NEW PLAYERS: Do NOT pick Grass Fields

[Wish Maker]

Just a quick tip for all of you new people out there. Grass Fields is actually one of the hardest locations! Mostly because it spreads the resources out VERY VERY thinly over a wide distance. This is not a very good starting spot. XD

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

let make people make there own expierience you take 50 % of the fun away from them by telling them such stuff and yeah failing belongs to the fun as much as discovering the game by yourself

do you remember when you realized that garss lands was a bad starting point everyone in this thread will never have this moment you have destroyed it forever

you dont call your friend to finish your dark sould 3 bopss no you do it on your own and when you finally beat him you get this feeling of victory thats important

its the same with failing sometimes its important that player expierience it to make the good things even better wish more people would see that

[CrazyOdd]

Originally posted by System Senpai:

If you have to ask how its punishing, I think you need more time in the game.

Look. I don't need your advice. I already know how to play. I'm providing my recommendation to new players. There are better areas to begin. It's really a simple fact. You can do anything on the map, but as far as starting areas go -- Grass Fields really is the absolute worst of them all.

Yes, coal is small pain to setup, even more to expand, but its not hard to get things setup on the grass field.

In fact, I would say the Rocky Desert, is the worst, since if you spawn on the west side, its 1.5KM to closest coal (1.8KM, if you dont want to go up the cliff). All other spawning points have water and coal, within 1KM.

[Verios44]

Grasslands has (impure/normal/pure)

- 28 iron nodes18/9/1
- 6 copper nodes 2/4/0
- 14 likestone nodes 6/7/1
- 2 caterium nodes 0/0/2
- 6 coal nodes 0/4/2

Water

This is one of the weaknesses ofnthis region. Water is a good distance from the bulk of the region.

- crater lake to the northwest
- waterfall lake to the west
- small scattered ponds

What resources are not close?

- raw quartz
- oil
- bauxite
- uranium
- 7 nearby crash sites, not a heck of alot

Thats the grasslands by the numbers.

[archmag]

Originally posted by Verios44:

Grasslands has (impure/normal/pure)

- 28 iron nodes18/9/1
- 6 copper nodes 2/4/0
- 14 likestone nodes 6/7/1
- 2 caterium nodes 0/0/2
- 6 coal nodes 0/4/2

These numbers are wrong (at least some of them). I know 4 coal nodes near the oil, 1 node near the quartz, 1 node near my main base close to the large crater, 1 node near caterium at the north. So there are at least 7 coal nodes and I think there were even more on scan but I didn't go looking for them as I had plenty after I found those 4 near the oil. But because just one node for coal is wrong it means that other numbers may be wrong too.

- crater lake to the northwest
- waterfall lake to the west
- small scattered ponds

There is plenty of water in grasslands. Huge lake near the oil fields, a large river in the middle of mushroom forest which is next to the large crater area, two lakes near the large crater, another small lake before you go down into the oil area. It may be hard to find them because of all the vegetation, I am not sure why the map is called Grasslands when most of it looks like Jungle when you go exploring.

The map is not that large anyway, 5km x 3km maybe, not including the large empty space to the south, so after some time you get used to it.

I don't know what criteria people use to define difficulty of the area, but Grassland was not difficult at all as my very first experience. Everything I needed immediately was near my starting position and it was easy to explore because most of it was flat. Plus when you get access to concrete at the very beginning even hights are not an issue anymore.

[Enorats]

I started my first game in the fields. Oil and coal were really far off. The rest of my nearby nodes where almost all impure.

My second game started in the desert.. huge difference. So far almost all my nodes are normal or pure, and coal is only 400m away instead of 2500m.

The low biomass isn't even an issue, the nearby oasis has plenty of trees, and even water access. Late game I'll likely need more water, as the lake looks top small for more than a few extractors.. but there is a waterfall off im the distance that would suggest a high altitude lake I can tap.

[Verios44]

Originally posted by archmag:

Originally posted by Verios44:

Grasslands has (impure/normal/pure)

- 28 iron nodes18/9/1
- 6 copper nodes 2/4/0
- 14 likestone nodes 6/7/1
- 2 caterium nodes 0/0/2
- 6 coal nodes 0/4/2

These numbers are wrong (at least some of them). I know 4 coal nodes near the oil, 1 node near the quartz, 1 node near my main base close to the large crater, 1 node near caterium at the north. So there are at least 7 coal nodes and I think there were even more on scan but I didn't go looking for them as I had plenty after I found those 4 near the oil. But because just one node for coal is wrong it means that other numbers may be wrong too.

- crater lake to the northwest
- waterfall lake to the west
- small scattered ponds

There is plenty of water in grasslands. Huge lake near the oil fields, a large river in the middle of mushroom forest which is next to the large crater area, two lakes near the large crater, another small lake before you go down into the oil area. It may be hard to find them because of all the vegetation, I am not sure why the map is called Grasslands when most of it looks like Jungle when you go exploring.

