Mekanistic Routers in All the Mods 10

Mekanistic Routers is part of this pack. The pack ships version 1.2.0 of the mod, and it has been included since All the Mods 10 5.5 or earlier, so it isn't a recent addition.^[1]

Unverified The sources I have don't say what Mekanistic Routers does, who it is meant for, or where it fits in the pack's progression. They contain no platform description, no in-mod guidebook, and no recipes, configs or quests for it. I haven't found it on the ATM Star path or in any quest, but I can't confirm how it is meant to be used. Check the mod in-game before relying on any particular behavior.

Mekanistic Routers adds chemical handling to your routers. The path through it is short: make a chemical module, add transfer upgrades so the router can move more, then optionally make the refill module. Here is the order I'd go in, and why.^[2][3]

Step 1: Chemical Module Mk1

Start with the Chemical Module Mk1. It moves chemicals into or out of the router, to or from an adjacent block in the direction the module faces. It's the simplest way to see how chemical transfer works in the pack.^[2][3]

Chemical Module Mk1Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot
any cheap glass blocks	Blank Module	any cheap glass blocks
Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_module_mk1

Step 2: Chemical Transfer Upgrade

Next, make the Chemical Transfer Upgrade. It increases how much fluid a router can transfer in each direction. Make it early, because the router's overall transfer rate is what limits your modules.^[3]

Chemical Transfer UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot
any cheap glass blocks	Blank Upgrade	any cheap glass blocks
Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_upgrade

The module settings follow the same limits. The Max Transfer setting is a ceiling on one operation, not a target. The real rate is still capped by the number of Chemical Transfer Upgrades in the router and by the transfer rate of any external tank. The tooltip says Speed Upgrades count toward the router's overall transfer rate too.^[3]

Next: Chemical Module Mk2

Once you want to work with tanks, move up to the Chemical Module Mk2. Unlike Mk1, it transfers to or from any nearby block rather than only the adjacent one, and it can transfer to and from tanks. It also needs a chemical container item in the router's buffer.^[2][3]

Chemical Module Mk2Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Chemical Module Mk1
• Prismarine Shard

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_module_mk2

In the module settings, the Transfer Direction option sets whether the router pushes chemical out to the tank or pulls it from the tank. Check it before you start, so you don't drain a tank you meant to fill.^[3]

Step 4: Chemical Refill Module (optional)

The Chemical Refill Module is the one to make if you use chemical-powered gear. It wirelessly refills chemical container items in your inventory, such as Jetpacks. In its settings you choose which section of your inventory it works on, and the filter controls which items can receive chemicals from it.^[3]

Chemical Refill ModuleMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Diamond Helmet

Chemical Module Mk2

Wither Skeleton Skull

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_refill_module

Mekanistic Routers adds chemical handling to routers. In this pack that comes down to a few modules and one upgrade, and the sources only explain part of how they work. Below is what is confirmed.^[3]

Chemical modules

Chemical Module Mk1 moves chemicals into or out of the router, to or from an adjacent block in the module's direction. Chemical Module Mk2 does the same job with any nearby block, and it can also transfer to and from tanks.^[3]

Module settings

• Transfer Direction: you choose whether the router pushes chemical out to the tank, or pulls chemical from the tank.^[3]
• Max Transfer: the most chemical the router will attempt to move in one operation. Treat it as a limit rather than a target, because the real rate can be lower.^[3]

What limits the transfer rate

The Max Transfer setting is shown in mB. The actual rate is still capped by the number of Chemical Transfer Upgrade in the router, and by the transfer rate of the external tank if there is one. The in-game tooltip also names Speed Upgrades as part of the router's overall transfer rate.^[3]

Each Chemical Transfer Upgrade increases the amount a router can transfer in each direction, measured in mB per tick.^[3]

Refilling items from your inventory

Chemical Refill Module wirelessly refills chemical container items in a player's inventory. Jetpacks are the example given. In its settings you pick which section of the player inventory it interacts with, and its filter controls which items can receive chemicals from the module.^[3]

Crafting

Here is how each piece is made in this pack, starting with the first-tier module.^[2]

Chemical Module Mk1Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot
any cheap glass blocks	Blank Module	any cheap glass blocks
Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_module_mk1

The Mk1 module is crafted from a Blank Module from Modular Routers.

