In 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
To 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
As 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:
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- 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 Plates4 Rotors10 Cables | Tier 2 – Part Assembly |
| AWESOME SINK | 15 Reinforced Iron Plates30 Cables45 Concretes | Tier 2 – Resource Sink Bonus Program |
| Chainsaw | 5 Reinforced Iron Plates25 Iron Rods160 Screws15 Cables | Tier 2 – Obstacle Clearing |
| Coal-Powered Generator | 20 Reinforced Iron Plates10 Rotos30 Cables | Tier 3 – Coal Power |
| Coal Power | 150 Reinforced Iron Plates50 Rotors300 Cables | Tier 3 – Coal Power |
| Constructor | 2 Reinforced Iron Plates8 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 Crystals28 Cables5 Reinforced Iron Plates | Tier 7 – Bauxite Refinement |
| Cyber Wagon | 10 Reinforced Iron Plates | AWESOME Shop – Cyber Wagon |
| Display Sign | 2 Reinforced Iron Plates5 Quartz Crystals | AWESOME Shop – Display Sign Bundle |
| Factory Cart | 6 Reinforced Iron Plates16 Iron Rods100 Screws | AWESOME Shop – FICSIT Factory Cart |
| Improved Melee Combat | 100 Reinforced Iron Plates200 Cables1500 Wires | Tier 3 – Enhanced Asset Security |
| Lights Control Panel | 5 Reinforced Iron Plates10 Cables3 AI Limiters | AWESOME Shop – Light Control Panel |
| Logistics Mk.2 | 50 Reinforced Iron Plates200 Concretes300 Iron Rods300 Iron Plates | – |
| Logistics Mk.5 | 300 Reinforced Iron Plates100 Alclad Aluminum Sheet200 Encased Industrial Beam | – |
| MAM | 5 Reinforced Iron Plates15 Cables45 Wires | Tier 1 – Field Research |
| Modular Frame | 12 Iron Rods3 Reinforced Iron Plates | Tier 2 – Part Assembly |
| Object Scanner | 4 Reinforced Iron Plates20 Wires50 Screws | Tier 1 – Field Research |
| Portrait Sign | 4 Reinforced Iron Plates10 Quartz Crystals | AWESOME Shop – Display Sign Bundle |
| Rebar Gun | 6 Reinforced Iron Plates16 Iron Rods100 Screws | MAM Alien Organisms Research – The Rebar Gun |
| Smart Plating | 1 Reinforced Iron Plate1 Rotor | Tier 2 – Part Assembly |
| Smart Splitter | 2 Reinforced Iron Plates2 Rotors1 AI Limiter | MAM Caterium Research – Smart Splitter |
| Square Sign 1m | 1 Reinforced Iron Plate5 Quartz Crystals | AWESOME Shop – Display Sign Bundle |
| Square Sign 2m | 3 Reinforced Iron Plates10 Quartz Crystals | AWESOME Shop – Display Sign Bundle |
| Tractor | 10 Reinforced Iron Plates5 Modular Frames5 Rotors | Tier 3 – Vehicular Transport |
| Water Extractor | 10 Reinforced Iron Plates20 Copper Sheets10 Rotors | Tier 3 – Coal Power |
| Xeno-Zapper | 10 Iron Rods2 Reinforced Iron Plates15 Cables50 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.