Starbunclemania in All the Mods 10

Starbunclemania is part of the pack in version 1.5.7, and it has been here since All the Mods 10 3.0 or earlier. In this pack, the part of it that the sources show you using is the Source Condenser, a bridge between Source magic and the pack's fluid-based machines.^[1]

Why you need it

The Runic Crucible needs Source to work, but the pack has no Source Hatches to feed it. The Source Condenser is the pack's answer: it turns Source into a liquid, and Fluid Hatches can handle that.^[2]

The setup is simple. Place a Source Jar with some Source in it next to the Source Condenser, and it converts that Source into Liquefied Source.^[2]

Where it fits in progression

You meet the condenser in the Forbidden & Arcanus quest chapter, in the quest "Source Condensation" quest. It unlocks after the Tier 5 Forge quest, so expect it to matter in the mid-to-late part of your run. The quest's tasks are to get the Source Condenser and a bucket of Source fluid (Source Fluid Bucket).^[2]

Unverified The sources don't describe any other Starbunclemania features or recipes, so this page covers only the Source Condenser's role in the pack.

Starbunclemania is all about giving your Starbuncles new jobs. Most of its items change what a Starbuncle does, such as moving fluids, moving energy, voiding items, placing blocks or mining. In this pack the first thing to get is the Fluid Jar, because the other fluid items build on it.^[3]

Step one: make a Fluid Jar

The Fluid Containment Jar comes first. The pack changed its recipe, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults.^[4]

Fluid Containment JarChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold ingot	Empty slot
Glass	Water Essence	Glass
Cascading Archwood Log	Cascading Archwood Log	Cascading Archwood Log

Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar

You can also place a Wixie on a Fluid Jar to make the Wixie Mixer. The jar is used in the recipe for the Glyph Pickup Fluid glyph too, shown below.^[3][4]

Glyph Pickup FluidMod recipe

Glyph (ars_nouveau)

• Hopper
• Fluid Containment Jar

Recipe id: starbunclemania:glyph_pickup_fluid

The glyph picks up fluids from the world and fills a tank in the hotbar or next to the turret.

Step two: make a Source Condenser

The pack uses the Source Condenser to get Source into a form that Fluid Hatches can handle. The Runic Crucible needs Source, and this pack has no Source Hatches to supply it. Place a Source Jar with some Source next to the condenser and it turns the Source into Liquefied Source. The quest "Source Condensation" quest covers this, and in the Forbidden & Arcanus chapter it comes after Tier 5 Forge.^[2]

Source CondenserMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Fluid Containment Jar
• Source Relay

Recipe id: starbunclemania:source_condenser

The pack also has a Create mixing recipe that produces the Source fluid. The pack changed this one too.^[4]

Next: make a Starbucket

The Starbucket changes a Starbuncle's job to carrying fluids around. It's made at an Enchanting Apparatus, and the Fluid Jar you already have goes into it.^[3][4]

StarbucketMod recipe

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• Fluid Containment Jar
• 4× any gold nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bucket

Step four: pick your other Starbuncle jobs

Once fluids work, add the other job items as you need them. These have recipes the pack changed:^[4]

• StarbAttery makes a Starbuncle transport FE energy.^[3][4]
• StarBin makes a Starbuncle void the items it picks up and the items from linked chests.^[3][4]
• Starbuilder makes a Starbuncle place blocks in specified spots.^[3][4]
• Starminer makes a Starbuncle mine blocks in specified spots. You can give it a tool, and it defaults to an iron pick.^[3][4]

StarbAtteryChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold nugget	Empty slot
any copper ingot	any redstone dust	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	any redstone dust	any copper ingot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_battery

StarBinChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any iron nugget	Empty slot
any iron ingot	Empty slot	any iron ingot
any iron nugget	any iron ingot	any iron nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bin

StarbuilderChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gold nugget	any gold nugget	any gold nugget
any gold nugget	Dispenser	any gold nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_build

StarminerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	Leather Helmet	any iron ingot
any gold nugget	any gold nugget	any gold nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_miner

Starbunclemania is built around one idea: you give a familiar a piece of headwear, and that changes what it does. What the sources describe are familiar jobs, Wixie workstations, and some fluid and Source items, not big multiblocks or standalone machines. Here is how each part works in this pack.^[3]

Starbuncle job items

Each of these changes a starbuncle's job. Here is what the tooltips say about them.^[3]

