Heavy Machinery Anchoring Guide: Optimal Placement for Smelters, Water Cisterns & Wind Turbines

The Heavy Machinery Paradox in Vertical Settlements

Industrialization is essential to convert raw ocean scrap into refined steel girders and deep-sea diving gear. However, heavy machinery constitutes the greatest single point of failure in mid-game colonies.

1. Industrial Machinery Weight Index

• Heavy Ore Smelter (25 kg): The heaviest building unit in the game. Generates high heat and vibration. Requires dedicated vertical Steel Pylon lines extending directly to bedrock.
• Bulk Water Reservoir (18 kg Full / 4 kg Empty): Variable-mass facility. Must be anchored to metal grates to handle sudden mass surges after heavy downpours.
• High-Altitude Wind Turbine (12 kg): Top-heavy utility building. Generates +15% extra power at high elevations but amplifies storm wind-shear torque.

2. The "Spine Architecture" Method

Never place Smelters on residential wood decks or cantilevers. The optimal strategy is building a centralized Industrial Spine composed of twin Reinforced Dual-Core Steel Pylons (100kg capacity). This isolates industrial weight and allows pneumatic pipes to route refined metals directly down to floating bubble storage depots.