Crafting guides & updates
Practical, source-linked priorities, upgrade tradeoffs and material planning across games.

Factorio · Updated
Factorio: Choosing Between Steel and Electric Furnaces
Compare furnace speed, footprint, power, pollution, modules, and recipe costs to decide whether an electric conversion helps your smelting line.
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Satisfactory · Updated
Satisfactory: Choosing a Cable Recipe for Your Factory
Compare four Cable recipes by their inputs and machine type, then use the route that fits your factory’s available materials. Exact batch amounts make it easier to plan output without assuming one recipe is universally best.
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