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Hovercraft

by MostlyNumbers · for Factorio

Speed across land and water in your own personal hovercraft, but watch out for trees! Now with Missiles!

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7 yr agoLast updated
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About Hovercraft

From Factorio Mod Portal

Speed across land and water in your own personal hovercraft, but watch out for trees! Now with Missiles!

###Basics: Not quite a car, ship, or airplane.. build your own hovercraft to explore over land and sea!

The hovercraft is unlocked as green science tech, and requires plastic to build. It's less efficient, more fragile, and slower acceleration than the car. Also unarmed. But hey, it goes over water!

By popular request, there's now a Missile-Craft! It requires separate research (blue and black science), and comes armed with a rapid missile launcher. But keep moving, because it's pretty fragile. It may be slightly cheaty if you play on an ocean map without a swimming mod (for instance CanalBuilder).

##Pairings This mod goes well with Cargo Ships as well as some of my other mods.

###Compatibility: Slightly tweaks the base tech tree to remove the electric engine prereq for flying tech. Uses collision mask "layer-12". If other mods are using the same, there might be unexpected behavior.

###Planned Features:

  • Further GFX improvements

Let me know what you think!


###Change Log: v0.17.8

  • Finally updated to 0.17!
  • Compatibility fixes as needed

v0.0.8

  • Fix compatibility with Alien Biomes

v0.0.7

  • Fix missing smoke effect on missile-craft
  • Fix Rampant and Natural Evolution biters pathing over water

v0.0.6

  • More AAI compatibility fixes
  • Balancing

v0.0.5

  • Fix AAI vehicles pathing over water

v0.0.4

  • Addition of the Missile-Craft

v0.0.3

  • Fix visual glitch when approaching water
  • Migrations as needed
  • Support for other modded vehicles

v0.0.2

  • Fix crash when using HD graphics
  • Add optional dependency to CanalBuilder to prevent doubled water ripples

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 7 yr ago.

Hovercraft 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
0.17.8, released 2019-09-01

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
0.17.82019-09-010.17n/a
0.0.82018-07-240.16n/a
0.0.72018-06-260.16n/a
0.0.62018-05-260.16n/a
0.0.52018-05-250.16n/a
0.0.42018-05-230.16n/a

Dependencies

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

Run Hovercraft 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”

World generation

Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Factorio Mod Portal lists Hovercraft 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

Hovercraft, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Hovercraft?

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

Is it free?

Yes. Hovercraft is free to download from Factorio Mod Portal.

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

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