Map settings for new player

The map setting is very important and it determines the difficulty of the game.
This guide shows an example of map settings that make the game easy, for Factorio v1.0.

Ⅰ. Introduction

Are you in such a difficult situation?

• Crude oil is far too much
  
• Cliff is in the way
  
• Resources are run out and need to go far to get additional ores
  
• Waste a lot of time to defense against enemies' attacks

These obstacle is a part of the fun of this game.

But I had a lot of trouble with these obstacles, So I offer you one setting plan. And this does not invalidate unlocking achievements. I hope this give you a happy Factorio life.

Ⅱ. Map Setting Example

These settings do not disable unlocking achievements.

Abundant resources
With MAX, you don't have to go far to get additional ores.



























No cliff
Uncheck "Cliffs" as shown in a image




























Keep enemies far away
"Starting area size" specifies the area where there is no biter's nest at the start of the game.
Let's make it as wide as you like.

If peaceful mode is enable or lower setting than default as to the biter's nest, you will not be able to unlock some achievements.
Official Factorio Wiki
https://wiki.factorio.com/Achievements



















No pollution
If pollution doesn't progress, enemies won't come near by themselves.

Ⅲ. Recommended Guides

This guide explain only about map setting, and there are a lot of useful guides in the Factorio community. I recommend some guides I've used.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2275950965
A comprehensive guide for v1.0. I learned a lot from this.


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1845261376
The images in this guide show you a simple and enough whole factory design.


Official Factorio Wiki
https://wiki.factorio.com/Main_Page
All information is here.

Ⅳ. Closing remarks

Thank you for reading my guide. I hope this guide give you a happy Factorio life.
If you have any suggestion, please let me know in the comments.

Regards

[Felix]

Setting the Frequency on ores to max is actually stupid because it will spawn more smaller patches. If you lower the frequency to minimum or 30% like Railworld you get much less but larger Ore patches.

[lashtear]

Starting area size also controls how far apart the starting-area ores are; in many cases it is good to go with a small starting area so that they do not need to move so far.

[Notthebeegees]

Thank you for happy factorio life