Satisfactory: Computers Guide (Required Machines & Everything You Need) – Screen Rant
Satisfactory has a lot of recipes that require Computers or Supercomputers, so unlocking them and gathering resources to craft them is essential.
Computers are essential for crafting a variety of middle and end game products in Satisfactory, but they need to be unlocked and built first. The first three types of Computers can be unlocked after reaching Tier 5, and Supercomputers can be unlocked later once Tier 7 is available. After Tier 2, higher tiers can be unlocked by constructing the Space Elevator.
Computers become a necessary resource in the later stages of Satisfactory because they’re required for certain buildings and advanced products. One of the components that can be crafted using Computers is a Supercomputer, which leads to even more advanced equipment later on. For example, in order to use Nuclear Power Plants or Geothermal Generators as a power source, Supercomputers are needed.
There are a few different types of resources in Satsifactory that are needed to craft Computers. The three types of Computers mostly require different resources to craft, but they all need a Circuit Board. The Circuit Board can be unlocked in the Tier 5 – Oil Processing section, and it requires two Copper Sheets and four Plastic. The other components required to craft the regular Computer should be easy to obtain.
There are three types of Computers that can be unlocked at Tier 5, and they can all be used in crafting recipes. The three Computers are interchangeable in crafting, so players should produce the one that’s easiest for them to make based on their available resources. Computers can either be built at the Manufacturer, which combines three or four resources, or the Assembler, which can only combine two. Computers are used for crafting some vehicles, as well as a variety of advanced products. One of the items that can be crafted with Computers is a Supercomputer, which gives players access to craft even more advanced products.
While there are a lot of different recipes that require one or more Computers, there’s also an alternative use for them. One of the early buildings that can be unlocked is the AWESOME Sink, which is part of the Tier 2 – Resource Sink Bonus Program. If players have extra Computers or the resources to build them, they can be destroyed in the AWESOME Sink to earn FICSIT Coupons.
The AWESOME Shop takes FICSIT Coupons in exchange for resources like Ammo Packs, Health Packs, Beacons, and Explosives, as well as a variety of parts, attachments, architectural items, vehicles, and other products used for exploring or building in Satisfactory. Destroying a Computer grants 17,260, and a Supercomputer can be destroyed for 99, 576 FICSIT Coupons. Items in the AWESOME Shop cost between one and 1,000 FISCIT Coupons, but most can be purchased for under 10. Obtaining FISCIT Coupons is an alternative way to use Computers and Supercomputers in Satisfactory.
Satisfactory is available in Early Access on PC.
Jamie K. Russo is a Senior Writer for Screen Rant that has been writing reviews, guides, and features for the Gaming Section since 2021. She has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Animation from Full Sail University. Jamie is an avid gamer with a particularly strong love for action-adventure and horror games. She began playing video games with her family as early as three years old and let her love for them drive her ambitions ever since. Jamie has always loved games and obsesses over tracking down every single collectible and Easter egg there is to find. She grew up on Long Island but has since relocated to a rural part of Pennsylvania where she happily resides as a cat lady gamer. Along with her work at Screen Rant, Jamie is a published novelist, a screenplay writer, and a future short film producer that plans to continue sharing her creative visions with as many people as she can reach.