Endgame Guide: Overdrive, Processors & Final-Tier Industry

Endgame covers the systems and tools you unlock and rely on once a Mindustry base transitions from midgame steady-state into high-rate production, maximum automation, and large-scale defense/offense. Endgame focuses on density (doing more in less space), high-throughput logistics, advanced logic and displays, and specialized infrastructure that scales production and military power to their limits.

Goals of endgame

• Multiply production and throughput without sprawling base size.
• Keep defenses and factories operating at extreme rates during waves and assaults.
• Orchestrate complex behavior with advanced logic and clear, large displays.
• Manage high volumes of liquids, coolant, and power that advanced blocks require.

Speed boosting: Overdrive Domes and Projectors

Overdrive Projectors and Overdrive Domes are the core endgame multipliers. Their boost multiplies virtually every input and output of affected blocks: production, consumption, transport speed, turret fire rates and ammo use, power draw and generation, and industry throughput. Effectively an Overdrive boost is equivalent to having that many more copies of affected blocks packed into the same footprint — ideal for condensing large-scale factories and gun lines.

Key behavior rules

• The boost scales both outputs and resource consumption proportionally. Producers will therefore consume more items and liquids (including coolant) as they are sped up.
• Turrets fire and rotate faster and will burn ammo and coolant faster.
• Logistics (conveyors, routers, etc.) move items proportionally faster, increasing throughput.
• Menders, force projectors, and similar tick-rate-based blocks regenerate/repair faster.
• Logic processors execute more instructions per real second when inside a boost.
• Overdrive Domes and Projectors do not stack with other Overdrive sources: blocks accept only the strongest Overdrive boost present and ignore weaker ones.
• Overdrive Domes/Projectors themselves are not affected by their own boost (they do not self-amplify).

Use cases

• Compress large assembler arrays, recycler farms, and unit production into condensed, high-throughput clusters.
• Concentrate turret belts/lines for dense layered defenses without massive footprint expansion.
• Speed up research and reconstructors to churn advanced units and items faster.

Design note

• Because boosted blocks consume proportionally more resources and coolant, ensure supply lines and coolant capacity are scaled to match the chosen boost factor.

Advanced logic: Endgame Processors and Displays

High-end automation and battlefield scripting rely on the endgame logic hardware.

Processors

• Endgame processors offer many more instructions per second (high tick instruction counts) and wider link ranges than early processors.
• The top-tier processors require coolant to run; they provide a substantial increase in instruction throughput and range for controlling large, distributed systems.
• Processor instruction counts are scaled per tick and per second; placing processors inside Overdrive boosts increases their instruction execution rate proportionally to the boost.

Displays

• Endgame displays provide much larger visual canvases for telemetry, tactical maps, and operator feedback.
• There are multiple display options: larger fixed displays and modular canvases that scale to much larger sizes (including a very large modular option for complex UIs).
• Displays can only render when fed drawing instructions from a processor; use Draw and Draw Flush instructions to control visuals.

Practical tips

• Put demanding control logic and displays inside Overdrive boosts cautiously: you gain instruction throughput but must supply the processor with required coolant and handle the higher update rates.
• Use the wider link range of endgame processors to control distant installations without relying on relay chains.

High-throughput liquids and coolant handling

Endgame factories and processors often require significant liquid throughput and dedicated coolant lines.

Pumps and junctions

• Final-tier pumps and liquid junctions exist to handle the flow rates required by late-game refineries, reactors, and processors.
• Use the highest-tier pumps for fueling multiple boosted producers and for keeping reactors and coolant loops stable.

Cooling

• Top-tier processors require coolant to run; boosted production increases coolant demand proportionally. Build redundant coolant circulation, heat exchangers, and storage to prevent throttling.
• When planning Overdrive-packed production, dimension your coolant network around the multiplied consumption rather than the base rate.

Design note

• Keep pump placement and routing compact and protected; liquid lines are a common target for attacks and often the limiting factor for sustained boosted operation.

Practical endgame base design principles

• Balance density with redundancy: Overdrive lets you pack more into less space, but single-line failures (power, coolant, item throughput) become catastrophic. Add multiple feeds and quick bypasses.
• Scale inputs, not just outputs: sped-up blocks require proportionally more raw materials, liquids, and power. Ensure miners, conveyors, and power generation scale to meet boosted demand.
• Protect the bottlenecks: identify which link (ammo, coolant, power, items) limits your boosted system and harden or duplicate it.
• Use logic to manage resource contention: automated routing, priority insertion, and emergency shutdown scripts keep critical lines stable during assaults.
• Monitor with large displays: surface real-time throughput, reactor temps, coolant levels, and turret ammo status on endgame displays for quick operator decisions.

Typical endgame builds

• Packed assembler farms sitting under Overdrive Projectors for rapid mass-production of advanced units and supplies.
• Dense layered turret arrays inside Overdrive Domes using coolant-fed turrets for maximum fire density.
• Large logic centers using endgame processors and modular canvases to control entire base operations, research queues, and emergency defenses.
• High-capacity pump arrays and junctions supplying coolant and liquids to spread demand across multiple lines and storage tanks.

Summary

Endgame in Mindustry is about multiplying output density while managing the multiplied costs: power, items, coolant, and logistics. Overdrive Domes/Projectors are the central multiplier; endgame processors and displays are the control center; final-tier pumps and coolant networks provide the necessary sustain. Design for redundancy, scale your inputs to your boosted outputs, and use advanced logic and displays to keep everything coordinated under heavy load.