10 Modular Frames / Minute Factory [SATISFACTORY GUIDE]

This is my guide to building a clean and modular factory that produces 10 modular frames per minute.
Input Requirements:
240 Iron Ore
Power Requirements:
At least 179.6 MW
What you'll need:
2x MK1(@100%) using pure nodes
8x Smelter
15x Constructor (@100%)
2x Constructor (@50%)
8x Assembler
Check out some of my other key guides below:
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[@jherekco]

I lost count of how many times I died falling off while building this thing. I just thought I’d comment on troubleshooting the build, it’s really easy to miss the odd conveyor belt here and there or use the wrong speeds. Don’t close up all the sandwich layers till you have running perfectly. Start by checking each layer starting with the smelters, each one should be lit a steady green, if it’s not, you’ve either misconfigured it or not connected the input/output correctly. Check each one is running at 100% efficiency. Looks at the long lifts on the short ends of the building, they shouldn’t stop and start, if they do, maybe you have the wrong belt speeds. Same applies to conveyors. I didn’t get this build perfect on my first pass. Great work Scalti!

[@Shmucko21]

Yeah I am a bit hesitant to start this beast on vanilla because of its height.... the flying makes it look so easy. This factory takes up so much space when sprawled on the ground

[@Leggize]

@@Shmucko21 I use 1 more layer of 8x1 and install doors. Its always open for adjustment and the walls work directly on the foundations.

[@TobiasJohansenMusic]

I finished the build in vanilla and it was not so bad. Good use of towers makes putting down the smelters, constructors, and assemblers easier. Some points I wanted to add: Since the belt layer for the rods uses overflow it will take a while for the constructers to light up proper green. I was confused as to why they didn't since I had, in fact, connected everything properly. Moreover, since the bolts are producing 200 a minute, they will clog up on the conveyer belts.

[@AntTheBugcather]

@@Shmucko21 Dont know if it's still relevant, but what I did on my build was each time I made a sandwitch, I'd construct a circular platform with 1 tile gap from the sandwitch, all connected with ladders to the ground, and placed my hub by the base of the structure. It helped a ton.

[@omulu4007]

@@TobiasJohansenMusic It’s making 200 screws because you didn’t set the center constructor to 50% clock speed, as the video tells you to do.

[@lighthawk99]

I've found your videos vastly informative on how to design my own factories, but I found it simple for my assembler levels to just make a double tall sandwich layer to avoid the clipping and make lining everything up easier. But yours is definitely more space efficient.

[@Scalti]

Totally reasonable. I prefer the consistent sandwich height at the cost of clipping because if you can’t see the clipping, it doesn’t exist. XD

[@eliasseldon1644]

You can't put these out fast enough. I'm a big fan of your build style. ty!

[@Scalti]

I wish I could! Full time job, relationship, friends, family, all a lot to juggle with trying to make content.

[@abhardwaj02]

Your videos are much more SATISFACTORY than playing the game

[@sibellius2]

Love your videos and appreciate the time you put into them. Really well done! It'd be great to see a video where you combine some of your factories you made into one big factory....for example the tier 1 iron + reinforced plates + rotors + modular frames while factoring in storage for basic/intermediate parts.

[@Jimmy-gq4fy]

I feel so dumb for having my jaw drop at your load balance creativity but it's so amazing

[@jaykim4203]

The Splitters at 12:40 - 13:50 split into 50/50 which means 105 iron ingots will first be split into 50.25 times two. One of which is going to the next splitter but the other output is going into the first constructor thus ingots not being divided equally among all seven constructors. So i would suggest to split the 105 at the smelter level into 45 & 60(separate Conv Belt) which can then split into exactly 15 each for 7 constructors when brought to next level. Love your vids great help for a newbie like me :)

[@DurzoBlunts]

Just got into satisfactory and your videos are about the only ones I can watch for tips. You've helped convince me to tear down everything I had and rebuild haha.

[@revolution8976]

i always love your b roll at the end its really nice. 1 suggestion when your explaining at the beginning it would be nice if you put up a visual just a list of raw materials a min and the power needed. not super important just a suggestion. really love your guides keep making them dude.

