Create: Connected guide for FTB Skies 2 1.8.0 to 1.16.0
Create: Connected guide for FTB Skies 2
Last verified for FTB Skies 2 v1.16.0 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026
A newer release (1.24.0) is out Guide for the current version
Also applies to:FTB StoneBlock 4 1.1.1 to 1.23.0
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- Recipes shown
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- Items named
- 55
Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Skies 2 1.16.0's own files.
What is Create: Connected?
Create: Connected is an add-on for Create, and the pack ships version 1.1.16-mc1.21.1 of it. It has been in the pack since 1.8.0 or earlier, so if you've been playing for a while, it's likely already in your world.[1]
The mod's own in-game guide says it has a Crowdin page for translations. If you'd like to help translate it, that's the place to contribute.[2]
Unverified The sources I have don't describe the mod's items, blocks or mechanics, so I can't say here what it adds or who benefits most from it. They also don't show where it fits in the pack's progression, whether it is on the ATM Star path, or whether any quests involve it.
How do you get started with Create: Connected?
4 parts
Create: Connected adds extra gadgets on top of Create, including gearboxes, clutches, copycat blocks and fan catalysts. Every recipe for the mod that appears in this pack's recipe dump is marked as changed by the pack, so trust the recipe blocks below and not the recipes from other packs.[3][4]
The sources give no official progression order for the mod, so the order below is a practical one based on what each item does.[3][4]
Start with the Cross Connector
The Cross Connector relays rotation in two directions independently, so it is a simple way to run two separate lines of rotation through one spot.[3][4]
Gearbox upgrades
The 6-way Gearbox has a recipe that starts from a regular Create gearbox, so you can upgrade gearboxes you already have.[3]
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/six_way_gearbox_from_gearbox
The Brass Gearbox lets you configure the rotation direction of all 4 sides independently.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/brass_gearbox
Vertical variants, such as the Vertical 6-way Gearbox and the Vertical Brass Gearbox, are made by converting the regular version with a recipe. The reverse conversions exist too, so you can switch between them.[3]
Control and protect your network
The Centrifugal Clutch is only coupled if the input RPM is faster than a configurable threshold. That makes it a neat way to start a machine only once your power source is up to speed.[3][4]
Crafting Shapeless
Andesite Casing
Shaft
- any iron plate
Speedometer
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/centrifugal_clutch
The mod also has an Overstress Clutch. It has its own advancement, which asks you to trigger one.[4]
Crafting Shapeless
- any iron plate
Electron Tube
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/overstress_clutch
Decorate with copycats
Copycat blocks apply the item you hold as their material. Click again to cycle orientation or powered state, and use a Wrench to reset the material.[4]
The Copycat Slab can be made from a Create copycat panel, and it can also be placed vertically. Slabs can then be turned into a Copycat Block.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/palettes/copycat_slab_from_panels
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/palettes/copycat_block_from_slabs
How does Create: Connected work?
