FTB Materials guide for FTB Skies 2 1.1.0 to 1.1.1
FTB Materials guide for FTB Skies 2
Last verified for FTB Skies 2 v1.1.1 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026
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- Sections
- 6
- Recipes shown
- 29
- Items named
- 110
- Quests covered
- 42
Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Skies 2 1.1.1's own files.
What is FTB Materials?
1 part
FTB Materials is the pack's supplier of basic building-block materials. This pack ships version 21.1.2 of the NeoForge build. Think of it as the shared pool of metals and processed resources that the bigger tech mods ask you for.[1]
It adds items such as Steel Ingot, Iron Plate, Iron Rod, Copper Wire, Copper Chunk and Sulfur Dust. These show up as quest tasks all over the pack, so you'll run into them no matter which tech path you take.[2][3][4][5]
Where it fits in the progression
The mod has no questline of its own. Its items appear as tasks inside other mods' chapters, spread from the early game to the late game.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
- Early game: you're asked for Zinc Ingot in the opening chapter (a quest in "?"), raw chunks like Copper Chunk in the resources chapter (a quest in "?"), and Iron Rod in the gearing-up chapter (a quest in "?").[3][5][9]
- Create: the chapter asks for Brass Ingot (a quest in "?") and then Brass Plate (a quest in "?").[7]
- Modern Industrialization: the chapter runs from Bronze Ingot and Aluminum Ingot up to Titanium Ingot, Tungsten Ingot, Platinum Ingot and Raw Iridium.[2]
- Mekanism: you'll need Uranium Ingot, Refined Obsidian Ingot and Lithium Dust, among others.[6]
- Applied Energistics 2: the chapter asks for Silicon (a quest in "?").[8]
Unverified No mod description, in-jar guidebook or platform page was available for FTB Materials, so how each material is obtained and whether the pack changed any of its recipes or configs are not confirmed here.
How do you get started with FTB Materials?
6 parts
FTB Materials supplies many of the metals, dusts, chunks and plates this pack uses, and the pack has added or changed a lot of the recipes that make them. The quest book asks for these items across several chapters, so it is a good guide to what to make first. Here are the items I would start with.[2][7][9][11]
Zinc ingot
A quest in the beginning chapter, a quest in "?", asks for a Zinc Ingot. Zinc is worth getting early because the pack's brass mixing recipe uses it. The pack smelts zinc dust into an ingot, and there is a blasting version of that recipe too.[9][11]
A blasting version also exists in the pack.
Plates with the Create press
In the Create chapter, a quest in "?" asks for an Iron Plate, Copper Plate or Gold Plate, together with a Mechanical Press. In this pack the plates are made by pressing ingots, so the press is your first real machine. Iron plates are a good one to start with, because quests in several chapters ask for them.[2][4][7][11]
Copper plates can also be cut into Copper Wire. a quest in "?" in the Immersive Engineering chapter asks for that wire along with an iron plate and a wirecutter.[4][11]
Cutting (create)
- any copper plate
Recipe id: ftb:create/cutting/wire/copper
Brass
a quest in "?" wants a Brass Ingot, and a quest in "?" follows with a Brass Plate. The pack changed the Create mixing recipe for brass, so use the one shown here. The plate is made by pressing a brass ingot.[7][11]
Mixing (create)
- any copper ingot
- any zinc ingot
Recipe id: create:mixing/brass_ingot
Pressing (create)
- any brass ingots
Recipe id: ftb:create/pressing/plate/brass
Bronze
In the Modern Industrialization chapter, a quest in "?" asks for Copper Rod, Iron Plate and Copper Plate, among other items. a quest in "?" comes after it and wants a Bronze Ingot. The pack adds an alloy smelter recipe for bronze, and you can also smelt Bronze Dust into an ingot.[2][11]
Alloy Smelter (extended_industrialization)
- 3× any copper ingot
- any tin ingot
Recipe id: ftb:bronze_ingot_from_ingots
Steel and coal coke
Steel shows up in several chapters. a quest in "?" in the Immersive Engineering chapter asks for a Steel Ingot, and a quest in "?" in the Modern Industrialization chapter pairs one with a steel machine casing. In this pack you can smelt or blast Steel Dust into an ingot.[2][4][11]
Coal coke is a separate item chain. a quest in "?" asks for Coal Coke Gem and Coal Coke Dust. The pack smelts the dust into the gem, and blasting works too.[2][11]
Raw resources
The resources_and_you chapter asks for items like Copper Chunk, Tin Chunk, Lead Chunk and Gold Chunk.[3]
Unverified How to obtain the chunk items (copper, tin, lead, gold and others) in this pack is not confirmed here. Check the quest descriptions in-game.
How does FTB Materials work?
4 parts
Here's the honest picture for this section: the sources I have for FTB Materials only show crafting recipes. They don't describe any machines, multiblocks, power, fluid handling or automation for this mod, so I'm not going to guess at any of that. What they do show is how the pack wires its materials together through the crafting grid.[11]
Compressing and decompressing in the crafting grid
The pack adds simple compress and decompress recipes for some materials, all done by hand. You can pack Fluorite Gem into a Block of Fluorite and break the block back down again. Coal Coke Gem and Block of Coal Coke work the same way.[11]
Crafting Shaped
9 × Fluorite Gem
Recipe id: ftb:compress/fluorite_gem
Crafting Shaped
9 × Coal Coke Gem
Recipe id: ftb:compress/coal_coke_gem
The pack also adds recipes that split vanilla items into smaller pieces: Tiny Coal, Tiny Charcoal, Copper Nugget and Netherite Nugget. All of these are shapeless crafting recipes added by the pack.[11]
Metal conversions use item tags
The aluminum and antimony conversion recipes (ingots, nuggets, blocks, raw blocks, dust and tiny dust) are marked as changed by the pack. They take any item from the matching common tag rather than one specific item. So an ingot, nugget or dust from another mod that carries the same tag can be used in these recipes.[11]
Crafting Shaped
9 × any aluminum nugget
Recipe id: ftbmaterials:aluminum_ingot
Nuggets to ingot: any item in the aluminum nugget tag works.
Crafting Shaped
9 × any aluminum ingot
Recipe id: ftbmaterials:aluminum_block
Crafting Shaped
9 × any antimony nugget
Recipe id: ftbmaterials:antimony_ingot
The recipe for Aluminum Cluster from Aluminum Chunk is the one listed here that is not marked as changed by the pack, so it's the mod's own recipe.[11]
Steel plates and silicon
Steel Plate is made in the crafting grid with a recipe added by the pack, so no machine is needed for it. Check the recipe below for what it takes.[11]
Silicon has two routes in this pack. One is a pack-added recipe that uses Mystical Agriculture's silicon essence. The other is a pack-changed Extended AE recipe that turns a Block of Silicon back into silicon.[11]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | Empty slot |
| Empty slot | Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: ftb:silicon
Raw ores from Mystical Agriculture essences
The pack adds shaped crafting recipes that turn Mystical Agriculture essences into this mod's raw ores: Raw Lead, Raw Nickel, Raw Platinum, Raw Silver and Raw Uranium. Here is the silver one as an example.[11]
Crafting Shaped
8 × Silver Essence
Recipe id: ftb:mysticalagriculture/essence/common/silver_ingot
Unverified Whether FTB Materials adds any machines, multiblocks, power or fluid systems, or any automation behavior, could not be confirmed. The sources provided contain no guidebook, tooltips or configs for this mod, and the recipe excerpt I could see only covers crafting recipes.
How do you progress through FTB Materials?
