FramedBlocks in All the Mods 10: To the Sky

FramedBlocks adds building blocks in lots of different shapes that can be made to look like almost any other block in the game. You build the shape you want, then give it the look you want.^[1]

This pack (All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.4) includes FramedBlocks 10.6.2. The mod has been in the pack since 1.0 or earlier.^[2]

What you can build with it

The shape list is huge. It includes the Framed Cube, Slope, Stairs, Slab, Panel, Wall, Fence, Door, Trapdoor, Ladder, Chest and Collapsible Block, plus many corner, double and divided variants. Some, like the Framed Slope, can also be placed vertically.^[1]

The basics

• Right click a Framed Block with almost any solid block to make it look like that block.^[1]
• Right click it with Glowstone Dust to make it produce light.^[1]
• Right click it with a Framed Hammer to remove the camo.^[1]

Where the quest book mentions it

In the quest text I can see, FramedBlocks has no chapter of its own, and none of the shown Modular Routers quests ask for one of its items. The one mention is in the a quest in "Modular Routers" quest, which comes after "Upgrades" quest in the Modular Routers chapter. It says that upgrade makes a router similar to a Framed Block, and that you sneak right click a block to change the router's appearance.^[3]

That chapter starts with "Modular Routers" quest. 21 of its 55 quests are not shown in the text I have, so the rest is in the quest book.^[3]

Framed Blocks gives you mock blocks that you fill in with another block, as long as that block isn't a block entity (think Crafting Table or Furnace). The mod adds a huge range of shapes, from slabs and slopes to panels and stairs. The pack's quest book calls it the most important building mod, and it has its own quest, "Framed Blocks" quest, in the Building Tips chapter, right after the Changing Blocks quest.^[1][4]

Step 1: make Framed Cubes

Start with Framed Cube. It is the base of the whole mod, and this one recipe makes 4 cubes at a time.^[5]

4× Framed CubeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	Stick	any plank
Stick	Empty slot	Stick
any plank	Stick	any plank

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_cube

Step 2: turn cubes into other pieces

Lots of the other recipes take a Framed Cube as their main ingredient, so make a stack before anything else. Good first crafts:^[5]

• Framed Fence, which is a recipe that makes 3 at a time.^[5]
• Framed Button and Framed Stone Button.^[5]
• Framed Bookshelf and Framed Bouncy Cube.^[5]
• Framed Collapsible Copycat Block, which makes 4 at a time and is then used for the adjustable double copycat slab and panel recipes.^[5]

4× Framed Collapsible Copycat BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Framed Cube	any copper ingot	Framed Cube
any copper ingot	Empty slot	any copper ingot
Framed Cube	any copper ingot	Framed Cube

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_collapsible_copycat_block

Step 3: use the framing saw recipes

Many pieces also have a second recipe in the framing saw group, so you can often make a shape another way. For example, the bouncy cube has one of these.^[5]

Framed Bouncy CubeMod recipe

Frame (framedblocks)

• 4× any slime ball

Recipe id: framedblocks:framing_saw/framed_bouncy_cube

The pack's recipe dump counts 161 recipes of this frame type, so it is worth checking the saw whenever you want a new shape.^[5]

Step 4: switch shapes with a wrench

Some shapes can be swapped for a related shape with a wrench, with no new materials. For example, Framed Centered Slab and Framed Centered Panel convert into each other. The recipe dump counts 44 recipes like this.^[5]

Framed Centered PanelMod recipe

Rotate Shape (framedblocks)

• Framed Centered Slab
• any wrench tool

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_slab_rotate_to_framed_centered_panel

Framed Iron TrapdoorChanged by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Framed Trapdoor
• any iron ingot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_iron_trapdoor

The Building Tips chapter has more quests that are not covered here, so check the quest book for the rest.^[4]

FramedBlocks has no machines, power, fluids or multiblocks. It is a building mod, and the whole system comes down to one idea: every Framed Block is a shape that can copy the look of another block. The sources here describe only that camo system, the tools around it and how the shapes are crafted. They say nothing about storage or automation behaviour, for example on the Framed Chest or Framed Hopper.^[1][6]

