Modular Frame is a building resource used to construct mid-game buildings and equipment.
Obtaining[]
Crafting[]
| Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 ×  Reinforced Iron Plate 3 / min | 12 ×  Iron Rod 12 / min | Assembler 60 sec  × 15 | 2 ×  Modular Frame 2 / min 450 MJ/item | Tier 2 - Part Assembly | ||||||||||||
3 × Reinforced Iron Plate 7.5 / min | 56 ×  Screw 140 / min | Assembler 24 sec | 2 × Modular Frame 5 / min 180 MJ/item | Tier 2 - Part Assembly | ||||||||||||
2 × Reinforced Iron Plate 2 / min | 10 ×  Steel Pipe 10 / min | Assembler 60 sec | 3 × Modular Frame 3 / min 300 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | ||||||||||||
Alternate recipes analysis[]
The following shows different ways to produce 1 Modular Frame / second, or 60 / min:
| Recipe | Iron Ore /min (WP) |
Coal /min (WP) |
Total WP | Total Energy /item (MJ) |
Space (m2) |
Building counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 615.64 (87.47) |
- | 87.47 | 1649.50 | 15671 | 129.26 |
| Default + Steel Rod |
454.10 (64.52) |
60 (19.42) |
83.94 | 1435.40 | 13563 | 109.64 |
| Steeled | 295.16 (41.94) |
200 (64.72) |
106.66 | 970.62 | 8485 | 69.06 |
| Bolted + Cast Screw |
647.95 (92.06) |
- | 92.06 | 1454.47 | 13924 | 121.78 |
| Bolted + Steel Rod + Default Screw |
459.49 (65.29) |
70 (22.65) |
87.94 | 1350.28 | 14376 | 135.00 |
- Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by:
(resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. The lower the better. - Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
- Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
- Among multiple ways to produce each of the ingredient, the recipe with the lowest WP is chosen. The exception is mentioned below:
Usage[]
Research[]
Modular Frame is used in the Alien Organisms Research chain, Quartz Research chain, Power Slugs Research chain and Caterium Research chain in the 
MAM for additional unlocks.Crafting[]
| Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 ×  Silica | 3 × Modular Frame | Equipment Workshop × 20 | 1 ×  Blade Runners | Quartz Research - Blade Runners | ||||||||||||
3 ×  Rotor | ||||||||||||||||
5 × Modular Frame 10 / min | 15 × Steel Pipe 30 / min | Manufacturer 30 sec × 9 | 1 ×  Heavy Modular Frame 2 / min 1650 MJ/item | Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production | ||||||||||||
5 ×  Encased Industrial Beam 10 / min | 100 × Screw 200 / min | |||||||||||||||
1 × Modular Frame 2.5 / min | 12 ×  Steel Beam 30 / min | Assembler 24 sec | 2 ×  Versatile Framework 5 / min 180 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | ||||||||||||
5 × Modular Frame | 2 ×  Xeno-Zapper | Equipment Workshop × 20 | 1 ×  Xeno-Basher | Tier 3 - Improved Melee Combat | ||||||||||||
25 ×  Cable | 500 ×  Wire | |||||||||||||||
5 × Modular Frame 18.75 / min | 3 × Encased Industrial Beam 11.25 / min | Manufacturer 16 sec | 1 × Heavy Modular Frame 3.75 / min 880 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing | ||||||||||||
20 ×  Rubber 75 / min | 104 × Screw 390 / min | |||||||||||||||
8 × Modular Frame 7.5 / min | 10 × Encased Industrial Beam 9.375 / min | Manufacturer 64 sec | 3 × Heavy Modular Frame 2.8125 / min 1173.33 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing | ||||||||||||
36 × Steel Pipe 33.75 / min | 22 ×  Concrete 20.625 / min | |||||||||||||||
1 × Modular Frame 3.75 / min | 6 × Steel Beam 22.5 / min | Manufacturer 16 sec | 2 × Versatile Framework 7.5 / min 440 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Oil Processing | ||||||||||||
8 × Rubber 30 / min | ||||||||||||||||
15 × Modular Frame | 25 × Cable | Build Gun | 1 ×  Blueprint Designer | Tier 4 - FICSIT Blueprints | ||||||||||||
100 × Concrete | 100 × Steel Beam | |||||||||||||||
10 ×  Copper Sheet | 5 × Modular Frame | Build Gun | 1 ×  Fluid Buffer | Tier 3 - Coal Power | ||||||||||||
10 × Modular Frame | 10 × Rotor | Build Gun | 1 ×  Foundry | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | ||||||||||||
20 × Concrete | ||||||||||||||||
2 ×  Portable Miner | 10 × Encased Industrial Beam | Build Gun | 1 ×  Miner Mk.2 | Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production | ||||||||||||
20 × Steel Pipe | 10 × Modular Frame | |||||||||||||||
100 × Wire | 10 × Modular Frame | Build Gun | 1 ×  Power Storage | Tier 4 - Expanded Power Infrastructure | ||||||||||||
5 × Encased Industrial Beam | ||||||||||||||||
5 × Modular Frame | 5 × Rotor | Build Gun | 1 ×  Tractor | Tier 3 - Vehicular Transport | ||||||||||||
10 × Reinforced Iron Plate | ||||||||||||||||
15 × Modular Frame | 20 × Rotor | Build Gun | 1 ×  Truck Station | Tier 3 - Vehicular Transport | ||||||||||||
50 × Cable | ||||||||||||||||
AWESOME Sink[]
Trivia[]
- The in-game appearance of the Modular Frame is based on a real life modular construction material called 80/20 (eighty twenty) aluminum extrusion.
Gallery[]
A simple setup for Modular Frame production without considering the item ratio.
A 100% Modular frame setup with 120 Iron Ore/min input. Belt Mk.2 is needed.
History[]
- Patch Closed Alpha 5: Assembler now costs Modular Frames instead of Reinforced Iron Plates
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