Piston

Texture from Modern Industrialization, used under MIT.

modern_industrialization:piston

Recipes and uses come from the FTB Skies 2 1.24.0 dump: the server's final recipes after all pack scripts ran.

Last verified for FTB Skies 2 v1.24.0 on Oct 13, 2026 · v1.24.0 released Oct 12, 2026

In FTB Skies 2, Piston is made with assembler (modern_industrialization), from Motor, Tin Cable, any steel gear, any steel plate, and any steel rod. Piston has 2 recipes in FTB Skies 2 in all. Piston is an ingredient in 8 FTB Skies 2 recipes. 1 FTB Skies 2 quest asks for Piston.

How do you craft Piston in FTB Skies 2?

PistonMod recipe

Assembler (modern_industrialization)

Motor
2× Tin Cable
any steel gear
3× any steel plate
2× any steel rod

Recipe id: modern_industrialization:assembler_generated/electric_age/component/craft/piston

PistonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
any steel plate	any steel plate	any steel plate
Tin Cable	any steel rod	any steel rod
Tin Cable	Motor	any steel gear

Recipe id: modern_industrialization:electric_age/component/craft/piston_asbl

How to make it, from scratch

Everything this needs, and everything those need, as FTB Skies 2 crafts them. Work from the bottom up.

PistonShaped crafting
- MotorShaped crafting
  - Magnetic Steel RodShaped crafting
    - RedstoneShaped crafting
      - Witch Hatkeep going from this item →
    - Steel Rod(any steel rod)nothing makes this, so find or mine it
  - Tin Cablenothing makes this, so find or mine it
  - Steel Rod(any steel rod)nothing makes this, so find or mine it
  - Copper Wire(any copper wire)Metal press (immersiveengineering)
    - Copper Plate(any copper plate)Forge hammer (modern_industrialization)
      - Copper Ingot(any copper ingot)keep going from this item →
- Tin CableShaped crafting
  - Rubber SheetVacuum freezer (modern_industrialization)
    - Styrene-Butadiene RubberChemical reactor (modern_industrialization)
      - Styrene-Butadienekeep going from this item →
      - Tiny Lead Dust(any lead tiny dust)keep going from this item →
  - Tin Wire(any tin wire)Metal press (immersiveengineering)
    - Tin Plate(any tin plate)Forge hammer (modern_industrialization)
      - Tin Double Ingotkeep going from this item →
- Steel Gear(any steel gear)Shaped crafting
  - Steel BoltForge hammer (modern_industrialization)
    - Steel Ingot(any steel ingot)nothing makes this, so find or mine it
  - Steel RingShaped crafting
    - Steel Boltnothing makes this, so find or mine it
    - Steel Rod(any steel rod)nothing makes this, so find or mine it
  - Steel Plate(any steel plate)nothing makes this, so find or mine it
- Steel Plate(any steel plate)Compressor (modern_industrialization)
  - Steel Ingot(any steel ingot)Shaped crafting
    - Steel Nugget(any steel nugget)Smelting
      - Steel Axekeep going from this item →
- Steel Rod(any steel rod)Forge hammer (modern_industrialization)
  - Steel Double IngotForge hammer (modern_industrialization)
    - Steel Ingot(any steel ingot)nothing makes this, so find or mine it