Artillery shell — Factorio Production Calculator
Artillery shell is crafted in the assembling machine in 15 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 4 × Explosive cannon shell, 1 × Radar, 8 × Explosives. At 60 per minute you need 30 assembling machines, and the chain behind it draws on 5 raw resources: petroleum gas, water, iron ore, coal, copper ore.
Production chain for 60 Artillery shell / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron plate | 3,900 | 208 | Furnace |
| Explosives | 960 | 32 | Chemical plant |
| Copper cable | 900 | 7.5 | Assembling machine |
| Steel plate | 480 | 128 | Furnace |
| Plastic bar | 480 | 4 | Chemical plant |
| Sulfur | 480 | 4 | Chemical plant |
| Copper plate | 450 | 24 | Furnace |
| Electronic circuit | 300 | 5 | Assembling machine |
| Iron gear wheel | 300 | 5 | Assembling machine |
| Explosive cannon shell | 240 | 64 | Assembling machine |
| Artillery shell | 60 | 30 | Assembling machine |
| Radar | 60 | 1 | Assembling machine |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Petroleum gas | 12,000 |
| Water | 12,000 |
| Iron ore | 3,900 |
| Coal | 720 |
| Copper ore | 450 |
Machine counts are not rounded up. Add a little headroom in game — belt throughput and inserter speed usually mean you want 5-10% more than the exact number.
Artillery shell recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembling machine | 15 s | 1 | Explosive cannon shell × 4, Radar × 1, Explosives × 8 |
What the whole chain needs
60 artillery shells per minute pulls in 11 intermediate products, and the whole tree comes to 513 machines across 3 machine types, fed by 5 raw resources. The table above already sums demand across every branch — if copper cable is used by two recipes, you see the total, not one of them.
Belt check: the busiest input here moves 12,000 per minute, which is 13.33 of a yellow belt's 900 per minute. Above 1.0 and you need a second belt (or a faster tier) before the machines themselves become the limit.
What uses artillery shell
No base-game recipe consumes artillery shell — it is an end product. Once you build it, the chain stops here, which makes it a good target if you only want to size the sub-factory that feeds your mall.
What artillery shell is made from
- Explosive cannon shell — 4 per craft
- Radar — 1 per craft
- Explosives — 8 per craft
FAQ
How many assembling machines do I need for 60 artillery shells per minute?
30 assembling machines. One at standard speed produces 2 per minute, so 60 ÷ that number is the count. The calculator above rounds nothing — add 5-10% headroom for belt and inserter losses in a real factory.
How much raw ore does artillery shell take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 12,000 petroleum gas per minute, 12,000 water per minute, 3,900 iron ore per minute and 2 more. Those numbers are the theoretical minimum — mining productivity research and productivity modules both reduce them.
Machine counts assume bare machines at standard speed. Recipe data comes from the game's own prototypes (PlayerCalc, Factorio 2.0 base game). Not affiliated with Wube Software.