[Cuprium Ore] Qingbo Stockade 6-Mine Optimization Guide

Learn how to optimize the core 6 Cuprium mine cluster with two water pumps.

6 Cuprium Mine Cluster

Activate the 6-mine cluster early for long-term snowballing.

Hydraulic miners unlock after Tangtang's main story (Wuling Industry II).

Pumps need power — run poles from Jade Valley or Wuling.

Use 2 pumps. (1 pump means returning later.)

Top-Down Production Method

Endfield factory basics use top-down production:

1. Set target output count and production rate.

2. Derive sub-facilities, lines, and input material counts from that output.

3. Optimize downstream until inputs neither overflow nor starve.

Per-Second I/O Calculation

Applying top-down here:

1. Target max Cuprium ore output. (3 high + 3 low purity = 9 ores / 6 sec)

2. Each mine input is 1:1 with output — 9 units / 6 sec inputs.

3. Water pumps must output water at 9 / 6 sec.

Why 2 Water Pumps?

One pump maxes at 6 water / 6 sec (= 1 / 1 sec).

9 / 6 sec demand cannot be met by a single pump.

Splitter Placement

Splitters divide n inputs evenly into 3 directions at n/3 each.

Example: 6 inputs split to 2, 2, 2 across three outputs.

Misused splitters can desync pipe flow — be careful.

If unsure, one splitter handling everything is safest.

(Reference) Single-Pump Setup

At Wuling regional level 6 or below, all 6 mines are low-purity needing 6 water / 6 sec — one pump sufficed.

From level 7+, some mines go high-purity requiring 2 pumps — treat single-pump design as reference only.

Uses 4 splitters: first splits 2-2-2, second splits each 2 into 1-1.

(Tip) Infinite Bombs

If you ran an Aeton bomb line in Canyon Factory #4 for a week and stockpiled 80,000 bombs:

Throw bombs at breakable rocks near mines for fast early ore and snowballing.

Apply this to all new mine sites going forward.