Thermal Foundation guide for All the Mods - Gravitas 2.0 to 3.5

Thermal Foundation is the base module of the Thermal Series, the long-running tech mod family from Team CoFH. It bundles "Core" and "Foundation", the common components, resources and tools the rest of the series builds on. This pack ships version 9.2.0.46 for Minecraft 1.18.2.^[1][2]

The series is modular, so players and pack makers can pick the parts they want. The other modules are Cultivation, Dynamics, Expansion, Innovation, Integration and Locomotion, and the whole series needs CoFH Core.^[1]

The mod's own description says there is a lot of stuff for both newcomers and veterans. Its in-game guide has chapters on materials, armor, tools, explosives, elemental charges, mobs, plants, machines, dynamos and devices.^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

The basics of power

Thermal runs on Redstone Flux (RF). The guide says unupgraded machines use up to 20 RF/t, and unupgraded dynamos produce up to 40 RF/t. Both can be improved with augments, which you apply in the tinker bench or in the augment panel of the block's GUI.^[13][14][15]

• Machines process items and fluids. A freshly placed machine has a blank side configuration, so no side accepts items or fluids until you set it up.^[13]
• Dynamos turn fuel into RF. RF only comes out of the coil side, which has the large red nub, and fuel goes in through the other sides.^[14]
• Devices act on the blocks around them. They do not need RF unless the guide says so.^[12][16]

Configuration

The client file thermal-client.toml and the common file thermal-common.toml live in the config folder, and thermal-common.toml holds the worldgen options. The server file thermal-server.toml sits in the serverconfigs folder of each world. Copying it into the defaultsconfig folder applies it to newly created worlds.^[1]

Unverified Where the pack's quest book places Thermal Foundation, and whether the ATM Star path uses it, is told in the quest book itself. The sources here do not show it.

Welcome to Thermal Foundation in this pack! The path below goes from materials, to power, to machine controls, to upgrades. Some recipes in this pack differ from the mod's defaults, so every recipe block below shows the exact in-pack version.^[18]

First, make an Earth Charge

The Earth Charge is a handy first tool. It instantly mines earthy blocks like dirt, grass and stone. It is also a crafting ingredient that turns some things into dust and breaks some storage blocks back down. For example, a quartz block becomes four quartz.^[19]

3× Earth ChargeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any gunpowder
• Basalz Powder
• Coal or Charcoal

Recipe id: thermal:earth_charge_3

A related recipe makes Basalz Powder.^[18]

2× Basalz PowderMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Basalz Shard

Recipe id: thermal:basalz_powder

Once you have a charge, you can turn gems into dust, such as Quartz Dust from quartz.^[18]

Quartz DustMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any quartz gem
• Earth Charge

Recipe id: thermal:earth_charge/quartz_dust_from_quartz

Get power going

Machines run on Redstone Flux (RF). Unupgraded machines use up to 20 RF/t, while dynamos produce up to 40 RF/t without upgrades. A dynamo only outputs RF from its coil side, the one with the large red nub that glows while it generates. Fuel goes in from any other side.^[13][14]

For a first dynamo, the one that burns solid fuels is a good pick, since most things that work in a furnace work there too.^[20]

Dynamos throttle themselves based on how full their internal buffer is. At full buffer they drop to 10% output but still burn fuel, so don't let power back up. To carry power around, craft a Fluxduct.^[14][18]

4× FluxductMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any redstone dust	any redstone dust	any redstone dust
any lead ingot	any glass	any lead ingot
any redstone dust	any redstone dust	any redstone dust

Recipe id: thermal:energy_duct_4

To store spare RF, build an Redstone Flux Cell from an Redstone Flux Cell Frame. The pack changed the cell recipe, so check the recipe block carefully.^[18]

Redstone Flux Cell FrameMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any lead ingot	any glass	any lead ingot
any glass	any electrum gear	any glass
any lead ingot	any glass	any lead ingot

Recipe id: thermal:energy_cell_frame

Redstone Flux CellChanged by the pack

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Duroplast Sheet	Redstone Block	Duroplast Sheet
any wrought iron sheet	Redstone Flux Cell Frame	any wrought iron sheet
Duroplast Sheet	Redstone Flux Coil	Duroplast Sheet

Recipe id: thermal:energy_cell

The pack changed this recipe from the mod default.

