Silent Gear Metalworks in All the Mods 10

Silent Gear Metalworks adds a set of casts for making Silent Gear gear. This pack includes version 1.21.1-1.5.0 of the mod, and it has been in the pack since 2.47 or earlier.^[1]

The pack's "Silent Gear" quest chapter is where you'll meet these casts. It has a quest for each cast, and every one of them unlocks after the "Casts" quest. If you want a guided route through the mod, follow that chapter.^[2]

What the casts cover

The casts cover weapons, tools and ranged gear, including the Sword Cast, Pickaxe Cast, Bow Cast and Shield Cast. They also cover armor pieces such as the Helmet Cast and Boots Cast, plus accessories like the Ring Cast and Necklace Cast.^[2]

There are also casts for the bigger digging tools: the Hammer Cast is flagged as 3x3 mining and the Excavator Cast as 3x3 digging. The Paxel Cast combines pickaxe, axe and shovel, and the Tool Rod Cast is for making your own handle.^[2]

The quest text also gives some handy comparisons. A dagger has low damage but very high attack speed. A katana hits harder than a sword but is slower. A spear does less damage than a sword but has longer reach.^[2]

The Tip Cast is for the Tip Upgrade, which raises a tool's mining level. The quest's example is putting a Diamond Tip Upgrade on an Iron Pickaxe so it can mine Obsidian and gets a stat boost.^[2]

Unverified The sources I have don't show where Silent Gear Metalworks sits in the pack's overall progression, or whether it is part of the ATM Star path. Treat both as unconfirmed.

Silent Gear Metalworks connects Silent Gear's tool parts to Productive Metalworks. The mod's own tooltip sums it up: all metal and gem tool parts require casting in a foundry from Productive Metalworks. So your first goal is to make casts, which are reusable molds for the part you want.^[3]

Every cast in this pack is made the same way. You cast the matching Silent Gear part with molten steel, and any fluid in the molten steel group works. The pack changed all of these cast recipes, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults.^[4]

What to cast first

The pack's Silent Gear quest chapter has one quest per cast, all unlocked after the Casts quest. Work through them roughly in this order.^[2]

1. Start with the Tool Rod Cast. It's the "Your own Handle!" quest, a quest in "Silent Gear", and nearly every tool needs a rod.^[2]
2. Next, make the Pickaxe Cast (a quest in "Silent Gear"). A pickaxe is the first tool you'll want for mining.^[2]
3. Then make the Sword Cast (a quest in "Silent Gear"). The quest describes the sword as the basic one, with reliable damage and reliable speed.^[2]
4. Add the Axe Cast (a quest in "Silent Gear") and the Shovel Cast (a quest in "Silent Gear") to cover the rest of the basic tools.^[2]
5. Finish with the Tip Cast (a quest in "Silent Gear"). The quest says a tip upgrade raises a tool's mining level. Its example is an Iron Pickaxe with a Diamond Tip Upgrade, which can then mine Obsidian and gets a stat boost.^[2]

The recipes

Tool Rod CastChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Tool Rod
• 360× any molten steel

Recipe id: sgearmetalworks:casting/rod_cast

Pickaxe CastChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Pickaxe Head
• 360× any molten steel

Recipe id: sgearmetalworks:casting/pickaxe_cast

Sword CastChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Sword Blade
• 360× any molten steel

Recipe id: sgearmetalworks:casting/sword_cast

Axe CastChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Axe Head
• 360× any molten steel

Recipe id: sgearmetalworks:casting/axe_cast

Shovel CastChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Shovel Head
• 360× any molten steel

Recipe id: sgearmetalworks:casting/shovel_cast

Tip CastChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Tip Upgrade
• 360× any molten steel

Recipe id: sgearmetalworks:casting/tip_cast

Unverified The sources don't say how to get the foundry or the molten steel, or how to craft the Silent Gear parts you cast (rod, pickaxe head and so on). Check the Productive Metalworks and Silent Gear pages for those steps.

