Space Elevator Introduction

New to Satisfactory? This guide breaks down the early game, from the tutorial to your first coal power, helping you build your factory and launch your Space Elevator.

Hey there, pioneer! So, you're diving into Satisfactory? Awesome choice! This game is an absolute blast, and it's super easy to lose hundreds of hours just building and exploring. The world is massive, packed with unique biomes and some… let's say 'enthusiastic' wildlife that might make you do a few corpse runs. But don't sweat it, that's part of the fun!

At its heart, Satisfactory is all about automation. You'll start by crafting things manually at a bench, but before you know it, you'll be setting up intricate production lines churning out thousands of items per minute. It's a seriously satisfying (pun intended!) progression.

This guide is going to walk you through the early game, all the way up to when you get your hands on coal power and start seriously scaling up. Once you hit that point, you're officially past the beginner stage and ready to conquer the planet!

How to use this guide:

• You can jump to sections that match where you are in the game right now.
• Or, if you're feeling adventurous, you can read ahead to see what's coming up. It's your factory, your rules!

Starting the game:

When you first boot up Satisfactory, the game does a solid job with its initial tutorial, which takes about 2-3 hours. It'll teach you the ropes of finding resources, basic mining, and introduce you to essential factory components like belts, storage, and power. Seriously, I highly recommend you don't skip this part. Play through the full tutorial from the start. It might feel a little slow at first, with you manually gathering resources and crafting basic items, but it lays a crucial foundation for everything that comes after.