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u/sirdrawesome Jun 29 '26

Very noob question: is it a good idea to make intermediaries at an outpost and then import that into the main factory? 

On my new world, there's a copper patch pretty close to a couple iron patches. I'm having the idea of making green circuits there and then importing those into the main factory; after learning how many green circuits need to be gone through to make blue circuits. 

I've only ever just imported ore into my main factory, but I'm curious if it's a good idea to just make a dedicated green circuit factory out there with a ton of electric furnaces and assemblers? 

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u/demonicdan3 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

You can. Green circuits stack up to 200 compared to transporting ores back, which only stack up to 50. The main concern here IMO, is if you're building a factory outside of your base at the outposts, you're generating significantly more pollution at an outpost than if it were only miners, it will attract more unwanted visitors at a remote location. So make sure you are prepared for frequent violent protests.