Heavy Modular Frame

The Heavy Modular Frame is a mid-game crafting component commonly used for mid to late-game structures. It is the successor to the  Modular Frame.

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Heavy Modular Frame	5 × Modular Frame10 / min 20 × Steel Pipe40 / min 5 × Encased Industrial Beam10 / min 120 × Screw[SB] (Screws[EX])240 / min	Manufacturer 30 sec Craft Bench  × 9	1 × Heavy Modular Frame2 / min	Tier 6 - Industrial Manufacturing
Heavy Encased Frame Alternate	8 × Modular Frame7.5 / min 10 × Encased Industrial Beam9.375 / min 36 × Steel Pipe33.75 / min 22 × Concrete20.625 / min	Manufacturer 64 sec	3 × Heavy Modular Frame2.8125 / min	Tier 6 - Industrial Manufacturing
Heavy Flexible Frame Alternate	5 × Modular Frame18.75 / min 3 × Encased Industrial Beam11.25 / min 20 × Rubber75 / min 104 × Screw[SB] (Screws[EX])390 / min	Manufacturer 16 sec	1 × Heavy Modular Frame3.75 / min	Tier 6 - Industrial Manufacturing

AWESOME Shop

Name	Cost	Contents
Heavy Modular Frame	6	50x  Heavy Modular Frame

Usage

Research

 Heavy Modular Frame is used for research in the Caterium Research chain, Sulfur Research chain and Quartz Research chain in the MAM.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Adaptive Control Unit	5 × Automated Wiring5 / min 5 × Circuit Board5 / min 1 × Heavy Modular Frame1 / min 2 × Computer2 / min	Manufacturer 60 sec	1 × Adaptive Control Unit1 / min	Tier 6 - Industrial Manufacturing
Fused Modular Frame	1 × Heavy Modular Frame1.5 / min 50 × Aluminum Casing75 / min 25 × Nitrogen Gas37.5 / min	Blender 40 sec	1 × Fused Modular Frame1.5 / min	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Hoverpack	8 × Motor4 / min 4 × Heavy Modular Frame2 / min 8 × Computer4 / min 40 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet20 / min	Equipment Workshop  × 60	1 × Hoverpack0.5 / min	Tier 7 - Hoverpack
Heat-Fused Frame Alternate	1 × Heavy Modular Frame3 / min 50 × Aluminum Ingot150 / min 8 × Nitric Acid24 / min 10 × Fuel30 / min	Blender 20 sec	1 × Fused Modular Frame3 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
Blender	10 × Computer 10 × Heavy Modular Frame 20 × Motor 50 × Aluminum Casing	Build Gun	1 × Blender	Tier 7 - Control System Development
Blueprint Designer Mk.2	10 × Heavy Modular Frame 20 × Computer 100 × Rubber 100 × Concrete	Build Gun	1 × Blueprint Designer Mk.2	Tier 6 - FICSIT Blueprints Mk.2
Drone Port	20 × Heavy Modular Frame 20 × High-Speed Connector 50 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet 50 × Aluminum Casing 10 × Radio Control Unit	Build Gun	1 × Drone Port	Tier 8 - Aeronautical Engineering
Nuclear Power Plant	10 × Supercomputer 25 × Heavy Modular Frame 100 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet 200 × Cable 250 × Concrete	Build Gun	1 × Nuclear Power Plant	Tier 8 - Nuclear Power
Pipeline Pump Mk.2	1 × Heavy Modular Frame 2 × Motor 10 × Plastic	Build Gun	1 × Pipeline Pump Mk.2	Tier 6 - Pipeline Engineering Mk.2
Programmable Splitter	1 × Heavy Modular Frame 2 × Computer 5 × AI Limiter	Build Gun	1 × Programmable Splitter	MAM Caterium Research - Programmable Splitter
Radar Tower	10 × Computer 20 × Heavy Modular Frame 25 × Crystal Oscillator 100 × Cable	Build Gun	1 × Radar Tower	MAM Quartz Research - Radar Technology
Resource Well Pressurizer	10 × Radio Control Unit 25 × Heavy Modular Frame 50 × Motor 50 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet 100 × Rubber	Build Gun	1 × Resource Well Pressurizer	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production

AWESOME Sink

 Heavy Modular Frame can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 10,800 points.

Tips

Heavy Encased Frame (HEF) Alternate Recipe lowers belt load from over 239/m Screws to under 21/m Concrete and pairs well with other Alternate Recipes: Encased Industrial Pipe and Solid Steel Ingot. Both conserve Coal, improving logistics when upgrading factories. Heavy Flexible Frame (HFF) Alternate Recipe increases belt load to 390/m Screws and has similar name to get mixed up when researching for HEF.

History

• Patch 1.0:
  • Changed AWESOME Sink value from 11520 to 10800
  • Default recipe
    • Changed Steel Pipe cost from 15 to 20
    • Changed Screw cost from 100 to 120
• Patch 0.1.5: Fixed the milestone cost of the Alternate Heavy Modular Frame
• Patch Closed Alpha 5.1: Rebalanced Heavy Modular Frame