Chemical Module Mk2Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Chemical Module Mk1
• Prismarine Shard

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_module_mk2

This shapeless recipe turns a Mk1 module into a Mk2.

4× Chemical Module Mk2Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Chemical Module Mk1
• Chemical Module Mk1
• Chemical Module Mk1
• Chemical Module Mk1
• Prismarine Shard

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_module_mk2_x4

The pack has a second shapeless recipe that also makes the Mk2 module.

Chemical Refill ModuleMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Diamond Helmet

Chemical Module Mk2

Wither Skeleton Skull

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_refill_module

The refill module builds on a Mk2 module.

Chemical Transfer UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot
any cheap glass blocks	Blank Upgrade	any cheap glass blocks
Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_upgrade

The transfer upgrade is crafted from a Blank Upgrade from Modular Routers.

Mekanistic Routers doesn't have tiers in the usual modded sense. Here it is a short line of crafting steps, and each step builds on the item before it. In this pack the module line runs from Chemical Module Mk1 up to Chemical Module Mk2 and Chemical Refill Module. The Chemical Transfer Upgrade sits beside that line as a separate item.^[2]

Unverified The sources I have show no pack quests that cover this mod, so nothing in the quest book tells you when to unlock these items. The order below follows the recipes only.

Step 1: Chemical Module Mk1

The Chemical Module Mk1 is the entry point, and everything else in the module line starts from it. It's a shaped crafting recipe, and the in-pack version is below.^[2]

Chemical Module Mk1Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot
any cheap glass blocks	Blank Module	any cheap glass blocks
Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_module_mk1

Step 2: Chemical Module Mk2

You make the Chemical Module Mk2 by upgrading a Mk1 module in a shapeless recipe, so the layout doesn't matter. It's a cheap step, because it only needs the Mk1 plus one extra item.^[2]

Chemical Module Mk2Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Chemical Module Mk1
• Prismarine Shard

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_module_mk2

The pack also has a second Mk2 recipe, listed as chemical_module_mk2_x4. It shows the same inputs and the same Mk2 result as the first one.^[2]

4× Chemical Module Mk2Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Chemical Module Mk1
• Chemical Module Mk1
• Chemical Module Mk1
• Chemical Module Mk1
• Prismarine Shard

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_module_mk2_x4

Last step: Chemical Refill Module

The Chemical Refill Module is the top of the module line. It's a shaped recipe that consumes a Mk2 module, so you can't skip the earlier steps.^[2]

Chemical Refill ModuleMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Diamond Helmet

Chemical Module Mk2

Wither Skeleton Skull

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_refill_module

The side path: Chemical Transfer Upgrade

The Chemical Transfer Upgrade doesn't depend on any of the modules above. It has its own shaped recipe, so you can make it at any point.^[2]

Chemical Transfer UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot
any cheap glass blocks	Blank Upgrade	any cheap glass blocks
Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_upgrade

Mekanistic Routers links up with other mods through its crafting recipes. Both of them start from an item in the Modular Routers family and turn it into a chemical version.^[2]

Chemical Module Mk1

Chemical Module Mk1 is crafted from a Blank Module. The other ingredients are matched by common tags rather than specific items: any cheap glass block and any osmium ingot. Anything carrying those tags works.^[2]

Chemical Module Mk1Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot
any cheap glass blocks	Blank Module	any cheap glass blocks
Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_module_mk1

Chemical Transfer Upgrade

Chemical Transfer Upgrade follows the same pattern, but it starts from a Blank Upgrade instead of a blank module. It uses the same tag-based glass and osmium ingredients.^[2]

Chemical Transfer UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot
any cheap glass blocks	Blank Upgrade	any cheap glass blocks
Empty slot	any osmium ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanisticrouters:chemical_upgrade

Mekanistic Routers joined the pack in All the Mods 10 4.0, which shipped version 1.1.1.^[4]

In All the Mods 10 5.5 the pack updated it from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0.^[5]

All the Mods 10 8.1 still ships 1.2.0, so you have the same version that 5.5 brought in.^[1]

• 4.0: added, version 1.1.1.^[4]
• 5.5: updated from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0.^[5]
• 8.1: includes 1.2.0.^[1]

Unverified What actually changed between Mekanistic Routers 1.1.1 and 1.2.0 (new features, fixes or balance changes) is unverified. The pack changelogs only list the version bump, and no changelog for the shipped jar is available.