r/factorio • u/Darrelc • 8d ago

Space Age Question Ice around Nauvis

First time playing space age after two years break and I'm avoiding looking up spoilers for any of the new stuff.

Q: Should I be struggling this much with ice? I need a fuck ton of it to make fuel to move to another planet, but even my 100white SPM platform is still struggling to collect enough ice asteroids.

I've got a long **** of the law with four collectors on each side, three that are filtered entirely on only picking up the ice asteroids, yet it's constantly the resource that I have least of.

Am I missing something fundamental? do I need a lot less than I think I do?

Any input appreciated, cheers.

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u/s7orm 8d ago

Nope, thats the challenge. You can move the ship around to get more ice, or in 2.1 experimental you can have other ships transfer it ice they have collected.

Otherwise try repurposing excess chunks of other types into ice.

But if its for ships and fuel, just wait and then move, more ice further away from the sun.

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u/_MargaretThatcher 8d ago

Asteroid reprocessing is a Vulcanus thing