Source-checkedWeapons, items & crafting

Hard crafting

by judos · for Factorio

Modifies vanilla crafting and smelting to be much trickier, you will need better planning and more clever setup

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GPL-3.0License
2.1Latest game version

About Hard crafting

From Factorio Mod Portal

Modifies vanilla crafting and smelting to be much trickier, you will need better planning and more clever setup

HardCrafting is dedicated at making the resource processing more complex, which requires you to build more clever setups. This gives you however also the advantage of refining more plates out of the ores than before.

I recommend using the beltSorter mod as well if you install hardCrafting. Find the mod here! Changelog of hardCrafting

Features:

  • Mining iron or copper gives you new different types of items such as iron-nuggets, gravel, dirt, copper-sludge and of course ore.
  • New resource processing in 3 different tiers for iron and copper
  • New resource: rich-copper, rich-iron which give additional boost in resources
  • New technology for Crusher and Pulverizer processing machines required to get to the best processing of iron and copper
  • New building: Big-processing-machine: 4x faster than crusher, but can you handle it's recipes?
  • Incinerator burns away items any excess items which you don't need
  • Dirt and gravel (did you ever create a parking spot for your car? You can do that now...)
  • Use excess dirt as landfill
  • Long fast inserter, Long filter inserter
  • Cheaper trains, but wagon carry only half -> thereby you need more trains in total. Yeah!
  • Several recipes give you scrap metal which can/should be recycled
  • Adds oil-sand which can be pumped by using fracking-fluid. Gives 3x as much oil as normal oil patches.

Additions when used with other mods:

  • Fluid barrel: Tier 3 copper processing can be done with barrels in the chemical plant (might help some players)
  • Marathon: Supports Marathon mod by using variable recipes
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FAQ

Incineration produces coal dust =====

This is intended and is a small bonus return.

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Built for Factorio 2.1.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

License

Published under GPL-3.0.

Hard crafting 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
1.0.14, released 2026-10-25

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.0.142026-10-252.1n/a
1.0.132026-08-142.1n/a
1.0.112024-02-291.1n/a
1.0.102023-12-091.1n/a
1.0.92023-12-061.1n/a
1.0.82023-12-051.1n/a

Dependencies

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

Run Hard crafting 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”

Weapons, items & crafting

New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Factorio Mod Portal lists Hard crafting 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 2026-10-26Open ↗
  • ✓Authorjudos, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
  • ✓LicenseGPL-3.0Free

Hard crafting, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Hard crafting?

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

Is it free?

Yes. Hard crafting is free to download from Factorio Mod Portal. Its license is GPL-3.0.

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.

NxLabs

Run Hard crafting on a Factorio server.

Deploy in about a minute from $2.99 a month, then add Hard crafting in one click.