Where are blueprints stored?

[Xenomorph Kitty]

I can't seem to locate the folder blueprints are stored in.

Also, if I was to download a blueprint from someone else, as an example Katherineofsky, how do I get those blueprints into my game? When they just appear to be strings.

[Fel]

%appdata%/Factorio is where the file itself is, but in theory what you got was a blueprint string (or a series of such strings) to paste into the "import blueprint string" from the toolbar (on the right of the hotbar).

[Xenomorph Kitty]

Oh!
You import it in game?

[Fel]

If you are not in your first playthrough (meaning that you at lest researched construction robots once in one of your maps, not necessarily the current one), you will have a bunch of buttons on the toolbar, most of them are for blueprints (as well as copy/cut/paste that work as temporary blueprints).
The import button will open a text promp where you can paste a blueprint string and if it is correct it will give you a blueprint (or book) based on the strong you pasted.

[Xenomorph Kitty]

Oh my god, thank you!

I feel so stupid now lol

[The Deaf Guy]

In the balls


I'm honestly not sure lmao

[im22008-home]

I am on my first playthrough and I have found the blueprint book but have no idea how to find the blueprints to put in the book. Where do I import them from?

[Regicide]

Originally posted by im22008-home:

I am on my first playthrough and I have found the blueprint book but have no idea how to find the blueprints to put in the book. Where do I import them from?

1. Create them yourself
2. Get/Use Blueprints from other players: https://factorioprints.com/

The site is just an example though. You can face BPs everywhere, like on Reddit or even the Factorio Wiki.

Best way to get what you are looking for is doing a google search and use the correct keywords, like for example "Factorio smelter setup beginner BP" or something like that.

Oh and don't forget to check how old Blueprints are. Some very old ones might not work any longer or needed to get fixed first, due to some mechanics in Factorio changed/switched over the time.

[im22008-home]

How do I create them?

[Regicide]

Originally posted by im22008-home:

How do I create them?

https://wiki.factorio.com/Blueprint

[im22008-home]

Thanks a lot..

[Regicide]

Originally posted by im22008-home:

Thanks a lot..

you're welcome, have fun, BP's are really cool in combination with construction bots later

[Nailfoot]

BPs are what have kept me playing for 2900 hours!!

There's no game quite like this.

[jamiechi]

In the Factorio folder that Fel mentioned above you will find this file once you have created a blueprint:
blueprint-storage.dat
It is helpful to back this up occasionally.

I am currently not using Steam to get my games. I just download the latest zip file of the game from the Factorio web site and unzip wherever I want. You may need to register your game there to do this.
Then I can just copy my blueprint-storage.dat file to the new folder and play the new version of the game with my old blueprints intact.

For making new blueprints, I find the Blueprint Lab Design mod helpful.