100% EFFICIENT Early Game Tier-1 Copper Factory [SATISFACTORY GUIDE]

[@snappybean]

The sandwich layer is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

[@GothicG]

I see what you did there

[@WildeFyre69]

@@GothicG LOL

[@WildeFyre69]

That's the truth eh!

[@the_dead_knight3]

Mak s the build that much cleaner. My third save was belts everywhere they were organized but still there were belts everywhere

[@ahmedyusuf1000]

This video is sooo clean, the build is awesome, the music is tasteful. You will go places!

[@Scalti]

Thanks for that! Glad you like it.

[@InservioLetum]

@@Scalti I actually have a question about your signature style. How on earth do you get your foundations to stay different colours? No matter what colour combo I switch to, ALL foundations turn that colour. I really like your colourcoding of foundations, and it would be a huge help for my somewhat addled old noggin. You mentioned guides in several videos; have you gone over your colouring in there by chance? Where might I find your guides?

[@thibaultcuvelier870]

@@InservioLetum first color choice is replacing the basic color on all bats you built. If you choose to modify another color youll be able to use this one only where you want

[@Scalti]

@@InservioLetum This is quite late but you need to manually color the foundations. Otherwise, it will just simply change everything.

[@Asutoro]

@@Scalti"Quite late", well said lmao

[@xreve_]

I just realized he said: "at least 53 megawatts" at 0:53! That is amazing. Thanks for this guide, really helped me a lot!

[@Scalti]

#scripted

[@zeebrew6816]

Albeit 2 years later, I just got into Satisfactory and besides my massive 1-floor "creates every starter item inefficiently" factory, this was my first attempt at building a real purposeful one. Without mods (and thus no flying) it did have a few teething issues in terms of building vertically - but getting it completed with a few minor changes (overflow system for AWESOME Sink and using the "new sandwich floor" from your more recent videos) felt so satisfying!

[@nukachronic6211]

Excellent guides man. Everything still works in 2023. I'm using conveyor stands of conveyor windows since I don't have them unlocked yet.

[@abfab065]

Ohh mannn...i watched this at work...and now I have to wait til I get home to add this to my base!!!! Thank you so much..these are great..can't wait for more!!!

[@EricT43]

I built this last night, and it works great. Building it without being able to fly was a challenge, and I don't have glass walls yet, but I managed to get it done. On to copper next. I'd love to see you do a let's play series, to see how you build a factory up from scratch and progress through the tech.

[@Scalti]

Check out my past streams on Twitch or tune in tomorrow at 8PM EST. I also have a scaffolding video that shows a couple methods of approach as well.

[@shynorseman8271]

Best satisfactory videos ever. You are doing a great job!

[@Frraksurred]

As a new player, your guides have been invaluable. Thanks for sharing.

[@Wujek_Dobra_Rada]

the only thing missing is an armchair, a couch and a few flowers inside - beauty!

[@jfeld-gp2qe]

You are a true asset to the community, thank you for these videos. I would love to see your version of a Truck/Train Station Setup to help tie all these factories together :)

[@seanporcelli3965]

Very slick design and presentation you have here. You deserve more attention. I haven't see anyone make anything this well designed yet.

[@deeraz]

Excellent build! Very clean and well planned out. Also an interesting approach in terms of planning. I tend to build flat with subfloor belt-work, and use floors to either double up the production line, or just do a whole new line (the only times I run one full line across multiple floors is when I run out of space). But here you kinda went vertical from the get go :) Oh, and really high quality video production as well!

[@chipandputt]

very nice build and well presented. The only suggestion I would make is to note that you are using mods if you are and that they are identified in the video description as well as a link to the mod manager so people can easily add them, or point out that the build is not using mods, but that some items must be unlocked from the awesome shop. or something like that .. Just thinking of low hanging fruit so to speak to be more informative and prevent annoying a short-tempered player who has no clue where to get a wall with a conveyor hole through it. subbed btw .. I really like the build.

[@Scalti]

Fantastic feedback. I will definitely keep this in mind moving forward. The bit about the AWESOME shop items, I plan on making a guide to acquiring coupons early game so this will push me to plug that content while making other videos using items from the shop. Really appreciate your feedback.

[@battyplays404]

@@Scalti The absolutely easiest way to get tickets early on is to take a long walk around the spawn zone and gather up any crash bits laying around. You're disintigrating computers that you could use later but you get all the necessary goodies now. Also, I love these build guides. I can do the math but I can't do the interior design. Spaghetti factory does not even come close to describing it!

[@frag2k12]

@@battyplays404 Cables are good early fodder for the sink, they give decent points and are very easy to both automate and bulk produce, but yeah the tier 5+ items are good sink fodder early on since they only take up space.

[@KeRowKi]

Thank you very much for this guide, it has helped me greatly. You sir have a gift for setting these up 1. Perfectly in layout 2. Efficient 3. In a way that makes it easy to follow.

[@WildeFyre69]

And here I am, watching your 'laminated layer' technique yet again. I look forward to the day I can do work that is as clean and neat as what you do. Cheers! [...again...]

[@Maverickkk]

I just built this whole thing, and then realised I was on an iron node... oh my

[@draven67593]

almost a year later and still one of if not the best tutorial iv seen and man-o-man iv been looking

[@ghostwolf3292]

LOL I am not sure where you came from but, DAMN your builds are awesome. They are functional and great looking! You just earned yourself a sub!

[@Scalti]

I transcended space and time from a point beyond where the space elevator project has been completed. Spoiler: They built a time machine.

[@Rakurai999]

Great guide! So easy to follow, allowing me to build my first "real" factory! I put the smelters on the roof though, just because I don't like seeing the smoke inside the building...

[@jameslee2180]

Dude, I've just discovered your videos and am an instant fan of your tutorial style! Keep those videos coming! Would love to see you build these in a playthrough, bloopers and all.

[@Scalti]

Welcome to the channel! I’ve unfortunately been inconsistent with uploading lately but I’m still working on new videos. I’m considering a full on let’s play but the ‘when’ for it happening is to be determined

[@BlackDogBlues4961]

Built my own copper processing plant based on your Iron video. Didn't see this one at the time. These videos really help unlock the potential of the game in a satisfying way.

[@KenColton]

Appreciate the level of detail in the guide. Great production quality too. Really like the cool montage at the end of the builds! (reminds me of the glory montages after Jays 2 Cents/LTT finish a computer build) Hope you keep doing them

[@brianscott.]

Just started playing Satisfactory. One of the best guides I've seen. Subscibed. Thanks, Scalti for the awesome video. Going to go and watch your other build guides now and start reworking my spaghetti mess of a base :)

[@alexandersnider734]

No lie this is an amazing layout and guide, how do you not have more views?! Really incredible and beautiful, please keep making these! This is the best layout guide on KZbin by a mile.

[@renevanwijk9653]

Always nice to have YT contribitures that are easy listening and good explaining. thumbs up m8. and btw jetpack is a must as i see..im still in tier 2 mode ;)

[@Scalti]

Check out the scaffolding video. How I build these even with a jet pack.

[@renevanwijk9653]

@@Scalti was kidding ..my alternative is 15 ° 30 ° or 45 ° ramps ;) oh and btw im stupid...mas making 120 bolts per minute ..hardened plates need 100 and still producing wasn't enough...until i realized it was all going on a 60 belt...^^^^

[@wadehans3n]

I might be late to the party, but man these videos are satisfying. I haven’t enclosed a single thing yet in the game because I didn’t see the point, but watching these videos definitely gives me that inspiration.

[@DonCorleoneNL]

Dude your guides are so helpfull, im watching them all now and building them like you showed me! Thanks for doing this! Subbed and liked my friend!

[@Scalti]

That’s great to hear! Appreciate the feedback.

[@effulgence6]

Astonishingly good presentation. I am in awe. You must be a teacher. I particularly love how you set up the build and add just enough of your thought process to be instructive.

[@evolive413]

A build guide like this is what I have been searching for thank you so much

[@InvalidSpecimen]

Subbed, I love these self contained production units. I have been doing something similar, but I like to build backwards, so my final assemblers/constructors are on the bottom. Saves having to necessarily place down containers when I can just conveniently access the final machines on the ground floor. I have a design goal* of train fed inputs from raised railway later on, so that's also part of my reasoning. Fantastic production quality on your videos though. Keep up the nice work!

[@manelmv97]

MAN YOU ARE A PERFECTOINIST, I WANNA BE LIKE YOU!!! do you only have tutorials? or you have a gameplay? OMG i love it! imma watch them all

[@letsgobrandon7310]

Wow. This is clean af, so much better than anything I could do. Very nice design style, definitely stealing some of your build methods. Keep pumping these out and your channel will get big.

