About CanalBuilder
From Factorio Mod PortalDig canals to extend or connect bodies of water. - Adds waterfill and swimming - Biters, players, and vehicles are slowed down in water
Take a swim, feed those hungry steam turbines, dig a moat, or dig canals to connect bodies of water (useful for boat and ship mods).
Additions:
- Waterfill - replace dirt with water
- Swimming - Players, vehicles, and biters can cross shallow water
Balance:
- Waterfill can only be placed adjacent to existing bodies of water - no spawning water from nowhere
- Waterfill only produces shallow water, which biters can cross
- Water will slow down biters (and players)
- Minimum 3-tile width, since this can be used as a high-throughput water pipe for reactors
##Pairings This mod goes well with Cargo Ships as well as some of my other mods.
If you'd like to translate for another locale, please get in touch If there are bugs or issues with other mods, let me know
Change log
v0.17.6
- Finally updated to 0.17
- Various compatibility fixes
v0.0.6
- Prevent splash graphics when trains near water
v0.0.5
- Tweak graphics
- More efficient ripple animations
v0.0.4 - 4/30/18
- added remote.interfaces["CanalBuilder"]["exists"] for compatibility with other swimming mods
v0.0.3 - 4/19/18
- fix that biters actually get slowed down
- can now be hand-crafted
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 7 yr ago.
CanalBuilder on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Factorio servers. We download it from Factorio Mod Portal, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Factorio — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 0.17.6, released 2019-09-01
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.17.6 | 2019-09-01 | 0.17 | n/a |
| 0.0.6 | 2018-07-24 | 0.16 | n/a |
| 0.0.4 | 2018-04-30 | 0.16 | n/a |
| 0.0.3 | 2018-04-19 | 0.16 | n/a |
| 0.0.2 | 2018-04-16 | 0.16 | n/a |
Run CanalBuilder on a Factorio server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogVehicles & ships
Cars, boats, aircraft, ships and other things to drive or fly.
Runs on your server
From source side supportFactorio Mod Portal lists CanalBuilder as required on the server. Check its Factorio Mod Portal page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Factorio
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
Verified at the source
- ✓Factorio Mod PortalOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-09Open ↗
- ✓AuthorMostlyNumbers, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
