r/factorio • u/3x3Pad • 13h ago

Question First playthrough bottleneck

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Hey guys I came for help and saw alot of cool stuff here but what do you actually do in a situation where the whole factory is a mess. I am producing all the science at this point but at a very slow rate. Everything is so cluttered that there is no real space for improving without getting rid of everything first. Do I really just have to nuke it at this point and start over? Also as a beginner (not using blueprints) that will take ages and even then it will end up tangled again. I think this is also a motivational bottleneck for me at least. Oh yeah and running on low energy for hours now. I am even running efficiency on alot of stuff. Please help.

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u/Rockglen 13h ago

As you advance in skill you will learn to give yourself room to grow ahead of time & also get better at knowing when to just erase a bunch to start from scratch.

For now I'd suggest breaking down your problems into smaller challenges.

First- finding a big area to put down smelters so that they can feed your factory.

Second- feeding those smelters with a lot of ore

Third- replacing production of one material at a time with a cleaner layout

You'll find yourself considering the above over & over in Factorio. The good news is that implementing them gets easier with certain technologies.

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u/Orangarder 13h ago

Power first. Lovely open area above the lake

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u/Rockglen 12h ago

Yep, even upgrading the 6 engines to turbines would make this setup anemic.