Efficiency is key in Satisfactory, and what better way to make your factory more efficient than to program where your materials go? The Programmable Splitter lets you designate specific materials to send through each belt, giving you much greater control over your factory’s production.
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In practice, the Programmable Splitter only has a few niche uses because it requires multiple items to be on the same input belt. However, it can help save space by having one belt transport all the different items you might need for a project. Below, we’ll take a look at how to unlock the Programmable Splitter, and how to use one.
How To Unlock The Programmable Splitter
The Programmable Splitter is unlocked in the Caterium research tree in the MAM. This research tree is unlocked after mining your first piece of Caterium.
Before you can research the Programmable Splitter itself, you’ll need to unlock the following nodes in the Caterium tree.
- Caterium
- Caterium Ingots
- Quickwire
- Zipline
- AI Limiter
Once the node is unlocked, you’ll need to spend 100 AI Limiters, 50 Computers, and 50 Heavy Modular Frames to research it. After the three-second research time, you can now build as many Programmable Splitters as you want. Each one costs 5 AI Limiters, 2 Computers, and 1 Heavy Modular Frame to create.
How To Use Programmable Splitters
Press the interact button to pull up the Programmable Splitters interface. Here, you can choose specifically which items are able to go through the left, center, and right outputs. This means that, to get any use out of the Programmable Splitter, the input will need to have multiple types of items on it.
Instead of choosing a specific item, you can also use the Any, None, Any Undefined, and Overflow options. Here’s a breakdown of what each of these do.
- Any: any item can be sent through this output, functionally the same as a normal Splitter.
- None: no items will be sent through this output.
- Any Undefined: any items that are not defined in the other outputs will be sent through this output instead.
- Overflow: this output will only be used if the other outputs are full, or if an item is not defined in the other outputs.
Using these rules, you can create some interesting setups where you efficiently separate your items, sending only exactly what you need through each output.
