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== Exclusive items ==
== Exclusive items ==
The following items are unlocked on Aquilo:
The following items have recipes with an explicit restriction that they can only be crafted on Aquilo:
*{{imagelink|Cryogenic plant|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Cryogenic plant|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Cryogenic science pack|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Fusion generator|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Fusion generator|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Fusion reactor|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Fusion reactor|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Cryogenic science pack|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Quantum processor|space-age=yes}} (can also be crafted on [[space platform]]s)
The following fluids are extracted from or produced on Aquilo and cannot be [[barrel|barrelled]] for transport elsewhere, making them exclusive to Aquilo:
*{{imagelink|Ammoniacal solution|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Fluorine|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Lithium brine|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Ammonia|space-age=yes}}
Because the above fluids cannot be taken off of Aquilo, any recipe that directly consumes them is de-facto exclusive to Aquilo:
*{{imagelink|Fluoroketone (hot)|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Lithium|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Fusion power cell|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Solid fuel from ammonia|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Ammonia rocket fuel|space-age=yes}}
The following can be crafted elsewhere, but are unlocked on Aquilo:
*{{imagelink|Fluoroketone (cold)|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Lithium plate|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Foundation|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Railgun turret|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Railgun turret|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Railgun|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Railgun|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Railgun ammo|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Captive biter spawner|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Captive biter spawner|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Portable fusion reactor|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Portable fusion reactor|space-age=yes}}
*{{imagelink|Promethium science pack|space-age=yes}}


==Surface==
==Surface==
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* [[Crude oil]] (via pumpjack)
* [[Crude oil]] (via pumpjack)


With crude oil being the only non-exclusive resource to Aquilo, excluding ice obtained from [[lithium ice formation]].
[[Ice]] (and consequently [[water]]) can be [[ammoniacal solution separation|separated]] out of ammoniacal solution. Crude oil, ice and water are thus the only non-exclusive resources that can be gathered at scale on Aquilo.


Stone, iron and copper (and coal if desired) need to be imported from other planets as Aquilo lacks ways to obtain these from the environment.
Limited amounts of [[lithium]], [[ice]], and [[ice platform]] can be gathered from [[lithium ice formation]]s, but are otherwise crafted.
 
Stone, iron and copper (and coal if desired), or products made from them, need to be imported from other planets or space platforms as Aquilo lacks ways to obtain these from the environment.


== Access to basic resources ==
== Access to basic resources ==
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On Aquilo, most terrain must be constructed, but [[landfill]] and [[foundation]]{{SA}} are no help. Instead, you must use [[ice platform|ice platforms]]{{SA}}. These platforms are created by first using [[ammoniacal solution separation]]{{SA}} to make [[ice]]{{SA}} and [[ammonia]]{{SA}}, then re-combining those into a platform that can be placed on the ocean like [[landfill]].
On Aquilo, most terrain must be constructed, but [[landfill]] and [[foundation]]{{SA}} are no help. Instead, you must use [[ice platform|ice platforms]]{{SA}}. These platforms are created by first using [[ammoniacal solution separation]]{{SA}} to make [[ice]]{{SA}} and [[ammonia]]{{SA}}, then re-combining those into a platform that can be placed on the ocean like [[landfill]].


Snowy terrain can be built on directly, but on any kind of ice terrain or [[ice platform]], most buildings will require an insulating floor of [[concrete]] tiles or derivatives before they can be placed. [[Stone_brick|Stone Bricks]] can not be used to pave ice. Despite the flavor text stating that ice platforms "Will melt if exposed to heat", they do not actually melt.
Snowy terrain can be built on directly, but on any kind of ice terrain or [[ice platform]], most buildings will require an insulating floor of [[concrete]] tiles or derivatives before they can be placed. [[Stone_brick|Stone Bricks]] can not be used to pave ice.


=== Freezing ===
=== Freezing ===
Aquilo is brutally cold. The harsh ambient temperatures drain the energy from any airborne [[construction robot|construction robots]] and [[logistic robot|logistic robots]], making them consume 5 times more power than normal. Most buildings will freeze and stop working unless heated by a [[heat pipe]] or heat generator. Heat can be generated by the [[nuclear reactor]] or [[heating tower]]{{SA}}.  
Aquilo is brutally cold. The harsh ambient temperatures drain the energy from any airborne [[construction robot|construction robots]] and [[logistic robot|logistic robots]], making them consume 5 times more power than normal. Most buildings will freeze and stop working unless heated by a [[heat pipe]] or heat generator. Heat can be generated by the [[nuclear reactor]] or [[heating tower]]{{SA}}.  


Once a building is adjacent to a heat source above 29°C (30.01°C or higher), it will consume heat energy to maintain its state, reducing the energy (and temperature) in the heat source. Different entities consume different amounts of heat to prevent freezing.  
Once a building is adjacent to a heat source above 30°C, it will consume heat energy to maintain its state, reducing the energy (and temperature) in the heat source. Different entities consume different amounts of heat to prevent freezing.


===Notes===  
===Notes===  
* [[Underground belt]]s and [[pipe]]s are substantially larger heat drains than their above-ground versions  
* [[Underground belt]]s and [[pipe to ground|pipes to ground]] are substantially larger heat drains than their above-ground versions  
* Heat pipes do not lose heat to the environment; they only lose heat to entities that need to be kept warm.  
* Heat pipes do not lose heat to the environment; they only lose heat to entities that need to be kept warm.  
* All [[burner devices|burner]] entities and heat-producing machines are immune to freezing.
* All [[burner devices|burner]] entities and heat-producing machines are immune to freezing.
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| {{Icon|Pumpjack}} || 50
| {{Icon|Pumpjack}} || 50
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|-
| {{Icon|Rocket turret}} {{Icon|Railgun turret}} || 50
| {{Icon|Gun turret}} {{Icon|Laser turret}} {{Icon|Rocket turret}} {{Icon|Railgun turret}} || 50
|-
|-
| {{Icon|Arithmetic combinator}} {{Icon|Decider combinator}} || 50
| {{Icon|Arithmetic combinator}} {{Icon|Decider combinator}} || 50
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| {{Icon|Ice platform}} || {{Icon|Locomotive}} {{Icon|Cargo wagon}} {{Icon|Fluid wagon}} {{Icon|Artillery wagon}} || Trains
| {{Icon|Ice platform}} || {{Icon|Locomotive}} {{Icon|Cargo wagon}} {{Icon|Fluid wagon}} {{Icon|Artillery wagon}} || Trains
|-
|-
| {{Icon|Ice platform}} || {{Icon|Straight rail}} {{Icon|Rail ramp}} {{Icon|Rail support}} {{Icon|Train stop}} {{Icon|Rail signal}} {{Icon|Rail chain signal}} || Rail Pieces
| {{Icon|Ice platform}} || {{Icon|Straight rail}} {{Icon|Rail ramp}} {{Icon|Train stop}} {{Icon|Rail signal}} {{Icon|Rail chain signal}} || Rail Pieces
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| Any || {{Icon|Rail support}} || Rail Pieces
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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* In mythology, Aquilo is the Roman god of the north wind, storms, and winter.
* In mythology, Aquilo is the Roman god of the north wind, storms, and winter.
* During development, Aquilo was home to floating, jellyfish-like enemies, concept art for which were shown in Friday Facts [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-367 #367]. However, they were removed due to them making progression "much slower". [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-429]
* Aquilo's design with ice and liquid ammonia oceans is based on real-world [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20planet ice planets].
* Aquilo's design with ice and liquid ammonia oceans is based on real-world [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20planet ice planets].



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Space Age expansion exclusive feature.

Aquilo is a desolate, freezing ocean planet. Its surface consists solely of a vast ocean of liquid ammonia, with the occasional floating iceberg.

Progression wise, Aquilo is meant to be visited after establishing factories on all the previous planets. Planet discovery Aquilo (research) requires rocket turrets, Advanced asteroid processing (research), and heating towers from Gleba, Asteroid reprocessing (research) from Vulcanus, and Electromagnetic science pack (research) from Fulgora.

Planet discovery Aquilo (research) is required to travel to the planet.

Achievements

Visit Aquilo

Travel to planet Aquilo.

Exclusive items

The following items have recipes with an explicit restriction that they can only be crafted on Aquilo:

The following fluids are extracted from or produced on Aquilo and cannot be barrelled for transport elsewhere, making them exclusive to Aquilo:

Because the above fluids cannot be taken off of Aquilo, any recipe that directly consumes them is de-facto exclusive to Aquilo:

The following can be crafted elsewhere, but are unlocked on Aquilo:

Surface

Properties

Aquilo Surface Properties
Property Value
Pollutant Type None
Day Night Cycle 20 Minutes
Magnetic Field 10
Solar Power 01%
Pressure 300
Gravity 15
Robot energy usage 500%

Natural resources

In terms of directly exploitable natural resources, Aquilo has:

Ice (and consequently water) can be separated out of ammoniacal solution. Crude oil, ice and water are thus the only non-exclusive resources that can be gathered at scale on Aquilo.

Limited amounts of lithium, ice, and ice platform can be gathered from lithium ice formations, but are otherwise crafted.

Stone, iron and copper (and coal if desired), or products made from them, need to be imported from other planets or space platforms as Aquilo lacks ways to obtain these from the environment.

Access to basic resources

Mechanics

The starting area on Aquilo is a relatively small patch of snow and ice terrain. Beyond this small platform are the vast ammoniacal seas, which have small dots of icey terrain in them, usually around crude oil, fluorine, or lithium brine resource geysers. Aquilo is notable for having nothing to drill with any kind of miner. All natural resources, spare the lithium ice formations, are gathered either by an offshore pump or pumpjack. Bases on Aquilo will be reliant on regularly shipping in resources from other planets.

Ice terrain

On Aquilo, most terrain must be constructed, but landfill and foundation are no help. Instead, you must use ice platforms. These platforms are created by first using ammoniacal solution separation to make ice and ammonia, then re-combining those into a platform that can be placed on the ocean like landfill.

Snowy terrain can be built on directly, but on any kind of ice terrain or ice platform, most buildings will require an insulating floor of concrete tiles or derivatives before they can be placed. Stone Bricks can not be used to pave ice.

Freezing

Aquilo is brutally cold. The harsh ambient temperatures drain the energy from any airborne construction robots and logistic robots, making them consume 5 times more power than normal. Most buildings will freeze and stop working unless heated by a heat pipe or heat generator. Heat can be generated by the nuclear reactor or heating tower.

Once a building is adjacent to a heat source above 30°C, it will consume heat energy to maintain its state, reducing the energy (and temperature) in the heat source. Different entities consume different amounts of heat to prevent freezing.

Notes

  • Underground belts and pipes to ground are substantially larger heat drains than their above-ground versions
  • Heat pipes do not lose heat to the environment; they only lose heat to entities that need to be kept warm.
  • All burner entities and heat-producing machines are immune to freezing.

For details on heat throughput, see the heat pipe page.

A building is adjacent to a heat source when it is one tile away from the heat source either orthogonally or diagonally. All of the pipes would be heated in the below example:






Entity Heat Consumption
Building Kilowatts
10
50
100
150
200
40
1
150
30
100
20
30
30
50
50
50
50
50
100
100
100
200
300
400

The following Entities are immune from freezing. Many may be placed directly on ice tiles (with the exceptions you might expect, mostly).

Tile Entities Category
Space Cargo
Offshore Pumps
Chests
Electric Poles
Basic Electric Devices
Player Notification Devices
Burner Entities
Heat Generators and Heat Pipes
Fusion Power
Tesla Turrets
Flamethrower Turrets
Walls and Gates
Bots
Vehicles
Trains
Rail Pieces
Any
Rail Pieces

Solar energy

Aquilo is far from its sun, and so solar panels on its surface only output at 1% of their rate on Nauvis: 0.6 kW peak production. This makes panels practical for little more than powering the first machines to produce the water needed for real power generation.

The minimum machines needed to produce water is either a single chemical plant to melt ice (which can initially be dropped from a space platform), or a single assembling machine 2 to empty barrels of water also dropped from the platform. Assembling machine 2s require less power than chemical plants, and the unbarreling recipe is faster than ice melting. So on the whole, the assembler version will be faster.

Note that it is not necessary to fully power these machines. As long as the available power is greater than their drain, they will be able to function, albeit at reduced speed. Efficiency modules can speed this process up. With 3 efficiency modules, an assembling machine 2 only needs 35 kW to run at full speed (59 solar panels). To reach just 1/8th of max speed requires only 8.75 kW, which only needs 15 (base quality) solar panels.

Once even a little water is available, heat exchangers heated by either heating towers or nuclear reactors can feed steam turbines for power. This power can be used to process ammoniacal solution separation to generate ice, which can be melted into water for continuous power generation.

Space routes

Aquilo is connected to 2 other planets, Gleba and Fulgora, along with the Solar system edge

Planet Distance
Planet Distance (km)
Gleba 30,000
Fulgora 30,000
Solar system edge 100,000


Asteroid rate graphs:


Space route from Gleba to Aquilo

Space route from Fulgora to Aquilo

Space route from Aquilo to Solar system edge


Graph legend:

Asteroid type Chunk Medium Big
Metallic Blue Red Cyan
Carbonic Orange Yellow Brown
Oxide Green Magenta Purple

Orbit

Properties

Property Value
Solar Power 60%
Asteroid Spawning Types
Asteroid Type Spawn Ratio
Metallic asteroid chunk 1
Carbonic asteroid chunk 2
Oxide asteroid chunk 20
Promethium asteroid chunk 0
Asteroid Spawning Sizes
Asteroid Size Spawn %
Chunk .10
Medium 0
Big 0.25
Huge 0

Note:

  • Chunks spawn at Nauvis at 1.25%
  • Huge Asteroids only spawn past Aquilo

Gallery

Trivia

  • In mythology, Aquilo is the Roman god of the north wind, storms, and winter.
  • During development, Aquilo was home to floating, jellyfish-like enemies, concept art for which were shown in Friday Facts #367. However, they were removed due to them making progression "much slower". [1]
  • Aquilo's design with ice and liquid ammonia oceans is based on real-world ice planets.

History

See also