Expensive Mode

The official Expensive Mode from Factorio 1.1.

If Space Age is installed, certain Space Age recipes are made more expensive following the same philosophy as the original game.

Expensive crafting means more ore used and pollution generated, so you may wish to adjust map settings accordingly.

Compatibility

Expensive Mode is compatible with existing saves.

Mod compatibility (beyond Space Age) is handled by the mod in question.

Note for mod authors: You can support Expensive Mode by writing code dependent on mods["Expensive-Mode"], then marking this mod as an optional dependency. Please be aware that Expensive Mode modifies the base recipes in data.lua, not in data-updates.lua, due to its relationship to the quality mod.

Changelist

Bracketed values are the originals. Tweaks to recipe processing times are not shown.

Base game

As in Factorio 1.1:

Iron gear wheel: 4 (2) iron plates
Steel plate: 10 (5) iron plates, 10 (5) coal
Electronic circuit: 2 (1) iron plates, 8 (3) copper wires
Advanced circuit: 8 (4) copper wires, 2 electronic circuits, 4 (2) plastic
Processing unit: 20 electronic circuits, 2 advanced circuits, 10 (5) sulfuric acid
Battery: 1 iron plate, 1 copper plate, 40 (20) sulfuric acid, 5 (4) plastic
Explosive: 2 (1) sulfur, 2 (1) coal, 10 water, 5 (4) plastic
Low density structure: 2 steel plates, 20 copper plates, 30 (5) plastic
Pipe: 2 (1) iron plates
Steam engine: 50 (10) iron plates, 10 (8) iron gear wheels, 5 pipes
Burner mining drill: 6 (3) iron plates, 6 (3) iron gear wheels, 2 (1) stone furnaces, 4 (2) coal
Electric mining drill: 20 (10) iron plates, 10 (5) iron gear wheels, 5 (3) electronic circuits
Assembling machine 2: 10 (5) iron gear wheels, 5 (2) steel plates, 5 (3) electronic circuits, 1 assembling machine 1
Submachine gun: 30 (10) iron plates, 15 (10) iron gear wheels, 20 (5) copper plates
Cannon shell: 4 (2) steel plates, 4 (2) plastic, 1 explosive
Explosive cannon shell: 4 (2) steel plates, 4 (2) plastic, 2 explosives

Space Age mod

These tweaks are conjectural. Please leave your feedback in the Discussion section.

Note that recycling recipes return more materials than in the vanilla game.

Casting iron gear wheel: 20 (10) molten iron
Casting steel: 60 (30) molten iron
Casting low-density structure: 30 (5) plastic bars, 60 molten iron, 250 molten copper
Casting pipe: 20 (10) molten iron
Carbon: 4 (2) coal, 30 (20) sulfuric acid
Tungsten plate: 8 (4) tungsten ore, 20 (10) molten iron
Tungsten carbide: 1 carbon, 4 (2) tungsten ore, 20 (10) sulfuric acid
Superconductor: 5 (1) copper plates, 5 (1) plastic bars, 2 (1) holmium plates, 10 (5) light oil
Supercapacitor: 3 (1) batteries, 12 (4) electronic circuits, 3 (2) holmium plates, 2 superconductors, 10 electrolyte
Nutrients from yumako mash: 6 (4) yumako mash
Iron bacteria: 12 (6) jelly
Copper bacteria: 6 (3) yumako mash
Rocket fuel from jelly: 2 bioflux, 45 (30) jelly, 30 water
Biolubricant: 80 (60) jelly
Bioplastic: 1 bioflux, 6 (4) yumako mash
Bioflux: 22 (15) yumako mash, 18 (12) jelly
Nutrients from spoilage: 20 (10) spoilage
Artificial yumako soil: 4 (2) yumako seeds, 50 nutrients, 5 landfill
Artificial jellynut soil: 4 (2) jellynut seeds, 50 nutrients, 5 landfill
Overgrowth yumako soil: 10 (5) yumako seeds, 100 (50) spoilage, 15 (10) biter eggs, 2 artificial yumako soil, 100 water
Overgrowth jellynut soil: 10 (5) jellynut seeds, 100 (50) spoilage, 15 (10) biter eggs, 2 artificial jellynut soil, 100 water
Burnt spoilage: 12 (6) spoilage
Carbon fiber: 1 carbon, 15 (10) yumako mash
Lithium plate: 2 lithium
Solid fuel from ammonia: 70 (50) ammonia, 20 crude oil
Refined concrete: 1 steel plate, 16 (8) iron sticks, 20 concrete, 100 water
Biolab: 3 uranium-235, 15 (10) biter eggs, 30 refined concrete, 1 lab, 2 capture robot rockets
Captive biter spawner: 15 uranium-235, 15 (10) biter eggs, 1 capture robot rocket, 100 fluoroketone-cold
Lightning rod: 16 (8) steel plates, 25 (12) copper cables, 8 (4) stone bricks
Recycler: 40 (20) steel plates, 40 iron gear wheels, 9 (6) processing units, 30 (20) concrete
Big mining drill: 20 (10) advanced circuits, 20 electric engine units, 20 tungsten carbide, 1 electric mining drill, 600 (200) molten iron
Foundry: 60 (50) steel plates, 40 (30) electronic circuits, 50 tungsten carbide, 30 (20) refined concrete, 20 lubricant
Electromagnetic plant: 80 (50) steel plates, 50 processing units, 150 holmium plates, 50 refined concrete
Agricultural tower: 10 steel plates, 3 electronic circuits, 80 (20) spoilage, 1 landfill
Biochamber: 30 (20) iron plates, 5 electronic circuits, 5 nutrients, 3 (1) pentapod eggs, 1 landfill
Heat pipe: 30 (20) copper plates, 10 steel plates
Beacon: 10 steel plates, 15 (10) copper cables, 40 (20) electronic circuits, 20 advanced circuits
Accumulator: 5 (2) iron plates, 5 batteries
Space platform foundation: 20 steel plates, 40 (20) copper cables
Teslagun: 120 (30) plastic bars, 15 (10) holmium plates, 100 electrolyte
Artillery turret: 50 (40) iron gear wheels, 10 processing units, 60 tungsten carbide, 80 (60) refined concrete
Artillery shell: 8 explosives, 2 (1) calcite, 4 tungsten plates, 1 radar