Learn the machine controls

A freshly placed machine works regardless of redstone signal, but its side configuration is blank, meaning no side accepts items or fluids. Open the Configuration panel and click a side to cycle it. Blue is input, orange is output, and the arrow buttons set automatic transfer to or from adjacent inventories. Side configurations are saved when you pick the block up.^[13]

The Crescent Hammer makes this much easier: shift right-click to pick up machines and right-click to rotate them. There is even an advancement for crafting one.^[20][21]

Try a few devices

Devices do not need RF unless explicitly stated, so they make a nice low-effort start. The Aqueous Accumulator provides copious water but needs adjacent water sources to work. The Igneous Extruder generates stone and needs an adjacent lava source and cooling.^[12][18][20]

Aqueous AccumulatorChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any bronze sheet	any wrought iron sheet	any bronze sheet
any glass	Bucket	any glass
any bronze sheet	Redstone Servo	any bronze sheet

Recipe id: thermal:device_water_gen

The pack changed this recipe from the mod default.

Igneous ExtruderMod recipe

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any invar ingot	any constantan gear	any invar ingot
any glass	Piston	any glass
any invar ingot	Redstone Servo	any invar ingot

Recipe id: thermal:device_rock_gen

This one is the mod's own recipe.

Both recipes use a Redstone Servo, and it shows up in many other device and augment recipes too.^[18]

Upgrade with augments

Machines, devices, dynamos and tools can all take augments, applied in the tinker bench or in the augment panel of a block's GUI. Hover over an augment to see its modifiers and type. The type decides which blocks accept it, and many augments don't stack.^[15]

Dynamo buffers can be upgraded with integral components, and the first tier is Hardened Integral Components.^[14][18]

Hardened Integral ComponentsMod recipe

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any invar ingot	any glass	any invar ingot
any redstone dust	any gold gear	any redstone dust
any invar ingot	any glass	any invar ingot

Recipe id: thermal:augments/upgrade_augment_1

Thermal's machines, dynamos, cells and devices all share one set of rules, and once you know them you can read any block in the mod. Machines need Redstone Flux (RF) to operate. Devices don't need RF unless their entry says so.^[11][12]

The pack leaves [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Global Options.Standalone Redstone Flux]] at false. That means RF stays interoperable with Forge Energy, so Thermal power can feed other mods and the other way round.^[22]

Dynamos: making the power

Dynamos turn fuel into RF. Each one has a coil side, marked by a large red nub that glows while it generates. RF only comes out of the coil side, and fuel goes in through any of the other sides. Without upgrades a dynamo makes up to 40 RF/t, and the pack's base power setting for every dynamo is also 40.^[14][22]

• Compression Dynamo: burnable liquid fuels such as tree oil. Base power is [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Dynamos.Compression.Base Power]].^[22][23]
• Disenchantment Dynamo: enchanted items such as books. Base power is [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Dynamos.Disenchantment.Base Power]].^[22][24]
• Gourmand Dynamo: food. Base power is [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Dynamos.Gourmand.Base Power]].^[22][25]
• Lapidary Dynamo: crystals and gems. Base power is [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Dynamos.Lapidary.Base Power]].^[22][26]
• Magmatic Dynamo: lava. Base power is [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Dynamos.Magmatic.Base Power]].^[22][27]
• Numismatic Dynamo: coins. Base power is [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Dynamos.Numismatic.Base Power]].^[22][28]
• Stirling Dynamo: burnable items. Base power is [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Dynamos.Stirling.Base Power]].^[22][29]

Every dynamo has an internal buffer that throttles it. When the buffer is empty the dynamo runs at maximum output. When it is full, the dynamo drops to 10% output. The buffer only pushes energy out while the dynamo is generating, and it slowly decays when idle. That decay is why a dynamo seems to lose RF by itself. The buffer can be upgraded with integral components, but not with RF coil augments.^[14][30]

Machine power draw

Each machine has a base RF/t consumption that the pack sets in the server config. Most sit at the same value, with the Crucible much higher and the Crystallizer much lower.^[22]

• 20 RF/t: Redstone Furnace ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Furnace.Base Power]]), Phytogenic Insolator ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Insolator.Base Power]]) and Centrifugal Separator ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Centrifuge.Base Power]]).^[22]
• 20 RF/t: Blast Chiller ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Chiller.Base Power]]), Sequential Fabricator ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Crafter.Base Power]]), Fluid Encapsulator ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Bottler.Base Power]]) and Alchemical Imbuer ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Brewer.Base Power]]).^[22]
• 80 RF/t: Magma Crucible ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Crucible.Base Power]]).^[22]
• 5 RF/t: Crystallizer ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Crystallizer.Base Power]]).^[22]

