How do I stop ducks scattering instead of reaching the pit?

Steps

1. Shorten the route first. The 21 August video's stated target is a direct lane from spawner to maw, on the reasoning that turns and obstacles cost throughput before any upgrade does.
2. Place a funnel or chute of structural panels immediately after the spawner, anchored with Sticky Tools so collisions do not knock it out of position.
3. Put the fans right after the spawner rather than further down. That video's argument is that airflow has to catch items before they scatter; a fan placed too far along leaves items already stalled or drifting.
4. Tilt the fans along the route instead of leaving them flat, adjusting the angle until items move steadily toward the pit.
5. Enclose the fast sections — sides and ceiling, not just the floor — after launchers, fans and steep drops, so a hard bounce returns to the lane instead of leaving the map.
6. Re-check the lane after every craft speed purchase. The 20 August recording watches items start flying out once output rises.

Requirements / limits

• Sticky Tools are the prerequisite for the anchored version of this. The official FAQ describes them freezing a tool's position on contact with a surface or with another already-stuck object.
• The detailed method has one source. Fan placement, tilt angles, panel corridors and ceiling enclosure all come from the 21 August video; the second recording corroborates that a chute into the maw is what the build is for, not the construction specifics.
• No figures here are measured. The 21 August video names roughly 400 products per minute on a single clean lane as its own target, which is a claim from one creator and not a benchmark anybody reproduced.
• Update 1.0.5 of 22 August 2026 added a multi-level Panel Rack upgrade and a Clear Items button to the pause menu, both after these recordings. Neither recording accounts for them.
• Nothing cited here says how many panels a given lane needs, or what a chute costs to build at any stage.

Common mistakes

• Laying track on the floor only. The escapes both recordings show happen upward and sideways, which a floor lane does not contain.
• Placing fans late in the route. By then items have already scattered, which is the specific failure the 21 August video describes.
• Leaving panels unanchored. Without Sticky Tools a setup that looked fine comes apart under repeated impacts.
• Raising output before fixing the lane. Faster spawning through the same gaps multiplies the loss rather than the profit.
• Treating the 400 per minute figure as a target to measure yourself against. One creator states it about their own build.

Still unverified

• Does the Panel Rack upgrade change how lanes should be built?Not verifiedUpdate 1.0.5 of 22 August 2026 adds a multi-level Panel Rack. Both recordings predate it and no source describes building with it.
• Is roughly 400 products per minute on one lane reproducible?Single unconfirmed reportStated as a personal target in the 21 August video. No second recording measures throughput at all.
• What fan angle is actually optimal?Not verifiedThe one source describing tilt says to test the angle rather than naming one, and no official material documents fan behaviour.