5 parts
FTB Materials is the glue between the other mods in this pack, so there isn't one neat tier ladder to follow. The pack's quests ask you for its items inside other chapters (resources, Create, Modern Industrialization, Immersive Engineering, Mekanism, AE2 and more). The order below follows those quests and the in-pack recipes behind them.[2][3][4][6][7][8]
Stage 1: chunks and dusts
The resources chapter is your first contact with the mod. Its quests ask for Copper Chunk, Tin Chunk, Lead Chunk, Gold Chunk, Diamond Chunk, Emerald Chunk and Redstone Chunk. They also ask for Bauxite Dust, Niter Dust and Sulfur Dust.[3]
Sulfur has several routes in this pack. Create crushing a blaze rod gives it, an Ender IO Sag Mill turns coal into Coal Dust plus sulfur, and a Modern Industrialization mixer makes it from charcoal dust and gunpowder.[11]
Stage 2: zinc, plates and brass
The opening chapter asks for a Zinc Ingot (a quest in "?"). The pack smelts it from zinc dust, and other routes exist too: blasting or smelting crushed zinc, or an Immersive Engineering arc furnace.[9][11]
Create's quest (a quest in "?") wants an iron, copper or gold plate plus a mechanical press. The pack adds pressing recipes for Iron Plate, Copper Plate, Gold Plate and Brass Plate in both the Create press and the Immersive Engineering metal press.[7][11]
Brass follows in a quest in "?", then the brass plate in a quest in "?". The pack changed the Create mixing recipe for Brass Ingot, so use the version shown here.[7][11]
Mixing (create)
- any copper ingot
- any zinc ingot
Recipe id: create:mixing/brass_ingot
Copper Wire is needed for the Immersive Engineering quest (a quest in "?"). You can make it from copper plates in several machines: a Create cutter, an Immersive Engineering metal press, a Modern Industrialization wiremill, or the stonecutter.[4][11]
Stage 3: bronze, coke and steel
The Modern Industrialization chapter starts with a small parts quest (a quest in "?") that asks for Copper Rod, Iron Plate and Copper Plate. Bronze Ingot comes next in a quest in "?". The pack adds alloy smelter recipes that make bronze from copper and tin ingots or from their dusts.[2][11]
Alloy Smelter (extended_industrialization)
- 3× any copper ingot
- any tin ingot
Recipe id: ftb:bronze_ingot_from_ingots
Coal coke is requested in both Modern Industrialization (a quest in "?") and Immersive Engineering (a quest in "?"). Coal Coke Dust smelts or blasts into Coal Coke Gem. You can get the dust by crushing coke in Create or Mekanism, or by hitting it with a hammer on a cutting board.[2][4][11]
Steel Ingot is the big gate. Quests in Modern Industrialization (a quest in "?"), Immersive Engineering (a quest in "?"), Mekanism (a quest in "?") and MFFS (a quest in "?") all ask for it. In the pack, Steel Dust smelts or blasts into the ingot.[2][4][6][10][11]
Stage 4: aluminum, silicon and specialty dusts
- Aluminum Ingot (a quest in "?") can be smelted or blasted from aluminum dust, from crushed aluminum, or made in an arc furnace from ore or raw ore.[2][11]
- Silicon is requested alongside printed silicon in the AE2 chapter (a quest in "?"). The pack changed the AE2 recipes that make it from certus quartz dust, and it also comes from silicon dust, quartz blend, and Ender IO Sag Milling of redstone ore.[8][11]
- Ruby Dust has its own Modern Industrialization quest (a quest in "?"). The sources don't show how to make it, so check its recipe in-game.[2]
- Chromium Dust (a quest in "?") leads into Stainless Steel Dust (a quest in "?"). The pack adds Actually Additions crushing recipes that turn chromium plates and stainless steel plates into these dusts.[2][11]
Stage 5: Mekanism materials and late metals
Mekanism's quests collect Sulfur Dust, Fluorite Gem and Uranium Ingot together (a quest in "?"). A block of fluorite can be uncrafted into gems, and fluorite dust smelts or blasts into the gem. The obsidian line then runs through Obsidian Dust and Refined Obsidian Dust (a quest in "?") to Refined Obsidian Ingot and Refined Glowstone Ingot (a quest in "?"). Lithium Dust has its own quest (a quest in "?").[6][11]