Storing and moving RF and fluid

The Redstone Flux Cell stores and distributes RF. Each side can be set to input or output, and the cell can auto-input and auto-output. It starts with a 1,000 RF/t maximum in and out, and augments can improve both its capacity and its transfer rate. It also gives a comparator output proportional to how full it is.^[31]

You can set the input and output rates exactly with the plus and minus buttons beside the RF gauge. Left-click changes the rate by 50 per tick and right-click by 10. Holding Shift makes the steps 1000 and 100.^[31]

The Fluid Cell works the same way for liquids: each side can be set to input or output, it can auto-input and auto-output, and augments improve its capacity and rate. It holds only one fluid at a time. You can right-click it with buckets to fill or empty it one bucket at a time.^[32]

Augments

Machines, devices, dynamos and tools can all be upgraded with augments. You apply them in the Tinker's Workbench or in the augment panel of a block's GUI. Each augment has a type that limits where it fits, so machine-type augments can't go into dynamos. Hovering over an augment shows its modifiers. Modifiers starting with '+' stack additively and those ending in 'x' stack multiplicatively. Underlined modifiers don't stack, and only the highest value applies.^[15]

Integral Components are the base upgrade. They scale RF storage and transfer, fluid storage and transfer, and RF/t usage or generation. Hardened Integral Components, Reinforced Integral Components and Resonant Integral Components scale by 2x, 3x and 4x. Only the highest one applies, but it stacks with other augment modifiers. For example, a Redstone Furnace with Resonant and Hardened Integral Components and a Stabilized RF Coil has 24x the RF storage, 8x the RF transfer and 4x the base RF/t.^[18][33]

• Expanded RF Coil scales RF storage and transfer by 4. Stabilized RF Coil scales storage by 6 and transfer by 2. High-Flux RF Coil scales storage by 2 and transfer by 6.^[34][35][36]
• Expanded Tank Construction scales all fluid storage by 4.^[37]
• Radial Enhancement increases the maximum area by 1 block in every direction per augment.^[38]
• Flux Linkage Amplifier raises the maximum RF usage rate by 100% but scales RF per operation by 1.1.^[39]
• Flux Efficiency scales RF per operation by 0.9 but cuts the maximum RF usage rate by 10%.^[40]
• Auxiliary Process Sieve raises secondary output chances by 15% but scales energy per operation by 1.25.^[41]
• Catalytic Reclamation Chamber scales the chance a catalyst is used by 0.8x but scales energy per operation by 1.25x.^[42]
• Multi-cycle Injectors scales a dynamo's fuel efficiency by 1.1. Auxiliary Reaction Chamber raises maximum generation by 100% but scales efficiency by 0.9.^[18][43][44]
• Knowledge Concentrator lets a machine or device collect experience, with a base maximum of 2.5k XP multiplied by the Integral Components scale. You retrieve the XP by clicking the small crystal icon in the GUI.^[45]

The pack changed the recipes for several augments, including the ones below. Check the in-game recipes rather than relying on the mod's defaults.^[18]

Expanded Tank ConstructionChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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Duroplast Sheet	any wrought iron sheet	Duroplast Sheet
any wrought iron sheet	any hardened glass	any wrought iron sheet
Duroplast Sheet	any wrought iron sheet	Duroplast Sheet

Recipe id: thermal:augments/fluid_tank_augment

Changed by the pack.

Radial EnhancementChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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Empty slot	any iron gear	Empty slot
any tin sheet	Redstone Servo	any tin sheet
Empty slot	any iron gear	Empty slot

Recipe id: thermal:augments/area_radius_augment

Changed by the pack.

Stabilized RF CoilChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any sterling silver sheet	Empty slot
any gold sheet	Redstone Flux Coil	any gold sheet
Empty slot	any gold sheet	Empty slot

Recipe id: thermal:augments/rf_coil_storage_augment

Changed by the pack.

