Pylons guide for All the Mods 10 0.51
Pylons guide for All the Mods 10
Last verified for All the Mods 10 v0.51 on Oct 16, 2026 · text last changed Oct 16, 2026
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- Recipes shown
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- Items named
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- Quests covered
- 7
Every recipe and number here was checked against All the Mods 10 0.51's own files.
What is Pylons?
2 parts
Pylons is a small "just another magic block" mod that adds a handful of utility blocks. Each one does a single job, such as keeping mobs from spawning, harvesting your farm or applying potion effects to you from any distance. The pack ships Pylons 5.0.1, and it has been in the pack since version 0.32 or earlier.[1][2]
What the pylons do
- Expulsion Pylon: meant for servers, it expels other players from the chunk it sits in. You can whitelist players with a Player Filter, and OPs are always whitelisted.[1]
- Infusion Pylon: applies effects to you from any distance, though it may need chunkloading. It works with activated Potion Filter items. You activate a filter by applying an effect to yourself, for example from a potion, and then right-clicking the filter.[1]
- Harvester Pylon: harvests crops in a configurable radius from 3x3 to 9x9 and outputs to an inventory above it. You place it inside the water block of the farm. By default it needs a hoe in its inventory and uses 1 durability per crop harvested.[1]
- Interdiction Pylon: blocks all spawns of specified mobs within a chunk range from 1x1 to 5x5. Right-click a mob with a Mob Filter, then add the filter to the pylon to block that mob.[1]
Where it fits in the quest book
The pack has a dedicated Pylons quest chapter. The filters have their own quests: a quest in "?" for the Mob Filter, a quest in "?" for the Potion Filter and a quest in "?" for the Player Filter. Each pylon quest comes after its matching filter quest: a quest in "?" for the Interdiction Pylon, a quest in "?" for the Infusion Pylon and a quest in "?" for the Expulsion Pylon. The Harvester Pylon quest, a quest in "?", has different prerequisites.[3]
How do you get started with Pylons?
2 parts
Pylons is a small magic-block mod with a handful of utility blocks: a crop harvester, a mob-spawn blocker, a player expeller and a long-range potion effect applier. Most of them are built around filters, so that's where you start.[1]
Step 1: Make the filters
The pack's quest chapter for this mod has a quest for each filter: a quest in "?" for the Mob Filter, a quest in "?" for the Potion Filter and a quest in "?" for the Player Filter. The interdiction, infusion and expulsion pylon quests each list the matching filter quest as a prerequisite, so making the filters first keeps you on the intended path.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | ||
| any glass blocks | any netherite ingot | any glass blocks |
| any glass blocks | any glass blocks | any glass blocks |
Recipe id: pylons:mob_filter
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | ||
| any glass blocks | any emerald gem | any glass blocks |
| any glass blocks | any glass blocks | any glass blocks |
Recipe id: pylons:potion_filter
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | ||
| any glass blocks | any diamond gem | any glass blocks |
| any glass blocks | any glass blocks | any glass blocks |
Recipe id: pylons:player_filter
Each filter also has a shapeless clear recipe in the pack.[4]
Step 2: Pick the pylon you need
The Harvester Pylon harvests crops in a configurable radius, from 3x3 to 9x9, and outputs to an inventory above it. Place it inside the water block of your farm. By default it needs a hoe in its inventory and uses 1 durability per crop harvested, but a config option can turn that off. Its quest is a quest in "?", and its recipe is the mod's own, unchanged by the pack.[1][3][4][5]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: pylons:harvester_pylon
Mod recipe, not changed by the pack.
The Interdiction Pylon stops spawns of specific mobs in a chunk range from 1x1 to 5x5. Right-click a mob with a Mob Filter to select it, then put the filter into the pylon. The matching quest is a quest in "?". The pack changed this recipe, so don't rely on other guides for it.[1][3][4][5]
Crafting Shaped
| any netherite storage block | ||
Recipe id: pylons:interdiction_pylon
Changed by the pack.
The Infusion Pylon applies potion effects to you from any distance, using activated Potion Filters. To activate a filter, get an effect on yourself (from a potion, for example) and right-click the filter with it. Quest: a quest in "?". This recipe is also changed by the pack.[1][3][4][5]
Crafting Shaped
| any emerald storage block | ||
Recipe id: pylons:infusion_pylon
Changed by the pack.
