Roles, not names
Every building in the building database has a job. Smelters refine, constructors assemble, refineries crack. Match the job to the step and the line stays clean.
Sample buildings: Equipment Workshop, Conveyor Lifts, Biomass Burner, Foundry, Fuel-Powered Generator.
Size on the floor
Each building takes space. Plan footprints early so a growing base does not trap itself behind its own machines.
Conveyors and power
A machine with no belt or no power is decoration. Both must reach it before it works, so run infrastructure first.
Late-game scale
Accelerators and particle tech are huge. Leave room for them before you wall yourself in and regret the footprint.
Footprint planning
The building database lists width and length. Measure twice so machines fit the pad you clear and leave aisle space.
Pick by role
Do not chase the newest building. Pick the one whose role fits the step, then scale it with copies rather than exotic swaps.
Picture the flow
Before you place anything, picture the flow of materials through the pad. A building is only as good as the belt and power you run to it.
Buildings and their dimensions
- 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)
Items those buildings produce
- Beacon (tier Tier 1 - Field Research, 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