Okay, so I’ve been messing around with Satisfactory lately, and I gotta say, the map in this game is HUGE. Like, seriously, you can get lost super easily. I spent hours just trying to find my way back to my base after exploring for a bit. That’s when I decided I needed a better way to keep track of things.

I started by just, you know, trying to remember landmarks. “Okay, there’s that big rock formation, and then the waterfall is over there…” Yeah, that didn’t work out too well. I still got turned around all the time.
My First Attempts
Then I thought, maybe I could draw my own map! So I grabbed some paper and a pencil and started sketching things out as I explored. It was… messy, to say the least. My drawing skills are, shall we say, not the best. Plus, it was hard to keep things to scale. My map ended up looking like a toddler’s scribble.
- Attempt 1: Mental mapping – Epic fail.
- Attempt 2: Hand-drawn map – Looked like abstract art, not very useful.
The Interactive Map Discovery
Finally, I did what I should have done in the first place: I searched online. And that’s when I discovered it! The interactive map!
I found this interactive map, and my mind was BLOWN. It’s got everything! Resource nodes, power slugs, crash sites… you name it. You can even filter by what you’re looking for. And the best part? It’s super detailed. I zoomed in and boom. I got the position.
I explored what the map offers. I explored the different layers. It was a great feeling, discovering all of its features.

I started using the interactive map religiously. I’d plop down markers for points of interest, plan out routes for my railways, and generally just keep track of everything I was doing. It made exploring SO much easier. I could actually venture out without worrying about getting completely lost.
So yeah, that’s my journey to figuring out the map situation in Satisfactory. From getting hopelessly lost to becoming a mapping pro (well, maybe not a pro, but definitely less lost). This interactive map is a lifesaver, seriously.