About Combat Research
From Factorio Mod PortalEnemy kills contribute to your technology research. Includes settings to adjust the scale on research progress, unlocking early combat technology, and disabling the lab recipe. Now includes infinite research to improve effectiveness. Ideal for Death World or Warptopio-style runs. The only good bug is a dead bug!
Enemy kills contribute to your technology research. Includes settings to adjust the scale on research progress, unlocking early combat technology, and disabling the lab recipe. Now includes infinite research to improve effectiveness. Ideal for Death World or Warptopio-style runs (recommend adjusting damage scale in setting).
This is a fork and update of the mod Combat Technology by sjlevin.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Factorio 2.1.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
License
Published under MIT.
Combat Research 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
- 1.2.1, released 2026-06-25
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2.1 | 2026-06-25 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 1.2.0 | 2026-04-26 | 2.0 | n/a |
Run Combat Research 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 catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportFactorio Mod Portal lists Combat Research 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
- Game versions
- 2.1
Verified at the source
- ✓Factorio Mod PortalOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-08Open ↗
- ✓AuthorStarless-Myth, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseMITFree
