Hydrogen Bomb

Adds a hydrogen bomb to Space Age that unlocks in the late game, with a much larger explosion radius and much greater damage than the atomic bomb. Quality is recommended; otherwise, vanilla weapons lack the range needed to fire it safely.

Features

• A new hydrogen bomb for the rocket launcher, Spidertron, and rocket turret.
• A much larger explosion radius and much greater damage than the atomic bomb.
• Preserves the vanilla nuclear explosion style and surface-specific effects.
• A new in-game achievement, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns, for firing a hydrogen bomb; its name is taken from Robert Jungk's book of the same title.

Progression

• Technology prerequisites: Atomic bomb and Fusion reactor.
• Research cost: 2,000 × 60 s, using automation, logistic, chemical, military, utility, space, metallurgic, electromagnetic, agricultural, and cryogenic science packs.
• Recipe: 50 s, using 1 Atomic bomb, 10 Fusion power cells, and 10 Quantum processors.

Safety

With Quality enabled: Only legendary-quality versions of the vanilla rocket launcher, Spidertron, and rocket turret can fire the hydrogen bomb from beyond its explosion radius at maximum range.

With Quality disabled: None of these vanilla weapons can fire the hydrogen bomb from beyond its explosion radius.

Even at legendary quality: Firing at a closer target can place the firing position inside the explosion radius.

Compatibility

Other mods may add compatible weapons or alter the ranges of existing ones, so their safe firing conditions may differ from the vanilla behavior described above.

Dependencies

• Required:
  • Factorio 2.1
  • Space Age
• Recommended:
  • Quality — optional. Only at legendary quality, the vanilla weapons can fire the hydrogen bomb from beyond its explosion radius at maximum range.

Localization

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