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Give old concrete a second life. Two pre-space Breakers crush bricks, concrete, walls and landfill into raw stone, with 60% average material recovery and applicable iron/copper ore returns. Features 2-slot and 4-slot machines, stone-free crafting costs and custom sprites. Requires Space Age.

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2.0 - 2.1
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Changelog

Version: 2.2.1
Date: 2026-11-06
  Bugfixes:
    - Fix 2.1 load failure by replacing probability with independent_probability.
    - Update source recipe validation and concrete yield audit for the renamed field.
    - Reject shared-probability source recipes when deriving deterministic material content.
Version: 2.2.0
Date: 2026-11-06
  Compatibility:
    - Support Factorio 2.1.24 and newer 2.1 releases.
    - Migrate recipes and category checks to the 2.1 categories array.
    - Require the built-in Recycler mod alongside Space Age and Quality.
    - Preserve machine/recipe/technology identifiers and all gameplay values.
Version: 2.1.1
Date: 2026-10-18
  Graphics:
    - Include a mod thumbnail based on the Breaker Mk2 artwork.
  Locale:
    - Give both research entries clear machine names.
    - Add variant-specific machine and inventory descriptions with module-slot counts.
  Changes:
    - Polish the mod summary and installation/release notes.
    - Preserve the tested crafting costs, research progression and recovery yields.
Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2026-10-18
  Balancing:
    - Place Mk1 after engines and advanced circuits with 150 red/green research.
    - Place Mk2 after electric engines with 300 red/green/blue research.
    - Remove stone bricks and the Concrete research prerequisite.
    - Give both machines stone-free crafting costs and retain 60% recovery.
Version: 2.0.0
Date: 2026-10-18
  Changes:
    - Add a separate four-slot Breaker Mk2; preserve the two-slot original.
    - Use the supplied v2 artwork for Mk2 and retain original artwork for Mk1.
    - Use each variant's own A for entity, inventory, crafting and research icons.
Version: 1.1.2
Date: 2026-10-18
  Graphics:
    - Use the two supplied full-frame images unchanged, alternating A and B.
    - Show A while idle; remove six-frame atlas and jaw-overlay rendering.
Version: 1.1.1
Date: 2026-10-18
  Bugfixes:
    - Anchor the machine body to a single sprite so the base cannot drift between frames.
    - Animate only the jaw chamber and keep its placement fixed relative to the body.
Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2026-10-18
  Graphics:
    - Add custom six-frame Breaker artwork based on the supplied concept sheet.
  Changes:
    - Rename the machine to The Breaker and explicitly set its 3x3 footprint.
    - Preserve prototype identifiers for existing saves.
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2026-10-18
  Features:
    - Add a dedicated stone crusher with 60% raw material recovery.
    - Crush seven predominantly stone construction products into stone and applicable iron/copper ore.
    - Preserve all vanilla recycling recipes and audit concrete recycling yields.
  Compatibility:
    - Derive yields from canonical recipes; skip unsupported or cyclic ingredient chains.