FactoryPlanner VS factorio-cheat-sheet

(Or you can just use a site like factoriolab or a mod like factory planner to do the math for you and have perfect ratios anyway. The only wrong way to play is whatever way you don't find fun.)

Use Factory Planner to figure this kind of stuff out. https://mods.factorio.com/mod/factoryplanner

SE has quite complex recpies, especially for space science and processing of the new ores. I would have stopped playing a long time ago if it hadn't been for planner mods like Factory Planner ( https://mods.factorio.com/mod/factoryplanner ). I found Helmod's interface to be rather complicated so I mostly use Factory Planner even though I keep both around (Helmod provides some additional options like planning your build around the amount of available ingredients or number of crafting machines). With the "matrix solver" feature, you can plan a factory layout that produces the amount of materials you need and takes care of most/all byproducts. This makes the process of planning fun instead of tedious and then putting it in action and watching your new factory section go brrrrrr as it produces a new shiny thing for you to enjoy feels very rewarding.

Using a planner like YAFC, Foreman, Helmod, and Factory Planner is highly recommended. Also, the following mods are recommended for a megabase needed to finish a high-multiplier game:

FactoryPlanner or Helmod - Helps designing production chains. Quite complex at start, but well worth it. Factory Planner is the newer and cleaner design.

Factory planner. This mod allows you to plan out the production before hand (makes making everything pretty way easier as you know how many machines are needed)

Secondarily, you could use a mod like Helmod and/or Factory Planner to help you figure out how to make items. These mods are better focused for chains - i.e. breaking down an item (e.g. a science pack) down into smaller parts (e.g. ores), but they can also serve the function of letting you know which machine to use for which recipe.

I personally use the Factory Planner mod because it has some nice in-game features like automatic blueprints from the calculation.

The tutorials are great way to learn the concepts. But if you know the basics, but don't remember the common ratios and numbers, this is a great bookmark: https://factoriocheatsheet.com/

As others have said, there are some great mods to help you plan. If you want something at a glance, try https://factoriocheatsheet.com/ . It's got a bunch of the more used ratios for you to work with. I normally just overbuild, but it's really useful for figuring how many furnaces or assemblers I can fit before I need a second belt or to upgrade the belt.

you can power a lot off of steam/coal. Take a look at something like https://factoriocheatsheet.com/ to know how many burners can be supported on 1 line of yellow coal.

Edit: Also meant to leave this for a quick ratio reference. https://factoriocheatsheet.com

Thanks! I inspired my design off of something on steam or reddit I think. I definitely will keep pushing for the rocket! Im pretty good with designs, as ive played this game before a few times, and had gotten up to around the same point! Only website ive used for my other designs is https://factoriocheatsheet.com !

When you want to speed the process… https://factoriocheatsheet.com/ https://kirkmcdonald.github.io/calc.html

If you figure out how many of a given resource a recipe will need a second, and how many of the product it'll put out, you can start to get a sense of how the ratios between the machinery works. This website has a really good reference for vanilla ratios, and a whole bunch of other neat tips.

For some of the basic info and ratios take a look at https://factoriocheatsheet.com

You can use factorio cheat sheet to alleviate the need to calculate recurrent and simple ratios. That said, going full blind is also a good way to experience factorio. Welcome aboard!