Beyond Earth (Forge) in All the Mods - Gravitas

Beyond Earth (Forge) is the space exploration mod in the pack. You build rockets, leave the Overworld and visit other worlds. It also covers building oxygenated space stations and bases and surviving out there.^[1]

There are five planets and moons across two solar systems: Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Glacio. To get around you have four rocket tiers and a rover. Generators, refineries and workbenches let you travel safely and build the rockets. Oxygen management and a custom gravity system make each trip a real survival challenge, and the mod adds 100+ blocks.^[1]

Who it's for

If you've always wanted to be an astronaut in your modded world, this mod is for you. It's a tech mod, so expect to set up machines and manage resources before you launch.^[1]

Where it fits in this pack

The pack includes Beyond Earth (Forge) version 6.2, built for Minecraft 1.18.2.^[2]

Your first step into space is a quest, "Bang, Zoom, Straight to the Moon!" quest. It asks for a Tier 1 Rocket and 9 of the Rocket Launch Pad. That makes the Moon your first destination.^[3]

Unverified Whether this mod is part of the ATM Star path could not be confirmed from the available sources, so treat it as unconfirmed.

Beyond Earth is a space exploration mod where you build rockets and visit the Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Glacio. In this pack, your first big goal is the Tier 1 Rocket and a launch site to fly it from. Here is the order I'd work in.^[1][3]

Start with the NASA Workbench

The Tier 1 Rocket recipe is made in the NASA Workbench, so this is your first craft. The mod even has an advancement for crafting it.^[4][5]

NASA WorkbenchMod recipe

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any steel compressed	Crafting Table	any steel compressed
Lever	any steel ingot	Lever
any steel compressed	Redstone Torch	any steel compressed

Recipe id: beyond_earth:nasa_workbench

Engine and tank

The Tier 1 Rocket needs a rocket fin, a rocket nose cone, a steel engine and a steel tank, plus a compressed steel item. Start with the engine parts. The Engine Fan and Engine Frame recipes were both changed by the pack, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults. Check the recipes below.^[4]

Engine FanChanged by the pack

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any steel ingot	Empty slot	any steel ingot
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot
any steel ingot	Empty slot	any steel ingot

Recipe id: beyond_earth:engine_fan

Engine FrameChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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

Recipe id: beyond_earth:engine_frame

With those done, you can make the Steel Engine. The Steel Tank recipe was also changed by the pack.^[4]

Steel EngineMod recipe

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any steel ingot	Redstone	any steel ingot
any iron plate	Engine Fan	Engine Frame
any steel ingot	Redstone	any iron plate

Recipe id: beyond_earth:iron_engine

Steel TankChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any iron ingot	any steel ingot	any iron ingot
any steel ingot	Empty slot	any steel ingot
any iron ingot	any steel ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: beyond_earth:iron_tank

The rocket itself

Bring the fin, nose cone, compressed steel, engine and tank to the workbench to get the Tier 1 Rocket. The recipe accepts any item from the steel compressed, steel engine and steel tank groups.^[4]

Tier 1 RocketMod recipe

Nasa Workbench (beyond_earth)

• 4× Rocket Fin
• Rocket Nose Cone
• 6× any steel compressed
• any steel engine
• 2× any steel tank

Recipe id: beyond_earth:nasa_workbenching/tier1

Launch pad

A rocket needs somewhere to take off. The Rocket Launch Pad recipe was changed by the pack. The quest "Bang, Zoom, Straight to the Moon!" quest asks you to hand in the Tier 1 Rocket along with 9 launch pads, so plan your materials for that many.^[3][4]

9× Rocket Launch PadChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any steel ingot	any iron plate	any steel ingot
any iron plate	any iron ingot	any iron plate
any steel ingot	any iron plate	any steel ingot

Recipe id: beyond_earth:rocket_launch_pad

Fuel

The Fuel Refinery is another recipe changed by the pack, and the mod's own tooltip says you can find Oil in the Ocean. It's worth having the refinery ready before your first launch.^[4][5]

