Reinforced Iron Plates are an upgraded version of Iron Plates used to construct Conveyor Belt Mk.2, Conveyor Lift Mk.2, several other buildings, and some moderately advanced parts.
Obtaining[]
Crafting[]
| Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 ×  Iron Plate 30 / min | 12 ×  Screw 60 / min | Assembler 12 sec  × 6 | 1 ×  Reinforced Iron Plate 5 / min 180 MJ/item | Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 3 | ||||||||||||
3 × Iron Plate 11.25 / min | 1 ×  Rubber 3.75 / min | Assembler 16 sec | 1 × Reinforced Iron Plate 3.75 / min 240 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Oil Processing | ||||||||||||
18 × Iron Plate 90 / min | 50 × Screw 250 / min | Assembler 12 sec | 3 × Reinforced Iron Plate 15 / min 60 MJ/item | |||||||||||||
10 × Iron Plate 18.75 / min | 20 ×  Wire 37.5 / min | Assembler 32 sec | 3 × Reinforced Iron Plate 5.625 / min 160 MJ/item | |||||||||||||
Alternate recipes analysis[]
The following shows different ways to produce 1 Reinforced Iron Plate / second, or 60 / min:
| Recipe | Iron Ore /min (WP) |
Crude Oil m3/min (WP) |
Total WP | Total Energy /item (MJ) |
Space (m2) |
Building counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 387.69 (55.09) |
- | 55.09 | 748.42 | 6607 | 55.48 |
| Adhered | 145.38 (20.66) |
20 (17.09) |
37.75 | 586.11 (-22%) | 4660 (-29%) | 32.46 |
| Bolted | 425.38 (60.44) |
- | 60.44 | 693.48 (-7%) | 6071 (-8%) | 54.15 |
| Stitched | 281.2 (39.95) |
- | 39.95 | 589.39 (-21%) | 5429 (-18%) | 46.48 |
- 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:
- Iron Plate#Alternate recipes analysis - Default Iron Plate
- Screw#Alternate recipes analysis - Cast Screw
- Rubber#Alternate recipes analysis
- Wire#Alternate recipes analysis
- Rounding errors accumulated from the preceding steps, as displayed in the image above, are corrected in the table.
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Recipe Summaries
This section serves as a summary for alternative recipes and when they could be used. It can be a bit subjective, so don't take it too serious. |
- Should you have some Oil to spare, Adhered Iron Plate is a great way to produce Reinforced Iron Plates at a cost lower than the normal recipe, but it is also slower.
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- Got a lot of screws lying around being inefficient? Maybe try Bolted Iron Plate so they can be productive parts of your factory. It requires access to Mk.3 Belts or higher to use at full speed, but it still boasts the highest production speed per machine even with only Mk. 2s. It's not very efficient when it comes to resource usage, but it definitely is fast.
- "Bolt of you to assume I wouldn't use screws!"
- If you don't like using screws and have some wire left over, Stitched Iron Plate could be your friend. It uses very little Iron and Wire for a decent amount of Reinforced Plates. Be sure you can afford to use Wire here.
- "Leave your sewing needle at home, these aren't your average stitches!"
