Factorio monthly challenge

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Every 1st of each month a new save game is created and the previous progress is recorded on this page.

Join the Steam Group: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/FaMoCh

Changes:

July: server is running the experimental version >=2.1 to include all new improvements
July: added tracking for science pack unlocks to compare different playthroughs
August: permission for external blueprints will be removed. Last round was to easy by just stamping down premade factories
September: nerfs to vulcanus resources and increased amount of demolisher by making them have smaller territories
October: no auto-pause on the server? ==> discuss in the steam group
November: added 2x multiplier to research cost (will start at 36)

Date:2026-10-01 Version:2.1.24 Completed: Completed after: 246:18:37 Seed:1855320521 Playtime:662:10:23 Science:

- 00:07:59

- 01:35:21

- 03:25:14

- 04:46:29

- 09:13:16

- 08:21:57

- 10:51:49

- 32:11:28

- 47:55:34

- 85:26:14

- 131:52:52

- 178:56:13 Evolution:Nauvis - 0.9985
- ⌛: 3%
- 🩸: 72%
- 💀: 26%
Gleba - 0.9674
- ⌛: 57%
- 🩸: 42%
- 💀: 1% Players:Players (78):
vvictor (30%)
KrlosUltimate (9%)
Mortzorio (6%)
ASingleDeadTree (6%)
Darkcry (4%)
Stupid11 (1%)
scorbut123 (1%)
electricmonk2k (0%)
aidenlt (0%)
1051708172 (0%)
Foroud (0%)
star3Watcher (0%)
I_love_idea (0%)
AbairLiom (0%)
vari0803 (0%)
BSG_G (0%)
Mista64 (0%)
hh9870072 (0%)
frisqk (0%)
Atraps003 (0%)
Ocarion (0%)
Abyssion_Z (0%)
Skopulis (0%)
Legendary_Silo (0%)
Ne0NetKg (0%)
Moonsilence (0%)
MeeFloppi (0%)
zscomyj (0%)
UTIDI (0%)
shadghost (0%)
xiao-yun (0%)
Nir135 (0%)
mustyoshi (0%)
Alex.19.24. (0%)
JOG0P3L4D0 (0%)
Wade.P (0%)
z8_ricky (0%)
cryodove (0%)
miao0001 (0%)
666888 (0%)
szeva-engeneer (0%)
BaronVSS (0%)
Aleksejj219952 (0%)
NightRain73 (0%)
Senlikin (0%)
AngryFarmerPhil (0%)
QWERTYU32 (0%)
WANGKUN123 (0%)
cup0427 (0%)
SilentLog (0%)
Artillery_Storm (0%)
TRG_Guide (0%)
Kumiho_ (0%)
QEWACS (0%)
CaptainNerdcore (0%)
stef011 (0%)
Derutimo (0%)
nodice1982 (0%)
DZT21 (0%)
Shpdibaum (0%)
FrozenLeaf21 (0%)
WyrldWyrm (0%)
Shusheng (0%)
__Tortu__ (0%)
7kin (0%)
WATAN (0%)
rcscap (0%)
grandemago (0%)
Handsome_Engineer (0%)
DASTIH4 (0%)
wirzec (0%)
kallor (0%)
kuromi66 (0%)
Zombie22 (0%)
pokerjoker858558530 (0%)
1419039153 (0%)
_500_ (0%)
Survtur (0%) Save Game: SaveGame 43.70mb Last Updated:

Date:2026-09-01 Version:2.1.20 Completed: Completed after: 93:59:57 Seed:3273835401 Playtime:115:40:49 Science:

