Satisfactory Cheat Sheet Beginner Tips & Tricks

Copyleft 2022-2024 by Michaelangel007 m007

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* Introduction
* Help
* General
* Inventory
* Resources
* Enemy
* Power
* Machine
* Onboading
* Mini Goals
* Mini Factory
* Main Factory (Pre Coal)
* Equipment
* Special
* Vertical Layout
* Tier 1, 2, Space Elevator, and 3
  * Speedrun Coal Power Plant
* Tiers 0..9 Manifest
* Space Elevator Manifest
* Storage
* Resources

Introduction

Satisfactory is a factory building game where you optimize production rates.
If you want to build in peace there is a peaceful (Passive) mode for creatures. You must be in game to select it:

Version 1.0: Escape > Options > Gameplay > Creature Hostility
Update 7 to 1.0: Escape > Advanced Game Settings > Creatures > Creature Hostility. (Available in v0.7.1.1 Build 211839, possibly earlier.)

Help

* Onboarding
* Milestones
* Default Keybindings
To repeat crouch-slide → jump: Left Shift (sprint) + W (forward) + Space (jump) and before you land C (crouch).
* Press H to hide your hands and press P to use the in-game Photo Mode.
* Save games are located at:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames\

* Screenshots are located at:

Documents\My Games\FactoryGame\Screenshots\

Inventory

* Shift+Left Click to move one stack.
* Ctrl+Left Click to move all stacks.
* Right Click to split a stack in half.
* Hold Right Click to manually split a stack.

Resources

* Resource nodes (Iron, Coal, Sulphur, etc.) are infinite.
* Resource nodes come in 3 purities: impure, normal, pure.
* If you can't mine a resource (Caterium Ore, Sulfur, and Raw Quartz) check the MAM.
* Harvesting by hand away from your buildings: Beryl Nuts and Paleberries DO grow back (after 3 days), Leaves and Bacon Agarics do NOT grow back. (There is a player suggestion to have foliage grow back.)

General Tips

* Don't skip the Onboading tutorial if you are new! It teaches you the mechanics of the game. (Note: Multiplayer games skip Onboarding and start at Tier 1.)
* Which location to start?

Experience	Location	Description

Beginner	Grass Fields	Lots of open space but resource nodes quality are poor and spread out. Coal is close by within 4 minutes to the North for Coal Power
Beginner	Dune Desert	LOTS of open spaces; don't have to build too high up to make a flat, open factory.
Experienced	Northern Forest	High quality (pure) resource nodes but very cramped space.
Experienced	Rocky Desert	Hilly terrain, resources spread out.

* Short tap Spacebar once to toggle auto-crafting at a crafting bench. Press and hold if you want to eyeball craft a specific number.
* Hold down (or spam) E to pick up plants as you explore the world for fuel for your Biomass Burners.
* Press a number key 0-9 to assign a building to your hotbar.
* Use Alt+Mouse Wheel to cycle between your 10 hotbars.
* Use dedicated hotbars for foundations, power, common mining/smelting/constructing buildings, etc.
* Don't be afraid to tear down and rebuild production lines. You get 100% of materials back!
* Press N to use a built-in calculator in the Quick Search!
* Press O to open the Codex.
* Click the + in the top right of a building icon to add the material manifest to your TO-DO manifest list. (You can change the quantity if you open your inventory.)
* In the Crafting Bench or Codex Right Click to add that item to your TO-DO manifest list.
* Keep an "emergency" resource "kit" of a stack of Iron Ingots, Iron Rods, Iron Plates, Screws, Wire, Cable in your Hub storage chest or container.
* Keep an "emergency" healing "kit" of a stack of Nuts, Berries, etc. in your Hub storage chest or container.
* Build on the ground for Tier 0, then at Tier 1 - 3 transition to always building on foundations. (Don't forget to stock a ton of Cement!)
* Hold Ctrl while placing foundations to snap them to the world grid.
* Hold Ctrl when placing buildings to snap them to an adjacent building.
* Use the Mouse Wheel to rotate free standing foundations in 5° increments. See Resources for creating circular structures.
* Fast equip items via Tab, then 1, 2, 3, etc. (Number keys work for HUB upgrades as well.)
* Quickly clone an existing building by pressing dismantle key F but then click Middle Mouse Button on the building to select it.
* When building pipes press R to change the build mode type / turning radius: Default, Vertical, Noodle, Conveyor 2D.

