Ender Drives guide for All the Mods 10 6.0 to 7.3
Ender Drives guide for All the Mods 10
Last verified for All the Mods 10 v7.3 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 16, 2026
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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 7.3'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 give you a different way to store items in your AE2 system. Each drive is set to a frequency, and every drive with the same frequency and privacy setting shares the same contents, no matter who crafted it. Whether the drive sits in your AE2 system, in another dimension or on another player's system, the contents are globally synchronized.[1][5]
Step 1: Make a 1k Ender Storage Component
Your first craft is the 1k Ender Storage Component. It's the base component for the smallest Ender cell and the start of the whole upgrade path.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_1k_advanced
Step 2: Craft your first Ender cell
Next, craft the 1k Ender Item Storage Cell. This is the actual storage cell that goes into your ME system.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_1k_advanced
Set frequency, scope and mode
Each Ender Drive has three settings. The frequency decides which shared inventory it connects to. The scope decides who can access it. The mode decides how items flow in and out.[5]
- Scope: Global is the default. Any player using the same frequency can access that inventory. Private ties the frequency to you, so only you can create drives for it. Team shares the frequency with your FTB Team.[5]
- Mode: Bidirectional is the default and works like a normal ME drive. Input-Only lets items go in but not come out. Output-Only lets items come out but not go in.[5]
Step 4: Scale up
Ender cells aren't limited like normal AE2 cells. Their only hard limit is the number of item types, and each type can hold up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 items. Be careful, though: the power cost goes up with the number of items stored on the drive at that frequency. The cell tooltip shows how many types you've used.[5][7]
When you need more types, work up through the bigger components: 4k Ender Storage Component, 16k Ender Storage Component, 64k Ender Storage Component and 256k Ender Storage Component. Each size has its own matching cell.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_4k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_4k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_16k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_16k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_64k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_64k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_256k_advanced
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_256k_advanced
Optional: a Tape Disk for your gear
The Tape Disk Item Storage Cell is a separate cell built for NBT-heavy and non-stackable items like enchanted armor, tools, enchanted books and potions. It only accepts those kinds of items. Its space scales with the NBT size of what you store, so your gear stops eating up type space on your big drives. The tooltip shows how many bytes and types you've used.[4][6][7]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:tape_disk
How does Ender Drives work?
7 parts
Ender Drives adds item storage cells for your AE2 network, and they work very differently from normal cells. Each drive is linked to a frequency, and every drive with the same frequency and privacy setting shares the same contents, no matter who crafted it. Whether the drive sits in your own AE2 system, in another dimension or on another player's system, the contents stay synchronized everywhere.[1][5]
Frequency, scope and mode
Every Ender Drive has three settings. The frequency decides which shared inventory it connects to. The scope decides who can access it. The mode decides which way items can flow. All drives with the same frequency and scope open the same virtual inventory, wherever they are.[5]
Unverified The sources don't explain how you set the frequency, scope and mode on a drive, such as which menu or key you use. Check the drive in-game to find out.
