Beyond expanding your factory, your main goal inSatisfactoryis to deliver complex parts to the Space Elevator to complete project objectives and Save the Day. There are five Phases of the project, each with its own Tiers and Milestones to complete along the way.
Phase 2 is quite a step up from Phase 1, requiring over two thousand more parts than the first step. These parts also have more complicated production requirements. Below, we’ll take a look at every part you need to complete Phase 2 of the Space Elevator and how to create them.
How To Complete Phase 2 Of The Space Elevator
Phase 2 is unlocked immediately after completingPhase 1, andTiers 3and 4 will also be unlocked at the same time. To complete Phase 2, you’ll need to deliver the following items to the Space Elevator.
As you can see, this is quite a drastic increase in materials from Phase 1, which only required 50 Smart Plating. However, with the new Tiers available, you’ll be able to grow your factory even bigger to handle this amount of production.
The first step is tocomplete each of the Tier 3 and 4 Milestonesto unlock the necessary machines and components needed to manufacture these items, starting withCoal PowerandBasic Steel Productionin Tier 3 andAdvanced Steel ProductionandLogistics Mk.3in Tier 4.
With these Milestones complete, you’ll technically have everything you need to make all three parts required for this Phase, but unlocking the other Milestones can’t hurt either. These will provide important functions mainly centered around exploration, likeVehicular TransportandHypertubes.
Your next step is toset up factories to produce steel, specificallysteel beamsandsteel pipes. Both of these components will be used for the project delivery parts. Also, setting up acoal-powered energy gridwill help produce enough power for all the new machines you’ll be building.
Now, you’ll need to decide how to produce the parts for the Space Elevator. Below, we’ll break down each one.
Smart Plating
You should already be familiar with how Smart Plating is produced since it was required for Phase 1. This time, you just need a whole lot more of it. You can either let your factory from Phase 1 slowly trickle in this part as you work on the rest of your factory, or you canset up another set of machines to double your production rate.
Versatile Framework
Versatile Framework is the second component for Phase 2, and you’ll needa thousand in total. This component is produced usingone Modular Frame and 12 Steel Beams, which craftstwo Versatile Framework at a time.
Without overclocking, Versatile Framework is crafted at a rate offive per minute, requiring2.5 Modular Frames per minuteand30 Steel Beams per minute. The Steel Steel Beams should be simple enough to get running;two Constructors will produce enoughto efficiently craft Versatile Framework.
For Modular Frames, you may have tooverclock your machines to get the exact amount per minute, or use anAlternate Recipelike Bolted Frame (which makes five Modular Frames per minute) and then split the production.
Of course, how much you develop your Versatile Framework production is up to you. Space Elevator components arealmost always used again to craft other components later on, so it’s never a bad idea to get things right the first time to save yourself the trouble in the future.
Automated Wiring
The third component of Phase 2 is Automated Wiring, which is produced usingone Stator and 20 Cables. Luckily, you only need 100 Automated Wiring for this Phase, so completing this step is relatively easy.
At this point, Stators are really only used to craft Automated Wiring and Motors, and the latter isn’t used in any recipes or buildings until Tier 5. Stators are crafted usingthree Steel pipes and eight Wires.
Because you only need 100 Stators in total, it may be easier tohandcraft these rather than setting up a production line, especially if your steel and copper factories are far apart. With this method, all you have to do ishandcraft 100 Stators, then dump those and the2,000 Cablesinto two storage units that feed directly into an Assembler making Automated Wiring.
As mentioned above, keep in mind that setting up factories early willsave you time later, as almost every component isreused somewhere down the line.
If you decide to automate production of the Automated Wiring instead, you’ll need to provide at least2.5 Stators per minuteand50 Cables per minuteto craft2.5 Automated Wiring per minute. Again, due to the relatively low number of Automated Wiring you need, as long as Stators and Cables are being made, you don’t have to worry too much about efficiency, at least for right now.