Enemy Mob Tips

* If you find the spiders creepy then turn on ESC > Options > Gameplay > [x] Arachnophobia Mode.
* To heal eat

Beryl Nuts

Paleberries. (Hint: Also visit the MAM station for more recipes.)
* Your health does very slowly regenerate over time. (Roughly 1 tick every 3 seconds.)
* Definitely explore the world but remember it is dangerous since you drop your entire inventory on death! (Hint: Visit the MAM station and Equipment Workshop!)
* Your inventory will be put into a personal Crate which will show on the map until you reload. They never despawn.
* Kite mobs by moving backwards and waiting for the right momemnt to attack.
* Having trouble with big game such as Spitters guarding resource nodes? You can craft ranged weapons:
* Rebar gun and Spiked Rebar
* Rifle and Rifle Ammo
* Break Line-of-Sight by placing foundations & walls to stop spitters
* Video: CSS's video on Mob changes

Power Grid Tips

* Almost always connect a Biomass Burner to a Power Pole then feed THAT to your power grid.
* Put a power pole beside each machine so you can daisy chain power (use 2 wiring slots for chaining.)
* Split your power grid into sections to make it easy to restart when you blow a fuse.
* You will need to babysit your Biomass Burners feeding them either Biomass or Solid Biofuel (until you unlock coal.)
* Don't forget to craft Solid Biofuel.
* Ironically plants are finite, non-renewable while coal/oil are infinite, renewable. Things that make you go "Hmmm..."
* Build a few Power Storage (or Biomass Burners) to buffer power for when you blow a fuse so you can power your coal generators back up.
* You need 3 Water Extractors spaced out to supply 8 coal generators due to Mk.1 pipes capping capacity of 300 m³/min.
* You may want to underclock machines for greater power efficiency and match input rates for machines later in the production chain. e.g. Underclock 2 Water Extractors per 1 Coal Generator.
* Don't forget to upgrade your Power Poles grid.
* It is easier to bring coal to water then water to coal for your Coal Generators.

Machine Tips

* Orange ☰ designate an Input (3 lines symbol or hamburger menu.)
* Cyan ❳ designate an Output (flattened greater than symbol.)

* You'll probably want to automate Concrete first (due to how slow it is to make.)
* You CAN place a Miner Mk.1 on a foundation over a resource node to mine it.
* Belts have a 2 click turn radius for 90° turns.
* Leave a 1, 2 or even 3 foundation gap between machines for routing conveyor belts, lifts, and power.
* Manifold or Load Balancer? Manifold vs Load Balancer - Distributing Items Evenly in Satisfactory
o Manifold (daisy chain) -- single trunk, with N branches off of main trunk.
o Load Balancer -- trunk split into balanced branches, depth N.
* Don't forget to upgrade ALL your conveyor belts!
* Always be feeding excess items into Storage Containers AND the AWESOME Sink.

Onboarding - HUB Upgrades

Upgrade	Iron Rod	Iron Plate	Wire	Cable	Concrete	Iron Ingot	Copper Ingot	Iron Ore	Copper Ore	Limestone

1	10					10		10
2	20	10				35		35
3	20	20	20			50	10	50
4		75		20	10	113	20	113	20	30
5	75			50	20	75	50	75	40	60
6	100	100	100		50	250	50	250	100	150

Upgrade	Iron Rod	Iron Plate	Wire	Cable	Concrete	Iron Ingot	Copper Ingot	Iron Ore	Copper Ore	Limestone
TOTAL	225	205	120	70	80	533	130	533	160	240

[Optional] Handy mini-goals for Tier 1

Stockpile all resources in Storage Containers. You'll probably want to fill a Storage Containers for each type of resource. i.e. A total of 7 to 14 containers for:
*

Iron Ingots
*

Iron Rods
*

Iron Plates
*

Screws
*

Copper Ingots
*

Wire
*

Cable

Mini Factory



	
Storage Container
	   →   
	
Smelter
	   →   
	
Constructor 
	   →   
	
Storage Container

Main Factory (Pre Coal)

Machine/Building	Category	MW	Iron Rod	Iron Plate	Wire	Cable	Concrete	Miner	Rotor	Reinforced Iron Plate

Biomass Burner	Power	30	15	15	25
Miner Mk.1	Production	5		10			10	1 Portable Miner
Conveyor Splitter	Logistics	---		2		2
Smelter	Production	4	5		8
Constructor	Production	4				8				2
Assembler	Production	15				10			4	8
Storage Container	Organization	---	10	10

Equipment Workshop Gadgets

Item	Iron Rod	Iron Plate	Screws	Rotor	Reinforced Iron Plate	Iron Ingot

Portable Miner	4	2				?
Chainsaw	25		160		5	?
Factory Cart	4			2	4	?