Create also uses obsidian dust and a crushing wheel (a quest in "?") before asking for an Obsidian Plate (a quest in "?"). The pack changed the sequenced assembly recipe that makes it.[7][11]
Sequenced Assembly (create)
4× Unprocessed Obsidian Sheet
500× Lava
- any obsidian dust
Recipe id: create:sequenced_assembly/sturdy_sheet
The final Modern Industrialization quests ask for Tungsten Ingot (a quest in "?"), Raw Platinum (a quest in "?"), Titanium Ingot (a quest in "?"), Platinum Ingot (a quest in "?") and Raw Iridium (a quest in "?").[2]
The pack adds a shortcut for tungsten: crushing tungsten ore in Create, Mekanism, Immersive Engineering, Ender IO or Actually Additions gives the Tungsten Ingot directly. Crushing platinum or iridium ore gives you the raw ore, which the pack then smelts, blasts or arc-furnaces into platinum ingots.[11]
Unverified The sources don't show how to craft Titanium Ingots or Ruby Dust, and the pack doesn't define official tier names for FTB Materials, so the stages above are only a grouping by quest position.
How does FTB Materials work with other mods?
5 parts
FTB Materials supplies the metals, dusts, plates and gems that show up in recipes and quests from many other mods in this pack. Here are the main connections, taken from in-pack recipes and quests.[11]
Mekanism: ore processing chain
The pack adds a Mekanism processing line for FTB Materials metals, including aluminum, antimony, copper, gold, iridium, iron and lead. Purifying with Liquid Oxygen gives clumps, such as Iron Clump and Gold Clump. Injecting with Liquid Hydrogen Chloride gives shards, such as Copper Shard and Iridium Shard. Crystallizing gives crystals, such as Aluminum Crystal and Antimony Crystal. These recipes are added by the pack. The clump and shard steps accept ores, raw materials and raw storage blocks, and each can also start from the previous stage (shards for clumps, crystals for shards).[11]
The Mekanism quest chapter also asks for FTB Materials items. One quest asks for Uranium Ingot, Fluorite Gem and Sulfur Dust (a quest in "?"). Another covers Obsidian Dust and Refined Obsidian Dust (a quest in "?"). Lithium dust has its own quest (a quest in "?"). Fluorite ore exists in two forms here, Fluorite Ore and Fluorite Ore, and the recipe below is how the pack converts one into the other.[6][11]
Stonecutting recipe added by the pack.
Create
Several Create recipes were changed by the pack to output FTB Materials items. Crushing Asurine gives Zinc Nugget alongside Crushed Raw Zinc. Crushing Veridium gives Copper Nugget alongside Crushed Raw Copper. Splashing crushed raw copper, zinc and uranium also gives nuggets. The sturdy sheet sequenced assembly produces an Obsidian Plate.[11]
Sequenced Assembly (create)
- any obsidian dust
Recipe id: create:sequenced_assembly/sturdy_sheet
The Create quest chapter ties in plates, brass and obsidian. One quest asks for an iron, copper or gold plate plus the mechanical press (a quest in "?"). Later quests ask for Brass Ingot and Brass Plate. Another pairs Obsidian Dust with the crushing wheel (a quest in "?"), and a follow-up asks for the obsidian plate (a quest in "?").[7]
Immersive Engineering and Modern Industrialization
- Create's crushing recipes for Coal Coke and the Block of Coal Coke block (both changed by the pack) give Coal Coke Dust.[11]
- The Immersive Engineering quests use Iron Plate and Copper Wire with the wirecutter (a quest in "?"), plus Steel Ingot (a quest in "?") and coal coke dust (a quest in "?").[4]
- The Modern Industrialization chapter asks for FTB Materials rods and plates, including Copper Rod and Iron Plate (a quest in "?"), and then Bronze Ingot (a quest in "?"). It also asks for Steel Ingot with the steel machine casing (a quest in "?").[2]
- Macerating a Silver Curved Plate gives Silver Dust (changed by the pack). The pack also adds a Modern Industrialization mixer recipe, shown below.[11]
Mixer (modern_industrialization)
Recipe id: ftb:budding_monazite_from_dusts
Mixer recipe added by the pack for Budding Monazite GeOre.
