About Earlier Transport Drones
From Factorio Mod PortalAdds early steam transport drones and transport depots. Fork of ced-dev's Transport Drones (Continued) of Klonan's Transport Drones for Factorio 2.0.
Fork of Shadox—Transport Drones (Continued) mod
Drones become available earlier, after the invention of steel (red science), drones for transporting liquids become available after the invention of fluid handling (green science). They are powered by steam, so steam engines must be used to build them. Buildings require bricks for construction.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Factorio 2.0.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
License
Published under LGPL-3.0.
Earlier Transport Drones 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
- 0.0.2, released 2026-04-21
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0.2 | 2026-04-21 | 2.0 | n/a |
| 0.0.1 | 2026-03-23 | 2.0 | n/a |
Dependencies
- Optional: Stack Size
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Earlier Transport Drones 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 Earlier Transport Drones 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 2026-10-08Open ↗
- ✓AuthorS3BA, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseLGPL-3.0Free
