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LV — 32 EU/t · Industrial Revolution I

Era id: lv · Tier: lv

Goal: Full LV machine set, steady power, the EBF and the first resource multis.

Exit items: gtceu:aluminium_ingot, gtceu:mv_machine_hull

Steps

  1. Power first — Dynamos or a magnet generator → converter → soul infused wire. See the power setup below. (thermal:dynamo_stirling, create_new_age:generator_coil, gtceu:lv_4a_energy_converter)
  2. Components — Motor first; everything is built from these five. (gtceu:lv_electric_motor, gtceu:lv_electric_piston, gtceu:lv_conveyor_module, gtceu:lv_robot_arm, gtceu:lv_electric_pump)
  3. Machine order — Bender → Wiremill → Lathe → Alloy Smelter → Assembler (unlocks hatches, kits, cheaper everything). (gtceu:lv_bender, gtceu:lv_wiremill, gtceu:lv_lathe, gtceu:lv_alloy_smelter, gtceu:lv_assembler)
  4. Then — Macerator, Mixer, Extractor, Solidifier, Cutter (steel buzzsaw), Chemical Reactor, Electrolyzer, Centrifuge. (gtceu:lv_macerator, gtceu:lv_mixer, gtceu:lv_extractor, gtceu:lv_fluid_solidifier, gtceu:lv_cutter)
  5. EBF — 16 cupronickel coils. Two LV energy hatches reach MV recipes: aluminium and signalum before MV machines. (gtceu:cupronickel_coil_block, gtceu:electric_blast_furnace)
  6. Resource multis — Mechanical Sieve: 64 in → 16 of each drop every 40 s. Void Extractor: ores the sieve never gives. Rock Filtrator: gems. One energy hatch each. (gtceu:mechanical_sieve, gtceu:void_extractor, gtceu:rock_filtrator)
  7. Drilling fluid — Creosote → lubricant → drilling fluid. (gtceu:lv_distillery, gtceu:lubricant_bucket, gtceu:drilling_fluid_bucket)
  8. Ore processing — Crushed ore + water → dust + byproducts, twice the primitive speed, no fuel. (gtceu:electric_ore_factory)
  9. Arc furnace — Needs graphite. Recycles machines; annealed copper. (gtceu:graphite_dust, gtceu:lv_arc_furnace, gtceu:annealed_copper_ingot)
  10. Towards MV — Realgar + sphalerite → gallium arsenide → silicon boule in the EBF. (gtceu:gallium_arsenide_dust, gtceu:silicon_boule)

Machines to build

Machine Count
thermal:dynamo_stirling 4–6
thermal:dynamo_lapidary 2–4
gtceu:lv_4a_energy_converter 1–2
gtceu:lv_assembler 2
gtceu:lv_bender 1
gtceu:lv_wiremill 1
gtceu:lv_alloy_smelter 1
gtceu:lv_macerator 1
gtceu:electric_blast_furnace 1
gtceu:mechanical_sieve 1–2
gtceu:void_extractor 1
gtceu:rock_filtrator 1
gtceu:electric_ore_factory 1

Setups

Power

Diamond power (Lapidary Dynamos)

Storage

  • Raw ores: One Super Chest per main ore (thousands of items). (gtceu:lv_super_chest)
  • Fluids: Steel drums now; Super Tank once you have polyethylene (4 LV circuits + 3 steel plates + hermetic casing + LV pump). (gtceu:lv_super_tank, gtceu:steel_drum)
  • Machine to machine: Conveyor / pump covers set to export into the next machine. (gtceu:lv_conveyor_module, gtceu:lv_electric_pump)
  • Many machines: LaserIO nodes with filtered cards: no pipes, no TPS cost. (laserio:laser_node, laserio:card_item)

Multiblocks

gtceu:electric_blast_furnace, gtceu:mechanical_sieve, gtceu:void_extractor, gtceu:rock_filtrator, gtceu:electric_ore_factory

Plan phases