Hydrogen Artillery Shells
Adds a Hydrogen artillery shell to Factorio: Space Age: a standard Artillery shell armed with a Hydrogen bomb.
The Hydrogen bomb has twice the blast radius and damage of the atomic bomb, and without Quality no vanilla rocket launcher can fire it from a safe distance. Artillery can: with a 224-tile range it delivers the bomb far beyond its ~70-tile blast.
Balance
| Atomic artillery shell | Hydrogen artillery shell | |
|---|---|---|
| Recipe | Artillery shell + Atomic bomb | Artillery shell + Hydrogen bomb |
| Crafting time | 15 s | 30 s |
| Research | 1000 units, 5 science packs | 1000 units, all 10 science packs of the Hydrogen bomb |
| Blast radius / damage | ~35 tiles / 400 | ~70 tiles / 800 |
- Technology requires Artillery and Hydrogen bomb, and also Atomic artillery shell when Atomic Artillery Shells is enabled.
- Stack size 1, weight 1.6 t (Hydrogen bomb + Artillery shell).
⚠️ Artillery can target as close as 32 tiles, but the blast reaches about 70. Never strike closer than 70 tiles to your own buildings, and keep automatic artillery away from nests near your base.
Settings (startup)
- Hydrogen bombs per shell: 1–10, default 1.
- Research cost multiplier: 0.01–1000, default 1.0.
Dependencies
- Required: Space Age, Hydrogen Bomb 0.5.2+
- Optional: Atomic Artillery Shells (adds it as a prerequisite)
Credits
- Explosion: Hydrogen Bomb by prprnya (MIT). The shell reuses its hydrogen rocket explosion.
- Graphics and idea: Atomic Artillery Shells by Parium (MIT). The icon, projectile and thumbnail are recolored versions of its artwork.
- Made with the help of Claude (Anthropic's AI assistant, via Claude Code): code, balance research, recolored graphics, license and this description were written together with it.
License
MIT, see LICENSE.