[@Scalti]

I wouldn’t call it stealing. Whole reason I’m making these is for others to use and even add their own personal touches. I definitely don’t plan on stopping but as the parts being made get more complex it means the designs take longer to develop and longer to make videos for. Expect to start seeing more ‘tips and tricks’ type content as a result.

[@Minib34ts]

How on earth do you only have 8.2K? You're making the best educational content for this game as a whole.

[@Scalti]

I only started the channel at the start of June. Based on KZbin subscriber growth average I’m doing pretty good.

[@cyakat]

I love figuring out how to make things efficient on my own but I absolutely suck at designing and these videos are helping with that fr.

[@D0A17599]

Damn dude thats amazing. Hope this series goes to the late game someday. Your builds will be legendary

[@InservioLetum]

I can't believe I STILL hear barney stinson every time someone says 'legendary'. Even without the -- wait for it --

[@Daora]

Super awesome, you will probably do magic when update 5 is released. However usually early game players you won't have the ability to fly around :D

[@natervaternone2020]

Dude your builds are so clean and dare I say sexy. Thank you for all the effort. Love seeing how you built these

[@papercontainer3386]

How do you have under 1K Subs?! This is great! You have my sub.

[@Scalti]

Only started uploading content in early June. :] Glad you like the content.

[@michaelbullock91]

You earned my subscription as well. Super clean and just perfect. I've only been playing two days so far and I've already put in 13 hours.

[@MultiMaked]

first satisfactory channel i subbed to. Really like your content

[@AG-vc2ee]

completed tier 6 now its time to clean all the mess and make some nice factories

[@deanswann2107]

Thank you for this, great idea for the far away nodes that will now be being used

[@maxou7396]

So easy to repro :) thanks a lot for the time you took for the guide

[@michaeleccher4068]

So professional, love the production and the design here. Great video. Wizard status.😁

[@itsNep_]

Damn this is super clean holy shit

[@olilolaf3000]

Love these videos, you're explaining everything pretty good and I really like the style how you're building your factories. Although this is 8 months late, I noticed there is a typo in the description , you wrote Foundry instead of Smelter.

[@brohvakiindova4452]

are you going to do some late game versions of early game ressources too at some point? I really love your designs, keep it up!

[@nimilblack]

Thank you for these really nice and easy to follow guides. Im trying to learn to make less spagetti builds and this video has inspired me to work on my copper area!

[@pinderkinguin95]

Simply perfect! I just followed your video and build this myself with a few personal Changes :)) Keep going!

[@mathewwebb8222]

That intro is so smooth

[@Scalti]

Would you say it's satisfactory?

[@battyplays404]

These are great! I can work out the efficient math part but I can't even begin to do the layout part. I get confused and end up in a circular loop of confusion with belts wrapped around my feet.

[@peterbuhler1202]

Thanks a lot for these videos First tier copper and iron completed, Not having the MK11 miner i may build the building and connect it a little later. One small comment i would like to make and it is this, not all people who play Factorio or Satisfactory are geniuses in design as the game goes on, i read somewhere in Factorio the number of people who send a rocket up is in single figures. My point is your tutorial has helped so much with building techniques as i was afraid to go vertically, Struggled a little with the first build (first tier iron) and breezed through the copper tier 1. So there is more to thank you than you can imagine. Pete

[@Scalti]

I’m not crying... you’re crying! For real though, really appreciate these words. Glad I am able to help.

[@Scalti]

Oh! I meant to say. The only non MK1 thing in this build are some belts. The only need for an MK2 miner is if you want 120 ore from a normal node.

[@Sebastian-jj1nv]

Your building-skills are great and fast, I like it!

[@george6022]

Loving the builds and thanks for explaining your thought processes! Seen tons of different builds and yours are unique

[@bluzenspyder8997]

Awesome stuff mate. Very well done. I just got the game not long ago, upto t3&4. Thinking I should pull apart my spaghetti mess and copy this. I have stuff everywhere lmao. Liked subbed and about to watch all your other guides. Thank you mate.

[@majod.4705]

Great tutorial. Please more. Thank you. Factory with three and more components together...

[@wugadawoo]

So many good tips in this video. Great work. Thank ya!

