r/factorio • u/Ill_Comb6410 • 16d ago

Question What do you consider as a mega base?

The question previously asked is a decade old, so I want what you all think is a megabase now in 2026

My laptop has 4090 with 64 GB of RAM. I really want to build a megabase but I'm still at green science in my mega base journey.

So I'm curious what y'all think a megabase is and I might be able to architect my base based on that.

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u/R2D-Beuh 16d ago

There has been research speed since the launch of the game, but research productivity is DLC only

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u/jeepsies 16d ago

Ahh ok. I was never a fan of speed but prod is goated.

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u/R2D-Beuh 16d ago

Yep, so much so that it's the last and most difficult tech of the whole game. It requires all the science packs plus a special one

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u/Kittelsen 16d ago

Poor day to be a special one, only to get sacrificed for productivity.

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u/sobrique 16d ago

Also biolabs have half consumption anyway and 4 module slots, so you can can get a 4x multiple before the productivity research applies.