About No Lakes
From Factorio Mod PortalThe planet you landed on is a planet without lakes. No water tiles are placed at terrain generation. Ground water can be found in some places.
The planet you landed on is a planet without lakes.
- No water tiles are placed at terrain generation.
- Ground water can be found in some places.
- Pumpjacks can pump water from ground water tiles (just like oil).
- Mods that provide different ways of pumping water are listed as optional dependencies. If you use one of them, you don't need ground water.
Changelog:
Version 1.5.1:
- change chance that biter eggs drop fish
Version 1.5.1:
- when used with biter-eggs, some of them may drop fish
Version 1.5.0:
- Updated to Factorio Version 1.1
Version 1.4.1:
- added IceOre as dependency. You may also want to take a look at simple ice ore, but I failed to add it as dependency.
Version 1.4.0:
- updated to Factorio version 1.0
- fixed sprite not found bug
Version 1.3.0:
- updated to Factorio version 0.18
Version 1.2.0:
- Added optional mods dependencies
- changed color of ground water sprite
Version 1.1.0:
- rebalancing: Groundwater yield is much higher
- bugfix: pumpjack setting was ignored sometimes
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
Rated a light load on a server.
License
Published under MIT.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 6 yr ago.
No Lakes 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
- 1.5.2, released 2020-12-11
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5.2 | 2020-12-11 | 1.1 | n/a |
| 1.5.1 | 2020-12-02 | 1.1 | n/a |
| 1.5.0 | 2020-11-24 | 1.1 | n/a |
| 1.4.1 | 2020-11-19 | 1.0 | n/a |
| 1.4.0 | 2020-11-17 | 1.0 | n/a |
| 1.3.0 | 2020-03-23 | 0.18 | n/a |
Dependencies
- Optional: Stone Water Well
- Optional: Water Well (pump free water from the ground)
- Optional: Ice Ore
- Optional: Biter Eggs
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run No Lakes 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 catalogWorld generation
Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.
Runs on your server
From source side supportFactorio Mod Portal lists No Lakes 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 ↗
- ✓AuthorPithlit, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseMITFree

