Essential Satisfactory mods
Popular, recently updated mods from ficsit.app, the official Satisfactory Mod Repository. Install them with Satisfactory Mod Manager, which adds SML and every library a mod needs. All of these are marked Works for the stable branch on ficsit.app as of the verified date.
Hand-picked by ModSafe, listed in install order. We link only to the official download pages and never host files. Badges reflect our live framework status for Update 2026-11-04. List verified 2026-10-26.
📘 How to install mods Recommended manager: Satisfactory Mod Manager (SMM) ↗
1Satisfactory Mod Loader (SML)
Framework
The mod loader every code mod needs. SMM installs and updates it for you.
Don't install it by hand; let the mod manager pick the version.
No requirements listed by the author
Tracked framework: Just patched, wait for the latest patch. Last updated on its download page: 2026-06-06.
2Satisfactory Mod Manager
Mod manager
Installs mods, dependencies and SML, with profiles you can share for multiplayer.
No requirements listed by the author
Tracked framework: Not affected by patches for the latest patch.
Build grids of foundations, walls and machines in one go, with auto-connected belts and power.
Very popular; check its ficsit.app page after big game updates.
Requires: SML
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-11-10.
Raises the zoop (drag-build) limit and lets you zoop in two directions at once.
Requires: SML
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-07-28.
Nudge, rotate and scale buildables in finer steps and on any axis while placing them.
Requires: SML
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-09-02.
Adds 30+ power buildings, including solar, wind, hydro and nuclear options.
Requires: SML. Also needs: ModularUI, RefinedRDLib (with RefinedRDApi)
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-08-14.
7Structural Solutions
Building
300+ extra building pieces: foundations, walls, ramps and decorative parts.
Requires: SML
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-06-09.
Elevators and other moving platforms for getting around tall factories.
Requires: SML
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-08-02.
9Efficiency Checker Mod
Tools
Shows whether a production line is under- or over-supplied, with a buildable and a hand tool.
Requires: SML. Also needs: MarcioCommonLibs
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-11-09.
10Modular Load Balancers
Logistics
Snap-together splitter blocks that build even load balancers without the usual spaghetti.
Requires: SML
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-08-12.
11Throughput Counter and Limiter
Logistics
A belt attachment that shows real items per minute and can cap belt throughput.
Requires: SML
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-08-17.
Grow crops and raise animals as new production chains.
Requires: SML. Also needs: ModularUI, RefinedRDLib (with RefinedRDApi)
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-08-14.
Adds a minimap to your HUD.
Requires: SML
Needs SML; weakest link: SML (Just patched, wait). Last updated on its download page: 2026-07-02.
What should I install first for Satisfactory?
Install in list order: Satisfactory Mod Loader (SML), Satisfactory Mod Manager, Smart!, Infinite Zoop, and so on. Frameworks come first because the mods after them need them. We recommend Satisfactory Mod Manager (SMM) to manage them.
Which Satisfactory mods depend on SML?
11 of the 13 on our list need SML: Smart!, Infinite Zoop, Infinite Nudge, Refined Power, Structural Solutions, Linear Motion, Efficiency Checker Mod, Modular Load Balancers, Throughput Counter and Limiter, Ficsit Farming, MiniMap. If SML breaks after a patch, all of them are affected.
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