Applying and removing camo

• Right click a Framed Block with almost any solid block to make it look like that block.^[1]
• Right click it with a fluid container to make it look like the fluid inside. Right click with an empty fluid container to remove a fluid camo.^[1]
• Right click it with Glowstone Dust to make it produce light.^[1]
• Right click it with a Framed Hammer to remove the camo.^[1]

Tools that change a placed block

The Framed Wrench rotates a Framed Block, and so does any other item in the wrench tag. On most blocks the result depends on which face you click. The Framed Screwdriver cycles through different states of the camo block.^[1]

Prism-type blocks (Framed Prism, Inner Prism and Double Prism Corners) turn on a texture offset automatically, based on where you place them. This stops the corners from clashing when you build a large surface. If you don't want it, left click the block with the Framed Hammer to toggle the offset.^[1]

The Framed Blueprint copies a Framed Block, including its camo and glowing state. It does not copy the rotation of the block itself. That makes it handy for repeating a look across a big build.^[1]

Framed BlueprintMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Framed Cube	Empty slot
Framed Cube	Paper	Framed Cube
Empty slot	Framed Cube	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_blueprint

The Framed Blueprint is crafted from a Framed Cube plus one other ingredient.

How the shapes are made

Almost everything starts at the Framed Cube. In this pack one craft makes 4 of them.^[5]

4× Framed CubeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	Stick	any plank
Stick	Empty slot	Stick
any plank	Stick	any plank

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_cube

One craft gives 4 Framed Cubes.

From there the recipes split into three kinds. The counts below come from the pack's recipe dump.^[5]

• Crafting table recipes, shaped and shapeless, turn one Framed Block into another. There are 136 shaped ones. The Framed Button is a shapeless craft from a single Framed Cube.^[5]
• Recipes of the type framedblocks:frame, filed under framing_saw in their ids. There are 161 of them, each with a different result. They include the Framed Activator Rail Slope and the Framed Fancy Activator Rail Slope.^[5]
• 44 rotate_shape recipes swap a block for its counterpart using a wrench. For example, the Framed Centered Panel becomes a Framed Centered Slab and back again. Any item in the wrench tag works, and the wrench is not used up by the recipe.^[5]

Framed Centered SlabMod recipe

Rotate Shape (framedblocks)

• Framed Centered Panel
• any wrench tool

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_panel_rotate_to_framed_centered_slab

Wrench shape swap: Centered Panel to Centered Slab.

Framed Centered PanelMod recipe

Rotate Shape (framedblocks)

• Framed Centered Slab
• any wrench tool

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_slab_rotate_to_framed_centered_panel

The same swap in the other direction.

Framed Activator Rail SlopeMod recipe

Frame (framedblocks)

• Activator Rail

Recipe id: framedblocks:framing_saw/framed_activator_rail_slope

A framing saw style recipe for the Framed Activator Rail Slope.

The rail blocks have two routes. The Framed Activator Rail Slope also has a shapeless crafting table recipe that uses a Framed Slope. The Framed Fancy Activator Rail is crafted in sixes, and the Framed Fancy Activator Rail Slope is made from the flat version.^[5]

6× Framed Fancy Activator RailMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	Framed Cube	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	Redstone Torch	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	Framed Cube	any iron ingot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_fancy_activator_rail

One craft makes 6 Framed Fancy Activator Rails.

The Framed Collapsible Copycat Block is the base for the copycat double shapes. A shaped craft turns it into 2 of the Framed Adjustable Double Copycat Panel or 2 of the Framed Adjustable Double Copycat Slab.^[5]

2× Framed Adjustable Double Copycat PanelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Framed Collapsible Copycat Block

Framed Collapsible Copycat Block

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_adj_double_copycat_panel

One craft gives 2 Framed Adjustable Double Copycat Panels.

Phantom Paste

Phantom Paste has a recipe in this pack that makes 8 per craft. The sources here don't say what it does in play.^[5]

8× Phantom PasteMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any slime ball	any slime ball	any slime ball
any slime ball	Chorus Fruit	any slime ball
any slime ball	any slime ball	any slime ball

Recipe id: framedblocks:phantom_paste_from_chorus_fruit

One craft makes 8 Phantom Paste.

