Upgrading your technology is a key part of progression in Satisfactory, and Hard Drives are the best source of new recipes. Discovering Hard Drives will reward you with Alternate Recipes, which are much more efficient versions of the standard items that you unlock as you level up the HUB and research new technology.
Hard Drives are hidden all over the world in Satisfactory, so tracking them down can be a hassle. Plus, each Hard Drive contains arandom assortment of Alternate Recipes, so you may spend hours trying to get the one item that you need for yourdream factory setup. This guide will show you where to find every Hard Drive in Satisfactory, including thecoordinatesfor each of them andhow to rerollthe Alternate Recipes inside so you have the best chances of getting what you need.
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Satisfactory Hard Drive locations map
Here’s a brief overview ofall 118 Crash Site locationsin Satisfactory so you can see which Hard Drives are the closest to your base.
Hard Drive coordinates
These are moredetailed coordinates for each of the Hard Drives in Satisfactory. You caninput these coordinates in the upper right corner of the in-game mapto ping their map location for easy tracking.
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How to reroll Alternate Recipes from Hard Drives
Each Hard Drive gives you achoice between two random Alternate Recipes. If you don’t like either option, there is a way toreroll the Hard Driveand force it to give you new choices. After the 10-minute scan to reveal the Hard Drive’s contents, you can justpress the Escape key to close the Alternate Recipe choice menuand thenrepeat the research processto get a new pair of blueprints.
This strategy used to be much more effective in the early access version of Satisfactory.The 1.0 update nerfed Hard Drive rerolls, so you may only do this once per Hard Drive.However, the blueprints contained inside a Hard Drive arerandomly determined at the start of each 10-minute research period, so you can justsave your game before researching and then reload your save fileif you don’t like what you get. It sucks to lose progress from reloading a save, but this workaround is an easy way to guarantee that you get something good from each Hard Drive you find.
Best Satisfactory Alternate Recipe tier list
These are thebest Alternate Recipesthat you’re able to get from Hard Drives in Satisfactory.
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Currently serving as a Senior Staff Writer at PC Invasion, Diego Perez has been writing about video games since 2018, specializing in live service games like Destiny and Final Fantasy XIV. His work is featured at publications like Game Rant and Attack of the Fanboy (where he served as Associate Editor), but PC Invasion is home to his best work. When he’s planning content or writing guides, he’s yelling about Ape Escape or grinding Lost Sectors in Destiny. Plus, he has a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Media Studies for Texas A&M University.
