Best Barn layout for Schedule 1

Once you’ve made the big investment of purchasing a massive barn for your… erm, undercover production, you might want to start worrying less about manual labor and more about fully automated productivity in Schedule 1.

The barn is the perfect property to start assigning beds to multiple employees, keeping them on-site full-time and working non-stop to grow your empire even bigger. But to do that, you’ll need complete control over the Management Clipboard – not to mention a solid cash reserve and the right equipment.

In this guide, we’ve outlined the best barn layout to help you maximize your resources while you kick back and go AFK for a while.

Required furniture, employees & cash

Before you begin setting up your barn for maximum crystal production, make sure you have the following resources:

• Bankroll of at least $100,000
• Several storage units for ingredients and finished products
• Eight chemists to operate the chemistry stations
• Two handlers for automation)
• Two Mixing Station II
• Eight Lab Ovens and eight Chemistry Stations
• One Packing Station Mk II
• Four Brick Presses (if unlocked)
• Ten beds upstairs for your chemists
• Initial delivery of 80 acid and 80 phosphorus to the barn ($6,600)

If you haven’t learned how to get employees or Mixing Stations II, we’ve got you covered.

Best Barn setup

We’ll go step by step through the process of setting up your fully-automated Barn.

Step 1: Set up storage

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Storage is a must for ingredients, product, and packaging materials.

1. Set up multiple shelves dividing the barn into three, narrower areas to hold acid, phosphorus, and pseudoephedrine.
2. Have separate shelves for finished products and packaging materials (baggies, jars, and mixing supplies).
3. Keep one shelf dedicated to overflow crystal storage before packaging.

Step 2: Lab Oven + Chemistry Station setup

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1. Arrange eight Chemistry Station and eight Lab Ovens in an alternating pattern.
2. Each Chemistry Station should have a directly adjacent lab oven facing it.
3. Make sure there’s enough walking space between the rows for smooth workflow.

Step 3: Bedrooms

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Your chemists require assigned beds for proper management, even if they don’t use them.

Place ten beds upstairs. Assign each chemist a bed by pressing 9, selecting the chemist, and linking them to a bed.

Step 4: Mixing Stations

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Then, place two mixing stations for processing raw crystal into a sellable product. Position them near chemistry shelves for efficiency.

Step 5: Place Brick Presses

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If unlocked, two to four brick presses can help you compress crystal into bricks. Position them near storage for easy access.

Step 6: Assign Stations to Chemists and Handlers

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• Assign each chemist to one Chemistry Station and one adjacent lab oven.
• The two handlers can be assigned to:
  • Stock mixing stations
  • Transfer product from mixing stations to brick presses

Step 7: Meet Up with Shirley and Purchase Pseudo

If you’ve unlocked Pseudo, skip to step 5, but here’s how to get loads of Pseudo at once:

1. Message Shirley Watts to start ordering dead drops.
2. Initially, order low-quality pseudoephedrine (10 drops at a time).
3. Locate the drop site on your map and fill the stash with cash.
4. Repeat until the meet-up option appears.
5. Meet Shirley (usually under the West Bridge) and order as much pseudoephedrine as allowed (e.g., 90 units).

Step 8: Fill up Chemistry Stations, recipe & product destination

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1. Store pseudoephedrine, acid, and phosphorus on designated shelves.
2. Fill each Chemistry Station with max acid and phosphorus (10 each).
3. Assign each Chemistry Station to produce liquid crystal, with the destination set to its corresponding lab oven.

• Set each Lab Oven’s destination to a shelf.

Step 9: Prepare packaging for the products

1. Order 160 baggies and 80 jars.
2. Set up a dedicated shelf for packaging materials.
3. Order 160 of each mix needed for the mixing stations.
4. Keep packaging supplies near mixing stations for efficiency.

Step 10: Order another drop

After setting up, immediately order another 80 acid and 80 phosphorus. As soon as the meet-up option is available again, order another 80 pseudoephedrine.

Step 11: Pay your employees

Pay your chemists and handler to keep production running smoothly by filling up a briefcase by their beds. Keep enough cash in reserve to cover wages.

Step 12: Start production and optimize

Once the barn is set up, follow these steps for maximum efficiency:

1. Start the first cook cycle – chemists will move crystal to shelves in stacks of 10.
2. Fill up phosphorus and return acid as needed.
3. Ensure jars, bags, and mixers are stocked near their stations.
4. Use extra shelves for overflow crystal before packaging.
5. Process crystal into bricks (once you have ~20 jars and 40 bags full).
6. Assign the handler to automate stock movement: from product shelf → mixing station → brick press.
7. Reassign handler routes if shelves fill up too quickly.
8. Unlist products from sale temporarily to focus on production setup without dealer texts.

That’s everything you need to know about the best Barn Layout for Schedule 1. Now that you’re into full-scale production, you might want to learn a bit more about the best mixing recipes.