About Eco Mining Drill
From Factorio Mod PortalAdds a modified mining drill to use electricity instead of burnable fuel and produce very low pollution
[ THE MOD WILL BE UPDATED FOR 2.0, not abandoned. Be patient ]
#ECOtorio This small electric drill is even slower than the burner drill, but significantly lower pollution produced for a set amount of resources extracted. Simpler logistics due to lack of fuel requirement. 80 of them needed to fill a full yellow belt with resources.
Please note that while this drill is more pollution efficient vs a normal electric drill without modules, it loses in all aspects when the electric drill has Effi1 modules inside! It also has the disadvantage of only mining the 2x2 area below it, instead of 5x5 Switch all your mining from this to normal electric miners as soon as you have the Efficiency 1 modules ready to be inserted, or nearby aggressive Deathworld biters have been... pacified.
Mod state: Alpha
FAQ
Q: Why this mod? A: Part of the Eco series, a way to start the game without burning wood or coal, significantly reducing pollution
Q: This one is even slower than the vanilla burner drill, Why? A: Due to the lack of need to insert fuel, it simplifies logistics by a lot, so the slower operation is the drawback.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Factorio 1.1.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
License
Published under MIT.
Eco Mining Drill 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
- 0.1.1, released 2022-03-10
Run Eco Mining Drill 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 catalogTechnology & automation
Machines, power, logistics and automation.
Runs on your server
From source side supportFactorio Mod Portal lists Eco Mining Drill 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
- 1.1
Verified at the source
- ✓Factorio Mod PortalOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-09Open ↗
- ✓Authorwavetrex, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseMITFree
