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Raw materials

Phase id: p2 · Era: LV

Every basic ore, gem and fluid from cobblestone and water. Typical pace (community reports, not independent samples): players report about 2.5 days from the start to MV in total (median of 4 runs).

Sieve block (4 sieves)

  • Module key: plan:sieves · step 8
  • Chain: Four-sieve block (gravel, sand, dust, blackstone); also Infinite gravel (Create), Gravel, sand & dust: Steam Forge Hammer
  • Makes: gtceu:crushed_iron_ore, gtceu:crushed_copper_ore, gtceu:crushed_tin_ore, minecraft:diamond, minecraft:redstone, gtceu:sulfur_dust, gtceu:crushed_galena_ore, minecraft:cobblestone, minecraft:sand, gtceu:crushed_sphalerite_ore
  • Stock: minecraft:gravel in 2k buffer
  • Watch out:
    • Cobblestone comes from the 4 stone barrels at the start of the block; the forge hammers turn it into gravel, then sand, then dust.
    • Spare cobblestone and sand can be piped to the obsidian and rubber lines.
    • Buffer drawer before every sieve.
    • Mesh in the input bus is never used up.
    • Plan the floor for 4 sieves side by side.

Lava and obsidian

  • Module key: plan:lava · step 9
  • Chain: Infinite lava, obsidian & pebbles
  • Uses: minecraft:cobblestone
  • Makes: minecraft:lava_bucket, minecraft:obsidian
  • Watch out:
    • The soul campfire stays in the bus.

Infinite water

  • Module key: plan:water · step 10
  • Chain: Infinite water
  • Uses: gtceu:crushed_galena_ore
  • Makes: minecraft:water_bucket
  • Watch out:
    • The water generator needs a lead ingot (galena from the blackstone sieve).
    • Upgrade kits multiply its output.

Smelting: ingots and wrought iron

  • Module key: plan:ingots · step 11
  • Chain: Ingots, wrought iron, wires and foil from the sieve
  • Uses: gtceu:crushed_iron_ore, gtceu:crushed_copper_ore, gtceu:crushed_tin_ore
  • Makes: minecraft:iron_ingot, minecraft:copper_ingot, gtceu:tin_ingot, gtceu:wrought_iron_ingot, gtceu:wrought_iron_plate, gtceu:copper_foil
  • Stock: minecraft:iron_ingot in drawer, minecraft:copper_ingot in drawer, gtceu:tin_ingot in drawer
  • Watch out:
    • Crushed ore smelts straight to 1 ingot.
    • Kiln: wrought iron in 2 s, no fuel.
    • LV Bender: 1 wrought iron ingot → 1 plate (hulls need 2 per MV hull); 1 copper ingot → 4 foil on circuit 10 (circuit boards).

Ore processing (Electric Ore Factory)

  • Module key: plan:orefactory · step 12
  • Chain: Ore processing
  • Uses: gtceu:crushed_iron_ore
  • Makes: gtceu:iron_dust, gtceu:nickel_dust
  • Watch out:
    • Crushed ore plus water gives dust and a by-product (nickel from iron ore).
    • Dust smelts to ingots in an electric furnace.

Soul infused ingots (LV superconductor)

  • Module key: plan:soul_infused · step 13
  • Chain: Soul infused ingots (LV superconductor): sand → soul sand → dust + invar
  • Uses: minecraft:sand, exnihilosequentia:witch_water_bucket, gtceu:iron_dust, gtceu:nickel_dust
  • Makes: gtceu:soul_infused_ingot, thermal_extra:soul_sand_dust, gtceu:invar_ingot, minecraft:soul_sand
  • Stock: gtceu:soul_infused_ingot in 64, thermal_extra:soul_sand_dust in 64, gtceu:invar_ingot in 64
  • Power: about 8 to 16 EU/t per machine (macerator 8, soul smelter 8, invar smelter 16), under 60 EU/t in total
  • Watch out:
    • One soul infused Alloy Smelter run: 1 invar (ingot or dust) + 2 thermal_extra:soul_sand_dust → 3 ingots in 10 s at 8 EU/t = 18 ingots a minute.
    • Soul sand needs no Nether: sand + 250 mB witch water in a Large Barrel (no spores in it) every 5 ticks; sifting soul sand is removed.
    • First nickel comes from the electric ore factory (iron ore gives 45 % nickel dust), not the Void Extractor, which itself needs soul infused hex wire.
    • Needed soon: LV Energy Converter wire, Void Extractor, soul infused casing, plates for Functional Storage void upgrades.

Diamond power

  • Module key: plan:diamond · step 14
  • Chain: Diamond power (Lapidary Dynamos)
  • Uses: minecraft:diamond
  • Makes: thermal:dynamo_lapidary
  • Power: up to 300 EU/t per dynamo with an LV kit
  • Watch out:
    • One diamond = 300 000 RF.
    • An LV Upgrade Kit makes a dynamo 6× stronger.
    • Multi-Cycle Injector augments multiply the energy per diamond: ×1.15 (LV), 1.30 (MV), 1.45 (HV), 1.60 (EV) each, stacking multiplicatively.

Drilling fluid and distilled water

  • Module key: plan:drilling · step 15
  • Chain: Drilling fluid; also Distilled water
  • Uses: gtceu:creosote_bucket
  • Makes: gtceu:drilling_fluid_bucket, gtceu:distilled_water_bucket
  • Watch out:
    • Creosote to lubricant in the distillery, then lubricant + water + stone dust = drilling fluid.
    • One Void Extractor cycle eats 5 B of drilling fluid.
    • Distilled water also feeds the Rock Filtrator.

Void Extractor

  • Module key: plan:void · step 16
  • Chain: Void Extractor
  • Uses: gtceu:drilling_fluid_bucket
  • Makes: gtceu:raw_coal, minecraft:raw_gold, gtceu:raw_silver, gtceu:raw_sodalite, gtceu:raw_pentlandite, gtceu:raw_realgar, gtceu:rare_ore_residue_bucket, gtceu:raw_ore_slurry_bucket
  • Watch out:
    • Two output buses and two output hatches or it jams.
    • Keep both fluids (rare ore residue and raw ore slurry) from day one: chromium and the molten ore line come from them.
    • Sodalite feeds aluminium, realgar feeds arsenic.
    • Build and run it in LV (30 EU/t); only the residue processing needs an MV centrifuge and the mixed mineral step HV.

Geodes (Rock Filtrator)

  • Module key: plan:geodes · step 17
  • Chain: Rock Filtrator (gems)
  • Uses: gtceu:distilled_water_bucket
  • Makes: kubejs:diamond_geode, kubejs:emerald_geode, kubejs:ruby_geode, kubejs:sapphire_geode, kubejs:quartzite_geode
  • Watch out:
    • Circuit 1: diamond, emerald, ruby. Circuit 2: sapphires. Circuit 3: quartzite and realgar (half the time, +20 %).
    • MV with 32 sand: topaz, apatite, spessartine, monazite, certus.