Farm options

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Charcoal (minecraft:charcoal)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Charcoal: Create fan smelting	Steam	Rotation + lava block	A belt stack at a time	No fuel, no power, 1 log → 1 charcoal	No creosote	Steam & LV
Charcoal: Pyrolyse Oven	MV	64 EU/t	20 charcoal + 4 B creosote per 16 logs / 32 s	+25 % charcoal, lots of creosote; other circuits: wood gas, tar, vinegar	Needs MV	MV onwards
Charcoal & creosote: Coke Oven	Stone	None	1.3 charcoal / min per oven	The only early creosote	Slow; build it for creosote, not charcoal
Charcoal: Charcoal Pile Igniter	Stone	None	Huge batches	Very early bulk charcoal	Mined by hand

Logs (minecraft:oak_log)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Create tree farm (rotating saws + deployers)	Steam	Rotation	Depends on arm size	No GT power; saplings and apples too	Large build, slow to plant	Steam age
Logs: Greenhouse	LV	30 EU/t	32 logs / min (128 with CO₂, 256 with NPK)	Compact, day and night, any tree; CO₂ mode also gives oxygen	MV circuit to build; CO₂ mode needs an MV distillery	LV onwards

Cobblestone (minecraft:cobblestone)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Infinite cobble & blackstone	Stone	None	80 per minute per barrel	Cheapest, also blackstone/obsidian	Needs a water input	Always
Cobble: Create drill generator	Steam	Rotation	Scales with RPM	Pure Create	Lava + water sources in world
Cobble: Rock Breaker (LV)	LV	LV	Fast, scales with tier	Compact, no inputs	Uses EU

Gravel, sand & dust (minecraft:gravel)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Gravel, sand & dust: Steam Forge Hammer	Steam	Steam 32 mB/t	0.5 s per block	One block, no SU; also sand and dust	Boilers need charcoal + water	Steam age
Gravel, sand & dust: Forge Hammers	LV	16 EU/t each	0.5 s per block per hammer	All three blocks in a row	Uses EU	LV onwards
Infinite gravel (Create)	Steam	Rotation	A stack at a time	Only if you already have spare SU	2 wheels + big SU load for gravel only

Crushed ores (gtceu:crushed_iron_ore)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Sieve station (manual)	Stone	You	Click by click	Day one	Manual
Four-sieve block (gravel, sand, dust, blackstone)	LV	≈ 210 EU/t (own diamonds)	4 sieves · 64 each / 40 s	Ores, gems, redstone/sulfur and lead/antimony in one block; powers itself	Needs a Lapidary Dynamo + LV kit (or the steam option meanwhile)	LV onwards
Ore sieve, Create-powered (windmill + crushing wheels)	LV	128-sail windmill	16 of each ore / 40 s	No fuel, no diamonds	Huge windmill for one sieve (31.5 EU/t)
Void Extractor	LV	LV	32 s per cycle	Ores the sieves never give + rare fluids	Needs drilling fluid

Crops (minecraft:wheat)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Crops: Large Farm (no power)	Steam	None	16 / 40 s, daytime only	No power, treated wood only	Stops at night
Crops: Greenhouse (LV, day and night)	LV	16 EU/t	64 / 30 s with fertilizer	5× a Large Farm, day and night	Greenhouse needs an MV circuit; fertilizer 1.5 / min	LV onwards

Alloys (gtceu:bronze_ingot)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Alloys: Steam / LV Alloy Smelter (more per ingot)	Steam	Steam 32 mB/t	4 bronze / 10 s	+33 % bronze & brass, +50 % invar, 2× tin alloy	Needs a boiler	Steam onwards
Alloys: Create heated mixer	Steam	Rotation + Basic Burner	3 bronze per mix	Also makes soul infused	Loses a quarter of the metal

Steel (gtceu:steel_ingot)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Steel: Primitive Blast Furnace	Steam	None	1 / 90 s	Firebricks only	Very slow; only for the first steel
Steel: Solid Blast Furnace	Steam	None	1 / 16 s (12 s with coke)	No power; blocks mode for bulk	2 charcoal per steel	Steam → HV
Steel: Electric Blast Furnace + oxygen	MV	120 EU/t + 200 mB O₂	1 / 15 s (7.5 s at HV)	No charcoal	Only worth it once oxygen is free

Lava (minecraft:lava_bucket)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Infinite lava, obsidian & pebbles	Steam	None	500 mB / 10 s per cobble	Automatic with buses	Multiblock to build	Always

Rubber (thermal:rubber)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Rubber: Large Arboreal Extractor	Steam	None	1.2 rubber / min (3 with fertilizer) per extractor	No power, cheap bricks, scales by copying	Solidifier + chemical reactor need LV	Always (until chemical rubbers)

Rotation (Create SU) (create:steam_engine)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Create steam power: Steam Engines + Generator Coils	Steam	Any furnace fuel	16 384 SU per burner + engine	Small, strong, cheap fuel	Needs fuel and water	Always
Free rotation (Create)	Stone	Wind	512 SU per windmill RPM (8 192 max)	No fuel at all	128 sails for half of one steam engine

Power (EU) (thermal:dynamo_stirling)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Diamond power (Lapidary Dynamos)	LV	Diamonds from your own sand sieve	300 EU/t per dynamo, 5 per sieve	Self-fed, tiny, scales to ~1 500 EU/t per sand sieve	Lapidary Dynamo needs cobalt brass; LV kit per dynamo	LV onwards
Create steam power: Steam Engines + Generator Coils	Steam	≈ 2.25 charcoal/min	≈ 307 EU/t (3 engines, 4 coils)	Big power before LV kits; the SU also runs Create machines	Needs a charcoal farm and a water pump	Steam / early LV
Fuel-free LV power (Create New Age)	Steam	Windmill	RPM × magnets / 20 FE/t	No fuel at all	128 sails → only ~31 EU/t
LV power grid	LV	Charcoal / diamonds	×6 with LV kits	Stirling works on any furnace fuel	Stirling burns fuel fast; prefer Lapidary
LV power: boilers + steam turbines	LV	Charcoal	Per turbine	EU directly, no converter	Water + fuel logistics

Components (LV) (gtceu:lv_electric_motor)

Chain	Tier	Power	Rate	Pro	Con	Best
Component wall: always a stock of every part (no AE2)	LV	under ~350 EU/t	12 per minute per line	Parts always in stock, no AE2 needed	Many machines and covers	LV onwards
LV Electric Motor line	LV	30 EU/t	1 motor / 5 s	Feeds every other component	—
LV circuit line (Basic Electronic Circuit)	LV	16 EU/t	2 circuits / 10 s	Twice what hand crafting gives	Needs a glue (resin) source