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 | ||||||||||||
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30 / min | 60 / min | Assembler 12 sec × 6 | 5 / min 180 MJ/item | Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 3 | ||||||||||||
11.25 / min | 3.75 / min | Assembler 16 sec | 3.75 / min 240 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Oil Processing | ||||||||||||
90 / min | 250 / min | Assembler 12 sec | 15 / min 60 MJ/item | |||||||||||||
18.75 / min | 37.5 / min | Assembler 32 sec | 5.625 / min 160 MJ/item |
Usage
Research
Reinforced Iron Plate is used in the Alien Organisms Research chain, Sulfur Research chain, Power Slugs Research chain, Mycelia Research chain and Caterium Research chain in the MAM for additional unlocks.
Crafting
Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
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Equipment Workshop × 15 | Tier 2 - Obstacle Clearing | |||||||||||||||
18 / min | 14 / min | Manufacturer 120 sec × 18 | 1 / min 3300 MJ/item | Quartz Research - Crystal Oscillator or Tier 7 – Bauxite Refinement | ||||||||||||
2.5 / min | ||||||||||||||||
Equipment Workshop × 10 | AWESOME Shop - FICSIT Factory Cart™ | |||||||||||||||
3 / min | 12 / min | Assembler 60 sec × 15 | 2 / min 450 MJ/item | Tier 2 - Part Assembly | ||||||||||||
Equipment Workshop × 10 | Tier 1 - Field Research | |||||||||||||||
Equipment Workshop × 25 | Alien Organisms - The Rebar Gun | |||||||||||||||
2 / min | 2 / min | Assembler 30 sec | 2 / min 450 MJ/item | Tier 2 - Part Assembly | ||||||||||||
Equipment Workshop × 10 | The beginning | |||||||||||||||
7.5 / min | 140 / min | Assembler 24 sec | 5 / min 180 MJ/item | Tier 2 - Part Assembly | ||||||||||||
2 / min | 10 / min | Assembler 60 sec | 3 / min 300 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | ||||||||||||
2.5 / min | 2.5 / min | Manufacturer 24 sec | 5 / min 660 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Oil Processing | ||||||||||||
7.5 / min | ||||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 2 - Part Assembly | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 2 - Resource Sink Bonus Program | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 3 - Coal Power | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 3 | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 2 - Logistics Mk.2 | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 2 - Logistics Mk.2 | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Vehicles | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | FICSMAS Research - FICSMAS Tree Base | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | AWESOME Shop - Lights Control Panel | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 1 - Field Research | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Caterium Research - Smart Splitter | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 3 - Vehicular Transport | |||||||||||||||
Build Gun | Tier 3 - Coal Power | |||||||||||||||
AWESOME Sink
Recipes comparison
There are multiple ways to craft Reinforced Iron Plate, provided the Alternate Recipes for it are unlocked. Each recipe combo trades between simplicity, power consumption and ore efficiency.
Suitable for | Recipes required | Iron Ore required | Total Energy per item (MJ)[Note 1] |
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Early game | Default recipe | 12 | 588 |
Mid-game | Casted Screw + Bolted Iron Plate | 13.17 | 448.99 |
Late game | Pure Iron Ingot + Iron Wire + Stitched Iron Plate | 4.69 | 585.67 |
- ↑
1 MJ = 1 MW * 1s
, or Wattage multiplied by crafting time. This includes the energy from mining the Iron Ore, extracting Water and every intermediate steps.
There are additional ways to craft Reinforced Iron Plates which are not mentioned here, simply because those recipes are not recommended.
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History
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