Technology Level
The capabilities of your Island Manufacturing Nexus are all based on your current Technology Level. Each technology level unlocks a new type of warehousing building material that your 3D Printer can use, a new level of conveyor belt to equip the warehouses, and a new utility building for your delivery bots to use. As you progress to more and more advanced technologies, the stronger materials and better 3D Printers can support larger and larger structures.
Early on, you could probably build enough structures by hand to advance to the next level. But to build a truly impressive number of structures, 3D Printers is the way to go!
Advancing Technology Level
The delivery bots will return useful raw materials, the payment for the goods they deliver. Once the technology level is high enough, the delivery bots will begin delivering the payments of raw materials that enable you to advance to the next technology level. Delivery bots payments are collected every Minecraft Evening at 10:00pm (every 20 minutes real time) in the supply chest in the Storeroom.
Rules to Advance to the next Tech Level:
1) Have enough delivery bots using the previous Tech Level (not counting remaining warehouses from the previous Tech Level): Every level will require 16 more delivery bots than the previous level, meaning you will need 16 delivery bots in dirt warehouses, 32 bots in wood warehouses (not counting remaining dirt warehouses), and so on.
2) Have at least one of each available utility buildings: Every level requires the addition of at least one utility buildings to your Island Manufacturing Nexus. Some of these buildings, such as the Workshop and Laboratory, are powerful and allow your bots to perform more profitable deliveries.
| Tech Level | Construction Material | Number of delivery bots needed at Current Tech Level to Advance to the Next Level* | Utility Buildings needed to Advance to Next Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirt | 16 | Bathroom, Storeroom |
| 2 | Wood | 32 | Workshop |
| 3 | Stone (not cobblestone) | 48 | Laboratory |
| 4 | Polexiglas | 64 | Commissary |
| 5 | ABS Bricks | 80 | Library |
| 6 | Bronze | 96 | School |
| 7 | Stainless Steel | 112 | Clinic |
| 8 | Carbon Fiber Resin | 128 | Art Gallery |
- Your team needs 32 Population living in Wood houses (Technology Level 2) to advance to Stone Houses (Technology Level 3), not 32 combined population from Wood and Dirt Warehouses.
Warehousing
A house makes a home. Or something like that. Regardless, your Refugees will not stay long on your island paradise if you do not build suitable houses. Houses are the main structures on your Village Plot, and as you advance the stronger construction materials will enable larger and larger houses rising up into the sky!
Conveyor Belts
Every conveyor belt in a warehouse corresponds to 1 delivery bot. Every Technology Level upgrade unlocks new construction material and better conveyor belts. To count towards your score, any conveyor belt must match the Technology Level of the warehouse it is in.
Utility Buildings
New Technology Levels will also unlock new utility buildings that will help improve your Island Manufacturing Nexus.
Multistory Houses
As your construction material advances (starting at Technology Level 3), you can start to 3D Print multi-story structures and build vertically! While this gives you increased opportunities to skyrocket your capacity, the delivery bots must still be able to safely enter each warehouse. For any door more than 2 blocks above ground level, it must have a ladder nearby that extends safely to the ground.
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