[@r1pperduck]

Just spent 3 hours building my heavy frame factory when i realized i forgot the iron rods. Deferred to KZbin, didn't disappoint.

[@flyingpiggie979]

Dude last floor belting was an absolute mindfuck. Like my head was starting to hurt at one point.

[@jackhon]

I swear we are not playing the same game man and you make it look so easy!

[@kevinjeon2250]

Your setups are by far my favorites on youtube. Thanks for taking the time to show us your clean creations :D

[@jackclark1994]

just wish i had seen this one before the 20 plates/min...... i don't have excess rods to add into this so now i gotta rebuild it!

[@BeanSoup_7]

Fantastic work again, Scalti! Always appreciate the awesome designs and fantastic execution.

[@Scalti]

Appreciate it! It’s feedback like this that keeps me motivated.

[@bullzdawguk]

FINALLY! THANK YOU! These are Satisfactory tutorials I can understand and learn from! It's presented with a sane, calm, concise vibe, without straying from the topic. You don't go off on tangents about blah, blah, blahs. So, there's no ego or an extremely annoying odd voice. Seriously. Annoying. Every damn game, it's the same. Wannabe presenters spew more ego babble, in comparison to actually providing a tutorial. A 45-minute clip teaches you what a 2-minute clip could. I don't want to waste nearly an hour learning more about than I do about the game! Every new game, they appear, as if from thin air. What did they do before they found their niche game to pontificate over? Is there an island where they breed them in preparation for new games? All cloned from Pewdiepie, I reckon. Who, by the way, I blame for nonsensical screaming presenters being a ubiquitous part of the Tube. You need to make more clips!!!

[@infernec]

you said that about being irritated by irrelevantly long almost hour-long tutorials... but do you seriously want a 40 minute video for something that could be explained in 10 minutes? one thing that i will say is that this is an AMAZING tutorial for new players, but c'mon. if you're in the mid-game then you probably have the hang of s m e l t e r s already. i'm just mentioning that he should edit his videos aswell. he really gotta make the videos shorter for the people that are probably going to watch this so that we don't waste entire half-hours watching someone placing down foundations. (and belts.)

[@Beignet_Galactique]

The reupload we were looking for ! Thanks Scalti ! As always a pleasure watching you work ! Cheers from France

[@kurzninja]

When do we get to see a start to finish play through to see how you progress through the tiers?

[@Scalti]

Oof. I’ve considered it but I’m unsure I have the charisma. It’s been in debate though.

[@kurzninja]

Scalti I’d watch it. Would be a nice change from listening to Robin Williams or some other goofy cartoons that play.

[@Scalti]

Keep you posted should I chose to do so.

[@jimjamboozle7071]

@@Scalti I would definitely watch!

[@mdbrack]

@@Scalti Just adding that i think this would be hugely beneficial to your community - don't think you give yourself enough credit. Your delivery is rather soothing/calming (not quite "Morgan Freeman" soothing, so don't let it go to your head), i think a longer start-to-end tier progression would be great. You could easily break up the daunting task by going chunking it down into "Tier 1 Progression" , "Tier 2 Progression", etc. videos.

[@EduardusLee]

Thanks for making these no nonsense build guides, very underrated channel!

[@shadowhound5113]

You make this all look easy. Now I want to build a resource tower. With all the resources using your tips.

[@lunakoala5053]

For your last layer you truly embraced the "out of sight out of mind" approach. Luv it.

[@pofkaxx9420]

Everytime you see him about to place a smelter, you already know: You want them hanging off the clif by just a little bit!

[@Scalti]

Haha. I do my best to explain it every time so no matter what video you watch first you understand why I place things the way I do. XD

[@EyubYildirim]

Very compact, very elegant. Sandwich method, which I learned from this video, just blew my mind. And sometimes while trying to load balance everything, I forget there is an overflow method too, this reminded of that. Thanks for the great video, really appreciate it!

[@DrDarkMark]

You don't even need to say "I hope you enjoy," the second I hear your voice I am enjoying

[@paulbrown5387]

More, More, More would be great to see all the stages of development, I love these guides.

