Machine Upgrades
🟡 Updated this year🔍 Analysis
- 👍 -0.0% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #53 of 208 internal mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod provides an API to make technologies that upgrade crafting machines (at runtime). Example: Researching X => Assemblers +10% Speed, or Chemical Plants +20% Productivity. This mod does nothing by itself, and is intended to be used with other mods.
Machine Upgrades is a Factorio mod that provides an API for creating runtime technologies that upgrade crafting machines, such as increasing assembler speed or chemical plant productivity. It does nothing on its own and is intended for use with other mods. It has a negative endorsement score and was last updated in 2026.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Opens up huge modding potential for custom tech upgrades without touching base game code.
- Runtime upgrades mean you can add research that changes machine stats dynamically.
- Lightweight and unobtrusive—no gameplay impact unless other mods use it.
⚠️ Cons
- Does nothing on its own—you need other mods to actually use the API.
- Negative endorsements suggest the community may have issues with it.
- Compatibility risk: since it's an API, other mods must explicitly support it, which limits its usefulness.
This is for modders who want to create custom research that upgrades machines. It's also for players who enjoy modpacks that use this API to add progression. If you're a vanilla player, this mod is useless to you.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're a player, this mod won't do anything unless you also install mods that use its API.
- Modders should check the API documentation (if any) to understand how to integrate it into their own mods.
- Look for other mods that list Machine Upgrades as a dependency to see it in action.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Factorio Mods
- Author
- LoupAndSnoop
- Version
- 0.69.22
- Downloads
- 39,755
- Endorsements
- -16.333
- Category
- internal
- Created
- 6/23/2026
- Updated
- 6/23/2026
- Tags
- internal
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