Which Factorio Forums Board Should I Post In?

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Choose the board that matches what you need: Gameplay Help for in-game questions and efficient setups, Technical Help for installation, downloading, or running problems, Multiplayer for arranging games or announcing servers, and Show your Creations for sharing factories, pictures, videos, and blueprints. If your topic is general discussion, off-topic, or about the forums themselves, use the corresponding General Topics board instead.

Quick board picker

Your goal Board What belongs there
Ask how a machine works, request an efficient setup, get unstuck in a mission Gameplay Help In-game questions and efficient setups
Fix a problem that stops you from playing, downloading, or running the game Technical Help Installation, downloading, and running issues
Find people to play with or announce a server Multiplayer Arranging games and announcing servers
Share a factory, screenshots, videos, or blueprints Show your Creations Factories, pictures, videos, and blueprints
Talk about releases, roadmap, or development reports Releases / News Release information and regular development reports
Discuss anything else Factorio-related General discussion Other topics that do not fit another category
Talk about non-Factorio subjects Off topic Things not directly connected with Factorio
Discuss the forums themselves or moderation This Forum Forum-related discussions

How to decide between the two help boards

The split is about where the problem lives:

  • In the game — you are already running Factorio and need help with gameplay, machines, or setups. Post in Gameplay Help.
  • Before the game — you cannot install, download, or successfully run Factorio on your computer. Post in Technical Help.

If you are unsure, describe the exact symptom in your post: what you did, what you expected, and what happened instead. That makes it easier for readers to move or answer your thread correctly.

Sharing creations and finding players

  • Show your Creations is the place for pictures and videos of your factories. The board description asks you to post blueprints or maps of your creations when possible, so include them if you have them. Art and design work belongs in Fan Art instead.
  • Multiplayer covers both sides of playing together: arranging meetings with other people and announcing your servers.

Checking before you post

The index page shows topic and post counts plus the latest post for each board, so you can see how active a board is before starting a thread. It also links to Unanswered topics, Active topics, and Search, which are useful for checking whether your question already has a thread. Reading the latest posts in a board also shows the tone and detail level expected there.

Common pitfalls

  • Posting a technical problem in Gameplay Help (or the reverse) delays the right readers from seeing it.
  • Sharing a factory without a blueprint or map limits how much others can help or reuse it.
  • Starting a new thread for a question that already has an active one splits the answers; search first.

For a broader overview of the site itself, see “What Is the Factorio Forums Website?”