Ars Creo in All the Mods 10

Ars Creo is an addon that connects Ars Nouveau and Create. It needs both of them to run. Its focus is making Ars Nouveau magic work on Create contraptions, plus one block that feeds power back into your Create network.^[1]

What it adds

• Starbuncle Wheel: generates SU (stress units) from pure starbuncle energy.^[1]
• Spell Turrets: these can be used on Create contraptions.^[1]
• Timer Turrets: fire on an interval on a contraption.^[1]
• Basic Spell Turret: fires when you interact with it on a contraption.^[1]
• Enhanced Spell Turret: fires for each new block position.^[1]
• Source Jars: can be part of a contraption and can be used by other turrets.^[1]

In this pack

The pack ships Ars Creo 5.4.0. It has been in the pack since version 4.0 or earlier.^[2]

In the quest book, Ars Creo sits in the "Create Addons" chapter, which is part of the Tech group (chapter 31 of 67) and holds 50 quests. The Ars Creo quest, "Ars Creo" quest, asks you to get the Starbuncle Wheel. The sources show no prerequisite for it, and none of the quests I can see in the chapter list it as a prerequisite, so it looks like a standalone entry. 24 of the chapter's quests are not shown in the sources, so check the quest book for anything else around it.^[3]

The chapter is a collection of Create addons. Its other visible entries cover Create Crafts & Additions, Create: Dragons Plus, Create: Aquatic Ambitions, Create: Enchantment Industry and train decorating.^[3]

The quest says the Starbuncle Wheel is powered 24/7 by a starbuncle to make rotational power. It gives 16 RPM and 256 stress units.^[3]

Ars Creo is a small addon that links Ars Nouveau and Create, and it needs both of them to run. In this pack, the first thing you'll want from it is the Starbuncle Wheel.^[1]

Step 1: Make the Starbuncle Wheel

The Starbuncle Wheel is the mod's power source for Create. The pack's quest book says a Starbuncle powers it 24/7, so it makes Rotational Power on its own. It rotates at 16 RPM and has 256 Stress Units. The mod's own page describes it as generating SU from pure starbuncle energy.^[1][3]

Starbuncle WheelMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Starbuncle Charm
• Water Wheel

Recipe id: ars_creo:starbuncle_wheel

This is a shapeless crafting recipe, so the ingredients can go in any slots.

Once it's built, you don't need a fuel supply or a river for it. Hook it up to your Create shafts and cogs like any other source of rotation.^[3]

Where to find it in the quest book

The quest "Ars Creo" quest sits in the Create Addons chapter of the Tech group, alongside quests for other Create addons such as "Create Crafts and Additions" quest. Hand in the Starbuncle Wheel there to tick it off.^[3]

What else the mod adds

Besides the wheel, the mod's page lists Spell Turrets that work on Create Contraptions. There are Timer Turrets that fire on an interval, Basic Spell Turrets that fire when interacted with, and Enhanced Spell Turrets that fire per new block position. Source Jars can also be part of a contraption and used by other turrets. The sources here don't cover their recipes, so start with the wheel.^[1]

Ars Creo is a small addon that links Ars Nouveau and Create. Its mechanics fall into a power source for your Create kinetic network, and ways to make Ars Nouveau spell turrets work on moving Create contraptions.^[1]

Starbuncle Wheel: kinetic power from starbuncle energy

The Starbuncle Wheel generates SU from pure starbuncle energy. It is the mod's power generator for Create setups.^[1][5]

Starbuncle WheelMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Starbuncle Charm
• Water Wheel

Recipe id: ars_creo:starbuncle_wheel

A shapeless crafting recipe from the mod, with no pack changes shown in the sources.

When you break the wheel, it drops itself. The loot table only has the usual explosion condition, so an explosion can destroy it without a drop.^[6]

Spell turrets on contraptions

Spell turrets can be used on Create contraptions. The mod adds several kinds, and each one decides when the spell fires:^[1]

• Timer Turret: fires on an interval while it is on a contraption.^[1]
• Basic Spell Turret: fires when it is interacted with on a contraption.^[1]
• Enhanced Spell Turret: fires for each new block position it reaches.^[1]

Source jars on contraptions

Source Jars can be part of a contraption, and the turrets on it can use them. So a moving machine can carry its own Source supply for its spells.^[1]

The mod's page says further content is planned, including Ars Nouveau summon integrations and support for more Ars Nouveau blocks on contraptions. Only the features above are confirmed for this pack.^[1]

Good news if you like simple progression: Ars Creo has no tiers in this pack. The sources show one item from the mod, the Starbuncle Wheel, so the whole path is one quest and one recipe.^[3][4]