In this pack, the recipes that make Silent Gear Metalworks items (molten fluids, Uru Metal and so on) all run through Productive Metalworks: melting, alloying and casting. So the mechanics here are really a fluid-based metalworking chain, and that's what I'll walk you through.^[4]

Melting gems and dusts

Everything starts as a molten fluid. The pack has melting recipes that turn gems and dusts into this mod's molten fluids. Any item in the matching gem or dust tag works, so you aren't locked to one mod's version of the item. These recipes are marked as changed by the pack.^[4]

• Gems melt into Molten Alexandrite, Molten Ammolite, Molten Aquamarine, Molten Black Diamond, Molten Carnelian, Molten Citrine, Molten Garnet, Molten Heliodor and Molten Iolite.^[4]
• Dusts melt into Molten Azure Silver, Molten Azure Electrum, Molten Blaze Gold, Molten Crimson Iron, Molten Crimson Steel and Molten Tyrian Steel.^[4]

Alloying fluids

The alloys are made by combining several molten fluids with the Productive Metalworks fluid alloying recipe type. Each recipe asks for fluids from tags rather than one specific fluid, and the pack changed the alloy recipes listed here. Later alloys use earlier ones as ingredients, so make the earlier alloys first.^[4]

• Molten Blaze Gold combines molten blaze with molten gold.^[4]
• Molten Azure Electrum combines molten azure silver, molten ender and molten gold.^[4]
• Molten Crimson Steel combines molten blaze, molten crimson iron and molten magma cream.^[4]
• Molten Tyrian Steel combines molten ancient debris, molten azure electrum, molten crimson steel and molten shulker shell.^[4]

360× Molten Tyrian SteelChanged by the pack

Fluid Alloying (productivemetalworks)

• 100× any molten ancient debri
• 90× any molten azure electrum
• 90× any molten crimson steel
• 100× any molten shulker shell

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:alloying/molten_tyrian_steel

Tyrian Steel feeds into the Uru Metal alloy below.

The top of the chain is Molten Uru Metal. The pack's version of this alloy takes molten Allthemodium, Unobtainium and Vibranium, plus fluids from the meat, heavy core and Tyrian steel tags.^[4]

90× Molten Uru MetalChanged by the pack

Fluid Alloying (productivemetalworks)

• 90× Molten Allthemodium
• 90× Molten Unobtainium
• 90× Molten Vibranium
• 180× any meat
• 180× any molten heavy core
• 90× any molten tyrian steel

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:alloying/atm/molten_uru_metal

Casting Uru Metal

Once you have molten Uru Metal, you cast it. Ingots and nuggets use item casting, so you need the matching cast: the Ingot Cast for an Uru Metal Ingot and the Nugget Cast for an Uru Metal Nugget. A full Uru Metal Block uses block casting and needs only the fluid. These casting recipes accept any fluid in the molten Uru Metal tag, and the pack changed them.^[4]

Uru Metal IngotChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Ingot Cast
• 90× any molten uru metal

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:casting/ingots/sgearmetalworks/uru_metal

Uru Metal NuggetChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Nugget Cast
• 10× any molten uru metal

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:casting/nuggets/sgearmetalworks/uru_metal

Uru Metal BlockChanged by the pack

Block Casting (productivemetalworks)

• 810× any molten uru metal

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:casting/storage_blocks/sgearmetalworks/uru_metal

Converting between forms

If you already have Uru Metal in one form, you can convert it at a crafting table. Shapeless recipes exist for ingot to block, block to ingot, nugget to ingot and ingot to nugget.^[4]

Uru Metal BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Uru Metal Ingot
• Uru Metal Ingot
• Uru Metal Ingot
• Uru Metal Ingot
• Uru Metal Ingot
• Uru Metal Ingot
• Uru Metal Ingot
• Uru Metal Ingot
• Uru Metal Ingot

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:crafting/uru_metal_block_from_ingot

9× Uru Metal IngotMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Uru Metal Block

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:crafting/uru_metal_ingot_from_block

Uru Metal IngotMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:crafting/uru_metal_ingot_from_nugget

9× Uru Metal NuggetMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Uru Metal Ingot

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:crafting/uru_metal_nugget_from_ingot

Unverified The sources here include no config files for this mod and no guidebook, so melting speeds, fluid amounts per recipe and any automation details are not shown. Treat anything beyond the chain above as unconfirmed.

