Satisfactory Mobile Calc
Production Planner & Resource Manager
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Efficiency is Everything: A FICSIT Guide
In Satisfactory, "good enough" is not in the employee handbook. Whether you are building your first Iron smelter or optimizing a massive Nuclear facility, math is your primary tool. This calculator helps you determine exactly how many machines you need to hit that perfect 100% efficiency.
💡 Manifold vs. Load Balancer
Load Balancers (splitters arranging inputs perfectly evenly) are aesthetically pleasing but space-consuming. The Manifold method (a straight line of splitters feeding machines in sequence) is preferred for most factories. While the last machine takes longer to spin up, it eventually reaches 100% efficiency once the belts back up.
Understanding the Production Chain
This tool uses Standard Recipes (Tier 0-6). Alternate recipes found via Hard Drives can drastically change these numbers.
- Input Rate: The amount of items required per minute. e.g., A Constructor needs 30 Iron Ingots/min to make Iron Plates.
- Output Rate: The amount produced per minute. e.g., That same Constructor produces 20 Iron Plates/min.
- Power Shards: You can overclock machines up to 250%. This increases power consumption non-linearly (exponentially), so only use it if you are limited by space or resource nodes, not power.
Common Bottlenecks
- Screws: The "Cast Screw" alternate recipe is widely considered essential because it removes Rods from the chain, simplifying logistics.
- Steel: Transitioning to Coal requires water. Ensure your pipelines have enough headlift (use Pumps) if building vertically.
- Fluids: Pipes have flow limits (300/min for Mk.1). Never try to push more than 300m³ of water through a single Mk.1 pipe.
Frequently Asked Questions
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