Beginning Factories

Author

Calen

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575

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05/18/25

Created

05/14/25

Description

Beginning Factories

Author: Calen Built for Update 3
vU3.1.1\

Description

This series of blueprints is designed to provide a player with small builds, ideal when starting out and space is at a premium, that meet the beginning goal requirements and get through the first tier of research.

This series includes the following blueprints:

Name	Description	Next Level Blueprint
First Iron Foundry Storage & Transport	Used to upgrade your starter iron furnace with storage and conveyor belts	Beginning Iron Foundry
Beginning Oil Refinery	Basic diesel distillation & rubber making	Early Oil Refinery
Beginning Concrete Factory	Basic concrete production supports up to 4 tier-I Construction Parts I assemblies	Concrete Factory & Paper Mill
Beginning Iron Foundry	Provides the maximum iron production that can be accommodated by tier I conveyor belts	Early Foundry
Beginning Copper Foundry	Provides the maximum copper production that can be accommodated by tier I conveyor belts	Early Foundry
Beginning Farm	Farmland to grow potatoes & vegetables	Early Farm
Research Lab I Facility	Allows for the research of tier II technologies	Manufacturing Hub

Tables

Note: As construction costs and building counts are now included in the Blueprints menu, I won't be including them here.

Infrastructure Input^

Name	Beginning Oil Refinery	Beginning Concrete Factory	Beginning Iron Foundry	Beginning Copper Foundry	Beginning Farm	Research Lab I Facility
Workers	36	12	24	34	20	42
Power (KW)	788	12	16	816	0	652
Maintenance	38.0	11.0	0	8.0	4.0	22.0

^ Does not include Power & Maintenance costs for transport

Resource Input

Name	Beginning Oil Refinery	Beginning Concrete Factory	Beginning Iron Foundry	Beginning Copper Foundry	Beginning Farm	Research Lab I Facility
Coal	12	6	24	24	0	0
Copper	0	0	0	0	0	4
Copper Ore	0	0	0	60	0	0
Iron	0	12	0	0	0	10
Iron Ore	0	12	60	0	0	0
Limestone	0	36	0	0	0	0
Rubber	0	0	0	0	0	1
Water	0	1.5	0	12	68	0

Product Output

Name	Beginning Oil Refinery	Beginning Concrete Factory	Beginning Iron Foundry	Beginning Copper Foundry	Beginning Farm	Research Lab I Facility
Concrete	0	24	0	0	0	0
Copper	0	0	0	39	0	0
Diesel	54 / 28^	0	0	0	0	0
Iron	0	0	48	0	0	0
Potato	0	0	0	0	10.6	0
Research	0	0	0	0	0	13.2
Vegetables	0	0	0	0	11	0

^ If all generators are running

Byproduct Output

Name	Beginning Oil Refinery	Beginning Concrete Factory	Beginning Iron Foundry	Beginning Copper Foundry
Exhaust	72	24	48	48
Slag	0	0	24	24
Waste Water	34	0	0	0

Change Log

vU3.1.1 - Combined Potato & Vegetable Farms vU3.1.0 - Creation

Earlier Versions (2)

Version	Copy to Clipboard	Release Date	Downloads
2 (Current)		05/18/2025	474
1		05/14/2025	101

Comments (7)

Skellitor301

Holy- Calen! You are so fast my guy!! :D

Kozrek

I'm back with Update 3 and I'm excited to see that my favourite author is still here making blueprint's. :)

Calen

@Skellitor301 - Yep! I'm trying! @Kozrek - Glad you're back! And thanks! I also just released the Early Hub. Next up: a revamped Early Foundry and the Early Refinery. Then the Early Farm group will round out my Early series blueprints. Then I'll move on to updating my big boy blueprints.

Kozrek

Sounds great, I've holiday from 26th may on, much time then. :)

Djinsomnia

Glad to see you back in action Calen, Can't wait to see the updates to the larger BP's. Been using yours ever since i found them, i'm still trying to figure out the transport system together to get it functioning properly lol

YuS (edited)

But at the early game, it’s more profitable to practice crop rotation with potatoes and vegetables — both have higher yields. What’s the point on individual plantations?

Calen

@Djinsomnia - Thanks! I don't think the Transport System blueprint will work with U3, at least over long distances. I may use it as a basis for building train to factory transport though. @YuS - It's true, but my thinking was that potatoes come first and then vegetables, but now that I'm typing this I'm thinking it's only one technology step from Irrigation to Vegetables. So you're right, I probably should combine them.