Transfer modes
Each drive can use one of three transfer modes. The drive's tooltip shows the current mode, so you can check a cell at a glance.[5][7]
- Bidirectional is the default. It behaves like a standard ME drive, so you can insert and extract items freely.[5]
- Input Only lets items go in but never come out. This is handy for buffers or for syncing inputs.[5][7]
- Output Only lets items come out but never go in. This is great for output buffers or read-only access.[5][7]
Scope and privacy
- Global is the default and is fully public. Any player using the same frequency can access that shared inventory.[5]
- Private is tied to your UUID, so only you can create drives that access the frequency. Anyone else who uses your ME system can still reach the storage through it.[5]
- Team is shared with your FTB Team, so every member can create drives that access the same frequency.[5]
Types, not bytes
Normal AE2 cells run out of space, but Ender Drives are only limited by the number of item types. Because of how the items are stored behind the scenes, you can hold up to 2^63 - 1, or 9,223,372,036,854,775,807, items of each type. Each cell's tooltip shows how many types it is using out of its maximum.[5][7]
Server performance and the benchmark
The real limit is how many types your server can handle before it starts to lag, and that number is different on every server. The type limit is also shared by everyone using the drives on the same world, so it's one pool for all players.[5]
- Set a drive to Private and pick the frequency you want to test. Keep a terminal open with that drive so the results are accurate.[5]
- Run the autobenchmark command. It keeps adding load until TPS drops below 18, which can take a few minutes.[5]
For comparison, the mod's author reports an average of about 275,000 types before performance issues show up, with some players suggesting higher or lower limits. That is a lot of fully typed 256k Ender Item Storage Cell cells before you would notice anything, but run the benchmark on your own server rather than relying on someone else's number.[5]
Tape Disks for NBT-heavy gear
The Tape Disk Item Storage Cell solves a different problem. It is an AE2-compatible cell built for NBT-heavy items like tools, armor, enchanted gear and other uniquely tagged items that normally eat up type space in regular ME drives. A Tape Disk only accepts items with non-standard NBT, armor, tools or non-stackable items. Plain stackable items without NBT are rejected.[4]
Tape Disks have two limits: a type limit for the number of unique items, and a byte limit based on the NBT data size of each item. Items with lots of tags use more bytes. The tooltip shows how many bytes and types you've used, so you can see exactly how full a disk is.[4][7]
When you move items into or out of a Tape Disk with an IO Port, the disk throttles itself automatically. Because it may be handling NBT-heavy items, it transfers them gradually instead of dumping everything at once and freezing your game.[4]
Crafting in this pack
This pack changes the recipes for every Ender Drives item, including the storage components, all Ender Item Storage Cells and the Tape Disk. Components come in tiers, starting from the 1k Ender Storage Component, and each cell is built from its matching component. Here are the starting-tier recipes and the Tape Disk as they appear in this pack.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_1k_advanced
Entry-tier component
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_1k_advanced
Entry-tier Ender cell
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Recipe id: enderdrives:tape_disk
How do you progress through Ender Drives?
4 parts
Ender Drives are AE2 storage cells that share one synchronized inventory across ME systems, dimensions and even different players, all linked by a frequency you set on each drive. The progression is straightforward: build a chain of Ender Storage Components, then turn each component into a matching cell.[5]
This pack changed every Ender Drives recipe, so don't rely on crafting guides from other packs or the mod's defaults. The recipe blocks on this page show the exact in-pack versions.[6]
The component chain
There are five tiers of components: 1k, 4k, 16k, 64k and 256k. Only the 1k component is crafted from scratch. Every tier above it needs the previous tier's component, so you can't skip ahead. A 256k component means working through the whole chain.[6]
- Start with the 1k Ender Storage Component, the entry point of the whole chain.[6]
- Upgrade it into the 4k Ender Storage Component.[6]
- Upgrade the 4k into the 16k Ender Storage Component.[6]
- Upgrade the 16k into the 64k Ender Storage Component.[6]
- Finish with the 256k Ender Storage Component, made from the 64k.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_1k_advanced
The starting component
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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
Turning components into cells
Each cell tier is crafted from its matching component. All five cell recipes share the same frame and differ only in the component. The cells are the 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.[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 tiers actually limit
Ender Drives don't work like normal AE2 byte limits. The only hard limit is the number of item types. Each type can hold up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 items. Keep in mind that the power cost goes up with the number of items stored on a frequency.[5]
The practical ceiling is how many types your server can handle, and that limit is shared by everyone using Ender Drives on the same world. The mod author reports a personal average of about 275,000 types. You can test your own server with the autobenchmark command while a terminal is open with a Private drive on the selected frequency. It keeps running until TPS drops below 18, which can take a few minutes.[5]
Unverified The sources don't list the exact type count for each cell tier, so this page doesn't give per-tier numbers.
