About Gun Turrets Upgraded
From Factorio Mod PortalWant a gun turret that still shreds in the late game? Adds MK1–MK4 upgrades crafted on Vulcanus, Fulgora, Aquilo, and space platforms using advanced Space Age materials. Fully compatible with physical damage research.
🔫 More Powerful Gun Turrets
> ⚠️ Important Update — Version 2.1.1 > MK gun turrets now require specific planets and machines to craft, and their stats have been rebalanced to match the added effort. > If you prefer the previous unrestricted version, you can download 2.1.0.
✨ Overview
Upgraded Gun Turrets expands the vanilla gun turret into four powerful MK tiers, each with distinct green / blue / red / purple coloring and high-quality custom icons.
🔧 Key Features
- 🟢🔵🔴🟣 MK1–MK4 progression with steadily increasing health, range, damage modifier, ammo slots, and fire rate.
- 🧪 New advanced recipes using:
- Tungsten Plates
- Tungsten Carbide
- Superconductors
- Supercapacitors
- Carbon Fiber
- Ammonia
- Quantum Processors
- Promethium Asteroid Chunks
- Cold Fluoroketone
- 🪐 Crafting Locations (2.1.1+):
- MK1 → Assembler 3 on Vulcanus
- MK2 → Electromagnetic Plant on Fulgora
- MK3 → Cryogenic Plant on Aquilo
- MK4 → Cryogenic Plant on a Space Platform
- 📦 Item stack sizes adjusted per tier:
40 / 30 / 20 / 10 - ⏱️ Crafting times scaled:
20 / 30 / 40 / 50 seconds - ⚡ Dynamic tech compatibility — all physical-projectile-damage technologies automatically apply their turret‑attack bonus to upgraded turrets.
- 🎨 Custom item, entity, and technology icons plus refined mask tinting for consistent, high-quality visuals.
- 🚀 Requires Space Age and Quality DLCs.
🌍 Planet-Based Crafting
| Tier | Location | Facility | |------|----------|----------| | MK1 | Vulcanus | Assembler 3 | | MK2 | Fulgora | Electromagnetic Plant | | MK3 | Aquilo | Cryogenic Plant | | MK4 | Space Platform | Cryogenic Plant |
💬 Feedback
If you enjoy the mod or have suggestions, feel free to leave a comment or report issues. Thanks for playing! 🚀
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Factorio 2.1.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
License
Published under MIT.
Gun Turrets Upgraded 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
- 2.1.2, released 2026-10-25
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.2 | 2026-10-25 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 2.1.1 | 2026-08-13 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 2.1.0 | 2026-07-11 | 2.1 | n/a |
| 1.1.3 | 2026-06-13 | 2.0 | n/a |
| 1.1.2 | 2026-06-13 | 2.0 | n/a |
| 1.1.1 | 2026-06-06 | 2.0 | n/a |
Dependencies
- Required: [reserved]
- Required: quality (factorio_portal, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Gun Turrets Upgraded 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 catalogWeapons, items & crafting
New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.
Runs on your server
From source side supportFactorio Mod Portal lists Gun Turrets Upgraded 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 2026-10-26Open ↗
- ✓Author18xiaochen, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseMITFree
