Simply Light in All the Mods 10

Simply Light is one of the mods that ships with this pack. The pack includes version 1.5.3, built for Minecraft 1.21.1 (the file is simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar).^[1]

It has been in the pack for a while: it was first included in pack version 2.25 or earlier, so it has stayed through many updates.^[1]

Unverified The sources I have don't describe what Simply Light adds, who it suits best, or where it fits in the pack's progression. I also found no sign that it sits on the ATM Star path or is tied to any quest, so I won't guess at its place in your progression. This page will be expanded once there are sources for those details.

Everything below is a normal crafting recipe, and you can make all of it with items you already have in the pack. Here's the order I'd go in.^[2]

Step one: the Simple Light Bulb

Start with the Simple Light Bulb. Its tooltip calls it just a simple light bulb and says you can place it in any direction, which makes it handy on ceilings, walls and floors.^[2][3]

8× Simple Light BulbMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Glowstone	Empty slot
any stone	any stone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:bulb

Step two: Dynamic Edge Lights for hallways

Next, craft the Dynamic Edge Light (bottom). It follows the walls around it, so it suits hallways. When you place it, it morphs to fit the blocks around it, and that shape stays afterwards. So you can put down temporary blocks, place the light to get the shape you want, then remove the blocks.^[2][3]

6× Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Empty slot	any stone
Glowstone	Glowstone	Glowstone
any stone	Empty slot	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light

There is also a top variant, Dynamic Edge Light (top). You don't need to start from scratch for it: one shapeless craft turns the bottom version into the top one, and another turns it back.^[2]

Dynamic Edge Light (top)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_top

Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dynamic Edge Light (top)

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_bottom_from_top

Step three: Illuminant Blocks

When you want a full block of light, craft the Illuminant Block. There is also an inverted version, Illuminant Block(Inverted), which has its own recipe.^[2]

4× Illuminant BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	any redstone dust	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block

4× Illuminant Block(Inverted)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	Redstone Torch	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on

You can also swap between the normal and inverted forms without crafting from scratch. A shapeless recipe converts the normal block into the inverted one, and another converts it back.^[2]

Illuminant Block(Inverted)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Illuminant Block

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle

Illuminant BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Illuminant Block(Inverted)

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_toggle

Finally: dye your lights

Once you have a few lights placed, you can recolor them. Edge lights and illuminant blocks both have dyed recipes that combine a dye with an existing light of the same family. Examples are Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom) and Illuminant Blue Block. The top edge lights and the inverted blocks have their own dyed recipes too.^[2]

8× Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light
any any edge light	Blue Dye	any any edge light
any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_blue_dyed

8× Illuminant Blue BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any any lamp off	any any lamp off	any any lamp off
any any lamp off	Blue Dye	any any lamp off
any any lamp off	any any lamp off	any any lamp off

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_blue_block_dyed

The sources here only cover how this mod's lights are placed and how they are crafted and recolored. That is why this section is short.^[2][3]

Placing the lights

The panel light, the slab light, the rod lamp and the Simple Light Bulb can all be placed in any direction. The wall lamp hangs from walls, or sticks to ceilings and floors. The lamp post is 3 blocks tall, and only its top block emits light.^[2][3]

Dynamic Edge Lights

The edge lights are the one block with a mechanic worth knowing. The Dynamic Edge Light (bottom) and the Dynamic Edge Light (top) follow the walls around them, which makes them great for hallways.^[2][3]

When you place one, it morphs to fit the blocks around it. That shape persists afterward, so you can build a shape using temporary blocks, place the light, then remove the temporary blocks and the light keeps its shape.^[3]

Crafting and recoloring

The simple light bulb and the base edge light each have their own crafting recipe in this pack.^[2]

8× Simple Light BulbMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Glowstone	Empty slot
any stone	any stone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:bulb

6× Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Empty slot	any stone
Glowstone	Glowstone	Glowstone
any stone	Empty slot	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light

Edge lights come in a bottom version and a top version. You can switch between them with shapeless crafting recipes.^[2]

Dynamic Edge Light (top)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_top

Turns a bottom edge light into a top one.

Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dynamic Edge Light (top)

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_bottom_from_top

Turns a top edge light back into a bottom one.

To recolor an edge light, craft it with a dye. The dye recipes accept any edge light of the matching bottom or top kind, not just the plain one. Using white dye gives you the plain Dynamic Edge Light again. Here is the red one as an example.^[2]

8× Dynamic Red Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light
any any edge light	Red Dye	any any edge light
any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_red_dyed

Unverified No config files for Simply Light were found in the pack, so the sources here do not show any tunable values for the mod.