In this pack, Silent Gear Metalworks progression is a chain of casts and then a chain of alloys. The quest book covers the casts. Every quest in the "Silent Gear" chapter comes after the "Casts" quest, and each one asks you to get a single cast item.^[2]

Tier 1: the casts

The pack changed every cast recipe. Each cast is made by item casting, using the matching Silent Gear part and molten steel. The Sword Cast is the example here, and the other casts follow the same pattern with their own part.^[4]

Sword CastChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Sword Blade
• 360× any molten steel

Recipe id: sgearmetalworks:casting/sword_cast

The other casts use the same item casting method with a different Silent Gear part.

The quest chapter gives you hints about what each cast is for:^[2]

• a quest in "Silent Gear" covers the Sword Cast: the basic sword, with reliable damage and reliable speed.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" covers the Katana Cast: more damage than a sword, but slower.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" covers the Machete Cast: slightly faster than a sword, but lower damage.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" covers the Dagger Cast: low damage, very high attack speed, and it reduces the target's invincibility time.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" covers the Knife Cast: higher durability than a dagger, but lower damage and speed.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" covers the Spear Cast: less damage than a sword, but longer reach.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" covers the Tip Cast. A tip upgrade raises a tool's mining level. The quest's example is an Iron Pickaxe plus a Diamond Tip Upgrade, which lets it mine Obsidian and gives it a stat boost.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" ("3x3 Mining") covers the Hammer Cast, and a quest in "Silent Gear" ("3x3 Digging!") covers the Excavator Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" covers the Paxel Cast, titled "Pickaxe + Axe + Shovel".^[2]

The rest of the chapter has quests for the armor casts (helmet, chestplate, leggings and boots), the ranged casts (bow, crossbow, slingshot and arrow), the jewelry casts (ring, necklace and bracelet), and utility casts such as the Tool Rod Cast and Shears Cast.^[2]

Tier 2: the alloy chain

The mod's metals are made by alloying molten metals, and the pack changed all of these recipes. Molten Crimson Steel and Molten Azure Electrum are separate alloys.^[4]

270× Molten Crimson SteelChanged by the pack

Fluid Alloying (productivemetalworks)

• 200× any molten blaze
• 810× any molten crimson iron
• 100× any molten magma cream

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:alloying/molten_crimson_steel

90× Molten Azure ElectrumChanged by the pack

Fluid Alloying (productivemetalworks)

• 360× any molten azure silver
• 100× any molten ender
• 180× any molten gold

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:alloying/molten_azure_electrum

Molten Tyrian Steel is the next tier up. Its recipe takes both of those alloys as inputs, along with other ingredients.^[4]

360× Molten Tyrian SteelChanged by the pack

Fluid Alloying (productivemetalworks)

• 100× any molten ancient debri
• 90× any molten azure electrum
• 90× any molten crimson steel
• 100× any molten shulker shell

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:alloying/molten_tyrian_steel

Molten Blaze Gold is a side alloy with its own recipe. The sources here do not show it feeding into the other alloys.^[4]

90× Molten Blaze GoldChanged by the pack

Fluid Alloying (productivemetalworks)

• 200× any molten blaze
• 90× any molten gold

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:alloying/molten_blaze_gold

Tier 3: Uru Metal

The top of the chain is Molten Uru Metal. In this pack its alloy recipe uses molten Tyrian Steel and also molten Allthemodium, Unobtainium and Vibranium, so it is a pack-specific recipe.^[4]

90× Molten Uru MetalChanged by the pack

Fluid Alloying (productivemetalworks)

• 90× Molten Allthemodium
• 90× Molten Unobtainium
• 90× Molten Vibranium
• 180× any meat
• 180× any molten heavy core
• 90× any molten tyrian steel

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:alloying/atm/molten_uru_metal

Once you have the molten metal, it is cast into Uru Metal Ingot, Uru Metal Nugget and Uru Metal Block items, and crafting converts between those forms. The recipes are shown below.^[4]

