Simply Light guide for FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 to 1.22.0
Simply Light guide for FTB Skies 2
Last verified for FTB Skies 2 v1.22.0 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:All the Mods 10 0.32 to 2.16All the Mods 10: To the Sky 1.0 to 2.1.0All the Mons 0.3.0-beta to 1.3.0FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.0.3 to 1.10.0FTB StoneBlock 4 1.1.1 to 1.23.0
- Sections
- 4
- Recipes shown
- 19
- Items named
- 16
2 sections are written for this pack; 2 are shared from another pack's guide.
Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Skies 2 1.22.0's own files.
What is Simply Light?
Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.16 guide
Simply Light is in the pack at version 1.4.6+1.21-b53 (file simplylight-1.4.6+1.21-b53.jar). It has been part of the pack since version 0.32 or earlier, so it isn't a recent addition.[1]
Unverified The sources I have don't describe what Simply Light adds, who it is aimed at, or how it fits into the pack's progression. I also have no confirmed recipes, config options or quests for it, and no guidebook, so I'm not guessing at any of that. I'll fill this in once there is something to back it up.
How do you get started with Simply Light?
5 parts
This mod adds lighting blocks, and the recipes shown here are all crafting recipes. Here is the order I'd go in, starting with the light bulb.[2]
First: Simple Light Bulb
Start with the Simple Light Bulb. One craft gives you 8 of them.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:bulb
Next: Illuminant Block
Next, make the Illuminant Block. This craft gives you 4 blocks, and the mod describes it as a simple light block.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any redstone dust | ||
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block
If you want the inverted version, Illuminant Block(Inverted), you can craft it directly for 4 blocks, or turn an Illuminant Block into it with a single-item shapeless recipe.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle
The reverse swap, back to the normal block, is also a one-item recipe.[2]
Then: Dynamic Edge Light
The Dynamic Edge Light (bottom) is great for hallways. One craft makes 6. When you place it, it morphs to follow the blocks around it, and that shape stays afterward. That means you can shape it using temporary blocks.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | Empty slot | any stone |
| any stone | Empty slot | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light
There is also a top version, Dynamic Edge Light (top), and you can swap between the two with shapeless recipes.[2]
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_bottom_from_top
Colors
Once you have edge lights, you can recolor them with a dye recipe that makes 8 per craft, for example Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom).[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_blue_dyed
Panels are made from slabs, for example Illuminant Black Panel from Illuminant Black Slab. The plain Illuminant Slab has its own recipe too.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_slab
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_panel_black_split
Finally: fixtures, rods and columns
When you want more decorative options, the mod also has the Illuminant Fixture, which makes 6 per craft, and the Illuminant Rod, which makes 8.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone |
| any stone | |
| any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:walllamp
Crafting Shaped
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
Recipe id: simplylight:rodlamp
The Illuminant Column makes 2 per craft and needs one of the mod's switched-on lamps as an ingredient, so make one of those first.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any any lamp on | Empty slot |
| Empty slot | any wall | Empty slot |
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:lamp_post
How does Simply Light work?
3 parts
Same as in the All the Mons 1.3.0 guide
Simply Light is a set of light blocks, so the sources here show no machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or automation for it. What they do explain is how a few of the lights behave when you place them, and that's what this section covers.[4]
Dynamic edge lights
The Dynamic Edge Light (bottom) is the one with the most interesting behaviour. Its in-game description says it follows the walls around itself, which makes it good for hallways. It morphs depending on the blocks present around it at the moment you place it.[4]
The shape persists after placement. That means you can use temporary blocks to get the shape you want, then remove them and keep the light as it is.[4]
There is a bottom version and a top version, Dynamic Edge Light (top), and both carry the same description. You can swap between the two with shapeless crafting.[4][5]
Bottom to top.
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_bottom_from_top
Top to bottom.
Colour variants such as Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom) are made by crafting a dye together with any edge light.[5]
Crafting Shaped
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_blue_dyed
Dyeing an edge light blue.
