Vulcanus starter base (builds its own foundries)
Vulcanus starter base (builds its own foundries) is a blueprint with 2,544 entities in a 58×148 tile area, mainly 56 × steam turbine and 49 × assembling machine 3. It needs Space Age and is built for Vulcanus. Copy the string and import it from the blueprint library.
- Red belts 1,091
- Pipes and fluids 697
- Inserters 340
- Power 85
- Logistic network 79
- Machines 51
- Power poles 50
- Furnaces 49
- Chemistry 47
- Beacons 26
- Space platform 19
- Circuits 10
About this build
A compact first base for Vulcanus that starts without foundries: it builds them itself once the inputs are connected, then powers up and runs on its own.
Jepakazol's notes: v1.2, 3/8/2026 By Jepakazol To start: 1. You don’t need foundries—this factory builds them automatically. 2. Connect input materials; the factory will power up and start on its own. 3. Add some logistics and construction bots to the network.
Changes on this site: the author's editor-only test entities (infinity chests and pipes, energy interfaces, loaders) were removed, so connect real inputs and power where they were.
Before you place it
- Clear a space of at least 58 × 148 tiles.
- You need the Space Age expansion (Cargo landing pad, Foundry, Casting iron recipe).
- It has 145 crafting machines and 26 beacons, so connect enough power before you switch it on.
- It includes roboports, so it can extend your logistic network and let robots build the rest.
- It uses circuit logic. Do not remove wires or combinators when you adapt it.
- Editor-only test inputs were removed: connect real inputs where the author had test sources.
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What it uses
…and 18 more building types, 188 entities in all.
Recipes
- Carbon ×10
- Advanced circuit ×8
- Simple coal liquefaction ×8
- Acid neutralisation ×6
- Tungsten carbide ×6
- Molten copper from lava ×5
- Molten iron from lava ×5
- Casting iron ×4
- Electronic circuit ×4
- Plastic bar ×4
- Rocket fuel ×4
- Steam condensation ×4
- Tungsten plate ×4
- Casting copper cable ×3
- Casting steel ×3
- Coal liquefaction ×3
Facts
| Type | Blueprint |
|---|---|
| Game version | 2.1.12 |
| Space Age | Required (Cargo landing pad, Foundry, Casting iron recipe, Tungsten carbide recipe, Tungsten plate recipe, Cargo bay, Metallurgic science pack recipe, Casting steel recipe, Casting iron stick recipe, Casting copper recipe, Casting copper cable recipe, Casting pipe recipe, Casting pipe to ground recipe, Casting low density structure recipe, Casting iron gear wheel recipe) |
| Planet | Vulcanus |
| Size | 58 × 148 tiles |
| Entities | 2,544 |
| Power | About 394 MW with all 154 machines working, plus 26 beacons and their effect. Modules are included; inserters, belts, lamps and robot charging are not. |
| Checked | Passed an automated check against Factorio 2.1 game data: no overlapping buildings, unknown buildings or unknown recipes. |
Numbers behind builds like this: Vulcanus casting ratio: foundries for molten iron and plates · furnaces per belt: 48 stone or 24 steel furnaces per yellow belt · belt speeds: items per second for every belt
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