Oritech Things in FTB Skies 2

Oritech Things is an open-source tech mod (currently for Minecraft 1.21) that adds extra things for Oritech. It has a strong dependency on Oritech, so it only makes sense if you're already playing with Oritech. This pack includes version 0.0.46.^[1][2]

What it adds

• Tiered addons from tier 2 to tier 9 in these types: Speed, Efficiency, Efficient Speed (both in one), Processing, Capacitor and Acceptor. Examples are Speed Addon Tier 2 and Speed Addon Tier 9.^[1][3]
• An Exo JetPack that gives you creative flight while using energy or turbo fuel.^[1]
• Particle Accelerator tools: the Advanced Target Designator stores an accelerator's position, and the Particle Accelerator Speed Sensor emits a redstone signal of 15 when the accelerator's speed is greater than the value you set. The sensor accepts speeds up to 999,999 and has an Auto mode that detects the speed the current recipe needs.^[1]
• An Accelerator Magnetic Field block that lets you shrink the particle ring by spending energy, plus an Accelerator Linear Motor that works with Efficiency and Speed addons.^[1]
• Smaller extras: a Frame Placer for building the Destroyer's frame, a Cross Dimensional Drone addon for Drone Ports, and Infested Amethyst Blocks in geodes that spawn Amethyst Fish when broken.^[1]

Tiered addon basics

When a tiered addon is attached to a machine or an extender, it emits light at level 15 while it is in use. All of their stats can be edited in the config. The addon tooltip inside the machine is bugged because of Oritech, so don't fully trust what it shows.^[1]

Where it fits in the pack

The pack's Oritech quest chapter has four quests that tie this mod to the base Oritech addons: "Machine Acceptor Addon" quest (Acceptor), "Machine Capacitor Addon" quest (Capacitor), "Machine Speed Addon" quest (Speed) and "Machine Efficiency Addon" quest (Efficiency). Each one lists the matching Oritech addon plus the tier 2 to 9 versions from this mod, and all four unlock after the same earlier quest in the chapter.^[3]

Oritech Things builds directly on Oritech, and its main content for you early on is a set of tiered addons. There are four families you can work with here: Speed, Efficiency, Capacitor and Acceptor. Each one runs from tier 2 up to tier 9.^[1]

What to do, in order

1. Get the plain Oritech addon for the family you want. The quest book asks for the base Oritech addon (for example Speed Addon) alongside a tiered Oritech Things version, and the tier 2 recipes use the base addon as an ingredient, so the base addons are your starting point.^[3][4]
2. Make the tier 2 addon first. It has a shaped crafting recipe and an Assembler recipe, both shown below. Tier 2 is the entry point, for example Speed Addon Tier 2 or Capacitor Addon Tier 2.^[4]
3. Climb through tiers 3 to 5 in the Assembler. The pack changed the tier 3 and tier 4 recipes for all four families, and the tier 5 recipes for Speed and Efficiency. The Acceptor and Capacitor tier 5 recipes are the mod's own.^[4]
4. Finish with tiers 6 to 9 in the Atomic Forge. The pack also changed the tier 9 recipe for all four families.^[4]

Tier 2 recipes

Speed Addon Tier 2Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
Speed Addon	Machine Addon Extender	Speed Addon
any silicon	Block of Biosteel	any silicon

Recipe id: oritechthings:addon_block_speed_tier_2

Shaped crafting recipe for Speed Addon Tier 2.

Efficiency Addon Tier 2Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
Efficiency Addon	Machine Addon Extender	Efficiency Addon
any silicon	any electrum storage block	any silicon

Recipe id: oritechthings:addon_block_efficiency_tier_2

Shaped crafting recipe for Efficiency Addon Tier 2.

Capacitor Addon Tier 2Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
Capacitor Addon	Machine Addon Extender	Capacitor Addon
Energy Pipe	any energite storage block	Energy Pipe

Recipe id: oritechthings:addon_block_capacitor_tier_2

Shaped crafting recipe for Capacitor Addon Tier 2.

Acceptor Addon Tier 2Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
Acceptor Addon	Machine Addon Extender	Acceptor Addon
any electrum ingot	any energite storage block	any electrum ingot

Recipe id: oritechthings:addon_block_acceptor_tier_2

Shaped crafting recipe for Acceptor Addon Tier 2.

Speed Addon Tier 2Mod recipe

Assembler (oritech)

• Block of Biosteel
• Machine Addon Extender
• 2× Speed Addon

Recipe id: oritechthings:assembler/addon_block_speed_tier_2

The Assembler alternative for Speed Addon Tier 2. The other families have matching Assembler recipes.

Your first step up

Speed Addon Tier 3Changed by the pack

Assembler (oritech)

• Speed Addon
• Motor
• Speed Addon Tier 2
• any dark steel ingot

Recipe id: oritechthings:assembler/addon_block_speed_tier_3

Changed by the pack, so don't rely on the mod's default.

Quests to follow

The oritech chapter has four quests that line up with these families: "Machine Speed Addon" quest for Speed, "Machine Efficiency Addon" quest for Efficiency, "Machine Capacitor Addon" quest for Capacitor and "Machine Acceptor Addon" quest for Acceptor. Each one needs the base Oritech addon plus any tier of the matching Oritech Things addon, so tier 2 is enough to complete them. All four unlock after the same earlier quest.^[3]

Oritech Things is an add-on for Oritech, so most of what it adds plugs into machines you already know. The parts worth understanding are the tiered addons, the particle accelerator extras, cross-dimensional drones and the Frame Placer. Here is how each one works.^[1]

Tiered addons

The mod adds upgraded versions of the Oritech addons: Speed, Efficiency, Efficient Speed (which combines speed and efficiency in one block), Processing, Capacitor and Acceptor. The project page lists tiers 2 to 9 for each. You attach them to a machine or to an addon extender, and they give off light level 15 while they are in use.^[1]

Tier 2 addons such as Speed Addon Tier 2 and Efficiency Addon Tier 2 have a normal crafting recipe, and some also have an Assembler recipe. For the Acceptor and Capacitor addons the upgrade path continues in the Assembler, where each tier uses the previous tier as an ingredient.^[4]

Speed Addon Tier 2Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
Speed Addon	Machine Addon Extender	Speed Addon
any silicon	Block of Biosteel	any silicon

Recipe id: oritechthings:addon_block_speed_tier_2

Crafting table recipe for the Tier 2 Speed addon.

Efficiency Addon Tier 2Mod recipe

Assembler (oritech)

• 2× Efficiency Addon
• Machine Addon Extender
• any electrum storage block

Recipe id: oritechthings:assembler/addon_block_efficiency_tier_2

The Assembler version of the Tier 2 Efficiency addon.

This pack changes some of the Assembler upgrade recipes. The Tier 3 and Tier 4 recipes for both the Acceptor and Capacitor addons differ from the mod's defaults. The Tier 5 versions of both are unchanged mod recipes.^[4]

Acceptor Addon Tier 3Changed by the pack

Assembler (oritech)

• Acceptor Addon
• Motor
• Acceptor Addon Tier 2
• any energite ingot

Recipe id: oritechthings:assembler/addon_block_acceptor_tier_3

Pack-changed Assembler recipe.

Capacitor Addon Tier 4Changed by the pack

Assembler (oritech)

• Capacitor Addon
• Capacitor Addon Tier 3
• any ultimate circuit
• any energite ingot

Recipe id: oritechthings:assembler/addon_block_capacitor_tier_4

Pack-changed Assembler recipe.

Unverified The project page says addon stats can be edited in config, but the sources here include no config files for this mod. The actual per-tier speed, efficiency and capacity values in this pack are not shown by the sources.

Advanced Target Designator

The Advanced Target Designator stores the position of a Particle Accelerator. You then use it to link the accelerator to the extra blocks below. In this pack its recipe has been changed from the mod's version.^[1][4][5]

Advanced Target DesignatorChanged by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Silicon
• Target Designator

Recipe id: oritechthings:advanced_target_designator

The in-game tooltips say to right-click the accelerator to save its position. The project page says shift right-click. If one doesn't work for you, try the other.^[1][5]

Particle accelerator add-ons

The accelerator motor works with addons. Its tooltip says to place Speed or Efficiency addons underneath it to boost its performance.^[1][5]

The Accelerator Magnetic Field helps particles take tight turns. Once it is linked to an accelerator, the project page says you can shrink the particle ring a lot, at the cost of energy. Efficiency and Capacitor addons are compatible with it.^[1][5]

1. Right-click the particle accelerator with the Advanced Target Designator to save its position.^[5]
2. Place the Magnetic Field block inside the particle accelerator ring.^[5]
3. Right-click the magnetic field to link it to the accelerator.^[5]

Accelerator Magnetic FieldMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Magnetic Coil	any electrum ingot	Magnetic Coil
any electrum ingot	Super AI Chip	any electrum ingot
Magnetic Coil	any electrum ingot	Magnetic Coil

Recipe id: oritechthings:accelerator_magnetic_field

Unverified The magnetic field tooltip warns that magnetic fields can be disabled in the server configuration. The sources here include no config files for this mod, so whether they are enabled in this pack is not shown.

Particle Accelerator Speed Sensor

This block watches the particle velocity in an accelerator and outputs a redstone signal based on a speed threshold. You link it the same way as the magnetic field: save the accelerator with the designator, place the sensor wherever you like, then right-click the sensor. That lets you monitor an accelerator remotely.^[1][5]

In its GUI you can turn the sensor on or off, choose a limit speed, and pick whether the signal fires when the speed is greater or lesser than that limit. The limit accepts values up to 999,999. When the speed is greater than your value, the sensor emits a redstone signal of 15.^[1][5]

• Manual mode: you set a specific velocity threshold for the redstone output.^[5]
• Automatic mode: the sensor reads the required velocity from the active particle recipes, so you don't have to look it up.^[1][5]

Cross-dimensional drones

Attach the Cross Dimensional to a Drone Port and you can set that port's destination in another dimension, using the Advanced Target Designator. Only Drone Ports support cross-dimensional transfers.^[1][5]

Cross DimensionalMod recipe

Assembler (oritech)

• Ender Pearl
• Advanced Computing Engine
• Heisenberg Compensator
• any electrum ingot

Recipe id: oritechthings:assembler/addon_block_cross_dimensional

This addon is made in the Assembler.

Unverified The tooltip for this addon warns that cross-dimensional addons can be disabled in the server configuration. The sources here include no config files for this mod, so whether they are enabled in this pack is not shown.

Frame Placer

The Frame Placer builds the frame for frame-compatible machines such as the Destroyer. Shift right-click the machine with it and the frame structure is built for you.^[1][5]

Frame PlacerMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Machine Frame
• Motor

Recipe id: oritechthings:frame_placer

Oritech Things stacks extra tiers on top of Oritech's machine addons. The four addon lines that matter most are Acceptor, Capacitor, Efficiency and Speed, and each one runs from Tier 2 up to Tier 9. Processing also gets tiers, and the recipes shown here for it go up to Tier 5.^[3][4]

What the quests ask for

The pack has four Oritech quests, one per addon line. Each asks you to hand in the matching base Oritech addon and one Oritech Things addon of that line. Any tier from 2 to 9 counts, so you can finish them early with a Tier 2 block. All four unlock after the same earlier quest.^[3]

• "Machine Acceptor Addon" quest covers the Acceptor line, from Acceptor Addon Tier 2 up to Acceptor Addon Tier 9.^[3]
• "Machine Capacitor Addon" quest covers the Capacitor line, from Capacitor Addon Tier 2 up to Capacitor Addon Tier 9.^[3]
• "Machine Speed Addon" quest covers the Speed line, from Speed Addon Tier 2 up to Speed Addon Tier 9.^[3]
• "Machine Efficiency Addon" quest covers the Efficiency line, from Efficiency Addon Tier 2 up to Efficiency Addon Tier 9.^[3]

Tier 2: craft it by hand or in the Assembler

Tier 2 is the entry point. You can craft it at a crafting table, and there is also an Assembler version of the recipe. Both are the mod's own recipes, not pack changes. Here is the Acceptor line as an example.^[4]

Acceptor Addon Tier 2Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
Acceptor Addon	Machine Addon Extender	Acceptor Addon
any electrum ingot	any energite storage block	any electrum ingot

Recipe id: oritechthings:addon_block_acceptor_tier_2

Crafting table version, a mod recipe.

Acceptor Addon Tier 2Mod recipe

Assembler (oritech)

• 2× Acceptor Addon
• Machine Addon Extender
• any energite storage block

Recipe id: oritechthings:assembler/addon_block_acceptor_tier_2

Assembler version, also a mod recipe.

