Connected Glass guide for FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 to 1.17.0
Connected Glass guide for FTB Skies 2
Last verified for FTB Skies 2 v1.17.0 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 8, 2026
A newer release (1.24.0) is out Guide for the current version
Also applies to:All the Mods 10 0.61 to 7.2All the Mons 0.3.0-beta to 1.1.1FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.0.3 to 1.10.0
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- Recipes shown
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- Items named
- 17
2 sections are written for this pack; 4 are shared from another pack's guide.
Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Skies 2 1.17.0's own files.
What is Connected Glass?
2 parts
Connected Glass is a building and decoration mod. It adds new glass blocks whose textures connect to neighbouring blocks, so a big window looks like one clean pane of glass instead of a grid of separate squares.[1]
It doesn't touch vanilla glass. You get extra blocks alongside the vanilla ones, so you can still use the vanilla textures wherever you like.[1]
The glass types
The mod adds 4 glass types. Each one comes in all 16 colors, and every type also has panes.[1]
- Connecting Glass: the regular glass textures, but touching blocks connect.[1]
- Clear Glass: clear versions of the regular glass textures.[1]
- Scratched Glass: the old programmer-art glass textures.[1]
- Tinted Glass: connecting, colored versions of the tinted glass textures.[1]
Who it's for
This one is for builders. If you're putting together a base, a greenhouse or a sky-island showpiece and want seamless windows in any color, Connected Glass has you covered. It's purely cosmetic, so you don't need it to progress.[1]
The pack ships Connected Glass 1.1.14, built for NeoForge on Minecraft 1.21. It has been in the pack since version 1.0.1 or earlier.[2]
If you want connected textures on vanilla glass instead, the mod's own page points you to Fusion with one of the resource packs listed on Fusion's mod page.[1]
Unverified The sources don't show where Connected Glass fits into the pack's progression, and they don't show any recipe changes by the pack. Check the crafting recipes in-game before you plan a build around it. This site does hold FTB Skies 2's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.
How do you get started with Connected Glass?
3 parts
Same as in the All the Mods 10 7.2 guide
Connected Glass is a building mod. It adds new glass blocks whose textures join up when you place them side by side, so big windows look like one clean sheet instead of a grid of framed squares. It doesn't touch vanilla glass. It adds extra blocks, so you keep the vanilla look whenever you want it.[1]
You'll run into 4 glass types. Each one comes in all 16 colors, and every block also has a pane version.[1]
- Connecting Glass uses the regular glass textures, but blocks that touch connect.[1]
- Clear Glass is a clear version of the regular glass textures.[1]
- Scratched Glass brings back the old programmer art glass textures.[1]
- Tinted Glass has connecting, colored versions of the tinted glass textures, and it stops light from passing through.[1]
Step 1: Make your first colored Connecting Glass
Start by picking a color for your build and making the full block, like Connecting Blue Stained Glass. In this pack each colored Connecting Glass block has more than one crafting recipe. One starts from plain Connecting Glass, so check each recipe and use whichever matches what's already in your chests.[3]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_blue1
Blue shown as an example; every color follows the same pattern.
Crafting Shaped
| any blue dye | ||
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_blue2
Step 2: Turn it into panes
Next, make panes for your window frames and thinner details. Each colored pane, like Connecting Blue Stained Glass Pane, has several recipes in this pack. One is made from the full connecting block you just crafted, which is why it pays to make blocks first. Another dyes a plain Connecting Glass Pane.[3]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_blue_pane1
Crafting Shaped
| any blue dye | ||
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_blue_pane2
Crafting Shaped
6 × Connecting Blue Stained Glass
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_blue_pane3
Step 3: Branch out into other colors
Once one color works, the others follow the same setup. For example, Connecting Black Stained Glass, Connecting Cyan Stained Glass and Connecting Lime Stained Glass each have matching block and pane recipes. Look up the color you want and you're set.[3]
Unverified The recipe for plain, uncolored Connecting Glass and the recipes for Clear, Scratched and Tinted Glass weren't in the recipe excerpt available for this guide, so they aren't shown here. The number of blocks or panes each recipe gives is also unconfirmed. Check the in-game recipe viewer for those. This site does hold FTB Skies 2's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.
How does Connected Glass work?
2 parts
Same as in the All the Mons 1.1.1 guide
Connected Glass is a purely decorative mod, so there are no machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or item automation to learn. Everything it does is about glass blocks whose textures join up when they touch.[1]
The four glass types
The mod adds 4 new types of glass block. Each one comes in all 16 colors, and every block also has a matching pane.[1]
- Connecting Glass: the regular glass textures, but touching blocks connect, like Connecting Glass and Connecting Glass Pane.[1][4]
- Clear Glass: clear versions of the regular glass textures.[1][4]
- Scratched Glass: the old programmer art glass textures.[1][4]
- Tinted Glass: connecting, colored versions of the tinted glass textures. Tinted glass prevents light from passing through.[1][4]
Vanilla glass is not changed. The mod adds extra blocks next to it, so you can still use the vanilla textures whenever you like.[1]
Crafting and dyeing
Everything here is made in the crafting grid. The pack's recipe dump lists 119 shaped recipes that turn Connected Glass items into other Connected Glass items. It also lists 35 shaped recipes that turn vanilla items into Connected Glass blocks.[5]
Black is a good example of the pattern. A vanilla black stained glass block gives you 4 Connecting Black Stained Glass.[5]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_black1
You can also dye plain connecting glass, which gives 8 of the colored blocks per craft.[5]
Crafting Shaped
| any black dye | ||
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_black2
To get panes from a colored block, craft it into 16 panes at once.[5]
Crafting Shaped
6 × Connecting Black Stained Glass
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_black_pane3
Unverified The sources do not describe any other mechanics for this mod beyond the glass blocks, panes and their recipes. No config options for it are listed in the pack.
