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Vulcanus

Vulcanus starter (small)

Vulcanus starter (small) is a blueprint with 485 entities in a 70×33 tile area, mainly 25 × solar panel and 19 × foundry. It needs Space Age and is built for Vulcanus. Copy the string and import it from the blueprint library.

Top-down preview of Vulcanus starter (small)
  • Pipes and fluids 124
  • Blue belts 113
  • Inserters 89
  • Power 40
  • Logistic network 34
  • Furnaces 31
  • Circuits 20
  • Power poles 13
  • Chemistry 10
  • Machines 10
  • Beacons 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

Xeinaemm's note: Goal is to get Foundry and Big Mining drill. You need also from Nauvis: 1 pumpjack 20 Electric mining drills 200 Red circuits 200 Engine electric units

A small Vulcanus starter that gets foundries and big mining drills going, from Xeinaemm's Tileable Factories book.

Before you place it

  • Clear a space of at least 70 × 33 tiles.
  • You need the Space Age expansion (Foundry, Casting iron stick recipe, Casting copper cable recipe).
  • It has 51 crafting machines and 1 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.

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What it uses

  • Express transport belt106
  • Bulk inserter89
  • Pipe76
  • Pipe to ground48
  • Storage chest32
  • Solar panel25
  • Constant combinator20
  • Foundry19
  • Steam turbine15
  • Substation13
  • Electric furnace12
  • Assembling machine 310
  • Chemical plant8
  • Express underground belt6

…and 4 more building types, 6 entities in all.

Recipes

  • Acid neutralisation ×2
  • Carbon ×2
  • Casting iron ×2
  • Casting iron gear wheel ×2
  • Electronic circuit ×2
  • Foundry ×2
  • Lubricant ×2
  • Refined concrete ×2
  • Simple coal liquefaction ×2
  • Steam condensation ×2
  • Tungsten carbide ×2
  • Big mining drill ×1
  • Casting copper ×1
  • Casting copper cable ×1
  • Casting iron stick ×1
  • Casting pipe ×1

Facts

TypeBlueprint
Game version2.1.23
Space AgeRequired (Foundry, Casting iron stick recipe, Casting copper cable recipe, Casting copper recipe, Tungsten carbide recipe, Casting steel recipe, Casting iron recipe, Casting iron gear wheel recipe, Casting pipe to ground recipe, Casting pipe recipe)
PlanetVulcanus
Size70 × 33 tiles
Entities485
PowerAbout 76 MW with all 51 machines working, plus 1 beacon and their effect. Modules are included; inserters, belts, lamps and robot charging are not.
CheckedPassed an automated check against Factorio 2.1 game data: no overlapping buildings, unknown buildings or unknown recipes.

Space AgeVulcanusEarly gameStarter bases

Numbers behind builds like this: Vulcanus casting ratio: foundries for molten iron and plates · steam power ratio: 2 steam engines per boiler (1:20:40)

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