Satisfactory: How to Make Efficient Factories (Tips, Tricks, & Strategies)

There are many important mechanics that players need to understand if they hope to excel in the world of Satisfactory. For example, players will need to figure out how to mine each of the game’s resources and convert them into usable parts. They also need to be able to transport each of these resources back to their main factory area by using things like conveyor belts and pipe systems. Players who are unable to do these things will never make it to the later stages of the game.

One of the most important aspects of the game though has to be for players to understand how to create the most efficient and organized factories possible. If a factory is more organized then the player will be able to navigate it faster and acquire the necessary resources more effectively. Knowing where everything is makes the player’s life much easier in the long run. This guide shows players how to make efficient factories.

Satisfactory: How to Make the Most Efficient Factories

Keep Things Separated By Type – One of the most important things that players can keep in mind when designing their factory is to keep things separate and in their own areas. If the player has a section of their factory that is being used to convert Iron Ore into simple Iron parts then they don’t want to toss machines that make Copper parts in there. This can get very confusing very fast, so it’s best to either build a separate factory or an additional floor for any other Resource types. This gets a little more difficult with complicated part types like Steel that require Iron, Copper, and Coal to create. Rather than separating based on resource type, the player should instead separate their areas based on the kinds of parts being crafted. Have an Iron, Copper, or Steel part factory or floor.

Use A Chaotic Factory While Making an Organized One – One of the biggest mistakes that players can make though is attempting to create an organized factory immediately in the game, which will take players a lot of time in the early hours. Instead, it is better to construct a haphazard and kind of chaotic factory at first that will help the player push their way through the first couple of Tiers. While this more chaotic factory is creating things the player can then spend their time working on a much more efficient factory nearby. They can set all of their machines and power sources up how they wish and then wait to activate it until its all put together. The player then just has to direct the resources they need away from their old factory and to the more efficient one.

Set Up Proper Supply Lines – As the player makes it further into the game they will need very efficient supply lines in order to keep up their high demand for resources. While conveyor belts are perfect for nearby nodes, this form of transporting resources can actually be very slow over longer distances. To keep things running smoothly players will instead want to set up trains and drones that can quickly transport resources around the world. This is particularly useful as the player has to travel further and further away from their main hub area in order to get their hands on different resources.

Use Splitters, Mergers, and Wall Mounted Sockets – Splitters and Mergers are a big part of any organized factory because they will allow the player to properly direct crafted parts in different ways. Splitters are great for when the player has crafted a high number of simple parts and wants to split them between Assemblers to create higher-tiered parts. Mergers on the other hand are best used to cut down on the amount of conveyers that need to be used and are particularly helpful when the player is trying to direct parts at the end of their factory into storage containers. Finally, Wall Mounted Sockets are for directing power currents through walls, which allows the player to set up generators outside of their factory without having to put down an obscene amount of power poles. This saves resources and keeps things looking cleaner.

Concrete Floors and Conveyor Poles are Necessary – While it’s easy to just slap down machines and belts on the bare floor, this can cause a lot of problems with space and organization later on in the game. Concrete Floors become the player’s biggest tool to fight against disorganization. By placing a floor down the player can then set their factory up into a series of structured grids, which then allows them to measure the exact layout of their factory lines. Combining this with the Ctrl button allows the player to set up tight and organized structures. The player can then take Conveyor Poles in order to layout exactly where Conveyors will travel throughout their factory and can make sure they are able to use all of their space as efficiently as possible.

Understand When To Split Resources – The Splitter isn’t just useful for parts but can be invaluable for resources as well. If a specific line on a factory is has too many resources being pumped into it then the machines on that line will become horribly inefficient in the long run. A full line means that machines can’t process resources quickly, which means resources won’t move on the belts, which then means that the resource Miner will become idle. All of that leads to parts being produced at a much slower rate. The way to fix this is to install a splitter on the line somewhere in order to direct resources down a different belt that needs more resources on it. This saves the player in the long run as they will be able to create more parts while harvesting fewer resource nodes overall.

Have Specific Areas for Storage and Power – One of the best tips that the player can learn for setting up their factory is that they should try to have specific locations for their Storage Containers and Generators. Storage Containers should be set up near the player’s home base and the Sky Elevator. This allows them to grab resources quickly and use them to transcend tiers easier. With Generators, the player should set up specific power plants rather than just having generators next to every factory line they are needed on. If the player has them all right with each other it makes refueling the generators much easier as the player doesn’t have to run all the way around their factory to find each individual power source.

Remember The Game’s Tendency to Lag – Players who have managed to make their way further into Satisfactory and don’t have one of the most powerful PCs on the planet will probably have noticed that the game will tend to lag quite a bit as a factory becomes more complicated. This is due to the fact that there are a lot of moving parts for it to keep track of, so players will want to do everything possible to prevent this. Making an efficient factory is one surefire way to help this because it ensures that the player is able to create the number of parts necessary for proceeding in the game while requiring fewer machines and resources. Keeping factories separated as well will help this process.

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Satisfactorycan be played on PC.

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