This source-backed Selenian guide follows the Update 1 live release, published on 2026-09-02. It uses the current public reward table instead of older drafts that mixed outdated assumptions, unsupported bundle counts, and feature speculation into one route.
Evidence rule for this page
We use the official Update 1 release record with the current public Wiki reward table. Exact delivery bundles can inform the calculator; features without a directly verified recipe, rate, or power value stay visible in the database but outside calculator math. Always cross-check your own terminal before committing a long grind.
The Milestones We Consider Safe Right Now
If you only remember four Selenian checkpoints, make them these:
Fabricator
This is the first big manufacturing unlock on the current live baseline. It opens rods, sheets, wire, rotors, stators, and many of the parts later corporate orders depend on.
Furnace
This is where higher-heat processing becomes reliable and Electronics planning starts to make sense. It is a stronger progression wall than many old article drafts admitted.
Recycler
The current reward table adds Recycler here. Its unlock is safe to plan around, while its recipe and power values remain outside calculator math until directly verified.
Mega Press
The current direct-capture corporation table points here for Mega Press. Treat it as the safer heavy-forming milestone for turbine, supermagnet, and late structural planning than the older Level 8 baseline.
Laser Drill and Pyro Forge
The current reward table places the two Goethite machines here. Their unlock is confirmed, while calculator-safe machine values are still being collected.
How to Fit Selenian Into a Practical Live Route
One dependable live-build path looks like this:
That route is useful because it lines up your first Ore Excavator, first Smelter, first Fabricator, map access, and first Furnace in a progression order that keeps the factory moving. It is not the only good route, but it is a safer baseline than older pages that treated every Selenian level table as settled fact.
What We Are Not Treating as Settled Fact
- Old delivery bundle tables that conflict with the current Wiki reward table.
- Any Update 1 machine value being used in calculator math before it has a direct numeric source.
- Legacy machine names and tier labels that do not line up with the current Update 1 live baseline.
- Claims that every player should follow one single “fastest” Selenian route regardless of map, power, and Data Point flow.
How to Use the Planner Without Getting Burned
Use the Corporation Calculator as a community-compiled estimate of current live progression. Then verify the delivery screen in your own save. If the calculator and your terminal disagree, trust the terminal first and treat the mismatch as a research item that needs to be corrected.
Pair that with the Production Calculator so you know whether your line can actually feed the Selenian milestone you are targeting. The safest route is not “the shortest route.” It is the route you can sustain without starving the rest of your factory.