Applied Mekanistics in FTB Skies 2
FTB Skies 2 1.24.0 ships version 1.6.3 · First seen in 1.0.1
Applied Mekanistics is a mod in FTB Skies 2 1.24.0, where it is version 1.6.3. The official Mekanism support addon for AE2 (Summary from the mod's Modrinth page.)
Applied Mekanistics guide for FTB Skies 2
Last verified for FTB Skies 2 v1.24.0 on Oct 15, 2026 · text last changed Oct 15, 2026
Also applies to:All the Mods 10 0.32 to 8.3All the Mods 10: To the Sky 1.0 to 2.1.0All the Mons 0.3.0-beta to 1.3.0FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.0.3 to 1.10.0
- Sections
- 7
- Recipes shown
- 4
- Items named
- 29
- Quests covered
- 21
4 sections are written for this pack; 3 are shared from another pack's guide.
Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Skies 2 1.24.0, read from the running game on Oct 13, 2026.
What is Applied Mekanistics?
2 parts
Applied Mekanistics is the official Mekanism support addon for AE2. It requires both AE2 and Mekanism, and it lets your ME network work with Mekanism's chemicals. This pack includes version 1.6.3.[1][2]
What it adds
- Chemical support for existing AE2 devices. You can put an import bus or export bus on a chemical tank, put a storage bus on a radioactive waste barrel, attach pressurized tubes to interfaces, and use chemicals in crafting recipes.[1]
- Chemical storage cells in 1k, 4k, 16k and 64k sizes, so you can keep gases in your ME Drives.[1]
- Chemical P2P tunnels for high-throughput chemical transfer. Right click a Mekanism chemical tank on a P2P tunnel to convert it.[1]
- QIO support for the Storage Bus. Place the storage bus on the side of a QIO Dashboard and it can interact with the contents of a QIO frequency.[1]
Where the quest book puts it
The mod has no quest of its own among the quests shown for this guide. It comes up inside the "Mekanism" chapter, which sits in the "Tech Mods" group and is chapter 36 of 41 in the book. That chapter has 83 quests and starts with "Welcome To Mekanism!" quest.[3]
The mention is in "QIO Storage System" quest, which comes after the Teleportation Cores quest. It asks for the QIO Drive Array and the QIO Dashboard. Its text says Applied Mekanistics lets an ME system access a QIO storage: put a Dashboard onto an AE2 Storage Bus and set the frequency you want.[3]
The radiation quest, "Radiation and You" quest, also points your way. It recommends logistics that transfer chemicals without holding them, and names Applied Energistics as one option. The rest of the chapter's quest text is in the quest book itself, since not all of it fit here.[3]
How do you get started with Applied Mekanistics?
2 parts
Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide
Applied Mekanistics is the bridge between AE2 and Mekanism. It adds chemical support to existing AE2 devices, so you can do things like put an import bus or export bus on a chemical tank. It also adds chemical storage cells, which let you keep gasses in your ME Drives. The mod needs both AE2 and Mekanism, so your first steps here are all about chemical storage.[1]
Your first crafts, in order
- Craft an ME Chemical Cell Housing. Every chemical cell in the pack is built around it, so it is always the first thing to make. The mod's project page notes that it uses osmium ingots where you might expect iron or copper ingots, so have some osmium ready. The exact in-pack recipe is below.[1][4]
- Combine the housing with an ME Storage Component to make a chemical storage cell. The component's size sets the cell's size, so a 1k component gives you the 1k ME Chemical Storage Cell. This is the cheapest way to start storing gasses in an ME Drive.[1][4]
- Upgrade when you need more room. This pack has chemical storage cells from 1k ME Chemical Storage Cell and 4k ME Chemical Storage Cell up through 16k ME Chemical Storage Cell, 64k ME Chemical Storage Cell and 256k ME Chemical Storage Cell. Each one is the matching storage component plus a housing.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any redstone dust | ||
| any redstone dust | Empty slot | any redstone dust |
| any osmium ingot | any osmium ingot | any osmium ingot |
Recipe id: appmek:chemical_cell_housing
The housing is the base of every chemical cell in the pack.
A good first cell. The bigger sizes follow the same pattern with a bigger storage component.
Taking chemicals with you
If you want a handheld option, the pack also has portable chemical cells in the same sizes, such as the 1k Portable Chemical Cell. Its recipe uses the housing and a storage component plus a couple of extra AE2 parts, so it makes sense to make these after you have the basic cells working.[4]
The portable version of the 1k chemical cell.
How does Applied Mekanistics work?
5 parts
Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide
Applied Mekanistics is the bridge between AE2 and Mekanism. Instead of adding a pile of new machines, it teaches AE2's existing network devices to handle Mekanism chemicals, and adds storage cells so your ME system can hold them.[1]
Chemical support on AE2 devices
The mod's own description lists what this support looks like in practice. These are the setups it gives as examples:[1]
- An import bus can sit on a chemical tank.[1]
- An export bus can sit on a chemical tank.[1]
- A storage bus can sit on a radioactive waste barrel.[1]
- Pressurized tubes can attach to interfaces.[1]
- Chemicals can be used in crafting recipes.[1]
Chemical P2P tunnels
Chemical P2P Tunnels are there for high-throughput chemical transfer. To set one up, right click any Mekanism chemical tank on a P2P tunnel and it converts.[1]
QIO storage bus support
The Storage Bus can also interact with the contents of a QIO frequency. Place the storage bus on the side of a QIO Dashboard.[1]
Chemical storage cells
The mod adds chemical storage cells that go into your ME Drives, so you can store gasses in your ME system. The project page lists 1k, 4k, 16k and 64k tiers, but this pack also has a 256k ME Chemical Storage Cell, so the page is not the full picture here. The others are 1k ME Chemical Storage Cell, 4k ME Chemical Storage Cell, 16k ME Chemical Storage Cell and 64k ME Chemical Storage Cell.[1][4][5]
Every cell starts with the ME Chemical Cell Housing. Here is the in-pack recipe:[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any redstone dust | ||
| any redstone dust | Empty slot | any redstone dust |
| any osmium ingot | any osmium ingot | any osmium ingot |
Recipe id: appmek:chemical_cell_housing
You combine the housing with an ME Storage Component of the matching tier to get the finished cell. The 1k cell is the example below, and the other tiers follow the same pattern.[1][4]
Portable chemical cells
There are also portable versions in the same tiers, from 1k Portable Chemical Cell and 4k Portable Chemical Cell up through 16k Portable Chemical Cell and 64k Portable Chemical Cell to 256k Portable Chemical Cell. Each one is crafted from the housing together with a matching storage component, an ME Chest and an Energy Cell. Here is the 1k version:[4][5]
Unverified The sources here do not show transfer rates, power use or how many chemical types a cell can hold. No config files for this mod were found in the pack, so none of those settings can be confirmed here.
How do you progress through Applied Mekanistics?
2 parts
In this pack, Applied Mekanistics shows up as a set of ME chemical cell recipes, and as one mention in the Mekanism quest chapter, among the quests whose text is shown here.[3][6]
The cell tiers
Everything starts with ME Chemical Cell Housing. The recipe dump marks the recipes below as mod recipes.[6]
Crafting Shaped
| any redstone dust | ||
| any redstone dust | Empty slot | any redstone dust |
| any osmium ingot | any osmium ingot | any osmium ingot |
Recipe id: appmek:chemical_cell_housing
The ME Chemical Storage Cells come in these sizes, and each size has its own recipe:[6]
- 1k ME Chemical Storage Cell[6]
- 4k ME Chemical Storage Cell[6]
- 16k ME Chemical Storage Cell[6]
- 64k ME Chemical Storage Cell[6]
- 256k ME Chemical Storage Cell[6]
The 4k, 16k and 64k cells each have their own recipe following the same pattern.
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: appmek:chemical_storage_cell_256k
The top size, 256k, uses the same pattern as the smaller cells.
The portable versions come in the same sizes, from 1k Portable Chemical Cell up to 256k Portable Chemical Cell, with 4k Portable Chemical Cell, 16k Portable Chemical Cell and 64k Portable Chemical Cell in between.[6]
Each portable size has its own recipe.
Where the quest book comes in
The Mekanism chapter sits in the Tech Mods group (chapter 36 of 41 in the book) and has 83 quests. It opens with "Welcome To Mekanism!" quest. Among the quests whose text is shown here, the one that names Applied Mekanistics is "QIO Storage System" quest. The text of 2 of the chapter's 83 quests is not shown in the sources here, so check the quest book for those.[3]
This is the order the quest book lists on the way to that QIO quest:[3]
- The book lists "Welcome To Mekanism!" quest first, then "Generating Power" quest and "The Metallurgic Infuser" quest after it.[3]
- "Redstone Infusion" quest comes after the Infuser quest and asks for the alloy and the basic and advanced control circuits.[3]
- "Carbon Infusion" quest is followed by "Machine Casings" quest, then "The Enrichment Chamber" quest and "Diamond Infusions" quest.[3]
- "Reinforced Alloy" quest comes after Diamond Infusions, and "Elite Control Circuit" quest comes after it.[3]
- "Atomic Alloys" quest comes after both "Reinforced Alloy" quest and "Refined Obsidian Dust" quest. "Ultimate Control Circuit" quest comes after Atomic Alloys and the Elite circuit.[3]
- "Teleportation Cores" quest comes after the Ultimate circuit, "QIO Storage System" quest comes after that, and "QIO Drives" quest follows it.[3]
The chapter also has two chemical quests: "Basic Chemical Tank" quest, which the book lists right after the welcome quest, and "Basic Pressurized Tube" quest, which it lists after carbon infusion.[3]
How does Applied Mekanistics work with other mods?
4 parts
Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide
Applied Mekanistics is described as the official Mekanism support addon for AE2. In this pack, its recipes are built from AE2 parts plus a material tagged as osmium, which is the link between the two mods. Everything below comes from the recipes the pack ships.[1][4]
The chemical cell housing
Every chemical cell starts with the ME Chemical Cell Housing. Its recipe uses Quartz Glass from AE2, redstone dust and any item tagged as an osmium ingot. The mod's own description says osmium ingots take the place of the iron or copper ingots you might expect.[1][4]
Crafting Shaped
| any redstone dust | ||
| any redstone dust | Empty slot | any redstone dust |
| any osmium ingot | any osmium ingot | any osmium ingot |
Recipe id: appmek:chemical_cell_housing
The recipe takes any redstone dust and any osmium ingot, not one specific item.
Chemical storage cells
To turn a housing into a cell, combine it with an AE2 storage component. This is a shapeless recipe, so the layout doesn't matter. Each chemical storage cell uses the AE2 component of the matching tier:[4]
- 1k ME Chemical Storage Cell, made with 1k ME Storage Component[4]
- 4k ME Chemical Storage Cell, made with 4k ME Storage Component[4]
- 16k ME Chemical Storage Cell, made with 16k ME Storage Component[4]
- 64k ME Chemical Storage Cell, made with 64k ME Storage Component[4]
- 256k ME Chemical Storage Cell, made with 256k ME Storage Component[4]
This is the 1k tier. The other tiers swap in the matching AE2 storage component.
Portable chemical cells
The portable versions, such as 1k Portable Chemical Cell and 256k Portable Chemical Cell, need more AE2 parts. Besides the housing and a storage component, the recipe also uses an ME Chest and an Energy Cell. They are available in the same tiers as the regular cells.[4]
This is the 1k tier. Higher tiers use the matching storage component.
Cell upgrade recipes
The pack also registers a cell_upgrade recipe for each chemical storage cell and portable chemical cell. They use the AE2 storage cell disassembly recipe type and list the same ingredients as the crafting recipes above.[4]
Which FTB Skies 2 quests use Applied Mekanistics?
2 parts
Applied Mekanistics doesn't have a quest chapter of its own in this pack. It gets a single mention, inside the Mekanism chapter, which sits in the Tech Mods group of the quest book.[3]
QIO Storage System
The mention is in "QIO Storage System" quest. It asks you to hand in a QIO Drive Array and a QIO Dashboard. The quest explains that the QIO system is Mekanism's wireless, power-free and expandable digital storage, and that items can be reached from any QIO Dashboard connected to the frequency of a QIO Drive Array.[3]
This is where the mod comes in: the quest says Applied Mekanistics lets an ME System access a QIO storage. You place a Dashboard onto an AE2 Storage Bus and set the frequency you want.[3]
Where it sits in the book
You reach the QIO Storage System quest after "Teleportation Cores" quest, and that one comes after "Ultimate Control Circuit" quest. So you'll want your high-tier control circuits sorted before you get here.[3]
Three quests unlock once you finish it:[3]
- "QIO Drives" quest asks for the base, hyper-dense, time-dilating and supermassive QIO drives: QIO Drive, Hyper-Dense QIO Drive, Time-Dilating QIO Drive and Supermassive QIO Drive. It notes that up to ten drives fit in each Drive Array.[3]
- "Portable QIO Dashboard" quest asks for the Portable QIO Dashboard, so you can reach your storage without placing a Dashboard down.[3]
- "QIO Importing & Exporting" quest asks for the QIO Importer, QIO Exporter and QIO Redstone Adapter.[3]
What changed in Applied Mekanistics between versions?
FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 ships Applied Mekanistics 1.6.3. The mod has been in the pack since FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 or earlier, so it's been part of the modpack for a long time.[2]
The mod's own release notes for 1.6.2 and 1.6.3 are published on its GitHub release pages. If you want the full list of what changed between those two versions, that's the place to look.[7][8]
Unverified The individual changes in Applied Mekanistics 1.6.2 and 1.6.3 could not be confirmed from the material available for this guide, and there are no pack changelog entries for this mod, so no specific changes are listed here.
Sources
- Applied Mekanistics project page (modrinth) · official mod data
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 mod list · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 quests: "Mekanism" · pack file
- All the Mods 10 8.1 recipe dump: recipes making Applied Mekanistics items · pack recipe dump
- appmek tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 recipe dump: recipes making Applied Mekanistics items · pack recipe dump
- Applied Mekanistics 1.6.3 changelog · changelog
- Applied Mekanistics 1.6.2 changelog · changelog
Where this guide comes from
Written from what FTB Skies 2 itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.
Guide last verified Oct 15, 2026.
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Version in each release
44 releases, first in 1.0.1
| FTB Skies 2 | Version | Jar | Where it came from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.24.0 Oct 12, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.23.0 Sep 24, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.22.0 Sep 3, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.21.1 Jul 29, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.20.1 Jul 29, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.20.0 Jul 27, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.19.0 Jul 24, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.18.2 Jun 21, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.18.1 Jun 16, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.18.0 May 31, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.17.0 May 27, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.16.0 May 13, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.15.0 May 1, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.14.3 Apr 1, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.14.2 Apr 1, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.14.1 Mar 27, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.14.0 Mar 21, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.13.4 Feb 27, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.13.3 Feb 19, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.13.2 Feb 17, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.13.1 Feb 13, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.13.0 Feb 12, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.12.0 Jan 6, 2026 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.11.0 Dec 10, 2025 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.10.2 Nov 24, 2025 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.10.1 Nov 20, 2025 | 1.6.3 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.3.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9.2 Oct 7, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9.1 Sep 29, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9.0 Sep 22, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.8.0 Aug 27, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.7.0 Aug 23, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.6.1 Aug 8, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.6.0 Aug 6, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.5.2 Jul 24, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.5.1 Jul 23, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.5.0 Jul 22, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.4.1 Jul 15, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.4.0 Jul 15, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.3.1 Jul 9, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.3.0 Jul 8, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.2.0 Jul 6, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.1.1 Jul 2, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.1.0 Jul 1, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
| 1.0.1 Jul 1, 2025 | 1.6.2 | Applied-Mekanistics-1.6.2.jar | From the published release |
"From pack files" means the list came from the pack's own files; "from the published release" means ForgeBase read the jars of the release itself.
Items and blocks
12 items from the 1.24.0 recipe dump.
ME Chemical Cell Housing
Chemical P2P Tunnel
16k ME Chemical Storage Cell
1k ME Chemical Storage Cell
256k ME Chemical Storage Cell
4k ME Chemical Storage Cell
64k ME Chemical Storage Cell
16k Portable Chemical Cell
1k Portable Chemical Cell
256k Portable Chemical Cell
4k Portable Chemical Cell
64k Portable Chemical Cell
Which FTB Skies 2 mods work with Applied Mekanistics?
The FTB Skies 2 mods that share the most recipes with Applied Mekanistics. Highlighted ones have a guide.
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