The Automated Industry Complex (AIC) is one of the key technologies of Endfield Industries.
Use the AIC to create the fully automated AIC Factory and produce various materials for making pieces of gear, tactical items, AIC facilities, and other AIC products.

The Protocol Automation-Core (PAC) is the heart of the Automated Industry Complex (AIC) Factory. Storage management becomes available when standing in the Core AIC Area of the PAC.

Every Endfield power grid facility in the region must ultimately link back to the PAC.

The Backpack is connected to the Depot in the Core AIC Area or near TP Points. Both the Backpack and Depot panels are opened at once for easy storage management.

The Sub-PAC and PAC share similar functions. Both can be used as TP Points and automatically supply power to Electric Pylons within their Core AIC Areas.

The Automated Industry Complex (AIC) includes a special AIC Mode that must be used to construct AIC Factory facilities. The AIC Mode also features a special hotbar with hotkeys for placing facilities. Simply drag facilities into the hotbar to use it.

The Relay Tower is a key power transmission facility. Relay Towers can be used to transmit power to other Relay Towers, Electric Pylons, and Electric Nexuses to connect them to the power grid.

The Protocol Automation-Core (PAC) is the origin and source of the power grid. Transmit power from the PAC to a Relay Tower to add it and all connected facilities into the power grid.

Relay Towers outside the Core AIC Area do not supply power to facilities. This can only be done with a powered Electric Pylon. Transmit power from a powered Relay Tower to an Electric Pylon to connect the latter into the power grid. The Electric Pylon can then power facilities within its power supply radius.

Research this AIC technology to give Relay Towers the ability to supply power to nearby facilities. This is especially useful for powering facilities in the wilderness.

Most facilities must be powered by Electric Pylons to work. Power a facility by placing it within the power supply radius of an Electric Pylon connected to the power grid.

Place Electric Pylons in the Core AIC Area of the PAC to automatically connect them to the grid. Connected Electric Pylons can supply power to facilities within their power supply radius.

Research this AIC technology to give Electric Pylons the ability to transmit power across distances. This is especially useful to establish power transmission connections between power facilities.

In certain cramped places where the Relay Tower cannot fit, the smaller Electric Pylon might be useful for power transmission.

All AIC Factory facilities are constructed by the Protocol Automation-Core (PAC). The facility template is required for the construction. Templates can be acquired by researching AIC technologies in the AIC Factory Plan.

When setting up the AIC Factory, select facilities in the Backpack or Depot to place them. Facilities can also be dragged from the Backpack or Depot into the hotbar, then use the hotkeys to start placing them.

Use the Facility List to quickly find and place facilities already owned. If more facilities are required, simply construct more.

After reaching a certain Exploration Level, facilities shared by other players will start to appear in Talos-II. They can be used as required.

A shared facility loses stability with time and will completely disappear at zero stability. Repair shared facilities to reset its stability and extend its presence.

View the source details of a shared facility to add the sharing player as a friend. Friends can also share shared facilities.

There are a number of experimental facilities in Talos-II used by Endfield Industries to verify Techno-Protocol deployment. They can be treated as shared facilities, but offer no source players to add as a friend.

To move a facility, open its control panel, then use the Move button to move it. Facilities can also be rotated to adjust the positions of the input and output ports. Transport belts cannot be moved in this manner.

After opening a facility's control panel, use the stash button to stash the facility and place it in the Backpack or Depot.

The AIC Mode also includes the Stash Mode. Stash Mode allows quick and easy stashing of nearby facilities that have been selected.

AIC Mode also offers a Top View Mode. In Top View Mode, the operators will remain at their places and the view is switched to a top view camera. This gives a clearer view of the Core AIC Area and is useful for setting up complex production lines.

In Top View Mode, box selection can be used to select multiple facilities and logistics units. Facilities can also be copied, moved, saved to a blueprint, and stashed when using box selection.

Blueprints are special tools to quickly set up AIC Factory facilities. Use blueprints to quickly deploy preset layouts of multiple facilities in the Core AIC Area.

Certain system blueprints are rewards acquired by completing certain simulations. System blueprints can be used to quickly set up production lines.

Friends can use Friend Chat to share blueprints with each other and save posted blueprints. Blueprint sharing codes can also be created. Players can then enter the sharing codes to import the shared blueprint.