Some features can be built in or need an augment, depending on the config. Redstone Control and Side Reconfiguration are enabled by default on most blocks that support them, because [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Augments.Default Redstone Control]] and [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Augments.Default Side Reconfiguration]] are true. XP storage is off by default, because [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Augments.Default XP Storage]] is false. You need the Knowledge Concentrator for that. None of these settings controls every block.^[22]

Augmenting items and tools

1. Put the augmentable item or block in the workbench.^[5]
2. Set the workbench to augment mode.^[5]
3. Put your augments in the item slot.^[5]
4. Set the workbench to recharge/refill mode.^[5]
5. Remove the item from the workbench.^[5]

Automation

• Cyclical Processing feeds a machine's valid outputs back into its input slots, which is handy for automation.^[46]
• Item Filter lets a machine, device or piece of equipment accept only chosen items. You can add up to 15 items, switch between allow and deny, and choose whether to match NBT.^[47]
• The Energetic Infuser charges up to 9 items at once. Unlike the Tinker's Bench, items can go in and out automatically, for example with a hopper.^[48]
• The Fluid Encapsulator can fill bottles automatically with potion fluid from the Alchemical Imbuer. One ingredient in the Imbuer makes one potion bucket, which fills 4 bottles.^[49][50]
• The Nullifier instantly voids items and fluids that arrive by automation. Items put in by hand are temporarily stored until you press the trash button. Redstone control only affects automatic insertion.^[51]
• Machine outputs with a chance to appear can overflow the output slot, and the stack is allowed to grow past normal size to hold the extras. This is not a bug.^[52]

Device mechanics

• Igneous Extruder: needs an adjacent lava source and an adjacent coolant block, and can optionally use a block underneath. It starts at 1 block per second and can reach 4 per second with integral components.^[53]
• Aqueous Accumulator: needs at least two source blocks adjacent to its sides. Sources above or below don't count.^[54]
• Arboreal Extractor: pulls fluid from an adjacent tree. Bonemeal boosts output by 1.5x for 8 cycles, and phyto-gro by 2.0x for 16 cycles. The pack's base time constant is 500 ticks ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Devices.TreeExtractor.Time Constant]]).^[22][55]
• Aquatic Entangler: catches fish passively in water. The pack's base time constant is 4800 ticks, reduced by 20 ticks per nearby water source ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Devices.Fisher.Time Constant]] and [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Devices.Fisher.Water Source Time Constant Reduction]]).^[22][56]
• Vacuumulator: collects items in a 9x9x9 area, expandable to 15x15x15 with radial enhancement. With redstone control it picks up items the moment it is switched on.^[57]
• Phyto-Soil Infuser: speeds up crops on nearby phyto-soil in a 3x3x3 area, expandable to 7x3x7 with radial enhancement.^[58]

Moving machines without losing settings

Shift right-click a machine with the Crescent Hammer to pick it up, or right-click to rotate it. What the block keeps when dropped depends on the pack's config. Augments, energy, redstone control, side configuration and transfer control are kept. Inventory contents and tank contents are not.^[21][22]

The matching options are [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Global Options.Blocks Retain Augments]], [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Global Options.Blocks Retain Energy]], [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Global Options.Blocks Retain Inventory]] and [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Global Options.Blocks Retain Tank Contents]].^[22]

One last note on transport: Thermal Dynamics, the mod's own pipe system, is on hold, and the in-game guide points to other pipe mods for moving items, fluids and energy.^[59]

Unverified The sources here show no quests for Thermal Foundation in this pack, and the mod is not on the ATM Star quest path. The order below is read from the in-pack recipes, not from a quest-guided route.

Without quests to guide you, Thermal's progression is best followed through its metals. The recipes in this pack go from basic alloys such as invar, through signalum and lumium, up to enderium. The Integral Components upgrades climb the same way. Everything below comes from the recipes this pack actually uses.^[18]

Early game: dusts, blends and Earth Charges

Your first Thermal materials are the blends. Bronze Blend and Invar Blend are both shapeless crafts from plain dusts, so you can make them before any big setup.^[18]

The Earth Charge is a handy early item. It instantly mines earthy blocks such as dirt, grass and stone. Its dust crafts include Diamond Dust, Quartz Dust and Ender Pearl Dust, and the diamond one is shown below.^[18][19]

3× Earth ChargeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any gunpowder
• Basalz Powder
• Coal or Charcoal

Recipe id: thermal:earth_charge_3

This is the mod's own recipe, unchanged by the pack.

Diamond DustMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any diamond gem
• Earth Charge

Recipe id: thermal:earth_charge/diamond_dust_from_diamond

One of the Earth Charge dust crafts, unchanged by the pack.

