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Early steam power: 1 offshore pump, boilers and 4 steam engines

Early steam power: 1 offshore pump, boilers and 4 steam engines is a blueprint with 35 entities in an 8×29 tile area, mainly 8 × steam engine and 4 × boiler. It works without Space Age. Copy the string and import it from the blueprint library.

Top-down preview of Early steam power: 1 offshore pump, boilers and 4 steam engines
  • Power 12
  • Yellow belts 8
  • Power poles 5
  • Inserters 5
  • Pipes and fluids 4
  • Chests 1
Simplified drawing: each colour is a building type, not game graphics. Zoom in and hover a building to see what it is and what it makes.

About this build

A small steam power block for the start of a game: an offshore pump, boilers and 8 steam engines, enough to run the first assemblers and labs. It has 35 buildings in a 8 by 29 tile area. Place it on a shoreline so the offshore pump touches water.

HySpeed's notes: Simple Power for initial base.

Before you place it

  • Clear a space of at least 8 × 29 tiles.
  • It works in the base game without Space Age.

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What it uses

  • Steam engine8
  • Transport belt8
  • Burner inserter5
  • Small electric pole5
  • Boiler4
  • Pipe4
  • Iron chest1

Facts

TypeBlueprint
Game version2.0.49
Space AgeNot required
Size8 × 29 tiles
Entities35
CheckedPassed an automated check against Factorio 2.1 game data: no overlapping buildings, unknown buildings or unknown recipes.

Base gamePowerEarly game

Numbers behind builds like this: steam power ratio: 2 steam engines per boiler (1:20:40) · solar panel to accumulator ratio (Nauvis) · oil processing ratio: refineries and cracking

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