The map is not that large anyway, 5km x 3km maybe, not including the large empty space to the south, so after some time you get used to it.

I don't know what criteria people use to define difficulty of the area, but Grassland was not difficult at all as my very first experience. Everything I needed immediately was near my starting position and it was easy to explore because most of it was flat. Plus when you get access to concrete at the very beginning even hights are not an issue anymore.

What you discribe, the crater lake is the northern edge of the grasslands region. The pure coals are on the edge of the map to the south.

Also we are talking the same lake what you mention south of the west oil field.

[Aeekto]

If you realy are interested how much there is, just use the map from this site:

https://satisfactory-calculator.com/

Graslands is actually realy good if you know all locations, just don't build instantly were you spawn, unless you're a new player since it's very easy to start out from there (3 normal ironnodes + 1 normal copper node).
That's absolutly enough to start and learn how to play since these mines are easier to handle (less splitting/merging involved).

Once you got a good feeling for the game head to the east to the great lake (purple biom) because there are the following things:

1 huge water source
4 normal coal nodes
2 pure iron nodes
2 normal iron nodes
1 normal copper node
1 impure copper node
2 normal limestone nodes
3 pure oil nodes
2 normal oil nodes
1 normal caterium node (northwest of this area)
2 geysers

Sulfur and quartz are missing, but they aren't far away, both in graslands (1 normal sulfur southeast and 2 normal quartz north).
And if you realy need more coal you can get the both pure coal nodes from graslands in the south and either use a vehicle driving along the coast to the lake (there is a realy great route for it and works like a charm without foundations) or just build belts.


At the lake you already find 5 harddrives and if you travel to sulfur or quarz you will find 9 more harddrives .... that's 14 harddrives just in that small area.


All other bioms are a lot harder for beginners, especially when they need coal, water and oil!

[DaBa]

As many other people have already said, Grass fields are indeed the most beginner friendly location. Easiest to build it also by a long shot (maybe tied with the top right desert). The distances really aren't that bad, and it's actually a good thing that there is some distance, because that will teach new players some lessons in how to go about transporting resources over long distances. If you start in a location that has everything nearby then that lesson will be lost on you.

[Humpenstilzchen]

I´m a new player and I enjoy grasslands a lot.

I don´t understand why some people say it´s bad for beginners.

Why is it a problem when recources are far away when you can build conveyor belts and get it delivered right infront of your door?

I tried every map and so far my favourite is the desert but mainly because grasslands has these weird minilags that I don´t experience in the desert. I still enjoy grasslands. Beautyful map.

Some people see problems, where I just see different approaches and solutions.

[Justincrediballs]

It all depends on how you want to play. Lots of open land for construction, just belt your stuff to your factory, or process on-site and belt the finished (or half finished) product to where you need it. You have to go kinda far for quartz/bauxite/oil/uranium, but otherwise everything else is decent, if a lot of non-pure nodes.

[Evilsod]

I'm still not understanding why Grass Fields is punishing?

Some things take slightly more effort than others, that is the case for every location presumably?

Plus the game literally tells you in the description that you'll eventually find yourself having to bring things in from a distance.
That will also encourage you to use trucks/trains to transport it. I will admit I was hesitant to try and set up a truck station, so I worked around it, and my long distance oil source is processed on site and the goods transported back via train.
I've just unlocked Bauxite and had some fun snaking a conveyer down the mountainside to the oil refinery, so I will process that on site and piggy back that onto my oil train.
Quartz I have a mine set up at very low production rate to conserve power (Biomass fueled) which I will presumably have to turn into a proper outpost with trucks at some point.

Seems to me that Grass Fields is a good location for learning the game...

[Okami]

Originally posted by sansee:

I started there and really like it because is has a huge, flat open space, perfect for a new player. Everything is there (except oil of course), there's even a little pool of water there for one-two water extractors.

Yes, grass biome is like the others, not perfect, as they all have their up and downs.

Exept grassland has no ups and downs, as it's mostly flat ;p

[Dark Phoenix]

On the water front at grasslands, there is a pond in the hill not far from the poison cloud area, with space for at least 3 water pumps. It will keep you going, and in fact, later game, my nuclear reactor is fed with water from that pond.

[Dark Phoenix]

Originally posted by Tasolth:

Grasslands coal can be a challenge, but not terrible. Quarts though... the closest quartz is up a massive cliff, or a very round about path. Still looking at how I'm going to get that back. Oil will also be a long trek.

Trains, or if you arn't there yet, trucks.

Build the resouces at the vein/pump then cart the solids back.

[Xamurai]

There is nothing hard about grassfield or any location, only less or more convenient for this or that.

Same for building room, i put everything on foundation. So early on, everything will be flat.