If you do not start near copper patches, it might be difficult to begin your game. Please note that touching blocks are considered outputs and will be the same output priority as a conveyor or other blocks. Notice the drill does not use any conveyors the stone goes directly into the pulverizer. A pulverizer turns stone into sand by using power. This last example is a Pneumatic Drill mining stone and using a Pulverizer to turn it into sand. Blocks that output can directly place into other blocks. (This concept also applies for liquids, also covered later)ģ. But this will apply for other crafting blocks which will be covered later. This doesn't make much sense for a drill, since drills cannot take any solid item inputs. Any conveyor facing away from the block is considered an output. A RED arrow is a possible output.Īny conveyor facing towards the block will be considered an input. Here is a quick summary of inputs and outputs.Ī GREEN arrow is an input. The Smelter is smart enough to know that the belts moving towards the Smelter are inputs and the one conveyor moving away is the output.Ī block that takes materials as inputs will not accept any materials that it cannot utilize. In this example, a Smelter is turning 2 Lead, 1 Copper, and 1 Coal into 1 Dense Alloy. Conveyors moving towards a block will be an input for the block (only if applicable). Once a material is in the Core inventory, you can use it to build immediately, regardless of location.Ģ. Notice that a conveyor moving into the Core deposits the material into the core inventory. If a path is blocked, it is not considered as an output. The drill will prioritize each path evenly. In this example, the drill will put Lead on all 7 conveyors, but not the eight one because that conveyor moves towards the drill. This drill will mine and put ore on all conveyors that take the ore away from the drill. Conveyors moving away from a production block will be output. Here are a few basics / tips to understanding block input/output behaviors.ġ. Please see Advanced Concepts for the materials processing of Dense Alloy, Silicone, Titanium, Thorium, Plastanium, Phase Fabric, and Surge Alloy. Lead can be mined with the tier 1 drill as well.Īfter lead, Dense Alloy should be produced. Once you have a good Copper income, you can mine Lead. Let your spirit drone mine Copper for you (see Spirit Drone on this page).Mine with a drill (you start with 0 copper, so you will need to get 45 copper to get your first drill + conveyors).Copper should be priority #1, for you only need copper to build the first drill tier and conveyors. The goal of the game is to not die! You die when your core reaches 0 health.

Mindustry mining drone