Ender Drives guide for All the Mods 10 4.6 to 5.5
Ender Drives guide for All the Mods 10
Last verified for All the Mods 10 v4.14 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026
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Also applies to:FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 to 1.24.0FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.0.3 to 1.10.0FTB StoneBlock 4 1.19.0 to 1.23.0
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5 sections are written for this pack; 1 is shared from another pack's guide.
Every recipe and number here was checked against All the Mods 10 4.14's own files.
What is Ender Drives?
4 parts
Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide
Ender Drives gives you a different way to store items. Drives link together by frequency, so every drive with the same frequency and privacy shares the same contents, no matter who crafted it. It works whether the drive sits in your AE2 system, in another dimension, or in another player's system.[1][2]
The pack includes Ender Drives 1.5.23 for NeoForge 1.21.1. It has been in the pack since version 2.42 or earlier.[3]
What every drive is set with
- Frequency: drives on the same frequency share one virtual inventory.[2]
- Scope: Global (the default, open to any player on that frequency), Private (tied to your UUID, though other users of your ME system can still access the storage) or Team (shared with your FTB Team).[2]
- Mode: Bidirectional (the default), Input-Only or Output-Only.[2]
Types, not bytes
Unlike traditional AE2 drives, an Ender Drive is limited only by item types. Each type can hold up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 items (2^63 - 1). The power cost grows with the number of items stored at that frequency, so a huge stockpile isn't free to run.[2]
How many types your server can handle depends on the server. The mod's guide describes an autobenchmark command that you can use to test it.[2]
Tape Disks for NBT-heavy gear
The mod also adds Tape Disks, AE2-compatible storage cells for items with NBT data, such as enchanted armor, tools and other non-stackable gear. They keep these items out of the type space on your big drives. Tape Drives do not tell AE2 that they are preferred for matching items, so use ME Drive priority to control where items go.[1][4]
Who it's for
If you run an AE2 setup and want storage shared across dimensions, bases or teammates, this mod is for you. Tape Disks are useful when your drives fill up with unique gear.[1][2][4]
Unverified Where Ender Drives fits in this pack's progression is unconfirmed. The sources show no quests for the mod and no ATM Star path involvement.
How do you get started with Ender Drives?
5 parts
Ender Drives are AE2-compatible storage cells with a twist: every drive with the same frequency and the same scope shares one virtual inventory. It doesn't matter where the drive is, which dimension it's in, or whose ME system it sits in. This section walks you through what to craft first and why.[1][5]
Step 1: Craft a 1k Ender Storage Component
Every Ender cell in this pack is crafted from a matching storage component, so you start with the smallest one, the 1k Ender Storage Component. This recipe is changed by the pack, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults. Here is the in-pack version:[6]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_1k_advanced
Step 2: Turn it into a 1k Ender Item Storage Cell
The 1k Ender Item Storage Cell is the drive you actually put into your ME system. Its recipe is also changed by the pack, and it uses the 1k component you just made.[6]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_1k_advanced
Then choose frequency, scope and mode
Each Ender Drive has a frequency, a scope and a mode. Drives that share a frequency and scope see the same inventory, so decide on these before you start filling it.[5]
- Scope: Global is the default and is public, so any player using the same frequency can reach the inventory. Private is tied to your UUID, so only you can create drives for that frequency. Team shares it with your FTB Team.[5]
- Mode: Bidirectional is the default and works like a normal ME drive. Input-Only lets items in but not out, and Output-Only lets items out but not in.[5]
Step 4: Upgrade tier by tier
Unlike a traditional AE2 drive, an Ender Drive's limit is based only on the number of item types. Each type can hold up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 items. The catch is that the power cost rises with the number of items stored on that frequency.[5]
The components come in higher tiers: 4k Ender Storage Component, 16k Ender Storage Component, 64k Ender Storage Component and 256k Ender Storage Component. The pack changes each of their recipes, so here are the in-pack versions:[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_4k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_16k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_64k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_256k_advanced
Each component then goes into its matching cell: 4k Ender Item Storage Cell, 16k Ender Item Storage Cell, 64k Ender Item Storage Cell and 256k Ender Item Storage Cell. Their recipes follow the same pattern as the 1k cell.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_4k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_16k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_64k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_256k_advanced
Optional: the Tape Disk
Once your main storage is running, consider the Tape Disk Item Storage Cell. It only accepts NBT-heavy, non-stackable or customized items such as enchanted gear, so those items stop eating type space on your big drives. It also tracks bytes used, based on the NBT size of what you store.[4][6][7]
Crafting Shaped
| any netherite ingot | any netherite ingot |
Recipe id: enderdrives:tape_disk
This recipe is changed by the pack.
How does Ender Drives work?
