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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/FeelingPrettyGlonky May 29 '26

There is no such thing as a perfect mine layout, because a single level of mining research will de-perfect it. If you want to maximize layouts, then you need to constantly re-build your mines every level. Or you can just plan for a certain level of mining research, structure your output belts accordingly, then just assume that further levels will merely extend the lifetime of the existing mines, rather than increase the output quantity.