Alternate: Adhered Iron Plate
Machines at 100%: 2.667 · Assembler
Inputs
- Iron Plate: 30/min
- Rubber: 10/min
Outputs
- Reinforced Iron Plate: 10/min
Alternate recipes & Hard Drives
Compare alternate recipes at the same output rate, inspect their ingredients and machines, and plan a production chain with the recipes you choose.
Compare recipes at the same output rate
This comparison scales each recipe's direct inputs and outputs to your target. It does not include upstream production, unlock availability, transport or power. A lower direct input quantity does not establish the best complete production chain.
Alternate: Bolted Iron Plate
Machines at 100%: 0.667 · Assembler
Inputs
- Iron Plate: 60/min
- Screws: 166.667/min
Outputs
- Reinforced Iron Plate: 10/min
Alternate: Stitched Iron Plate
Machines at 100%: 1.778 · Assembler
Inputs
- Iron Plate: 33.333/min
- Wire: 66.667/min
Outputs
- Reinforced Iron Plate: 10/min
Reinforced Iron Plate
Machines at 100%: 2 · Assembler
Inputs
- Iron Plate: 60/min
- Screws: 120/min
Outputs
- Reinforced Iron Plate: 10/min
Mechanics
Hard Drive research in the MAM is a route to alternate recipes. The Hard Drive reference covers the research interaction; the recipe pages show recorded unlock relationships where the game export provides them.
The catalog below lists alternate machine-production recipes. Its count comes from the current game data. It is not a count of the options available in your next Hard Drive scan or the drives required to unlock everything. The export does not establish a complete prerequisite graph, and this comparison does not simulate the research selection pool. Check the requirements shown in your game before committing to a chain.
Why alternates matter
Compare recipes for the same output, then consider how you will supply their inputs. A change that simplifies one production step can introduce work elsewhere:
- Cast Screws turns Iron Ingots directly into Screws, skipping the Iron Rod recipe. Steel Screws instead uses Steel Beams, so its supply chain includes steel production.
- Stitched Iron Plate combines Iron Plates and Wire. It removes Screws from that recipe, but Wire still needs its own supply.
- Wet Concrete uses Limestone and Water in a Refinery. Consider water access and fluid transport when comparing it with the standard Concrete recipe.
- Caterium Wire makes Wire from Caterium Ingots. That changes which resource supplies the Wire branch of your factory.
Choose a product and target rate in the comparison. Its inputs, outputs and machine counts are generated from the recipe catalog. Coproducts remain visible because they also need an outlet. These are direct recipe requirements, not complete raw-resource totals or a universal ranking.
Use Plan this output in Calculator to carry the target into Calc, then configure the recipes and supplies available to you. The target link does not automatically select a compared recipe. In a world factory, recipe planning can explicitly include recipes you have not unlocked; this does not change the world's actual research state.
Getting drives efficiently
Use the crash-site reference to check opening requirements before travelling, and show Hard Drives on the map to plan a collection route. Bring the items and temporary power supply required by the sites you intend to visit rather than assuming every pod has the same requirement.
Choose research targets around a production problem you are ready to solve. The MAM guide can aggregate selected research costs, but its checklist does not automatically add prerequisites. Compare a candidate recipe with your existing inputs before rebuilding a working chain.
All alternate recipes (113)
Every alternate production recipe in the 1.2 game data, with the machine it runs in. Open a recipe for its exact rates and power draw.
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