Source-checkedWeapons, items & crafting

Smooth Fluids

by Shingen · for Factorio

Smoothes out fluid-using recipes, making them proportionally take less time, use fewer resources, and create fewer products.

1.0KDownloads
2 yr agoLast updated
MITLicense
2.0Latest game version

About Smooth Fluids

From Factorio Mod Portal

Smoothes out fluid-using recipes, making them proportionally take less time, use fewer resources, and create fewer products.

This is a mod that smoothes out fluid-using recipes, making them proportionally take less time, use fewer resources, and create fewer products.

It was born from the frustration of seeing refineries taking a long time to process large batches of resources, and create weird-ass production graphs that were absolutely useless in the short timeframe.

The mod should work with any recipes, vanilla or modded, as long as my mod's script runs after they're ready.

If you have a mod that Smooth Fluids causes some issues with, please let me know so I can try to solve it - most likely it will just require adding some dependencies that you could try doing yourself too.

I think ideally Factorio should process tiny amounts of fluids with every update, but that most likely would require reworking how the game crafts items, so until then this mod is the next best thing.

A little warning: activating/deactivating this mod in an ongoing game will probably cause a couple-seconds-long surge/lowering of altered fluids' production. It doesn't matter in the long run though.

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Built for Factorio 2.0.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

License

Published under MIT.

Smooth Fluids 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
1.3.1, released 2024-10-21

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.3.12024-10-212.0n/a
1.3.02024-07-081.1n/a
1.2.02024-03-241.1n/a
1.1.12023-10-031.1n/a
1.1.02023-10-021.1n/a
1.0.42020-11-241.1n/a

Dependencies

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

Run Smooth Fluids 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”

Weapons, items & crafting

New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Factorio Mod Portal lists Smooth Fluids 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
2.0

Verified at the source

  • ✓Factorio Mod PortalOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-09Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorShingen, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

Smooth Fluids, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Smooth Fluids?

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

Is it free?

Yes. Smooth Fluids is free to download from Factorio Mod Portal. Its license is MIT.

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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