Cut a Gem Conveyor Layout Guide

Conveyors are the veins of Cut a Gem. Geodes, gems, and timing all ride on tile placement. A bad layout starves grinders, jams offline ticks, and caps purity before buyers ever quote. This guide covers routing principles, expansion patterns, bottleneck diagnosis, and rebuild etiquette—read Getting Started first if you still place tiles manually one geode at a time.

Layout interacts with every other system: Increase Purity needs ordered grinder chains, Offline Farming needs jam-free paths, Buyer Negotiation needs steady gem output.

Core layout principles

Feed before speed — Ensure geode hopper throughput matches first grinder intake before adding parallel lines.

Serial purity chains — Run gems through grinders low-to-high tier in one direction. Splitting mid-chain unless duplicated full chains lowers peak purity.

Shortest reliable path — Fewer turns mean fewer jam points on mobile servers. Fancy spirals cost offline reliability.

Expand outward, not inward — Leave space beside grinders for totem radius from Totems Guide.

One bottleneck at a time — Fix slowest grinder or narrowest conveyor segment before buying unrelated shop items.

Diamond factory scaling in Cut a Gem

Starter layout (hour one)

Hopper → straight conveyor → grinder one → grinder two → collection point near buyer access. Costs minimal cash if you redeemed 1MVISITS from Codes Hub. Upgrade grinders using Grinders Tier List before adding ninety-degree turns you do not need.

Mid-game expansion

Duplicate starter line parallel when first line hits geode starvation. Share hopper only if patch confirms splitters behave offline—when unsure, separate hoppers.

Insert storage buffer only if patch notes document queue behavior; otherwise buffers hide starvation until buyers fail.

Cross-link Geodes Tier List when choosing which hopper feeds which chain—hard geodes on weak side lines stall entire factory mood.

Bottleneck diagnosis

Symptom	Likely cause	Fix
Gems pile before grinder	Grinder too slow	Upgrade that grinder tier
Empty conveyor behind grinder	Upstream feed slow	Wider hopper or second geode source
Purity lower than calculator	Wrong grind order	Reroute serial chain
Offline income flat	Jam or incomplete loop	Straighten path, test logout
Buyers idle	Collection point far	Move output near buyer trigger

Run Purity Calculator after each layout change to measure improvement, not vibes.

Editing live layouts safely

1. Stop buying geodes temporarily.
2. Wait for in-transit gems to clear segment you delete.
3. Delete from downstream to upstream to avoid orphaned gems.
4. Reconnect with minimal turns.
5. Run one manual batch before Offline Farming test.

Controls for placement: Controls Guide.

Layouts for rebirth rebuilds

After Rebirth, rebuild from saved screenshot or template straight line—do not recreate vanity curves until income returns. Rebirth bonuses may widen tiles or unlock fast conveyors; check Latest Patch for new pieces.

Totem-aware placement

Totem radius circles overlap best on high-traffic straight segments between two grinders. Corner tiles waste coverage. See Totems Tier List for which buffs demand central placement.

Advanced patterns

Dual exit merge — Two chains merge into one high-tier grinder; risky offline unless both inputs balanced.

Buyer adjacency — Minimize walk time if your avatar must trigger sales manually on some platforms.

Future-proof gaps — Leave two tile widths for grinder replacements without deleting conveyors.

What not to build

• Loops without patch confirmation.
• Single-file lines longer than visibility cull distance on mobile—hard to debug jams.
• Layouts requiring manual clicks each batch—defeats idle design.

Avoid Beginner Mistakes like maxing conveyors before grinders.

Related pages

• Guides Hub — Strategy index.
• Scripts Auto Farm — Why scripts mimic layout clicks poorly.
• Wiki Overview — All categories.

Great layout feels boring: geodes in, gems out, no drama. Build boring first, optimize second, decorate never before profit.