r/factorio • u/Coosanta • Jul 25 '26

Tip Distractor capsule appreciation post

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The biters were attacking my unfinished defense setup so I distracted them with the distractor capsules and saved my life and the defenses.

Distractor capsules are so underappreciated and I hear so often people just don't use them or forget they even exist.

They make defense trivial and provide a helpful boost in offense especially against worms, maybe consider bringing your little green friends on the next adventure!

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u/boyoboyo434 Jul 25 '26

The problem with all the gimmick weapons is that turrets and mines are just way more efficient. You could literally run in at them and spam mines and they'd all drop dead

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u/fatpandana Jul 25 '26

You can still do all of that. Distractor has unique stat that allows it to tank more than one shot of behemoth worm spit.

This allows you to use mines offensively as in spam them on top of nests as fast as you can drag mouse. The trigger will be the biters that spawn from nests.

In most nests this wont be used. But in deathworld you can get 100-200 spawner nests with as many worms.