Foundation

Phase id: p1 · Era: Steam & Create

Wood, fuel and power that never stop. Typical pace (community reports, not independent samples): players report about 2.5 days from the start to MV in total (median of 4 runs).

Wood farm

• Module key: plan:wood · step 5
• Chain: Create tree farm (rotating saws + deployers); also Infinite wood & charcoal
• Makes: minecraft:oak_log, minecraft:oak_sapling
• Stock: minecraft:oak_log in 2k drawer
• Watch out:
  • Saws on the moving arm fell whole trees.
  • Logs go into one drawer that every later line pulls from.

Charcoal and creosote

• Module key: plan:fuel · step 6
• Chain: Charcoal: Create fan smelting; also Charcoal & creosote: Coke Oven
• Uses: minecraft:oak_log
• Makes: minecraft:charcoal, gtceu:creosote_bucket
• Stock: minecraft:charcoal in drawer, gtceu:creosote_bucket in fluid cell
• Watch out:
  • Fan through a lava block = free charcoal, no fuel.
  • Coke ovens are for creosote (treated wood, lubricant), not for charcoal speed.

Steam engines + generator coils

• Module key: plan:power · step 7
• Chain: Create steam power: Steam Engines + Generator Coils; also Magnets: from magnetite block to Fluxuated Magnetite, Free rotation (Create)
• Uses: minecraft:charcoal
• Makes: create_new_age:generator_coil, gtceu:lv_1a_energy_converter
• Power: 3 coils × 12 fluxuated: 1 958 FE/t at 136 RPM, 3 686 at 256 RPM
• Watch out:
  • Boiler level = lowest of burners, tank blocks / 4, water / 10 mB/t.
  • Start coils with redstone magnets; upgrade to fluxuated (force 8) once the LV polarizer and bender run.
  • Run the coil shaft at 256 RPM.