How do you progress through Connected Glass?
3 parts
Same as in the All the Mods 10 7.2 guide
Connected Glass has no tech tiers to climb. Every block in this pack comes from a crafting table recipe, and each one is the mod's own recipe rather than a pack-specific change. The progression is really a set of conversion routes: turn ordinary glass into its connecting version, then branch out into colours and panes.[3]
Step 1: Clear connecting glass and panes
Your base block is Connecting Glass, and every coloured version can branch off it. For panes you have two routes. You can convert a vanilla glass pane directly into Connecting Glass Pane, or you can craft panes from your Connecting Glass blocks.[3]
Crafting Shaped
4 × Glass Pane
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_pane1
Converts a vanilla glass pane
Crafting Shaped
6 × Connecting Glass
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_pane3
Makes panes from Connecting Glass blocks
Step 2: Stained connecting glass
Each colour of stained connecting glass has two recipes. You can convert the matching vanilla stained glass, or you can dye your clear Connecting Glass. The dye slot accepts any item in the matching colour dye tag, so dyes from other mods in the pack should work as long as they're tagged for that colour.[3]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_blue1
Converts vanilla blue stained glass
Crafting Shaped
| any blue dye | ||
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_blue2
Dyes clear Connecting Glass blue
The same two routes exist for the other colours, for example Connecting Black Stained Glass, Connecting Cyan Stained Glass, Connecting Lime Stained Glass, Connecting Magenta Stained Glass and Connecting Purple Stained Glass. Their recipes follow the same naming pattern, ending in 1 for the vanilla conversion and 2 for the dye recipe.[3]
Step 3: Stained connecting panes
Coloured panes give you the most options, with up to three routes each. You can convert the vanilla stained glass pane of that colour, dye a clear Connecting Glass Pane, or craft panes from the matching stained connecting glass block.[3]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_green_pane1
Converts a vanilla green stained glass pane
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | ||
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_green_pane2
Dyes a clear Connecting Glass Pane green
Crafting Shaped
6 × Connecting Green Stained Glass
Recipe id: connectedglass:borderless_glass_green_pane3
Makes panes from Connecting Green Stained Glass
Unverified The recipe dump shown here is truncated, so the exact recipe for clear Connecting Glass itself, and any other glass styles the mod may add in this pack, could not be confirmed.
How does Connected Glass work with other mods?
1 part
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide
The one link between Connected Glass and another mod in this pack is a set of stonecutting recipes the pack adds. They turn Connected Glass blocks into the matching glass trapdoors from Glassential.[6]
Connecting glass to glass trapdoors
Each recipe turns a Connected Glass block into the trapdoor in the same colour. For example, Connecting Black Stained Glass becomes Black Glass Trapdoor, and Connecting Tinted Glass becomes Tinted Glass Trapdoor.[6]
Stonecutting
Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/glassential_black_glass_trapdoor
One of the pack's stonecutting recipes, turning black connecting glass into a trapdoor.
Stonecutting
Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/glassential_tinted_glass_trapdoor
The tinted variant is also a stonecutting recipe added by the pack.
The pack covers every colour of connecting stained glass, plus the connecting tinted glass. A few more examples:[6]
- Connecting Light Blue Stained Glass gives Light Blue Glass Trapdoor.[6]
- Connecting Lime Stained Glass gives Lime Glass Trapdoor.[6]
- Connecting White Stained Glass gives White Glass Trapdoor.[6]
Connected Glass adds new glass blocks with connecting textures and does not change vanilla glass. Vanilla glass stays available alongside the connecting versions.[1]
What changed in Connected Glass between versions?
2 parts
FTB Skies 2 1.17.0 ships Connected Glass 1.1.14, and the mod was first included in the pack in version 1.0.1 or earlier. Here are the notable changes from the mod's own changelog, newest first.[2]
Connected Glass 1.1.14 (the version in this pack)
- The texture atlas size of Connected Glass textures was significantly reduced.[7]
- Side section textures of pane blocks now only connect up/down when the pane above or below also has that side section.[7]
- Spanish translations were updated.[7]
- Ukrainian translations were updated.[7]
Earlier releases
Sources
- Connected Glass project page (modrinth) · official mod data
- FTB Skies 2 1.17.0 mod list · pack file
- All the Mods 10 7.2 recipe dump: recipes making Connected Glass items · pack recipe dump
- connectedglass names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- All the Mons 1.1.1 recipe dump: recipes making Connected Glass items · pack recipe dump
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 recipe dump: recipes connecting Connected Glass with other mods · pack recipe dump
- Connected Glass 1.1.14 changelog · changelog
- Connected Glass 1.1.13 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 17, 2026.
Guides for other versions: 1.18.0 to 1.24.0