While everyone is looking up to space, other planets and the rest of the universe, there is a whole world buried directly underneath us. Use this opportunity to declutter your factory logistics by routing it under your base and explore the underground!
Mods introducing new content into the game.
Version: 1.1.4 Date: 2025-03-26 Bugfixes: - Train improvements - Fixed bug when mods were removed that added resources - Fixed blueprint related issues
Version: 1.1.3 Date: 2025-03-15 Bugfixes: - Compatibility fix for Infinite Resources - Fixed that miners got stuck because friction was too high
Version: 1.1.2 Date: 2025-03-06 Features: - Added setting to disable global quality effect Changes: - No damage from pollution if the no-challenges option is enabled - Air vents show up in pollution statistics Bugfixes: - Fixed icon file name typo
Version: 1.1.1 Date: 2025-02-15 Changes: - Resources with big collision box will now generate by revealing the whole area covering them Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when trying to calculate properties of resources that are not to appear on subsurfaces
Version: 1.1.0 Date: 2025-02-14 Features: - Tweaked resource generation, they also generate below level 1 - Train subways - Global effects in subsurfaces Changes: - Improved AAI miner behaviour - Changed technology cost Bugfixes: - Space Age version 2.0.33 fixed that all rail-related entities could not be placed in subsurfaces
Version: 1.0.15 Date: 2024-12-13 Changes: - Added surface condition for wooden support Bugfixes: - Fixed wrong surface condition for restricted entities - Resources cannot be restored after using cave sealing
Version: 1.0.14 Date: 2024-12-10 Changes: - Removed air vent lights in the first underground level - Placement restriction hints are shown on all entities that cannot be built in subsurfaces Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when using blueprint book from the library - Fixed crash when using elevator while suffering from pollution - Fixed wrong pipetting of surface drill
Version: 1.0.13 Date: 2024-12-07 Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when entities get damaged by pollution - Fixed crash when taking blueprint book into cursor - Elevator placement indicators now show the right sprite - Fixed crash when digging (unknown property expression) - Support lamp is now aligned with support - Fixed bug that cave sealing produced unbreakable walls Changes: - Ghost fluid elevators now show their variant, connecting correctly when being placed
Version: 1.0.12 Date: 2024-11-22 Changes: - Update and improvements for 2.0
Version: 1.0.11 Date: 2024-07-25 Changes: - Disabled functionality of ore prospector Bugfixes: - Heat elevators can't be used for infinite heat anymore - Fixed crash when surface drill dies because of too high pollution - Fixed that some resources of mods are placed everywhere - Fixed crash when biter base had no units
Version: 1.0.10 Date: 2024-06-03 Features: - Enemies burrow down randomly - Support for BlackMap mod Changes: - Surface drill can't be placed in Factorissimo factories - Artillery can't be placed in subsurfaces Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when creating or prospecting subsurfaces without autoplaced resources - Handle the case when mods exceed tile limit of 256 - When starting SE remote view while in subsurface it shows the corresponding planet
Version: 1.0.9 Date: 2024-05-08 Features: - Added item elevator for each belt tier - Heat elevator - resources are now mirrored to the first level (this is likely to be changed in the future) Changes: - Removed rock explosives, subsurface walls are now destroyable like cliffs Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when other mods create surfaces without map gen settings - Fixed that repair packs couldn't be used on air vents - Fixed bug that AAI miners didn't work on other planet's subsurfaces - Fixed crash when deleting subsurfaces that itself have subsurfaces
Version: 1.0.8 Date: 2024-04-18 Features: - Cave sealing Changes: - Surface drill can be reused - Entrances and exits show an indicator in minimap Bugfixes: - Works now with mods that alter autoplace control prototypes (like Omnimatter) - Fixed that AAI miners got damaged or even destroyed - Fixed crash when using Unit Remote Controller with non-AI miners on the surface - Fixed crash when player changed cursor stack while in spectator mode - Fixed crash when connecting to an existing output item elevator - Fixed crash when drilling for second underground layer finishes with SpaceExploration active
Version: 1.0.7 Date: 2024-04-03 Features: - Added setting that disables manipulation of existing autoplace settings. Need to be set before generation Changes: - Item and fluid elevator are now one item and require setup in both places - Item elevator now behaves like an underground belt, all connections need checkup after update! - Decreased size of fluid elevator to 1x1, so pipe connections have to be rebuilt - Lamps of supports glow only when there is enough electricity Bugfixes: - Fixed bug that players still stuck in entrances
Version: 1.0.6 Date: 2024-03-26 Features: - Machines got damaged when pollution is too high - Wooden supports which replace the use of electric poles in subsurfaces Changes: - Tunnel entrances are now just holes Bugfixes: - Maps now generate as they are supposed to (https://github.com/NathaU/factorio-subsurface/issues/6) - Fixed crash when used with YARM and resourcehighlighter
Version: 1.0.5 Date: 2024-03-03 Features: - Better implementaton of resource generator which can be manipulated by mods by implementing the "subsurface_make_autoplace_controls" remote function - Surface drill can be connected to the circuit network Bugfixes: - Fixed mod loading error when graphics resolution settings are normal - Surface drill is now blueprintable and deconstructable
Version: 1.0.4 Date: 2024-02-28 Features: - Subsurfaces now generate resources based on given autoplace settings, it's also possible to prevent resources from being generated on top surfaces - New item 'rock explosives' that can be used to expose the underground, but it causes pollution - The ore prospector is a machine that detects resource patches in the subsurface below Changes: - A small cutscene is shown when teleporting between subsurfaces - Surface drill now acts as a regular miming drill and excavates more stone in deeper levels - The deeper, the richer the ore patches are - Miners now produce pollution while mining
Version: 1.0.3 Date: 2024-02-13 Features: - AAI miners can now dig automatically (but still not very good). They stop if their inventory is full - Number of subsurfaces can now be limited Changes: - Subsurfaces now adopt radius from Space Exploration planets - Locomotive pollution is now disableable Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when mods add locomotives without burner prototype - Fixed crash when mods add new cliffs
Version: 1.0.2 Date: 2024-02-07 Features: - Map limits are now adopted to subsurfaces - Players suffocate if there is too much pollution - Locomotives now produce pollution (not only in the underground) - There is a small light cone beneath air vents - Pinging locations into chat (Ctrl+Alt+Left mouse by default) also pings these locations in the subsurface and oversurface to mark building positions Changes: - Air vents are less effective in deeper subsurfaces - Rocket silos can't be placed in subsurfaces (of course!) - Subsurface walls now look like rocks and areas are exposed in a circular shape - Cliff explosives can be thrown even when there are no cliffs near, because they can be used to blow away subsurface walls
Version: 1.0.1 Date: 2024-01-23 Changes: - Tunnel entrances and exists can't be mined - New tunnel entrances can't be digged near existing ones
Version: 1.0.0 Date: 2024-01-20 Features: - Support for AAI Miners to dig the underground - Basic recipes and technology Changes: - Fluid elevators now pump fluid instead of just averaging between them - Fluid elevators can't be mixed with different fluids - Each side of a fluid elevators has 10k fluid capacity - Entity and item descriptions - Tunnel entrance and exit are undestroyable
Version: 0.0.2 Date: 2024-01-20 Features: - Added air vents and pollution handling Changes: - Item and fluid elevators can only built on positions where the subsurface is already exposed and not occupied by existing entities
Version: 0.0.1 Date: 2024-01-16 Information: - First release with basic features