6 parts
Ender Drives work differently from normal AE2 drives. Instead of holding items inside the cell, every drive points at a shared virtual inventory. All drives with the same frequency and privacy share the same contents, no matter who crafted them. That holds in your own AE2 system, in another dimension, or on another player's system.[1][5]
Frequency, scope and mode
Each Ender Drive is configured with three settings, and together they decide which inventory the drive connects to and how items move through it.[5]
- Frequency: drives with the same frequency share the same inventory.[5]
- Scope: decides who can access the drive. It can be Global, Private or Team.[5]
- Mode: controls how items flow. It can be Bidirectional, Input or Output.[5]
Drives with the same frequency and scope access the same virtual inventory wherever they are placed.[5]
Scope and privacy
- Global (the default): public. Any player using the same frequency can access the shared inventory.[5]
- Private: tied to your UUID, so only you can create drives that access this frequency. Other users of your ME system can still access that storage.[5]
- Team: shared with your FTB Team. All members can create drives with access to the same frequency.[5]
Transfer modes
- Bidirectional (the default): standard ME drive behavior, so you can insert and extract freely.[5]
- Input-Only: items can be inserted but not removed. It is useful for buffers or syncing inputs.[5]
- Output-Only: items can be extracted but not inserted. It suits output buffers or read-only access.[5]
The drive's tooltip shows its current mode, for example "Mode: Input Only". It also shows how many types are in use out of the total, and how many items it is partitioned to.[7]
Limits are about types, not item counts
Unlike traditional AE2 drives, an Ender Drive is limited only by the number of item types. The guide says you can store up to 2^63 - 1 items of each type, which is 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. Storing more items makes the power cost at that frequency go up.[5]
The real ceiling is how many types your server can handle before it starts to struggle, and that differs from server to server. The autobenchmark command can test it. Keep a terminal open with a drive set to Private on the frequency you want to test, otherwise the results won't be accurate. The benchmark keeps going until TPS drops below 18, which can take a few minutes.[5]
The mod's author reports a personal average of about 275,000 types and says they have seen higher and lower suggestions. That limit is shared between everyone using the drives on the same world.[5]
Crafting and upgrading
This pack changes the recipes for every Ender Drive item. Each Ender Item Storage Cell is built around the matching Ender Storage Component. The component tiers run 1k, 4k, 16k, 64k and 256k, and every tier above 1k is made from the previous tier's component.[6]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_1k_advanced
The entry-level component. The pack changed this recipe.
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_4k_advanced
Each higher tier takes the previous tier's component.
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_1k_advanced
The cell is crafted from its matching component.
The 4k Ender Item Storage Cell, 16k Ender Item Storage Cell, 64k Ender Item Storage Cell and 256k Ender Item Storage Cell follow the same pattern with their own component tier. The 1k Ender Item Storage Cell recipe above shows it.[6]
Tape Disks for NBT-heavy items
The Tape Disk Item Storage Cell is a separate kind of AE2-compatible cell for items with lots of NBT, such as tools, armor and enchanted gear. These items normally eat type space on traditional drives. A Tape Disk's byte usage scales with the actual NBT size of what it holds, so something like Apotheosis gear takes more space than a plain item.[4]
A Tape Disk only accepts items with non-standard NBT, armor, tools or other non-stackable items. It enforces two limits: a type limit for unique item types, and a byte limit based on NBT size. The tooltip shows both, as types used out of the total and bytes used out of the total.[4][7]
- Accepted: enchanted armor like a Diamond Chestplate, Enchanted Books, Potions with effects, and tools with durability.[4]
- Not accepted: items with no NBT that are stackable.[4]
When you move items to or from a Tape Disk with an IO Port, the disk throttles itself. That stops it from dumping a pile of NBT-heavy items all at once and freezing your game.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any netherite ingot | any netherite ingot |
Recipe id: enderdrives:tape_disk
The pack changed this recipe.
Unverified Any config options for Ender Drives would be set in the mod's config files, and the sources here do not show any, so check in game before you plan around specific settings.
How do you progress through Ender Drives?
4 parts
Ender Drives come in capacity tiers from 1k up to 256k: 1k Ender Item Storage Cell, 4k Ender Item Storage Cell, 16k Ender Item Storage Cell, 64k Ender Item Storage Cell and 256k Ender Item Storage Cell. There is also a separate side branch, the Tape Disk Item Storage Cell. The recipes below are the ones this pack uses.[6]
Unverified No quests in this pack involve this mod, so there is no quest-guided path for it. What follows is the crafting path only.
Step 1: Climb the component ladder
Each disk is built around a storage component of the same tier, so you start by making components. The 1k component is the entry point. Its recipe uses Advanced AE parts, a Quantum Storage Component and a Shattered Singularity, plus an Ender Pearl.[6]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_1k_advanced
Entry point of the ladder, changed by the pack.
