Summary of "LIVE | Unlocking TIER 6! - New Advanced Machines & Factory Upgrades! - Alchemy Factory Gameplay"
LIVE | Unlocking TIER 6! - New Advanced Machines & Factory Upgrades! - Alchemy Factory Gameplay
Game Storyline & Progression
The player is progressing through Alchemy Factory, aiming to unlock Tier 6. Unlocking this tier introduces advanced machines, including:
- Advanced grinder: Faster operation but with a larger footprint.
- Blast furnace: Improved heating device with larger capacity.
- Refiner: Used for refining materials like sand into refined sand.
- Cauldron: A traditional alchemy device.
So far, the player has been producing and selling transformation potions and relics to generate money, overcoming earlier financial constraints caused by expensive rotten logs needed for conveyor belts. The next major goal after unlocking Tier 6 is producing growth potions—stronger fertilizers made with new, unknown materials.
Gameplay Highlights & Factory Upgrades
Advanced Fertilizer
- Crafted from regular fertilizer combined with mushrooms.
- Significantly more efficient than regular fertilizer; for example, red currants production jumps from 5 per minute to 60 per minute.
- Greatly reduces the number of nurseries needed (e.g., 24 nurseries replaced by just 2).
- Requires a high mushroom consumption rate, necessitating extensive mushroom production.
Factory Layout & Blueprinting
The player is designing a new blueprint for advanced fertilizer production to save space and improve efficiency. Key components include:
- 6 crucibles for sage production.
- 8 assemblers for plant ash.
- 9 grinders (reduced from 18 due to advanced grinders being twice as fast).
- Crushers and refiners for stone and sand processing.
Material flow is carefully managed using conveyor belts and lifts. The player experiments with stacking factory floors vertically to save space but faces challenges related to machine sizes and lift placements. Priority splitters are used to handle excess materials, sometimes discarding surplus mushrooms or planks.
Machine Comparisons
- Advanced grinder: Faster but larger (1x3 footprint vs. 1x1 for regular grinder).
- Blast furnace: Can fuel fewer furnaces simultaneously, larger in size, and consumes more fuel.
- Refiner: Processes materials like sand into refined sand, enabling further crafting steps.
Inventory & Production Speed Upgrades
- Inventory capacity is upgraded using transformation potions.
- Device production speed is increased, doubling output but also doubling fuel consumption, which impacts factory balance.
Resource Management
- Rotten logs are expensive but essential for conveyor belts.
- Mushrooms are a bottleneck for advanced fertilizer production, requiring many table saws producing planks to sustain mushroom growth.
- Excess planks are currently discarded due to lack of alternative uses.
Money & Sales
- Selling potions and relics generates steady income.
- Prices vary, with some customers paying significantly more than others.
- The player is cautious about unlocking new goods that might lower shop reputation.
Strategies & Key Tips
- Prioritize unlocking and using advanced fertilizer to greatly increase efficiency and reduce factory size.
- Design blueprints carefully to balance space, machine size, and production speed.
- Use priority splitters to manage excess materials and prevent factory blockages.
- Consider vertical stacking of factory components to save floor space, but watch for lift and machine size constraints.
- Upgrade device production speed for higher output but monitor fuel consumption.
- Plan mushroom and plank production carefully to meet the high resource demands of advanced fertilizer.
- Keep an eye on shop reputation when unlocking new goods for sale.
- Use transformation potions to upgrade inventory capacity.
Summary of Step-by-Step Factory Blueprint Planning
- Calculate production needs (e.g., 120 advanced fertilizer per minute).
- Determine required input materials and their production rates (sage, plant ash, mushrooms, stone, quicklime).
- Plan the number of machines needed (crucibles, assemblers, grinders, crushers).
- Layout conveyor belts and lifts to optimize material flow.
- Use vertical stacking and beams to save space.
- Add purchasing portals and fuel access points for convenience.
- Adjust blueprint iteratively for space and efficiency improvements.
Other Notes
- The player discusses community requests such as vertical conveyor tunnels and lifts through floors to improve factory design flexibility.
- Brief mentions of other games (e.g., monster capture/taming JRPG) occur, but the focus remains on Alchemy Factory.
- The stream maintains a relaxed atmosphere, focusing mostly on building and planning rather than intense gameplay.
Featured Gamer / Source
The video features gameplay and commentary by the streamer known as Heat.
Category
Gaming
Share this summary
Is the summary off?
If you think the summary is inaccurate, you can reprocess it with the latest model.