Mods that should be on the base game
- Auto Deconstruct
- Automatic Underground Pipe Connectors
- Bottleneck
- Car/Tank/Spidertron Locator Button
- Cleaned Concrete
- Copy Paste Modules
- Even Distribution Lite
- Extended Descriptions
- Factory Search
- Infinite Tecnhologies
- Landfill Everything
- Infinizoom
- Milestones
- Pipe Visualizer
- Queue to Front (Alt+ Mouse Button)
- Show Max Underground Distance
- Stack Combinator
- Train Control Signals
- VehicleSnap
- Wire Shortcuts
Mods that make the game prettier
- Alien Biomes
- Aliem Biomes High-Res Terrain
- Automatic Train Painter
- Automatic Station Painter
- Better Alert Arrows
- Bullet Trails
- Dectorio
- Disco Science
- Dirt Path
- Enhanced Map Colors
- FactorioHD:Modpack
- Hall of Fame
- NiceFill
- Realistic Heat Glow
- Resource Map Label Marker
- Text Plates
- Train Trails
Mods that are useful extra interfaces
Mods that are game-altering, but that I use all the time
- AAI Containers & Warehouses
- AAI Signal Transmission
- AAI Vehicles: Ironclad
- Combat Mechanics Overhaul
- Custom Terrain Generation
- Editor Extensions
- Far Reach
- FasterStart
- Hovercrafts
- Inbuilt Lighting
- Island Start
- Lightorio
- Packing Tape
- Power Armor MK3
- Safe Waterfill
- Splatter Guard
- Squeak Through