Framed Iron TrapdoorChanged by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Framed Trapdoor
• any iron ingot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_iron_trapdoor

The pack's version of the Framed Iron Trapdoor recipe.

In this pack, Framed Blocks progression is a chain of crafting steps that start from one base block. The quest book gives the mod a single quest, placed in the Building Tips chapter.^[4][5]

Where the quest book puts it

The "Framed Blocks" quest quest sits in the Building Tips chapter. The path runs from "Building Tips!" quest to "Tools!" quest, which leads to "Changing Blocks" quest, and Framed Blocks comes after that one. The other quests that follow Changing Blocks are "Chisel Reborn" quest, "Chipped" quest, "Camol" quest and "Rechiseled" quest.^[4]

The quest calls Framed Blocks the single most important building mod. It also tells you what to expect: framed blocks can be filled in with any block that isn't a block entity, so a Crafting Table, a Furnace or an Enrichment Chamber won't work as the fill.^[4]

Stage 1: the Framed Cube

Everything starts with the Framed Cube. Many of the mod's crafting recipes take it as an ingredient, including Framed Button, Framed Fence, Framed Bookshelf and Framed Bars.^[5]

4× Framed CubeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	Stick	any plank
Stick	Empty slot	Stick
any plank	Stick	any plank

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_cube

One craft makes 4 Framed Cubes.

Stage 2: the collapsible blocks

The next step is the Framed Collapsible Copycat Block. It feeds the adjustable double copycat pieces, such as the Framed Adjustable Double Copycat Panel and the Framed Adjustable Double Copycat Slab. The plain Framed Collapsible Block does the same job for the Framed Adjustable Double Panel and Framed Adjustable Double Slab.^[5]

4× Framed Collapsible Copycat BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Framed Cube	any copper ingot	Framed Cube
any copper ingot	Empty slot	any copper ingot
Framed Cube	any copper ingot	Framed Cube

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_collapsible_copycat_block

2× Framed Adjustable Double Copycat PanelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Framed Collapsible Copycat Block

Framed Collapsible Copycat Block

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_adj_double_copycat_panel

One Framed Collapsible Copycat Block makes 2 panels.

Stage 3: rails

The rail family builds on the cube and on slopes. The fancy rails, such as the Framed Fancy Powered Rail, come out 6 at a time. The rail slopes, such as the Framed Powered Rail Slope, are shapeless crafts that start from a Framed Slope.^[5]

6× Framed Fancy Powered RailMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gold ingot	Empty slot	any gold ingot
any gold ingot	Framed Cube	any gold ingot
any gold ingot	any redstone dust	any gold ingot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_fancy_powered_rail

Framed Powered Rail SlopeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Framed Slope
• Powered Rail

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_powered_rail_slope

Pack-changed recipes

Two recipes are marked as changed by this pack: the Framed Iron Trapdoor and the Framed Soul Torch. The recipes below are the pack's versions, so follow them rather than any other guide.^[5]

Framed Iron TrapdoorChanged by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Framed Trapdoor
• any iron ingot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_iron_trapdoor

4× Framed Soul TorchChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any coal

Framed Cube

any soul fire base block

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_soul_torch

Shapes without new materials

The pack has 44 shape-rotating recipes that turn one framed shape into its counterpart using a wrench. The Framed Centered Panel becomes a Framed Centered Slab this way, and the reverse recipe exists too.^[5]

Framed Centered SlabMod recipe

Rotate Shape (framedblocks)

• Framed Centered Panel
• any wrench tool

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_panel_rotate_to_framed_centered_slab

There are also 161 recipes of the framedblocks:frame type, each with a different result. Their ids start with framing_saw/, and a few of them, like the ones for Framed Bars and Framed Button, list no item inputs in the recipe dump.^[5]

Phantom Paste

Phantom Paste has two recipes: one makes 8 per craft and the other makes 16.^[5]

8× Phantom PasteMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any slime ball	any slime ball	any slime ball
any slime ball	Chorus Fruit	any slime ball
any slime ball	any slime ball	any slime ball

Recipe id: framedblocks:phantom_paste_from_chorus_fruit

16× Phantom PasteMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any slime ball	any slime ball	any slime ball
any slime ball	Phantom Membrane	any slime ball
any slime ball	any slime ball	any slime ball