Simply Light is a decorative lighting mod, and in this pack it has no tier ladder. The recipe list shows no machine upgrades or gated stages. What you get is a short crafting path: the base lights first, then the toggle, flip and dye recipes that branch off them.^[2]

Unverified The quest sources here do not show any quest that involves Simply Light, so where it sits in the pack's quest book is not confirmed. Check the quest chapters in game if you want to know whether it is tied to a quest.

Start with the base lights

Everything begins with the Simple Light Bulb, the Dynamic Edge Light (bottom) and the Illuminant Block. Each has a plain crafting recipe, and these are the starting points for every other light in the mod.^[2]

8× Simple Light BulbMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Glowstone	Empty slot
any stone	any stone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:bulb

The bulb is a shaped mod recipe.

6× Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Empty slot	any stone
Glowstone	Glowstone	Glowstone
any stone	Empty slot	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light

The bottom edge light is a shaped mod recipe.

4× Illuminant BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	any redstone dust	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block

The illuminant block is a shaped mod recipe.

Inverted and top variants

The Illuminant Block(Inverted) is the inverted version of the illuminant block, and it has its own shaped crafting recipe.^[2]

4× Illuminant Block(Inverted)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	Redstone Torch	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on

The inverted block has its own recipe, separate from the toggle.

You can also swap between the normal and inverted forms without crafting from scratch. A shapeless recipe turns the normal block into the inverted one, and another turns it back.^[2]

Illuminant Block(Inverted)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Illuminant Block

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle

Shapeless: normal block into inverted block.

Illuminant BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Illuminant Block(Inverted)

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_toggle

Shapeless: inverted block back into normal block.

Edge lights work the same way. A shapeless recipe turns the bottom edge light into Dynamic Edge Light (top), and another converts it back.^[2]

Dynamic Edge Light (top)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_top

Shapeless: bottom edge light into top edge light.

Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dynamic Edge Light (top)

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_bottom_from_top

Shapeless: top edge light back into bottom edge light.

Dyeing

Colors come last. Each color has a dyeing recipe that takes the matching dye and an existing light from the same family. The bottom edge lights, the top edge lights, the normal illuminant blocks and the inverted illuminant blocks each have their own set of dye recipes. Here is the blue bottom edge light as an example.^[2]

8× Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light
any any edge light	Blue Dye	any any edge light
any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_blue_dyed

Other colors follow the same pattern with their own dye.

This mod has one quest in the pack, and it sits in the Building Tips chapter, not in a tech chapter. You'll find it as "Simply Light" quest.^[4]

How you get there

1. Start at "Building Tips!" quest, the chapter's opening quest. It says the chapter is a set of building tips.^[4]
2. Next comes "Decoration!" quest. It points out that modded Minecraft has dozens of mods that add decoration, not just stairs.^[4]
3. After that is the lighting quest a quest in "Building Tips". It accepts any one of many light sources, such as Torch, Lantern, Glowstone or Sea Lantern. Its text says light keeps monsters from spawning, helps you see and adds colour to your builds.^[4]
4. "Simply Light" quest unlocks once that lighting quest is done.^[4]

What the Simply Light quest says

The quest describes the lights as very simple to make and easy to use. It says that when inverted they work without Redstone and turn off when a Redstone signal activates them. It also says they come in plenty of different colours and shapes.^[4]

The quest asks you to obtain an item. The quest data I have doesn't say which one, so check the quest book in game.^[4]

Other light quests next to it

Several other quests also unlock after the lighting quest, so you can treat them as a group of light sources. They are "Chipped Lights" quest, "Ars Nouveau Lights" quest, "Macaw's Lights and Lamps" quest, "Wall Lamps" quest, "Torchmaster" quest and "XyCraft Lights" quest.^[4]

The "Wall Lamps" quest text compares itself to Simply Lights. Inverted wall lamps light up when no Redstone is applied and normal ones only work with Redstone, and they have to be attached to a wall.^[4]

The sources for this mod are thin, so this is a short history. Simply Light has been part of the pack since All the Mods 10 2.25 or earlier, and All the Mods 10 8.1 ships version 1.5.3.^[1]

• All the Mods 10 2.25 or earlier: Simply Light was already in the pack by this point. The exact release where it first arrived isn't recorded in the sources.^[1]
• All the Mods 10 2.37: Simply Light was updated from 1.5.1 to 1.5.3.^[5]
• All the Mods 10 8.1: the pack includes Simply Light 1.5.3, using the file simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar.^[1]

Unverified What actually changed inside Simply Light between 1.5.1 and 1.5.3 (new lamps, fixes, or balance tweaks) is unverified. The sources here do not include a changelog for the shipped jars, so check the mod's own changelog if you need the details.