One machine at a time
Automation is not all or nothing. Build a constructor for the part you make most, and grow from there one machine at a time.
Belts feed machines
A machine needs an input belt and an output belt. Close that loop and it runs forever without a single click from you.
Splitters balance
Use splitters to feed a few machines from one line. Balanced input means no machine starves while others sit idle.
Scale outward
Once one line is stable, duplicate it. Copy-paste factories are how mega-bases are born without reinventing the wheel.
Free your hands
The item database shows what each building makes. Automate the boring part so you can explore and plan instead.
Automate the bottle necks
Find the part you craft most and automate that first. A small win frees time for the bigger build ahead.
Start with one job
Start with the part you craft most and let a single machine own that job. Growth comes from copying a working line, not from a grand plan that never turns on.
Machines that automate your line
- Equipment Workshop (width 10, length 7)
- Conveyor Lifts (width 2, length 2)
- Biomass Burner (width 8, length 8)
- Foundry (width 10, length 10)
- Fuel-Powered Generator (width 20, length 20)
- Blender (width 18, length 16)
- Geothermal Generator (width 19, length 20)
- Conveyor Belts (width 2, length 1–56)
- Beams (width 0.8, length 1–40)
- Blueprint Designer (width 40, length 40)
- Conveyor Poles (width 2, length 1)
- Buildings
- Assembler (width 9, length 16)
- Drone Port (width 24, length 24)
- AWESOME Sink (width 16, length 13)
- Coal-Powered Generator (width 10, length 26)
- Fluid Buffer (width 6, length 6)
- Crafting Bench
- Constructor (width 8, length 10)
- Conveyor Splitter (width 4, length 4)
Outputs those machines craft
- Beacon (slot Hands, stack 100)
- Chainsaw
- Bacon Agaric
- Copper Powder
- Automated Wiring
- Concrete
- Cooling System
- Aluminum Ingot
- Coal
- Blade Runners
- Aluminum Casing
- Copper Ore
- AI Limiter
- Alien Protein
- Assembly Director System
- Compacted Coal
- Caterium Ore
- Caterium Ingot