Hardened Glass (Hardened Glass) is worth making early, because several later recipes ask for it. Alloys and glass in this mod are made by crafting with a Fire Charge.^[18][60]

2× Hardened GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any obsidian
• any quartz dust or any quartz gem
• any sand
• Fire Charge

Recipe id: thermal:fire_charge/obsidian_glass_2

3× Invar IngotMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any iron dust or any iron ingot
• any iron dust or any iron ingot
• any nickel dust or any nickel ingot
• Fire Charge

Recipe id: thermal:fire_charge/invar_ingot_3

Invar Ingot is also the metal the first Integral Components upgrade is built around.

Devices and storage: the pack changes several recipes

The Redstone Servo is a shared part across the device line. The pack changes the recipes for the Aqueous Accumulator, Aquatic Entangler, Vacuumulator, Nullifier and Decoctive Diffuser. The Batch Composter, Arboreal Extractor and Igneous Extruder keep the mod's own recipes.^[18]

Aqueous AccumulatorChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any bronze sheet	any wrought iron sheet	any bronze sheet
any glass	Bucket	any glass
any bronze sheet	Redstone Servo	any bronze sheet

Recipe id: thermal:device_water_gen

This recipe is changed by the pack.

Storage blocks are also pack-modified: the Redstone Flux Cell, Fluid Cell and Fluid Cell Frame have pack changes, while the Redstone Flux Cell Frame keeps the mod's own recipe. The frame recipes are shown below.^[18]

Fluid Cell FrameChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any bronze sheet	any glass	any bronze sheet
any glass	any iron gear	any glass
any bronze sheet	any glass	any bronze sheet

Recipe id: thermal:fluid_cell_frame

This recipe is changed by the pack.

Redstone Flux Cell FrameMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any lead ingot	any glass	any lead ingot
any glass	any electrum gear	any glass
any lead ingot	any glass	any lead ingot

Recipe id: thermal:energy_cell_frame

This is the mod's own recipe, unchanged by the pack.

Mid game: signalum and lumium

Signalum Ingot and Lumium Ingot are the middle of the metal line. Each also has a glass variant, Signalum Glass and Lumium Glass.^[18]

4× Signalum IngotMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any copper dust or any copper ingot
• any copper dust or any copper ingot
• any copper dust or any copper ingot
• any silver dust or any silver ingot
• any redstone dust
• any redstone dust
• any redstone dust
• any redstone dust
• Fire Charge

Recipe id: thermal:fire_charge/signalum_ingot_4

4× Lumium IngotMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any tin dust or any tin ingot
• any tin dust or any tin ingot
• any tin dust or any tin ingot
• any silver dust or any silver ingot
• any glowstone dust
• any glowstone dust
• Fire Charge

Recipe id: thermal:fire_charge/lumium_ingot_4

2× Signalum GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Hardened Glass
• Hardened Glass
• any signalum dust or any signalum ingot
• Fire Charge

Recipe id: thermal:fire_charge/signalum_glass_2

Late game: enderium

Enderium Ingot is the top metal in these recipes. Its blend, Enderium Blend (Enderium Blend), and the glass version, Enderium Glass, are shown below.^[18]

2× Enderium IngotMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any lead dust or any lead ingot
• any lead dust or any lead ingot
• any lead dust or any lead ingot
• any diamond dust
• any ender pearl or any ender pearl dust
• any ender pearl or any ender pearl dust
• Fire Charge

Recipe id: thermal:fire_charge/enderium_ingot_2

2× Enderium BlendMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any lead dust
• any lead dust
• any lead dust
• any diamond dust
• any ender pearl or any ender pearl dust
• any ender pearl or any ender pearl dust

Recipe id: thermal:enderium_dust_2

2× Enderium GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Hardened Glass
• Hardened Glass
• any enderium dust or any enderium ingot
• Fire Charge

Recipe id: thermal:fire_charge/enderium_glass_2

Integral Components: the upgrade tiers

The clearest tier system is the three Integral Components: Hardened Integral Components (Hardened), Reinforced Integral Components (Reinforced) and Resonant Integral Components (Resonant). Each tier builds on the one before it. All three are the mod's own recipes, unchanged by the pack.^[18]

Hardened Integral ComponentsMod recipe

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any invar ingot	any glass	any invar ingot
any redstone dust	any gold gear	any redstone dust
any invar ingot	any glass	any invar ingot

