Rain Shield guide for FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 to 1.22.0

Rain Shield is part of this pack at version 2.0.1. The pack ships it as the file RainShield-1.21.1-2.0.1.jar, so it is built for Minecraft 1.21.1.^[1]

Unverified I can't confirm from the pack files what Rain Shield actually does, who it is best suited for, or how you get its items. I'm not going to guess at its mechanics, recipes or config options.

Unverified I also can't confirm where Rain Shield fits in this pack's progression. The material I have shows no quests involving it and no place for it on the ATM Star path, so treat it as an optional extra until more information is available.

Good news: getting started with this mod is simple, because there is only one thing to craft. The pack's recipe dump lists a single recipe that makes a Rain Shield, and it is a shaped crafting recipe, so you lay the ingredients out in a pattern on a crafting table.^[2]

Step 1: Craft the Rain Shield

The Rain Shield is the first and only item to make. The recipe below is rendered straight from the pack, so you can see the exact ingredients and the pattern.^[2]

Rain ShieldMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Flint	Empty slot
Empty slot	any blaze rod	Empty slot
any netherrack	any netherrack	any netherrack

Recipe id: rainshield:rain_shield

This is the only recipe in the pack's dump that makes a Rain Shield.

What the Rain Shield does

Unverified What the Rain Shield does in practice, where to place it, and how it behaves in this pack is not shown by the sources here. The mod has no in-jar guidebook, no tooltip text in its lang file, and no quest in this pack involves it. Test it in a safe world before you rely on it.

Rain Shield is a very small mod. The sources for this pack only describe one item, the Rain Shield, and one setting that controls it. There are no machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or automation to cover here.^[2][3]

What the Rain Shield does

The mod's own config describes the Rain Shield as defining a range in which rain stops rendering. In other words, it is set up as a rain-rendering effect around the block, and the only setting the sources show is the size of that range.^[3]

The range setting

The range is controlled by General.rainShieldDistance. This pack sets it to 80, which is the same as the mod default, so the pack hasn't changed it. The config accepts values greater than 1.^[3]

The setting lives in the client config file, so you adjust it on your own game rather than on a server. The sources don't say which unit the distance uses, so check that in-game before you rely on a specific number.^[3]

Crafting it

The Rain Shield is crafted with a shaped recipe from the mod, and the recipe below shows exactly what the pack uses.^[2]

Rain ShieldMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Flint	Empty slot
Empty slot	any blaze rod	Empty slot
any netherrack	any netherrack	any netherrack

Recipe id: rainshield:rain_shield

Unverified The sources don't explain any other behavior of the Rain Shield, such as whether it needs power, how it works with other blocks, or whether it affects anything besides rain rendering. Treat those details as unconfirmed until you test them in-game.

The pack data shows Rain Shield with a single crafting recipe, and no further recipes that make Rain Shield items. That means there is no tier ladder to climb for this mod here, just one item you craft once you can gather what the recipe needs.^[2]

How you get it

Rain Shield is made with a shaped crafting recipe. The block below shows the exact in-pack version.^[2]

Rain ShieldMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Flint	Empty slot
Empty slot	any blaze rod	Empty slot
any netherrack	any netherrack	any netherrack

Recipe id: rainshield:rain_shield

The recipe takes entries from item tags, so more than one item can fill those slots.

Rain Shield only has one option worth knowing about in this pack, and it lives in the client config file. It's a client-side setting, so it affects what you see on your own machine.^[3]

General.rainShieldDistance sets the range in which the Rain Shield stops rendering rain. This pack sets it to 80, which is the same as the mod default of 80, so the pack hasn't changed anything here. The value has to be greater than 1.^[3]