Aluminium Revamped

Adds aluminium ore, aluminium oxide, aluminium plates, cables, alloys, spark plugs, and more to the game.

Aluminium is a very important base-building resource and is also used in science packs. This mod also requires the Foundry building.

Aluminium ore can be smelted to aluminium oxide. It also (optionally) outputs silica if using Silica & Silicon. Aluminium oxide is used in some recipes and can be smelted to aluminium plates, which is used for aluminium cable and ACSR cable. Aluminium replaces copper in most early recipes. Copper and green circuits are locked behind research and not needed until electronics. Alloys are later unlocked consisting of aluminium and a variety of other resources. Warning, if using alongside Lead, you'll need to hoard copper byproduct until you research copper processing.

And yes, in a non Murica-centric world, globally and scientifically it is spelled Aluminium, not Aluminum. Deal with it.

Remarks

This revamp drops support for overhaul mods completely. Adding recycler and/or quality mod should be possible. The focus lies at the moment to provide a consistent experience for the base game. Space Age support will be added in the future, as well as support for more modded planets.

I try to keep the mod as compatible as possible with other small content mods it already supported. But I could not identify every mod that the original supports, as the original code doesn't provide a consistent way to check for them.

If you want to see your favorite mod supported, please open a discussion thread on the mod portal, or an issue on GitHub, or join the Discord server and let me know.

Compatible mods

The following mods have their recipes changed:

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ᵃ: As of 2026-08-03 this mod is not yet available for Factorio 2.1. The compatibility layer for this mod is still included, so if the mod is updated for Factorio 2.1, the compatibility will be applied automatically.

Credits

Revamp of the original Aluminum mod by brevven, and incorparated changes from cackling.fiend's fork of the original mod.