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Needles

Diamond

Diamond is one of the needle specimens listed in the cabinet catalog. Its recorded collection effect is Big Drawer. Scanner drawers hold twice as much

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Buildings & machines

Doorway

One wall section with a 1.1 m doorway. Snaps into a wall you already built.

6 properties →
Technical reference

Drone configuration

Recorded configuration constants. Units and runtime effects must be interpreted with the original script; these are static defaults.

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Research & upgrades

Drone Pickup

Drones can collect things as well as dig. Tick what a drone picks up (wads, bales, eco bricks and more) and it carries them from its zone to its drop.

6 properties →
Buildings & machines

Dump Hatch

Put it in front of a belt. Walk up with a full bucket or barrow and it empties it onto the belt.

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Research & upgrades

Dump Hatch Plans

Unlocks the Dump Hatch, $40 each. Walk up to it with a full bucket or barrow and it empties it onto the belt in front of it for you.

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Research & upgrades

Easy Swing

Each level makes digging use 8% less stamina.

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Research & upgrades

Electricity

Unlocks the Hay Generator ($150) and Power Poles ($45). The generator burns hay and makes 6 kW. Machines within 6 m of a pole get power. Belts do not

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Buildings & machines

Enclosed Conveyor

Hides cargo inside a sealed tunnel to save performance. Loose hay rides through too. Buckets and tools cannot enter.

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Research & upgrades

Enclosed Conveyor Plans

Unlocks enclosed conveyors, $12 a metre. Cargo travels hidden inside, which saves performance in large factories. Buckets and tools cannot enter.

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Research & upgrades

Extend the Shed

This technology has multiple packaged definitions. Their values and descriptions are listed separately below; the enclosing runtime conditions were no

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Research & upgrades

Faster Belt Motor

Each level makes all belts 45% faster, including ones already built.

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Research & upgrades

Faster Compressor

Each level makes every compressor 8% faster.

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Research & upgrades

Faster Drum

Each level makes every pulper 8% faster. A faster pulper also uses water faster.

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Research & upgrades

Faster Feed Disc Press

Each level makes every feed disc press 8% faster. It also uses hay and eco bricks faster.

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Research & upgrades

Faster Grinding

Each level makes every pelletizer 8% faster.

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Research & upgrades

Faster Rake

Each level makes every rake 8% faster.

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Research & upgrades

Faster Rotors

Each level makes every drone fly, climb and lift 25% faster.

8 properties →
Research & upgrades

Faster Silo Output

Each level raises the silo's top speed by 20 loads a minute.

8 properties →
Research & upgrades

Faster Winder

Each level makes every paper mill 8% faster. It also uses pulp slabs faster.

8 properties →
Research & upgrades

Faster Wrapper

Each level makes every wrapper 8% faster. It always keeps up with a compressor of the same level.

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Buildings & machines

Feed Disc Press

Presses hay from one belt and eco bricks from another into feed discs. The loose hay in a feed disc sells for 4.20x, and the eco bricks keep their own

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Research & upgrades

Feed Disc Press Plans

Unlocks the Feed Disc Press, $1400. Presses hay from one belt and eco bricks from another into feed discs. The loose hay in a feed disc sells for 4.20

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Research & upgrades

Finer Paper

Each level makes paper rolls sell for more.

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Research & upgrades

Fuller Silo Loads

Each level puts 25% more loose hay into every load the silo lets out. Bales and eco bricks do not change.

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Technical reference

Gas configuration

Recorded configuration constants. Units and runtime effects must be interpreted with the original script; these are static defaults.

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Buildings & machines

Gas Plant

Gas Plant appears in the building catalog under power.

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Research & upgrades

Gas Plant Plans

Gas Plant Plans is a research entry in the power branch. Its recorded costs, rank values and prerequisite research are collected below.

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Technical reference

Generator configuration

Recorded configuration constants. Units and runtime effects must be interpreted with the original script; these are static defaults.

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Guides

Getting started

A practical introduction to the hay, money and machinery loop.

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Needles

Glass

Glass is one of the needle specimens listed in the cabinet catalog. Its recorded collection effect is Clear Lens. Scanners take 25% bigger batches.

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Needles

Golden

Golden is one of the needle specimens listed in the cabinet catalog. Its recorded collection effect is The Golden Needle. The whole yard earns and run

14 properties →
Technical reference

Grid configuration

Recorded configuration constants. Units and runtime effects must be interpreted with the original script; these are static defaults.

0 properties →
Research & upgrades

Grippy Boots

Your boots grip the rubber, so a running belt no longer pushes you along. Walk on your belts any way you like.

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Needles

Hat Pin

Hat Pin is one of the needle specimens listed in the cabinet catalog. Its recorded collection effect is Smooth Rollers. Every belt in the yard runs 15

14 properties →
Buildings & machines

Hay Compressor

Presses 60 strands into a bale worth 2.0x loose hay.

8 properties →