Quality Upcycling Calculator

What do you want to make legendary?

Upcycle this item and keep the legendary ones.

Upcycling

Crafting machine

Machine modules

Recycler modules

Recyclers return 25% of ingredients and take quality modules only (no productivity).

Recipe productivity cap

% total — Factorio caps recipes at +300%

Unlocked quality (can produce up to)

Keep at / above (untick to recycle a tier)

Items at kept tiers are extracted; lower tiers get recycled back into the loop.

Expected yield

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machine quality —

productivity —

recycler quality —

Feed rate normal items / min

Fresh normal-quality items fed into the loop each minute — every /min, /hour and machine count scales from this.

Tier	Yield / input	/ min	/ hour

Yield = expected items of that tier per one normal-quality unit of ingredients fed in. Rates assume the machines keep up with the input.

Productivity vs quality