Satisfactory Hard Drive tier list: Best Alternate Recipes ranked

❘ Published: 2024-09-11T21:26:15

Satisfactory hard drives alternate recipes

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Satisfactory players can find Hard Drives to unlock Alternate Recipes, and this tier list will rank the best and the worst recipes you can claim.

Satisfactory 1.0 is an exciting resource grind, so long as you don’t have to deal with the game crashing on launch. The open-world factory builder has a lot to offer new and old players and Alternate Recipes are required for creating new items.

There are a whopping 97 Hard Drives to find across the game’s world and 85 Alternate Recipes to learn, so here’s a ranked tier list of the best ones to get in Satisfactory.

How to unlock Hard Drives and Alternate Recipes

Players can find Hard Drives at random Crash Sites across the open world. Using your Scanner, you can locate these Crash Sites. After researching a Hard Drive in the MAM, you’ll have a choice of one Alternate Recipe from two or three options.

Choose wisely, because one recipe may be better than the other. Luckily, there are nearly 100 Crash Sites to discover, so you’ll have plenty of time to find Alternate Recipes, which are blueprints for creating certain products.

Alternate Recipes/Hard Drives in Satisfactory tier list

TIER	ALTERNATE RECIPE
S	Caterium Circuit Board, Caterium Computer, Copper Alloy Ingot, Crystal Computer, Heavy Encased Frame, Silicon Circuit Board, Super-State Computer
A	Automated Speed Wiring, Coated Cable, Coke Steel Ingot, Diluted Fuel, Fused Wire, Heavy Oil Residue, Recycled Plastic, Recycled Rubber, Steel Rod, Steel Screw, Turbo Heavy Fuel
B	Adhered Iron Plate, Cast Screw, Caterium Wire, Encased Industrial Pipe, Electric Motor, Heavy Flexible Frame, Insulated Cable, Residual Fuel, Rigour Motor, Silicon High-Speed Connector, Steel coated Plate, Steeled Frame, Stitched Iron Plate, Uranium Fuel Unit
C	Coated Iron Plate, Copper Rotor, Electrode-Aluminum Scrap, Fine Concrete, Heat Exchanger, Heat-Fused Frame, Infused Uranium Cell, Plastic Smart Plating, Radio Control System, Solid Steel Ingot, Steamed Copper Sheet, Steel Rotor, Turbo Blend Fuel, Turbo Electric Motor, Turbo Pressure Motor, Wet Concrete
D	Coated Iron Canister, Crystal Beacon, Fine Black Powder, Flexible Framework, Fused Quickwire, Instant Scrap, Insulated Crystal Oscillator, Iron Alloy Ingot, Iron Wire, Polyester Fabric, Pure Aluminum Ingot, Pure Copper Ingot, Pure Iron Ingot, Pure Quartz Crystal, Quickwire Stator, Rubber Concrete, Sloppy Alumina
F	Bolted Frame, Bolted Iron Plate, Cheap Silica, Classic Battery, Compacted Steel Ingot, Cooling Device, Electrode Circuit Board, Electromagnetic Connection Rod, Fertile Uranium, Instant Plutonium Cell, OC Supercomputer, Plutonium Fuel Unit, Pure Caterium Ingot, Radio Connection Unit, Steel Canister

Our tiers explained

S Tier: Best and most recommended recipes
A Tier: Great recipes
B Tier: Good recipes
C Tier: Okay recipes
D Tier: Bad recipes
F Tier: Worst recommended recipes

Although Satisfactory has been out in Early Access for some time, its recent 1.0 release may not mean that these will be all the possible recipes to ever come out. We’ll keep players updated if any of these recipes change throughout updates, or if new recipes arrive.

S-Tier Alternate Recipes

Any Alternate Recipe under S-Tier is a must-have for any of your factories. These will make producing goods so much more efficient than the other recipes in lower tiers, so you’re lucky if you come across these.

Caterium Circuit Board
Caterium Computer
Copper Alloy Ingot
Crystal Computer
Heavy Encased Frame
Silicon Circuit Board
Super-State Computer

A-Tier Alternate Recipes

A-Tier Alternate Recipes still make great products, and you should certainly choose them when you find them. However, they’re just not as worthwhile as S-Tier, although you still want to aim for these when opening Hard Drives.

Automated Speed Wiring
Coated Cable
Coke Steel Ingot
Diluted Fuel
Fused Wire
Heavy Oil Residue
Recycled Plastic
Recycled Rubber
Steel Rod
Steel Screw
Turbo Heavy Fuel

B-Tier Alternate Recipes

The Alternate Recipes in B-Tier can grant you decent results, but you shouldn’t be relying on them if you’re looking for the best outcome. Sure, these can create adequate products without using too much power and resources, but they’re not the most recommended.

Adhered Iron Plate
Cast Screw
Caterium Wire
Encased Industrial Pipe
Electric Motor
Heavy Flexible Frame
Insulated Cable
Residual Fuel
Rigour Motor
Silicon High-Speed Connector
Steel Coated Plate
Steeled Frame
Stitched Iron Plate
Uranium Fuel Unit

C-Tier Alternate Recipes

While these aren’t the worst options, C-Tier Alternate Recipes won’t offer you much. They may prove useful in dire situations, but they won’t get you the most bang for your buck compared to the higher tiers.

Coated Iron Plate
Copper Rotor
Electrode-Aluminum Scrap
Fine Concrete
Heat Exchanger
Heat-Fused Frame
Infused Uranium Cell
Plastic Smart Plating
Radio Control System
Solid Steel Ingot
Steamed Copper Sheet
Steel Rotor
Turbo Blend Fuel
Turbo Electric Motor
Turbo Pressure Motor
Wet Concrete

D-Tier Alternate Recipes

Any recipes in D-Tier are hard to ever recommend compared to the game’s other Alternate Recipes from Hard Drives. Only on rare occasions should you go for these recipes, but otherwise they’re not worth the research.

Coated Iron Canister
Crystal Beacon
Fine Black Powder
Flexible Framework
Fused Quickwire
Instant Scrap
Insulated Crystal Oscillator
Iron Alloy Ingot
Iron Wire
Polyester Fabric
Pure Aluminum Ingot
Pure Copper Ingot
Pure Iron Ingot
Pure Quartz Crystal
Quickwire Stator
Rubber Concrete
Sloppy Alumina

F-Tier Alternate Recipes

These are all of the F-Tier Alternate Recipes that almost never should be used in your factories. They cost the most resources and power, making them the worst choices.

Bolted Frame
Bolted Iron Plate
Cheap Silica
Classic Battery
Compacted Steel Ingot
Cooling Device
Electrode Circuit Board
Electromagnetic Connection Rod
Fertile Uranium
Instant Plutonium Cell
OC Supercomputer
Plutonium Fuel Unit
Pure Caterium Ingot
Radio Connection Unit
Steel Canister

Now that you know about the best and worst Alternate Recipes and Hard Drives in Satisfactory, you should also learn about creating a dedicated server for you and your friends.