Tiers 3 to 5: Assembler, with pack changes

From Tier 3 to Tier 5 you move to the Assembler, and each step upgrades the previous tier of the same line. The pack changed the Tier 3 and Tier 4 recipes for the Acceptor, Capacitor, Efficiency, Speed and Processing lines. It also changed Tier 5 for Efficiency, Speed and Processing. The Tier 5 Acceptor and Capacitor recipes are unchanged mod recipes.^[4]

Speed Addon Tier 3Changed by the pack

Assembler (oritech)

• Speed Addon
• Motor
• Speed Addon Tier 2
• any dark steel ingot

Recipe id: oritechthings:assembler/addon_block_speed_tier_3

Speed Tier 3 is changed by the pack.

Speed Addon Tier 5Changed by the pack

Assembler (oritech)

• Flux Gate
• Speed Addon
• Speed Addon Tier 4
• any dark steel ingot

Recipe id: oritechthings:assembler/addon_block_speed_tier_5

Speed Tier 5 is changed by the pack.

Tiers 6 to 9: Atomic Forge

Tiers 6, 7 and 8 are made in the Atomic Forge, again by upgrading the previous tier of the same line, and these are the mod's own recipes. Tier 9 is the highest tier the quests list. The pack changed the Tier 9 recipe for the Acceptor, Capacitor, Efficiency and Speed lines.^[3][4]

Speed Addon Tier 6Mod recipe

Atomic Forge (oritech)

• Advanced Computing Engine
• Speed Addon
• Speed Addon Tier 5

Recipe id: oritechthings:atomicforge/addon_block_speed_tier_6

Speed Tier 6 is an unchanged mod recipe.

Speed Addon Tier 9Changed by the pack

Atomic Forge (oritech)

• Bio-Neural Circuit
• Speed Addon
• Speed Addon Tier 8

Recipe id: oritechthings:atomicforge/addon_block_speed_tier_9

Speed Tier 9 is changed by the pack.

Combined and extra addons

• Efficient Speed Addon Tier 2 and Efficient Speed Addon Tier 3 are made in the Atomic Forge. Each one combines the Efficiency and Speed addons of the same tier.^[4]
• Cross Dimensional is made in the Assembler with a mod recipe.^[4]
• Advanced Target Designator has a recipe changed by the pack.^[4]

Oritech Things is an add-on for Oritech, so almost everything it adds is crafted from Oritech parts. In this pack, a few recipes also pull in items from the pack's own material set. Here is where those links show up.^[1][4]

Tiered addons build on Oritech's addons

Speed, Efficiency, Processing, Capacitor and Acceptor addons all run from tier 2 to tier 9. Tier 2 is made from the matching Oritech addon plus the Machine Addon Extender, either in a crafting grid or in the Oritech Assembler. Every tier after that takes the previous Oritech Things tier as an ingredient, along with the matching Oritech addon.^[1][4]

The Assembler also handles tiers 3 to 5, with Oritech parts such as the Motor and the Flux Gate added along the way. From tier 6 up, the Oritech Atomic Forge takes over, using the Advanced Computing Engine, the Heisenberg Compensator and Prometheum as the tiers climb.^[4]

Acceptor Addon Tier 3Changed by the pack

Assembler (oritech)

• Acceptor Addon
• Motor
• Acceptor Addon Tier 2
• any energite ingot

Recipe id: oritechthings:assembler/addon_block_acceptor_tier_3

Tier 3 Assembler recipe for the Acceptor line, changed by the pack.

The pack changed a lot of these recipes. In the Assembler, tiers 3 and 4 differ from the mod's own recipes for every addon line. Tier 5 is also changed for Efficiency, Processing and Speed, while Acceptor and Capacitor tier 5 are the mod's own. Tier 9 in the Atomic Forge is changed for every line, including Efficient Speed, and all of them now use the Bio-Neural Circuit.^[4]

Acceptor Addon Tier 9Changed by the pack

Atomic Forge (oritech)

• Bio-Neural Circuit
• Acceptor Addon
• Acceptor Addon Tier 8

Recipe id: oritechthings:atomicforge/addon_block_acceptor_tier_9

Tier 9 is changed by the pack and uses the Bio-Neural Circuit.

