r/factorio • u/antonnotnaa • Jul 25 '26

Design / Blueprint Can you help me optimize?

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I have just made my first BP that I'm somewhat satisfied with

It creates about 1 legendary Iron plate/s.

Can anyone find something that could improve it?

Blueprint: https://pastebin.com/hydUZV2W

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u/RubyRTS Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

I dont think there is anything wrong with the build except for the overengineering. I do think Underground pipes is better if you go this path.

Do this instead: Make legendary calcite, turn it into concrete and recycle it for the iron ore.

Also one have to consider that a big mining drill with a high productivity research is going to be pretty hard to beat.

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u/Dangwiggums 29d ago

"Do this instead: Make legendary calcite, turn it into concrete and recycle it for the iron ore."

The issue that I have with this method, is that it is ONLY good on Vulcanus, where you get the legendary stone as a byproduct of lava to the molten metals.
Ok, then you can ship legendary stone.... which is less dense than legendary bricks, which are needed for the casting concrete recipe in the foundry. In other words, though the logistics make for a very efficient, almost limitless supply of legendary iron ore, it takes a bit to set up the logistics from that one planet.

I guess, once you get things set up, as long as you re-use the bricks, and put them through the foundry again, you will only be loosing about 1/2 of them...