⚡ Really Fast Start

Really Fast Start gives you a powerful builder-focused start so you can skip the slow early grind and get straight into building your factory.

Spawn with Power Armor MK2, a filled equipment grid, personal roboports, exoskeletons, batteries, shields, repair packs, and 50 custom faster construction bots.

No slow walking.
No waiting forever for early construction.
No empty armor grid.

Just load in and start building.

⚙️ What It Does

Really Fast Start gives every new player a strong personal builder kit when they join the game.

The mod automatically gives you Power Armor MK2 and fills the armor grid with useful equipment so you can move quickly, build faster, and survive early threats without needing to grind through the slowest part of a new save.

It also includes Fast Start Construction Robots, a custom construction robot type made only for this mod. These bots are faster than normal construction robots, but they do not change vanilla robot speed globally.

That means your starter bots feel fast and useful, while normal construction robots and logistic robots stay balanced.

✅ Features

⚡ Start with Power Armor MK2
🔋 Filled armor equipment grid
🏃 Multiple exoskeletons for fast movement
🤖 Personal roboports for early construction
🔌 Portable reactor power setup
🛡️ Energy shields for early protection
🔋 MK3 battery support if available
🔋 Falls back to MK2 batteries if MK3 batteries are not available
🤖 Gives 50 Fast Start Construction Robots
🚀 Starter bots are faster than normal construction robots
✅ Does not globally change vanilla robot speed
✅ Does not change logistic robot speed
🔧 Includes repair packs
👥 Multiplayer-friendly starter kit
🧰 Admin command to give the kit again if needed
✅ Factorio 2.0 compatible
✅ Works with vanilla and modded games

🎒 Starter Kit

Every new player receives a ready-to-use builder loadout.

Armor

1× Power Armor MK2

Equipment Grid

2× Portable Reactor
4× Exoskeleton
4× Personal Roboport MK2 if available
6× Battery MK3 if available
Falls back to Battery MK2 if MK3 batteries are not available
2× Energy Shield MK2

Inventory

50× Fast Start Construction Robots
100× Repair Packs

🤖 Fast Start Construction Robots

Really Fast Start includes its own custom construction robot.

These bots are made for the starter kit and are faster than normal construction robots.

This keeps the mod clean and avoids changing the whole game.

Robot Type	Behaviour
Fast Start Construction Robot	Faster starter bot from this mod
Vanilla Construction Robot	Unchanged
Vanilla Logistic Robot	Unchanged

Only the robots given by Really Fast Start are faster.

The mod does not apply a force-wide robot speed bonus.
The mod does not edit vanilla construction robot speed.
The mod does not edit vanilla logistic robot speed.

🛠️ Admin Command

If you need to give yourself the kit again, run:

/really-fast-start

Admins can also give the kit to another player:

/really-fast-start PlayerName

The old backup command also still works:

/fast-start-kit

This is useful for multiplayer servers, testing saves, blueprint worlds, or players who join later.

📌 Design Goal

Really Fast Start is made for players who enjoy Factorio but do not want to repeat the slowest part of the early game every new save.

It is especially useful for:

Multiplayer servers
Mod testing
Blueprint testing
Large base planning
Restart-heavy playthroughs
Players who prefer building over early walking and handcrafting

The aim is to give you a strong start without turning the game into full creative mode.

You still need to build your factory, automate production, research technology, expand properly, and defend your base.

This mod just gets you moving from the first minute.

🔗 Compatibility

Really Fast Start is designed to be simple, safe, and easy to use with other mods.

It should work with:

Vanilla Factorio 2.0
Space Age
Multiplayer servers
Most overhaul mods
Mods that add higher-tier batteries
Mods that add higher-tier roboport equipment

If MK3 batteries are not available, the mod automatically uses MK2 batteries instead.

If Personal Roboport MK2 is not available, the mod will use the available roboport equipment fallback.

🧪 Behaviour Notes

The kit is given when a player joins or starts
Existing normal construction robots are not changed
Existing logistic robots are not changed
Robot speed research is not changed
Recipes are not changed
Technology costs are not changed
Enemy balance is not changed
The custom Fast Start bot is separate from vanilla robots
The mod is a clean starting boost, not a full creative-mode replacement

🔗 Source Code

The source code is available on GitHub:

GitHub - Really Fast Start

☕ Support

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Any support helps me keep improving and polishing my Factorio mods.

🙏 Credits

Mod maintained and polished by Squishy1870.

Made for players who want to get straight into building without repeating the slow early-game setup every save.

Factorio is made by Wube Software. This is an independent fan-made mod and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wube Software.

📜 License

GNU General Public License v3.0