Special Buildings

Building	Iron Rod	Iron Plate	Wire	Cable	Concrete	Screws	Reinforced Iron Plate

Craft Bench	3	3				200
Equipment Workshop	4	6
MAM			45	15			5
AWESOME Sink				30	45		25
AWESOME Shop				30			10

Example Vertical Factory Layout

Item	Color	Layer	Consumption Rate

1 → Rod	Red	1	15
1.5 → Plates	Green	2	30
1 → Screws	Blue	3	10

See: Satisfactory Speedrun guide for factory layout.

Tier 1, 2, Space Elevator, 3 (for Coal)

Normal 100% for Coal:

Tier	Upgrade	Iron Rod	Iron Plate	Wire	Cable	Concrete	Screw	Rotor	Reinforced Iron Plate	Iron Ingot	Copper Ingot	Limestone

1	Base Building	100	100			200				250		600
1	Logistics	150	150	300						375	150
1	Field Research		100	300			300			225	150

2	Part Assembly	200	300		200		500			775	200
2	Obstacle Clearing				100	100	500			125	100	300
2	Jump Pads		300		150			50		1013	150
2	Resource Sink	200	200	500		400				500	250	1200
2	Logistics 2	300	300			200			50	1350		600

SE	Space Elevator	400	250	1500		500				775	750	1500
SE	Phase 1							50	50	1163
3	Coal Power				500			50	150	2363	300

	TOTAL	1350	1700	2600	950	1400	1300	150	250	8914	2050	4200

Speedrun Coal Power Plant

All of Tier 1 and most of Tier 2 can be skipped except for Tier 2 Part Assembly which unlocks:

* Assembler to make Smart Plating (to Unlock Tier 3), and
* Rotor (need 50 for Coal Power).

Speedrun Coal part breakdown:

                               +-------+---------------------------+---------------+------------------------+
                               |       | Iron   Iron  Rod 4 Copper |  Iron  Copper |                        |
                               | Ratio | Plate   Rod  Screw   Wire | Ingot   Ingot | Notes                  |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+---------------+------------------------+
| 200 Cable                    | / 1   |    --    --     --    400 |    --     200 | T2 Part Assembly       |
| 300 Iron Plate               | / 1.5 |   300    --     --     -- |   450      -- | T2 Part Assembly       |
| 200 Iron Rod                 | * 1   |    --   200     --     -- |   200      -- | T2 Part Assembly       |
| 500 Screw                    | * 4   |    --    --    125     -- |   125      -- | T2 Part Assembly       |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+---------------+------------------------+
| 500 Concrete                 | / 3   |    --    --     --     -- |    --      -- | Space Elevator         |
| 250 Iron Plate               | / 1.5 |   250    --     --     -- |   375      -- | Space Elevator         |
| 400 Iron Rod                 | * 1   |    --   400     --     -- |   400      -- | Space Elevator         |
|1500 Wire                     | * 2   |    --    --     --   1500 |    --     750 | Space Elevator         |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+---------------+------------------------+
|  50 Smart Plating            |  1:1  |                           |               | Space Elevator Phase 1 |
|     50 Rotor                 |  5:25 |                 --        |               | Space Elevator Phase 1 |
|         250 Iron Rod         | * 1   |    --   250     --     -- |   250      -- | Space Elevator Phase 1 |
|        1250 Screw            | * 4   |    --          312.5   -- |   312.5    -- | Space Elevator Phase 1 |
|     50 Reinforced Iron Plate |  6:12 |                           |               | Space Elevator Phase 1 |
|         300 Iron Plate       | / 1.5 |   300    --     --     -- |   450      -- | Space Elevator Phase 1 |
|         600 Screw            | * 4   |    --    --    150     -- |   150      -- | Space Elevator Phase 1 |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+---------------+------------------------+
| 500 Cable                    | * 1   |    --    --     --   1000 |    --     500 | T3 Coal                |
|  50 Rotor                    |  5:25 |                           |               | T3 Coal                |
|      250 Iron Rod            | * 1   |    --   250     --     -- |   250      -- | T3 Coal                |
|     1250 Screw               | * 4   |    --    --    312.5   -- |   312.5    -- | T3 Coal                |
| 150 Reinforced Iron Plate    |  6:12 |                           |               | T3 Coal                |
|      900 Iron Plate          | / 1.5 |   900    --     --     -- |  1350      -- | T3 Coal                |
|     1800 Screw               | * 4   |    --    --    450     -- |   450      -- | T3 Coal                |
+------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+---------------+------------------------+
  Total                                   1750  1100   1350   2900    4625    1450