Where the quest sits

The pack's quest book covers it in the Create Addons chapter, in the Tech group (chapter 31 of 67, with 50 quests). The quest is "Ars Creo" quest, and its task is the Starbuncle Wheel itself. The book lists no prerequisite for it, so it isn't locked behind any other quest.^[3]

The rest of that chapter is about other Create addons: Create Crafts and Additions, Create: Dragons Plus, Create: Aquatic Ambitions, Create Enchantment Industry and train decoration. Ars Creo is a small stop among them, not the start of a tier ladder.^[3]

What the Starbuncle Wheel gives you

Per the quest, the Starbuncle Wheel is powered 24/7 by a Starbuncle to make Rotational Power. It rotates at 16 RPM and has 256 Stress Units. That is the figure the pack's quest book gives, and it is the only output number the sources confirm.^[3]

How to craft it

Starbuncle WheelMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Starbuncle Charm
• Water Wheel

Recipe id: ars_creo:starbuncle_wheel

A shapeless crafting recipe, so ingredient placement in the grid doesn't matter.

If you break a placed Starbuncle Wheel, it drops itself, so you can move it without losing it.^[6]

Ars Creo is a bridge between Ars Nouveau and Create, and it needs both to run. The clearest link in this pack is the Starbuncle Wheel, which takes one item from each mod to craft.^[1][4]

The Starbuncle Wheel recipe

The Starbuncle Wheel is a shapeless recipe that combines an Starbuncle Charm from Ars Nouveau with a Water Wheel from Create. Here is the exact in-pack recipe:^[4]

Starbuncle WheelMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Starbuncle Charm
• Water Wheel

Recipe id: ars_creo:starbuncle_wheel

One Ars Nouveau item and one Create item make the wheel.

What it gives you on the Create side

The quest book describes the Starbuncle Wheel as automatically powered all the time by a Starbuncle, so it makes Rotational Power for your Create machines. It rotates at 16 RPM and has 256 Stress Units.^[3]

The quest is called "Ars Creo" quest. It sits in the "Create Addons" chapter of the Tech group, so you will find it next to quests for other Create addons such as "Create Crafts and Additions" quest and "Create Aquatic Ambitions" quest.^[3]

Turrets and contraptions

The mod's project page also says Spell Turrets can be used on Create Contraptions. It lists Timer Turrets that fire on an interval, Basic Spell Turrets that fire when interacted with, and Enhanced Spell Turrets that fire per new block position. It adds that Source Jars can be part of a contraption and used by other turrets.^[1]

Unverified The recipes for the turrets and Source Jar contraption support are not shown in the sources here, so check the in-game recipe viewer and the Create Addons quest chapter for how to craft them in this pack. This site does hold All the Mods 10's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

Ars Creo has one quest in the pack, and it sits in the "Create Addons" chapter. That chapter is in the Tech group, is chapter 31 of 67 in the book, and holds 50 quests.^[3]

The Ars Creo quest

The quest is "Ars Creo" quest, and it asks you to bring in the Starbuncle Wheel. According to the quest text, the wheel is powered 24/7 by a Starbuncle to make Rotational Power. It rotates at 16RPM and has 256 Stress Units.^[3]

The book lists no prerequisite for this quest, so you don't have to finish another quest first. Nothing in the chapter is listed as coming after it either.^[3]

What surrounds it

The chapter is a collection of Create addons, and each addon gets its own mini quest line. For example, "Create Crafts and Additions" quest starts with the Rolling Mill, "Create Enchantment Industry" quest starts with the Experience Nugget, and "Decorating Trains" quest starts with the Railway Casing. Because the Ars Creo quest has no prerequisite, you can do it at any point in the chapter.^[3]

Ars Creo was added to the pack in All the Mods 10 4.0, and All the Mods 10 8.3 includes version 5.4.0. Here is how it got from one to the other.^[2][7]

• All the Mods 10 4.0: Ars Creo 5.1.0 was added to the pack.^[7]
• All the Mods 10 5.5: updated from 5.1.0 to 5.2.0. The mod's 5.2.0 changelog lists updates to support Create 6.0.9, plus hat support for Ars Nouveau mobs on trains and the stock ticker.^[8][9]
• All the Mods 10 7.1: updated from 5.2.0 to 5.4.0. The mod's 5.4.0 changelog lists ritual support added to contraptions.^[10][11]

If you are updating an older world, the biggest gameplay change in this list is the 5.4.0 ritual support on contraptions.^[10][11]