Recipe id: framedblocks:phantom_paste_from_phantom_membrane

Framed Blocks has one quest of its own in the pack, and it sits in the Building Tips chapter. A second quest, in the Modular Routers chapter, only mentions Framed Blocks as a comparison.^[3][4]

Building Tips chapter

The chapter starts with "Building Tips!" quest. From there you go to "Tools!" quest, which asks for a stick and talks about the tools you need for building. Next comes "Changing Blocks" quest, which introduces mods that turn blocks you already have into different shapes, designs or entirely new blocks.^[4]

"Framed Blocks" quest unlocks right after Changing Blocks. The quest book calls it the single most important building mod. It explains that Framed Blocks are mock blocks you can fill with any block that isn't a block entity, such as a crafting table, a furnace or an enrichment chamber. The quest lists vertical slabs, slopes and quarter blocks as example shapes.^[4]

The same Changing Blocks quest also leads to "Chisel Reborn" quest, "Chipped" quest, "Rechiseled" quest and "Camol" quest. These are the pack's other ways of changing or camouflaging blocks, so you can do them in any order alongside Framed Blocks.^[4]

Unverified The Framed Blocks quest is an item task, but the quest data does not show which specific item it checks for.

Modular Routers chapter

a quest in "Modular Routers" comes after "Upgrades" quest, which itself follows "Modular Routers" quest. It asks for Camouflage Upgrade and says the upgrade makes a router work like a Framed Block: sneak right click a block to change the router's appearance to it.^[3]

All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.4 ships FramedBlocks 10.6.2, and the mod has been in the pack since 1.0 or earlier. Here are the notable changes from the mod's own changelogs, newest first.^[2]

10.5.0 to 10.5.3: new blocks and lots of fixes

• 10.5.3 fixes a crash with horizontally rotated Compound Slope Panels and adds a Brazilian Portuguese translation.^[7]
• 10.5.2 adds rotation support to the Collapsible Block and Collapsible Copycat Block, plus a Russian translation.^[8]
• 10.5.2 also fixes duplication bugs: the camo application recipe duping when camo consumption is disabled, and the shape rotation recipe duplicating stackable wrenches.^[8]
• 10.5.2 fixes Double Slabs and Panels only consuming one slab or panel when placed by Create schematics, and a Layered Cube consuming multiple camos when made from an item with a pre-applied camo.^[8]
• 10.5.2 fixes several connected textures problems (Framed Stairs and double blocks), a crash with thick lattice next to certain wall-tagged blocks, and missing slope faces on the Compound Slope Panel when yslope=true.^[8]
• 10.5.1 fixes a Framed Chest reappearing when broken by an Ars Nouveau Touch>Break>Extract spell while crouching.^[9]
• 10.5.0 adds the Framed Lightning Rod, Framed Pillar Socket, Framed Split Pillar Socket and Framed Path.^[10]
• 10.5.0 also adds a global overlay display mode config, a solution hint on the oversized result error tooltip in the Framing Saw, and a fix for a crash when applying certain fluids as camos.^[10]

10.4.0: more shapes

• New blocks: Framed Hopper, Framed Elevated Pyramid Slab, Framed Stacked Pyramid Slab, Framed (Vertical) Sloped Double Stairs, Framed (Vertical) Sliced Sloped Stairs and Framed Layered Cube.^[11]
• Pyramids now connect to Posts, (Half) Pillars, Walls and Fences.^[11]
• The mini cube can be placed on the underside of blocks, and there is a new option to rotate the camo texture when opening a Framed Trapdoor.^[11]
• Fixes a crash with Additional Placements.^[11]

10.3.2: camo and wrench handling

• Camos read from network packets are now validated, which prevents further errors with certain invalid camos.^[12]
• Redstone lamps can be toggled when applied as a camo.^[12]
• Wrenches from other mods work in shape rotation recipes without being consumed.^[12]
• Ammendments hanging pot support is re-enabled.^[12]

Unverified The sources here include no pack changelog entries for this mod, and the mod changelogs available stop at 10.5.3, so what changed between 10.5.3 and the 10.6.2 version in the pack is not shown.