FTB Essentials guide for All the Mods 10 0.32 to 8.1

FTB Essentials is part of this pack's mod list. The pack ships version 2101.1.10, using the NeoForge build of the mod (ftb-essentials-neoforge-2101.1.10.jar).^[1]

Unverified The sources I was given don't describe what FTB Essentials does, who it is aimed at, or how it changes gameplay in this pack. I haven't confirmed any commands, features or config values, so this guide doesn't list them. No guidebook or quest data for the mod was available either, so I can't place it in the pack's progression or on the ATM Star path.

Good news: getting started with FTB Essentials doesn't mean crafting anything. In this pack, the first steps are a handful of commands that make getting around and setting up your base much easier. The pack's quest book introduces them in its Welcome chapter, which opens with "Welcome to All The Mods 10!" quest.^[2]

Quests are optional here, and mods are not gated behind them. Many of the side questlines work as mod guides, and the Main Questline is the one to follow if you want a progression. That is all in a quest in "Welcome".^[2]

Your first commands, in order

1. Set a home with /sethome (name of home) as soon as you have a spot you like, for example /sethome farm. You can teleport back later with /home (name), so /home farm in that example.^[2]
2. Use /spawn when you want to get back to the spawn of your overworld.^[2]
3. Use /rtp ('Random Teleport') to jump to a random location in the world, handy if you want a fresh area to explore.^[2]

These three are listed in a quest in "Welcome", and the quest calls them just a few of the helpful commands in the pack.^[2]

Other setup steps from the Welcome chapter

Once you have a home, the same chapter points you to two more things. To protect your base, open the map with M, click the Claimed Chunks icon in the top left, and left click and drag to claim. Shift-left click a chunk to force load it, and you'll see lines across the chunk when it worked. See a quest in "Welcome".^[2]

If you're playing with friends, create a team with /ftbteams party create (name of team), as described in a quest in "Welcome".^[2]

Unverified Crafting recipes for FTB Essentials items could not be confirmed from the available sources, so this guide does not show any.

FTB Essentials has no tiers to climb in this pack. It is a utility mod, and the pack's quest book handles it in a single place: the Welcome chapter. The quest in that chapter covers the commands you will use from your first minutes in the world.^[2]

Unverified No tier breakdown or crafting steps for this mod are confirmed in the pack's sources.

What the quest book teaches

The commands quest a quest in "Welcome" lists a few helpful commands. These are the ones it names:^[2]

• /sethome (name of home) sets a home you can teleport back to with /home (name). The quest's example is /sethome farm, then /home farm.^[2]
• /spawn teleports you to the spawn of your overworld.^[2]
• /rtp is "Random Teleport" and sends you to a random location in the world.^[2]

Other Welcome chapter quests worth reading

The same chapter has a quest on teams, a quest in "Welcome". It says to use /ftbteams party create (name of team) to make a team for you and your friends. The claiming quest, a quest in "Welcome", explains how to claim chunks from the map (open it with M) and how to force load them.^[2]

You don't have to finish any of these. a quest in "Welcome" says quests are optional in this pack and mods are not gated behind them. If you want a guided progression, it points you to the Main Questline.^[2]

FTB Essentials shows up in one place in the quest book: the Welcome chapter, which has 6 quests. Only one of them is about this mod's commands, so this section is short.^[2]

The commands quest

The quest a quest in "Welcome" has no title of its own and a single checkmark task, so you just read it and tick it off. Its text lists a few helpful commands in the pack.^[2]

• /sethome (name of home) sets a home, and /home (name) teleports you back to it. The quest's example is /sethome farm, then /home farm.^[2]
• /spawn teleports you to the spawn of your overworld.^[2]
• /rtp is a random teleport that sends you to a random location in the world.^[2]

Rest of the Welcome chapter

The other quests in the chapter are general pack notes rather than FTB Essentials content. "Welcome to All The Mods 10!" quest is the chapter's intro, and a quest in "Welcome" tells you quests are optional and that mods are not gated behind them. a quest in "Welcome" covers creating a team with the /ftbteams party create command, and a quest in "Welcome" explains how to claim and force load chunks from the map.^[2]

All the Mods 10 8.1 ships FTB Essentials 2101.1.10. The mod has been in the pack since All the Mods 10 2.25 or earlier, and the pack changelogs show it being updated several times since then.^[1]

Pack updates, oldest to newest

• All the Mods 10 2.26: updated from 2101.1.2 to 2101.1.4.^[3]
• All the Mods 10 2.36: updated from 2101.1.4 to 2101.1.6.^[4]
• All the Mods 10 4.11: updated from 2101.1.6 to 2101.1.7.^[5]
• All the Mods 10 4.15: updated from 2101.1.7 to 2101.1.8.^[6]
• All the Mods 10 6.0: updated from 2101.1.8 to 2101.1.9.^[7]
• All the Mods 10 7.2: updated from 2101.1.9 to 2101.1.10. This is the version you have in 8.1.^[1][8]

Unverified The pack changelogs only record version bumps, and no changelogs for the shipped jars were available. What changed inside the mod in each update, such as new commands, fixes or config changes, is unverified here.