AE2, ExtendedAE and Geore
The pack changed Quartz Blend to give Silicon when smelted, blasted or enriched in Mekanism. Decompressing a Block of Silicon gives the same item. The AE2 quest chapter pairs it with printed silicon (a quest in "?").[8][11]
AE2 transform recipes added by the pack use FTB Materials items in other ways. Cognitive Flux with an iron block and molten ender becomes Block of Aluminum. Quartz Dust with a dye and molten kivi becomes the Xychorium gems, such as Blue Xychorium Gem. Budding Osmium GeOre uses Block of Silver and Obsidian Dust. Geore shards also smelt or blast into Sapphire Gem, Monazite Dust and Tungsten Ingot.[11]
Silver, magic mods and odds and ends
- The Occultism quest chapter asks for a Silver Ingot (a quest in "?"), and the pack changed the Ars Nouveau imbuement recipe for it (shown below).[11][12]
- A Malum favor of the void recipe, added by the pack, turns a Block of Silver into an Iesnium Ingot.[11]
- The pack also adds Lychee recipes that use FTB Materials dusts with compressed blocks, and a Lychee item-exploding recipe for gears. They are shown below.[11]
Imbuement recipe changed by the pack, producing Silver Ingot.
Item Exploding (lychee)
Recipe id: ftb:lychee/item_exploding/compressed_clay_grains_of_infinity
Added by the pack. Inputs include Grains of Infinity, Aluminum Dust and Compressed Clay.
Item Exploding (lychee)
Recipe id: ftb:lychee/item_exploding/compressed_cobblestone_grains_of_infinity
Added by the pack. Inputs include Grains of Infinity, Nickel Dust and Compressed Cobblestone.
Item Exploding (lychee)
Recipe id: ftb:lychee/item_exploding/compressed_sand_grains_of_infinity
Added by the pack. Inputs include Grains of Infinity, Gold Dust and Compressed Sand.
Item Exploding (lychee)
Recipe id: ftb:lychee/item_exploding/iron_gear
Added by the pack. It involves an Iron Gear and a Compressed Iron Gear.
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: ftb:explorerscompass
Crafting recipe added by the pack for the Explorer's Compass.
Steel also appears in the MFFS chapter, which asks for Steel Ingot with the focus matrix (a quest in "?"). The Mekanism chapter likewise pairs steel with enriched iron (a quest in "?").[6][10]
- Diamond Dust is an FTB Materials item used by the pack's budding monazite mixer recipe.[11]
- Helium from Modern Industrialization also goes into that mixer recipe.[11]
- Manipulation Essence is part of the Ars Nouveau imbuement recipe the pack changed for silver.[11]
- Demon's Dream Essence is part of that same imbuement recipe.[11]
- Spirit Attuned Gem is part of that same imbuement recipe too.[11]
- Diamond Gear is an FTB Materials item in the pack's Explorer's Compass crafting recipe.[11]
- Netherite Nugget is the other FTB Materials item in that compass recipe.[11]
Which FTB Skies 2 quests use FTB Materials?
