This first liquid resource is pumped into boilers to generate steam for early-game power.
What is water
This term is used for the green, glowing enemy units that are significantly tougher and more dangerous than standard biters.
What are spitters?
These small helpers, automatically deliver materials directly to your personal inventory or construction projects.
What are logistics robots (or construction robots)
The number of copper cables produced from a single copper plate in a standard assembly machine.
2
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What is friday facts?
This initial tier of research material is crafted using just copper plates and iron gears.
What is Automation Science Pack (Red Science)?
This structure serves as the breeding ground that for creatures.
What is a biter/spawner nest
This wire color is used to connect power poles and entities together, allowing you to read the exact contents of a chest or belt.
What is red (or green) wire?
The crafting time in seconds required to produce one yellow transport belt. WITHOUT ANY MODULE UPGRADES OR QUALITY
0.5
What is the name of the final planet you can get to in Space age?
Shattered Planet
This type of inserter is unique because it is capable of picking up items from, extending, and dropping them onto different
what is long hand inserter
This in-game measurement determines how frequently and aggressively the local creatures will try to destroy your factory.
What is pollution?
The maximum number of item stacks a vanilla wooden chest can hold.
AS OF MOST RECENT VERSION
16
The number of electric mining drills required to completely fill a single yellow transport belt with ore.
30
Often referred to as "the mod that ruins your life," this massive mod overhaul adds an astronomical amount of complexity and new intermediate products.
Pyanodons
To unlock this structure you need to utilize 1,000 of each of the first six science packs in research labs.
What is Rocket Silo?
Notorious for its incredibly challenging difficulty, this type of world is one many fear to conquer.
What is deathworld?
This condition allows a train to wait at a station until a specific item's quantity drops below a certain threshold.
What is a circuit condition?
The number of assembling machines required to supply one fully saturated yellow belt with green circuits.
20
This is the name of the community-favorite assistant tool used to easily track recipes, usage, and item ingredients.
What is Factory Planner
In fluid mechanics, this specific type of pump is the only one that can push liquids through a pipeline system without losing pressure over distance.
What is an offshore pump?
When a biter nest is surrounded by pollution, it consumes it to trigger this process it causes this to occur.
What is expansion?
The maximum number of cargo wagons a single locomotive can pull at maximum speed on straight tracks without mods.
4
What is this balancer called
?
6 to 4
This modpack inspired space age and has since become a well known mod within the community.
Space Exploration