- 00:07:11

- 00:55:13

- 02:15:56

- 03:11:29

- 07:37:11

- 07:39:37

- 14:27:16

- 18:15:18

- 26:46:26

- 21:48:18

- 69:39:28

- 90:44:02 Evolution:Nauvis - 0.9889
- ⌛: 3%
- 🩸: 68%
- 💀: 29%
Gleba - 0.8863
- ⌛: 31%
- 🩸: 19%
- 💀: 51% Players:Players (49):
Mortzorio (51%)
ElNapo (21%)
Darkcry (18%)
Koopix (18%)
luigi96 (13%)
Gorm2 (10%)
ArnVetle (7%)
Asyntactical (5%)
intr87 (3%)
cd (3%)
LMN-tal (3%)
wolfn (3%)
star3Watcher (2%)
GregKlein (1%)
ZCaliber (1%)
SilentLog (1%)
FrostyGONG (1%)
Iceraptor (1%)
NeedMoreChips (0%)
Master1083 (0%)
lynch_king (0%)
DonJon23 (0%)
Sakleam1 (0%)
mustyoshi (0%)
WapSter (0%)
AbairLiom (0%)
Foroud (0%)
Skopulis (0%)
Kreuzer_1851 (0%)
igrik95 (0%)
EarlOfLemongrab (0%)
Zombie22 (0%)
I_love_idea (0%)
Zloyvirus43 (0%)
Asik0 (0%)
wampastompa09 (0%)
vvictor (0%)
Lost_SoulHunter (0%)
MeeFloppi (0%)
uumuus (0%)
QWERTYU32 (0%)
Kyrgyz_bala_from_Bishkek (0%)
Nir135 (0%)
Shusheng (0%)
Kachito (0%)
Mista64 (0%)
liquay1 (0%)
Stupid11 (0%)
JOG0P3L4D0 (0%) Save Game: SaveGame 39.75mb Last Updated:

Date:2026-08-01 Version:2.1.17 Completed: Completed after: 166:27:07 Seed:3741207161 Playtime:187:32:59 Science:

- 00:08:29

- 01:33:38

- 02:19:24

- 03:52:12

- 08:06:55

- 09:11:05

- 14:13:02

- 37:27:39

- 27:56:53

- 56:45:26

- 99:50:24

- 115:47:29 Evolution:Nauvis - 0.9897
- ⌛: 4%
- 🩸: 57%
- 💀: 39%
Gleba - 0.9451
- ⌛: 18%
- 🩸: 19%
- 💀: 63% Players:Players (57):
wampastompa09 (38%)
AbairLiom (22%)
Darkcry (21%)
ElNapo (18%)
electricmonk2k (14%)
star3Watcher (9%)
vvictor (3%)
Morgan3rd (3%)
morganc (3%)
Neura (2%)
Dalarann (2%)
GregKlein (2%)
Moonsilence (2%)
Sanpai89 (1%)
SOELTJUUH (1%)
Nir135 (1%)
SilentLog (1%)
TheFactoryNeverSleeps (1%)
synergy_029 (0%)
Kori-san (0%)
Shakarez (0%)
Phoenix_str (0%)
Lemaign (0%)
Mista64 (0%)
Sensual (0%)
MrAi (0%)
__Tortu__ (0%)
Me17761991 (0%)
richmartz (0%)
RafPaf (0%)
Kyrgyz_bala_from_Bishkek (0%)
hythemous (0%)
SuperstalkerX (0%)
Moon-O-Cronic (0%)
fredushka (0%)
itsnotyouitsme (0%)
Th13f (0%)
idorosen (0%)
luafish (0%)
Tema1712 (0%)
MrPraline (0%)
alex8841 (0%)
sukram72 (0%)
AllIWantIsAPepsi (0%)
ReaktivU92 (0%)
UNDER_1218 (0%)
taskdom1no (0%)
Akwagazod (0%)
darklich14 (0%)
Gorm2 (0%)
Mithril_Ryder (0%)
DonJon23 (0%)
WoodBoogers (0%)
Furunduk (0%)
MeeFloppi (0%)
Master1083 (0%)
EternalPupa (0%) Save Game: SaveGame 49.44mb Last Updated:

Date:2026-07-01 Version:2.1.12 Completed: Completed after: 95:41:30 Seed:4086982834 Playtime:107:07:48 Science:

