Gaming Strategy: Factorio 2.0 – Best Starter Base Layout – June 29, 2026

Factorio 2.0 adds quality tiers, new fluids, and space platforms. Here’s the optimal starter base that scales to the rocket.

Core principle: Bus design with a 4-lane iron/copper main bus. Leave 4 tiles between bus lanes for future expansion.

Starter base (launch in 8 hours):

1. Smelting columns — 48 iron furnaces, 32 copper furnaces. Place south of the bus
2. Circuit production — Green circuits: 48 assemblers. Red circuits: 12 assemblers
3. Military — 16 ammo assemblers, 4 grenade assemblers. Turret perimeter first
4. Science — Red (10), Green (10), Blue (4), Military (4), Production (2), Utility (2)
5. Rocket components — Start building the moment purple science is running

Key ratios:

• Iron: 4 belts (2 steel, 1 circuits, 1 miscellaneous)
• Copper: 3 belts (2 circuits, 1 miscellaneous)
• Steel: 2 belts (consumes 5 iron per steel)
• Oil: Set up cracking immediately — heavy to light, light to petroleum

2.0 tip: Quality modules in your science assemblers early. Even Common quality adds 25% throughput.