Battery — Factorio Production Calculator
Battery is crafted in the chemical plant in 4 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 20 × Sulfuric acid, 1 × Iron plate, 1 × Copper plate. At 60 per minute you need 4 chemical plants, and the chain behind it draws on 4 raw resources: water, petroleum gas, iron ore, copper ore.
Production chain for 60 Battery / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfuric acid | 1,200 | 0.4 | Chemical plant |
| Sulfur | 120 | 1 | Chemical plant |
| Iron plate | 84 | 4.48 | Furnace |
| Battery | 60 | 4 | Chemical plant |
| Copper plate | 60 | 3.2 | Furnace |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Water | 4,200 |
| Petroleum gas | 1,800 |
| Iron ore | 84 |
| Copper ore | 60 |
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.
Battery recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical plant | 4 s | 1 | Sulfuric acid × 20, Iron plate × 1, Copper plate × 1 |
What the whole chain needs
60 batterys per minute pulls in 4 intermediate products, and the whole tree comes to 13 machines across 2 machine types, fed by 4 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 4,200 per minute, which is 4.67 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 battery
5 base-game recipes consume battery, sorted by how much each one takes:
- Personal roboport — 45 per craft
- Laser turret — 12 per craft
- Accumulator — 5 per craft
- Personal battery — 5 per craft
- Flying robot frame — 2 per craft
What battery is made from
- Sulfuric acid — 20 per craft
- Iron plate — 1 per craft
- Copper plate — 1 per craft
FAQ
How many chemical plants do I need for 60 batterys per minute?
4 chemical plants. One at standard speed produces 15 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 battery take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 4,200 water per minute, 1,800 petroleum gas per minute, 84 iron ore per minute and 1 more. Those numbers are the theoretical minimum — mining productivity research and productivity modules both reduce them.
Is battery needed for science packs?
Not directly. It feeds Personal roboport and Laser turret, and those in turn feed the science packs. Open the science pack page to see the demand that lands on this recipe.
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.