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At its core,Satisfactoryis an automation game. It gives the player the opportunity to live out their factory management desires, bringing thegameplay mechanics ofFactorioto a three-dimensional world with depth and height. The game features a lot of resource collection, storage management, and production lines.
Initially, the player has to do a lot of the things by hand.Automation is the final reward, and getting there involves a lot of legwork. Therefore, Blade Runners should be your number one priority to unlock when you boot up the game. Blade Runners are leg equipment that makes your life significantly easier, especially in the early portions of the game.
What Do Blade Runners Do in Satisfactory
Blade Runners are leg equipment that players can craft once they advance to a certain point in the game. These mechanical legs do exactly what you might expect them to, they make you better at moving around.
First and foremost, they increase the movement speed of the player by 50%. This means that you’ll be running around much faster, letting you complete tasks at a much higher rate. Additionally, they double your jump height, letting you reach the top of two stacked storage units. They also dampen fall damage.
How to Craft Blade Runners in Satisfactory
Blade Runners need to be crafted at the equipment workshop. However, they need to be unlocked first. Unlikemost of the buildingsand items in Satisfactory, Blade Runners cannot be obtained through the milestone tiers. Instead, they are locked behind a research node in the Molecular Analysis Machine, or MAM for short.
The MAM is a tier 1 milestone reward under Field Research. CompletingField Researchrequiresx300 Screw, andx100 Iron Plate. Both these materials are unlocked as craftables during the Tier 0 onboarding process. Once unlocked, build the MAM using your build gun,requiringx5 Reinforced Iron Plate,x15 Cable, andx45 Wire.
Modular Frames are unlocked atTier 2, underPart Assembly, which needsx200 Cable, x200 Iron Rod, x500 Screw,andx300 Iron Plate.
How to Use Blade Runners
After you’ve crafted the Blade Runners, you can navigate to your inventory, and drag them into your leg equipment slot. After that, you’ll be able to run faster and jump higher than before. To maximize the movement speed gained from Blade Runners, players should use the technique of Slide Jumping.
Similar to B-hoppingin FPS games, players can chain together jumps inSatisfactory. If they crouch right before landing, they’ll gain a small movement boost, and jumping right after that will continue that boost till their next landing. This technique mostly only works on level ground or on a downhill slope. It takes a little getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, your character will be flying through the world, barely touching the ground unless they’re going up a slope.
