Find The Needle production stages

The five stages

The Early Access FAQ on Steam describes five stages of production, from hay bales and bricks up to paper, bioplastic and carbon fibre. The same build includes conveyors, pipes, power, scanners, delivery orders, blueprints and building parts.

Unlock order sits in the in-game tech tree and shop — see tech tree.

What hay turns into

Hay turns into hay pulp, compressed bales, eco bricks, hay paper and pellets (Demo store page). Early Access adds bioplastic and carbon fibre on top of those five (hay products).

How to grow a line without stalling

1. Keep a live sell belt (sell hay and money)
2. Add power and snap before a new processing machine (conveyors and power)
3. Put scanners on packaging outputs (scanners and needles)
4. Open the next named machine from the machines index when the shop offers it

A Standard pile takes about 7–10 hours; the Mountain, 30 hours or more. Hardware headroom for big yards is on system requirements.