The Expulsion Pylon is meant for servers. It expels other players from a configurable chunk range, and you can whitelist players with a Player Filter. Quest: a quest in "?". This recipe is changed by the pack too.[1][3][4][5]
Crafting Shaped
| any diamond storage block | ||
Recipe id: pylons:expulsion_pylon
Changed by the pack.
Unverified Whether the pack changes the mod's default config values (the 60-second minimum duration, the harvester's hoe requirement, and the pylon ranges) could not be confirmed from the sources.
How does Pylons work?
6 parts
Pylons is a small magic-block mod. Each pylon does one job, and you set it up with right-click filters instead of menus. This page covers how each one works and which values the pack has set.[1]
Unverified The sources I have don't describe any power, fluid or pipe handling for Pylons. The only item-handling details are the Harvester Pylon's output inventory and its tool rules, covered below.
Expulsion Pylon
The Expulsion Pylon is meant for servers. It expels other players from a configurable chunk range around it. You can whitelist players with a Player Filter, and OPs are always whitelisted.[1][5]
- Radius: the pack caps it with expulsion_pylon.expulsionPylonMaxRadius at 2. That doesn't count the center chunk, so the biggest area is a 5x5 chunk square.[6]
- Dimensions: expulsion_pylon.expulsionAllowedDimensions is set to the Overworld only, so the pylon won't operate anywhere else.[6]
- Explosions: expulsion_pylon.expulsionPylonCanExplode is false, so explosions can't destroy it.[6]
- Spawn protection: expulsion_pylon.expulsionWorldSpawnRadius is 1 in the pack. It only takes effect if it is larger than the world spawn radius (the spawnRadius gamerule), and the pylon can't operate inside that radius.[6]
- Teams: general.teamSupportEnabled is true. It enables team support when a compatible mod (FTB Teams or Argonauts) is installed.[6]
To add someone to the whitelist, right-click that player with a Player Filter to select them.[5]
Crafting Shaped
| any diamond storage block | ||
Recipe id: pylons:expulsion_pylon
The pack changed this recipe.
Infusion Pylon
The Infusion Pylon applies potion effects to you from an activated Potion Filter. It works from any distance, though it may need chunkloading.[1][5]
Activating a Potion Filter
- Get an effect on yourself, for example from a potion.[1]
- Right-click the Potion Filter. This takes all your remaining duration for that effect and stores it on the filter.[1][5]
- Repeat with the same effect to raise the filter's progress. The tooltip shows it as seconds out of the total needed.[5]
The pack leaves the defaults in place. infusion_pylon.infusionMinimumDuration is 60 seconds, the shortest effect a filter can take. infusion_pylon.infusionRequiredDuration is 3,600 seconds, so a filter needs 1 hour of stored duration before it can be used. That equals 7.5 vanilla extended potions.[1][6]
If you have several filters with the same effect, put one in each hand and right-click. The off-hand filter's duration is added to the one in your main hand.[1]
Once it's running, infusion_pylon.infusionAppliedDuration (20 seconds in the pack) is the longest effect duration applied to you, and it is refreshed up to that amount every 60 ticks. infusion_pylon.infusionChunkloads is true, so the pylon chunkloads itself. That is limited to one pylon per player, and only while the player is online.[6]
infusion_pylon.infusionAllowedEffects and infusion_pylon.infusionDeniedEffects are both empty in the pack, so no effects are restricted. If you add entries, denied effects override allowed ones. A disabled effect shows a tooltip saying it is disabled in the config.[5][6]
Crafting Shaped
| any emerald storage block | ||
Recipe id: pylons:infusion_pylon
The pack changed this recipe.
Harvester Pylon
The Harvester Pylon harvests crops in a configurable radius around it, from 3x3 up to 9x9. It outputs into an inventory above it. Place it inside the farm's water block, or above it.[1][5]
- Tool: harvester_pylon.harvesterRequiresTool is true in the pack. The pylon needs a hoe in its inventory and uses 1 durability per harvest action.[1][6]
- Unbreakable hoes, such as Mystical Agriculture's Supremium Hoe, can be used.[1]
- Automation: harvester_pylon.harvesterCanBeAutomated is false here, so you can't pipe tools in. The config notes that unbreakable tools are required for full automation by default.[6]
- Speed: harvester_pylon.harvesterWorkDelay is 60 ticks between harvest attempts. The allowed range is 10 to 120.[6]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: pylons:harvester_pylon
Interdiction Pylon
The Interdiction Pylon prevents all spawns of the mobs you specify within a chunk range from 1x1 to 5x5. Right-click a mob with a Mob Filter to select it, then add the filter to the pylon to block that mob.[1][5]
Crafting Shaped
| any netherite storage block | ||
Recipe id: pylons:interdiction_pylon
The pack changed this recipe.
