Goal: Unlock Metal Working to access Iron Gears and Copper Wire, which are foundational for automation and upgrades.
- Start with Wood Plank
- Resources Needed: 10 Wood Logs
- Tips: Wood Logs are your starting resource. Set up a simple extractor to gather them from trees. Process them into planks using a basic crafting station.
- Unlock Wood Frames
- Prerequisite: Wood Plank
- Resources Needed: 10 Wood Planks
- Tips: Use Wood Planks to craft Wood Frames. This is your first crafted item.
- Research Smelting
- Prerequisite: Wood Frames
- Resources Needed: 10 Wood Frames
- Tips: Smelting lets you process raw ores into usable ingots. Start mining Iron Ore and Copper Core now to prepare.
- Reach Metal Working
- Prerequisite: Smelting
- Resources Needed: 25 Iron Ingots, 25 Copper Ingots
- Don’t overcomplicate your layout—keep it simple until you unlock better tools.