- -

- 93:12:43

- 94:33:13 Evolution:Nauvis - 0.9817
- ⌛: 4%
- 🩸: 67%
- 💀: 29%
Gleba - 0.6839
- ⌛: 71%
- 🩸: 24%
- 💀: 5% Players:Players (22):
Shakarez (61%)
Darkcry (36%)
AlexGilder (1%)
.Alicja. (1%)
SpiderHorse (0%)
StevoGlitchyFishy (0%)
vvictor (0%)
Abyssion_Z (0%)
AllIWantIsAPepsi (0%)
SuperstalkerX (0%)
YC00 (0%)
._Apollo_. (0%)
ExcludeR (0%)
Mista64 (0%)
QArea51 (0%)
Grappe (0%)
Storlem65 (0%)
osin11 (0%)
Skopulis (0%)
Laurensco (0%)
R1no (0%)
Part-human (0%) Save Game: SaveGame 46.20mb Last Updated:

Date:2026-06-01 Version:2.0.76 Completed: Completed after: 31:21:13 Seed:2450296641 Playtime:31:46:50 Science:

- -

- - Evolution:Nauvis - 0.8630
- ⌛: 10%
- 🩸: 76%
- 💀: 14% Players:Players (3):
Darkcry
Shakarez
NyakTheEng Save Game: SaveGame 9.24mb Last Updated:

Date:2026-05-01 Version:2.0.76 Completed: Completed after: 25:01:06 Seed:4219427383 Playtime:25:01:55 Science:

- -

- - Evolution:Nauvis - 0.8104
- ⌛: 10%
- 🩸: 78%
- 💀: 11% Players:Players (1):
Darkcry Save Game: SaveGame 8.57mb Last Updated:

Configuration for next month:

map-settings.json

difficulty_settings
- technology_price_multiplier (1)
  - 1 => 36
enemy_evolution
- time_factor (0.0000040)
  - 0.0000077 => 0.0000085
- destroy_factor (0.0020000)
  - 0.0039000 => 0.0043000
- pollution_factor (0.0000009)
  - 0.0000018 => 0.0000019
enemy_expansion
- min_expansion_cooldown (14400)
  - 11143 => 10586
- max_expansion_cooldown (216000)
  - 70779 => 56623
unit_group
- min_group_gathering_time (3600)
  - 2515 => 2389
- max_group_gathering_time (36000)
  - 7550 => 6040
- max_gathering_unit_groups (30)
  - 58 => 64
- max_unit_group_size (200)
  - 718 => 862

map-gen-settings.json

autoplace_controls
- coal
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 2.085 => 2.302
  - size (1.000)
    - 2.335 => 2.602
  - richness (1.000)
    - 2.165 => 2.398
- stone
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 2.085 => 2.302
  - size (1.000)
    - 2.335 => 2.602
  - richness (1.000)
    - 2.165 => 2.398
- copper-ore
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 2.085 => 2.302
  - size (1.000)
    - 2.335 => 2.602
  - richness (1.000)
    - 2.165 => 2.398
- iron-ore
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 2.085 => 2.302
  - size (1.000)
    - 2.335 => 2.602
  - richness (1.000)
    - 2.165 => 2.398
- uranium-ore
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 1.551 => 1.501
  - size (1.000)
    - 2.335 => 2.602
  - richness (1.000)
    - 2.165 => 2.398
- crude-oil
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 2.085 => 2.302
  - size (1.000)
    - 2.335 => 2.602
  - richness (1.000)
    - 2.165 => 2.398
- enemy-base
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 2.400 => 2.600
  - size (1.000)
    - 2.281 => 2.464
- vulcanus_coal
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 0.900 => 0.850
  - size (1.000)
    - 1.534 => 1.801
  - richness (1.000)
    - 1.466 => 1.699
- sulfuric_acid_geyser
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 0.800 => 0.700
  - size (1.000)
    - 1.534 => 1.801
  - richness (1.000)
    - 1.466 => 1.699
- tungsten_ore
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 0.250 => -0.125
  - size (1.000)
    - 1.534 => 1.801
  - richness (1.000)
    - 1.466 => 1.699
- calcite
  - frequency (1.000)
    - 0.800 => 0.700
  - size (1.000)
    - 1.534 => 1.801
  - richness (1.000)
    - 1.466 => 1.699
property_expression_names
- demolisher_territory_radius (384)
  - 160 => 140