  Time to collect from 1 Portable Miner                               ?:??    ?:??
  Time to bench craft                                                 ?:??    ?:??

Tier 1 → Coal Manifest:

                             Simplify Reinforced Iron Plate & Rotor        Simplify Cable and Screw
 700 Cable                         700 Cable                                     n/a Cable
 500 Concrete                      500 Concrete                                  500 Concrete
 550 Iron Plate                   1750 Iron Plate                               1750 Iron Plate
 600 Iron Rod                OR   1100 Iron Rod                            OR   2450 Iron Rod
 150 Reinforced Iron Plate         n/a Reinforced Iron Plate                     n/a Reinforced Iron Plate
 100 Rotor                         n/a Rotor                                     n/a Rotor
 500 Screw                        5400 Screw                                     n/a Screw
1500 Wire                         1500 Wire                                     2900 Wire

To craft 50 Smart Plating you will need an Assembler:

 8 Reinforced Iron Plate <-  48 Iron Plate &  96 Screw
 4 Rotor                 <-  20 Iron Rod   & 100 Screw <- 25 Rod
10 Cable                 <-  20 Wire

You will also need 1 Cable to hook the Assembler up to the HUB's Biomass Burner.

for power it takes 12 Seconds to burn 1 Biomass in the HUB's Biomass Burner; 300 Seconds/25 Biomass. That is,

 50 Leaves ->  25 Biomass -> 10 Smart Plating @   300 seconds =   5 Minutes,
125 Leaves -> ~63 Biomass -> 25 Smart Plating @   750 seconds = ~13 Minutes,
250 Leaves -> 125 Biomass -> 50 Smart Plating @ 1,500 seconds =  25 Minutes.

Lastly, to load the Smart Plating into the Space Elevator you will need:

                               +-------------+-------+
                               | Iron   Iron |  Iron |
                               | Plate   Rod | Ingot |
+------------------------------+-------------+-------+
| 1 Storage Container          |             |       |
|   10 Iron Plate              |    10    -- |    15 |
|   10 Iron Rod                |    --    10 |    10 |
| 1 Conveyor Belt Mk. 1        |             |       |
|    1 Iron Plate              |     1    -- |     3 |
+------------------------------+-------------+-------+

Note: Also, Tier 2 Resource Sink Bonus Program will unlock the AWESOME Sink and AWESOME Shop (which could be used to purchase items.)

Tier 0 .. 9 Manifest

Cost is listed vertically, Milestones are listed horizontally.

Tier 0 Manifest                  Up 1  Up 2   Up 3   Up 4   Up 5  Up 6
===============                  ====  ====   ====   ====   ====  ====
   70 Cable                    |   --    --     --     20     50    --
   80 Concrete                 |   --    --     --     10     20    50
  205 Iron Plate               |   --    10     20     75     --   100
  225 Iron Rod                 |   10    20     20     --     75   100
  120 Wire                     |   --    --     20     --          100

Tier 1+2 Manifest                Base   Log  Field   Part   Obst  Jump  Sink   Log
==================               ====   ===  =====   ====   ====  ====  ====   ===
  450 Cable                    |   --    --     --    200    100   150    --    --
  900 Concrete                 |  200    --     --     --    100    --   400   200
 1450 Iron Plate               |  100   150    100    300     --   300   200   300
  950 Iron Rod                 |  100   150     --    200     --    --   200   300
   50 Reinforced Iron Plate    |   --    --     --     --     --    --    --    50
   50 Rotor                    |   --    --     --     --     --    50    --    --
 1300 Screw                    |   --    --    300    500    500    --    --    --
 1100 Wire                     |   --   300    300     --     --    --   500    --

