Quickwire

Quickwire
Caterium's high conductivity and resistance to corrosion makes it ideal for small, advanced electronics.
Unlocked at	Caterium Research - Quickwire
Blueprint path	/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/HighSpeedWire/Desc_HighSpeedWire.Desc_HighSpeedWire_C
Item
Stack size	500
Sink value	17

Quickwire is an early-game item with many uses. It is complementary to normal copper Wire.

If one avoids researching caterium throughout the game for any reason, they will first stumble upon Quickwire in the Tier 6 milestone Expanded Power Infrastructure, as it's required to build Fuel Generators. The Resource Scanner upgrade unlocked in the same milestone allows for a caterium resource node to be found easily.

Obtaining

Unlocking

 Quickwire is unlocked via the Caterium Research chain in the MAM using:

50

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Quickwire	1 × Caterium Ingot 12 / min												Constructor 5 sec × 5	5 × Quickwire 60 / min 4 MJ/item		Caterium Research - Quickwire
Fused Quickwire Alternate	1 × Caterium Ingot 7.5 / min						5 × Copper Ingot 37.5 / min						Assembler 8 sec	12 × Quickwire 90 / min 10 MJ/item		Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots

Alternate recipes analysis

The following shows different ways to produce 1 Quickwire / second, or 60 / min:

Recipe	Copper Ore /min (WP)	Caterium Ore /min (WP)	Total WP	Total Energy /item (MJ)	Space (m2)	Building counts
Default	-	24 (21.74 )	21.74	41.39	360.92	2.23
Fused	10 (3.47 )	10 ( -58.33 %) (9.06 )	12.52 (-42.39 %)	48.63 (+17.49 %)	373.48 (+3.48 %)	1.92 (-14.07 %)

• 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.
• Building space and building count are summed for all buildings, excluding belts, pipes, power poles, power lines and other logistic infrastructures. The lower the better.
• Among multiple ways to produce each of the ingredient, the recipe with the lowest WP is chosen. See also:
  • Caterium Ingot#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Copper Ingot#Alternate recipes analysis

• If your Caterium supply isn't enough to make as much Quickwire as you need, but you have loads of Copper available, consider using Fused Quickwire. It makes 2.4 times the normal amount of Quickwire, but you also need Assemblers for it.
  - "Its the only alternative recipe for Quickwire. No others to confuse it with."

Usage

Research

 Quickwire is used in the Caterium Research chain in the MAM for additional unlocks.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
High-Speed Connector	56 × Quickwire 210 / min						10 × Cable 37.5 / min						Manufacturer 16 sec × 8	1 × High-Speed Connector 3.75 / min 880 MJ/item		Caterium Research - High-Speed Connector
	1 × Circuit Board 3.75 / min
Iodine Infused Filter	1 × Gas Filter 3.75 / min						8 × Quickwire 30 / min						Manufacturer 16 sec × 4	1 × Iodine Infused Filter 3.75 / min 880 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Hazmat Suit
	1 × Aluminum Casing 3.75 / min
Stun Rebar	1 × Iron Rebar 10 / min						5 × Quickwire 50 / min						Assembler 6 sec × 2	1 × Stun Rebar 10 / min 90 MJ/item		Caterium Research - Stun Rebar
Zipline	1 × Xeno-Zapper						30 × Quickwire						Equipment Workshop × 10	1 × Zipline		Caterium Research - Zipline
	3 × Iron Rod						10 × Cable
Quickwire Cable Alternate	3 × Quickwire 7.5 / min						2 × Rubber 5 / min						Assembler 24 sec	11 × Cable 27.5 / min 32.73 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Oil Processing Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots
Caterium Circuit Board Alternate	10 × Plastic 12.5 / min						30 × Quickwire 37.5 / min						Assembler 48 sec	7 × Circuit Board 8.75 / min 102.86 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Oil Processing Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots
Caterium Computer Alternate	4 × Circuit Board 15 / min						14 × Quickwire 52.5 / min						Manufacturer 16 sec	1 × Computer 3.75 / min 880 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots
	6 × Rubber 22.5 / min
Infused Uranium Cell Alternate	5 × Uranium 25 / min						3 × Silica 15 / min						Manufacturer 12 sec	4 × Encased Uranium Cell 20 / min 165 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Nuclear Power Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots Quartz Research - Quartz Sulfur Research - Sulfur
	5 × Sulfur 25 / min						15 × Quickwire 75 / min
Silicon High-Speed Connector Alternate	60 × Quickwire 90 / min						25 × Silica 37.5 / min						Manufacturer 40 sec	2 × High-Speed Connector 3 / min 1100 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Oil Processing Caterium Research - High-Speed Connector Quartz Research - Quartz
	2 × Circuit Board 3 / min
Quickwire Stator Alternate	4 × Steel Pipe 16 / min						15 × Quickwire 60 / min						Assembler 15 sec	2 × Stator 8 / min 112.5 MJ/item		Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots
Ceiling Light	50 × Quickwire						16 × Wire						Build Gun	1 × Ceiling Light		AWESOME Shop - Indoor Lighting
	6 × Steel Beam
Double Wall Outlet Mk.2	16 × Quickwire						4 × Iron Rod						Build Gun	1 × Double Wall Outlet Mk.2		Caterium Research AWESOME Shop - Wall Outlets Mk.2
Flood Light Tower	25 × Quickwire						4 × Copper Sheet						Build Gun	1 × Flood Light Tower		AWESOME Shop - Flood Lights
	8 × Encased Industrial Beam
Fuel Generator	15 × Motor				15 × Encased Industrial Beam				30 × Copper Sheet				Build Gun	1 × Fuel Generator		Tier 5 - Petroleum Power
	50 × Rubber				50 × Quickwire
Power Pole Mk.2	6 × Quickwire						2 × Iron Rod						Build Gun	1 × Power Pole Mk.2		Caterium Research
	2 × Concrete
Power Switch	20 × Quickwire						4 × Steel Beam						Build Gun	1 × Power Switch		Caterium Research - Power Switch
	1 × AI Limiter
Street Light	10 × Quickwire						4 × Wire						Build Gun	1 × Street Light		AWESOME Shop - Street Light
	4 × Iron Rod
Wall Mounted Flood Light	25 × Quickwire						4 × Copper Sheet						Build Gun	1 × Wall Mounted Flood Light		AWESOME Shop - Flood Lights
	2 × Encased Industrial Beam
Wall Outlet Mk.2	8 × Quickwire						2 × Iron Rod						Build Gun	1 × Wall Outlet Mk.2		Caterium Research AWESOME Shop - Wall Outlets Mk.2

AWESOME Sink

 Quickwire can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 17 points.

History

• Patch 0.3.3.0: "Reworked & optimized"
• Patch 0.3.2.2: New icon introduced