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Demolisher Scales

by StephenB · for Factorio

Demolishers drop scales, used to craft big miners. Combine with a demolisher breeding mod and start farming demolishers.

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2.0Latest game version

About Demolisher Scales

From Factorio Mod Portal

Demolishers drop scales, used to craft big miners. Combine with a demolisher breeding mod and start farming demolishers.

When demolishers die, they will now drop scales composed of an incredibly hard bio-metallic polymer, which is used to craft big mining drills.

You can use this alongside Demolisher Agriculture, Demolisher Eggs, or Biochemistry so you can breed demolishers.

This mod also automatically marks the corpse boulders of dead demolishers for deconstruction. This is useful for automated farming of demolishers. There is a setting to disable it.

Each big miner needs 1 demolisher scale. Small demolishers give ~10 scales, medium ones give ~20, big ones give ~80, and behemoth ones give ~400 if Behemoth Enemies is installed. There is a setting to increase or decrease these numbers.

Sprite is AI-generated by Midjourney.

_Note: I haven't actually tried to build a demolisher farm yet, but it should be possible. Let me know if you have tried and succeeded or failed. Good luck!_ One problem is that a demolisher farm will probably give you frequent alerts for "building destroyed" unless you turn off those alerts completely. There's no way to turn off alerts in a specific area, and the modding API doesn't give any easy way to do that. (If you're a modder you could try making a mod that creates "no-alert zones" around lights shining pure green. You would probably need to spoof/replace the built-in entity-destroyed alerts similar to what I did in my other mod here.)

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Built for Factorio 2.0.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

License

Published under MIT.

Demolisher Scales 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
1.2.2, released 2025-05-31

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.2.22025-05-312.0n/a
1.2.12025-01-062.0n/a
1.2.02024-12-032.0n/a
1.1.02024-12-032.0n/a
1.0.02024-12-032.0n/a

Dependencies

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

Run Demolisher Scales 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 catalog
Listed on Factorio Mod Portal as “Mods”

Gameplay & overhauls

New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Factorio Mod Portal lists Demolisher Scales 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
2.0

Verified at the source

  • ✓Factorio Mod PortalOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-09Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorStephenB, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

Demolisher Scales, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Demolisher Scales?

Factorio Mod Portal lists Demolisher Scales as required on the server. Check its Factorio Mod Portal page to see whether players need it too.

Is it free?

Yes. Demolisher Scales is free to download from Factorio Mod Portal. Its license is MIT.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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