Skip First Hour

Skip the tedious early-game grind. Every new player spawns with a powerful starter kit — a pre-fitted modular armor, a swarm of construction bots, and a fully configurable set of buildings, belts, and inserters to jump straight into the interesting parts of Factorio.

🎁 What Every Player Receives

Item	Details
Starter Modular Armor	Automatically equipped if the armor slot is free. Pre-fitted with 4× Personal Roboport Mk2 (locked — cannot be removed).
Construction Robots	Supercharged bots: faster than vanilla, zero power consumption. Default: 100 (configurable).

📦 Optional Starter Kit

The starter kit is enabled by default and can be toggled or customized in mod startup settings. All item amounts default to 0 — set them to whatever quantity you like.

Tier 0 — Basic Production

Item	Default
Offshore Pump	0
Lab	0
Radar	0
Iron Chest	0
Boiler	0
Steam Engine	0
Stone Furnace	0
Assembling Machine 1	0
Car	1
Transport Belt	0
Underground Belt	0
Splitter	0
Inserter	0
Long-Handed Inserter	0
Small Electric Pole	0
Pipe	0
Pipe to Ground	0
Electric Mining Drill	0

Tier 1 — Upgrades

Item	Default
Assembling Machine 2	0
Medium Electric Pole	0
Big Electric Pole	0
Steam Turbine	0
Fast Transport Belt	0
Fast Underground Belt	0
Fast Splitter	0
Fast Inserter	0
Filter Inserter	0
Electric Furnace	0

Tier 2 — Advanced

Item	Default	Notes
Speed Module	0
Efficiency Module	0
Productivity Module	0
Express Transport Belt	0
Express Underground Belt	0
Express Splitter	0
Bulk Inserter	0	Base game fallback for Stack Inserter
Stack Inserter	0	Space Age only; falls back to Bulk Inserter if unavailable
Stack Filter Inserter	0

⚙️ Settings

All settings are startup settings (require a game restart to apply).

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`sfh-bot-count`	Integer	`100`	Number of construction bots granted (0–5000)
`sfh-starter-kit-enabled`	Boolean	`true`	Enable/disable the optional item kit
`sfh-item-<name>`	Integer	`0`	Amount of each individual kit item (0–10000)
`sfh-custom-items-list`	String	(empty)	Extra items in `item-name:count,item-name:count` format

Custom Items Example

iron-plate:500, copper-plate:300, coal:200

🔧 How It Works

Items are granted once per player when they first join a new game.
The starter armor is auto-equipped and its roboport grid is locked — any equipment you place inside (other than the four built-in roboports) will be automatically removed and returned to your inventory.
Multiplayer-safe: the kit is granted independently per player.
Compatible with Factorio 2.1+ (base game and Space Age).

📋 Compatibility

Base Game 2.0+: Fully supported. Stack Inserter automatically falls back to Bulk Inserter.
Space Age: Fully supported. Stack Inserter is granted natively.
Should be compatible with most other mods. Custom items let you grant items from any mod.