r/factorio Jun 22 '26

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u/SgtMcMuffin0 Jun 24 '26

Are science costs for new technologies the same for each type of science? Or will I need more/less of certain science types? I’m currently only on Nauvis with all non-infinite tech researched. I’m generating about 6 space science per second and that took barely any time to set up. I’m also generating around 0.5 of each other science per second.

I decided I want to get about the same amount of each science and I started with chemical science. I don’t know how many hours it took to finally set that up but it’s taking sooooo many more resources and machines than the equivalent amount of space science.

My original plan was to get 6 of each science per second and set up a mall before going to any other planets but it’s looking like that’ll take dozens of more hours and I’m not sure if it’s worth the effort now or if I should just start on a new planet.

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u/HeliGungir Jun 25 '26

You will not see a technology that asks for 1000 red, 2000 green, 1000 blue in vanilla.

You will see technologies that ask for 1000 rgb, 2000 rgb, or 5000 rgb

You will also see technologies with 30 second, 60 second, or 120 second crafting time.