Uru Metal IngotChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Ingot Cast
• 90× any molten uru metal

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:casting/ingots/sgearmetalworks/uru_metal

Uru Metal NuggetChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Nugget Cast
• 10× any molten uru metal

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:casting/nuggets/sgearmetalworks/uru_metal

Uru Metal BlockChanged by the pack

Block Casting (productivemetalworks)

• 810× any molten uru metal

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:casting/storage_blocks/sgearmetalworks/uru_metal

Uru Metal IngotMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget
• Uru Metal Nugget

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:crafting/uru_metal_ingot_from_nugget

Melting gems and dusts

The pack also changed the melting recipes. Gems such as ruby, sapphire, topaz and white diamond melt into their molten forms. Ingots and dusts of the mod's metals, such as crimson iron, azure silver and tyrian steel, melt into the matching molten metal as well.^[4]

Silent Gear Metalworks links Silent Gear to the casting setup from Productive Metalworks. In this pack it also reaches into the Allthemodium metals for its own alloy, Uru Metal. The recipes below are all marked as changed by the pack, so don't expect stock mod behavior.^[4]

Silent Gear parts and casts

Each Silent Gear part has a matching cast from this mod, and you make the cast with Productive Metalworks item casting using any molten steel. That covers casts like the Axe Cast, Sword Cast and Tip Cast.^[4]

Axe CastChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Axe Head
• 360× any molten steel

Recipe id: sgearmetalworks:casting/axe_cast

Making a cast from a Silent Gear part, here the Axe Cast.

The link also works the other way. A finished cast can be turned back into the matching Silent Gear part, for example the Axe Head, using this mod's own gear casting recipe type.^[4]

Axe HeadChanged by the pack

Sg Gear Casting (sgearmetalworks)

• Axe Cast

Recipe id: sgearmetalworks:casting/silentgear/axe_head

Getting the Silent Gear part back from the cast.

This applies across the Silent Gear part list, including the Tool Rod (via the Tool Rod Cast) and the Tip Upgrade upgrade (via the Tip Cast).^[4]

Quests

The pack's Silent Gear quest chapter has one quest per cast, all coming after the Casts quest. Each one asks you to get the cast item, such as a quest in "Silent Gear" for the Tip Cast and a quest in "Silent Gear" for the Sword Cast.^[2]

The Tip Cast quest also explains what the Tip Upgrade is for: it raises a tool's mining level, so an Iron Pickaxe with a Diamond Tip Upgrade can mine Obsidian and gets a stat boost.^[2]

Uru Metal and the Allthemodium metals

This is where the pack ties the mod to the Allthemodium metals. Molten Uru Metal is an alloy that uses Molten Allthemodium, Molten Unobtainium and Molten Vibranium, along with other fluids from common tags. The recipe below shows the full list.^[4]

90× Molten Uru MetalChanged by the pack

Fluid Alloying (productivemetalworks)

• 90× Molten Allthemodium
• 90× Molten Unobtainium
• 90× Molten Vibranium
• 180× any meat
• 180× any molten heavy core
• 90× any molten tyrian steel

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:alloying/atm/molten_uru_metal

The pack's Molten Uru Metal alloying recipe.

Once you have the molten metal, Productive Metalworks casting turns it into solid items. You cast the Uru Metal Ingot with the Ingot Cast, and the Uru Metal Nugget with the Nugget Cast.^[4]

Uru Metal IngotChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Ingot Cast
• 90× any molten uru metal

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:casting/ingots/sgearmetalworks/uru_metal

Casting an Uru Metal Ingot from molten Uru Metal.

Molten Uru Metal also gives you Silent Gear parts directly. Casting it with a Silent Unobtainium Plate produces an Uru Metal Ingot plus a Silent Gear part. The pack has these recipes for parts such as the Arrow Heads, Axe Head, Boot Plates, Bow Limbs, Mace Core and Mattock Head.^[4]

Axe HeadChanged by the pack

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Silent Unobtainium Plate
• 270× any molten uru metal

Recipe id: sgearmetalworks:casting/uru/axe_head

One of the Uru Metal part recipes, here the Axe Head.

