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Stone Age — Ex Nihilo · starter island

Era id: stone · Tier: pre

Goal: From one tree to infinite water, cobble, sieved ores, wrought iron, glass and bricks.

Exit items: gtceu:firebrick, gtceu:coke_oven_brick, minecraft:soul_sand, gtceu:crushed_iron_ore

Steps

  1. Keep every sapling — 2 logs = 16 sticks, 8 logs = 4 chests (pack recipes). Make dirt with coarse dirt sieving before spending it. (minecraft:oak_sapling, minecraft:stick)
  2. Pebbles — Sneak + right-click grass with an empty hand. 4 pebbles = 1 cobble. (minecraft:grass_block, exnihilosequentia:stone_pebble, minecraft:cobblestone)
  3. String — Crook leaves → silkworm → infest leaves → crook them for string. (exnihilosequentia:wooden_crook, exnihilosequentia:silkworm, minecraft:string)
  4. Sieves — Place 6–8 together: one click works all adjacent sieves. String is the only mesh in this pack. (exnihilosequentia:oak_sieve, exnihilosequentia:string_mesh)
  5. Hammer chain — Cobble → gravel → sand → dust. Each step sieves into different resources. (exnihilosequentia:stone_hammer, minecraft:gravel, minecraft:sand, exnihilosequentia:dust)
  6. Water — Melt saplings/leaves in the crucible, scoop with the wooden bucket. (exnihilosequentia:oak_crucible, woodenbucket:wooden_bucket)
  7. GT barrel modes — Composting / transformation tabs on the left. Re-insert items after switching. (gtceu:barrel)
  8. Lava — Clay + bonemeal = porcelain. Fired crucible over a heat source melts cobble. (exnihilosequentia:porcelain_clay, exnihilosequentia:fired_crucible, minecraft:lava_bucket)
  9. Campfire — Iron → wrought iron (20 s). Glass dust → glass. Furnaces no longer make glass. (minecraft:campfire, gtceu:wrought_iron_ingot, minecraft:glass)
  10. Bricks — Only compressed clay makes bricks now. The wooden form is never consumed. (gtceu:brick_wooden_form, gtceu:compressed_fireclay, gtceu:firebrick)

Machines to build

Machine Count
exnihilosequentia:oak_sieve 6–8
gtceu:barrel 3–4
gtceu:stone_barrel 2
exnihilosequentia:fired_crucible 2
minecraft:campfire 3
thermal:device_water_gen 1

Setups

Storage

  • Bulk: Drawers for cobble, gravel and every crushed ore. (functionalstorage:oak_1, functionalstorage:storage_controller)
  • Moving: Hoppers under sieves and barrels. (minecraft:hopper)
  • Fluids: Buckets until you have a Fluid Cell. (minecraft:bucket)

Multiblocks

gtceu:kiln

Plan phases