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Pax Autocratica GuideIndependent Field Manual
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Production Bottlenecks

DIRECT ANSWER

Production Bottlenecks: current answer

Find a colony bottleneck by checking task selection, production output, pickup and Warehouse receipt in order. ST-11 expands refinery/wood-plant transfers; ST-24 changes worker distribution and interrupted delivery.

Quick facts

  • A full production building and a stalled input supply are different failure states.
  • The official logistics changes cover both station selection and interrupted loads.

Practical workflow — editorial guidance

Pick one item and record where its count stops increasing.

If output is full, inspect hauling; if output never appears, inspect the producer and assigned work.

Repeat the same path after correcting one setting, then record remaining symptoms with a save backup.

Evidence limits

This is an editorial diagnosis workflow, not a tested optimal base layout or throughput formula.

Related systems and next steps

System

Auto-assignment

ST-24 improves Auto-assignment so idle soldiers choose Mining, Logging and Gathering more appropriately. A soldier taking an unexpected job should be checked against available work and temporary orders rather than an assumed hidden priority list.

System

Hauling

For hauling that appears stuck, check the Resource Transfer Station worker's origin and destination. ST-24 changes distribution among full production buildings and redirects interrupted loads to Warehouse, so pre-ST-24 ground-drop behavior is historical.

Building

Warehouse

Warehouse is the intended destination for interrupted Resource Transfer Station deliveries after ST-24. The update also removes the Level 2 prerequisite for hauling goods there; drones are a separate Level 2 feature.

Building

Ore Refinery

Ore Refinery was added to Resource Transfer Station handling in ST-11. If refined output stays at the building, investigate the transfer connection and worker route before treating the refinery's production rate as the cause.

Building

Wood Processing Plant

Wood Processing Plant joins Resource Transfer Station handling in ST-11. Diagnose logs arriving, processing finishing and output being collected as separate stages; an output backlog can be a hauling issue.

Tool

Resource Hauling Checklist

Trace a shipment from its source through transfer work to the Warehouse. Mark a step only after checking your current save; completion is not a guarantee of a fix.

Patch history

Source ledger

Last checked 2026-09-26. Official-source verification is not independent live-game testing. Practical workflows are editorial guidance.