Industrial System

The industrial system has two networks: energy and logistics. Power uses UE (Universal Energy). Generators produce it, pipelines or lasers move it, batteries hold it, and machines spend it. Items travel on a separate item pipeline that does not use UE.

How UE works

Generation, transmission, storage, and consumption all use UE
Each energy-pipeline side moves at most 600 UE/s. The network keeps fill rates even. There is no distance falloff
Every machine has its own UE cap. Generators keep power locally first, then push surplus into adjacent pipes
Industrial tiles keep their current UE when picked up. Place them again and the charge is still there. You can fill a machine at a Charging Station, then carry it

Three device roles

Devices on the same pipe behave by role.

Generators: produce power only. Each adjacent pipe side pulls up to 600 UE/s out of them
Consumers (mining machines, collectors, lumberjacks, tree planters, incinerators, spectrometers, Tesla towers, laser transmitters, charging stations): input only. Pipes feed them at up to 600 UE/s per side
Thermal batteries: two-way, by fill rate. A fuller pipe charges the battery. A fuller battery discharges into the pipe. The gap has to exceed about 5%. Batteries do not compete with consumers. They store surplus and cover shortfalls

What matters is generation peak ≥ consumption peak. If you have enough, keep a small battery for spikes. If you do not, add generators. Batteries move power. They do not create it.

Power generation

Generators output UE/s.

Thermal Generator

Burns fuel and turns heat into UE. MK1 peak ~85 UE/s

Thermal Generator MK2

Peak ~225 UE/s, 10000 UE cap

Hydroelectric

Runs when the turbine tile has water. +20% in rain, +10% on new or full moon, up to ×1.3

Hydroelectric MK2

The whole body must sit in water. Max output is about 6.7× MK1

Wind Griven Generator

Output follows world wind. Break a wilderness turbine on an asteroid to unlock the recipe

Wind Griven Generator MK2

3×27 tiles tall, about 2.8× MK1. Unlock from a giant wilderness turbine

Magma Thermal Generator

About 24 UE/s on lava contact, about 150 UE/s from the tank

Solar Panel

Daytime only, peak at noon. MK2 about 144 UE/s

Biomass Generator

Burns seeds, herbs, mushrooms, and fish. About 36 UE/s

Transmission and storage

Energy Pipeline

1×1 wire. 5 Circuit Boards + 5 Tin/Copper make 333 segments. Ends, straights, corners, T, and cross shapes pick themselves

Energy Creative Pipeline

Creative use. Marks the network as powered and keeps itself full

Laser Energy Trans

Wireless, one-way, point to point. Loss grows with distance. About 75 tiles is 100% loss

Thermal Battery

8000 UE. Two-way balance with pipes by fill rate

Capacitor Matrix

40000 UE. Higher throughput than the Thermal Battery

Powered machines

Mining Machine

Drops ore by the layer and biome below it. 5 UE per dig

Mining Machine Mk2

9×13 scan. Table includes Hardmode ores, Chlorophyte, and fossils

Collector

Up to 3 arms pick up drops into nearby containers. Works with Magic Storage

Lumberjack

Chainsaws fell trees. Cycle mode replants. Clear mode only cuts

Tree Planter

Plants trees within about 50 tiles. 5 UE per tree

Electric Incinerator

Auto-smelts with ×2 output. Takes vanilla single-ingredient furnace recipes, plus a few extras

Thrower

Throws items by angle, interval, and speed. Ammo fires as projectiles

Spectrometer

An electric dye vat. Dye is not consumed. Only UE is

Tesla Electromagnetic Tower

Guard mode charges a held weapon. Attack mode arcs enemies

Tools and accessories

Charging Station

Pours UE into held charge weapons or unplaced industrial items. Battery slot for a quick top-up

Item Filter Board

36-slot whitelist for Collectors and pipeline endpoints. Copy from a chest in one click

Electric Mini Rocket

Place it, or launch from your hand. Steer with the arrow keys. Space stops the flight

Logistics

A second network beside power.

Item Pipeline

Moves items between containers. Endpoints switch to Output or Input. Right-click with an Item Filter Board to set a whitelist

Fluid Pipeline

Moves water, lava, honey, or shimmer. 333 segments per craft

Other machines

Each machine has its own page. The Omega Substance Polymerizer is gone. It is not a live crafting station. Neutron-star endgame pieces use Draedon’s Forge. That line is not this grid.

Fluid Pump

Draws world liquid from under the body and sends it down fluid pipes

Fluid Injector

Pours stored liquid back under the body, about 2 UE per tile

Fluid Tank

32 tiles. Large tank 128. Breaking a tank vents it

Herb Farming Machine

Sows legal soil and harvests blooming herbs

Mushroom Farming Machine

Common mushrooms on grass, glowing mushrooms on mushroom grass

Slime Culture Vat

Spends water and power to culture gel

Auto Fisher

Needs water under the body, plus bait

Apiary

Empty bottles and power fill bottled honey. Jungle or nearby honey shortens the cycle

Ore Crusher

Two ore become three of the same ore, then go to the incinerator

Recycler

Breaks weapons, armor, and accessories into bars

Bottling Machine

Fills empty bottles and buckets, or empties full ones

Auto Crafter

Pin one recipe and pull materials from nearby chests

Shimmer Transmuter

10 UE and 64 shimmer per convert

Laser Turret

Long-range single beams. Needs line of sight

Flamethrower Turret

Piercing flames and Hellfire. Gel as optional fuel

Cryo Turret

Slows the room, then freezes after about two seconds

Shield Generator

Energy shield on players in range

Healing Station

Slow regen for every player in range

Pacifier Field

Suppresses natural spawns in range while powered

Potion Beacon

One bottle lasts twice the potion duration

Teleport Station

Every live station is a destination. Cost scales with distance

Launch Pad

Fires a standing player along a set angle

Electric Sundial

Fill the tank, right-click, skip to dawn

Weather Controller

500 UE summons or clears rain

Multi-mode Sensor

Watches charge, enemies, or world events, then pulses a wire

Grid Switch

Sits between two energy pipes and cuts the current

Wire Interface

Bridge between wires and the grid

Machine Modules

Which machine, how many slots, what each module changes

Matching quest nodes sit on the Quest Log.

Getting started

Craft Circuit Board first. With Calamity: 1 Dubious Plating + 1 Mysterious Circuitry → 1 board. Without: 1 Tin/Copper + 1 Iron/Lead + 2 Glass → 2 boards
One Thermal Generator (Furnace + 5 Iron/Lead + 5 Tin/Copper + 10 Circuit Boards, Anvil)
Energy Pipeline to the work area (5 Circuit Boards + 5 Tin/Copper, 333 segments)
Mining Machine over ore (every tile in the 3×6 below must hold a block)
Collector beside the miner, chests around it

Gel, coal, and early wood are enough to feed the thermal generator.

Cross-mod notes

Circuit Board recipes sit on Circuit Board. With Calamity: one Dubious Plating + one Mysterious Circuitry → 1 board. Without: 1 Tin/Copper + 1 Iron/Lead + 2 Glass → 2 boards. All three materials are required. It is not “tin or iron”
With Magic Storage installed, the Collector sends pickups into Magic Storage