Recipe id: thermal:augments/upgrade_augment_1

Reinforced Integral ComponentsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any electrum ingot	any quartz gem	any electrum ingot
any signalum gear	Hardened Integral Components	any signalum gear
any electrum ingot	any quartz gem	any electrum ingot

Recipe id: thermal:augments/upgrade_augment_2

Resonant Integral ComponentsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any enderium ingot	any hardened glass	any enderium ingot
any lumium gear	Reinforced Integral Components	any lumium gear
any enderium ingot	any hardened glass	any enderium ingot

Recipe id: thermal:augments/upgrade_augment_3

Other augments

Several other augments are pack-modified: Radial Enhancement, Expanded Tank Construction, Modular Reconfiguration, and all three coil augments (Expanded RF Coil, Stabilized RF Coil, High-Flux RF Coil). The machine augments such as Flux Linkage Amplifier, Flux Efficiency and Auxiliary Process Sieve keep the mod's own recipes.^[18]

Expanded RF CoilChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold sheet	Empty slot
any sterling silver sheet	Redstone Flux Coil	any sterling silver sheet
Empty slot	any gold sheet	Empty slot

Recipe id: thermal:augments/rf_coil_augment

This recipe is changed by the pack.

Same as in the All the Mods - Gravitas 4.0 guide

In this pack, Thermal's machines are wired into the other mods you'll be using. Most of the changes are recipe inputs and outputs: Thermal machines and crafting recipes take in and hand out items from TerraFirmaCraft, Immersive Engineering, Firmalife and a few others. Every recipe below was changed or added by the pack, except the Create splashing recipe, which comes from the mod itself.^[62]

Induction Smelter and ore processing

The pack changed the Induction Smelter recipe, so check it before you build one. The smelter's ore recipes also changed. They give you TFC metals and Thermal byproducts.^[62]

Induction SmelterChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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Empty slot	Crucible	Empty slot
any sand	Machine Frame	any sand
any invar gear	Redstone Flux Coil	any invar gear

Recipe id: thermal:machine_smelter

• Iron ore gives you a Nickel Ingot and a Wrought Iron Ingot, plus Rich Slag.^[62]
• Copper ore gives you a Copper Ingot and a Gold Ingot, plus Rich Slag.^[62]
• Lead ore and silver ore both give you an Lead Ingot and a Silver Ingot, plus Rich Slag.^[62]
• Nickel ore gives you a Copper Ingot and a Nickel Ingot, plus Rich Slag.^[62]
• Gold ore, redstone ore and cinnabar ore all give Cinnabar, and diamond, emerald and lapis ores give TFC's cut gems.^[62]
• Raw tin gives you a Tin Ingot and Apatite.^[62]

Raw tin has several routes into the pack. Ex Machinis compacting turns normal, poor and rich cassiterite from TFC into Raw Tin. Create's splashing turns Crushed Raw Tin into a Tin Nugget.^[62]

Press: packing and unpacking

The Thermal press, with its Packing Die (3x3) and Unpacking Die, converts between nuggets, ingots and blocks. In this pack the outputs are mostly TFC or Immersive Engineering items.^[62]

• Packing nuggets gives you TFC ingots for bronze, copper, gold, tin, nickel, silver and wrought iron. For constantan, electrum and lead it gives you Immersive Engineering ingots, and for invar it gives you Invar Ingot.^[62]
• Packing ingots gives you Immersive Engineering blocks such as Block of Lead, Block of Silver, Block of Nickel, Block of Constantan and Block of Electrum. Raw lead, nickel and silver pack into their raw blocks the same way.^[62]
• Unpacking blocks gives you TFC ingots and cut gems, like Cut Diamond, Cut Emerald, Cut Amethyst and Cut Lapis Lazuli.^[62]
• Some food and material swaps are in there too. A honeycomb block unpacks into Raw Honey, a Glue Block unpacks into Glue, and melon slices pack into a Melon.^[62]

Pyrolyzer, centrifuge and pulverizer

Coal Coke, Tar, 250× Creosote OilChanged by the pack

Pyrolyzer (thermal)

• Coal

Recipe id: thermal:machines/pyrolyzer/pyrolyzer_coal

The pyrolyzer turns Coal into Coal Coke, Creosote Oil and Tar.

Coal Coke, Tar, 10× Crude OilChanged by the pack

Pyrolyzer (thermal)

• any cokesource

Recipe id: thermal:machines/pyrolyzer/pyrolyzer_bitumen

The coke-source recipe gives Coal Coke, Crude Oil and Tar.