Quests tie the two mods together

The "oritech" quest chapter has four quests that connect the mods directly. Each asks for an Oritech base addon plus any tier of the matching Oritech Things addon. They cover Acceptor ("Machine Acceptor Addon" quest), Capacitor ("Machine Capacitor Addon" quest), Speed ("Machine Speed Addon" quest) and Efficiency ("Machine Efficiency Addon" quest). Any tier from 2 to 9 counts for the second task.^[3]

Other cross-mod items

The pack changed the recipe for the Advanced Target Designator. It now combines Oritech's Target Designator with Silicon, and it is crafted without a fixed layout. The mod uses it to store the position of a Particle Accelerator, and it also sets the destination for Cross Dimensional drone ports.^[1][4]

Advanced Target DesignatorChanged by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Silicon
• Target Designator

Recipe id: oritechthings:advanced_target_designator

This recipe is changed by the pack.

The Frame Placer is a mod recipe built from Oritech's Machine Frame and a Motor. It is a tool for defining and auto-building the frame structure for the Destroyer.^[1][4]

Frame PlacerMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Machine Frame
• Motor

Recipe id: oritechthings:frame_placer

The Particle Accelerator Speed Sensor is made in the Atomic Forge from Oritech's Particle Accelerator Sensor, a Duratium Ingot and a vanilla Ender Eye.^[4]

Particle Accelerator Speed SensorMod recipe

Atomic Forge (oritech)

• Ender Eye
• Particle Accelerator Sensor
• Duratium Ingot

Recipe id: oritechthings:atomicforge/particle_accelerator_speed_sensor

The Accelerator Magnetic Field is a crafting-table recipe that uses Oritech's Magnetic Coil and Super AI Chip. Linked to a Particle Accelerator through the Advanced Target Designator, it lets you shrink the particle ring using energy.^[1][4]

Accelerator Magnetic FieldMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Magnetic Coil	any electrum ingot	Magnetic Coil
any electrum ingot	Super AI Chip	any electrum ingot
Magnetic Coil	any electrum ingot	Magnetic Coil

Recipe id: oritechthings:accelerator_magnetic_field

Oritech Things shows up in one quest chapter in this pack: the "oritech" chapter. It holds four quests, and they all revolve around machine addons. None of them has a title, so below they're identified by their quest refs.^[3]

What the quests ask for

All four quests follow the same pattern. Each has two item tasks. The first is the regular Oritech addon of one type. The second accepts an Oritech Things addon block of that same type, in any tier from 2 to 9.^[3]

• Quest "Machine Acceptor Addon" quest is the acceptor addon quest. Besides the base Oritech acceptor addon, it takes any acceptor tier from Acceptor Addon Tier 2 up to Acceptor Addon Tier 9.^[3]
• Quest "Machine Capacitor Addon" quest is the capacitor addon quest. It asks for the base Oritech capacitor addon plus any capacitor tier from Capacitor Addon Tier 2 to Capacitor Addon Tier 9.^[3]
• Quest "Machine Speed Addon" quest is the speed addon quest. It asks for the base Oritech speed addon plus any speed tier from Speed Addon Tier 2 to Speed Addon Tier 9.^[3]
• Quest "Machine Efficiency Addon" quest is the efficiency addon quest. It asks for the base Oritech efficiency addon plus any efficiency tier from Efficiency Addon Tier 2 to Efficiency Addon Tier 9.^[3]

Order

All four quests unlock after the same earlier quest in the chapter. That means they sit side by side, not in a chain. You can take them in any order once that prerequisite is done.^[3]

FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 ships Oritech Things 0.0.46. The mod has been in the pack since 1.0.1 or earlier, so it's a long-time resident.^[2]

Unverified No pack changelog entries for this mod were available, so everything below comes from the mod's own changelogs.

Mod changelog highlights

• 0.0.46 (the version in this pack): fixed the Ukrainian translations and removed a useless recipe that pointed to a non-existent item.^[2][6]
• 0.0.45: added Ukrainian translation credits to Tenwoc.^[7]
• 0.0.44: fixed a bug that happened when Mekanism cables were connected to tiered addons.^[8]
• 0.0.43: a compatibility fix for 1.2.x.^[9]
• 0.0.41: fixed acceptor addons so they accept energy.^[10]
• 0.0.22: fixed an incompatibility between the ExoJetPack and other mods that grant you flight.^[11]

The mod's changelogs for the releases above are mostly small bug fixes and translation work, and the 0.0.46 changelog lists nothing else.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}