Do Enemies Scale?

[Zerro]

Greetings,

I am at the Blue Science Pack stage of the game and have noticed that the enemies are very aggressive; doing severe damage to my defenses and walls. I was just curious, do enemies scale in difficulty as you progress thru the tech tree?

[starholme]

Have a look at https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... le=Enemies - There is a section at the bottom about evolution that should answer most of your questions. Feel free to ask for clarification though!

[Zerro]

Have a look at https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... le=Enemies - There is a section at the bottom about evolution that should answer most of your questions. Feel free to ask for clarification though!

Well that makes sense; my base is red with pollution

So I guess they scale more with growth rather than tech?

[orzelek]

Have a look at https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... le=Enemies - There is a section at the bottom about evolution that should answer most of your questions. Feel free to ask for clarification though!

Well that makes sense; my base is red with pollution

So I guess they scale more with growth rather than tech?

Your tech doesn't matter for scaling. Only the evolution factor which is influenced by time, pollution and killing of spawners.

[Psycho0124]

Your tech doesn't matter for scaling. Only the evolution factor which is influenced by time, pollution and killing of spawners.

Yep. For a fun, survival mode challenge, avoid upgrading to laser turrets and see how long/far you can develop using only gun turrets and ammo production.