[@phantomfrk]

OMG started watching your videos today and I am hooked! Just some feedback though. I think it would be cool if after each tear you turned it on so we could see progress... With bigger projects like this hard to mentally visualize the inputs/outputs. Cheers and keep up the great work!

[@johnkeys2355]

Thank you very much. So far I have built every one of your builds. I reuse them all over my map. Great work!

[@ryan26462]

Great build as always, appreciate the fast reupload!

[@Scalti]

My viewers are important and I’m providing a service to you. If I don’t execute to a high standard then I’m letting you down. Number one goal is to provide value at a high level.

[@kevinnguyen8046]

Hey this is awesome man! I hope you keep pumping out these videos, your designs are clean :D

[@sidewaysPT]

Replicating this one gave me a headache but it's working now. Thanks Scalti.

[@natepredmore9808]

I'm obsessed with your factories and have used many in my single player builds! Thank you for sharing the lovely math that my brain can't wrap it's head around!

[@tombradley4819]

I stayed up all night last night building your rotor factory and then you dropped this new video I watched as soon as it came out I don't know what happened from this morning till now why it had to be reloaded. Any how amazing work sir and ty

[@Scalti]

Hah. I left out a key detail in how to split the output from the smelters.

[@Gredddfe]

I prefer using smart splitters rather than glitching conveyor belts through each other around 28:00. But this video definitely got me started on thinking how to build vertically, so thank you for that.

[@DinGuSco]

I love your teaching style, thanks for making these videos I have followed quite a few now and it helps so much... FYI two honest tips i think would make it just that final bit easier (your guides are already the easiest to follow but this would just be the icing on the cake for me): 1 - Slow down - I think it would be better if you just slowed down very slightly. 2 - Colour one end of your foundations on each floor so its super easy to tell which end is the "back" end... maybe make the first line of foundations on the floors red or green so its always super visible ^^

[@Scalti]

Really appreciate the feedback. 1. Downside is length of video. I already feel that they’re encroaching on the lengthy side and as the items made get more complex it will only make them longer. 2. That is an interesting thought. I will consider this and other solutions.

[@DinGuSco]

Yeah I understand the video length thing, that directional thing would make it so much easier though (already pretty easy but this one thing would help alot).

[@ph11p3540]

This was exactly what I was looking for.

[@de5ertpengu1n19]

i love these tutorials best on the tube is there anyplan for a steel factory

[@Scalti]

It is currently in the works.

[@andriirubtsov5404]

Smelters look like huge snowboard boots :) Great design and solid work, very inspirational!

[@davidmartensson273]

The end of build display of a working factory would do well as a commercial for the game :D, its very seductive

[@perrywaterworth6834]

Super impressive! I spent hours yesterday trying to figure out many of the same things since most guides assume mark 3 belts and don't do any load balancing. My build is a mess compared to this hah. Time to tear it down and use some of the belt setups you have here!

[@DoctorWrongpipes]

Your designs have really helped me properly figure out so many things in this game and, of course, make my factory look amazing . Thank you, sir! Keep the videos coming!

[@RasmusBuskLadefoged]

Thank you Scalti for doing these AMAZING guides, literally the smoothest I’ve ever seen and easy to follow to boot

[@danielwallops5858]

As a new player in Satisfactory this video was amazing. I had so much fun completing your design, with the added challenge of trying not to fall to my death from not having access to the jet pack yet! Thank you for your excellent video!!

[@devonplaza8054]

Scalti your the absolute best! I love the little tricks you use to make everything line up right. You can tell you put a lot of work into your planning. So grateful, thank you!

[@tomtomgang]

I love your videos :) and love they are up to date rather than older tutorials :) please dont stop!

[@mooseman3727]

Amazing build. I can’t wait to make one. Thanks for the video

[@poulvisbech2853]

OK I have to ask, everytime I get to the end of your videoes, this mysterious track keeps popping up ;) I mean, imo, you already make the best videoes on building these small setups to a 100% efficiency, but then the cherry on top is that outro track! Almost makes me dance everytime and im supposed to be sleeping :D TELL ME WHAT IT IS :D PLEASE. (and good job with the nice vids) I found out! It is Bensound - All That - Hip Jazz Royalty Free Music to everyone else currious. :D

[@kofbaron]

YES!!! So been waiting on this.

