Mining Gadgets guide for All the Mods 10 0.61 to 2.11

Mining Gadgets is a tool mod, and this pack ships version 1.18.6 of it. It has been in the pack since version 0.32 or earlier, so it's a long-standing part of the tool lineup.^[1]

The mod adds three tiers of the gadget: Mining Gadget MK1 (MK1), Mining Gadget MK2 (MK2) and Mining Gadget MK3 (MK3).^[2]

Where it fits in the progression

You'll meet the gadget early. It has a quest in the basic_tools chapter, a quest in "?", which unlocks after another quest in that chapter. The quest's task accepts any one of the three tiers, so having an MK1, MK2 or MK3 gadget is enough to complete it.^[2]

Unverified The sources I have don't describe the gadget's mechanics, upgrades, crafting or config options in this pack, and they don't show whether Mining Gadgets is part of the ATM Star path. Check the in-game recipes and quest before relying on any of that. This site does hold All the Mods 10's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

Mining Gadgets is built around one handheld tool that you customize with upgrade modules. In this pack almost everything starts from one item, so here's the order I'd go in.^[3]

Step one: craft a Blank Upgrade Module

The Blank Upgrade Module is an ingredient in all three gadgets, in the Modification Table and in most of the upgrades. The pack adds its own recipe for it, so check the recipe below rather than relying on what you remember from other packs.^[3]

Step two: make your first Mining Gadget

Next, craft the Mining Gadget MK1. The quest a quest in "?" in the Basic Tools chapter is completed by having any of the three gadgets, so MK1, MK2 or MK3 all count.^[3][4]

Mining Gadget MK1Mod recipe

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any diamond gem	any iron ingot	any gold ingot
any diamond gem	Blank Upgrade Module	any redstone dust
any diamond gem	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mininggadgets:mininggadget_simple

The Mining Gadget MK2 and the Mining Gadget MK3 have their own recipes too, shown below.^[3]

Mining Gadget MK2Mod recipe

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any diamond gem	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
any diamond gem	Blank Upgrade Module	any redstone dust
any diamond gem	any iron ingot	any gold ingot

Recipe id: mininggadgets:mininggadget_fancy

Mining Gadget MK3Mod recipe

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any diamond gem	any iron ingot	any gold ingot
any diamond gem	Blank Upgrade Module	any redstone dust
any diamond gem	any iron ingot	any gold ingot

Recipe id: mininggadgets:mininggadget

Step three: build the Modification Table

Upgrades go into the gadget through the Modification Table. On its screen you can shift-click upgrades in from your inventory or drop them onto the screen, and you click an installed upgrade to remove it. Make the table before you start crafting upgrades, so you can install them right away.^[3][5]

Modification TableMod recipe

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any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
any redstone dust	Blank Upgrade Module	any redstone dust
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mininggadgets:modificationtable

Step four: craft your first upgrades

Two simple upgrades to start with are Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 1 and Upgrade: Magnet. Both use the mod's own recipes, unchanged by the pack.^[3]

Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 1Mod recipe

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any redstone dust	any redstone dust	any redstone dust
any redstone dust	Blank Upgrade Module	any redstone dust
any redstone dust	any redstone dust	any redstone dust

Recipe id: mininggadgets:upgrade_efficiency_1

Upgrade: MagnetMod recipe

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any redstone dust	any gold ingot	any redstone dust
any iron ingot	Blank Upgrade Module	any iron ingot
any redstone dust	any gold ingot	any redstone dust

Recipe id: mininggadgets:upgrade_magnet

Hold shift over the gadget to see which upgrades are installed. The gadget's tooltip also shows a per-block cost.^[5]

Mining Gadgets doesn't have machines, multiblocks or fluid handling in the sources I have. Everything revolves around one tool in three versions (Mining Gadget MK1, Mining Gadget MK2 and Mining Gadget MK3) and the upgrades you fit to it. This section covers what the sources confirm and flags the rest.^[6]

Checking cost and upgrades on the gadget

The gadget's tooltip shows a Per Block Cost, which is what each mined block costs the tool. Hold shift on the tooltip to see which upgrades are installed.^[5]

Installing upgrades at the Modification Table

Upgrades are managed through the Modification Table. Its screen explains the controls itself, so the steps below follow that help text.^[5][6]

1. Shift-click an upgrade in your inventory slots to insert it into the screen.^[5]
2. Or drop the upgrade straight onto the screen.^[5]
3. To take an installed upgrade back out, click it.^[5]

If nothing can be fitted, the screen shows a "No Upgrades available" message.^[5]

Modification TableMod recipe

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any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
any redstone dust	Blank Upgrade Module	any redstone dust
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mininggadgets:modificationtable

Upgrade modules in this pack

Almost every upgrade starts from the Blank Upgrade Module. The pack adds its own recipe for it, so don't assume the mod's default applies.^[6]

Blank Upgrade ModuleAdded by the pack

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any redstone storage block	any allthemodium nugget	any lapi storage blocks
any diamond gem	any glass panes	any diamond gem
any lapi storage blocks	any allthemodium nugget	any redstone storage block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/mininggadgets_upgrade_empty

Added by the pack

These upgrade families exist in the pack:^[6]

• Battery, tiers 1 to 3: Upgrade: Battery, Tier 1, Upgrade: Battery, Tier 2 and Upgrade: Battery, Tier 3. Each higher tier is crafted from the one below it.^[6]
• Efficiency, tiers 1 to 5: Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 1 through Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 5, also crafted tier by tier.^[6]
• Fortune, tiers 1 to 3: Upgrade: Fortune, Tier 1, Upgrade: Fortune, Tier 2 and Upgrade: Fortune, Tier 3.^[6]
• Range, tiers 1 to 3: Upgrade: Range, Tier 1, Upgrade: Range, Tier 2 and Upgrade: Range, Tier 3.^[6]
• Single-tier upgrades: Upgrade: Freezing, Upgrade: Light Placer, Upgrade: Magnet and Upgrade: Silk touch.^[6]

