LavaBlock - Ultimate Island Survival Challenge
Transform your Factorio experience into the ultimate survival challenge! LavaBlock is a revolutionary mod that completely reimagines how you approach factory building by stranding you on a tiny 25x25 tile island surrounded by deadly lava, forcing you to bootstrap your entire industrial empire through innovative lava-based resource extraction.
🌋 Unique Starting Scenario
Forget everything you know about Factorio's abundant resource landscape. In LavaBlock, you begin on a small landfill island - a mere 625 tiles of safe ground - completely surrounded by a moat of lava that stretches 12.5 tiles in every direction. No ore patches, no trees, no water, no enemies. Just you, your starting equipment, and an ocean of molten rock that holds all the resources you'll ever need.
🏭 Revolutionary Resource System
No Traditional Mining - Electric drills are useless here. Instead, LavaBlock introduces an entirely lava-based economy powered by chemical plants:
Basic Extraction Recipes:
🪨 Lava to Stone: 100 lava → 2 stone (3.2s process)
⚫ Lava to Coal: 100 lava → 2 coal (3.2s process)
🔧 Lava to Iron Ore: 100 lava → 2 iron ore (3.2s process)
🟠 Lava to Copper Ore: 100 lava → 2 copper ore (3.2s process)
🌳 Wood Extraction: Environmental wood generation (15s process)
Advanced Lava Smelting (unlocked through research):
♨️ Steam Generation: 5000 lava + 1 wood + 5 coal → 5000 units of 165°C steam
Specialized Resources:
🛢️ Oil Production: Steam + coal → crude oil
☢️ Uranium Extraction: Stone + sulfuric acid → uranium ore
🏗️ Calcite Synthesis: 50,000 lava + 10 coal + 100 stone bricks → 10 calcite (for Space Age foundations)
🔬 Completely Reworked Technology Tree
LavaBlock doesn't just add recipes - it fundamentally restructures Factorio's technology progression:
New Technology Lines:
Advanced Water Smelting: Multi-tier productivity bonuses for lava smelting (up to infinite research)
Enhanced Mining Productivity: Boosts lava extraction efficiency instead of traditional mining
Calcite Processing Adaptation: Unlocks when you craft offshore pumps
Island Expansion Research: Your only way to gain more land!
Disabled Technologies:
Electric mining drills (completely removed - they're useless anyway)
Various base game techs restructured for lava economy
🏝️ Strategic Island Expansion
Land is your most precious resource. The only way to expand beyond your starting 25x25 island is through research:
Unlocks at various science tiers
Multiple distribution strategies for multiplayer:
All to main player
Divided among online players
Replicated for each player
Every tile must be earned through scientific progress, making base planning absolutely critical.
🎮 Perfectly Balanced Starting Conditions
Your survival kit includes essential items carefully chosen for the lava environment:
1 Chemical plant (your lifeline for resource extraction)
2 Solar panel (clean, sustainable power)
1 Small electric pole (power distribution)
Iron gear wheels and pipes (basic components)
The mod automatically unlocks steam power research and provides tutorial guidance to help you understand the unique mechanics.
🎯 Perfect For Players Who Love:
Extreme Resource Management: Every resource matters when space is limited
Strategic Base Planning: No room for mistakes in your factory layout
Alternative Progression: Completely different from standard Factorio gameplay
Survival Challenges: Bootstrap civilization from almost nothing
Long-term Optimization: Infinite research ensures hundreds of hours of content
Cooperative Play: Share the challenge with friends
🔧 Quality of Life Features
🌟 A Complete Game Mode Transformation
LavaBlock isn't just a mod - it's a complete reimagining of Factorio that maintains everything you love about factory building while introducing fresh challenges and mechanics. The carefully balanced resource conversion rates, innovative progression systems, and unique constraints create an experience that feels entirely new while remaining fundamentally Factorio.
Whether you're a seasoned factory veteran looking for a fresh challenge or a new player seeking a unique introduction to Factorio's mechanics, LavaBlock offers hundreds of hours of engaging, strategic gameplay that will test your engineering skills like never before.
Start your island survival adventure today and discover what it truly means to build an empire from lava and determination!
Created by Szabó Zoltán for Factorio 2.0 | Current Version: 0.0.9 | Compatible with Space Age
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