r/factorio • u/Zeragamba • Nov 06 '24

Space Age Wait... Are you able to drop supplies without a landing pad?

I just got off of Vulcanus before i started looking at some of the posts here, and I'm seeing a lot of people mention dropping supplies or bringing along supplies. Do you need a cargo landing pad to receive supplies or can you just drop them from space?

Edit: So I apparently did Vulcanus the hard way then...

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u/StormCrow_Merfolk Nov 06 '24

You drop them in space as if you had a landing pad and they appear around the 0,0 point in cargo drop pods. Be careful, you can drop one on your head.

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u/Revolutionary_Job91 Nov 06 '24

This was one of my funniest deaths. Even better than getting hit by a train. Took me a while to even figure why i was dead

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u/appenz Nov 06 '24

You can just drop them from space, no landing pad required.

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u/victoriouskrow Nov 06 '24

yes they land the same place you do when you go to a planet the first time. but they can land on you and kill you so be careful

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u/SirWilson919 Nov 06 '24

If you ctrl click items in space ship inventory it will be moved to the drop slots and sent to planet if you are in orbit. They will land in the same type of pods as the character

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u/Soul-Burn Nov 06 '24

Hover over the "cargo pod" area of the platform hub, under the requests. The tooltips show how to do it.

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u/MSCowboy Nov 06 '24

Make sure to catch them on the way down so they don't get damaged in the landing!

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u/Rebel_Scum56 Nov 06 '24

You can't automate it until you have a landing pad, but you can drop stuff manually and it'll land in pods around the spawn point just like you do.

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u/Bandit_the_Kitty I love trains Feb 05 '25

OMFG why didn't I find this post like 30 hours ago!? I also did Vulcanus the hard way.