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Rainbow Beacon Overhaul

by Kabury · for Factorio

Beacon overhaul!

147Downloads
3 mo agoLast updated
UnlicenseLicense
Factorio Mod PortalSource

About Rainbow Beacon Overhaul

From Factorio Mod Portal

Beacon overhaul!

These beacons are designed to encourage more build variety!

Look at the machine speed bonuses in the next video:

Rainbow beacon showcase

There's a menu inside each rainbow beacon which lets you choose a transmission color. All colors deliver the effect of one module.

Warmer color beacons transmit over small areas, but use less modules and less electricity. Colder color beacons can transmit over a wide area (up to 131x131), but they require more modules and more electricity to work.

The coldest beacon is purple and the warmest is red.

Machines can only have one beacon of each color affecting them. When they are affected by 2 beacons of the same color, the effects of said color are cancelled!

Despite the giant areas, these beacons should be fairly balanced, as they are fairly big and don't provide that much of a boost (only equivalent to 2 vanilla beacons). I wanted to make their placement a bit puzzly and to encourage building variety :P

This mod is a fork of nattanang which forked Kane.Nexus with sprinkles of pY inspiration.

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

License

Published under Unlicense.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 3 mo ago.

Rainbow Beacon Overhaul 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
1.0.8, released 2026-07-28

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.0.82026-07-282.1n/a
1.0.72026-07-282.1n/a
1.0.62026-07-102.1n/a
1.0.52026-07-102.1n/a
1.0.42026-07-102.1n/a
1.0.32026-07-042.1n/a

Dependencies

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

Run Rainbow Beacon Overhaul 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”

Gameplay & overhauls

New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Factorio Mod Portal lists Rainbow Beacon Overhaul 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 2026-10-08Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorKabury, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
  • ✓LicenseUnlicenseFree

Rainbow Beacon Overhaul, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Rainbow Beacon Overhaul?

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

Is it free?

Yes. Rainbow Beacon Overhaul is free to download from Factorio Mod Portal. Its license is Unlicense.

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.

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