About Lamp Placer
From Factorio Mod PortalSelect a dark area that has electricity and let there be lamps.
Select an area with the Lamp Placer tool and let there be lamps.
An algorithm will place lamp-ghosts where there is electricity and no other lamps nearby. Then your robots (if you have them) will start to build the lamps for you.
Version 0.17.0:
- Update for Factorio 0.17
Version 0.16.1:
- Add per-player mod setting for distance between lamps
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Factorio 2.1.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
License
Published under MIT.
Lamp Placer 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
- 1.1.4, released 2026-06-28
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.4 | 2026-06-28 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 1.1.3 | 2024-11-06 | 2.0 | n/a |
| 1.1.2 | 2024-10-29 | 2.0 | n/a |
| 1.1.1 | 2023-08-15 | 1.1 | n/a |
| 1.1.0 | 2020-11-28 | 1.1 | n/a |
| 0.18.0 | 2020-02-01 | 0.18 | n/a |
Run Lamp Placer 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 catalogListed on Factorio Mod Portal as “Mods”
Technology & automation
Machines, power, logistics and automation.
Runs on your server
From source side supportFactorio Mod Portal lists Lamp Placer 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 ↗
- ✓Authorzomis, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseMITFree
