Comprehensive quality guide, get everything legendary (incl. free blueprints)

[konage]

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.

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[luc]

Seems that most people interact on reddit

Hey, thanks for posting this here! I guess I'm old, using the good ol' forums instead of reddit, especially after they closed down the previously-open platform ^^'

Just finished watching part 2 and while it's so far relatively slow-paced, it confirms a lot of things for me with clear logic that I would have taken much more time otherwise to definitively figure out on my own! I already gave making quality a stab, probably if I watched the tutorial first without already knowing some things, it's the perfect pace. Well made!

[konage]

Seems that most people interact on reddit

Hey, thanks for posting this here! I guess I'm old, using the good ol' forums instead of reddit, especially after they closed down the previously-open platform ^^'

Just finished watching part 2 and while it's so far relatively slow-paced, it confirms a lot of things for me with clear logic that I would have taken much more time otherwise to definitively figure out on my own! I already gave making quality a stab, probably if I watched the tutorial first without already knowing some things, it's the perfect pace. Well made!

Thanks! My goal was indeed to be able to take someone relatively new to the game all the way from there to blueprints. Part 1/2 will be slow for players who have more experience, though part 2 also is kind of a setup for part 3.

As for when you get to the blueprints in part 4 and the updates following part 4, the only thing I'd change to smooth out gameplay is getting extra tungsten carbide with a casino gambler doing foundries. You just need a lot of it compared to carbon fiber/quantum processors.

I may eventually redo part 4 into a single segment with all the updates.