AngelBob Space Age Rebalance
A full-scale integration overhaul for Angel’s + Bob’s Mods, Factorio: Space Age, Planetaris-arig, Planetaris-hyarion, Paracelsin, Maraxsis and Moon of Nauvis Muluna.
Overview
AngelBob Space Age Rebalance is a large integration and progression overhaul designed to merge the industrial depth of Angel’s and Bob’s Mods with the planetary expansion gameplay introduced in Factorio: Space Age and intergrated with several major community planet mods.
The mod transforms the planets into advanced industrial specialisations, post-industrial expansion layers, and planetary scale optimisation paths.
Main aim is to keep Angel's and Bob's complexity but to have the enjoyment of planetary scale.
Design Philosophy
Nauvis progression is still fundamentally Angel’s and Bob’s, with each planet integrated as a specialised industrial expansion layer.
- ore sorting
- catalysts
- smelting chains
- petrochem
- logistics complexity
- fluid systems
- industrial scaling
Nauvis
The industrial core.
Handles:
- early/midgame infrastructure
- Angel's/Bob's foundational chains
- base refining
- starter space progression
Muluna
The gateway to deep-space expansion which handles:
- exploration progression
- interstellar logistics
- platform scaling
- advanced space infrastructure
- hydraulic science progression
Vulcanus
Specialises in:
- tungsten throughput
- carbide production
- foundry scaling
- molten metal processing
- industrial smelting optimisation
- late metallurgic science
Fulgora
Focused on:
- advanced electronics
- electromagnetic science
- high-tier logistics
- module progression
- energy distribution
- automation scaling
Gleba
Adds:
- agricultural science
- advanced biological processing
- bio-production infrastructure
- organic scaling systems
Aquilo
Provides:
- cryogenic science
- liquefaction chains
- advanced cooling systems
- fusion support infrastructure
- late-game energy systems
Maraxsis
Focused on:
- hydraulic science
- deep-sea infrastructure
- hydro-plant progression
- specialised module scaling
- industrial fluid systems
Planetaris: Arig
Focused on:
- compression systems
- fluid logistics
- advanced transport density
- high-throughput industrial movement
Planetaris: Hyarion
Specialises in:
- polishing
- refraction
- automation tiers
- ultra-advanced manufacturing
- late-game module progression
Paracelsin
Provides:
- galvanization science
- specialised metallurgy
- industrial plating chains
- advanced material refinement
Major Features
- Bob’s Alien Science Packs have been fully integrated into the planetary science system, with each alien science pack being merged into a matching planetary progression path such as Hydraulic, Electromagnetic, Metallurgic, Refraction, Cryogenic, and Agricultural science.
- Removes and rebalances duplicate resource chains across Angel's and Bob's, Space Age, and the supported planet mods. Resources such as tungsten, carbon, glass, silica, quartz, silicon, sulphur, rocket fuels, aluminium, titanium, plastics, and advanced metallurgy have been merged into more unified progression paths. Angel's and Bob's production chains remain the primary progression system, while planetary recipes act as advanced scaling upgrades rather than direct replacements.
- Foundry has been fully integrated into Angel's and Bob's metallurgy while preserving Angel’s ore refinement depth and molten processing systems. Foundries are designed to improve throughput, productivity, and large-scale metallurgy on Vulcanus without bypassing the complexity of Angel’s smelting and intermediate processing chains.
- Module progression has been redistributed across the planetary network, with higher module tiers being unlocked through different planets and late-game sciences.
- Compression systems have been rebalanced to focus on logistics density, throughput, and transport efficiency without bypassing Angel's and Bob's industrial progression.
- Logistics systems have been balanced across all the different planets.
- Rocket fuels have been heavily rebalanced to prevent trivial logistics, infinite train efficiency, broken transport economics.
- Includes multiple compatibility, validation, and safety systems designed to improve long-term mod stability across the entire integration. These systems handle missing prototype validation, duplicate ingredient clean-up, invalid unlock clean-up, recipe migration, technology safety checks, hidden prototype scanning, and Factorio 2.0 compatibility fixes.
Supported Mods
Base Overhauls
Space Expansion
Planet Mods
Final Notes
I hope everyone enjoys playing this mod and exploring the progression and planetary integration systems that went into this project.
This was created as a one-time project and is not intended to become an actively maintained overhaul. Because of this, the mod will most likely not receive ongoing updates, major balance patches, or long-term support for future mod or Factorio updates.
A huge thank you to the members of the Factorio modding community who created compatibility patches, integration examples, and shared technical solutions that helped steer this project in the right direction during development.
Finally, thank you to the developers of Angel’s Mods, Bob’s Mods, Space Age, and the community planet mods that made this project possible.