Filters
All three filters are crafted the same way: right-click to fill them, then use them with their pylon. The pack also has a separate clear recipe for each filter, listed below.[1][4][5]
- Mob Filter: right-click a mob to select it, for the Interdiction Pylon.[1][5]
- Player Filter: right-click a player to select them, for the Expulsion Pylon whitelist.[1][5]
- Potion Filter: right-click with an active effect to apply it to the card, for the Infusion Pylon.[1][5]
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | ||
| any glass blocks | any netherite ingot | any glass blocks |
| any glass blocks | any glass blocks | any glass blocks |
Recipe id: pylons:mob_filter
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | ||
| any glass blocks | any diamond gem | any glass blocks |
| any glass blocks | any glass blocks | any glass blocks |
Recipe id: pylons:player_filter
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | ||
| any glass blocks | any emerald gem | any glass blocks |
| any glass blocks | any glass blocks | any glass blocks |
Recipe id: pylons:potion_filter
How do you progress through Pylons?
3 parts
Pylons doesn't have numbered tiers in this pack. What you get is a small quest chapter that walks you through three filters and four pylons. The sources I have don't give the quests any titles or descriptions, so I'm describing them by what they ask you to obtain.[3]
The quest path
The chapter has seven quests, and each one just asks you to have a Pylons item in your inventory. Three are the filters: a quest in "?" for the Mob Filter, a quest in "?" for the Potion Filter and a quest in "?" for the Player Filter. None of them has a prerequisite in the data.[3]
The four pylon quests come after the filters. Each one lists two prerequisite quests, and the same quest, 30B0240543253EFB, is one of them for all four.[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Infusion Pylon and comes after the Potion Filter quest.[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Expulsion Pylon and comes after the Player Filter quest.[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Interdiction Pylon and comes after the Mob Filter quest.[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Harvester Pylon. Its second prerequisite is quest 034A9FBCA6D79BB6, not one of the filter quests.[3]
Filter recipes
All three filters use the mod's own recipes, so nothing about them is changed by the pack. You craft each one in a crafting grid.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | ||
| any glass blocks | any emerald gem | any glass blocks |
| any glass blocks | any glass blocks | any glass blocks |
Recipe id: pylons:potion_filter
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | ||
| any glass blocks | any diamond gem | any glass blocks |
| any glass blocks | any glass blocks | any glass blocks |
Recipe id: pylons:player_filter
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | ||
| any glass blocks | any netherite ingot | any glass blocks |
| any glass blocks | any glass blocks | any glass blocks |
Recipe id: pylons:mob_filter
Each filter also has a shapeless "clear" recipe that takes the filter and gives back the same filter item.[4]
Pylon recipes
The pack changes the recipes for three of the pylons: the Infusion, Expulsion and Interdiction Pylons. Don't rely on the mod's default recipes for these. Use the ones below, which are the in-pack versions.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any emerald storage block | ||
Recipe id: pylons:infusion_pylon
Crafting Shaped
| any diamond storage block | ||
Recipe id: pylons:expulsion_pylon
Crafting Shaped
| any netherite storage block | ||
Recipe id: pylons:interdiction_pylon
The Harvester Pylon keeps the mod's own recipe.[4]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: pylons:harvester_pylon
Unverified What the filters and each pylon actually do, and what the clear recipes reset, isn't covered by the quest and recipe data I have, so I'm not describing it here.
Which All the Mods 10 quests use Pylons?
