Lead Revamped

This mod adds lead ore and lead plates to the base game, and optionally lead expansion bolts. Lead is an early game resource. It's meant to make the early game a little more challenging without fundamentally changing it. It also adds small amounts of complexity later in the game. Lead can be mined without fluid and by hand. Smelting lead ore will yield lead plates, with (optionally) copper ore as a byproduct.

Lead is common near the starting area, but does not scale as much with distance as other resources.

Remarks

This revamp drops support for overhaul mods completely and currently Space Age too. Adding recycler and/or quality mod should still be possible. The focus lies at the moment to provide a consistent experience for the base game. Space Age support will be re-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 to include lead:

ᵃ: As of 2026-07-31 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 Lead mod by brevven, with graphics by snouz, and incorparated changes from cackling.fiend's fork of the original mod.