New to Satisfactory? This guide breaks down the early game, from your first steps to powering up with coal. Learn essential tips and tricks to build your factory efficiently and avoid common pitfalls.
Hey there, new pioneer! Satisfactory is an amazing game that can easily suck you in for 150-200 hours on your first playthrough. It's a treat, letting you just lose yourself in its incredible handcrafted world. You'll explore vast, unique biomes filled with awesome sights and, yeah, some pretty dangerous critters that'll make you do a few corpse runs. It's a factory game at its heart, so you'll go from manually crafting a few items at a bench to automating massive production lines churning out hundreds of components per minute.
This guide is going to walk you through the early game, all the way up to when you unlock coal power and your first coal generator. Once you hit that milestone, you're officially not a beginner anymore!
How to Use This Guide
You can follow this guide chronologically, from the initial tutorial all the way through Tier 3. If you're stuck or want to see what's coming up, just jump to the section that fits where you are in the game. Or, if you're feeling adventurous, read ahead to get a sneak peek at what's in store!
Starting Out: Your First Few Hours
The game's first 2-3 hours serve as a pretty solid tutorial. You'll learn how to find those crucial surface resource nodes, get the hang of basic mining, and get introduced to the core factory components like conveyor belts, storage, and power. Seriously, I highly recommend you DO NOT select "skip to level 1." Stick with the full tutorial from the beginning. It's a bit of a grind at first, running around to gather minerals, sticks, and leaves, but it lays the foundation for everything you'll build later.
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