The Tape Disk side branch
The Tape Disk Item Storage Cell sits outside the Ender tier chain. It's a single cell with its own recipe, also changed by this pack, and it doesn't use any Ender Storage Component.[6]
Tape Disks only accept items with non-standard NBT, armor, tools or non-stackable items. That makes them a good home for enchanted gear, enchanted books and potions that would otherwise eat up type space in your main drives. Each Tape Disk has both a type limit and a byte limit, and the bytes used depend on the NBT size of each stored item.[4]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:tape_disk
How does Ender Drives work with other mods?
4 parts
Ender Drives is built as an add-on for AE2 storage. Its Ender Item Storage Cells go into your ME system like normal drives. Any drives set to the same frequency and scope share one synchronized inventory, whether they sit in your own network, another dimension or another player's system.[1][5]
In this pack, every Ender Drives crafting recipe that connects to other mods has been changed by the pack. So don't trust recipes from other packs or older videos. The pack ties the mod into AE2 parts like Vibrant Quartz Glass and Sky Stone Dust, plus quantum-tier parts like Quantum Processor and Shattered Singularity.[6]
Ender Storage Components
Everything starts with 1k Ender Storage Component. Its recipe is built around a Quantum Storage Component, so you need to reach quantum storage parts before you can make your first Ender Drive.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_1k_advanced
The entry-level component, as changed by the pack.
Each bigger component is crafted from the one below it. The chain goes 1k Ender Storage Component to 4k Ender Storage Component to 16k Ender Storage Component to 64k Ender Storage Component to 256k Ender Storage Component. Every upgrade step uses Quantum Processor and Shattered Singularity together with AE2's Vibrant Quartz Glass.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_storage_component_4k_advanced
The larger tiers follow the same pattern with the previous component.
Ender Item Storage Cells
To turn a component into a usable drive, you craft the matching cell. For example, 1k Ender Storage Component becomes 1k Ender Item Storage Cell. All five cell recipes in this pack also need a Ender Chest, quantum parts such as Quantum Alloy Plate, and AE2 materials.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:ender_disk_1k_advanced
The other cell sizes use the same layout with their matching component.
Tape Disk
The Tape Disk Item Storage Cell takes a different route. Its recipe in this pack skips the quantum parts and uses only AE2 materials, centered on a 256k ME Storage Component. That makes it the more approachable of the two storage types.[6]
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Recipe id: enderdrives:tape_disk
Tape Disks are AE2-compatible cells made for NBT-heavy, non-stackable items like enchanted gear and tools. That keeps those items from eating type space on your normal ME drives. When you move items to or from a Tape Disk with an AE2 IO Port, the disk throttles itself so it doesn't freeze your game.[4]
Teams
Ender Drives also hooks into FTB Teams. If you set a drive's scope to Team, every member of your FTB Team can create drives that access the same frequency. That's handy for a shared base storage on a server.[5]
Unverified No quests in this pack involve Ender Drives, so there's no questline to guide you through these recipes. Check the recipe viewer in-game. This site does hold All the Mods 10's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.
What changed in Ender Drives between versions?
1 part
Ender Drives has been part of All the Mods 10 for a good while, and the version you get in All the Mods 10 7.3 is Ender Drives 1.4.4. Here's how it got there, update by update.[8]
Timeline
- All the Mods 10 2.42: Ender Drives joins the pack at version 1.2.2.[9]
- All the Mods 10 2.43: updated from 1.2.2 to 1.3.2.[10]
- All the Mods 10 2.44: the changelog lists a change from 1.3.2 to 1.2.4, so the version number actually went down in this release.[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, the version that still ships in All the Mods 10 7.3.[8][14]
Unverified The pack changelogs only record version numbers, and no mod changelogs were available, so what actually changed in each Ender Drives update (new features, fixes or recipe changes) is unverified. The reason for the apparent downgrade in All the Mods 10 2.44 is also unverified.
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 7.3 recipe dump: recipes making Ender Drives items · pack recipe dump
- enderdrives tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- All the Mods 10 7.3 mod list · pack file
- All the Mods 10 changelog (All the Mods 10 2.42) · changelog
- 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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