• The centrifuge splits Bituminous Sand and Bituminous Red Sand into plain sand, Bituminous Coal, Crude Oil and tar. It splits a Syrup Bottle into an Empty Jar and Syrup. Bronze dust splits into Copper Grit and Tin Dust.^[62]

Basalz Powder, SlagChanged by the pack

Pulverizer (thermal)

• Basalz Shard

Recipe id: thermal:machines/pulverizer/pulverizer_basalz_rod

The pulverizer turns a Basalz Shard into Slag and Basalz Powder.

Cut Diamond, SawdustChanged by the pack

Pulverizer Recycle (thermal)

• 2× any diamond tool

Recipe id: thermal:machines/pulverizer/pulverizer_diamond_tools

Diamond tools turn into a Cut Diamond and Sawdust.

White RockwoolAdded by the pack

Pulverizer (thermal)

• Slag Glass

Recipe id: thermal:machines/pulverizer/white_rockwool_from_slagglass

The pack added this recipe: Slag Glass is ground into White Rockwool.

Crafting recipes that use other mods

Sulfur Dust comes from an Earth Charge and sulfur, and the result is Immersive Engineering's Sulfur Dust. The pack also changed the Redstone Flux Cell and Fluid Cell recipes, and both now need an Immersive Engineering Duroplast Sheet.^[62]

Redstone Flux CellChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Duroplast Sheet	Redstone Block	Duroplast Sheet
any wrought iron sheet	Redstone Flux Cell Frame	any wrought iron sheet
Duroplast Sheet	Redstone Flux Coil	Duroplast Sheet

Recipe id: thermal:energy_cell

Fluid CellChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Duroplast Sheet	any hardened glass	Duroplast Sheet
any wrought iron sheet	Fluid Cell Frame	any wrought iron sheet
Duroplast Sheet	Redstone Servo	Duroplast Sheet

Recipe id: thermal:fluid_cell

The Expanded Tank Construction recipe uses Duroplast Sheet too.^[62]

Expanded Tank ConstructionChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Duroplast Sheet	any wrought iron sheet	Duroplast Sheet
any wrought iron sheet	any hardened glass	any wrought iron sheet
Duroplast Sheet	any wrought iron sheet	Duroplast Sheet

Recipe id: thermal:augments/fluid_tank_augment

Angel Ring upgrades

The Angel Ring upgrade path leans heavily on Thermal parts. Each ring recipe was changed by the pack, and each one asks for glass, augments or other Thermal components. Here are the stages in order.^[62]

Leadstone Angel RingChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any cinnabar storage block	Hardened Glass	any cinnabar storage block
any lead storage block	Diamond Ring	any lead storage block
Nether Star	Hardened Integral Components	Nether Star

Recipe id: angelring:leadstone_angel_ring

Stage one: the Leadstone Angel Ring, which uses Thermal's Hardened Glass and Hardened Integral Components.

Hardened Angel RingChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stabilized RF Coil	Lumium Glass	Stabilized RF Coil
any invar storage block	Leadstone Angel Ring	any invar storage block
Nether Star	Reinforced Integral Components	Nether Star

Recipe id: angelring:hardened_angel_ring

Stage two: the Hardened Angel Ring, which uses Lumium Glass, a Stabilized RF Coil and Reinforced Integral Components.

Reinforced Angel RingChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

High-Flux RF Coil	Signalum Glass	High-Flux RF Coil
any electrum storage block	Hardened Angel Ring	any electrum storage block
Nether Star	Energized Glowstone Bucket	Nether Star

Recipe id: angelring:reinforced_angel_ring

Stage three: the Reinforced Angel Ring, which uses an Energized Glowstone Bucket, a High-Flux RF Coil and Signalum Glass.

Resonant Angel RingChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Blizz Powder	Enderium Glass	Blizz Powder
any enderium storage block	Reinforced Angel Ring	any enderium storage block
Nether Star	Resonant Integral Components	Nether Star

Recipe id: angelring:resonant_angel_ring

The final stage: the Resonant Angel Ring, which uses Blizz Powder, Enderium Glass and Resonant Integral Components.

