About Industrial Evolution
From ficsit.appA feature-rich mod based on Mk++ and X3's Better Vehicles with many quality of life improvements
Industrial Evolution is a feature-rich mod based on Mk++ and X3 Better Vehicles with many QoL improvements, more balanced approach and strives to give players more freedom of choice.
To use it, a new research tree will be available in MAM, unlocking each node will reward recipes for building better machines, which can be upgraded in-place and have many customizable settings such as overclocking mode, power consumption, production multiplier, and many more.
Feedback
For bug reports and requests/suggestions you can find me on the Ficsit Labs Discord.
Mod Recommendation
- Check out Industrial Evolution Early. It offers an alternative/rebalanced research costs.
- Compatibility with FexPan is provided by Industrial Evolution FexPan mod.
Summary
- Machines can be upgraded in place and daisy-chained up to 4 power lines
- The build cost changes dynamically based on the production multiplier or inventory multiplier
- Resource extractors have Nudge Mode and can be extended with Infinite Nudge
- Each machine variant can be customized via Mod Savegame Settings
- Note: You must save and reload your save file for the new settings to take effect.
- Configurable Containers and Fluid Buffers
- Upgradeable Power Storage with recharge rate and capacity up to 2.5k MW
- Drones with built-in rechargeable batteries (disabled by default)
- Improved version of Trucks, Trains, Drones and their respective stations
- Integrates very well with
- Enhanced Conveyors
- Heavy Fluid Overhaul
- Industrial Evolution: Lite
- Stack Resizer
- Machine Buffer Resizer
- Support Digital Storage
- Support Refined Power's Deanium Resource Wells (introduced in v3.1.1)
- Supported by Circuitry since v0.10.70
- As a bonus, we also fixed base-game bugs:
- Water consumption values shown in Coal/Nuclear Generators UI are no longer rounded
- The main title in miners UI displays their proper name
Available Chat Commands
/ie UnlockAll- Complete the Industrial Evolution research tree in M.A.M.
Note: Chat commands are not case sensitive
Screenshots
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Mod Savegame Settings:
The new research tree in MAM:
A Constructor Mk.2 at 3x with a bug-free UI
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Thanks
- Coffee Stain Studios
- Mircea, Robb and co., which made this mod possible
- Delektrix for contributions in helping balance the mod
- SirDigby for C++ contribution, please consider donating to his tip jar
- Bababooie for container improvements
- Smashicons for the logo and in-game icon
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Satisfactory >=491125.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Dependencies
Needs 2 other projects installed alongside it.
Industrial Evolution 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
- 1.6.5, released 2026-06-17
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6.5 | 2026-06-17 | >=491125 | n/a |
| 1.4.14 beta | 2023-12-19 | >=269772 | n/a |
Run Industrial Evolution 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 catalogTechnology & automation
Machines, power, logistics and automation.
Runs on your server
From source side supportficsit.app lists Industrial Evolution 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
- >=491125
- Requires
- 2 other projects installed alongside it.
Verified at the source
- ✓ficsit.appOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-15Open ↗
- ✓AuthorAcxd, as published on ficsit.app
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree









