1.0 Tutorial Series

Start Location: Rocky Desert

Hours: In progress

Vanilla Rating: 100%

This website is way out of date, a lot of the content needs updating to reflect the 1.0 release. 

Hence this playthrough is designed to take you through learning all aspects of the game while also using it to overhaul the content on this website.

Guidelines / Rules

With this playthough I'm going to be adhering to some self-imposed guidelines and rules. 

 

No Manual Crafting

  • Using the craft bench to manually make anything is not allowed, everything must be crafted through a machine
    • Objects like the portable miner can be manually crafted until the recipe becomes available, at that point it must be automated
  • Manual feeding a machine is allowed
  • Visiting the crash sites to find parts will let you build most items if you have not unlocked those parts yet
  • Crafting equipment at the equipment bench is allowed to create anything that cannot be created using a machine
  • Unlocking a recipe that you don't have the machine for (like SAM Fluctuators) requires you to wait for the machine to be unlocked

 

Must build on (supported) foundations

  • Early game when foundations are not unlocked, building on the ground is allowed
    • Once foundations are unlocked then you will need to transfer that previous build to foundations
  • Unsupported floating platforms are not allowed
    • Using a temporary floating platform to transfer foundation alignment is allowed, just cannot build on it and needs to be dismantled ASAP

 

No floating objects

  • Things like splitters and mergers cannot be floating in the air
  • Being supported by a conveyor lift is allowed
  • Using conveyor poles either side serve a good purpose
  • On top of beams also works well
Unsupported Floating Splitter
Splitter Supported On Beam
Splitter Supported By Conveyor Poles
Splitter On Left Is Supported By The  Conveyor Lift | The Right Splitter Is Floating

 

Once a recipe is available, it must be automated before unlocking another milestone

  • When unlocking a milestone/tier in the hub, it provides multiple different recipes
  • These all must be automated in a production line before proceeding to unlock another milestone
  • Some recipes like packaged water do not apply here, they will be automated as recipes require

 

A recipe must be automated first before proceeding to use alternate recipes

  • For example you must automate Fuel before Diluted Packaged Fuel

 

No Clipping

  • For example conveyor belts cant clip into other belts/pipes etc
  • Splitters and mergers cannot be clipped into from above or below from other belts or splitters or mergers
    • The yellow arrow below shows the Concrete bags clipping into the bottom of the splitter/merger
    • The red arrow below shows the conveyor belt clipping into the top of the splitter/merger
Two Examples Of Clipping

 

Use modular blueprints as often as possible

  • Try to avoid lots of manual building and rely on thought out blueprint designs

 

No Splitters/Mergers On Main Bus

  • Any splitters or mergers cannot be placed on a main bus line, they must be located to the side of the bus
    • The yellow arrow shows the main bus line, there is about 7 belts stacked vertically here
    • The splitters and mergers are located off the main bus
A Main Bus With Splitter And Mergers Off To The Left

 

Main Bus Spacing

  • Main bus lines need to allow for conveyor poles to be spaced with room for a perpendicular pole either side
    • You can see the blue pipes using the stackable pipeline supports leave space for the perpendicular purple pipes
Stackable Pipeline Supports Spaced Perpendicularly

Sink

  • Where possible, any excess product must go to to the sink, no belts should have idle product on them

 

Overall Goals / To-Do List

  • Focus on research
    • Aim to get technology as soon as it is possible
  • Each episode the pioneer needs to be holding a different object
    • Like nut, mushroom
  • Lots of exploring early on
  • Get Dimensional Depot unlocked ASAP
  • Get Production Amplification unlocked ASAP
  • Maximise coupon generation with Production Amplification
  • Setup Lizard Doggo Zoo
  • Colour pallet defined ASAP

 

Save File

  • I'm providing a save for the end of each episode so you can check out the progress over time, see below

 

Build Spreadsheet

 

YouTube Episodes

This entire playthrough is re-published on YouTube using dedicated recordings with minimal editing (removing breaks). Please keep in mind it takes a short while for me to find the time to get them posted to YouTube, but they will make it there. YouTube members will receive access to videos as soon as they are uploaded instead of waiting for them to be published as per my regular schedule.

The playlist for the series is here and direct links for each episode are as follows:

  • Episode 1
    • It's time to begin our new playthrough, armed with all our knowledge from the last playthrough we are ready to start from scratch and use this content to update the Satisfactory.guru website.
    • We slowly progressed through the onboarding stage and then worked towards setting up our first factory on foundations.
    • YouTube - Episode 1
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  • Episode 2
    • Episode 2 was all about getting the basic production lines automated on foundations, this also included getting solid biofuel automated and fed into the biomass burners. At the end of the episode there were no machines sitting on bare ground.
    • YouTube - Episode 2
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  • Episode 3
    • In Episode 3 it's time to go exploring to collect goodies to research in the MAM. We ended up with the Rebar Gun, some HDD, expanded pocket dimension and gas mask. This is a great result so early into the save, it'll help us greatly as we progress.
    • YouTube - Episode 3
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  • Episode 4
    • Adventuring continues in Episode 4, this time we manage to unlock the Blade Runners and collect more HDD's. We also unlock the Resource Sink Bonus Program to unlock the Ramps and Ladders which are very useful for exploring.
    • YouTube - Episode 4
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  • Episode 5
    • It's time to get back to the factory in Episode 5, automating Reinforce Iron Plate. We also support all our foundations on pillars as our city factory starts taking shape.
    • YouTube - Episode 5
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  • Episode 6
  • Episode 7
    • Episode 7 sees us automate Copper sheet and then build the foundations for our Quartz Crystal and Silica Factory. We then make a start on the Shatter Rebar and Stun Rebar production lines in our Ammunition factory.
    • YouTube - Episode 7
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  • Episode 8
    • In Episode 8 we get Quickwire automated which allows us to unlock more Caterium research, along with finishing the automation of Stun Rebar. We then are able to finish up with the AI Limiters production line automated.
    • YouTube - Episode 8
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  • Episode 9
    • Episode 9 is all about automating modular frames, which means it's time to add another floor to the Iron Ingot, Iron Rod and Screw buildings. This also means we need to relocate the HUB to a new location as it's in the way of the Iron Ingot building expansion.
    • YouTube - Episode 9
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  • Episode 10
    • In Episode 10 it's finally time to automate Smart Plating, the last hurdle in our way of getting to cOAL power. We'll have to automate dedicated production lines of Reinforced Iron Plate and Rotors to achieve our goal.
    • YouTube - Episode 10
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  • Episode 11
    • In Episode 11 I build a circular platform to build the space elevator on and then get our automated Smart Plating up to the elevator so we can send the first shipment off.
    • YouTube - Episode 11
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  • Episode 12
    • Ohh yeah it's cOAL power time, Episode 12 is all about getting onto stable power so we no longer need to feed the biomass burners.
    • YouTube - Episode 12
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  • Episode 13
    • In Episode 13 we automate steel production lines. We start off with Steel Ingot, Steel Beam and Steel Pipe before moving onto Versatile Framework. We also unlock more Alternative Recipies in the MAM.
    • YouTube - Episode 13
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  • Episode 14
    • Episode 14 is all about the Blueprint Designer, after unlocking it I explain how it works an how to create and place blueprints. We then move onto creating conveyor spirals with the designer and getting that coal over the cliff.
    • YouTube - Episode 14
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  • Episode 15
    • In Episode 15 we unlocked Vehicular Transport and used Tractors to transport coal from our conveyor spirals to our Steel Ingot factory. With steel now fully automated our Versatile Framework is feeding into the space elevator.
    • YouTube - Episode 15
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  • Episode 16
    • Episode 16 starts off with some exploration for HDD's and the parts at the crash sites. After this we start adding Smart Splitters to our production line to overflow excess into the AWESOME Sink to generate coupons.
    • YouTube - Episode 16
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  • Episode 17
    • Episode 17 starts off heading to the Lizard Doggo cave on the west coast in search for the rumoured Blade Runners, which we found! We then continued on our mission to sink all the excess products in the Factory.
    • YouTube - Episode 17
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  • Episode 18
    • In Episode 18 the goal is to build some more coal power however I would like to do this in a remote location, so instead of haphazardly running power poles over the landscape we're going to use Power Towers. We start off building blueprints for these Power Towers to be mounted on and then another blueprint to help space the power towers apart.