6 parts
FTB Materials items show up as quest tasks in many chapters of this pack: metals, plates, rods, dusts and chunks that you hand in alongside items from other mods. The quests in the sources have no titles, so I describe each one by what it asks for. The order inside a chapter comes from each quest's prerequisites. Many prerequisites point at quests that aren't listed here, so I only describe an order where both quests are known.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][12]
Modern Industrialization
This chapter has the most quests for the mod. It has two quests that both unlock from the same earlier quest. a quest in "?" asks for two Copper Rod, a Copper Bolt, two Iron Plate, a Copper Plate and two Copper Curved Plate. a quest in "?" asks for a Steel Ingot and a Steel Machine Casing.[2]
- a quest in "?" comes after the copper rod and plate quest and asks for a Bronze Ingot.[2]
- a quest in "?" wants both a Coal Coke Gem and Coal Coke Dust.[2]
- a quest in "?" asks for an Aluminum Ingot, and a quest in "?" asks for Ruby Dust.[2]
- a quest in "?" asks for Chromium Dust. a quest in "?" then asks for Stainless Steel Dust, and it needs the chromium quest plus one more quest not covered here.[2]
- a quest in "?" (a Tungsten Ingot), a quest in "?" (Raw Platinum) and a quest in "?" (a Titanium Ingot) all unlock from the same earlier quest.[2]
- a quest in "?" asks for a Platinum Ingot and a quest in "?" asks for Raw Iridium. Each of them comes after a quest not covered here.[2]
Resources and You
Every quest listed in this chapter asks for a single raw-material item: Lead Chunk (a quest in "?"), Gold Chunk (a quest in "?"), Bauxite Dust (a quest in "?"), Niter Dust (a quest in "?"), Diamond Chunk (a quest in "?"), Tin Chunk (a quest in "?"), Sulfur Dust (a quest in "?"), Copper Chunk (a quest in "?"), Emerald Chunk (a quest in "?") and Redstone Chunk (a quest in "?"). Each one comes after a pair of earlier quests that aren't covered here.[3]
Mekanism
- a quest in "?" asks for Sulfur Dust, a Fluorite Gem and a Uranium Ingot.[6]
- a quest in "?" asks for Enriched Iron and a Steel Ingot.[6]
- a quest in "?" asks for a Chemical Oxidizer and Sulfur Dust.[6]
- a quest in "?" asks for Obsidian Dust, Refined Obsidian Dust and Enriched Obsidian. It leads into a quest in "?", which asks for an Osmium Compressor, a Refined Obsidian Ingot and a Refined Glowstone Ingot.[6]
- a quest in "?" asks for Lithium Dust.[6]
Create
a quest in "?" accepts an Iron Plate, Copper Plate or Gold Plate, together with a Mechanical Press. It leads to a quest in "?" for a Brass Ingot, then a quest in "?" for a Brass Plate. A second line starts at a quest in "?", which asks for Obsidian Dust and a Crushing Wheel. After that comes a quest in "?", which asks for an Obsidian Plate.[7]
Immersive Engineering
a quest in "?" asks for an Engineer's Wire Cutters, an Iron Plate and Copper Wire. a quest in "?" asks for a Steel Ingot, and a quest in "?" asks for Coal Coke Dust.[4]
Single quests in other chapters
- AE2: a quest in "?" asks for Silicon and Printed Silicon.[8]
- Gearing Up: a quest in "?" asks for an Iron Rod.[5]
- MFFS: a quest in "?" asks for a Steel Ingot and an Focus Matrix. No prerequisite is listed for it.[10]
- Occultism: a quest in "?" has an observation task. It also asks for Copper Ingot, Iron Ingot, Gold Ingot, a Silver Ingot and an Book of Binding: Foliot (Bound).[12]
- The Beginning: a quest in "?" asks for a Zinc Ingot.[9]
Sources
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 mod list · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 quests: "modern_industrialization" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 quests: "resources_and_you" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 quests: "immersive_engineering" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 quests: "gearing_up" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 quests: "mekanism" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 quests: "create" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 quests: "ae2" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 quests: "the_beginning" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 quests: "mffs" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 recipe dump: recipes making FTB Materials items · pack recipe dump
- FTB Skies 2 1.1.1 quests: "occultism" · pack file
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: 1.6.0 to 1.24.0 · 1.2.0 to 1.5.2 · 1.0.1