LLamaPalooza guide for FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 to 1.19.0

LLamaPalooza is part of this pack, which ships version 0.0.3.4 of the mod. It has been in the pack since version 1.2.0 or earlier, so it's a long-standing inclusion rather than a recent addition.^[1]

Unverified The available sources don't describe what LLamaPalooza adds, who it is aimed at, or where it fits in the pack's progression. There is no confirmed information about its items, recipes, configs or quests, so check the mod in-game before relying on any details. This page will be expanded once those details can be confirmed. This site does hold FTB Skies 2's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

LLamaPalooza adds the Loot Llama, a llama that spits out items from a loot table on a timer. There is also a Loot Llama Spawn Egg for it. What follows is what the pack's files confirm about how it behaves.^[2][3]

What to know first

I can't give you a crafting order for this mod. As far as the sources show, no recipe in this pack produces its items and no quest involves it, so there is no recipe block to show here. Check how the spawn egg reaches you in your own world before you plan around it.^[2]

Unverified How you obtain the Loot Llama Spawn Egg in this pack (crafting, loot, trading or creative only) is not confirmed by the sources.

How the Loot Llama behaves in this pack

The pack slows the llama down a lot. general.spitInterval is set to 1,200 ticks between spits, where the mod default is 200 ticks. Expect far fewer items than the mod normally gives.^[3]

Speed upgrades are stronger here too. general.speedReduction is 40 ticks per Speed upgrade level, double the mod default of 20 ticks.^[3]

general.alwaysSpit is true in this pack. The llama keeps spitting even when no player is nearby. Without it, the llama would only spit while a player is within 16 blocks.^[3]

The loot table list in general.tables contains one entry, ftb:llama_food. This is the list of loot tables the mod knows about. The sources don't say which table a given llama uses or what drops from it, so I won't guess.^[3]

The sources for this mod only cover its config file, so this section is short. They describe how Loot Llamas spit items and how Speed upgrades behave in the pack. They say nothing about machines, multiblocks, power or fluids.^[3]

How Loot Llamas spit items

Loot Llamas spit items out on a timer. The pack sets general.spitInterval to 1,200 ticks. The mod default is 200 ticks, so the pack makes llamas spit far less often. Remember that 20 ticks equal 1 second.^[3]

general.alwaysSpit is set to true in the pack. That means Loot Llamas keep spitting even when no players are nearby. With the option off, which is the mod default, they only spit when a player is within 16 blocks.^[3]

Speed upgrades

general.speedReduction is the number of ticks each Speed upgrade level removes. The pack sets it to 40, double the mod default of 20. Each Speed level is therefore worth more here than in a default setup.^[3]

Loot tables

general.tables is the list of loot tables the mod knows about. In the pack it contains one entry, ftb:llama_food.^[3]

Unverified The sources do not explain how Speed upgrades are obtained or applied, or what the llamas spit beyond the loot table named above. They also say nothing about machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or item automation for this mod, so none of that is covered here.

LLamaPalooza keeps all its settings in one file, and this pack changes two of them from the mod defaults. Both change how fast Loot Llamas produce items, so they're worth knowing before you build around them.^[3]

Values the pack changed

• general.spitInterval is set to 1,200 ticks in this pack. The mod default is 200 ticks. This is the time between Loot Llamas spitting items out, with 20 ticks equal to 1 second, so llamas here spit much less often than the mod's default behavior.^[3]
• general.speedReduction is set to 40 in this pack, up from the mod default of 20. This is how many ticks each Speed upgrade level takes off the interval, so every level cuts twice as much time as it would by default.^[3]

Other options worth knowing

• general.alwaysSpit is true in this pack. Loot Llamas keep spitting items even when no players are nearby. The mod's description lists the default as false, where llamas only spit when a player is within 16 blocks.^[3]
• general.tables is set to the single loot table ftb:llama_food. This is the list of loot tables known to the mod, written as namespace:loot_table_name.^[3]

Because alwaysSpit is on, you don't have to stand next to your llamas for them to keep working. That pairs well with the long spit interval, since you can set things up and leave them.^[3]