• Starbucket makes the starbuncle transport fluids around.^[3]
• StarbAttery makes it transport FE energy around.^[3]
• Starballoon makes it transport Mekanism chemical around. It can be dyed, and it supports Starbuncle, Drygmy and Wixie familiars.^[3]
• Starbuilder makes it place blocks in specified spots.^[3][4]
• Starminer makes it mine blocks in specified spots. You can give it a tool to use, and it defaults to an iron pick.^[3][4]
• StarBin makes it void the items it picks up, and items from linked chests.^[3][4]
• Square Robin Mask tweaks the starbuncle's item transport to round-robin items between inventories, and it also stops pickup.^[3][4]

The pack changed the crafting recipes for the StarbAttery, the StarBin, the Starbuilder and the Starminer, so don't trust the mod's default recipes for those. The recipes below are the in-pack ones.^[4]

StarbAtteryChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold nugget	Empty slot
any copper ingot	any redstone dust	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	any redstone dust	any copper ingot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_battery

StarBinChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any iron nugget	Empty slot
any iron ingot	Empty slot	any iron ingot
any iron nugget	any iron ingot	any iron nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bin

StarbuilderChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gold nugget	any gold nugget	any gold nugget
any gold nugget	Dispenser	any gold nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_build

StarminerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	Leather Helmet	any iron ingot
any gold nugget	any gold nugget	any gold nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_miner

The Starbucket, the Starballoon and the Square Robin Mask use their standard mod recipes. The Starbucket and the Starballoon are made at an Enchanting Apparatus.^[4]

StarbucketMod recipe

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• Fluid Containment Jar
• 4× any gold nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bucket

StarballoonMod recipe

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• Air Essence
• 2× Magebloom Fiber
• any wool

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_balloon

Square Robin MaskMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Green Wool	Empty slot
Green Wool	Starbuncle Shades	Green Wool
Empty slot	Green Wool	Empty slot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:robin_mask

To change a Starballoon's color, combine it with a dye.^[4]

StarballoonMod recipe

Dye (ars_nouveau)

• Starballoon
• any dye

Recipe id: starbunclemania:dye_balloon

Direction scrolls and fluid scrolls

The Wyrm Degree is a cosmetic for Starbuncles and Bookwyrm familiars. It also allows item starbuncles to read Direction Scrolls.^[3]

Direction ScrollMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Blank Parchment
• Compass

Recipe id: starbunclemania:direction_scroll

There are also Fluid Scroll: Allow and Fluid Scroll: Deny. Each has a recipe that clears the scroll back to blank, and the pack does not change those recipes. The sources don't explain how the scrolls are applied, so I'm leaving out the details.^[4]

Fluid Scroll: AllowMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Blank Parchment
• Water Essence

Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_scroll_allow

Fluid Scroll: DenyMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Blank Parchment
• Water Essence
• any cobblestone

Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_scroll_deny

Wixie workstations

Using a Wixie Charm on certain blocks changes which recipes your Wixie works with. These are the options the tooltips describe.^[3]

• Furnace: the Wixie uses smelting and smoking recipes.^[3]
• Stonecutter: the Wixie uses stonecutter recipes.^[3]
• Cutting Board: the Wixie uses cutting board recipes.^[3]
• Cooking Pot: the Wixie uses cooking pot recipes.^[3]
• Crucible: the Wixie uses Eidolon's crucible recipes.^[3]
• Fluid Containment Jar: the Wixie uses the milk and water in the side tanks for crafting recipes instead of buckets. The advancement text calls this the Wixie Mixer.^[3]

The Fluid Jar recipe was changed by the pack, so check the in-pack version here.^[4]

Fluid Containment JarChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold ingot	Empty slot
Glass	Water Essence	Glass
Cascading Archwood Log	Cascading Archwood Log	Cascading Archwood Log

Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar

Source and fluid handling

The Source Condenser and the Fluid Sourcelink each have their own recipe. The Source Condenser is made from a Source Relay and a Fluid Jar. The sources don't describe exactly how either one behaves, so I'm not going to guess.^[4]

Source CondenserMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Fluid Containment Jar
• Source Relay

Recipe id: starbunclemania:source_condenser

Fluid SourcelinkMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Source Gem	Empty slot
any gold ingot	Source Fluid Bucket	any gold ingot
Empty slot	Source Gem	Empty slot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_sourcelink

The pack changed how Source fluid is made. A Create mixing recipe turns an amethyst shard and an experience consumable into Source fluid. The pack also changed the Mekanism rotary recipe that links Source gas and Source fluid.^[4]

Fluid spell glyphs

The mod adds fluid glyphs for your spells. Glyph Pickup Fluid picks up fluids from the world and fills a tank in your hotbar or next to the turret. Glyph Place Fluid places fluid in the world, draining from a tank in your hotbar or next to the turret.^[3][4]

Both glyphs accept several augments. AOE increases the radius of targeted blocks, Pierce increases the depth, and Randomize adds a chance to not target a block. Sensitive on the pickup glyph targets the block hit directly instead of the relative position. On the place glyph, it places the fluid inside the block hit instead of relative to it.^[3]

Glyph Pickup FluidMod recipe

Glyph (ars_nouveau)

• Hopper
• Fluid Containment Jar

Recipe id: starbunclemania:glyph_pickup_fluid

Glyph Place FluidMod recipe

Glyph (ars_nouveau)

• Water Essence
• Dispenser

Recipe id: starbunclemania:glyph_place_fluid

Unverified No config files for this mod were provided in the sources here, so any config options it has are not shown. Treat anything configurable about the jobs and fluid items as unconfirmed.

