How to Build Automated Factory Lines

Automating your resource processing allows you to process raw materials continuously without manually crafting every part.

Laying Out Rotating Machinery

Your automated factories rely on kinetic energy transferred through mechanical components to power your manufacturing setups.

• Place your primary rotational power sources to generate movement for your machinery.
• Connect rotating gears to transfer power across your workshop, aligning them to speed up or redirect rotation where necessary.
• Place belts along the floor or between machines to carry items automatically from one processing station to the next.
• Position processing machines directly along the belt line to process raw materials into refined goods without player intervention.

Integrating Digital Storage

As your production lines expand and produce high volumes of items, handling items with basic chests becomes inefficient.

• Route the outputs of your finished belt lines directly into automated inputs.
• Connect your lines to digital storage systems to consolidate your raw resources, factory components, and farming yields in a unified network.
• Verify that your rotating belts do not back up by ensuring your digital storage has adequate capacity for continuous incoming goods.