fuel power plant network to expand power supply
  • Start to build train network. When designing train stations, ensure there is a gap between each station, and enough room to enter and exit from each end. Each set of train stations should also have a turnaround and route that goes around the station set to minimize congestion. Note that trains always take the first turn - so the first turn to get around the stations shouldn't be a station
  • Start a spreadsheet to track imports and exports - and add signs to factories to indicate output - you'll thank me later.
  • Ensure that stations don't get too complicated. A train shouldn't mix and match between stations - it's simplier to have a separate station for each scenario. Make sure there is room at hot spots. You'll need 4-6 tracks at hotspots, and up to 10 trains at home base (perhaps double stacked)
• Total power required:
• New power built:
• Plan to produce product:
• Resource nodes required:
• Research to complete:
• When we can move to next step:

Tier 6

• With fuel generators unlocked, add 20 fuel generators to create 3000MW power
• Factories needed:
  • Hub (Iron/Copper/Concrete from chapter 1)
  • Coal (power plants from chapter 2)
  • Steel (Steel Beams, Steel Pipes, Stators, Encased Industrial Beams from chapter 2) + (Motors from chapter 5)
  • Refinery (Plastic/Rubber from chapter 5))
  • Heavy Modular Frames (from chapter 5)
  • Electronics (Computers, Circuit Boards from chapter 5)
  • Quartz
  • Caterium
  • Sulfur (close to coal)

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Part 3 - Chapter 2

• Goal: Create the phase 3 space elevator production. Ensure there is enough storage to keep excess supply
• Total power required:
• New power built:
• Plan to produce product:
• Resource nodes required:
• Research to complete:
• When we can move to next step: Space Elevator phase 3 delivery plan: ---- New Phase 3 plan.

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Part 4 - Chapter 1

• Goal: This is where we need to really scale and utilize the entire map
  • Build an orbiting, double track mono-rail to traverse the entire map and allow long range transportation, from each corner, grasslands, to west coast, to rocky desert, to forest, northern beach, north-east desert, swamp, and back to grasslands again
  • Check the list of items and start to scale up production of each item
  • Scale fuel power as needed until we can unlock Nuclear
• Total power required:
• New power built:
• Plan to produce product:
• Resource nodes required:
• Research to complete:
• When we can move to next step: Tier 7:

Create AL production line: https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/planners/production/index/json/%7B%22Desc_AluminumPlate_C%22%3A%2260%22%2C%22Desc_AluminumCasing_C%22%3A%22120%22%7D

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Part 4 - Chapter 2

• Goal:
  • Unlock remaining Tier 8 items
  • Build a massive Nuclear power station to eliminate the need for power again.
• Total power required:
• New power built:
• Plan to produce product:
• Resource nodes required:
• Research to complete:
• When we can move to next step: Tier 8:

Nuclear power plan

• Each nuclear power station consumes 0.2 Uranium fuel rods per/min.
• Targeting 20,000MW for a buffer - which will be 10 Nuclear Power stations
• Generates 0.5 Plutonium Fuel Rod p/min - that is sunk

Products	Processing Level	Needed for end game
Iron products
Iron Plate	2	575
Iron Rod	2	1350.5
Reinforced Iron Plate	3	92.5
Rotor	3	23
Modular Frame	4	55
Heavy Modular Frame	5	10
Concrete/Steel products
Concrete	1	150
Steel Beam	2	326
Steel Pipe	2	519
Encased Industrial Beam	3	62
Copper/Plastic products
Wire	2	4004
Cable	2	1510
Copper Sheet	2	726
Black Powder	1	1
Smokeless Powder	2	1
Plastic	1	1364
Circuit Board	3	232
AI Limiter	3	38
High-Speed Connector	4	12
Computer	4	18
Supercomputer	5	4
Motor products
Rubber	1	75.5
Stator	3	123
Motor	4	9
Radio Control Unit	5	4
Cooling System	6	7
Turbo Motor	7	1
AL Products
Quickwire	2	1432
Alclad Aluminum Sheet	4	120
Aluminum Casing	4	184
Battery	5	20
Heat Sink	5	24
Fused Modular Frame	6	2
Quartz products
Quartz Crystals	1	36
Silica	1	2057.5
Crystal Oscillator	4	4
Uranium Products
Electromagnetic Control Rod	4	30
Plutonium Fuel Rod	10	1
Elevator Parts
Smart Plating	4	5
Automated Wiring	4	60
Versatile Framework	5	10
Modular Engine	5	2.5
Assembly Director System	7	4
Adaptive Control Unit	6	8
Magnetical Field Generator	6	4
Thermal Propulsion Rocket	8	1
Nuclear Pasta	8	1

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Part 4 - Chapter 3

• Goal: Complete phase 4 space elevator parts
• Total power required:
• New power built:
• Plan to produce product:
• Resource nodes required:
• Research to complete:
• When we can move to next step: Space Elevator phase 4 delivery plan.
• New Phase 4 plan
• Raw requirements

Power requirement: ~15009MW (6 Nuclear power generators at 2500MW each) 3,826 iron (64 normal nodes) 4,202 copper (71 normal nodes) 750 limestone (12.5 normal nodes) 1,816 coal (30.5 normal nodes) 2,160 Crude oil (18 normal nodes (120/p min is normal for oil)) 548 Caterium Ore (9.5 normal nodes) 386 bauxite (6.5 normal nodes) 225 Nitrogen Gas (4 normal nodes) 223 Raw Quartz (4 normal nodes) 50 Sulfur (1 normal node)

Final plan, with all items for nuclear power and final phase of the elevator

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Phase 4 factory planning

• Steel factory output requirements plan
  • Best area: maze canyons, or Northern Dune Desert. Possibly southern grasslands
• Refinery output requirements plan:
  • Include smokeless powder (close to sulfur + coal for black powder)
  • Need a vast amount of plastic
• AL output requirements plan
  • Best area: Titan River Valley (Central)
  • Need Silica, Coal,
• Electronics output requirements plan
  • South East Dune Desert, or Central Titan River Valley