2 parts
This mod has one quest chapter in the pack, called "pylons". It holds seven quests, and every one is an item task: each asks you to have a specific item from the mod. None of the quests has a title in the pack files, so they are listed below by their ids.[3]
Step 1: the three filters
Three quests have no prerequisites listed, so you can start on any of them right away. Each one asks for a different filter item.[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Mob Filter.[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Potion Filter.[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Player Filter.[3]
Step 2: the four pylons
The four pylon quests each unlock after two earlier quests. One of those is the same for all four: quest 30B0240543253EFB. The sources don't say which chapter it belongs to or what it asks for, so I can't tell you more about it. The other prerequisite differs for each pylon. Three of them are the filter quests above.[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Interdiction Pylon. It comes after quest 30B0240543253EFB and the Mob Filter quest a quest in "?".[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Infusion Pylon. It comes after quest 30B0240543253EFB and the Potion Filter quest a quest in "?".[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Expulsion Pylon. It comes after quest 30B0240543253EFB and the Player Filter quest a quest in "?".[3]
- a quest in "?" asks for the Harvester Pylon. It comes after quest 30B0240543253EFB and quest 034A9FBCA6D79BB6, which isn't one of the filter quests.[3]
Unverified What quest 30B0240543253EFB and quest 034A9FBCA6D79BB6 ask for, and which chapter they sit in, can't be confirmed from the available sources.
Which Pylons config options matter?
4 parts
Everything here lives in the Pylons server config. The values below are exactly what this pack ships. The sources don't show the mod's stock defaults for most of these options, so I can't tell you which ones the pack changed. I only call out a default where the config comments state it.[6]
Infusion Pylon
- infusion_pylon.infusionRequiredDuration is 3600 seconds (1 hour). That is how much total duration a Potion Filter needs before you can use it, and the config comment equates it to 7.5 vanilla extended potions.[1][6]
- infusion_pylon.infusionMinimumDuration is 60 seconds. This is the minimum effect duration that can be used for Potion Filters. The comment says it exists to avoid odd interactions with other mods that add persistent low-duration potion effects.[1][6]
- infusion_pylon.infusionAppliedDuration is 20 seconds. It is the max duration of effects applied to you, and it is refreshed up to that amount every 60 ticks.[6]
- infusion_pylon.infusionChunkloads is true, so the Infusion Pylon chunkloads itself. This is limited to one pylon per player, and only while that player is online.[6]
- infusion_pylon.infusionAllowedEffects and infusion_pylon.infusionDeniedEffects are both empty. With an empty allow list every effect is allowed except those on the deny list, and the deny list overrides the allow list. In this pack that means no effect is restricted.[6]
Harvester Pylon
- harvester_pylon.harvesterRequiresTool is true, so the harvester needs a hoe to work and uses 1 durability per harvest action.[1][6]
- harvester_pylon.harvesterCanBeAutomated is false, so you can't pipe tools in to automate it. The config comment notes that unbreakable tools are required for full automation by default.[6]
- harvester_pylon.harvesterWorkDelay is 60 ticks between harvest attempts. The allowed range is 10 to 120.[6]
Expulsion Pylon
- expulsion_pylon.expulsionAllowedDimensions is set to only minecraft:overworld, so the Expulsion Pylon only operates in the Overworld.[6]
- expulsion_pylon.expulsionPylonMaxRadius is 2, which is the top of its 0 to 2 range. The center chunk isn't counted, so a radius of 2 covers a 5x5 chunk area.[6]
- expulsion_pylon.expulsionWorldSpawnRadius is 1. It only takes effect if it is larger than the world spawn radius, which comes from the spawnRadius gamerule.[6]
- expulsion_pylon.expulsionPylonCanExplode is false, so explosions can't destroy the Expulsion Pylon.[6]
General
general.teamSupportEnabled is true. Team support is active whenever a compatible mod such as FTB Teams or Argonauts is installed.[6]
What changed in Pylons between versions?
1 part
All the Mods 10 0.51 ships with Pylons 5.0.1. The mod has been in the pack since All the Mods 10 0.32 or earlier.[2]
Pylons 5.0.1
This is the version your pack runs. The mod's own changelog lists these changes:[2][7]
Unverified Which pack release moved Pylons to this version is not shown in the sources here. The pack changelogs are where that would be listed, and none of the entries provided mention this mod.
Sources
- Pylons project page (modrinth) · official mod data
- All the Mods 10 0.51 mod list · pack file
- All the Mods 10 0.51 quests: "pylons" · pack file
- All the Mods 10 0.51 recipe dump: recipes making Pylons items · pack recipe dump
- pylons tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- All the Mods 10 0.51 config: config/pylons-server.toml · pack file
- Pylons 5.0.1 changelog · 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 16, 2026.
Guides for other versions: 7.2 to 8.3 · 6.0 to 7.1 · 4.6 to 5.5 · 1.27 to 4.5 · 0.52 to 1.26 · 0.32 to 0.50