How to make Reinforced Iron Plates in Satisfactory to kickstart your coal production
Coffee Stain StudiosIn order to build your factories in Satisfactory, you’re going to need the best materials possible. Enter the Reinforced Iron Plate, which is a vital component for several items that you’ll need.
Reinforced Iron Plates take some time to produce, as you’ll need other items to make them. As such, you’ll need your base up and running to get a regular stream of plates, especially as you’re going to need hundreds of them.
Here’s how to build Reinforced Iron Plates in Satisfactory, how to effectively farm their production, and what items they’re used for.
Reinforced Iron Plate recipe
Coffee Stain Studios/DexertoTo make a Reinforced Iron Plate in Satisfactory, you need 6 Iron Plates and 12 Screws per new plate. These can be produced using an Assembler. Your research level needs to be Tier 0 – Hub Upgrade 3.
Iron Plate is made using Iron Ingots, either with a Constructor or via the Craft Bench.
Screws can be made using Iron Rods, either with a Constructor or via the Craft Bench. Iron Rods are made using Iron Ingots.
Best Reinforced Iron Plate farm
DexertoAs Satisfactory is all about building efficient assembly lines, you can create a line-up of machines that will pump out Reinforced Iron Plate. The example shown above includes:
- x2 Miner Mk. 1 farming Iron Ore from Pure Iron Nodes
- x2 Smelters turning Iron Ore into Iron Ingots
- x1 Constructor making Iron Ingots into Iron Rods
- x1 Constructor making Iron Rods into Screws
- x1 Constructor making Iron Ingots into Iron Plates
- x1 Assembler making Reinforced Iron Plates
- x1 Storage Container storing Reinforced Iron Plates
We chose to make this farm using two Pure Iron Node sources, but you can also create this using one source. You’ll just need a Conveyer Splitter to split the Conveyer Belt into two sections.
On the top assembly line, you’ll connect one Miner to a Smelter to create Iron Ingots. Connect this to a Constructor to make Iron Rods, and repeat this but make the next Constructor make Screws.
On the bottom, you’ll have one Smelter to also create Iron Ingots, but you’ll just need one connected Constructor to create Iron Plates.
At the end of these lines, you’ll connect them both to an Assembler to create Reinforced Iron Plates. You can then attach a Storage Container at the very end of this farm to store all your plates!
All uses for Reinforced Iron Plate
Reinforced Iron Plate is used to build the following items:
| Item | Components | Required Research |
|---|---|---|
| Assembler | 8 Reinforced Iron Plates 4 Rotors 10 Cables | Tier 2 – Part Assembly |
| AWESOME SINK | 15 Reinforced Iron Plates 30 Cables 45 Concretes | Tier 2 – Resource Sink Bonus Program |
| Chainsaw | 5 Reinforced Iron Plates 25 Iron Rods 160 Screws 15 Cables | Tier 2 – Obstacle Clearing |
| Coal-Powered Generator | 20 Reinforced Iron Plates 10 Rotos 30 Cables | Tier 3 – Coal Power |
| Coal Power | 150 Reinforced Iron Plates 50 Rotors 300 Cables | Tier 3 – Coal Power |
| Constructor | 2 Reinforced Iron Plates 8 Cables | Tier 0 – Hub Upgrade 3 |
| Conveyor Belt Mk.2 | 1 Reinforced Iron Plate | Tier 2 – Logistics Mk.2 |
| Conveyor Lift Mk.2 | 2 Reinforced Iron Plates | Tier 2 – Logistics Mk.2 |
| Crystal Oscillator | 36 Quartz Crystals 28 Cables 5 Reinforced Iron Plates | Tier 7 – Bauxite Refinement |
| Cyber Wagon | 10 Reinforced Iron Plates | AWESOME Shop – Cyber Wagon |
| Display Sign | 2 Reinforced Iron Plates 5 Quartz Crystals | AWESOME Shop – Display Sign Bundle |
| Factory Cart | 6 Reinforced Iron Plates 16 Iron Rods 100 Screws | AWESOME Shop – FICSIT Factory Cart |
| Improved Melee Combat | 100 Reinforced Iron Plates 200 Cables 1500 Wires | Tier 3 – Enhanced Asset Security |
| Lights Control Panel | 5 Reinforced Iron Plates 10 Cables 3 AI Limiters | AWESOME Shop – Light Control Panel |
| Logistics Mk.2 | 50 Reinforced Iron Plates 200 Concretes 300 Iron Rods 300 Iron Plates | – |
| Logistics Mk.5 | 300 Reinforced Iron Plates 100 Alclad Aluminum Sheet 200 Encased Industrial Beam | – |
| MAM | 5 Reinforced Iron Plates 15 Cables 45 Wires | Tier 1 – Field Research |
| Modular Frame | 12 Iron Rods 3 Reinforced Iron Plates | Tier 2 – Part Assembly |
| Object Scanner | 4 Reinforced Iron Plates 20 Wires 50 Screws | Tier 1 – Field Research |
| Portrait Sign | 4 Reinforced Iron Plates 10 Quartz Crystals | AWESOME Shop – Display Sign Bundle |
| Rebar Gun | 6 Reinforced Iron Plates 16 Iron Rods 100 Screws | MAM Alien Organisms Research – The Rebar Gun |
| Smart Plating | 1 Reinforced Iron Plate 1 Rotor | Tier 2 – Part Assembly |
| Smart Splitter | 2 Reinforced Iron Plates 2 Rotors 1 AI Limiter | MAM Caterium Research – Smart Splitter |
| Square Sign 1m | 1 Reinforced Iron Plate 5 Quartz Crystals | AWESOME Shop – Display Sign Bundle |
| Square Sign 2m | 3 Reinforced Iron Plates 10 Quartz Crystals | AWESOME Shop – Display Sign Bundle |
| Tractor | 10 Reinforced Iron Plates 5 Modular Frames 5 Rotors | Tier 3 – Vehicular Transport |
| Water Extractor | 10 Reinforced Iron Plates 20 Copper Sheets 10 Rotors | Tier 3 – Coal Power |
| Xeno-Zapper | 10 Iron Rods 2 Reinforced Iron Plates 15 Cables 50 Wires | Onboarding |
That’s all you need to know about making Reinforced Iron Plate in Satisfactory. To learn more about the game, check out our guides for the Hard Drive tier list and how to make a dedicated server.