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FACTORIO / RESOURCES

Stone

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

Original Volpedia referenceReviewed 2026-10-27Quick reference · noindexBASE / CORE SYSTEM
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Practical advice: Create a dedicated stone processing area before upgrading to large furnace arrays.
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How it works

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

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Practical advice

Create a dedicated stone processing area before upgrading to large furnace arrays.

03

Mistakes to avoid

Converting all stone to bricks when recipes or building plans still need raw stone.

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progressionFirst five minutes

Gather basic iron, copper, stone and coal to establish power and early smelting.

modesFreeplay

Primary Factorio experience of building an expanding factory and pursuing research milestones.

progressionRocket launch base game

A major progression milestone in base Factorio leading to satellite-based space science.

machinesStone furnace

The starting furnace for smelting ore and providing early plates.

resourcesCoal

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

resourcesCopper ore

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

resourcesCopper plates

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

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