About Escape the Ecliptic
From Factorio Mod PortalGather biogenic dispersant from Gleba, holmium from Fulgora and wear-resistant materials from Vulcanus, and refine cryogenic propellant and promethium activator in a platform centrifuge. Keep the promethium coming from the shattered-planet route, build interplanetary supply lines and a coolant loop, and let the platform sail clear of the asteroid-dense ecliptic.
The ecliptic is the plane the planets travel in — and the nest where dust and asteroids gather. Everyone travels along it, because leaving it has a price.
Deflection Thrusters build a field that pushes a platform's orbit up out of that plane. The steeper the tilt, the cleaner the lane: first only small collectable chunks, then empty high-latitude space.
What it does One tier per working thruster: 1 thruster keeps the vanilla route; 2 unlock an off-plane lane with collectable small chunks only; 3 or more give a lane with no asteroids at all Steeper tilt, higher speed: 1000 → 1750 → 2500 km/s, then +500 per extra thruster Deflection has a price: dearer near a star, deeper in a planet's gravity well and the heavier the ship. Low fluid steps the tier down with a countdown; running dry brakes the platform and drops it back into the ecliptic Lane changes are announced with a countdown and a smooth speed ramp Production chain Gleba: joint bacteria → biogenic dispersant Fulgora: holmium solution → refined holmium additive Vulcanus: tungsten carbide → wear-resistant separator cartridge Shattered planet: promethium asteroid chunks → promethium extract Orbital centrifuge: refines cryogenic propellant and promethium activator
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
Rated a light load on a server.
License
Published under GPL-3.0.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 21d ago.
Escape the Ecliptic 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
- 0.4.11, released 2026-10-14
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.4.11 | 2026-10-14 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 0.4.8 | 2026-10-10 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 0.4.1 | 2026-10-09 | 2.1 | n/a |
Dependencies
- Required: [reserved]
- Required: Pentapod Joint Bacteria - Gleba Bio-Processing
- Required: Pressure Barrel - Efficient Space Fluid Transport
- Optional: Barreling Group
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Escape the Ecliptic 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 catalogBuilding & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Runs on your server
From source side supportFactorio Mod Portal lists Escape the Ecliptic 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 2026-10-24Open ↗
- ✓Authorzhe-yan, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseGPL-3.0Free
