LavaBlock

by zoli85

Start on a tiny island surrounded by lava! Extract all resources from lava using chemical plants. No traditional mining - convert lava into stone, coal, iron, copper & wood. Expand your island only through make foundation. Custom map preset, modified tech tree, extreme space constraints create unique survival challenge. Perfect for players seeking fresh Factorio experience!

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2 hours ago
2.0
1.85K
Factorio: Space Age Icon Space Age Mod
Environment Mining Fluids Manufacturing Power

g XP Science packs

13 days ago

Hi, I see there's a XP lab and sometimes I get XP science packs in my pockets. Those seem to be to unlock productivity for iron gears and other intermediates, but how do you exactly get those XP science packs?

The lab says it's for "quest research", but nothing specifies how to get those. I just seem to randomly get some from time to time. (Guessing it has to do with manually crafting items?)

13 days ago

It’s great to see you’re diving into the mechanics of the mod! You’ve got a sharp eye—those XP science packs are indeed the key to boosting your productivity for gears and other intermediates.

To clear up the mystery: you aren't just getting them randomly! You actually earn those packs by manually crafting specific items. It isn't based on chance; there are fixed recipes and specific quantities you need to hit to trigger the reward.

As for which items they are and exactly how many you need to craft? Well, that’s part of the fun! A little experimentation will go a long way in uncovering the "hidden" requirements. Keep crafting, and you’ll start to see the patterns emerge.

Thank you so much for choosing to play my mod pack! I hope you enjoy the journey of discovery.

Would you like me to help you track your crafting stats or suggest which intermediates might be worth testing first?

8 days ago

I guess if the goal of that mechanic is to figure out which item allow you to get them, adding a tracker would defeat that purpose. That said, I think hinting about how to get those in the tooltip (ex. "automation is the law, but manual practice never hurts" or something of the kind) would probably help :).

Also, off topic, so I apologize in advance, but I noticed the 10k foundation "research" removes the catalyst recipe.... So I bulk built like 300k before hitting that threshold so I could enjoy Nauvis a bit longer.

Is that a planned mechanic? Or am I living up a bit too much to my name?

8 days ago

Also, thanks for making this mod, it's fun :)

7 days ago

thx the review. The tooltip hint is a great idea. Next patch will do that. And the limit only 10k so that is a bug. i will fix it.

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