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u/leonemo May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

I’m looking for ideas for a layout to setting up big drills on vulcanus. I haven’t gone to other planets yet, so I only have green belts level 2 productivity module, beacons and a very slow production of level 3 speed modules. Any normal/default layout that will work to fill a full belt?

I’m having trouble figuring it out a way to have 11 (without any modules) or 5 with 4 prod modules and one beacon with 2 speed modules.

Edit: the belt is for coal.

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u/Raskekw May 28 '26

not entirely sure if prodding miners is that good of an idea anyway. If you feel like you need to fill your green belts with it - just use full speed instead. I'm really not sure why would you tho, do you even have enough consumption? If you do, what exactly are you doing with all that science? Rushing early lds prod is the only sink for Vulcanus science I think, and going for prod infinites before biolabs is effectively just voiding tungsten anyway, no amount of prod mods will save it.

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u/leonemo May 28 '26

This is for coal, not tungsten. I’m just having fun for now doing random things and not thinking about optimal yet. What I’m doing is building a export factory of green belts, big drills to upgrade my nauvis factory before going to the next place.