[@xSUPERSONIC0]

Welp, looks like in Update 5 so far, the mergers can't be placed so close to smelters anymore.

[@xSUPERSONIC0]

Looks like this is no longer the case, they just changed it to where they now have soft clearance so they can be placed close to things again. :)

[@paulpereira3807]

Awesome tutorial builds! Keep it up please!!!!!

[@TheMitchellbegeng]

Wow your videos are really well made and edited, how don't you have more subs!? Damn KZbin algorithms...

[@Scalti]

It’s due in part to my upload frequency. If you’re not uploading weekly it will not promote the channel as much. Between a full time job working 45~ hours a week, a relationship and general life responsibilities, it’s difficult to balance. It’s all right in the end. The channel is still experiencing growth and being discovered.

[@dootdoot6772]

The thumbnails look professional

[@Scalti]

Well I am a professional graphic designer. ;] Thanks!

[@adamrego1664]

New favorite content creator 👍

[@DeimosDarkness]

These are beautiful designs! Most importantly; EFFICIENT!

[@slyviewer99]

Great video! I can't wait for the next one. thanks.

[@stimpy1278]

This is the second video I've watched from you and all I can say is that your videos are super easy to watch and really well made! Keep it up! (and I would totally watch a play through too @Brett Guillory)

[@Voeluspa45]

Awesome, you are showing directions. This help SOOO much. Again, great video.

[@SoshJam]

Very useful, especially considering a heavy modular frame manufacturer takes exactly 10 per minute

[@kadachiman7234]

Love the content mate. The only real change I make is to make the sandwich layer 1 full wall height (4m) to allow the belts to have better shape etc. (same as your first belt layer in this video)

[@Scalti]

I’m not sure I follow. The layers are 4m in height so the foundations are flush with the walls.

[@kadachiman7234]

@@Scalti the belts directly under your smelters had 3m of height (as you started on top of the foundation), whereas the other levels have 2m of belt height as you start level with the wall......if you have 3m the belts do not distort

[@Scalti]

@@kadachiman7234 Ah I gotcha - The result would be an exposed foundation above or most likely below the sandwich layer which detracts from the visual simplicity of the design. My builds are simply a guide and can be adapted as needed to fit personal taste.

[@kadachiman7234]

@@Scalti Not a criticism mate as I love your builds, they are inspiring. Just a suggestion, but I get your counter point about the external visuals :-)

[@Purfunxion]

These videos help me kinda learn to build better ir at least give me some inspo. Trying to take the mindset to heart while upgrading my coal power plant!

[@adventuresinatingames8092]

these are so clean and awesome to look at, they make me want to start playing a new world just to build it, the top down view of that last sandwich layer will really help, maybe overlay some green dots for the entry points or something if you do it again? just so people can see orientation easily, but its a minor minor point

[@abfab065]

Thank you again..another winner!!!

[@Styv93]

wow! impressive!!! please make more!!

[@heroboss9477]

This is the perfect guide... thank you Would love to see more

[@unlucky6072]

Keep up the great work can you do a central storage build or show how you tie your factory together

[@yetighost5711]

Some Ideas: -Alternate recipes set up! -different setups to achieve each tier of space elevator the fastest (with and w/o alternate recipes). -By doing this ^^^ you can then branch off and do videos about each manufacturing process.

[@yetighost5711]

on second thought, you are probably 5 steps ahead. XD I do like the videos, just wanted to put in my 2 cents.

[@itsNep_]

I love your videos and I've learned a lot of new building techniques from you, but my "sandwich layers" are always 2 walls high because I can't bring myself to clip the splitters through the floor lmao

[@Scalti]

Quite fair. In no way are these videos ‘my way or the highway’. The goal is to demonstrate verticality and offer design solutions for the various items as a base starting point. If you build the factory exactly how I did? Great. If you can take the principles of the design and expand and use them for your own designs, even better.