In this pack's quest book, Starbunclemania shows up in one place: the quest "Source Condensation" quest in the Forbidden & Arcanus chapter. It comes after Tier 5 Forge, so that is the point where the mod enters your progression.^[2]

The Source Condensation quest

The quest has two tasks: get a Source Condenser and a Source fluid bucket. The reason is that the Runic Crucible needs Source to work, and the pack has no Source Hatches to supply it.^[2]

The Source Condenser is the pack's workaround. Place a Source Jar with some Source next to the condenser and it converts that Source into Liquefied Source, which Fluid Hatches can handle.^[2]

Source CondenserMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Fluid Containment Jar
• Source Relay

Recipe id: starbunclemania:source_condenser

This is the item the quest asks for.

The condenser needs a Fluid Containment Jar, and the pack has changed that jar's recipe from the mod's default. Use this one.^[4]

Fluid Containment JarChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold ingot	Empty slot
Glass	Water Essence	Glass
Cascading Archwood Log	Cascading Archwood Log	Cascading Archwood Log

Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar

Changed by the pack.

Other recipes the pack changed

A few more recipes differ from the mod's defaults in this pack: the Starminer, StarBin, StarbAttery and Starbuilder. Check these in-pack versions rather than relying on what you remember from the mod elsewhere.^[4]

StarminerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	Leather Helmet	any iron ingot
any gold nugget	any gold nugget	any gold nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_miner

StarBinChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any iron nugget	Empty slot
any iron ingot	Empty slot	any iron ingot
any iron nugget	any iron ingot	any iron nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bin

StarbAtteryChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold nugget	Empty slot
any copper ingot	any redstone dust	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	any redstone dust	any copper ingot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_battery

StarbuilderChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gold nugget	any gold nugget	any gold nugget
any gold nugget	Dispenser	any gold nugget

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_build

The pack also changed how Source fluid is produced. There is a Create mixing recipe that makes it, and a Mekanism rotary recipe that links Source gas and Source fluid. Both are marked as changed by the pack.^[4]

Cosmetics

Hats such as the Blues Hat and Chef Hat use the mod's own recipes, unchanged by the pack.^[4]

Blues HatMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Magebloom Fiber	Empty slot
Magebloom Fiber	Black Wool	Magebloom Fiber
Empty slot	Magebloom Fiber	Empty slot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_hat

Chef HatMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	White Wool	Empty slot
White Wool	Blues Hat	White Wool
Empty slot	White Wool	Empty slot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:chef_hat

In this pack, Starbunclemania is closely tied to Ars Nouveau. Every recipe of the mod that uses another mod's items takes at least one Ars Nouveau item, and one also uses a Source fluid bucket from another mod. The result is a bridge between Source magic and fluids.^[4]

Source and fluids

The main chain starts with the Fluid Containment Jar. The pack changed this recipe, so don't assume it matches the mod's default. The recipe below is the in-pack one, and it is where the Cascading Archwood Log comes in.^[4]

Fluid Containment JarChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold ingot	Empty slot
Glass	Water Essence	Glass
Cascading Archwood Log	Cascading Archwood Log	Cascading Archwood Log

Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar

This recipe is changed by the pack.

The Source Condenser is then made from the Fluid Jar together with an Ars Nouveau Source Relay.^[4]

Source CondenserMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Fluid Containment Jar
• Source Relay

Recipe id: starbunclemania:source_condenser

The Fluid Sourcelink is another Source-and-fluid link. It is where the Ars Nouveau Source Gem meets the Source Fluid Bucket from another mod, as the recipe below shows.^[4]

Fluid SourcelinkMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Source Gem	Empty slot
any gold ingot	Source Fluid Bucket	any gold ingot
Empty slot	Source Gem	Empty slot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_sourcelink

Quest tie-in: Source Condensation

The quest "Source Condensation" quest sits in the Forbidden & Arcanus chapter and unlocks after Tier 5 Forge. Its tasks are the Source Condenser and the Source fluid bucket. The quest text says the Runic Crucible needs Source, but there are no Source Hatches to supply it. Instead, you place a Source Jar holding some Source next to the Source Condenser. It converts the Source into Liquefied Source, which Fluid Hatches can handle.^[2]