7 parts
Create: Connected mostly extends Create's rotation network with extra gearboxes, clutches, power sources and logistics blocks. This page covers how those pieces behave in this pack, and where the pack's configs or recipes differ from what you may expect.[4][5]
Gearboxes and relays
The Brass Gearbox is a gearbox where the rotation direction of all 4 sides can be configured independently. The Cross Connector relays rotation in two directions independently. The Six-Way Gearbox has shafts on all 6 sides, and its top and bottom spin at half speed.[3][4]
The pack changed the Brass Gearbox recipe, so check the one below rather than relying on the mod's default. You can also convert a Vertical Brass Gearbox back into a regular Brass Gearbox.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/brass_gearbox
The Encased Chain Cogwheel is a Chain Drive with an extra cogwheel. It connects to other chained components in a row, and all shafts connected this way rotate in the same direction. Regular cogwheels can connect to it anywhere in the row, and any part of the row can be rotated by 90 degrees.[3][4]
In the pack's server config, the stress impact of the Brass Gearbox (stressValues.v1.impact.brass_gearbox), the Six-Way Gearbox (stressValues.v1.impact.six_way_gearbox), the Parallel Gearbox (stressValues.v1.impact.parallel_gearbox), the Encased Chain Cogwheel (stressValues.v1.impact.encased_chain_cogwheel) and the Inverted Gearshift (stressValues.v1.impact.inverted_gearshift) is 0 in each case.[4][6]
Clutches, brakes and overstress protection
- Centrifugal Clutch: only coupled if the input RPM is faster than a configurable threshold.[3][4]
- Freewheel Clutch: only coupled if the input spins in the correct direction, as configured.[3][4]
- Overstress Clutch: uncouples after a set delay when the network is overstressed. Right-click it with a Wrench to reset it to the coupled state.[4]
- Shear Pin: a single-use connector that breaks when the network is overstressed.[4]
- Brake: produces immense stress when powered, halting the network by overstressing it.[3][4]
The pack sets a powered Brake's stress impact to 16,384 stress units through stressValues.v1.brakeActiveStress. That matches the mod default.[6]
The pack changed this recipe.
Generating and storing rotation
The Crank Wheel lets you apply rotational force by hand. Hold Right-Click to rotate it counter-clockwise, or sneak and hold Right-Click to rotate it clockwise.[4]
In the pack's server config, the stress capacity of the Crank Wheel is 8 (stressValues.v1.capacity.crank_wheel) and the Large Crank Wheel is also 8 (stressValues.v1.capacity.large_crank_wheel).[6]
The Kinetic Battery stores rotation as energy. The pack caps it at 512 su-hours through batteryCapacity, and it discharges at 64 RPM according to batteryDischargeRPM. Both match the mod defaults.[6]
The battery's stress capacity is 32 (stressValues.v1.capacity.kinetic_battery) and its stress impact is 64 (stressValues.v1.impact.kinetic_battery) in this pack's server config.[6]
Fluid Vessel
The Fluid Vessel is a horizontal fluid tank, and it is less efficient than Create's tank when used as a boiler. Right-click it with a Wrench to cycle window shapes.[3][4]
These server config options tune the boiler behavior. All of them sit at the mod defaults in this pack.[6]
- vesselMaxLevel limits the maximum boiler level, and is set to 18.[6]
- vesselHeatMultiplier modifies the heat level when a vessel is used as a boiler, and is set to 0.5.[6]
- vesselBoilerStressMultiplier modifies the stress output of a vessel boiler, and is set to 0.8125.[6]
The pack changed the Fluid Vessel recipe. You can also convert an existing Fluid Tank straight into a vessel.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any copper plate | any wooden barrel | any copper plate |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/fluid_vessel
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/fluid_vessel_from_conversion
Item handling
The Item Silo is a vertical item vault.[4]
The Inventory Access Port helps when space is tight. Ports extend an inventory so that attached components can access it as if they were directly connected. You can attach multiple ports to one inventory. Ports do not add storage space, cannot be daisy-chained, and can be disabled with redstone.[4]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/inventory_access_port
The Inventory Bridge connects two inventories. In this pack it is crafted from a single Inventory Access Port.[3][4]
Fan catalysts
The Empty Fan Catalyst takes inserted material to catalyze fan processing. Each filled catalyst is a dedicated bulk-processing device, and its contents do not interact with the environment. The washing, blasting, haunting and smoking catalysts are the ones not marked as for compatible mods. The ending, enriched, freezing, sanding, superheating (seething) and withering catalysts are for compatible mods.[3][4]
The pack changed the Empty Fan Catalyst recipe. Every filled catalyst, such as the Fan Blasting Catalyst or Fan Haunting Catalyst, can be turned back into an empty one through its own recipe.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any brass ingots | any brass ingots | |
| Empty slot | ||
| any brass ingots | any brass ingots |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/empty_fan_catalyst
Redstone and copycats
The Sequenced Pulse Generator has loop and wait instructions. Wait until input changes pauses the sequence, Repeat sequence X times loops it a set number of times, and Repeat sequence if input matches loops it conditionally.[4]
The pack leaves the wildcard Redstone Link feature on. However, allowDualWildcardLink is set to false, so a Redstone Link cannot have wildcards in both slots. Changing it requires a restart.[5][6]
Copycats apply your held item as their material when possible. Click again to cycle orientation or powered state, and use a Wrench to reset the material. The pack's config is set to migrate copycats to Create: Copycats+ when they receive a block update or when their block entities are initialized.[4][5]
How do you progress through Create: Connected?
6 parts
Every Create: Connected recipe shown in the pack's recipe data is marked as changed by the pack, so don't rely on the mod's defaults. The recipe blocks below show the exact in-pack versions. The tiers here follow the Create parts each recipe builds on.[3]
Early tier: Andesite casing and shafts
The earliest pieces use andesite casing. That covers the Brake, the Freewheel Clutch, the Centrifugal Clutch and the 6-way Gearbox. The Crank Wheel and Large Crank Wheel are shapeless crafts built on the Create hand crank.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
| Empty slot |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/six_way_gearbox
This is the in-pack 6-way Gearbox recipe, and it uses andesite casing.
Crafting Shapeless
- any iron plate
Cogwheel
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/freewheel_clutch
The Freewheel Clutch is another andesite casing recipe.
The Brake is shapeless and also starts from andesite casing.
Conversions from Create parts
Several Connected blocks are one-step shapeless conversions of a Create block. The Inverted Clutch comes from a clutch, and the Inverted Gearshift comes from a gearshift. The Linked Transmitter comes from a redstone link. The Item Silo and Fluid Vessel can be converted from an item vault and a fluid tank. The vertical gearbox variants convert from their regular versions, and the pack also has recipes that convert them back.[3]
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/inverted_clutch_from_conversion
One clutch converts straight into an Inverted Clutch.
Copycats
The Connected copycat shapes are stonecutting recipes in this pack: the Copycat Block, Copycat Slab, Copycat Stairs, Copycat Beam, Copycat Board, Copycat Fence, Copycat Fence Gate, Copycat Wall and Copycat Vertical Step. The Copycat Box and Copycat Catwalk have their own recipes, shown below.[3]
Stonecutting
- any zinc ingot
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/palettes/copycat_board
The Copycat Board is made by stonecutting.
Crafting Shaped
6 × Copycat Board
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/palettes/copycat_box
This is the in-pack Copycat Box recipe.
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/palettes/copycat_catwalk
This is the in-pack Copycat Catwalk recipe.
Next tier: Brass casing and electronics
The next group builds on brass casing, and some recipes also need electron tubes or a precision mechanism. This group includes the Kinetic Bridge, the Kinetic Battery and the Inventory Access Port. The Inventory Bridge is made directly from an Inventory Access Port. The Sequenced Pulse Generator uses a Control Chip, an electron tube and brass plates. The Overstress Clutch sits between the tiers, because it combines andesite casing with an electron tube.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any iron plate | any iron plate |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/kinetic_battery
The Kinetic Battery needs brass casing and a precision mechanism.
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
| any brass plates | ||
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/sequenced_pulse_generator
The Sequenced Pulse Generator takes a Control Chip.
Storage and fluids
If you don't want to convert a vault or tank, the Item Silo and Fluid Vessel also have direct shaped recipes.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron plate | any wooden barrel | any iron plate |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/item_silo
This is the direct crafting recipe for the Item Silo.
Crafting Shaped
| any copper plate | any wooden barrel | any copper plate |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/fluid_vessel
This is the direct crafting recipe for the Fluid Vessel.
