Luminax in All the Mons

Luminax is a small decoration mod that adds a handful of simple, single-colored glowing blocks to the game. If you build bases and want clean, bright blocks without a lot of fuss, this is the mod for you.^[1]

It's similar to AntiblocksReChiseled, but it isn't a fork or copy. The mod page says it's 100% original code. It was made to replace Antiblocks in All the Mods 10, and it can be used freely in any pack.^[1]

What you get

• Full block^[1]
• Slab^[1]
• Stair^[1]
• Wall^[1]
• Pressure plate^[1]
• Button^[1]

The mod page calls this the currently included set, so it's a small, focused block palette rather than a big content mod.^[1]

In this pack

The pack ships Luminax 1.3.1 (the NeoForge build for Minecraft 1.21.1), and it has been included since this pack version or earlier.^[2]

Unverified No quests and no ATM Star path entries were found for this mod, and no in-jar guidebook was found. Where it fits in progression, and how its blocks are crafted in this pack, is unconfirmed. Check the recipe viewer in-game for the exact recipes. This site does hold All the Mons's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

Luminax adds a handful of simple, single-colored glowing blocks. The mod's full list is a full block, slab, stair, wall, pressure plate and button. Getting started is just making the full block in the color you want, then crafting the other shapes from it.^[1][3]

Make a full block

Every other Luminax piece is crafted from the full block of the same color, so this comes first. Below is the black one as an example. Blue, brown, cyan and the other colors each have their own block recipe, so swap the color to get the one you want.^[3]

4× Black Luminax BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stone	any glowstone dust	Stone
any glowstone dust	any black dye	any glowstone dust
Stone	any glowstone dust	Stone

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_block

Black is just the example. Each color has its own block recipe in the pack.

Try the dim variants

Colors also come in a Dim version, such as Dim Black Luminax Block. In this pack the dim blocks use a different recipe from the regular ones, so check the recipe below before you gather materials.^[3]

4× Dim Black Luminax BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stone	White Wool	Stone
White Wool	any black dye	White Wool
Stone	White Wool	Stone

Recipe id: luminax:dim_black_luminax_block

The dim blocks have their own recipe, separate from the regular ones.

Craft the other shapes

Once you have a full block, you can turn it into the other pieces. Each of these is crafted from the full block of the same color. Here are the black versions as an example.^[3]

• Black Luminax Slab^[3]
• Black Luminax Stairs^[3]
• Black Luminax Wall^[3]
• Black Luminax Pressure Plate^[3]
• Black Luminax Button^[3]

6× Black Luminax SlabMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Black Luminax Block

Black Luminax Block

Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_slab

4× Black Luminax StairsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_stairs

6× Black Luminax WallMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_wall

Black Luminax Pressure PlateMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Black Luminax Block

Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_pressure_plate

Black Luminax ButtonMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_button

Here's the honest answer for this one: the mod's project page lists only blocks, so there are no machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or item automation to learn. Luminax describes itself as a bunch of simple glowing blocks, so the "mechanics" are really just what you can craft.^[1]

What the mod adds

The mod adds a handful of single-colored blocks. These are the block types the project page lists as currently included:^[1]

• Full block^[1]
• Slab^[1]
• Stair^[1]
• Wall^[1]
• Pressure plate^[1]
• Button^[1]

The pack's recipe list shows these shapes for several colors, for example black, blue, brown and cyan. There are also "Dim" versions such as Dim Black Luminax Block and Dim Blue Luminax Block. The recipe list I have is truncated, so I can't confirm the full list of colors.^[3]

How crafting works

Everything starts with the full block of a color. Here is the in-pack recipe for Black Luminax Block. The other bright colors in the recipe list follow the same pattern with their matching dye.^[3]

4× Black Luminax BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stone	any glowstone dust	Stone
any glowstone dust	any black dye	any glowstone dust
Stone	any glowstone dust	Stone

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_block

The Dim blocks use a different ingredient mix from the bright ones. Here is Dim Black Luminax Block as an example.^[3]

4× Dim Black Luminax BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stone	White Wool	Stone
White Wool	any black dye	White Wool
Stone	White Wool	Stone

Recipe id: luminax:dim_black_luminax_block

Every other shape is made from the matching full block of the same color. The slab, stairs, wall and pressure plate use shaped recipes, and the button is a shapeless recipe. Here are the black slab and button as examples.^[3]

6× Black Luminax SlabMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Black Luminax Block

Black Luminax Block

Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_slab

Black Luminax ButtonMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_button