Usage[]
Research[]
Reinforced Iron Plate is used in the Alien Organisms Research chain, Power Slugs Research chain, Mycelia Research chain, Quartz Research chain and Caterium Research chain in the 
MAM for additional unlocks.Crafting[]
| Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 × Reinforced Iron Plate | 25 ×  Iron Rod | Equipment Workshop × 15 | 1 ×  Chainsaw | Tier 2 - Obstacle Clearing | ||||||||||||
160 × Screw | 15 ×  Cable | |||||||||||||||
36 ×  Quartz Crystal 18 / min | 28 × Cable 14 / min | Manufacturer 120 sec × 18 | 2 ×  Crystal Oscillator 1 / min 3300 MJ/item | Quartz Research - Crystal Oscillator or Tier 7 – Bauxite Refinement | ||||||||||||
5 × Reinforced Iron Plate 2.5 / min | ||||||||||||||||
4 × Reinforced Iron Plate | 4 × Iron Rod | Equipment Workshop × 10 | 1 ×  Factory Cart | AWESOME Shop - FICSIT Factory Cart™ | ||||||||||||
2 ×  Rotor | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
4 × Reinforced Iron Plate | 3 ×  Beacon | Equipment Workshop × 10 | 1 ×  Object Scanner | Tier 1 - Field Research | ||||||||||||
50 × Screw | ||||||||||||||||
6 × Reinforced Iron Plate | 16 × Iron Rod | Equipment Workshop × 25 | 1 ×  Rebar Gun | Alien Organisms - The Rebar Gun | ||||||||||||
100 × Screw | ||||||||||||||||
1 × Reinforced Iron Plate 2 / min | 1 × Rotor 2 / min | Assembler 30 sec | 1 ×  Smart Plating 2 / min 450 MJ/item | Tier 2 - Part Assembly | ||||||||||||
10 × Iron Rod | 2 × Reinforced Iron Plate | Equipment Workshop × 10 | 1 ×  Xeno-Zapper | The beginning | ||||||||||||
15 × Cable | 50 × Wire | |||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
1 × Reinforced Iron Plate 2.5 / min | 1 × Rotor 2.5 / min | Manufacturer 24 sec | 2 × Smart Plating 5 / min 660 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Oil Processing | ||||||||||||
3 ×  Plastic 7.5 / min | ||||||||||||||||
8 × Reinforced Iron Plate | 4 × Rotor | Build Gun | 1 ×  Assembler | Tier 2 - Part Assembly | ||||||||||||
10 × Cable | ||||||||||||||||
15 × Reinforced Iron Plate | 30 × Cable | Build Gun | 1 ×  AWESOME Sink | Tier 2 - Resource Sink Bonus Program | ||||||||||||
45 ×  Concrete | ||||||||||||||||
20 × Reinforced Iron Plate | 10 × Rotor | Build Gun | 1 ×  Coal Generator | Tier 3 - Coal Power | ||||||||||||
30 × Cable | ||||||||||||||||
2 × Reinforced Iron Plate | 8 × Cable | Build Gun | 1 ×  Constructor | Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 3 | ||||||||||||
1 × Reinforced Iron Plate | Build Gun | 1 ×  Conveyor Belt Mk.2 | Tier 2 - Logistics Mk.2 | |||||||||||||
2 × Reinforced Iron Plate | Build Gun | 1 ×  Conveyor Lift Mk.2 | Tier 2 - Logistics Mk.2 | |||||||||||||
10 × Reinforced Iron Plate | Build Gun | 1 ×  Cyber Wagon | AWESOME Shop - Vehicles | |||||||||||||
100 ×  FICSMAS Tree Branch | 50 × Reinforced Iron Plate | Build Gun | 1 ×  Giant FICSMAS Tree | FICSMAS Research - FICSMAS Tree Base | ||||||||||||
500 × Concrete | ||||||||||||||||
10 × Cable | 5 × Reinforced Iron Plate | Build Gun | 1 ×  Lights Control Panel | AWESOME Shop - Lights Control Panel | ||||||||||||
3 ×  AI Limiter | ||||||||||||||||
5 × Reinforced Iron Plate | 15 × Cable | Build Gun | 1 ×  MAM | Tier 1 - Field Research | ||||||||||||
45 × Wire | ||||||||||||||||
2 × Reinforced Iron Plate | 2 × Rotor | Build Gun | 1 ×  Smart Splitter | Caterium Research - Smart Splitter | ||||||||||||
1 × AI Limiter | ||||||||||||||||
20 ×  Copper Sheet | 10 × Reinforced Iron Plate | Build Gun | 1 ×  Water Extractor | Tier 3 - Coal Power | ||||||||||||
10 × Rotor | ||||||||||||||||
AWESOME Sink[]
Gallery[]
A 100% Reinforced Iron Plate setup, using only Belt Mk.1.
Two Assemblers producing 10 RIP/min, using 120 Iron Ore/min as raw input.
A mid-scale Iron Production producing a variety of iron-related products.
History[]
- Patch 0.3.2.0: Tweaked some resource meshes - Motor, Reinforced Iron Plate, Mycelia, Steel Pipe, Cable, all packaged liquids
