Decide whether the factory is actually unlocked
The v1.0.3 recipe catalog lists the Ancient Material Synthesizer at level 78, costing 50 Paloxite Ingots and 10 Ancient Civilization Cores, with 1,000,000 build-work units. The article calls it Ancient Technology, while the captured recipe flag is ancient=false; check the live technology screen before budgeting point type.
Move from a gathering route to a production queue
- Before the station is available, the reference obtains Coralum Ore from deep-sea salvage and Chromite through Metal Detector routes.
- Build the station in a powered, accessible area. Open its recipe menu and verify the material you need is selectable.
- Assign one suitable worker, run a modest test batch and confirm which work icon the live recipe requests. The source calls the worker Mining, while other reports describe Handiwork behavior; do not invest a handbook from that wording alone.
- Put storage beside the output and watch an entire batch for power, worker interruptions and pickup delays.
Measure the benefit rather than promising unlimited ore
The source reports queues up to 9,999 and very fast Alpha Sekhmet results. Neither is a guaranteed current-build timer. Compare material delivered per session against the manual route, including the facility’s capital cost. Pocketpair later fixed a Synthesizer resume multiplier problem in 1.0.4, making old timing claims especially patch-sensitive.