Vulcanus Parched Fork

by NOiZE

A survival rebalance for Vulcanus. Sulfuric acid is drastically throttled, lava metallurgy consumes water, and coal liquefaction requires tungsten carbide tooling with a 15% chance of consumption. Adapt or parch.

Tweaks
a month ago
2.1
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Environment Fluids Power

Changelog

Version: 1.1.0
Date: 19. 07. 2026
  Balancing:
    - Tungsten carbide produced by coal liquefaction is no longer affected by productivity bonuses.
    - Silicone lubricant now also requires 2 carbon per craft.
  Changes:
    - Silicone lubricant will use sand instead of stone as its filler ingredient if a "sand" item is present in the game (e.g. added by another mod).
    - Added a carbon icon to the silicone lubricant recipe and technology.
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 12. 07. 2026
  Features:
    - Forked for Factorio 2.1
  Balancing:
    - Changed that for coal liquification there is a 85% chance that tungsten carbide is returned as its acting as a catalyst.
Version: 0.1.0
Date: 01. 12. 2024
  Features:
    - Initial Release
    - Added Silicone Lubricant
  Balancing:
    - Sulfuric Acid yield on Vulcanus reduced by ~92.5% (but decay rate reduced by ~85%)
    - Replaced Sulfuric Acid Neutralisation with Sulfuric Acid Reduction
    - Metal-from-lava recipes now require water and output (165C) steam
    - Removed Simple Coal Liquefaction
    - Coal Liquefaction now requires Tungsten Carbide