Fan catalysts
Every fan catalyst starts from the Empty Fan Catalyst. The Fan Blasting Catalyst is shown above, and the recipes below cover the Fan Washing Catalyst, the Fan Freezing Catalyst and the ending catalysts (Fan Ending Catalyst with Dragon Head and Fan Ending Catalyst with Dragon's Breath). Each filled catalyst shown in the pack data also has a shapeless recipe that turns it back into an empty one.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any brass ingots | any brass ingots | |
| Empty slot | ||
| any brass ingots | any brass ingots |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/empty_fan_catalyst
This is the in-pack recipe for the Empty Fan Catalyst, and it uses brass.
Filling (create)
Recipe id: create_connected:filling/fan_blasting_catalyst
Filling an Empty Fan Catalyst with lava gives the Fan Blasting Catalyst.
Filling (create)
Recipe id: create_connected:filling/fan_splashing_catalyst
Filling an Empty Fan Catalyst gives the Fan Washing Catalyst.
Item Application (create)
Recipe id: create_connected:item_application/freezing_catalyst_from_empty
Applying an item to an Empty Fan Catalyst gives the Fan Freezing Catalyst.
Item Application (create)
Recipe id: create_connected:item_application/ending_catalyst_dragon_head_from_empty
Applying an item to an Empty Fan Catalyst gives the dragon head ending catalyst.
Item Application (create)
Recipe id: create_connected:item_application/ending_catalyst_dragons_breath_from_empty
This is one way to make the Dragon's Breath ending catalyst.
How does Create: Connected work with other mods?
5 parts
Almost every connection between Create: Connected and other mods in this pack runs through Create itself. The recipe dump also shows a few links to other mods. All of the recipes below are marked as changed by the pack, so don't assume they match the mod's defaults.[3]
Swapping between Create and Connected blocks
Several Connected blocks have one-step conversion recipes with Create blocks. You can turn a Clutch into an Inverted Clutch and back again. The same goes for Gearshift and Inverted Gearshift, and for Fluid Tank and Fluid Vessel. Item Vault and Item Silo convert both ways too, as do Redstone Link and Linked Transmitter.[3]
The copycat blocks connect the same way. Copycat Step and Copycat Vertical Step convert into each other. Copycat Slab can be made from either a Copycat Panel or a Copycat Step.[3]
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/fluid_vessel_from_conversion
One of the conversion recipes: a Create fluid tank becomes a Fluid Vessel.
Create parts that Connected builds on
Most Connected kinetic parts are crafted from Create components. That includes the Crank Wheel, Large Crank Wheel, Parallel Gearbox, 6-way Gearbox, Cross Connector, Brass Gearbox and Encased Chain Cogwheel. The Inventory Access Port and Kinetic Bridge also use Create parts.[3]
Several of the clutch-style blocks and the Brake also use plain Minecraft materials or a plate tag. The Centrifugal Clutch, Freewheel Clutch and Overstress Clutch each take any iron plate. The brake takes obsidian and redstone.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any iron plate | any iron plate |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/kinetic_battery
This one uses a Create precision mechanism, redstone and any iron plate.
Control Chip and the Sequenced Pulse Generator
The Control Chip is made with Create's sequenced assembly. The dump shows it using an Electron Tube, redstone and any gold plate. The output list also includes the Gold Plate and Iron Plate.[3]
Sequenced Assembly (create)
4× Incomplete Control Chip
Redstone
- any gold plate
Recipe id: create_connected:sequenced_assembly/control_chip
You then need that chip for the Sequenced Pulse Generator. The recipe also calls for a redstone torch, any brass plate and any stone.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
| any brass plates | ||
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: create_connected:crafting/kinetics/sequenced_pulse_generator
Dragon's Breath fan catalyst
One recipe links Create: Connected to a different mod. You make the Fan Ending Catalyst with Dragon's Breath by applying a Dragon's Breath Bucket to an Empty Fan Catalyst.[3]
Item Application (create)
Recipe id: create_connected:item_application/ending_catalyst_dragons_breath_from_empty
Shear Pin
The Shear Pin is made by cutting a Shaft with Create's cutting recipe.[3]
Unverified Quest information for these connections is not shown in the sources here. The pack's quest book is where any questline involving Create: Connected would be told.
