Satisfactory AI Limiter Calculator

Every AI Limiter recipe compared

Rates and recipe power are per building at 100% clock, without Somersloops. Each raw-resource bill expands all intermediates using the standard supporting recipes named below. Chain power includes those production buildings; resource extraction, pumps and byproduct processing are additional.

For Plastic production, route Heavy Oil Residue to a consuming process so the Refinery can keep running. Byproducts receive no resource or power credit here; their processing needs additional buildings and power. The Plastic and Rubber guide compares oil-processing routes.

Which AI Limiter recipe should I use?

• For a line without oil processing: AI Limiter uses 10 Copper Ore + 12 Caterium Ore per AI Limiter with standard Copper Sheet, Copper Ingot, Quickwire, Caterium Ingot support. Production power is 8.733 MW per AI Limiter/min at full-clock equivalents.

  Unlock the standard recipe through AI Limiter research in the MAM Caterium tree, or Tier 7: Control System Development.

• When saving caterium and copper is worth an oil supply: Plastic AI Limiter uses 9 Caterium Ore per AI Limiter instead of 12 (25% less), replaces 10 Copper Ore with 5.25 m³ Crude Oil, and makes 60% more per Assembler. With standard supporting recipes, production power is 8.925 versus 8.733 MW per AI Limiter/min at full-clock equivalents. Its Plastic chain also produces 1.75 m³ Heavy Oil Residue per AI Limiter. Choose it when those resource savings matter more than the additional refinery power and residue handling.

  Plastic AI Limiter becomes eligible for Hard Drive rewards after both MAM Caterium: AI Limiter research and Tier 5: Oil Processing. Scan a Hard Drive in the MAM and select the recipe to unlock it; the prerequisites alone do not grant it.

Unlock references: AI Limiter recipes · Hard Drive prerequisites and selection, checked 2026-10-29. Compare cross-product resource savings.

AI Limiter production plans

Start with 5/min for one standard Assembler at 100% clock. The 1, 2.5, 5, 8, 10, 20 /min targets cover small lines, whole standard Assembler counts and one Plastic AI Limiter Assembler at full clock. Each plan includes all upstream production buildings.

Build the whole counts shown and set each recipe group to its listed clock. Parentheses show fractional full-clock equivalents; they are not extra machines. Connect each upstream output to the next recipe in the chain. Match extraction and belt or pipe capacity to the raw-resource rates below.

Build a standard 5/min line

1. 2 × Smelter @ ≈66.6667% each — Caterium Ingot.
   Group inputs /min:

   • 60 Caterium Ore
   Group output /min:

   • 20 Caterium Ingot
2. 2 × Constructor @ ≈83.3333% each — Quickwire.
   Group inputs /min:

   • 20 Caterium Ingot
   Group output /min:

   • 100 Quickwire
3. 2 × Smelter @ ≈83.3333% each — Copper Ingot.
   Group inputs /min:

   • 50 Copper Ore
   Group output /min:

   • 50 Copper Ingot
4. 3 × Constructor @ ≈83.3333% each — Copper Sheet.
   Group inputs /min:

   • 50 Copper Ingot
   Group output /min:

   • 25 Copper Sheet
5. 1 × Assembler @ ≈100% each — AI Limiter.
   Group inputs /min:

   • 25 Copper Sheet
   • 100 Quickwire
   Group output /min:

   • 5 AI Limiter

Power at the listed clocks uses buildings × base MW × (clock / 100)^1.321929. The calculator uses fractional full-clock equivalents. Displayed values are rounded; use the target rate to set production. Resource extraction, pumps and byproduct processing are additional. Use the miner calculator for solid-resource extraction and belt limits.

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What are AI Limiters used for?

Each Smart Splitter costs 1 AI Limiter, 2 Reinforced Iron Plates and 2 Rotors. Unlock Smart Splitters separately through the MAM Caterium research tree; use them to filter items and route overflow on conveyor lines. Smart Splitter reference · Plan conveyor splits.

These recipes consume AI Limiters directly. Consumption is per downstream building at 100% clock; the per-product ratio also helps size a shared supply line.

Space Elevator supply and unlocks

With standard downstream recipes, AI Limiters feed the delivered parts in these phases. Totals cover full delivery batches at 1× requirements with no prebuilt inventory. They are embedded ingredient totals, not direct AI Limiter deliveries. Alternate downstream recipes can change this demand.

Space Elevator phase plans · Phase delivery reference.

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