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'''Fabricators''' craft items automatically. You choose a recipe once, feed the ingredients with [[BlockFactory:Grabbers|grabbers]] and take the products away; the Fabricator keeps working as long as it has power. The first one, '''Fabricator T1''', comes with the Automation research in Epoch 1.

[[File:BlockFactory_Production_Line.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A belt line between machines under power lines]]

== Fabricator tiers ==
{| class="wikitable"
! !! [[File:BlockFactory_Fabricator_T1.png|32px]] Fabricator T1 !! [[File:BlockFactory_Fabricator_T2.png|32px]] Fabricator T2 !! [[File:BlockFactory_Fabricator_T3.png|32px]] Fabricator T3
|-
! Epoch
| 1 || 2 || 4
|-
! Unlocked by
| Automation || Automation 2 || Automation 3
|-
! Size
| 3 × 3 || 3 × 3 || 3 × 3
|-
! Energy
| Electric, 75 kW || Electric, 150 kW || Electric, 375 kW
|-
! Crafting speed
| ×0.5 || ×0.75 || ×1.25
|-
! Fluid connections
| – || 1 in, 1 out || 1 in, 1 out
|-
! Rune module slots
| – || 2 || 4
|-
! Noise
| 4 per minute || 3 per minute || –
|-
! Recipe
| 3 Electronic Circuit + 5 Iron Gear + 9 Iron Plate || 1 Fabricator T1 + 2 Steel Plate + 3 Electronic Circuit + 5 Iron Gear || 2 Fabricator T2 + 4 Rune Module Speed MK1
|}
The crafting speed applies to the recipe time: a recipe of 1 s takes 2 s in a Fabricator T1 and 0.8 s in a Fabricator T3. All Fabricators need power from a nearby power pole (see [[BlockFactory:Power|Power]]); with too little power they work more slowly. For module slots see [[BlockFactory:Rune Modules|Rune Modules]].

== Choosing a recipe ==
Press Use to open the Fabricator window. The left side lists every recipe this Fabricator can make as a grid, sorted into tabs by category and with a search field. Each cell shows the product and its amount; hover over a cell to see the ingredients and the time per craft, then click it to select it. The chosen recipe is highlighted in orange, and a green dot marks recipes for which your inventory holds enough for one craft. '''Clear''' removes the recipe.

* The grid only shows recipes your team has unlocked.
* A Fabricator only makes recipes with exactly one product and at most six item ingredients.
* Recipes with a fluid, for example Concrete or Lubricant, only appear in a Fabricator T2 or T3.
* Some recipes can only be made in a Fabricator, not by hand, for example Advanced Circuit or Rune Modules. Alternate recipes from Research Capsules also appear here once unlocked. See [[BlockFactory:Recipes|Recipes]].

When you change the recipe, ingredients that fit the new recipe stay; the rest, including the ingredients of a craft in progress, comes back to you.

== Ingredients and output ==
The right side of the window shows the current job: recipe, status, progress with the time left, and each ingredient as "have / need".
* A Fabricator has one slot per ingredient of the recipe and one output slot. It only accepts ingredients of the chosen recipe.
* [[BlockFactory:Grabbers|Grabbers]] fill each ingredient up to '''twice the recipe amount''', so the next batch is always ready without hoarding. Grabbers take products from the output.
* '''Deliver ingredients''' moves the matching ingredients from your inventory into the Fabricator. '''Take''' moves the output into your inventory.
* Crouch and press Use with a stack in your hand to put it in; crouch and press Use with an empty hand to take the output.

== Fluids (T2 and T3) ==
The Fabricator T2 and T3 have two pipe connections, one on each side of the back row: one for the fluid ingredient, the other for the fluid product. The tanks appear when you select a fluid recipe. If the product tank is full, the Fabricator stops until a pipe carries the fluid away. See [[BlockFactory:Fluids|Fluids]].

== Copying the recipe ==
To set up a row of Fabricators quickly, crouch and right-click a Fabricator to copy its recipe, then crouch and left-click the others to paste it. This works with an empty hand and with most items in hand; weapons with their own right-click action cannot copy. A recipe can be pasted onto any Fabricator that can make it. The same works for [[BlockFactory:Belts|Splitter]] settings.

== Status ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Status !! Meaning
|-
| Working || crafting
|-
| Waiting for ingredients || an ingredient is missing
|-
| No power || no power pole with a generator nearby
|-
| Low power || not enough power, working slower
|-
| Output full || take the products out
|-
| Output tank full || connect a pipe that takes the fluid away
|}

== See also ==
* [[BlockFactory:Gathering and Crafting|Gathering and Crafting]]
* [[BlockFactory:Grabbers|Grabbers]]
* [[BlockFactory:Fluids|Fluids]]
* [[BlockFactory:Rune Modules|Rune Modules]]
* [[BlockFactory:Recipes|Recipes]]

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