How much should I make

[Muskrat2k9]

Is there a list or something of Ideal amounts to aim for when producing something. Like a Default amount that your good with. I am new to this game and that is the only thing I am struggling with. I have a basic starter factory that is good. I followed a tutorial to make it. It would be nice to have a list stating iron plates, you should start at 500/min or something.

[Wolfgang]

There is no list of how much you should make as you should always produce. Since the resource nodes are infinite you don't have to worry about running out of stuff.

Aim with your production for the stuff you have to produce. You will naturally expand it the further you get into the game.

[Rudal]

As you progress through the game you will be given tasks to complete to move to next stage.
That will more or less dictate your "minimum" requirements for production.
Once you automate your mining and extraction the resources won't run out, so the bottom line will always be the minimum required at the moment and the maximum is "sky is the limit" basically.

The golas will shift with each stage. At the beginning you will need 1000 screws but by the end of stage 2 that might be a 10000 screws for example.

PS: Almost forgot.
You can always store the excess items in a container for later (it will come in handy) and once you unlock AWESOME Sink you will want to overproduce to sink the items for coupons to unlock useful stuff.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

You can decide to go bottom up or bottom down....

Bottom up, you produce and then when producing something higher you may need to upgrade something that is at bottom to speedup production
And you just use what you have already built and eventually upgrade or add new factories.

Bottom down you just decide something that need produced and what quantities and build downwards all is needed for that

I just do a mix and match of both strategies

[kLuns]

for early game i like 60 iron plates per minute. Once i automate steel i reduce it to 20 per minute.

A nice layout for copper is 7,5 sheets, 30 wire, 30 cable using exactly 60 copper.

For most items it's 1 or 2 machines producing the item that's enough for storage.
If you consume more, build more.

[LostME]

I always feel like I'm not producing enough. Because I always want more and more and mooooreeee muhahaha.

[KingRatCDXX]

the amount you produces expands exponentially the further you get. I usually hand craft the early tech tree stuff because I don't want to build stuff I'll just tear down later. Once I have foundations I can plan space for expansions and true automation begins.

[Doc✪Hollywood]

Hi OP

Just produce the max that your belt speed allows.

And - important - leave enough free space around to add new machines when you unlock the higher belt speeds.

Little spoiler:
Max belt speed (MK 5) is 780/min

[Muskrat2k9]

Thanks every one. This info helps.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

And consider that you can grow your factory horizontally... But might be easier to find space to grow it vertically

[nfgman]

Well, there are "natural" whole number ratios that lead to the next level. For example, 3 heavy frame manufacturers running at 100% (2/min) feeds nicely into 4 fused frames (1,5/min). Then, you just have to provide enough modular frames, screws, etc. This doesn't account for construction needs but can be easily tweeked.

[[H.E.] ✟ GrandEmperorVandheer ✟]

Have you tried making blueprints of designs based of the output, input, layout, production, etc?

Like a recipe sheet.

[Muskrat2k9]

No. Not even sure where to start on that.

[Doc✪Hollywood]

Originally posted by Muskrat2k9:

No. Not even sure where to start on that.

Best in this game: Keep it simple. Do one step at a time. Don't caluclate to much, because demand and production, recipes, belts, etc. will change constantly.

[Casurin]

Huh? Why did nobody give the answer to the question yet?

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That is the answer. just make more.
No seriously, that is all there is to it. Produce as much as you can - and whatever is then not needed goes into storage or a sink.

[The Big Brzezinski]

You need to make as many for your personal use as you think you'll use, plus a bit more. You can have production lines feed into big boxes for you to draw from, with smart splitters diverting into a sink after they've fill up. Do this for every part. It's a great QoL strategy.

For intermediate parts, just make as many within each production line as that line needs. If you're getting plenty of screws from your first iron parts factory, you don't also need to be saving them at your computer factory later.

For project parts, it's probably enough to just supply them from your personal use stores, but I think it would be more fun to make a dedicated system to make them all instead, and just keep running it indefinitely.