Outworld Station Guide

Comparison between old 20x20 blueprint area and new 30x30 area, showing how much more production fits in a single blueprint

Your Old Blueprints Are Wasting Space. Here is How to Fix Them

Before v1.1, blueprints were limited to 20x20 tiles and 120 objects. This meant your Superalloy line needed two blueprints. Your power grid had to be split into solar and battery blueprints. And any attempt to build a complete production chain from raw ore to finished product in one blueprint was impossible.

v1.1 expanded the limit to 30x30 tiles and 200 objects. That is 2.25x the surface area and 1.67x the objects. I spent an evening rebuilding every blueprint I had, and the results were dramatic: my compacted Superalloy blueprint went from 3 builds to 1.

If you are new to blueprints entirely, our Blueprint and Layout Guide covers the basics of creating and using them.

New Limits Explained

The 30x30 box fits roughly 2.25 Superalloy forges with their supporting infrastructure. Before, you could barely squeeze in 1 forge plus buffers.

How to Expand Your Existing Blueprints

Name convention: I append -v11 to my expanded blueprints so I can keep the old version as a fallback. Example: superalloy-v1 becomes superalloy-v11.

Best Blueprints to Rebuild for v1.1

Not every blueprint needs expansion. Here is my priority list:

First Priority: Superalloy Production Chain

The old 20x20 could fit one Plasma Forge, one Smelter, and maybe a single buffer. The new 30x30 fits two Forges, two Smelters, three buffers, and a priority splitter.

Design tip: Arrange the two forges in parallel with a shared input buffer. Input buffer feeds both forges equally. Each forge outputs to its own buffer. Use a priority merger to combine outputs. This gives you roughly 36-40 Superalloy/min from a single blueprint.

Second Priority: Power Grid Blueprint

Old: 16 solar panels and 4 batteries. New: 30 solar panels, 6 batteries, and a logic controller for smart load balancing. The extra 10 panels cover roughly 40% more power demand – enough to run a full Mk 2 production line.

Third Priority: Assembly Line Block

The 200-object limit really shines here. With 80 extra objects, you can fit:

• 4 Fabricators (was 2)
• 6 Storage containers for input/output buffering (was 3)
• 2 Logistics Hubs for cross-block distribution (was 0)
• Routing infrastructure for all connections

For assembly line ratios, see our Assembly Line Ratios Guide.

Fourth Priority: Smelting Array

A 30x30 Smelting blueprint with Mk 2 Smelters handles roughly 90 ingots/min. That is enough to supply a mid-game factory entirely from one blueprint.

Our Mk 2 and Mk 3 Factory Guide covers which upgrades pay off fastest.

Blueprint Tips for the New Limits

Leave walkways. The 30x30 area is tempting to fill completely. Do not. Leave a 1-tile walkway perimeter around your blueprint. The game does not require physical access for maintenance, but leaving space makes it easier to see connections and troubleshoot bottlenecks.

Use the full height. Old blueprints tended to be wide and shallow because 20 tiles was restrictive. Now you can build tall – stack production vertically with storage on top and smelting below. The engine handles Z-axis stacking differently based on station gravity orientation.

Object count awareness. 200 objects sounds generous but fills fast. Each storage container is 1 object. Each building is 1 object. Each logistics pair connection takes 0 objects (it is virtual). Your object budget for a dense production block should be roughly:

• Production buildings: 60-80 objects
• Storage/Infrastructure: 40-50 objects
• Connectors/piping: 30-40 objects
• Reserve: 30-50 objects for expansion

What Has Not Changed

The 20x20 blueprints still work. The game does not invalidate old blueprints. You can place a 20x20 blueprint inside the new 30x30 area just fine. The old limits only affect new blueprint creation.

Blueprint sharing between players is unaffected – the new 30x30 blueprints load fine in co-op provided all players are on v1.1+. If you send a 30x30 blueprint to a v1.0 player, it will error with a version mismatch.