What Other Official Factorio Resources Are Linked from the Forums?

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The Factorio Forums header links to four official destinations beyond the forum itself: the main Factorio website (www.factorio.com), the Factorio Wiki, the Mod Portal, and the API Docs. The same header also carries a Wiki link in the quick-links row, so the wiki is reachable from two places on the index page. These links appear on the forum index and are the fastest route from a forum thread to official documentation, downloads, or mod listings.

The official links in the forum header

The top of the forum index shows this link row: Factorio.com | Forums | Wiki | Mod Portal | API Docs. Each entry points to a different official resource:

Link What it leads to When to use it
Factorio.com The main Factorio website Release information, the game itself, and general official pages
Forums The forum index you are already on Community discussion and support
Wiki The official Factorio Wiki Game mechanics, recipes, and reference material
Mod Portal The official mod listing site Browsing, downloading, and managing mods
API Docs Official API documentation Modding and tooling reference

A second row below the header repeats Wiki alongside Active topics and FAQ, so you do not need to scroll back to the top to reach the wiki.

How the forum itself is organized around these resources

The board index groups discussions into two main sections, and knowing which section matches your question saves time before you leave for the wiki or mod portal.

General Topics

  • Releases — information about releases and the roadmap (597 topics, 16,239 posts at the time of the page snapshot).
  • News — regular reports on Factorio development (480 topics, 52,505 posts).
  • General discussion — everything that does not fit another category.
  • Multiplayer — meeting other players and announcing servers.
  • Show your Creations — factory pictures and videos, with a request to include blueprints or maps.
  • Spread the Word — promoting Factorio.
  • Off topic — non-Factorio subjects.
  • This Forum — forum-related discussion and moderator calls.

Support

  • Gameplay Help — how to use a machine, efficient setups, stuck missions (6,157 topics).
  • Technical Help — problems playing, downloading, or running the game (6,997 topics).

If your question is about how a machine or recipe works, the Wiki link is usually the faster answer; if it is about a specific stuck situation, Gameplay Help is the place to search first. For anything involving mods, the Mod Portal link is the official entry point, and API Docs is the reference for mod code.

Practical notes for using the links

  • The forum runs on a search system with Search and Advanced search at the top; searching the forum before posting is the intended flow, and the Wiki link sits right next to it for reference lookups.
  • Login and Register appear in the header. The page snapshot does not state whether any of the linked resources require an account, so treat login requirements per site rather than assuming they are shared.
  • The board index shows Unanswered topics and Active topics quick links, useful when you want to help someone or catch up on recent threads.
  • Timestamps on the snapshot (for example, "Fri Oct 30, 2026") reflect when the page was captured; topic and post counts will have changed since.

In short: use the header row as your map — Factorio.com for the game and official news, Wiki for mechanics, Mod Portal for mods, and API Docs for modding reference — and use the forum boards for discussion and troubleshooting around them.