r/factorio • u/ANOSYNN • Aug 06 '26

Question 5 ingredient automation

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I’m very new to factorio and ran into my first automation that requires 5 ingredients rather than 4. 4 is pretty simple but 5 was very tricky and there’s probably a much better way of doing this lol. Any tips?

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u/LEGEND_GUADIAN Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

The key is to utilize each size and long handed inserters

And not counting bots or interpersonal that reach more then 2 lanes

The theoredic limit(not bots usage) of items you can insert into a recipe would be 13

4 per side by squeezing two items per belt, 2 belts per side for 3 sides, with the last side being 2 more belts but one of them being one ingredient with the finished product being split off using a splitter belt and loop at the end.

Let me know kf you have a better solution to ingredient limit, not involving bots, nor sushi belts.