What the pack changed

The pack changes the recipes for Efficiency tiers 2 to 5, all three Fortune tiers and all three Range tiers. Efficiency tier 1, the Battery chain, Freezing, Light Placer, Magnet and Silk Touch keep the mod's own recipes. Check the recipe viewer for these rather than relying on older mod guides.^[6]

Upgrade: Fortune, Tier 1Changed by the pack

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any lapi storage blocks	any iron storage block	any lapi storage blocks
any lapi storage blocks	Blank Upgrade Module	any lapi storage blocks
any lapi storage blocks	any iron storage block	any lapi storage blocks

Recipe id: mininggadgets:upgrade_fortune_1

Changed by the pack

Upgrade: Range, Tier 1Changed by the pack

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any lapi gems	Glass	any lapi gems
any diamond gem	Blank Upgrade Module	any diamond gem
any lapi gems	Glass	any lapi gems

Recipe id: mininggadgets:upgrade_range_1

Changed by the pack

Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 2Changed by the pack

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any redstone dust	any redstone storage block	any redstone dust
any redstone dust	Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 1	any redstone dust
any redstone dust	any redstone storage block	any redstone dust

Recipe id: mininggadgets:upgrade_efficiency_2

Changed by the pack

Freezing upgrade particle delay

The Freezing upgrade has a setting that controls how often a freeze particle is spawned. By default it is one particle every tick. If that is too many particles for you, add more delay to reduce them.^[5]

Precision mode

The gadget's screen shows a Precision Mode value, which is a numeric setting.^[5]

Unverified The sources don't explain what Precision Mode changes, how much energy each gadget or Battery tier stores, the actual Per Block Cost values, how Range tiers change the mining area, or how the gadget is charged. The pack also ships no config files for this mod, so check these in-game before relying on them.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

The pack's quest book gives Mining Gadgets one quest that I can see, a quest in "?", in the Basic Tools chapter. It completes when you hold any of Mining Gadget MK1, Mining Gadget MK2 or Mining Gadget MK3. After that, the rest of the progression is the upgrade recipes below.^[4]

Step one: the Blank Upgrade Module

Almost everything in this mod needs the Blank Upgrade Module, and the pack added its own recipe for it. Get this sorted first, because the gadgets and most upgrades start from it.^[3]

The three gadget tiers

The MK1, MK2 and MK3 gadgets each have their own crafting recipe, and all three use the mod's own recipes unchanged. Each one needs a Blank Upgrade Module.^[3]

Mining Gadget MK1Mod recipe

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any diamond gem	any iron ingot	any gold ingot
any diamond gem	Blank Upgrade Module	any redstone dust
any diamond gem	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mininggadgets:mininggadget_simple

The MK1 gadget. The MK2 and MK3 recipes are separate entries.

The Modification Table also has its own crafting recipe, unchanged from the mod, and it needs a Blank Upgrade Module too.^[3]

Modification TableMod recipe

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any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
any redstone dust	Blank Upgrade Module	any redstone dust
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: mininggadgets:modificationtable

Upgrade lines

Upgrades come in tiered lines. From tier 2 up, each recipe takes the previous tier's upgrade, so you have to climb them in order. Here is what the pack changed and what it left alone.^[3]

• Efficiency: five tiers, from Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 1 to Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 5. Tier 1 is the mod's own recipe, while tiers 2 to 5 are changed by the pack.^[3]
• Fortune: three tiers, from Upgrade: Fortune, Tier 1 to Upgrade: Fortune, Tier 3. All three recipes are changed by the pack.^[3]
• Range: three tiers, from Upgrade: Range, Tier 1 to Upgrade: Range, Tier 3. All three recipes are changed by the pack.^[3]
• Size: Upgrade: 3x3, Upgrade: 5x5 and Upgrade: 7x7. All three recipes are changed by the pack, and each of the last two builds on the one before.^[3]
• Battery: three tiers, from Upgrade: Battery, Tier 1 to Upgrade: Battery, Tier 3. These use the mod's own recipes.^[3]
• Single-tier utilities: Upgrade: Freezing, Upgrade: Light Placer, Upgrade: Magnet, Upgrade: Silk touch and Upgrade: Void Junk. All of them use the mod's own recipes, and each is made from a Blank Upgrade Module plus other items.^[3]

Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 2Changed by the pack

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any redstone dust	any redstone storage block	any redstone dust
any redstone dust	Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 1	any redstone dust
any redstone dust	any redstone storage block	any redstone dust

Recipe id: mininggadgets:upgrade_efficiency_2

Efficiency tier 2, one of the pack-changed recipes.

Upgrade: 3x3Changed by the pack

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any redstone storage block	any diamond storage block	any redstone storage block
any ender pearl	Blank Upgrade Module	any ender pearl
any redstone storage block	Diamond Pickaxe	any redstone storage block

Recipe id: mininggadgets:upgrade_size_1

The first size upgrade, also changed by the pack.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 4.5 guide

Mining Gadgets appears in a single quest in this pack, and it sits in the basic_tools chapter. That makes this a short section.^[7]

The quest a quest in "?" has no title in the quest file. Its task is to obtain a Mining Gadget, and it accepts any tier: Mining Gadget MK1, Mining Gadget MK2 or Mining Gadget MK3 all complete it.^[7]

As for order, this quest only unlocks after a prerequisite quest in the quest book is completed. Finish the quests leading into it first and it will appear in the basic_tools chapter.^[7]