Main Sequence
All Main Sequence Guides
Main Sequence guides for factory layout, station power, ship design, research and co-op logistics in the 2026 space factory game.
Getting Started
Main Sequence Beginner Guide: Your First Station
A step-by-step opening for Main Sequence: scan your belt, refine ore, build a powered station, and unlock research without wasting materials.
Main Sequence Tips: 12 Rules That Save Materials
Twelve practical Main Sequence tips for new factory builders: power headroom, belt discipline, drone bays, dock filters, and when not to expand.
Main Sequence Demo Guide: What You Can Try Before Launch
What the Main Sequence demo includes, which research tiers and hulls are unlocked, how co-op works, and whether demo progress carries into Early Access.
Main Sequence System Requirements: Can Your PC Run It?
Official Main Sequence PC requirements explained: CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, Windows version, Steam Deck status, and what to expect on older hardware.
Main Sequence Release Date and Price: Should You Buy Now?
Main Sequence enters Early Access on 12 November 2026 at $24.99 with a 20% launch discount. What the price includes, how long EA lasts, and whether to wait.
Factory & Power
Main Sequence Mining Guide: Laser, Drones and Beacons
How mining works in Main Sequence: scanner ranges, the 125m mining laser, drone bays, gas extractors, beacons, and a route that never runs dry.
Main Sequence Station Building Guide: From Command Module
Build a Main Sequence station that still makes sense at 30 modules: command core, expansion rules, docks, corridors, power, and a clean module order.
Main Sequence Factory Layout: A Plan That Scales
A practical Main Sequence factory layout: production cells, a corridor spine, belt direction, hall sizing, and the expansion mistakes that trap new stations.
Main Sequence Production Chains: Recipes and Ratios
Verified Main Sequence refinery and assembler recipes with per-minute ratios, the nickel bottleneck, and a production plan for circuits, frames, and science.
Main Sequence Power Guide: MW Budgets That Hold
Main Sequence power explained: solar and reactor output, real machine draw, fuel chains, ship power, and how to size a station before it browns out.
Research & Tech
Main Sequence Research Guide: Labs, Science and Order
How research works in Main Sequence: science items, lab placement, the free tier, tech costs, and a priority order that reaches Slipstream without stalling.
Main Sequence Tech Tree: Every Tier and What It Gates
A complete Main Sequence tech tree reference by tier, with science costs, the Slipstream and interstellar gates, and which nodes are worth rushing first.
Ships & Flight
Main Sequence Ship Design Guide: Mass, Thrust and Power
Design ships in Main Sequence that fly: read mass and thrust, place reactors and manoeuvring thrusters, budget weapons, and test before you save a blueprint.
Main Sequence Ship Builds: Miner, Hauler and Combat
Three practical Main Sequence ship builds: a Prospector miner, a cargo hauler, and a Gallant combat hull, with module priorities and material budgets.
Main Sequence Warp Guide: Slipstream Drive and Fuel
Unlock the Slipstream Drive in Main Sequence, build the Enrichment Chamber, make Warp Fuel, and understand the interstellar drive gate.
Main Sequence Blueprints Guide: Save, Share, Rebuild
How blueprints work in Main Sequence: save ship and station designs, version them across patches, share safely, and rebuild without wasting plates.
Logistics & Combat
Main Sequence Logistics Guide: Routes, Docks and Fleets
Move ore and parts across Main Sequence without starving the factory: dock throughput, item filters, hauler routes, fleet control, and hub-and-spoke design.
Main Sequence Combat Guide: Weapons, Shields and Relics
Fight relic machines in Main Sequence: Plasma Cannon and Lance stats, shield math, range control, power budgeting, and the relic progression gate.
Main Sequence Relic Guide: Shards, Analyzer and Modules
Turn Relic Shards into technology in Main Sequence: how the Relic Analyzer works, relic point costs, Relic Capacitors, thrusters, and the destroyer gate.