    • After much work we finally make it to the coal power location and build two different types of coal setups, ready to power on in the next episode.
    • This episode also coincided with my Twitch Partner Anniversary, it was great to hear everyone come in and congratulate me. I couldn't have done it without all you amazing members of the community.
    • YouTube - Episode 18
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  • Episode 19
    • In Episode 19 we turned on the coal power generators we build in Episode 18. Once this was done we unlocked Advanced Steel Production which gives us the Mk.2 Miner.
    • We then proceeded to upgrade the existing miners on our Coal Power setups and demonstrated how we can overclock these setups to double our power output without needing to rebuild, with the exception of the common 8:3 setup.
    • With all this overclocking we needed to gather some more Power Slugs which co-coincided with HDD hunting.
    • YouTube - Episode 19
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  • Episode 20
    • In Episode 20 we start setting up Smart Splitters and AWESOME Sinks on the Screw, Reinforced Iron Plate, Modular Frame and AI Limiter production lines. This ensures we can maximise points generation for AWESOME Shop Coupons.
    • YouTube - Episode 20
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  • Episode 21
    • In Episode 21 we finished setting up the remaining Smart Splitters and AWESOME Sinks. We then created a sign blueprint to place above the input of machines that would indicate what is being made and the incoming rate of the resources required to make it. We then started going around implementing this across the entire factory.
    • YouTube - Episode 21
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  • Episode 22
    • Episode 22 starts of with some adventuring for HDDs and getting parts at crash sites. We were then able to do some more MAM research including unlocking the Explorer and the Radar Tower.
    • We then continued around the factory implementing the sign blueprint created in the last episode.
    • YouTube - Episode  22
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  • Episode 23
    • In Episode 23 we setup sinking of incoming ores for the Iron Ingot factory and then continued around the factory implementing the sign blueprint created in episode 21.
    • YouTube - Episode 23
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  • Episode 24
    • Episode 24 is April Fools Day and that means we get to experience all the things the Devs decided to add to the game for a bit of fun. So we went exploring the map for a bit to see what the Devs have in store for us.
    • We also completed placing the signs on machines to indicate the incoming materials rate, the copper machines were the last to be done and it's great to finally have this task completed.
    • YouTube - Episode 24
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  • Episode  25
    • In Episode 25 we created blueprints for Constructors, Assemblers and Foundries ready for the next stage of factory expansion. It was also time to create blueprints for stairs that will be located on the corners of buildings.
    • Once this was done we started on building the Nobelisk production line in the Ammunition Factory.
    • YouTube - Episode 25
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  • Episode 26
    • Episode 26 continues the Nobelisk build, transporting the Coal and Sulfur using the Explorer, expanding the road network as we go.
    • YouTube - Episode 26
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  • Episode 27
    • In Episode 27 we finally finish automating Nobelisks in our Ammunition Factory. This took longer than expected however in the process we also made all the Black Powder production lines for the rest of this playthrough.
    • YouTube - Episode 27
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  • Episode 28
    • Episode 28 sees us setting up a manual feed box production line of Gas Nobelisks in our Ammunition Factory. We then started work on Encased Industrial Beams, a new factory in our city.
    • YouTube - Episode 28
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  • Episode 29
    • It's all about transporting resources using vehicles in Episode 29 as we need more iron and coal to make the steel we need for the Encased Industrial Beams.
    • YouTube - Episode 29
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  • Episode 30
    • Rebuilding the Concrete factory in Episode 30 also completes the Encased Industrial Beams build we've been focused on. It was also time to automate Portable Miners as this will come in handy once we get the Dimensional Depot.
    • YouTube - Episode 30
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  • Episode 31
    • Episode 31 is all about making a start on the Motor Factory including building the Stator Factory, adding to the Rotors factory and building the wire for the Stators.
    • YouTube - Episode 31
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  • Episode 32
    • In Episode 32 we continue with the Motor Factory, focusing on making all the Wire constructors for the Rotors and Stators and then belting in copper and iron to make the Copper Alloy Ingots.
    • YouTube - Episode 32
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 Image credit: Norbert Wiener

Release 1.0
Published on Feb 18, 2025