Fuel RefineryChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any steel ingot	any iron ingot	any steel ingot
Bucket	Furnace	Bucket
any steel ingot	Redstone	any steel ingot

Recipe id: beyond_earth:fuel_refinery

Beyond Earth is built around getting you off the planet and keeping you alive out there. The mod lists generators, refineries and workbenches as its machines, and says they help you travel space safely and build rockets. It also has oxygen management and a custom gravity system.^[1]

Oxygen

Oxygen is a core survival system, and this pack leaves both halves switched on. [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Player Oxygen System]] is set to true, and so is [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Entity Oxygen System]], which covers entities.^[1][6]

The mod also lets you build oxygenated space stations and bases to survive in space.^[1]

Oil

The mod's in-game recipe viewer tooltip says you can find Oil in the Ocean.^[5]

Power and processing machines

The pack changed the recipes for two early machines, so don't rely on the mod's defaults here. Check the in-pack versions below for the Coal Generator and the Compressor.^[4]

Coal GeneratorChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any iron plate	any iron ingot	any iron plate
any iron ingot	Furnace	any iron ingot
any iron plate	Redstone	any iron plate

Recipe id: beyond_earth:coal_generator

Pack-changed recipe.

CompressorChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any steel ingot	any iron ingot	any steel ingot
Hammer	Furnace	Hammer
any steel ingot	Redstone	any steel ingot

Recipe id: beyond_earth:compressor

Pack-changed recipe.

Rocket parts

The mod has four rocket tiers and a rover. Its advancements track crafting a NASA Workbench and then Tier 1 through Tier 4 rockets.^[1][5]

The pack changed the recipes for the Engine Fan and the Engine Frame. Both are used in the engine recipes, so check them before you plan your steel and iron supply.^[4]

Engine FanChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any steel ingot	Empty slot	any steel ingot
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot
any steel ingot	Empty slot	any steel ingot

Recipe id: beyond_earth:engine_fan

Pack-changed recipe.

Engine FrameChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

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

Recipe id: beyond_earth:engine_frame

Pack-changed recipe.

Engines and tanks come in a Calorite version and an Ostrum version. These use the mod's own recipes, not pack changes. The Ostrum versions are registered under the recipe names diamond_engine and diamond_tank.^[4]

Calorite EngineMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any calorite ingot	Redstone	any steel ingot
any iron plate	Engine Fan	Engine Frame
any calorite ingot	Redstone	any desh plate

Recipe id: beyond_earth:calorite_engine

Calorite Engine, a mod recipe unchanged by the pack.

Ostrum EngineMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any ostrum ingot	Redstone	any steel ingot
any iron plate	Engine Fan	Engine Frame
any ostrum ingot	Redstone	any desh plate

Recipe id: beyond_earth:diamond_engine

This crafts the Ostrum Engine, a mod recipe unchanged by the pack.

Calorite TankMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any calorite ingot	any steel ingot	any calorite ingot
any steel ingot	Empty slot	any steel ingot
any calorite ingot	any steel ingot	any calorite ingot

Recipe id: beyond_earth:calorite_tank

Calorite Tank, a mod recipe unchanged by the pack.

Ostrum TankMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any ostrum ingot	any steel ingot	any ostrum ingot
any steel ingot	Empty slot	any steel ingot
any ostrum ingot	any steel ingot	any ostrum ingot

Recipe id: beyond_earth:diamond_tank

This crafts the Ostrum Tank, a mod recipe unchanged by the pack.

Construction blocks

The pack also changed the recipe for the Block of Blue Iron Plating, so use the version below.^[4]

8× Block of Blue Iron PlatingChanged by the pack

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any iron plate	any lapi gems	any iron plate
any lapi gems	any iron ingot	any lapi gems
any iron plate	any lapi gems	any iron plate

Recipe id: beyond_earth:blue_iron_plating_block

Pack-changed recipe.