[@---zb7sg]

I bought this game for a friend. They need slow, clear instructions on how to even begin the game, explaining everything. Too many speed through the process leaving newbies sitting there saying, "WHAT?! Do what? But, where did you get that wire and other stuff? WHAT?!" Would you make a starter video, please? Even I saw a few things in your process that I haven't discovered yet, lol! Thanks! There is no rain, wind, dust storms or any reason for walls, is there? I've come to hate box buildings, lol, just me. The glass makes them much better and different colors other than school bus gold.

[@properyorkie728]

Thanks scalti for these videos. All my factories are coming along nicely. Keep up the good work.

[@IanJBarker]

Beautiful design!

[@StevenMcGregor]

You really should have more subscribers! Great work.

[@Scalti]

Appreciate that! The channel has been growing steadily!

[@Boozsha_Bo_Bellys]

Nice build. Really like these modular designs.

[@shawnwilt7196]

Also, one suggestion for your build. The item dispenser mod with dispensers at the end of each of your bottom storage containers would be excellent and you have plenty of space for them.

[@Scalti]

That’s a neat mod. For these tutorials I want to keep them vanilla without mods especially for new players who may not know anything about modding. Will keep that in mind for my personal world though!

[@UncleBandaids]

Always amazing content! Thank you!

[@ChristInYoutheHope48]

Love your videos. I built the coal generator plant (6 extractors, 16 generators) and loved doing it. I learned so much because you show us what, but leave the "how?" to us -- so there was a lot of trial and error to discovering how you created the spacings. You said in another video you would like to see our builds -- I have some photos. How do I connect on Instragram? (I ended up with only 14 generators because my space was a bit smaller than I imagined).

[@Twofivefivetwo]

Hey Scal just want to say thanks for these videos they are amazing and so well made, keep up the good work....please say rotors are next :D

[@Scalti]

Check my channel. Already have a video for them making 16/min.

[@reaversix2798]

Very nice man! One if the best explained tutorials out there, sub!

[@Hvorgandr]

Well, since mods are officially fkd up at 4th update, I cannot fly anymore. But I can lay some walkpaths next to interior walls. This also give a nice walkway when going into the building. One compressed walkway directly going downwards and one that criculates the building within. Also, I completed this building too in black colour. Looks nice. Produces nice yet I had to do some tweaks between conveyors and lifts.

[@WildeFyre69]

Excellent video! You really explained in language I can understand, well done! Cheers!

[@widearchshark3981]

I've just started playing this game and I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about!

[@Scalti]

This is for early game after you’ve gotten a bit into gameplay. Check out my beginner tier-1 iron and copper video. That has a flat build for literally just starting out. Hope it helps you.

[@kenricgrunwald1170]

Just found your channel, the sandwich technique is awesome, something I will be definitely using now! Subbed 👍🏻

[@tricknologist2066]

Thanks for the great tutorials!

[@heyz13]

man i really enjoy and love your builds i decided to try this one out . of course had a few ideas i was gonna do differently myself but then it hit me... its not the same to build when you cannot float the way you are... i have to do everything from a first person ground perspective which sucks!!! how do you even get that function cause i just realized that is a game changer.

[@mistergamerguy]

My thoughts... *drools on keyboard at the creativity* So for starters, I am sitting here in awe at most people's factory builds. These massive hyper tube navigated structures and I am jealous of them. Can I build one just like it? Hell no lol. But then I come across THIS video and have an epiphone... "Self-contained mining and processing". Would have never thought of doing it this way. Also I would have never figured you could attach splitters and mergers directly to a machine like that

[@psyberwolf5925]

He didn't. If you watch closely, you can see him doing a double click just in between the machine and merger/splitter to get a belt to connect them.

[@mistergamerguy]

Psyber Wolf I guess I didn’t notice it, but still pretty impressive. I want to try to set something like this up for mine. Would certainly alleviate all those ugly belts leading up to my building

[@Warp9pnt9]

I love the clean look and efficiency. The floating floors thing bothers me a bit (but what about PHYSICS!), but it's fairly trivial to add in some supports. But one thing I'd like to see, is how to set up overflow, so your containers fill up first as buffers, then overflow to an Awesome SINK. How much extra space, if any, would that take? Or can it be done in the same footprint? I know in early stages, we only have a dumb splitter, later a smart splitter, but only at the programmable splitter can we have a specific overflow function. So the compromise ia to just use a dumb splitter at first and fill buffer half as fast, or shut off awesome sink for a bit while we go build another factory, by which time maybe one container will be full.