[@itsNep_]

@@Scalti Exactly! I was always trying to stuff my belts in the same small room as my constructors and everything and seeing your sandwich design was a big game changer for me. Keep up the good work!

[@redneckfarmer2020]

You can sprint and hold C to do a ground slide and go right under most belts or hold C with regular movement to crawl through a conveyor walls

[@redneckfarmer2020]

Also kickass vids!!

[@StfuSiriusly]

Great stuff man. Very clear and chill. Would love to see some stuff for higher tiers like refineries and aluminum

[@Scalti]

My goal is to produce videos in a natural order in how you would in the game. There may be some slight discrepancies here and there though.

[@StfuSiriusly]

@@Scalti No problem man. Really enjoy the content.

[@lunakoala5053]

Technically it's called "Triple Conveyor Wall" instead of "Three Wall Conveyor". But I highly doubt anybody ever got confused about it, especially as we see what you are placing.

[@akuma_bb3596]

I like your build tutorials they look really good

[@Windtalk3r]

Another great video! Thanks.

[@venominblx9333]

bro i got like 30 minutes into this guide before realizing that the update five one is a separate 20 minute longer video fml

[@shadowhound5113]

Please do more these videos are awesome

[@chopper1_135]

Hey Scalti, I don't know if you know this but there is a !noclip command, with it you can phase through objects as if they aren't there. So it's easier building in the sandwich layers :)

[@Scalti]

I recently discovered this my latest video. Can definitely help for sure but during belting inside a layer I think it’s best to show build order and explain the ‘build your way out’ method to better assist those playing without mods. Appreciate the tip nonetheless.

[@chopper1_135]

@@Scalti I understand, thanks for the reply :)

[@chopper1_135]

@@Scalti Also, I have this issue that 3 of my assemblers at the top aren't getting enough iron rods p/m. I think they are getting 10 rods p/m instead of 12 since they are split 3 times. Is there a way to fix this?

[@BadJuicy]

Really easy to build when you can fly so much fun when you cant

[@InservioLetum]

I always feel a bit like Gandalf in Bilbo's house watching your vids. The look is breathtaking, but building that sandwhich is claustro as hell for a few minutes, even though I'm not actually stood inside the game. Can you be claustrophobic in a space you only imagine you're in or is that psychosomatic, I wonder? Anywhoozle, another amazing build, but I did prefer the earlier one where you mentioned your tricks for doing this so quickly. Your 2-step trick for perfect belt cornering, for example. I'd like to have the same fluency with connecting seven constructors in a row with lifts. You did that faster than my biomass macro picks up bushes. Weirdest thing is that when I connect lifts and follow your clicks precisely, my lits sometimes don't connect because they're flowing the wrong way, which would seem to suggest there is a keyboard shortcut for reversing flow direction like in Factorio. If that indeed exists that would be a GAMECHANGER for item spine construction.

[@nermal_6671]

Amazing video! Very informative - and a cool design, too. Are you planning the higher tiers, too? Great work - give us more, please ;) Cheers from Austria

[@tonyjenkins2733]

Your videos are fantastic. Thank you!

[@CK-nh9vl]

Great job thank you very much appreciate the help , Maybe you can do something with the space elevator that would be cool like to learn more about that.

[@martin1blade]

It would be nice if you showed us how you run power to these machines. From what I can see you run them up the inside side of the outside wall, correct?

[@Scalti]

Correct. Keeps it relatively tidy. I’ve been asked this a lot so I’ll be making a video on this and thankfully it applies across neatly all the designs.

[@martin1blade]

@@Scalti Sweet, I'll look forward to the video.

[@RaekenZayt]

Another great one, thanks for this. Although I need to ramp up my power as I cant run this in tandem with my other stuff currently lol.

[@kennethniegut5517]

I know why you use the sandwich layers to save on height, as below it is hard the higher you go, I ended up adding an extra 2 lots of bases & using the outer one to build stairs, and join the to each layer as I built it up, I use the small platforms as scaffolding then deleted it. I do like your layouts, it too me awhile to get used to it. I look forward to seeing just how you did the computers and the rest of the advanced items that you need to complete the game. I am currently in the 8th upgrade. I look forward to see just how you do it. Please note all scaffolding is deleted when the building is done.