Quest tie-in

Quest a quest in "?" asks for Create's Mechanical Saw and Thermal's Sawdust. It comes after the paper making quest.^[63]

Thermal keeps its settings in a client file, a common file for world generation, and a server file. The server file normally lives in the world's serverconfigs folder, and copying it into a defaults config folder is what applies its values to newly created worlds. In this pack, the server values below come from the defaultconfigs copy.^[1][22]

Ore generation

This one is a big deal. In this pack the vein count is 0 for every Thermal ore in the common file, and 0 means disabled. That covers [[config:config/thermal-common.toml#World.Ores.Tin.Vein Count]], [[config:config/thermal-common.toml#World.Ores.Lead.Vein Count]], [[config:config/thermal-common.toml#World.Ores.Silver.Vein Count]], [[config:config/thermal-common.toml#World.Ores.Nickel.Vein Count]], [[config:config/thermal-common.toml#World.Ores.Cinnabar.Vein Count]], [[config:config/thermal-common.toml#World.Ores.Niter.Vein Count]], [[config:config/thermal-common.toml#World.Ores.Sulfur.Vein Count]] and [[config:config/thermal-common.toml#World.Ores.Oil Sand.Vein Count]]. So don't go hunting for Thermal's own veins in new chunks.^[64]

Machine and dynamo power

Each machine has a config that sets its base power consumption in RF/t. Most are set to 20 in this pack, including the Pulverizer ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Pulverizer.Base Power]]), the Induction Smelter ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Smelter.Base Power]]), the Redstone Furnace ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Furnace.Base Power]]), the Sawmill, the Phytogenic Insolator and the other processing machines.^[22]

• The Magma Crucible is the hungry one, with its base power consumption set to 80 RF/t ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Crucible.Base Power]]).^[22]
• The Crystallizer ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Crystallizer.Base Power]]) and the Pyrolyzer ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Machines.Pyrolyzer.Base Power]]) are the cheap ones, each set to 5 RF/t.^[22]
• Every dynamo has its base power generation set to 40 RF/t, for example [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Dynamos.Stirling.Base Power]] and [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Dynamos.Magmatic.Base Power]]. The same value is set for the Compression, Disenchantment, Gourmand, Lapidary and Numismatic dynamos.^[22]

Devices

• Batch Composter: the base time constant is set to 120 ticks ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Devices.Composter.Time Constant]]).^[22]
• Aquatic Entangler: the base time constant is set to 4,800 ticks ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Devices.Fisher.Time Constant]]), and the time constant reduction per nearby water source block is set to 20 ticks ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Devices.Fisher.Water Source Time Constant Reduction]]).^[22]
• Arboreal Extractor: the base time constant is set to 500 ticks ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Devices.TreeExtractor.Time Constant]]).^[22]

Picking blocks back up

When you break a Thermal block, it keeps its augments ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Global Options.Blocks Retain Augments]]), its energy, and its redstone, side and transfer configuration. It does not keep its inventory contents or tank contents, because [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Global Options.Blocks Retain Inventory]] and [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Global Options.Blocks Retain Tank Contents]] are both false. Empty your machines before you move them. The inventory, tank and energy settings don't control every block, so some blocks may behave differently.^[22]

Augment defaults

Redstone control ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Augments.Default Redstone Control]]) and side reconfiguration ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Augments.Default Side Reconfiguration]]) are set to true, which means they are enabled by default on most augmentable blocks that support them. [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Augments.Default XP Storage]] is false, so on most blocks that support XP storage an augment is required for it. None of these settings control every block.^[22]

Everything else

• [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Global Options.Standalone Redstone Flux]] is false, so Redstone Flux is not set up as its own separate energy system.^[22]
• Basalz, Blitz and Blizz are all enabled (Mobs.Basalz, Mobs.Blitz, Mobs.Blizz), and the Blitz can occasionally call down lightning ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Mobs.Blitz Lightning]]).^[22]
• Both trade settings are true ([[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Villagers.Enable Villager Trades]], [[config:defaultconfigs/thermal-server.toml#Villagers.Enable Wandering Trader Trades]]), which is what adds trades to various Villagers and to the Wandering Trader.^[22]
• The Satchel denylist (Tools.Satchel.Denylist) lists items that are not allowed in Satchels: the Satchel itself and shulker boxes of every colour.^[22]
• Ambient sounds for Thermal blocks and mobs are on ([[config:config/thermal-client.toml#Sounds.Ambient Block Sounds]], [[config:config/thermal-client.toml#Sounds.Ambient Mob Sounds]]). Both live in the client file, so you can change them on your own game if they get annoying.^[1][65]