Galaxy of Fame
Space Age expansion exclusive feature.
The Galaxy of Fame is a feature available upon beating Factorio: Space Age. It is a database of saves that have beaten the expansion, able to be viewed on the Factorio website. It appears as a vast galaxy of stars of all size and colors. Each star belongs to one particular player who has beaten Space Age. Clicking on a star will bring up a snapshot of that player's save.
After reaching the solar system edge and viewing the victory screen, the player will be invited to upload a snapshot of their save to the Galaxy of Fame. Only one snapshot can be uploaded per player; uploading a new snapshot will override the previous one. The player can also include a custom name and comment. After uploading, the game will provide a link to the player's snapshot on the Factorio website.
After winning, the "Galaxy of Fame" button will appear on the main menu. Clicking it will allow the player to upload a new snapshot, or click the link to the existing snapshot.
Snapshot
The Galaxy of Fame includes the following information:
- A custom name & comment (optional)
- The date of upload
- Time played
- Game version
- Map seed
- Player count
- List of mods
- This includes both the four mandatory mods (Base, Elevated Rails, Quality, and Space Age) and any user-created mods.
- Map views of the five planets, in the order they were visited
- Map views of all space platforms, in the order they were created
- A full list of the number of all items produced
- A full list of the amount of energy produced by each power source
- A full list of the number of kills, including all asteroid varieties
Star Position
The position, color, and size of a player's star is randomized upon upload. Given the vast number of stars in the galaxy, it can be difficult to locate your own star on the map by searching manually. However, each star's position is fixed and will always be in the same place.
Each star is placed by a set of coordinates which can be read to reliably locate it on the map. A star's coordinates can be located within the URL of the snapshot that is provided upon upload. As an example, the following is the coordinates for the snapshot of lead developer Kovarex:
Iron I: Alpha1-1.A1W3
Sector
The first word of the URL, named after an item, designates one of sixteen sectors within the galaxy, laid out on a grid pattern. The four central sectors, containing the majority of stars (28'900 out of 32'600, as of February 2025), are named Iron, Quantum, Sulfur, and Calcite, and are marked in bold in the chart below. The sectors as they are currently known, are laid out like this.
| Copper | Ammonia | Fluorine | Carbon |
| Bioflux | Quantum | Iron | Stone |
| Lithium | Sulfur | Calcite | Electrolyte |
| Uranium | Tungsten | Holmium | Yumako |
Quadrant
The numeral after the sector name designates one of four numbered quadrants within a sector. The table below shows the layout the quadrants within the Iron sector as an example. Each sector has its quadrants split up in the same pattern, so the quadrant to the immediate left of "Iron III" would be "Quantum IV".
| Iron III | Iron IV |
| Iron I | Iron II |
Region
The second word, named after a letter of the Greek alphabet, designates a region within a quadrant. Each quadrant contains 9 regions. Their position within the quadrants are structured as follows:
| Eta | Theta | Iota |
| Delta | Epsilon | Zeta |
| Alpha | Beta | Gamma |
The two numbers after the region name designate the star's location within the region. Each number can go between 1 and 7. The first number increases from left to right, while the second increases from bottom to top. The two of them together position the star within a region. For example, a number of 1-1 designates a position within the bottom left of its region; 1-7 in the top left, and so on.
Exact position
Following the dot, the final pair of letter-number sets designates the exact position within a region. Letters go from A to G (the first letter) and T to Z (the second), and increase from left to right. The first letter will only be advanced by one when the second letter advances through all 26 letters. For example, A1Z1 comes before B1Y1. Numbers once again go between 1 and 7 and increase from bottom to top. The same rule from letters applies to numbers.
As a final example, a coordinate of Quantum II: Gamma5-1.A7Z1 will give a position as follows:
- Quantum sector
- Bottom right of Quantum II quadrant
- Bottom middle of Gamma region
History
- 2.0.10:
- Galaxy of fame. Offered when the game is finished.