[@heydrian10615]

Good Factory

[@vxiq]

your vids is amazing, you doing a lot of crazy factories, and i have to ask, can you do super computer tower factory :D?

[@danielward7779]

please post more vids please i use all your guides :)

[@SamanosukeAsakura]

Yep much better audio

[@bobsamson5874]

Love the clean build! While coming up with this design, did you consider any changes to your core concept of sandwich layers to avoid clipping the belts? I was struggling with it myself and eventually decided to prioritise external looks over avoiding the clipping eventually.

[@Scalti]

I don’t mind the clipping since it’s never seen externally. If it really is something you or others would like to avoid, my recommendation is to do a two high layer to allow more verticality of belt weaving.

[@bobsamson5874]

Yeah, the two high layer also seemed like the only full-proof option to me. That's really the beauty of your builds imo, the basic concept is very elegant and looks great, and where desired we can adjust for our own preferences. Thanks for your response and I'm already looking forward to your next builds! It's admirable how you combine making these videos with your job/personal life.

[@coxbdj89]

Thanks Scalti - yours are the best guides by a long way. Might you be able to advise me how to adapt this to include the casted screw recipe?

[@cylelance4307]

I got this assembled, turned it on Aaaand was not making enough iron rods and couldn't find the issue for the life of me. I lt turns out I was using mk2 lifts in the wrong areas and screwing the whole assembly up 😂 was debating on clearing all the belts and starting it back up but I have a feeling that's going to take foreveerrr

[@scadooshy5161]

Im having the same problem. i cant seem to get enough ingots into the system to make enough rods. Ive double checked all of my belts and everything seems correct. Did you fix this?

[@asmileforpeace]

damn man thanks i learned so much from replicating this and adding things to it thanks a lot.

[@erickjohnlopez5871]

when im trying to built ur setup i died many times by fall in satisfactory than darksouls XD but it was worth it :DD

[@mamapix0185]

We need more pls come back to us ;(((

[@Scalti]

New factory is in the design stage. Once it’s complete I’ll begin video production.

[@mamapix0185]

@@Scalti thank you very much u are the best

[@YouDontKnowMike]

Wicked toots, man.

[@DjMonkeyMan]

Thank you!

[@dedn01]

Personally, I would love to see some of these "build-along" guides be done without to use of mods "like infinite flight" which arent part of a vanilla game. I just started playing, but my computer struggles enough with base game, it won't support mods and I'd love some tips on building these kinds of things without dying

[@Scalti]

I have a scaffolding video just for this reason. Check it out.

[@ShaneSimpkin]

I really love these videos :) will you be doing some tutorials on water/fluids?

[@Scalti]

Will be my next video.

[@NightIceWolf12]

I think it would be easier to maybe have a 2 or 3 high sandwich layer for something like this. I know that something that high might not be a sandwich layer anymore but if you don't want clipping then using lifts will be your only other way.

[@Scalti]

I’ve decided to shift in this direction moving forward. Designed out an AI Limiter factory today making a double high sandwich layer. Looks great.

[@colinm1170]

OCD has went abit crazy but other than that the tutorial is great, maybe set the machines to the products well you place them, as i just built it all and forgot what machines are for what lol

[@DanielCoffey67]

I know it is two years late but I think there was a missed Mk1 belt between the splitter and first smelter on the right as you were flying over at 07:30. How might this design be improved now we have the elevator through-holes? To be honest I do like the external lifts when using the glass walls but the through holes need a bit more width of floor space of course.

[@Darakai]

Amazing! Thanks

[@chrismcmahan2545]

Just found you and your videos, loving what you build! Just an FYI "MK" means mark in this context, and usually pronounced as so.

[@Scalti]

Yuh. I’ve started adjusting in more recent videos. It’s kind of like calling NASA, N-A-S-A by letter lol. At the end of the day it’s at least still understood. XD