About Challenging Research Costs
From ficsit.appIncreased and Customizable Milestone Difficulty
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Challenging Research Costs
Test your production limits. This mod significantly increases the resource requirements for all vanilla milestones, demanding true megafactory efficiency to progress.
The Logic Behind the Grind: (Vanilla materials and milestones)
(Default Qty) × (Tech Tier) × 3 = New CostNew: 1350 Reinforced Plates
New: 6750 Time Crystals
🛠️ Custom Balance & ContentLib
Want to set your own rules? Every milestone can be individually adjusted via JSON files in the /Mod folder. Powered by ContentLib.
Warning: Updating the mod will overwrite your custom JSON changes. Always keep a backup!
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Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Satisfactory >=365306.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Dependencies
Needs 2 other projects installed alongside it.
Challenging Research Costs on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Satisfactory servers. We download it from ficsit.app, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Satisfactory — 8 GB (8 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.0.5, released 2026-09-04
Run Challenging Research Costs on a Satisfactory server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportficsit.app lists Challenging Research Costs as required on the server. Check its ficsit.app page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Satisfactory
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- >=365306
- Requires
- 2 other projects installed alongside it.
Verified at the source
- ✓ficsit.appOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-16Open ↗
- ✓AuthorAndre Aquila, as published on ficsit.app
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
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Challenging Research Costs, answered
Generated from the mod’s own source data.
Do my players need to install Challenging Research Costs?
ficsit.app lists Challenging Research Costs as required on the server. Check its ficsit.app page to see whether players need it too.
Is it free?
Yes. Challenging Research Costs is free to download from ficsit.app.
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.
Run Challenging Research Costs on a Satisfactory server.
Deploy in about a minute from $12.00 a month, then add Challenging Research Costs in one click.