Factorio Wiki: Ghost

Cite as: Factorio Wiki: Ghost
Original: https://wiki.factorio.com/Ghost
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Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Credit: Official Factorio Wiki editors; see the page history.
Notes: Used for how ghosts come from blueprints and from destroyed buildings, and when construction robots build them.

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A ghost marks where an entity or tile is to be built and does nothing else until it is. Placing a blueprint lays down a ghost for everything in it; once construction robotics is researched, a destroyed building leaves a ghost too (trains excepted).	`introductionBlueprintsDestroyed entities`	Wiki
Construction robots build a ghost when its materials are in the logistic network and robots are free, or, for a player wearing a personal roboport and carrying construction robots, when the player has the materials. A ghost the player placed lasts for ever; one left by a destroyed building lasts a week of game time.	`Interaction with construction robotsInteraction with construction robotsLifetime of ghosts`	Wiki