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NOTE: I will not keep updating this post. Seems that most people interact on reddit, so if you want any updates to the post (there have been a number of updates to the blueprints and a few extra videos), check out the reddit thread instead:
https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... verything/

Hello everyone,

I made a 5-part guide on quality, starting from the basic mechanics, all the way to blueprints to get everything legendary in a very efficient manner. (obviously, has spoilers)

Here is the playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsszKY1 ... -esoXrcLqE

Part 1 has the basic mechanics around quality and the recycler, mostly useful for people new to the game or new to quality.

Part 2 talks about various methods to get quality items and what are the pros and cons of each method. It also helps gradually show better methods and gives insight in why they are better.

Part 3 has programming code for simulations that can inform us how efficient each method used in Part 2 is.

Part 4 (maybe the most interesting one) talks about ~20 blueprints that I have created that will get you everything legendary (though you still need to do legendary to legendary crafting/recycling/logistics on your own, but that is very basic factorio skills)
Link to blueprints, MATLAB code, simulation results, etc.:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing (UPDATED 29 Dec 2024)

Part 5 is less of a guide, it gets into quality science packs, quality inserters, keeping epic items, my personal thoughts on the quality mechanic and some other stuff.

Any feedback is welcome either on the videos themselves or on quality/blueprints, etc. This was my first attempt at making any videos with some effort in editing/script.