Auto Deconstruct
🟡 Updated this year🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.0% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #5 of 502 utilities mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod marks drills that have no more resources to mine for deconstruction.
🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data
Auto Deconstruct is a small utility mod that automatically marks drills as deconstruction targets once they run out of resources. It's for Factorio players who want to save time and avoid manually checking depleted drills. With over 360k downloads and recent updates, it's a popular and maintained QoL tool.
✨ Key Features
Automatically marks drills with no remaining resources for deconstruction.
Simple utility mod focused on improving base management efficiency.
Recently updated, ensuring compatibility with current game versions.
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Saves you from manually hunting down dead drills—huge QoL win.
- 360k+ downloads means it's battle-tested by the community.
- Zero hassle: just install and forget, it does the work for you.
⚠️ Cons
- No config options—you can't tweak when it triggers or exclude certain drills.
- Only works on drills, so other miners (like pumpjacks) aren't covered.
- Potential mod conflicts if you use other deconstruction or blueprint mods.
🎯 Is This For You?
This is for Factorio players who hate babysitting their mining outposts and want to automate cleanup. If you're a base-builder who likes tidy layouts, or a megabase player who can't afford to waste time on dead drills, this is a must-have.
This is for Factorio players who hate babysitting their mining outposts and want to automate cleanup. If you're a base-builder who likes tidy layouts, or a megabase player who can't afford to waste time on dead drills, this is a must-have.
📦 Install:Easy· Under 1 minute
💡 Beginner Tips
- Pair it with a deconstruction planner to automatically send bots to remove the marked drills.
- Use it on ore patches that are running low—it'll mark drills as they deplete, so you can plan replacements.
- If you're using mods that change mining behavior, test in a sandbox first to ensure compatibility.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Factorio Mods
- Author
- mindmix
- Version
- 1.1.2
- Downloads
- 362,516
- Endorsements
- 0
- Category
- utilities
- Updated
- 7/30/2026
- Tags
- utilities
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Use in-game Mod Portal (Main Menu > Mods). Or drop .zip into /mods/ folder.
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