Islands Reborn Factory Update: Copper and Steel Machines
Quick answer
- The Factory Update tour names the drill, steel mill, copper press and steel press.
- Drills work copper deposits on the personal island.
- Steel mills produce steel ingots in a conveyor-fed production line.
Understand the factory machine families
The Islands Reborn Factory Update introduces a production-focused project: the drill, steel mill, copper press and steel press are the machine families named in the current-game tour. Use that set as a way to choose a construction goal, rather than buying every machine without a plan.
This guide describes the Factory Update material reviewed in October 2026. A release marker does not mean every speculation about the next resource has become a released feature.
Version record checkedGive copper and steel their own lines
A drill is placed over a copper deposit on the personal island, with output directed toward storage or further processing. The deposits are described as appearing randomly. Use the deposit available to your island rather than expecting a fixed spawn coordinate or timer.
The steel-mill line produces steel ingots from its smelted-material and coal supply. Keep that purpose separate from copper drilling. The machines belong to different parts of production, even when the projects share conveyors and chest storage.
Choose one useful factory project first
If copper is the goal, plan the drill and output destination together. If steel ingots are the goal, concentrate on the supply and handling of the steel-mill line. Keeping one result in view makes the building commitment easier to manage.
The Islands Reborn resource guide connects those outputs with gathering and crafting. For later changes, use Islands Reborn update notices; do not plan a gold-deposit build solely from a creator's suggestion about what might arrive next.