Crystalix in All the Mons

Crystalix adds colored glass blocks that you can customize heavily. This pack ships version 3.0.1, and the mod has been in the pack since 0.3.0-beta or earlier.^[1][2]

There are only 3 kinds of glass (since version 2.3.0), and you can give any of them any color, so the color combinations are practically endless. The pack's quest book names them Normal, Clear and Bordered. Bordered follows the normal Minecraft glass pattern. Clear keeps the borders but drops the corner pixels. Normal has no borders or pixels at all, so it is fully clear and one flat color.^[1][3]

Properties and the wand

You set everything with the Crystalix Wand. Hold V to open its config window, then pick properties and a color. Crouching edits all connected blocks at once, CTRL applies properties without changing color, and X copies the properties of the block you are looking at onto the wand.^[1]

Properties can be mixed freely. They include Invisibility, Transparent, Waterloggable, Reinforced, Shadeless, Redstone, Conductor, Ghost and Light. Redstone makes the block emit a signal of 15, and Reinforced makes it 10x harder to mine. Ghost lets you choose who can walk through the block, and Light can make it glow at level 15 or block light like tinted glass.^[1]

Where the quest book puts it

Crystalix has its own quest, "Crystalix" quest, in the "Building Tips" chapter, which is chapter 3 of 70 in the book. The chapter starts at "Building Tips!" quest. From there the path runs to "Blocks!" quest, then to the vanilla glass quest a quest in "Building Tips", and the Crystalix quest comes right after that glass quest. The quest text covers the three glass types and the Shadeless, Reinforced, Light and Ghost properties. The mod is not on the ATM Star quest path.^[3]

The "Building Tips" chapter has 63 quests, and about half of them are not covered here. Check the quest book in game to see what follows the Crystalix quest.^[3]

Same as in the All the Mods 10 5.5 guide

Crystalix adds colored glass blocks with many different functions. The basic loop is simple: craft some glass, craft the wand, then use the wand to change the color and special properties of the glass you've placed.^[1]

Craft your first glass

There are only 3 kinds of glass: Crystalix Glass, Clear Crystalix Glass and Bordered Crystalix Glass. You can apply any color to any of them, so pick the look you like and don't worry about color yet.^[1][4]

4× Crystalix GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glass blocks	any amethyst gem	any glass blocks
any amethyst gem	Empty slot	any amethyst gem
any glass blocks	any amethyst gem	any glass blocks

Recipe id: crystalix:crystalix_glass

4× Clear Crystalix GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glass blocks	any quartz gem	any glass blocks
any quartz gem	Empty slot	any quartz gem
any glass blocks	any quartz gem	any glass blocks

Recipe id: crystalix:clear_crystalix_glass

4× Bordered Crystalix GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glass blocks	any iron ingot	any glass blocks
any iron ingot	Empty slot	any iron ingot
any glass blocks	any iron ingot	any glass blocks

Recipe id: crystalix:bordered_crystalix_glass

Craft the Crystalix Wand

The Crystalix Wand is what makes the mod work, because it's how you set a block's properties and color. Its recipe calls for one of the mod's blocks, so craft at least one piece of glass before you make it.^[1][4]

Crystalix WandMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any block	any diamond gem
Empty slot	Stick	any block
Stick	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: crystalix:crystalix_wand

Learn the wand controls

• Left clicking or scrolling down cycles forward through the options, and right clicking or scrolling up cycles backward.^[1]
• Holding V opens the config window by default.^[1]
• Crouching lets you edit all connecting blocks at once, which is handy for big windows.^[1]
• Holding CTRL applies only the properties and leaves the color alone.^[1]
• Pressing X copies the properties from the block you're currently targeting onto the wand.^[1]

Try out some properties

You can mix and match properties however you want. Here are a few worth trying first:^[1]

• Color opens a color picker so you can choose any color for your glass.^[1][5]
• Light can make the block glow at light level 15, block light like tinted glass, or use Fake Light, which glows at 15 but still lets mobs spawn.^[1]
• Redstone makes the block emit a redstone signal of 15, and Conductor lets redstone pass through it like a solid block.^[1][5]
• Ghost lets certain things walk through the block, such as only players, only hostile mobs or everything.^[1]
• Invisible stops the block from rendering at all, which is useful if you want the properties of the glass without having a visual block there.^[1][5]
• Reinforced makes the block indestructible to everything, including the wither and the ender dragon, except for the player mining it. It also makes the block 10x harder to mine.^[1]

Same as in the All the Mods 10 5.5 guide

Crystalix works a bit differently from most tech mods. Instead of machines, the whole mod is built around colored glass blocks with many different functions. You place the glass and then use the Crystalix Wand to set exactly how each block looks and behaves. Once you understand the wand and the property system, you understand the mod.^[1]

The three glass types

Since version 2.3.0 there are only 3 different versions of glass: Crystalix Glass, Clear Crystalix Glass and Bordered Crystalix Glass. You can apply any color to any type of glass, so the number of possible combinations is basically endless. In this pack all three use the mod's own crafting recipes.^[1][4]

4× Crystalix GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glass blocks	any amethyst gem	any glass blocks
any amethyst gem	Empty slot	any amethyst gem
any glass blocks	any amethyst gem	any glass blocks

Recipe id: crystalix:crystalix_glass

4× Clear Crystalix GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glass blocks	any quartz gem	any glass blocks
any quartz gem	Empty slot	any quartz gem
any glass blocks	any quartz gem	any glass blocks

Recipe id: crystalix:clear_crystalix_glass

4× Bordered Crystalix GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glass blocks	any iron ingot	any glass blocks
any iron ingot	Empty slot	any iron ingot
any glass blocks	any iron ingot	any glass blocks

Recipe id: crystalix:bordered_crystalix_glass

The Crystalix Wand

The wand is your one tool for everything in this mod. It cycles through all the possible properties, and a config window lets you set the property you want to apply to a block. In this pack the wand also uses the mod's own crafting recipe.^[1][4]

Crystalix WandMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any block	any diamond gem
Empty slot	Stick	any block
Stick	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: crystalix:crystalix_wand

• Left click or scroll down to cycle forward through the options.^[1][5]
• Right click or scroll up to cycle backward.^[1][5]
• Hold V to open the config window. That is the default key, so check your controls if it doesn't work.^[1]
• Crouch while using the wand to edit all connecting blocks at once, which is perfect for big windows and walls.^[1]
• Hold CTRL to apply only the properties and leave the block's color alone.^[1][5]
• Press X to copy the properties from the block you are looking at onto the wand, so you can match an existing build quickly.^[1]

How properties work

Properties are the heart of Crystalix. You can mix and match them however you want on a single block, so one pane of glass can be colored, glowing, waterlogged and walk-through all at the same time.^[1]

Looks and rendering

• Color opens a color picker screen where you can choose any color you like for the glass.^[1][5]
• Transparent makes the glass texture fully transparent, so the color only shows on the few specks on the glass.^[1][5]
• Invisibility stops the block from being rendered at all. This is handy when you want the glass's properties without a visible block in the way.^[1][5]
• Shadeless removes the shadows and shade from the block.^[1][5]

Light

The Light property cycles through four modes. None has no special effect. Light makes the block glow at a light level of 15. Dark blocks light the same way tinted glass does. Fake Light also glows at a light level of 15 but still lets mobs spawn, so keep that one in mind if you are building a mob farm or lighting a base.^[1][5]

Redstone

• Redstone makes the block emit a redstone signal of 15, so the glass works as a power source.^[1][5]
• Conductor makes the block conduct redstone through it like a solid block, which normal glass can't do.^[1][5]

Ghost: walk-through glass

Ghost controls what can pass through the block. You can choose one of these modes: nothing, everything, only players, everything except players, only hostile mobs, everything except hostile mobs, only passive mobs, or everything except passive mobs. This makes it easy to build doors only you can walk through, or walls that keep mobs in or out.^[1][5]

Durability and water

• Reinforced makes the block completely indestructible to everything, including the wither and the ender dragon. Only a player mining it can remove it, and it takes 10x longer to mine.^[1][5]
• Waterloggable sets whether you can place water in the same block as the glass.^[1][5]

Same as in the All the Mods 10 5.5 guide

Crystalix doesn't have a long tiered progression in this pack. It has four craftable items: three decorative glass blocks and a wand. All four use shaped crafting table recipes, so you can make everything as soon as you've gathered the materials. None of them need a machine or special station.^[4]

These are the mod's own recipes, and the pack doesn't change any of them. Whatever you've seen in other setups using the default Crystalix recipes should work the same here.^[4]

The glass blocks

The three glass variants sit side by side rather than one after another. You don't need one to unlock the next, so craft whichever look suits your build. Each one takes a regular glass block and upgrades it with a different extra material. That means they're all early-game friendly.^[4]

