Your First Iron Supply Factory Line

Follow what you observe

Changing an earlier answer clears the later branch. Your observations guide the next check; they do not prove a single cause.

One batch: Iron Ingot

1 Iron Ore 1 Coal 1 Iron Ingot

Factory Smithy recipe only. The number of batches applies to this recipe, not the entire supply line.

One batch: Supply: Iron

8 Iron Ingot 1 Supply: Iron

Factory Assembly bench recipe only. Supply its required ingots through the line; do not add the ordinary woodworking recipe costs.

Worked example: five iron supply crates

1. Start with the later five-crate order

   Before starting: the Factory is accessible, its machines and belts are unlocked, and Jack’s five-crate Supply: Iron order is available. Select that order in an active board slot. This example starts with zero credited delivery and no existing iron stock; avoid another active order consuming the same crates. Success: the active order asks for 5 Supply: Iron. If you see the initial 1-crate Workshop Hours order, use the iron delivery guide first; that quest precedes Factory access.

2. Prepare the production inputs and separate construction costs

   For this fresh five-crate order, the base recipe chain is 40 Iron Ore + 40 Coal → 40 Iron Ingots → 5 Supply: Iron. Each ingot needs 1 ore and 1 coal; each crate needs 8 ingots. Select 5 batches of the factory crate recipe in the preparation list. For one crate’s upstream inputs, select 8 batches of the factory ingot recipe and repeat that amount five times. Check Smithy I and Assembly bench I construction separately, plus input storage, belts and power sources. If you already have stock or credited deliveries, check the remaining order before producing this full amount.

3. Connect one Smithy to one Assembly bench

   Build or use Smithy I and Assembly bench I. Queue the factory Iron Ingot recipe at the Smithy and factory Supply: Iron at the Assembly bench; assign a capable zombie operator to each. Connect the Smithy output by belt to the Assembly bench input and provide a final output belt from the bench. Use the area-power check below and ensure the Factory is not paused. Success: both machines show the intended queued recipe and an assigned operator. If a worker cannot start, inspect the displayed tool or mastery requirement; a power surplus alone does not satisfy those checks.

4. Feed ore and coal into the selected recipe

   Put Iron Ore and Coal into the supplying conveyor storage. In its output-slot controls, select ore for one connected outgoing feed and coal for the other, then connect those belts to the Smithy inputs. Success: the required items travel to the machine and its craft starts after both inputs arrive. If one ingredient stops, inspect the stock in that supplying storage, its chosen output item, belt direction and the queued recipe. Materials in your bag or an unrelated chest do not prove that the machine received them.

5. Watch the ingot leave and reach assembly

   With the inputs supplied and the Smithy working, inspect its first output cell and follow the ingot toward the Assembly bench. Success: the ingot leaves the Smithy, travels downstream and is accepted for the queued crate recipe. If it remains at the output, inspect the first receiving cell and clear the downstream obstruction or full destination. If it reaches assembly but is not accepted, check the bench’s crate recipe and whether a previous output is still waiting.

6. Collect five crates from the final output

   Let the Assembly bench receive 8 ingots for each crate. Success: Supply: Iron appears on its output belt. With a free overhead carrying slot, interact with a crate on the belt to pick it up, then carry it to a supply pallet in the Town Warehouse or Warehouse Cellar. Repeat until this order has received its five crates. This example uses manual final delivery; it does not assume that any factory chest is connected to town order storage. If no crate appears, check incoming ingots, the operator, the queue and free output space.

7. Deposit on a supply pallet, then check completion

   While carrying a crate, interact with a supply pallet that can accept it. The delivery handler checks active orders and consumes matching goods from the Town Warehouse and Warehouse Cellar pallets. Success: this nonurgent order gains credited delivery and reaches its completed state after 5 crates. If the board only shows available stock, recheck that this specific order occupies an active slot and that the goods reached a supply pallet, not an ordinary chest. One crate is only part of this five-crate order.

8. Claim the order reward; keep the earlier quest separate

   Select the completed order on the board to claim its reward. Success: its active slot is freed and the repeatable order is marked completed for the week; do not mistake its reset counter for a lost delivery. This later five-crate order has no Town Supplied hand-in requirement in the reviewed order flow. For the earlier one-crate Workshop Hours quest, the separate finish condition is Jack’s Town Supplied conversation after that specific initial order is finished. If your journal still disagrees, record the quest and order states instead of repeatedly delivering extra iron.