When placing blueprints without all of the facilities required, the missing facilities can be placed as an Unconstructed Set. Submitting all of the missing facilities converts the Unconstructed Set into actual facilities with a single action.

Items can be dragged from the Backpack or Depot into a facility. If the facility has the formula for processing the items, it will do so accordingly. Each facility can only use 1 production formula at any given time.

Once facilities finish processing, the products can be retrieved and placed in the Backpack or Depot.

Production facilities have various production formulas. Open the facility's control panel to view all production formulas currently available to it. If items placed in the facility satisfy the inputs of any formula, the facility will use it to start production immediately.

Pin formulas to show them at the main screen in the Core AIC Area. Select the items of the pinned formula to view details of the item and open its own formula. After opening the formula, use the Back button to return to the original pinned formula.

The PAC, Sub-PAC, and most production facilities have input and output ports. Connect transport belts to the output port to automatically move items out of the facility or Depot. Connect transport belts to the input port to move items into the facility or Depot.

The Protocol Automation-Core (PAC) and Sub-PAC are connected to the Depot. Once an item is selected for an output port, it will start to unload the selected item from the Depot into the Core AIC Area.

Transport belts are basic logistics units. They are used to move materials and products between facilities. Transport belts can only be placed in the Core AIC Area.

In the Core AIC Area, enter the transport belt mode to start placing transport belts. Select any grid on the ground, facility outputs, or facility inputs to determine the directions of the transport belt and plan its route.

When placing transport belts, the input and output ports of facilities will be marked with conspicuous arrows. Any transport belt must start from a facility or another transport belt already placed.

The control panel of transport belts shows their logistics info. The left side represents the facility's input ports and auto-loading of materials from incoming transport belts. The right side shows the facility's output ports and auto-unloading of products to outgoing transport belts.

When a facility is clogged, the facility will stop loading materials or unloading products. The bottom part of the facility panel will also display warning signs that the facility is clogged.

The AIC Factory Plan shows a detailed AIC Factory technology research tree. Every node represents an AIC technology.

The AIC Factory Plan is divided into 3 phases. Progress through the main mission and acquire Expansion Cores to unlock the next phase.

Use the AIC Factory Plan to view tutorials on various AIC technologies.

In the region of Wuling, switch to the Wuling AIC Plan to research new AIC technologies. Protocol Dataloggers can also be collected in Wuling to earn Wuling AIC Index.

Many Protocol Dataloggers can be found scattered across Talos-II. Approach and interact with them to acquire AIC Index.

The locations of Protocol Dataloggers are already marked on the map. Use map markers to find these Protocol Dataloggers.

Simulations are used to simulate different scenarios for using the AIC Factory. Once activated, the simulation can be directly accessed via the Operational Manual or AIC Factory Plan. Completing simulations also provides a relevant system blueprint.

Every Core AIC Area can be upgraded. Approach the AIC Steward near the Core AIC Area to open the upgrade screen.

Regional stock bills can be spent to upgrade the Core AIC Area. An upgraded Core AIC Area will be bigger. Exploration progress will also make other functions available.

Every region has its own Protocol Capacity. Different facilities take up different amounts of Protocol Capacity and placing them outside the Core AIC Area uses up the Capacity. If Protocol Capacity of a region has been used up, no more facilities can be placed in that region.

Mining Rigs are facilities specialized for mining ores. They can only be placed on mining spots.

Different mining rigs can mine different minerals. Lower tier mining rigs are incapable of mining higher tier minerals.

The Portable Originium Rig mines Originium Ore and uses a fraction of it to power itself. It does not need to be connected to the power grid to keep mining Originium Ore.

Remember to return to Portable Originium Rigs regularly to manually gather the mined Originium Ore. The Portable Originium Rig will stop mining when its Originium Ore storage cache is full.

The Electric Mining Rig can mine higher tier minerals but must be powered in order to work. Use the Electric Pylon to supply it with power.

The Electric Mining Rig has belt-free transfer features that automatically deliver mined ores from its cache to the Depot.

The Electric Mining Rig Mk II is an improved version of the Electric Mining Rig. It is capable of mining harder minerals such as Ferrium Ore.

The Hydro Mining Rig only needs Clean Water to work, and does not require power. It can extract rarer minerals such as Cuprium Ore.