• Crystalix Glass is the standard variant of the set.^[4]
• Clear Crystalix Glass is the clear version, for when you want the cleanest view through your windows.^[4]
• Bordered Crystalix Glass is the bordered version, good for framing windows or marking panel edges.^[4]

4× Crystalix GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glass blocks	any amethyst gem	any glass blocks
any amethyst gem	Empty slot	any amethyst gem
any glass blocks	any amethyst gem	any glass blocks

Recipe id: crystalix:crystalix_glass

4× Clear Crystalix GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glass blocks	any quartz gem	any glass blocks
any quartz gem	Empty slot	any quartz gem
any glass blocks	any quartz gem	any glass blocks

Recipe id: crystalix:clear_crystalix_glass

4× Bordered Crystalix GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glass blocks	any iron ingot	any glass blocks
any iron ingot	Empty slot	any iron ingot
any glass blocks	any iron ingot	any glass blocks

Recipe id: crystalix:bordered_crystalix_glass

The Crystalix Wand

The Crystalix Wand is the closest thing this mod has to a top tier. Its recipe asks for more than the glass does, including one of the mod's own blocks. Plan to craft it after you've got the rest of the materials together.^[4]

Crystalix WandMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any block	any diamond gem
Empty slot	Stick	any block
Stick	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: crystalix:crystalix_wand

Unverified The sources don't confirm which blocks count as Crystalix blocks for the wand recipe, or what the wand does once you've made it. Check the recipe viewer in game to see which blocks are accepted. This site does hold All the Mons's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

Crystalix shows up in two places in the pack's quest book. It has its own quest in the Building Tips chapter, and it gets a mention in a checkmark quest in the Industrial Foregoing chapter.^[3][6]

Building Tips chapter

Building Tips is chapter 3 of 70 in the book and has 63 quests. Crystalix has a quest of its own here: "Crystalix" quest. It is an item task, and it is about the glass the mod adds.^[3]

Here is how you get there. The chapter starts at "Building Tips!" quest, which leads to "Blocks!" quest. From Blocks! you reach the glass quest a quest in "Building Tips", and Crystalix comes right after that one.^[3]

The glass quest also unlocks several other glass quests, so Crystalix sits alongside them:^[3]

• a quest in "Building Tips" (Reactor Glass (Basic))^[3]
• "Railcraft Glass" quest (Railcraft Glass)^[3]
• "Glassential" quest (Glassential)^[3]
• "Chipped Glass" quest (Chipped Glass)^[3]

What the Crystalix quest tells you

The quest says Crystalix is all about glass, in three styles. Normal has no borders or corner pixels and is entirely clear and one color. Clear has borders but no pixels near the corners. Bordered uses the regular Minecraft glass pattern.^[3]

It also lists four properties that each Crystalix glass can have:^[3]

• Shadeless affects how the glass reacts to shaders and to Minecraft lighting.^[3]
• Reinforced affects blast resistance.^[3]
• Light affects whether the glass gives light, ignores light, or acts like normal glass and lets light in.^[3]
• Ghost changes who can walk through the glass. The quest says this one has the most settings.^[3]

Industrial Foregoing chapter

Industrial Foregoing is chapter 48 of 70, in the Tech group. It has an untitled checkmark quest called "Ether Gas? Huh?" (a quest in "Industrial Foregoing"). It comes after a quest in "Industrial Foregoing", "Laser Drill" quest and a quest in "Industrial Foregoing".^[6]

The quest explains that Ether Gas comes from drilling a Wither, and it recommends a Stasis Chamber to freeze the Wither in place. It also suggests using some kind of Wither-proof glass, and names Crystalix Glass with Reinforced Mode enabled as one option.^[6]

All the Mons 1.3.0 ships Crystalix 3.0.1. The mod has been in the pack since All the Mons 0.3.0-beta or earlier, so it's one of the long-standing members. Here are the notable changes from the mod's own changelogs.^[2]

Version 3.0.0

• Block migration was removed. Worlds from before 2.3.0 will lose their Crystalix blocks.^[7]
• The block state count was reduced. This resolves an issue with WorldEdit and speeds up loading time.^[7]
• A fake dark property was added. It allows a block that renders no light on the client but still emits light on the server side.^[7]

Version 2.4.1

• You can now block or allow only adult mobs. The opposite then applies to baby mobs.^[8]

Since the pack's 3.0.1 is newer than both of these releases, you get these changes in 1.3.0.^[2][7][8]

Unverified No changelog for Crystalix 3.0.1 was available, and there are no pack changelog entries for this mod, so changes specific to that version or to individual pack releases are unconfirmed.