Industrial System

Calamity Overhaul adds an industrial layer built on energy and logistics. All power uses UE (Universal Energy): generators produce it, pipelines or lasers move it, batteries buffer it, and machines spend it. Items flow on a separate item pipeline network that does not use UE.

UE basics

Single unit: generation, transmission, storage, and consumption all use UE
Pipeline throughput: each pipeline side moves at most 600 UE/s; the whole network balances fill rate continuously with no distance falloff
Built-in machine storage: every machine has its own UE cap; generators keep power locally first, then push surplus to adjacent pipelines
Items store UE too: industrial tiles save their current UE when picked up; place them again and power is still there. Pre-charge machines at a Charging Station, then carry them elsewhere

How the three device types interact

Devices on the same pipeline behave differently by role.

Generators: produce power, never consume it. Each adjacent pipeline side pulls up to 600 UE/s out of them, so power flows toward whichever end is short
Consumer machines (mining machines, collectors, lumberjacks, tree planters, incinerators, spectrometers, Tesla towers, laser transmitters, charging stations): one-way input only. Pipelines feed them at up to 600 UE/s per side
Thermal batteries: two-way, balanced by fill rate. A pipeline fuller than the battery charges it; a battery fuller than the pipeline discharges, and only when the gap exceeds about 5%. Batteries never fight consumers for power, they only bank surplus and cover shortfalls

The thing that matters is generation peak ≥ consumption peak. If you have enough, keep a small battery just to smooth spikes; if you don’t, add generators rather than stacking batteries. Batteries move power, they never create it.

Power generation

Generators output UE/s.

Thermal Generator

Burns fuel and converts heat to UE; efficiency peaks near optimal temperature. MK1 peak ~85 UE/s

Thermal Generator MK2

Peak ~225 UE/s, 10000 UE cap; late-game main power source

Hydroelectric

Works when the turbine tile has water; +20% in rain, +10% on new/full moon, up to ×1.3

Hydroelectric MK2

Entire body must be submerged; max output ~6.7× MK1

Wind Griven Generator

Output scales with world wind speed; recipe unlocks by breaking wilderness turbines on asteroids

Wind Griven Generator MK2

3×27 tiles tall, ~2.8× MK1 output; unlock from giant wilderness turbines

Transmission & storage

Energy Pipeline

Basic wire, 1×1 tile, 333 segments per 5-bar craft; auto-shapes for ends, straights, corners, T, and cross

Energy Creative Pipeline

Debug/creative: network always marked powered, refills continuously, infinite source

Laser Energy Trans

Wireless point-to-point transfer, one-way; loss scales with distance, 100% loss at ~75 tiles

Thermal Battery

8000 UE capacity; two-way balance with pipelines as grid buffer

Powered machines

Mining Machine

Drops ores by depth and biome below the machine; 5 UE per dig

Mining Machine Mk2

9×13 scan area, Tier 2 ore table (Hardmode ores, Chlorophyte, fossils)

Collector

Up to 3 arms pick up drops into containers within ~38 tiles; Magic Storage compatible

Lumberjack

Flying chainsaws auto-fell trees; Cycle (replant) or Clear mode

Tree Planter

Plants trees within ~50 tiles; 5 UE per tree

Electric Incinerator

Auto-smelts with ×2 output; all single-ingredient furnace recipes plus extras

Thrower

Throws items by angle, interval, and speed; ammo fires as projectiles

Spectrometer

Electric dye vat: dyes are not consumed, only UE

Tesla Electromagnetic Tower

Guard or Attack mode; guard wirelessly charges held weapons, attack arcs enemies

Tools & accessories

Charging Station

Injects UE into chargeable weapons or industrial items; battery slot for fast top-up

Item Filter Board

36-slot whitelist for Collectors and pipeline endpoints; copy from chests

Electric Mini Rocket

Placeable, hand-launchable vehicle; steer in air, Space to stop

Logistics

A second network beside power.

Item Pipeline

Item transport independent of power; endpoints are Output or Input; right-click with Item Filter Board for whitelist

Getting started

One Thermal Generator (5 Iron/Lead + 5 Tin/Copper + Furnace, Anvil)
Energy Pipeline to your work area (333 segments per 5-bar craft)
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

With Calamity installed, most industrial tiles also need Dubious Plating and Mysterious Circuitry
With Magic Storage installed, the Collector sends pickups into Magic Storage instead of normal chests

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