Expansion works best when it solves a visible resource or production bottleneck. Planning access, storage, and transport around an identified deposit avoids creating a remote mine that cannot feed the factory.
PC / Global, Early Access
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Where to farm
Unmined terrain near the current base where scanner or map readings indicate a needed resource.
Pick a material your current lines lack, find a target with the scanner or map, and plan a usable route before adding machinery. Preserve access to the surface and make output handling part of the site plan.
Required mining equipment and power for automation
Review your buffers and choose the material that is limiting a current production goal.
Use the scanner or map to find a candidate deposit or vein for that material.
Check the target's elevation and whether it is an ordinary deposit or a vein drill point.
Plan an access corridor that keeps a return route open and reaches the target level.
Excavate carefully until the target face or drill point is accessible.
Place a buffer and establish a conveyor or other route toward the factory before scaling extraction.
Add the appropriate miner and power connection, then test delivery into storage.
Farming tips
Choose a site for its usable access and output route as well as its resource reading.
Preserve enough room for belts and service access before filling the area with machinery.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeat expansion when a new material shortage justifies another site. Each site requires its own target check, access route, and output test.
Common mistakes
Expanding without a specific material need can produce stock you cannot use; start with an observed shortage.
Building extraction before planning transport can strand output underground; prepare the conveyor or hauling route early.
Confusing an ordinary deposit with a vein point leads to incorrect placement; confirm the target type before choosing equipment.
When to stop or switch
Stop expanding when the new source delivers enough to relieve the selected bottleneck. Improve transport or processing first if the deposit produces faster than the factory can accept.