Tier 3+4 Manifest                Coal  Vehi  Steel  Asset     BP   Log Steel Power  Hype
=================                ====  ====  =====  =====   ====   === ===== =====  ====
 1200 Cable                    |  500   200     --     --    500    --    --    --    --
 2000 Concrete                 |   --    --    500     --   1000    --   500    --    --
  500 Copper Sheet             |   --    --     --     --     --    --    --    --   500
  100 Encased Industrial Beam  |   --    --     --     --     --    --    --    50    50
  400 Iron Plate               |   --   400     --     --     --    --    --    --    --
  600 Iron Rod                 |   --    --     --    600     --    --    --    --    --
  475 Modular Frame            |   --    25     50     --    100    --   100   200    --
  650 Reinforced Iron Plate    |  150    --     --    100     --   400    --    --    --
  500 Rotor                    |   50   100    150     --     --    --   200    --    --
  500 Steel Beam               |   --    --     --     --    200   200    --   100    --
  300 Steel Pipe               |   --    --     --     --     --   200   100    --   300
 2500 Wire                     |   --    --   1000   1500     --    --    --  2000    --

Tier 5+6 Manifest                 Jet   Oil    Log  Fluid  Power  Indy  Mono  Rail  Pipe   BP
=================                ====   ===    ===  =====  =====  ====  ====  ====  ====  ===
 2000 Cable                    | 1000    --     --     --     --  1000    --    --    --   --
 2500 Copper Sheet             |   --   500     --   1000     --    --    --  1000    --   --
  900 Encased Industrial Beam  |   --   100    300     --    100    --   500    --    --   --
  150 Heavy Modular Frame      |   --    --     --     --    ---    --    --   --     50  100
 1000 Iron Plate               | 1000    --     --     --     --    --    --    --    --   --
  400 Modular Frame            |   --    --    400     --     --   200    --   --     --   --
  400 Motor                    |   50    50     --     --    100   200   250    --    --   --
  200 Plastic                  |   --    --     --    200    200   400    --   --   1000   --
 1600 Rubber                   |   --    --    200     --    200    --    --   --   1000  400
 1400 Steel Beam               |   --    --     --    400     --    --  1000    --    --   --
 1900 Steel Pipe               |   --   500     --     --     --    --  1000   400    --   --

Tier 7+8 Manifest                Baux Hover    Log Hazmat   Ctrl  Aero Power  Alum  Lead  Part
=================                ==== =====    === ======   ====  ==== =====  ====  ====  ====
 1000 Alclad Aluminum Sheet    |   --   100    200     --    200   100    --   400    --    --
  900 Aluminum Casing          |   --    --     --    100    400   200    --   200    --    --
 1000 Cable                    |   --    --     --     --     --    --  1000    --    --    --
  400 Computer                 |  100   100     --     --    200    --    --    --    --    --
 2000 Concrete                 |   --    --     --     --     --    --  2000    --    --    --
  200 Cooling System           |   --    --     --     --     --    --    --    --    --   200
  400 Encased Industrial Beam  |   --    --    400     --     --    --    --    --    --    --
  150 Fused Modular Frame      |   --    --     --     --     --    --    --    --    50   100
   50 Gas Filter               |   --    --     --     50     --    --    --    --    --    --
  400 Heavy Modular Frame      |  100   100     --     --     --    --   200    --    --    --
  800 Motor                    |  250   250     --     --     --   300    --    --    --    --
 1000 Plastic                  |   --    --     --     --   1000    --    --    --    --    --
 3000 Quickwire                |   --    --     --    500     --    --    --    --    --  2500
  100 Radio Control Unit       |   --    --     --     --     --    50    --    50    --    --
  600 Reinforced Iron Plate    |   --    --    600     --     --    --    --    --    --    --
  500 Rubber                   |  500    --     --     --     --    --    --    --    --    --
 1000 Steel Pipe               |   --    --     --     --     --    --    --    --  1000    --
  150 Supercomputer            |   --    --     --     --     --    --    50    --   100    --
   50 Turbo Motor              |   --    --     --     --     --    --    --    --    --    50
 3000 Wire                     |   --    --     --     --     --    --    --  3000    --    --