Mob spawns

Every spawn toggle in the pack's config is enabled. That covers the Alien, Alien Zombie, Martian Raptor, Mogler, Pygro, Pygro Brute and Star Crawler spawn options, such as [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Mogler Spawn]] and [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Star Crawler Spawn]].^[6]

Beyond Earth progression in this pack runs on rockets. The quest data covers one step, the Tier 1 rocket quest "Bang, Zoom, Straight to the Moon!" quest. It asks you to hand in a Tier 1 Rocket and 9 Rocket Launch Pad. It unlocks after another quest in the pack's quest book.^[3]

Getting to your first rocket

The Tier 1 Rocket is not made in a normal crafting grid. You craft it in the NASA Workbench, so that is your first stop.^[4]

1. Craft the NASA Workbench.^[4]
2. Make the rocket parts: a Rocket Fin and a Rocket Nose Cone.^[4]
3. Make a Steel Engine and a Steel Tank. The engine recipe also needs an Engine Fan and an Engine Frame.^[4]
4. Combine the parts in the NASA Workbench to get the Tier 1 Rocket.^[4]
5. Craft the Rocket Launch Pad blocks. The quest wants 9 of them.^[3][4]

NASA WorkbenchMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any steel compressed	Crafting Table	any steel compressed
Lever	any steel ingot	Lever
any steel compressed	Redstone Torch	any steel compressed

Recipe id: beyond_earth:nasa_workbench

Tier 1 RocketMod recipe

Nasa Workbench (beyond_earth)

• 4× Rocket Fin
• Rocket Nose Cone
• 6× any steel compressed
• any steel engine
• 2× any steel tank

Recipe id: beyond_earth:nasa_workbenching/tier1

This is made in the NASA Workbench, not a crafting table.

Steel EngineMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any steel ingot	Redstone	any steel ingot
any iron plate	Engine Fan	Engine Frame
any steel ingot	Redstone	any iron plate

Recipe id: beyond_earth:iron_engine

This recipe gives the Steel Engine.

Steel TankChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any iron ingot	any steel ingot	any iron ingot
any steel ingot	Empty slot	any steel ingot
any iron ingot	any steel ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: beyond_earth:iron_tank

This recipe gives the Steel Tank, and the pack changed it.

9× Rocket Launch PadChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any steel ingot	any iron plate	any steel ingot
any iron plate	any iron ingot	any iron plate
any steel ingot	any iron plate	any steel ingot

Recipe id: beyond_earth:rocket_launch_pad

The pack changed this recipe.

Engines and tanks by material

Beyond the steel set, the pack has engine and tank recipes for desh, ostrum and calorite. They are plain mod recipes, with no pack changes shown.^[4]

• Desh: Desh Engine and Desh Tank. The recipes use desh ingots.^[4]
• Ostrum: Ostrum Engine and Ostrum Tank. The recipes use ostrum ingots.^[4]
• Calorite: Calorite Engine and Calorite Tank. The recipes use calorite ingots.^[4]

The desh, ostrum and calorite engine recipes all use desh plates alongside the engine fan and frame, so get desh processing set up before you build any of them.^[4]

Beyond Earth connects to two other parts of the pack: TFC and Ex Nihilo Sequentia. The planets' ores smelt into TFC metals and gems, and the planets' sands can be sieved for TFC ores. One more recipe in Ex Nihilo Sequentia also takes an item from this mod.^[4]

Planet ores give TFC items

The pack changed the furnace and blast furnace recipes for the planet ores, so they now give TFC items. Each ore has both a smelting and a blasting recipe.^[4]

• Moon Iron Ore, Mars Iron Ore, Mercury Iron Ore and Glacio Iron Ore all become Wrought Iron Ingot.^[4]
• Glacio Copper Ore becomes Copper Ingot.^[4]
• Venus Gold Ore becomes Gold Ingot.^[4]
• Mars Diamond Ore and Venus Diamond Ore become Cut Diamond.^[4]
• Glacio Lapis Lazuli Ore becomes Cut Lapis Lazuli.^[4]

Wrought Iron IngotChanged by the pack

Smelting

• Mars Iron Ore

Recipe id: beyond_earth:iron_ingot

The furnace recipe for Mars iron. The pack also changed the matching blast furnace recipe.

