Mining Gadgets guide for All the Mods 10 2.13 to 4.5

Mining Gadgets is in the pack at version 1.18.6, and it has been in the pack since version 2.2 or earlier.^[1]

The mod adds three gadget items: Mining Gadget MK1, Mining Gadget MK2 and Mining Gadget MK3.^[2]

Where the quest book puts it

The pack's quest book places Mining Gadgets in the basic_tools chapter. The quest a quest in "?" is untitled and unlocks after another quest. Nothing in the sources shows a quest that comes after it.^[2]

The quest is completed by having any one of the three gadgets, so you don't need all of them to tick it off.^[2]

Unverified The sources here do not show Mining Gadgets on the ATM Star quest path, so this guide does not place it there.

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]

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

The Mining Gadget isn't a multiblock or a pipe-and-cable machine. It's a handheld tool that you customise with upgrade modules at the Modification Table. The sources only explain the upgrade workflow and a few tooltips, so this section stays short.^[3][5]

The three gadget tiers

The pack has three versions of the tool: Mining Gadget MK1 (MK1), Mining Gadget MK2 (MK2) and Mining Gadget MK3 (MK3). Each has its own crafting recipe, and all three need a Blank Upgrade Module as part of the craft.^[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

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

Using the Modification Table

The Modification Table is where you add and remove upgrades. Its recipe also uses a Blank Upgrade Module.^[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

• Shift-click an upgrade from your inventory slots to insert it, or drop the upgrade onto the table screen.^[5]
• Click an installed upgrade to remove it.^[5]
• If a gadget has nothing available to configure, the screen shows a "No Upgrades available" message.^[5]

Reading the gadget's tooltip

Hold Shift over the gadget to list the upgrades installed in it. The tooltip also shows a "Per Block Cost" value, so you can see what each broken block costs you.^[5]

The configuration screen can also show a Precision Mode value. For the Upgrade: Freezing upgrade there is a delay setting that controls how often a freeze particle is spawned. By default it is one particle every tick, and adding delay reduces the number of particles.^[5]

Upgrade modules

Nearly every upgrade starts from the Blank Upgrade Module. The upgrades in the pack are Battery (tiers 1 to 3), Efficiency (tiers 1 to 5), Fortune (tiers 1 to 3), Range (tiers 1 to 3), 3x3 size, Freezing, Light Placer, Magnet and Silk Touch. Higher tiers of Battery, Efficiency, Fortune and Range are crafted from the previous tier, so you build them up step by step.^[3]

These are some of the simpler upgrades to craft.^[3]

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

Upgrade: FreezingMod recipe

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Snowball	Snowball	Snowball
Snowball	Blank Upgrade Module	Snowball
Snowball	Snowball	Snowball

Recipe id: mininggadgets:upgrade_freezing

Upgrade: Silk touchMod recipe

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any slimeball	Golden Apple	any slimeball
any gold ingot	Blank Upgrade Module	any gold ingot
any slimeball	any slimeball	any slimeball

Recipe id: mininggadgets:upgrade_silk

Recipes the pack changed

The pack changes several upgrade recipes, so don't rely on the mod's defaults. The changed ones are Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 2 through Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 5, all three Fortune tiers, all three Range tiers, and Upgrade: 3x3.^[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

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

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

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

Unverified The sources don't confirm how the gadget stores or uses power, how much the Battery upgrades add, what the Range and Efficiency tiers change numerically, or how the Precision Mode value is set. There is no config file for this mod in the pack, and four of the recipes in the dump weren't shown.

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.

Mining Gadgets appears in a single quest in this pack, and it sits in the basic_tools chapter. That makes this a short section.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]