Tier 9 Manifest                  Matr Quant     BP    SER   Peak
===============                  ==== =====    ===   ====  =====
 5000 Alcad Aluminum Sheet     |   --    --     --     --   5000
  500 Cooling System           |  500    --     --     --     --
  850 Ficsite Trigon           |   --   100    500     --    250
  600 Fused Modular Frame      |  100    --    500     --     --
10000 Iron Plate               |   --    --     --     --  10000
  100 Neural-Quantum Processor |   --    --    100     --     --
  750 Radio Control Unit       |  250    --     --    500     --
 1000 SAM Fluctuator           |   --    --     --   1000     --
  400 Supercomputer            |   --   400     --     --     --
  100 Superposition Oscillator |   --    --     --    100     --
  550 Time Crystal             |   --    50    250     --    250
  200 Turbo Motor              |   --   200     --    250     --

Space Elevator

Space Elevator parts:

Space Elevator Manifest
=======================   | Phase1  Phase2  Phase3  Phase4  Phase5
Smart Plating             |     50   1,000   1,000   1,250   1,000
Automated Wiring          |     --     100     500   5,000   2,500
Versatile Framework       |     --   1,000   2,500   1,250     640
Adaptive Control Unit     |     --      --     100   1,000     500
Modular Engine            |     --      --     500     625   1,625
Assembly Director System  |     --      --      --     500     250
Magnetic Field Generator  |     --      --      --     500     256
Nuclear Pasta             |     --      --      --     100   1,000
Thermal Propulsion Rocket |     --      --      --     250     200
Biochemical Sculptor      |     --      --      --      --   1,000
AI Expansion Server       |     --      --      --      --     256
Ballistic Warp Drive      |     --      --      --      --     200

Space Elevator Phases Part Breakdown

Phase 1

50 Smart Plating

 *1 = 50 Reinforced Iron Plate
         * 6 = 300 Iron Plate
         *12 = 600 Screw
 *1 = 50 Rotor
         * 5 =   250 Iron Rod
         *25 = 1,250 Screw
------------
  300 Iron Plate
  250 Iron Rod
1,850 Screw

Phase 2

1,000 Smart Plating

 *1 = 1,000 Reinforced Iron Plate
            * 6 =  6,000 Iron Plate
            *12 = 12,000 Screw
 *1 = 1,000 Rotor
            * 5 =  5,000 Iron Rod
            *25 = 25,000 Screw
------------
 6,000 Iron Plate
 5,000 Iron Rod
31,000 Screw

1,000 Versatile Framework

 * 1 =  1,000 Modular Frame
              * 3 =  3,000 Reinforced Iron Plate
                           * 6 = 18,000 Iron Plate
                           *12 = 36,000 Screw
              *12 = 12,000 Iron Rod
 *12 = 12,000 Steel Beam
------------
18,000 Iron Plate
12,000 Iron Rod
36,000 Screw
12,000 Steel Beam

100 Automated Wiring

 * 1 = 100 Stator
           *3 = 300 Steel Pipe
           *8 = 800 Wire
*20 = 2,000 Cable

Phase 3

100 Adaptive Control Unit

 *5 = 500 Automated Wiring
          *  1 = 500 Stator
                     *3 = 1,500 Steel Pipe
                     *8 = 4,000 Wire
          * 20 = 10,000 Cable
 *5 = 500 Circuit Board
          *  4 = 2,000 Plastic
          *  2 = 1,000 Copper Sheet
 *1 = 100 Heavy Modular Frame
          *  5 = 500 Modular Frame
                     * 3 =  1,500 Reinforced Iron Plate
                                  * 6 =  4,500 Iron Plate
                                  *12 = 18,000 Screw
                     *12 = 6,000 Iron Rod
          * 20 =   2,000 Steel Pipe
          *  5 =    500 Encased Industrial Beam
          *120 = 12,000 Screws
 *2 = 200 Computer
          *  4 = 800 Circuit Board
                     *2 = 1,600 Copper Sheets
                     *4 = 3,200 Plastic
          *  8 = 1,600 Cable
          * 16 = 3,200 Plastic
------------
11,600 Cable
 1,300 Circuit Boards
 2,600 Copper Sheet
 8,400 Plastic
 3,500 Steel Pipe
 4,000 Wire

500 Modular Engine

  * 2 = 1,000 Motor
              *2 = 2,000 Rotor
              *2 = 2,000 Stator
  *15 = 7,500 Rubber
  * 2 = 1,000 Smart Plating
              *1 = 1,000 Reinforced Iron Plate
              *1 = 1,000 Rotor
------------
1,000 Reinforced Iron Plate
3,000 Rotor
2,000 Stator

