Bot head

Bot Head is one of the three component goods used to assemble a bot. It is produced at the Bot Part Factory and is required alongside a Bot chassis and Bot limb at the Bot Assembler to create a finished mechanical worker. Before Update 3, Bot head were called Golem Heads. Bot Limbs were introduced in Update 2.

A Bot Head costs 1 Metal Block, 3 Gears, and 1 Plank to craft. Like the other bot components, it is part of a production chain that depends on a steady supply of processed materials, so shortages in metalworking or woodworking can stall bot construction. Since each bot requires one head, one chassis, and four limbs, the head is only one piece of the larger investment needed to expand a colony’s bot workforce.

Practical notes:

• The Bot Part Factory can only produce one part type at a time, so scheduling matters if you are making multiple components in parallel.
• Bot production is usually limited by Metal block and Gears, making the head’s metal and gear cost an important part of the bottleneck.
• Because bots have a fixed 70-day lifespan, Bot Heads are part of an ongoing replacement pipeline rather than a one-time craft.
• A steady supply of Bot Heads is especially useful when scaling toward larger bot fleets, since every replacement bot needs the same head component as the first.