Pocket Base v22

A compact, EARN 22–compatible base that now includes an initial Stage 0 service ring, improved roboport coverage, and updated layouts—

TL;DR
A compact, EARN 22–compatible base that now includes an initial Stage 0 service ring, improved roboport coverage, and updated layouts—ready to build itself with the support of my Quick Start Base.

What’s New in v22

• Stage 0 Service Ring is Back
  An outer loop of tracks with a single service station: delivers construction and refuel trains before Stage 1 goes down.

• Updated Stations
  All station blueprints refreshed for EARN 22 spacing and combinator layouts.

• New Roboport Layout
  Wider, overlapping coverage ensures no blind spots—even before full base deployment.

• General Design Improvements
  Tweaks across smelting, circuit, and mall modules for cleaner walkways and easier upgrade paths.

How to Build

• Stage 0

  • Place the outer service ring (tracks + service station).

  • Connect it to your rail network so the service train can deliver Stage 1 parts.

• Stage 1

  • When Stage 0 completes, place Stage 1 blueprint. EARN Service trains will supply all the materials to finish it automatically.

  • After Stage 1, Pocket Base becomes functional and supplies all the material itself for future stages.

• Stage 2

  • Add Stage 2 once Stage 1 is done to extend into higher‑throughput modules.

• Full Base Tier 1

  • Finally, deploy the Tier 1 production block to kick off science, modules, and mall output.

• Upgrades

  • Use super‑force build to swap belts, assemblers, and modules to Tier 2/3 variants when ready.

Capabilities

• Self‑building with integrated EARN Service Station

• Electric‑furnace smelting, oil processing, and circuit production

• Science up to ~405 SPM (green/red/blue/yellow/purple packs) also requests the Space Age science packs from Cargo Landing Pad

• Module production (speed, efficiency, productivity) up-to tier 3

• Mall area for nearly every vanilla and Space Age item

Compatibility

Pocket Base v22 uses EARN 22 framework. If you still run EARN 21, use Pocket Base v21 instead.

Pocket Base has two different versions for Space Age and Vanilla (Factorio 2.0 without SA DLC). You should import the correct version based on your game.

The Pocket Base was designed and is maintained primarily by MisterGrimmJaw on our Discord Server. I assisted with some design changes, but most of the credit goes to him.

Changelog

v22.0.3 (April 16, 2025)

• Inıtial public release of Pocket Base v22.

v22.0.8 (June 30, 2025)

• Added buffer chests for delivering left over science pack to labs.

• Added cargo hub to all needed stages and tiers of blueprints.

• Changed construction robot limit for the service station on S0 and S1 to 200x.

• Added buffer chest upgrade planner with description to ease upgrade from S2 to T1. Also reorganized the blueprint book.

• Added the missing concrete tiles and updated the concrete blueprint according to changes.

• Fixed power pole wiring on T3 BP.

• Re-arranged some belts and smelters to reduce building cost.

• Fixed typo and updated description of S1 and S0.

• Cleaned up some leftover copy and paste errors.

v22.0.9 (July 7, 2025) // Only Space Age

• Added buffer chests for science to get rid of extra science packs on the logistics network

  Fixed missing wire connections on Iron stations.

• Fixed Copper stations wiring as well as a missing CC.

• Storage chests now correctly upgrade to buffer chests on S2 (Use buffer chest upgrader)

• Increased base amount of space platforms to 2000.

• Belt buffers on Science production now scale correctly with Tier upgrades.

• increased delivery amount on some requester chests in the Mall.

v22.0.10 (September 20, 2025)

• Removed info panels on every stage after the first.,

• Removed text upgrade belts and assemblers before placing.,

• Added info text on T1 for manually upgrading storage chests on stations to buffers to speed up building.,

• Fixed text saying EARN 21 while using EARN 22,

• Fixed sections of the concrete layout,

• Fixed bad power pole connections (again),

• Since S2 now has some science capability's adjusted peak power draw value,

  SA exclusive

• Rocket silos now auto launch,

• Fixed missing red wire connection to cargo landing pad at S2