Phase 4

Storage

I organize my factory with each floor having "themes":

   === Floor 1 ===      === Floor 2 ===     === Floor 3 ===      === Floor 4 ===

   ---Ores---           ---Ingots---        ---Copper---         ---Iron---
 1 Bauxite Ore          ---                 Cable                Heavy Modular Frame
 2 Caterium Ore      -> Caterium Ingot   -> QuickWire            Iron Plate
 3 Coal              -> Petroleum Coke      Copper Sheet         Iron Rod
 4 Copper Ore        -> Copper Ingot     -> Wire                 Modular Frame
 5 Iron Ore          -> Iron Ingot          ---                  Reinforced Iron Plate
 6 Limestone         -> Concrete            ---                  Screw
 7 Mycelia           -> Fabric              ---                  SE1 Smart Plating
 8 Silica               ---                 ---                  SE2 Versatile Framework
 9 Sulfur            -> Black Powder        ---                  SE2 Automated Wiring
10 Quartz (Raw)      -> Quartz Crystal   -> Crystal Osc.         SE3 Modular Engine

   ---Industrial---     ---Aluminum---      ---Steel---          ---Space Elevator---
11 Heat Sink            Aluminum Casing     ---                  SE3 Adaptive Control Unit
12 Motor                Aluminum Ingot      Encased Beam         SE4 Assembly Director Systems
13 Rotor                Aluminum Scrap      Steel Beam           SE4 Magnetic Field Generator
14 Stator               Aluminum Sheet      Steel Ingots         SE4 Nuclear Pasta
15 ---                  Packaged Solution   Steel Pipe           SE4 Thermal Propulsion Rocket

   ---Electronics---    ---Plastics---      ---Packaged---       ---Packaged 2---
16 AI Limiter           Plastic             Packaged Biofuel     Packaged Sulfuric Acid
17 Circuit Board        Polymer Resin       Packaged Fuel        Packaged Nitrogen Gas
18 Computer             Rubber              Packaged Heavy Oil   ---
19 High Speed           ---                 Packaged Oil         ---
20 Supercomputer        ---                 Packaged Turbo Fuel  ---
21 Radio Control        ---                 Packaged Water       ---

Legend:
  ->  Makes
  --- Free slot

To organize "lanes" of traffic:

For raw ores:

   ---Ores---
 1 Aluminum Scrap
 2 Bauxite Ore
 3 Caterium Ore
 4 Coal
 5 Copper Ore
 6 Iron Ore
 7 SAM
 8 Sulfur
 9 Raw Quartz

   ---Liquids---
10 Alumina Solution
11 Crude Oil
12 Heavy Oil Residue
13 Fuel
14 Nitric Acid
15 Turbofuel
16 Water

Notes:
* Liquid Biofuel depends on Solid Biomass, the latter which has no mass production means.

10 Packaged Biofuel
11 Packaged Fuel
12 Packaged Heavy Oil
13 Packaged Oil
14 Packaged Turbo Fuel
15 Packaged Water
   --- Gas ---
16 Nitrogen Gas

Head Lift

If we hook a Water Extractor to a Fluid Buffer at various heights we find this amount of water in the Fluid Buffer:

Head Lift
0m	400.0 m³
1m	400.0 m³
2m	400.0 m³
3m	400.0 m³
4m	359.2 m³
5m	312.2 m³
6m	310.6 m³
7m	312.2 m³
8m	309.0 m³
9m	128.6 m³
10m	125.5 m³
11m	12.5 m³
12m	9.4 m³
13m	8.8 m³

The 4m offset varies from around 359.2 - 360.8 m³
The 5m offset varies from around 312.2 - 332.5 m³

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Satisfactory Cheat Sheet Beginner Tips & Tricks

Table of Contents

Introduction

Help

Inventory

Resources

General Tips

Enemy Mob Tips

Power Grid Tips

Machine Tips

Onboarding - HUB Upgrades

[Optional] Handy mini-goals for Tier 1

Mini Factory

Main Factory (Pre Coal)

Equipment Workshop Gadgets

Special Buildings

Example Vertical Factory Layout

Tier 1, 2, Space Elevator, 3 (for Coal)

Speedrun Coal Power Plant

Tier 0 .. 9 Manifest

Space Elevator

Space Elevator Phases Part Breakdown

Storage

Head Lift

Resources

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