Deep Mine

by Optera

Adds underground mines, randomly extracting all ores that can be mined without fluid input.

Content
1 year, 10 months ago
0.15 - 1.1
13.3K
Mining
Owner:
Optera
Source:
N/A
Homepage:
N/A
License:
MIT
Created:
6 years ago
Latest Version:
0.6.2 (1 year, 10 months ago)
Factorio version:
0.15 - 1.1
Downloaded by:
13.3K users

I liked the complexity of managing randomly produced ores by Versepelles Deep Quarry.
So here's a complete rewrite using recipe probability from 0.15.

Features:

  • Automatically adds any ore not requiring fluids to a special recipes for selection in deep mines.
  • Deep mines benefit from mining productivity research.
  • Deep mines become available after researching advanced material processing 2.
  • Performance cost is the same as any base assembling machine + beacon.

Basic deep mining produces roughly 1/4 the amount per ore of a mining drill before repeatable productivity.
Advanced Deep mining produces less additional ores and yields around 1/2 the ore compared to a mining drill.
Advanced recipes also allow mining ores requiring fluid input like Uranium.

Special Thanks:

Versepelles - original Deep Quarry