Heavy Modular Frame is a mid-game crafting component commonly used for mid to late-game structures.
Obtaining
Crafting
Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
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10 / min | 30 / min | Manufacturer 30 sec × 9 | 2 / min 1650 MJ/item | Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production | ||||||||||||
10 / min | 200 / min | |||||||||||||||
18.75 / min | 11.25 / min | Manufacturer 16 sec | 3.75 / min 880 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing | ||||||||||||
75 / min | 390 / min | |||||||||||||||
7.5 / min | 9.375 / min | Manufacturer 64 sec | 2.8125 / min 1173.33 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing | ||||||||||||
33.75 / min | 20.625 / min |
Usage
Research
Heavy Modular Frame is used in the Caterium Research chain, Sulfur Research chain and Quartz Research chain in the MAM for additional unlocks.
Crafting
Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
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7.5 / min | 5 / min | Manufacturer 120 sec | 1 / min 3300 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing | ||||||||||||
1 / min | 1 / min | |||||||||||||||
1.5 / min | 75 / min | Blender 40 sec | 1.5 / min 3000 MJ/item | Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production | ||||||||||||
37.5 / min | ||||||||||||||||
Equipment Workshop × 30 | Tier 7 - Hover Pack | |||||||||||||||
3 / min | 150 / min | Blender 20 sec | 3 / min 1500 MJ/item | Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment | ||||||||||||
24 / min | 30 / min | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Quartz Research - The Explorer | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 6 - Expanded Power Infrastructure | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Caterium Research - Geothermal Generator | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 8 - Nuclear Power | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Caterium Research - Programmable Splitter | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Quartz Research - Radar Technology | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing | |||||||||||||||
AWESOME Sink
Tips
- The alternate recipe is much more resource-effective.
- Comparison of Raw Ore Usage between original recipe and Alternate Recipes for crafting one Heavy Modular Frame:
Ore | Original Cost | Alternative Cost | Savings |
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Iron Ore | 247.5 | 47.8 | 80.6% |
Limestone | 75 | 36 | 52.0% |
Coal | 102.5 | 35.3 | 65.5% |
- This requires the Engineer to unlock Alternate Recipes: Bolted Frame, Casted Screw, Encased Industrial Pipes, Heavy Encased Frame, Iron Wire, Pure Iron Ingots, Solid Steel Ingot, Stitched Iron Plates, and Wet Concrete.
- Additional 57.3m3 of water is required in this setup.
History
- Patch 0.1.5 (Experimental): Fixed the milestone cost of the Alternate Heavy Modular Frame
- Patch Closed Alpha 5.1: Rebalanced Heavy Modular Frame