Luminax has no tiers to climb in this pack. The quest book calls it "a very simple Mod": colored lights, each a single color with no texturing, in shapes like stairs, slabs and pressure plates. So progression here is about where you pick it up and which family of blocks you craft.^[4]

Where it sits in the quest book

The Luminax quest "Luminax" quest is in the Building Tips chapter, which is chapter 3 of 70 in the book. It comes straight after "Colored Blocks" quest, which follows "Blocks!" quest, which in turn follows the chapter's opening "Building Tips!" quest quest.^[4]

Several other quests also hang off Colored Blocks: Dyenamics "Dyenamics" quest, Chipped Concrete, Chipped Wool, Chipped Terracotta, Plastic Construction Bricks and Railcraft Colored Blocks. The Luminax quest text says the blocks even work with Dyenamics.^[4]

The two block families

The recipe dump shows two crafting routes for the base blocks, and each craft gives 4 blocks. The regular family has no prefix, like Black Luminax Block. The dim family is a separate set of blocks, like Dim Black Luminax Block. Each family has its own base recipe for every color.^[3]

4× Black Luminax BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stone	any glowstone dust	Stone
any glowstone dust	any black dye	any glowstone dust
Stone	any glowstone dust	Stone

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_block

Regular family, shown with black. Other colors use the same pattern with their own dye.

4× Dim Black Luminax BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stone	White Wool	Stone
White Wool	any black dye	White Wool
Stone	White Wool	Stone

Recipe id: luminax:dim_black_luminax_block

Dim family, shown with black. It uses a different base ingredient from the regular family.

Recoloring

You don't have to start from scratch to change a color. Each color in both families has a recoloring recipe that takes a dye plus a block from that family's group and makes 8 blocks of the new color. The regular and dim families stay separate, because each recipe uses its own block group.^[3]

8× Black Luminax BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any block	any block	any block
any block	any black dye	any block
any block	any block	any block

Recipe id: minecraft:tint_black_luminax_block

Regular family recolor, shown with black. Makes 8 blocks.

8× Dim Black Luminax BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any dim block	any dim block	any dim block
any dim block	any black dye	any dim block
any dim block	any dim block	any dim block

Recipe id: minecraft:tint_dim_black_luminax_block

Dim family recolor, shown with black. Makes 8 blocks.

Shapes

Once you have a base block, you can turn it into other shapes. For the regular colors shown in the dump (black, blue, brown and cyan), a block becomes 6 slabs, 4 stairs or 6 walls, and there are also button and pressure plate recipes. For dim black, the dump shows slab and pressure plate recipes. Across the mod there are 32 button recipes.^[3]

6× Black Luminax SlabMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Black Luminax Block

Black Luminax Block

Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_slab

Makes 6 slabs from one block.

4× Black Luminax StairsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_stairs

Makes 4 stairs from one block.

6× Black Luminax WallMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_wall

Makes 6 walls from one block.

Black Luminax ButtonMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_button

A shapeless recipe that turns one block into a button.

Black Luminax Pressure PlateMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Black Luminax Block

Black Luminax Block

Recipe id: luminax:black_luminax_pressure_plate

Turns a block into a pressure plate.

Luminax only shows up in one place in the quest book: the "Building Tips" chapter, which is chapter 3 of 70 and holds 63 quests. It's a building chapter, so the Luminax quest is about decorating, not progression.^[4]

The path to the Luminax quest

1. Start with "Building Tips!" quest, the chapter opener. It's a tips quest for building in a modpack where you're free to build however you like.^[4]
2. Next is "Blocks!" quest, which asks you to get a block. Any block counts.^[4]
3. Then comes "Colored Blocks" quest. It's about adding color to your builds, and it tells you to start with the dyes.^[4]
4. Finally there's "Luminax" quest, which unlocks once Colored Blocks is done. It's an item task.^[4]

What the Luminax quest says

The quest calls Luminax a very simple mod: if you like colored lights, you can have colored lights. They are all one color with no texturing. They come in different shapes, such as stairs, slabs and even pressure plates. The quest also says they work with Dyenamics.^[4]

That Dyenamics mention has its own quest on the same branch: "Dyenamics" quest. It says Dyenamics adds 18 more dyes on top of Minecraft's 16, usable for the same items and blocks as the normal ones.^[4]

Other quests on the same branch

Luminax isn't alone after Colored Blocks. The same quest also leads to "Chipped Concrete" quest, "Plastic Construction Bricks" quest, "Railcraft Colored Blocks" quest, "Chipped Wool" quest and "Chipped Terracotta" quest. If you're decorating with color, this is the part of the chapter to browse.^[4]