Illuminant blocks and the inverted toggle
The Illuminant Block is described as a simple light block that activates. The inverted version, Illuminant Block(Inverted), is described the same way but deactivates instead.[4]
You can switch between the normal and inverted forms with a shapeless crafting recipe. The black set has its own pair of toggle recipes, using Illuminant Black Block and Illuminant Black Block (Inverted).[4][5]
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle
Normal to inverted.
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_black_block_toggle
Black inverted back to black normal.
Placement notes for the other lights
- The Simple Light Bulb can be placed in any direction.[4]
- Illuminant panels are LED panel lights that can be placed in any direction, for example Illuminant Blue Panel.[4]
- Illuminant slabs are half-slab lights that can also be placed in any direction, for example Illuminant Blue Slab.[4]
- The Illuminant Column (Illuminant Column) is a 3 block tall lamp post, and only the top block emits light.[4]
Panels can also be made from slabs of the matching colour with a split recipe.[5]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_panel_blue_split
Splitting a blue slab into blue panels.
How do you progress through Simply Light?
3 parts
In this pack, Simply Light has no tiers to climb. What the recipes show is a short crafting chain: you make a base light, then branch into colours, flips between variants and smaller shapes. Here is how that chain runs.[2]
The base lights
Every base light has its own recipe, so you can start with whichever one you like. Here is what each craft gives you.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:bulb
One craft makes 8 Simple Light Bulbs.
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | Empty slot | any stone |
| any stone | Empty slot | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light
One craft makes 6 Dynamic Edge Lights (bottom).
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any redstone dust | ||
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block
One craft makes 4 Illuminant Blocks.
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on
This is the Inverted version of the block, also 4 per craft.
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_slab
One craft makes 6 Illuminant Slabs.
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone |
| any stone | |
| any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:walllamp
One craft makes 6 Illuminant Fixtures.
Crafting Shaped
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
Recipe id: simplylight:rodlamp
One craft makes 8 Illuminant Rods.
The Illuminant Column is the odd one out. Its recipe takes an item from the mod's any_lamp_on group as an input, so make some of your other lamps first. One craft gives you 2 Illuminant Columns.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any any lamp on | Empty slot |
| Empty slot | any wall | Empty slot |
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:lamp_post
Craft this after your other lamps, since it uses one of them.
Colours and variants
Once you have edge lights, you can recolour them. Each dye recipe takes any edge light plus a dye and gives you 8 lights in that colour. Here is the black one as an example, and the other colours follow the same pattern.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_black_dyed
One craft makes 8 Dynamic Black Edge Light (bottom).
The top versions of the edge lights have their own dye recipes too. They take any top edge light and give you 8 lights per craft.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any any edge light top | any any edge light top | any any edge light top |
| any any edge light top | any any edge light top | |
| any any edge light top | any any edge light top | any any edge light top |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_top_black_dyed
The top version of the black edge light, 8 per craft.
You can swap an edge light between its bottom and top forms with a single-item shapeless craft, and back again. Illuminant Blocks work the same way: each block and its Inverted version convert into each other.[2]
Turns a bottom edge light into a top one.
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_bottom_from_top
Turns a top edge light back into a bottom one.
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle
Turns an Illuminant Block into its Inverted version.
Splitting slabs into panels
The last step is the panel. Put one Illuminant Slab in the recipe and you get 6 Illuminant Panels, and each colour of slab has its own matching split recipe.[2]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_panel_split
One slab makes 6 Illuminant Panel.
Across the mod, the recipe dump counts 160 shaped crafting recipes and 50 shapeless ones, which is why you will find so many colour and toggle variants.[2]
Sources
- All the Mods 10 2.16 mod list · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 recipe dump: recipes making Simply Light items · pack recipe dump
- simplylight names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- simplylight names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- All the Mons 1.3.0 recipe dump: recipes making Simply Light items · pack recipe dump
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: 1.23.0 to 1.24.0