After that, every component is an upgrade of the one below it. The 4k component is made from a 1k component, the 16k from a 4k, the 64k from a 16k, and the 256k from a 64k.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_4k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_16k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_64k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_256k_advanced
Step 2: Turn a component into a disk
Each disk recipe takes the component of its own tier, plus an Ender Chest and a set of AE2 and Advanced AE materials. The disk recipes are the same for every tier apart from which component they use.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_1k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_4k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_16k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_64k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_256k_advanced
What the drives do
Unlike traditional AE2 drives, Ender Drive limits are based only on item types. The in-game guide says each type can hold up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 items, but the power cost grows with the number of items stored on the drive at that frequency.[5]
Side branch: the Tape Disk
The Tape Disk Item Storage Cell is not part of the 1k to 256k ladder. It is built for NBT-heavy and non-stackable items such as enchanted armor, tools and enchanted books, and it keeps them out of the type space on your big drives. Its recipe is built on a 256k ME Storage Component from AE2 instead of an Ender Storage Component, and it needs a netherite ingot.[4][6]
Crafting Shaped
| any netherite ingot | any netherite ingot |
Recipe id: enderdrives:tape_disk
Changed by the pack.
How does Ender Drives work with other mods?
4 parts
Ender Drives is built to live inside an AE2 network. The contents of a drive are shared by frequency, whether the drive sits in your AE2 system, another dimension or another player's system. The pack's recipes tie it tightly to AE2 and to the Quantum items from the advanced_ae namespace.[1][5][6]
Ender Storage Components
The first tier, 1k Ender Storage Component, is where the other mods come in. It needs a Quantum Storage Component, a Shattered Singularity and a Ender Pearl.[6]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_1k_advanced
After that, each tier is an upgrade of the one before. 4k Ender Storage Component, 16k Ender Storage Component, 64k Ender Storage Component and 256k Ender Storage Component each take the previous component. Every step also needs a Quantum Processor, a Shattered Singularity and Vibrant Quartz Glass. Here is the first upgrade as an example.[6]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_4k_advanced
Ender Item Storage Cells
The finished cells, from 1k Ender Item Storage Cell up to 256k Ender Item Storage Cell, all follow the same pattern. You combine the matching Ender Storage Component with an Ender Chest, plus Quantum Alloy Plate, Quantum Processor, Vibrant Quartz Glass and Sky Stone Dust. So you need access to the Quantum items before you can make any Ender cell.[6]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_1k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_256k_advanced
The 4k, 16k and 64k cells use the same set of ingredients, each with its own matching component.
Tape Disk
The Tape Disk Item Storage Cell draws on AE2 parts instead of the Quantum items. Its recipe uses an 256k ME Storage Component, a Light Blue Paint Ball, Vibrant Quartz Glass, Sky Stone Dust and any ingot from the netherite ingot tag.[6]
Crafting Shaped
| any netherite ingot | any netherite ingot |
Recipe id: enderdrives:tape_disk
Tape Disks are AE2-compatible storage cells made for NBT-heavy items such as enchanted gear. They don't tell AE2 that they're preferred for matching items, so use ME Drive priority to control where items go. They also throttle themselves when you move items through an IO Port.[4]
Teams and sharing
Ender Drives also works with FTB Teams. A drive set to the Team scope is shared with your FTB Team, and all team members can create drives that access the same frequency.[5]
What changed in Ender Drives between versions?
Ender Drives was added to the pack in All the Mods 10 2.42, and All the Mods 10 4.14 ships version 1.4.4 (the NeoForge 1.21.1 build). Here's every version change the pack changelogs record, oldest first.[8][9]
- All the Mods 10 2.42: Ender Drives was added at version 1.2.2.[8]
- All the Mods 10 2.43: updated from 1.2.2 to 1.3.2.[10]
- All the Mods 10 2.44: changed from 1.3.2 to 1.2.4. That's a step back to an older version, not an upgrade.[11]
- All the Mods 10 2.47: updated from 1.2.4 to 1.4.2.[12]
- All the Mods 10 4.3: updated from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3.[13]
- All the Mods 10 4.12: updated from 1.4.3 to 1.4.4, which is still the version in 4.14.[9][14]
The 2.44 rollback is worth knowing about if you ever look at an older world or an old pack version. The pack went from 1.3.2 down to 1.2.4 and only reached 1.4.2 in 2.47.[11][12]
Unverified What actually changed inside Ender Drives between these versions (new features, fixes, balance or recipe changes) is unverified. The pack changelogs only list version numbers, and there are no stored changelogs for the jars shipped in the pack.
Sources
- In-game guide: EnderDrives Introduction (enderdrives) · official docs
- In-game guide: Ender Item Storage Cell (enderdrives) · official docs
- All the Mods 10 8.1 mod list · pack file
- In-game guide: Tape Disk Item Storage Cell (enderdrives) · official docs
- In-game guide: Ender Item Storage Cell (enderdrives) · official docs
- All the Mods 10 4.14 recipe dump: recipes making Ender Drives items · pack recipe dump
- enderdrives tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- All the Mods 10 changelog (All the Mods 10 2.42) · changelog
- All the Mods 10 4.14 mod list · pack file
- All the Mods 10 changelog (All the Mods 10 2.43) · changelog
- All the Mods 10 changelog (All the Mods 10 2.44) · changelog
- All the Mods 10 changelog (All the Mods 10 2.47) · changelog
- All the Mods 10 changelog (All the Mods 10 4.3) · changelog
- All the Mods 10 changelog (All the Mods 10 4.12) · changelog
Where this guide comes from
Written from what All the Mods 10 itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.
Guide last verified Oct 17, 2026.
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