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Wave Defense Unlimited

by OwnlyMe · for Factorio

Wave defense with infinite scaling and lots of settings. Tower defense! Available in freeplay mode and as scenario.

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6 yr agoLast updated
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About Wave Defense Unlimited

From Factorio Mod Portal

Wave defense with infinite scaling and lots of settings. Tower defense! Available in freeplay mode and as scenario.

Sorry but i can't update my mods anymore. Most of my mods have a very unrestrictive license so feel free to take over...

Now you can play the wave defense scenario ad infinitum!

I added seperate biters that will scale infinitely.

The ammo tweak in this mod also uses seperate items, so nothing here will interfere with your vanilla game.

There are a lot of customization options that will allow you to find your own difficulty level.

Playing with your friends is recommended, but there is a "solo" mode with more starting items (~3x) and faster crafting.

The default scaling is designed to be very challenging and will (should?) kill you at some point. (i'm still carefully testing the default settings, when i'm done i will update them (FEEDBACK PLEASE?))

Every 20 rounds you have to buy a satellite for 400.000+ points or the waves will come continuously.

_____ When you're struggling: [SPOILER]

  • Make a blueprint of your base and try to build the most important factory complexes first
  • Build a defense in your base until you have enough items to build the outer defenses
  • Make flamethrower towers - they may be much weaker than in the vanilla scenario but can still do good damage with enough research (maybe i nerfed them too much, so FEEDBACK PLEASE?)
  • Try to research attackspeed as late as possible and save up ammo
  • When you are supposed to launch a rocket, you can try to keep defending as long as possible to earn extra money (but save your game before... the difficulty is rising faster the longer you wait)

FEEDBACK PLEASE: post your settings, how far you made it, and what your strategy was

_____ Credits:

  • Factorio Team for making the original wave defense scenario
  • AbertPC for supporting and motivating me to make a freeplay mode and multiplayer-testing it for bugs and balancing

_____ If you have a really old scenario save game (0.16.10 or older), you need to update it: replace the control.lua in your wave defense savegame with one from the scenario folders.

My mods: Combat:

Basing:

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 6 yr ago.

Wave Defense Unlimited 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
0.18.30, released 2020-05-28

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
0.18.302020-05-280.18n/a
0.18.292020-05-240.18n/a
0.18.282020-05-230.18n/a
0.18.272020-05-150.18n/a
0.18.262020-05-030.18n/a
0.17.262020-05-030.17n/a

Run Wave Defense Unlimited on a Factorio server

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Factorio Mod Portal as “Mods”

Maps & scenarios

Custom maps, arenas and scenarios to play on.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Factorio Mod Portal lists Wave Defense Unlimited 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 ↗
  • ✓AuthorOwnlyMe, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Wave Defense Unlimited, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Wave Defense Unlimited?

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

Is it free?

Yes. Wave Defense Unlimited is free to download from Factorio Mod Portal.

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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