Cuprium Ore is a raw material for making higher tier products such as Yazhen Syringes [A] and Cuprium Components.

Mining Cuprium Ore requires the use of Hydro Mining Rigs. Wuling AIC II factory technology Hydro Mining must be researched first to construct this AIC Factory facility.

AIC facilities can process different materials to produce various factory goods and products. Refining Units can refine.
Typical product: Origocrust, made by placing Originium Ore in the Refining Unit.

The Fluid Mode lets the Refining Unit use fluid-related formulas for production. Typical product: Cuprium. Use the control panel to manually switch the Refining Unit back to Solid Mode.

Shredding Units can shred materials into powder.
Typical product: Originium Powder, made by placing Originium Ore in the Shredding Unit.

The Gearing Unit can process materials with the [Gear] tag to produce materials for gear assembly.
Typical product: Amethyst Component, made by placing Origocrust and Amethyst Fiber in the Gearing Unit.

Gear components are essential for gear assembly. Different components are needed to assemble gear of different quality.

The Fitting Unit can process materials with the [Fit] tag to produce facility construction materials or other things.
Typical product: Amethyst Part, made by placing Amethyst Fiber in the Fitting Unit.

The Moulding Unit can process materials with the [Mould] tag to make materials for making medication and food production.
Typical product: Amethyst Bottle, made by placing Amethyst Fiber in the Moulding Unit.

The Filling Unit can process materials with the [Fill] tag to produce various medications or processed foods.
Typical product: Buck Capsule [C], made by placing Amethyst Bottle and Buckflower Powder in the Filling Unit.

After unlocking Fluid Mode for the Filling Unit, the facility can produce with fluid-related formulas.
Typical product: Yazhen Solution in Ferrium Bottles, made by placing Yazhen Solution and Ferrium Bottle in the Filling Unit.

The Packaging Unit can process materials with the [Package] tag to make explosives or batteries. Typical product 1: LC Battery, made by placing Amethyst Part and Originium Powder in the Packaging Unit.

Typical product 2: Industrial Explosive, made by placing Amethyst Part and Aketine Powder in the Packaging Unit.

The Thermal Bank is a facility that generates electrical power. It raises the power output of the regional power grid to supply power to more facilities. Thermal Banks consume Originium Ore and batteries to generate power. Batteries generate more power than Originium Ore and greatly improve power output efficiency of Thermal Banks.

When the Protocol Automation-Core (PAC) runs out of power reserves, build more Thermal Banks to generate power and build up the power reserves again. Facilities can also be switched OFF to reduce power consumption.

Switch to top view mode and use bulk actions to select multiple facilities. The selected facilities can then be switched OFF with a bulk action to reduce power consumption more quickly.

The Planting Unit can grow seeds of common plants and raise them to maturity.
Typical product: Buckflower, grown from Buckflower Seeds placed in the Planting Unit.

After unlocking Fluid Mode for the Planting Unit, the facility can grow crops that require fluids.
Typical product: Jincao, made by placing Clean Water and Jincao Seed in the Planting Unit.

The Seed-Picking Unit can pick seeds from common plants.
Typical product: Buckflower Seed, picked from Buckflowers placed in the Seed-Picking Unit.

Seed-Picking Units can be used to pick seeds from rare plants that cannot be grown quickly.
Typical product: Reed Rye Seed, picked from Reed Rye placed in the Seed-Picking Unit.

The Grinding Unit can process materials with the [Grind] tag to make dense and finer powders with the help of grinding auxiliaries.
Typical product: Dense Ferrium Powder, made by placing Ferrium Powder and Sandleaf Powder in the Grinding Unit.

Item Control Port can limit items allowed to pass through transport belts.

Use the Item Control Port to limit the quantity of items passing through the belt. It can also be used in blueprints to mark the type of items to be used on a blueprint.

The Depot Bus uses Depot Loaders and Depot Unloaders to move items into and out of the Depot respectively.

Interact with a Depot Unloader to select a Depot item, then connect the Depot Unloader to a transport belt to automatically unload the selected item from the Depot. Moving items to a Depot Loader via a connected transport belt will automatically store them in the Depot.

The Depot Loader and Depot Unloader can be placed anywhere right next to the entire length of the Depot Bus.

The Splitter can split the product flow of 1 transport belt to up to 3 transport belts.

Select the Splitter from the Facility List to place it, OR drag it into the facilities hotbar then use hotkeys to place it instead.

The Belt Bridge allows a transport belt to go over another without disrupting the flow of items on both belts.

The Converger can converge product flows of 3 transport belts into a single belt.

The Protocol Stash can store items. When powered, the Protocol Stash can also deliver stored items to the Depot on a regular basis.

The Protocol Stash can also be connected to transport belts to move its stored contents out.

After reaching certain phases of exploration, Memo Beacons left by other explorers may start to appear.

Memo Beacons may include icons and messages that other explorers wish to convey about the location.

Easy Stashes can be directly connected to a local Depot to quickly load and unload various items.

Easy Stashes connected to the power grid will also appear in the scenes of other players. Their contents may help them greatly.

Set up zipline routes with Zipline Pylons to quickly zip from one Pylon to another. Approach a Zipline Pylon to latch on to it to start ziplining. Other Zipline Pylons can be selected as the destination to quickly zip to it, as long as there are no obstacles along the way.

Only a limited number of zipline facilities can be placed in an area due to their expensive maintenance. Hence, zipline routes must be planned carefully.

The Zipline Tower is an improved version of the Zipline Pylon. It has a longer zipline range and allows the creation of zipline routes that pass through multiple Zipline Towers in a single trip.

After latching onto a Zipline Tower, another Zipline Tower within zipping range can be selected as the next "node". Any Zipline Tower can only be selected as the "node" once. Do this a few times to create a linked one-way route and zip from the first to the last Zipline Tower without stopping.

When ziplining along a linked route and approaching a Zipline Tower, a button prompt indicating the next node to move to will appear on screen. Press the button within the time limit to continue ziplining to the next node in the link without stopping.

The Gun Tower is a combat facility. When operational, it automatically attacks enemy targets within its attack range.

When placing a combat facility, the blue circle indicates its attack range. Combat facilities will automatically attack enemy targets within their attack range.

The number of combat facilities that can be placed is limited by Protocol Capacity as well as a separate Combat Facilities Limit. Both restrictions will be displayed when placing combat facilities.

Combat facilities must be powered and have enough charges to attack enemies. Combat facility charging status is visible from its appearance. The charging ring shown in the facility panel also indicates its charging status.

Once connected to the power grid, the combat facility will slowly charge itself. There is also a charge limit. A combat facility must consume charges to attack, and will be unable to attack if it lacks the minimum charges required.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, Medical Towers can convert their charges into treatment for restoring the HP of team operators nearby.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, Grenade Towers can automatically attack enemies within range. The grenades they fire will explode upon hitting the enemy to deal damage to a group of enemies.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, Beam Towers can automatically attack enemies within range. Beam Towers deal high damage against a single enemy but have a slow rate of fire.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, LN Towers can automatically attack enemies within range. LN crystals deal limited damage but they can slow the movement of enemies hit.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, Heavy Gun Towers can automatically attack enemies within range. The Heavy Gun Tower deals higher damage than the Gun Tower.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, the Omnidirectional Sonic Tower can automatically attack enemies within the area. The tower emits non-damaging sonic waves that stun enemies they hit.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, Surge Towers can automatically attack enemies within range. After hitting an enemy, the arc surge can chain up to 2 times to deal damage to nearby enemies.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, Sentry Towers can automatically attack enemies within range. When facing multiple enemies, Sentry Towers will first attack higher threat targets. They also have a long attack range.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, HE Grenade Towers can automatically attack enemies within range. The HE Grenade Tower deals higher damage than the Grenade Tower.

A powered Marsh Gas Mk I automatically attacks enemies within range to deal area DMG and slow them down.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, Deluge Towers can automatically attack enemies within range. The tower fires a stream of deluge at approaching enemies. The stream pushes back small and medium enemies along the direction of the attack.

When charged by the power grid or batteries, AF1 Armor Fragger can automatically attack enemies within range. The tower fires a flaming jet to attack approaching enemies. The flaming jet continuously deals Heat DMG to enemies within range.

Wuling is a region (like Valley IV) and has its own Wuling Depot. When exploring a region, you can only access its local depot.

After unlocking multiple depots, go to Dijiang to manually switch the currently connected regional depot to manage it accordingly.

Regional transfer is a function that transfers items and goods from one region to another. It can be used at the PAC - Protocol Management. There are 2 modes of Regional Transfer: Stockpile Transfer and Metastorage Transfer, respectively unlocked by reaching specific Regional Development Levels in the source region.

Stockpile Transfer deducts goods from the source depot and transfers the same amount of goods to the depot of the destination region.

Metastorage Transfer is the direct transfer of goods to the destination region without deducting any goods from the source region storage. This mode of transfer is unlocked when the source region reaches a higher Regional Development Level.

Refer to the input and output arrows on the ground to make pipeline connections.

There is a length limit when placing pipelines. When a pipeline is placed, a pipe support is also auto-placed at the very end. The next pipeline section can begin from that pipe support.

Pipe Splitters can split 1 pipeline into 2 or 3 pipelines to divide fluid flow.

The Pipe Converger can converge up to 3 pipelines into a single pipeline.

The Pipe Bridge allows a pipeline to go over another without disrupting the flow of fluids in both pipelines.

Use the Facility List panel to select and place a pipeline logistics unit directly, or drag it into the hotbar and place it with hotkeys.

Conduit Inlets can form underground pipeline connections with Conduit Outlets for fluid transportation.
Once a conduit connection is formed, fluids entering the Conduit Inlet can be automatically transported to the connected Conduit Outlet.

A Fluid Tank can store a single type of fluid delivered to it via pipelines.

The Fluid Pump must be placed near lakes or other water bodies. The pump inlet must be within the water body itself.

Use Electric Pylons to power the Fluid Pump and acquire fluids at a stable rate.

Fluid Supply Units can only be placed near a lake or other water bodies. When placed, its fluid outlet must be above the water body.

The Fluid Supply Unit must be connected to the power grid to supply fluids to the specified area.

If the fluid to be supplied by the Fluid Supply Unit differs from the existing fluid in the target pool, the Fluid Supply Unit will be unable to work.

Xiranite Pylons are exclusive to the region of Wuling. When placed outside the Core AIC Area, they auto-connect to the PAC and Xiranite Relays within an 80-meter radius; and to Xiranite Pylons and other power facilities within a 30-meter radius. However, they cannot connect to other power facilities within the Core AIC Area. When placed inside the Core AIC Area, they only auto-connect to the PAC. Xiranite Pylons can be used for powering facilities within range and power transmission across short distances.

Xiranite Relays are exclusive to the region of Wuling. When placed outside the Core AIC Area, they auto-connect to the PAC and any Xiranite power facilities within an 80-meter radius, but cannot connect to other power facilities within the Core AIC Area. When placed inside the Core AIC Area, they only auto-connect to the PAC. Xiranite Relays can be used for power transmission and powering facilities within a short range.

The Forge of the Sky produces Xiranite. This material is needed to construct special facilities, assemble special gear of Wuling, and can be helpful during exploration. Forges of the Sky are special facilities of Wuling and can only be placed in that region.

Only a limited number of Forges of the Sky can be placed. Research certain AIC technologies to place more Forges.

Separating Units can physically separate certain items. An example would be separating a filled bottle into an empty bottle and its fluid content.

Depot Bus Sections can be placed in the Core AIC Area.

The Depot Bus Section must be connected to a Depot Bus Port or other active Depot Bus Sections. Once active, Depot Loaders and Depot Unloaders can be attached to the Depot Bus.

The Reactor Crucible can perform reactions or dissolve solids to make solutions.
Typical product: Jincao Solution, made by placing Clean Water and Jincao Powder in the Reactor Crucible.

When using the Reactor Crucible, the product outlets must be manually set to move fluid and solid materials out of the facility.

Use the Reactor Crucible's indicator colors to differentiate between the fluid outlet pipelines.

Expanding the cache of the Reactor Crucible lets it perform more reaction formulas at once.

Connect the Sprinkler to a source of water to sprinkle water to the target.

The Sprinkler is smart and will automatically stop sprinkling the target if it no longer needs watering.

The Water Treatment Unit can slowly remediate and purify Sewage, Xircon Effluent, and Inert Xircon Effluent to make the AIC Factory pollution-free.