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FACTORIO / RESOURCES

Resources

Mining ores, fluids and special planetary materials.

17 entriesReviewed 2026-10-27
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BASE / CORE · ResourcesIron ore

Mine deposits using burner or electric drills, then smelt iron ore into iron plates used in most early production chains.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesCopper ore

Mine copper ore and smelt copper plates for electronic circuits, cables and many mid-game components.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesCoal

Use coal to fuel boilers, early furnaces and burner mining drills, and as an ingredient of certain production recipes.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesStone

Use stone in early furnaces and later in bricks and concrete production.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesCrude oil

Extract crude oil with pumpjacks and pipe the fluid into refineries to produce oil products.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesWater

Pump water from suitable shorelines into boilers, chemical plants and other fluid consumers.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesUranium ore

Mine uranium for nuclear processing once the necessary research and sulfuric-acid logistics are available.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesIron plates

Smelting transforms mined ore into a widely used intermediate needed by gears, pipes and steel production.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesCopper plates

Smelt copper ore and distribute copper plates to circuits and additional recipe chains.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesSteel plates

Steel requires further processing from iron and is essential for higher-tier machines, rails and military infrastructure.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesPetroleum gas

A refinery fluid product often directed into plastic, sulfur and related chemical chains.

BASE / CORE · ResourcesSulfuric acid

Produced in chemical processing and used by several advanced systems including uranium mining and batteries.

SPACE AGE DLC · ResourcesTungsten

Space Age: a Vulcanus resource enabling foundry and big-mining-drill technology chains.

SPACE AGE DLC · ResourcesHolmium

Space Age: a key Fulgora material obtained through the planet's scrap processing economy.

SPACE AGE DLC · ResourcesYumako

Space Age: Gleba agricultural crop used in organic processing chains subject to freshness and spoilage.

SPACE AGE DLC · ResourcesJellynut

Space Age: Gleba crop feeding biochemical recipes and agriculture lines.

SPACE AGE DLC · ResourcesScrap

Space Age: Fulgora salvaged material recycled to obtain a mix of useful intermediates.

Volpedia is an independent fan reference, not affiliated with Wube Software. Factorio mechanics and recipes may change between versions, mods and base game versus Space Age. Content last reviewed October 27, 2026. Category illustrations are original Volpedia diagrams, not gameplay screenshots. Factorio trademarks belong to their owners. Research and provenance records are maintained internally.

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