PRODUCTION CALCULATOR

Intermediate Building Material

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EXACT RECIPE + PRODUCER

Production option

OUTPUT TARGET

Throughput input mode

1 machine at 100%

250/min total output

UPSTREAM PREVIEW

Trace the full production chain

Expand branches as needed; compare exact v1/v2 choices inline.
UPSTREAM MACHINE SETAll released machines
Use upstream recipes from
  • Intermediate Building MaterialMega PressIntermediate Building Material1 machine250/min
    • Basic Building Material
      Production approach for Basic Building Material
      2 machines @ 66.7%400/min
    • InductorFurnaceInductor1 machine @ 66.7%20/min
    • Glass
      Production approach for Glass
      1 machine @ 25%20/min
    • Titanium HousingFurnaceTitanium Housing1 machine @ 66.7%20/min
How automatic choices work

Automatic choices use a disclosed throughput-first preview, not a whole-factory optimum. Ore remains a terminal mined resource, so node purity is never guessed.

SECONDARY DETAILSDirect machine step & utilitiesTotal output250/min

DIRECT PRODUCTION STEP

Machine-bank flow

IN

Required inputs

  • Basic Building Material400/min per machine400/min
  • Inductor20/min per machine20/min
  • Glass20/min per machine20/min
  • Titanium Housing20/min per machine20/min

PRODUCER

Mega Press

Intermediate Building Material
Machines
1
Cycles/min
10
OUT

Machine-bank output

  • Intermediate Building Material250/min per machine250/min

VERIFIED UTILITIES

Machine-bank demand

Power
3030 each
Core load
1515 each

FULL-CHAIN TOTALS

Production summary

Sustained source inputs and whole production machines for the currently selected chain.
Resource types
6
Production machines
19 machines
IN

Resources required

Repeated source branches are combined in items/min.

  • Calcium OreSource resource5.4/min
  • Goethite OreSource resource0.75/min
  • Helium-3Source resource13/min
  • Sulphur OreSource resource3/min
  • Titanium OreSource resource67.5/min
  • Wolfram OreSource resource44/min

Extraction quick reference

Convert sustained demand into source nodes.

Ore extractor tier

Counts are alternatives assuming every tap uses the same purity.

Resource-node estimates by ore purity
ResourceNeedImpureNormalPure
Calcium Ore5.4/min160/min each1120/min each1240/min each
Titanium Ore67.5/min260/min each1120/min each1240/min each
Wolfram Ore44/min160/min each1120/min each1240/min each
Fixed-rate sources
  • Goethite OreLaser Drill1×15/min each
  • Helium-3Helium-3 Extractor1×240/min each
  • Sulphur OreSulfur Extractor1×240/min each

Machines to build

Ordered from source processing toward final production.

  • FabricatorBasic Building Material · 66.7% sustained load2×
  • Pyro ForgeGoethite Ingot · 5% sustained load1×
  • SmelterCalcium Block · 9% sustained load1×
  • SmelterTitanium Bar · 45.8% sustained load1×
  • SmelterWolfram Bar · 6.7% sustained load1×
  • FabricatorCalcite Sheets · 16.7% sustained load1×
  • FabricatorTitanium Beam · 33.3% sustained load1×
  • Fabricator v.2Titanium Sheet · 23.6% sustained load1×
  • Fabricator v.2Wolfram Wire · 8.3% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Calcium Powder · 1% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Wolfram Powder · 2.5% sustained load1×
  • Compounder v.2Pressurized Helium · 3.3% sustained load1×
  • Fabricator v.2Tube · 8.3% sustained load1×
  • FurnaceTitanium Housing · 66.7% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Ceramics · 16.7% sustained load1×
  • FurnaceInductor · 66.7% sustained load1×
  • Furnace v.2Glass · 25% sustained load1×
  • Mega PressIntermediate Building Material · 100% sustained load1×

Identical recipe assignments are consolidated before whole-machine rounding. Extraction estimates are planning references and are not included in the production-machine total.

As of Update 1 · hotfix 0.2.8
Data provenance

The public hotfix above was current when this catalog was captured. Numerical values retain the source dataset’s separate claimed build.

Public hotfix build
Steam build 23761620
Claimed data build
Update 1 0.2.0 · Steam build 22674441
Source snapshot
ea-u1-gv35118973__srdb-2.3.4__20260711T050230Z
Catalog revision
catalog-a24a13016b1371ac0c7fe2d53a58416dadd2b95b0cdfceda1921b0e0a02ea732
Captured
Jul 11, 2026, 5:02:30 AM UTC