Scrolls and glyphs

The filter scrolls also lean on Ars Nouveau. Fluid Scroll: Allow and Fluid Scroll: Deny both start from Blank Parchment and Water Essence. The Direction Scroll also uses Blank Parchment.^[4]

Fluid Scroll: AllowMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Blank Parchment
• Water Essence

Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_scroll_allow

Fluid Scroll: DenyMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Blank Parchment
• Water Essence
• any cobblestone

Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_scroll_deny

Direction ScrollMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Blank Parchment
• Compass

Recipe id: starbunclemania:direction_scroll

The mod also adds a spell glyph, Glyph Place Fluid, made through Ars Nouveau's glyph recipe type.^[4]

Glyph Place FluidMod recipe

Glyph (ars_nouveau)

• Water Essence
• Dispenser

Recipe id: starbunclemania:glyph_place_fluid

Cosmetics

The cosmetic items each have a recipe that includes an Ars Nouveau item: Alakakrinos Hat, Drygmy Horns, Sea Bunny, Blues Hat, Starby Ears, Whirli Propeller and Square Robin Mask. The Starballoon is made at an Ars Nouveau enchanting apparatus instead of a crafting table.^[4]

StarballoonMod recipe

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• Air Essence
• 2× Magebloom Fiber
• any wool

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_balloon

Square Robin MaskMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Green Wool	Empty slot
Green Wool	Starbuncle Shades	Green Wool
Empty slot	Green Wool	Empty slot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:robin_mask

This one uses the Starbuncle Shades from Ars Nouveau.

Alakakrinos HatMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Sandstone	Sandstone	Sandstone
Sandstone	Empty slot	Sandstone
Sandstone	Magebloom Fiber	Sandstone

Recipe id: starbunclemania:alak_hat

Drygmy HornsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Brown Wool	Empty slot	Brown Wool
Brown Wool	Empty slot	Brown Wool
Empty slot	Magebloom Fiber	Empty slot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:drygmy_horns

Sea BunnyMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

White Wool	White Wool	Magebloom Fiber
White Wool	White Wool	Magebloom Fiber

Recipe id: starbunclemania:sea_bunny

Blues HatMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Magebloom Fiber	Empty slot
Magebloom Fiber	Black Wool	Magebloom Fiber
Empty slot	Magebloom Fiber	Empty slot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_hat

Starby EarsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Light Blue Wool	Empty slot	Light Blue Wool
Light Blue Wool	Empty slot	Light Blue Wool
Empty slot	Magebloom Fiber	Empty slot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:starby_ears

Whirli PropellerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Green Wool	Empty slot	Green Wool
Empty slot	Magebloom Fiber	Empty slot

Recipe id: starbunclemania:whirli_prop

In this pack, the mod shows up in just one quest, in the Forbidden & Arcanus chapter. It's a short story, but it unlocks a neat workaround.^[2]

Source Condensation

"Source Condensation" quest comes after the Tier 5 Forge quest, so you'll get to it once you've made progress there. It has two tasks: get hold of the Source Condenser, and get a Source fluid bucket.^[2]

Here's why it matters. The Runic Crucible needs Source to work, but the pack has no Source Hatches to feed it. The quest's answer is to turn that Source into a liquid with the Source Condenser, so ordinary Fluid Hatches can handle it.^[2]

Setup is simple: place a Source Jar with some Source in it next to the Source Condenser, and it converts that Source into Liquefied Source.^[2]

Starbunclemania has been in All the Mods 10 since the 3.0 release, and All the Mods 10 8.1 ships version 1.5.7. The pack changelogs only record version bumps for this mod, so here is the update path.^[1][5]

• All the Mods 10 3.0: Starbunclemania was added at version 1.4.0.0.^[5]
• All the Mods 10 4.0: updated from 1.4.0.0 to 1.4.0.1.^[6]
• All the Mods 10 4.11: updated from 1.4.0.1 to 1.5.1.^[7]
• All the Mods 10 5.1: updated from 1.5.1 to 1.5.2.^[8]
• All the Mods 10 5.5: updated from 1.5.2 to 1.5.3.^[9]
• All the Mods 10 6.0: updated from 1.5.3 to 1.5.6.^[10]
• All the Mods 10 7.1: updated from 1.5.6 to 1.5.7, the version still used in 8.1.^[1][11]

Unverified What actually changed inside the mod between these versions (new features, fixes or balance changes) is unverified. The pack changelogs only list the version numbers, and there are no stored changelogs for the shipped jars. Check the mod's own release notes if you need the details.