Sieving planet sand

The pack adds Ex Nihilo Sequentia sieve recipes for three sands from this mod. They turn space sand into TFC ores, and the ore grade depends on which planet the sand comes from.^[4]

• Moon Sand gives the poor grade of TFC ores, such as Poor Native Copper, Poor Hematite and Poor Cassiterite. It also gives Cryolite.^[4]
• Mars Sand gives the normal grade, such as Normal Native Copper, Normal Hematite and Normal Cassiterite. It also gives Cryolite, Kimberlite and Emerald.^[4]
• Venus Sand gives the rich grade, such as Rich Native Copper, Rich Hematite and Rich Cassiterite. It also gives the widest range of gems, including Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, Opal, Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Kimberlite and Emerald, plus Pyrite.^[4]

All three sands also give bismuth, nickel, silver, tin, zinc and gold ores, each at that sand's grade.^[4]

An item from this mod in Ex Nihilo

The pack changed the crafting recipe for Emerald Mesh so that it takes an item from this mod. You can see the exact recipe below.^[4]

Emerald MeshChanged by the pack

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any emerald gem	Empty slot	any emerald gem
any emerald gem	Desh Ingot	any emerald gem
any emerald gem	Empty slot	any emerald gem

Recipe id: exnihilosequentia:ens_emerald_mesh

The pack changed this Emerald Mesh recipe.

Only a single quest in the pack's quest book involves this mod, so this section is short.^[3]

The quest is "Bang, Zoom, Straight to the Moon!" quest. It asks you to hand in a Tier 1 Rocket and 9 Rocket Launch Pad.^[3]

It isn't the first quest in its chain. It comes after a quest in "Anvils to beat you Black, Red and Blue", so finish that quest first.^[3]

Beyond Earth keeps all of its settings in one file, config/beyond_earth-common.toml. It's a short file made up of on/off switches, and this pack leaves every one of them enabled.^[6]

Oxygen systems

The mod's oxygen management is one of its headline features, and these two switches control it. Both are set to true here, so oxygen matters for you and for mobs.^[1][6]

• [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Player Oxygen System]] is true, so the oxygen system applies to the player.^[6]
• [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Entity Oxygen System]] is true, so the oxygen system applies to entities too.^[6]

Mob spawns

The file has a spawn toggle for each of the mobs listed below, and this pack sets every one of them to true. None of these mobs have been switched off.^[6]

• [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Alien Spawn]]: true^[6]
• [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Alien Zombie Spawn]]: true^[6]
• [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Martian Raptor Spawn]]: true^[6]
• [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Mogler Spawn]]: true^[6]
• [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Pygro Spawn]]: true^[6]
• [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Pygro Brute Spawn]]: true^[6]
• [[config:config/beyond_earth-common.toml#Beyond Earth Config.Star Crawler Spawn]]: true^[6]

Gravitas 4.0 ships Beyond Earth (Forge) 6.2, using the file Beyond-Earth-1.18.2-6.2.jar. The mod has been in the pack since Gravitas 1.1 or earlier, so this is the release you are playing with. Here is what the 6.2 changelog says changed.^[2]

Rockets and vehicles

• If a rocket flies into a block, it now explodes.^[7]
• Entities start burning if they are under a flying rocket.^[7]
• Rocket and lander explosions now spawn fire.^[7]
• The rocket area place system was reworked, and a fix means a rocket can no longer stand on the ground when it is only at the side of a block.^[7]
• Placing blocks in vehicles is now disabled.^[7]
• There is a new vehicle item renderer and a new vehicle spawn rotation system.^[7]

Planet selection, gravity and visuals

• The Planet Selection GUI was reworked and is addon compatible. A bug that got you kicked from a server while in that GUI was fixed.^[7]
• The gravity system was reworked, and the weather system was fixed.^[7]
• The WARNING overlay was reworked, and there is a new globe texture.^[7]

Other changes

• T Construct support was added back.^[7]
• The fire replace event and the coal torch were reworked.^[7]
• The changelog also mentions a lot of useful new addon events, which matter mostly to addon developers.^[7]