Which Create: Connected config options matter?
6 parts
Create: Connected keeps its feature toggles in a common config file and its tunable numbers in a server config file. Wherever the server file lists a mod default, this pack's value matches it. So the pack hasn't changed any of the tuned values below, and you can treat them as the mod's normal behavior.[5][6]
Kinetic Battery
- batteryCapacity is 512 su-hours, the same as the mod default.[6]
- batteryDischargeRPM is 64 RPM while discharging, also the mod default.[6]
- The pack sets the battery's stress capacity (stressValues.v1.capacity.kinetic_battery) to 32 and its stress impact (stressValues.v1.impact.kinetic_battery) to 64. The file doesn't list a mod default for either of these options.[6]
Fluid Vessel as a boiler
- vesselMaxLevel caps the boiler level at 18, the mod default.[6]
- vesselHeatMultiplier is 0.5, the mod default.[6]
- vesselBoilerStressMultiplier is 0.8125, the mod default.[6]
Stress values
stressValues.v1.brakeActiveStress is 16,384 stress units for a powered brake, matching the mod default. The brake's base impact (stressValues.v1.impact.brake) is 0.[6]
These components all have a stress impact of 0 in this pack: stressValues.v1.impact.brass_gearbox, stressValues.v1.impact.parallel_gearbox, stressValues.v1.impact.six_way_gearbox, stressValues.v1.impact.centrifugal_clutch, stressValues.v1.impact.freewheel_clutch, stressValues.v1.impact.inverted_clutch, stressValues.v1.impact.overstress_clutch, stressValues.v1.impact.inverted_gearshift, stressValues.v1.impact.shear_pin and stressValues.v1.impact.encased_chain_cogwheel.[6]
On the generator side, stressValues.v1.capacity.crank_wheel and stressValues.v1.capacity.large_crank_wheel are each set to 8.[6]
Redstone links and schematics
- allowDualWildcardLink is false, so a Redstone Link can't have wildcards in both slots. Changing it needs a restart.[6]
- schematicsNestingDepth allows 5 sub-folders for schematics, the mod default.[6]
- applicationRemainingItemFix is enabled, so you get remaining items back after manual application.[6]
Feature toggles
Every category toggle is true: feature_categories.kinetic, feature_categories.logistics, feature_categories.redstone, feature_categories.palette and feature_categories.copycats. Every individual feature toggle listed in the file is true as well, so nothing from the mod is disabled.[5]
Copycat migration
migrateCopycatsOnBlockUpdate and migrateCopycatsOnInitialize are both true. They migrate copycats to Create: Copycats+ when a copycat receives a block update or when its block entity is initialized. The copycat category description also says to install Create: Copycats+ to upgrade.[5]
What changed in Create: Connected between versions?
FTB Skies 2 1.16.0 ships Create: Connected 1.1.16 for Minecraft 1.21.1. The mod was first included in FTB Skies 2 1.8.0 or earlier.[1]
The changelog entry for the mod's 1.1.6 release for Minecraft 1.21.1 points to a more detailed changelog on the mod's GitHub repository. That is the place to look for a full list of changes between mod versions.[7]
Unverified No pack changelog entries for this mod were available, so what changed for Create: Connected between individual FTB Skies 2 releases is unverified.
Sources
- FTB Skies 2 1.16.0 mod list · pack file
- In-game guide: Translations (create_connected) · official docs
- FTB Skies 2 1.16.0 recipe dump: recipes making Create: Connected items · pack recipe dump
- create_connected tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- FTB Skies 2 1.16.0 config: config/create_connected-common.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.16.0 config: config/create_connected-server.toml · pack file
- Create: Connected 1.1.6-mc1.21.1 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: 1.22.0 to 1.24.0