The pack has one Silent Gear chapter that covers this mod. Every quest in it asks you to get a single cast, and every one of them unlocks after the quest called Casts. The sources give no order among the cast quests themselves, so you can pick them in any order once Casts is done.^[2]

Melee weapon casts

• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Good ol' Reliable) asks for the Sword Cast. The quest text says it makes the basic sword, with reliable damage and reliable speed.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Stabby Stab) asks for the Dagger Cast. Daggers have low damage and very high attack speed, and they reduce the target's invincibility time.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Stabby) asks for the Knife Cast. A knife has higher durability than a dagger, but lower damage and speed.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Release Your Inner Samurai) asks for the Katana Cast. A katana does more damage than a sword, but is slower.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Thicc Sword) asks for the Machete Cast. A machete is slightly faster than a sword, but does lower damage.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Release Your Inner Spartan) asks for the Spear Cast. A spear does less damage than a sword, but has a longer reach.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Try and dent this) asks for the Trident Cast.^[2]

Tool casts

• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Pick one!) asks for the Pickaxe Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Let me Axe you this) asks for the Axe Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Are you digging this?) asks for the Shovel Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Pickaxe + Axe + Shovel) asks for the Paxel Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Versatile Hoe) asks for the Mattock Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (3x3 Mining) asks for the Hammer Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (3x3 Digging!) asks for the Excavator Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Just a Lawn Mower) asks for the Sickle Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (I yearn for the Mines) asks for the Prospector Hammer Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Used by Shear-perds) asks for the Shears Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Where's Willy?) asks for the Fishing Rod Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" (Your own Handle!) asks for the Tool Rod Cast.^[2]

a quest in "Silent Gear" (For when you don't find 3 Diamonds) asks for the Tip Cast. The quest text explains that the Tip Upgrade raises a tool's mining level. For example, an Iron Pickaxe plus 1 Diamond lets you make a Diamond Tip Upgrade. Put it on the pickaxe and it can mine Obsidian, and it also gets a stat boost.^[2]

Ranged casts

• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Bow Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Crossbow Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Slingshot Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Arrow Cast.^[2]

Armor, shield and accessory casts

• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Helmet Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Chestplate Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Leggings Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Boots Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Shield Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Necklace Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Ring Cast.^[2]
• a quest in "Silent Gear" asks for the Bracelet Cast.^[2]

Silent Gear Metalworks first appeared in the pack in All the Mods 10 2.47, at version 1.21.1-1.2.1. All the Mods 10 8.1 ships version 1.21.1-1.5.0, so the mod has moved through several updates along the way.^[1][5]

Version bumps by pack release

• All the Mods 10 2.47: added at 1.21.1-1.2.1.^[5]
• All the Mods 10 3.0: updated from 1.21.1-1.2.1 to 1.21.1-1.3.0.^[6]
• All the Mods 10 3.2: updated from 1.21.1-1.3.0 to 1.21.1-1.3.1.^[7]
• All the Mods 10 4.1: updated from 1.21.1-1.3.1 to 1.21.1-1.4.0.^[8]
• All the Mods 10 4.3: updated from 1.21.1-1.4.0 to 1.21.1-1.4.1.^[9]
• All the Mods 10 4.5: updated from 1.21.1-1.4.1 to 1.21.1-1.4.2.^[10]
• All the Mods 10 4.6: updated from 1.21.1-1.4.2 to 1.21.1-1.4.3.^[11]
• All the Mods 10 4.11: updated from 1.21.1-1.4.3 to 1.21.1-1.4.4.^[12]
• All the Mods 10 4.15: updated from 1.21.1-1.4.4 to 1.21.1-1.4.5.^[13]
• All the Mods 10 5.2: updated from 1.21.1-1.4.5 to 1.21.1-1.4.6.^[14]
• All the Mods 10 7.0: updated from 1.21.1-1.4.6 to 1.21.1-1.5.0, the version still in the pack in 8.1.^[1][15]

Unverified The pack changelogs only record which version of the mod was swapped in. They don't say what changed inside each update, and there are no stored changelogs for the shipped jars. So I can't confirm any new items, recipes, balance changes or fixes between these versions.