[@uhavemooface]

You made this look easy.

[@Scalti]

That’s just because you’re seeing the end product. These designs take time and a few iterations of exploring pathing and layout before making the videos. Granted this is a simple factory in comparison to other things you can make, it still needs to be as well thought out and planned as possible. I do my best to not mislead you all with poor or half baked designs.

[@flyingpiggie979]

Thanks a lot for these videos dude. Top tier content.

[@ghostinthesmoke3267]

Could you do a vid on train layouts and pathways by any chance? Haven't found a good vid for that specifically. There are lots of vids on trains but not how to lay out the network between bases and nodes.

[@shelbytimbrook2095]

All these people making factories that are "clean" and "simple" and they always leave the miner outside. I came up with a 2x3x8 design that include the miner. Miner/smelter first floor, 5 walls up start the second floor have a lift to take things from the smelter to the 2nd floor, and have your constructor there. It's tall, applies to impure nodes easily, and it makes using a giant sky conveyer bus ezpz.

[@slayerfan61]

I would like to see a vid where the tier 1 iron and copper in the same building. So far, the 3 times I tried to combine them, it went to hell fast! lol

[@KokoAdict]

Loved it, new subscriber. Cheers.

[@JonathanTaylor-stretch]

Thank you, very useful 👍

[@bcblizzard7295]

Now if only there were shareable blueprints like that other game :) Great job with the tutorial...you have my sub!

[@davidbalmaceda1434]

Es hermosa !!! un aporte, las construcciones que producen humo deberían estar bien arriba para más realismo

[@tommyhaha0]

Very satisfying

[@jorggernegro2751]

Class have recreated it and find your idea great

[@marselgjata1903]

Great tutorial, this videos help me a lot, hope you do some let's plays, awesome keep up the great work!

[@nickllama5296]

Very nice and clean!

[@arkanesh]

Very clean Factory. Also your explaining is really good! But i have one question. How do you get the "free" Camera at the beginning of the video?

[@Scalti]

Flying via PAK utility mod and screenshot mode (p is the default key bind)

[@arkanesh]

perfect! i'm not a big fan from the lookout towers, so the fly mod would be an option too ;) thanks a lot and go on with your guide videos. tey are really helpful and so clean. like it

[@InservioLetum]

07:18 Theeeere it is. I didn't register this warning in your tier 1 iron build, and learned the painful way, that the build order is extremely specific and deviating from it causes eeeeendless clipping issues. I gave up on that build, and just loaded an earlier save, because I was almost done and THEN discovered why you built everything in such a strange sequence. You use clipping tricks in almost every build, and while the result is absolutely breathtaking, the discovery that one mistake could mnean having to delete dozens and dozens of structures to clear a clipping issue. Might I suggest you expliocitly warn of this possibility in your next video? I've learned my lesson, but perhaps I can spare others my infuriated facedesking.

[@bastiand2676]

Every time there is no 90° belt angel, my heart cracks 💔

[@dsntmttr1221]

This is art. How do you even plan these? Do you do all the planning on paper first? Do you draw it like an architect or what? I want a tutorial of such planning man

[@lunakoala5053]

I came up with similar with trial and error. Endless trial and error. And of course I can't remember my designs and lost my saves.... So glad he did the effort of making an tutorial^^

[@rmx___9123]

Can you make another video on a steel factory making Steel Beams and Steel Pipes ? would be awesome!

[@carmenwatkins8914]

Wow, just wow. I could spend twice as much time on it and it wouldn't look half as clean as this

[@Scalti]

Practice makes perfect.

[@SomeRandomCanuck]

"Early Game 100% efficiency factory, with components not available during the early game!" Nice.

[@Scalti]

You can build this factory before unlocking tiers 3 & 4.

[@AzureViking]

Why include the smelters in the build? I feel like it's much cleaner and easier to smelt at miner and just belt in the volume you want wherever you decide to place your building. I think it might be better to focus on transfer rate rather than miner level. That makes it more universal. A build based on a rate of 120/m for example can be acheived with various levels of miners on different resource nodes

[@playmatte87]

when you have completed it. as in my case. how do you copy it entirely (excluding the drill) next to another collection point/resource?

[@Gearhead9415Gaming]

ik this was built before blueprints but a blueprint would be awsome

[@onurkiziloglu6785]

Dude please keep going this. You are great already. Sub + like + notification done.