Satisfactory: Core Values

Core Values is the first paid major expansion for Satisfactory. Coffee Stain Studios moves its own part of factory building, automation and exploration into the crust of MASSAGE-2 (A-B)b.

The expansion adds new underground biomes, resources, flora, fauna, buildings, production lines and its own story. The main game is required to play.

Core Values has no specific release date yet. However, Coffee Stain has confirmed that the expansion is set to release simultaneously on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

On PC, Steam and the Epic Games Store are planned. Price and exact date have not yet been announced.

Core Values is announced for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. On PC, the expansion is set to release via Steam and the Epic Games Store. The respective Satisfactory base game is required for all versions.

Core Values builds a separate underground factory network. Pioneers tap new resources, research new production lines and buildings, and explore cavernous biomes with their own flora, fauna, and passive and hostile creatures.

After unlocking, you can switch between the surface and the underground. Coffee Stain positions the expansion not just as a new location, but as its own production and exploration branch within the same save game.

The current Steam page lists at least Windows 10 64-bit, an Intel Core i5-3570, 8 GB RAM, a GeForce GTX 1650 or GTX 1050 Ti or Radeon RX 470/570, and 20 GB of free storage. Recommended are Windows 11, a Ryzen 5 5600X or Core i5-12400, 16 GB RAM and an RTX 2070 or RX 5700.

The DLC unlocks after Tier 3 of HUB research and building the Space Elevator. After that, players can switch between the main story and the Core Values story at their own pace.

The underground has its own research, buildings and production lines, but remains embedded in the same save game. This is meant to ensure that even a very advanced surface save does not fully anticipate the new challenges.

The caves' limited geometry is set to noticeably change logistics. In a developer interview, Coffee Stain describes the size of the caves itself as a central design problem: they have to offer enough space for creative factories, yet stay narrow enough that the underground plays differently from the open surface.

Conveyor belts do not disappear, but in Core Values they are supposed to be far less universally usable. Instead, new logistics tools are planned to connect production buildings sensibly despite the spatial constraints of the caves.