Setting Up Your First Automated Base

Getting Started with Automation

Begin by locating natural oil springs in your world, then set up pumps to extract raw oil. Refine this fuel in a refinery to power your engines. Place a mechanical quarry to automatically excavate a mining pit and collect ores without manual labor.

Connect your quarry and other machines using transport pipes—available in multiple material tiers. Use sorting pipes to route items to the correct destinations. Once your power and resource flow is established, deploy flying worker robots to handle secondary tasks like farming crops, harvesting trees, and constructing large buildings from saved blueprints.

Use an architect table to design building projects, then have robots execute them automatically. Add pipe facades to hide your transport lines inside wall blocks for a cleaner appearance. Layer automated workbenches and laser assembly tables into your system for advanced crafting needs.