Starbunclemania guide for FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 to 1.22.0
Starbunclemania 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 4.11 to 5.5All the Mons 0.3.0-beta to 1.3.0FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.0.3 to 1.4.1FTB StoneBlock 4 1.1.1 to 1.23.0
- Sections
- 6
- Recipes shown
- 27
- Items named
- 32
5 sections are written for this pack; 1 is 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 Starbunclemania?
Same as in the All the Mods 10 4.14 guide
Starbunclemania is part of this pack, which ships version 1.5.1 of the mod (file starbunclemania-1.21.1-1.5.1.jar). It has been in the pack since version 3.0 or earlier, so it's a long-standing part of the mod list rather than a recent addition.[1]
Unverified The sources I have don't describe what Starbunclemania does or who it is aimed at, so I can't tell you about its features or mechanics here. They also don't show any quests in this pack that involve it, and they don't place it on the ATM Star path, so I can't say where it fits in the pack's progression.
How do you get started with Starbunclemania?
6 parts
Starbunclemania is all about giving your Starbuncles new jobs. Each job item changes what a Starbuncle does when you use it on one, so the first things to make are the ones that put your Starbuncles to work. Here is the order I'd go in.[2]
First: Starminer
Start with the Starminer. It changes a Starbuncle's job to mine blocks in specified spots, and you can give it a tool to use (it defaults to an iron pick). The pack changed this recipe from the mod's version, so go by the one below.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | any iron ingot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_miner
Next: Starbuilder
Next comes the Starbuilder, which changes a Starbuncle's job to place blocks in specified spots. Its recipe is also changed by the pack.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_build
Then: Fluid Jar and Starbucket
To move fluids, you first need a Fluid Containment Jar. The pack changed this recipe too. The jar is also an ingredient in the Starbucket, which changes a Starbuncle's job to transport fluids around.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold ingot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar
The Starbucket is made at an enchanting apparatus, not on a crafting table.[3]
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
Fluid Containment Jar
- 4× any gold nugget
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bucket
Fluid Starbuncles are tuned in the server config. In this pack the transfer rate is set by [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_ratio]] at 1,000, and the check threshold by [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_threshold]] at 250. Lower the threshold if you want them to check and fill more often.[4]
Then: StarbAttery
The StarbAttery changes a Starbuncle's job to transport FE energy around. The pack changed its recipe as well. Its transfer rate is [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbattery_ratio]], set to 100,000 in this pack.[2][3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold nugget | Empty slot |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_battery
Later: Round-robin item transport
Once you have several inventories connected, the Square Robin Mask tweaks a Starbuncle's item transport to round-robin items between inventories. It also stops pickup.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:robin_mask
Finally: Starballoon
The Starballoon changes a Starbuncle's job to transport Mekanism chemical around. It can also be dyed. Like the Starbucket, it is made at an enchanting apparatus.[2][3]
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
Air Essence
2× Magebloom Fiber
- any wool
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_balloon
How does Starbunclemania work?
6 parts
Starbunclemania is built around a simple idea: you swap a Starbuncle's job by using an item on it. Instead of moving items, it can move fluids, energy or chemicals, mine, place blocks or void items. Everything below is what the sources show for this pack.[2]
Changing a Starbuncle's job
- Starbucket changes the job to transporting fluids.[2]
- StarbAttery changes the job to transporting FE energy.[2]
- Starballoon changes the job to transporting Mekanism chemicals. It can be dyed, and it supports Starbuncle, Drygmy and Wixie familiars.[2]
- Starbuilder changes the job to placing blocks in specified spots.[2]
- Starminer changes the job to mining blocks in specified spots. You can give it a tool to use, and it defaults to an iron pick.[2]
- StarBin changes the job to voiding the items it picks up, and items from linked chests.[2]
- Square Robin Mask does not replace the job. It tweaks the Starbuncle's item transport to round-robin items between inventories, and it also stops pickup.[2]
The pack changed the recipes for the StarbAttery, the StarBin, the Starbuilder and the Starminer, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults. Here they are as the pack has them.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold nugget | Empty slot |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_battery
Changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any iron nugget | Empty slot |
| any iron ingot | Empty slot | any iron ingot |
| any iron nugget | any iron ingot | any iron nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bin
Changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_build
Changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | any iron ingot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_miner
Changed by the pack.
The Starbucket and the Starballoon are made at the Enchanting Apparatus from Ars Nouveau ingredients. The Starballoon can also be dyed with a dye recipe.[3]
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
- 4× any gold nugget
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bucket
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
- any wool
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_balloon
Transfer rates and thresholds
The fluid, energy and gas transport jobs each have a ratio (the transfer rate) and a threshold in the server config. The config says to lower a threshold if you need these Starbuncles to check and fill more often. The values listed below are the ones this pack uses, and they match the mod defaults.[4]
- Fluid Starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_ratio]] is 1,000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_threshold]] is 250.[4]
- Energy Starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbattery_ratio]] is 100,000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbattery_threshold]] is 1,000.[4]
- Gas Starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starballoon_ratio]] is 1,000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starballoon_threshold]] is 250.[4]
Fluids and Source
The Fluid Containment Jar is the mod's fluid container, and its block is named Fluid Containment Jar. The pack changed its recipe. The [[config:config/starbunclemania-common.toml#General Configs.mob_jar_render]] option controls whether the mob jar fluid is rendered, and it is on in this pack.[2][3][5]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold ingot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar
Changed by the pack.
The Source Condenser turns Source into liquid Source. [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.source_condense_cost]] sets the Source cost to make a bucket of liquid source, and the pack keeps the default of 1,000. The recipe combines a Source Relay with a Fluid Jar.[3][4]
The Fluid Sourcelink converts fluid into Source. [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.fluid_to_source]] sets how much Source each milli-bucket of a fluid is worth, using entries like "minecraft:lava=1.6". The pack leaves that list empty.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_sourcelink
There is also a Mekanism rotary recipe that the pack changed, which links the mod's source gas and source fluid.[3]
Rotary (mekanism)
- Source Fluid
- Source Gas
Recipe id: starbunclemania:gas_to_liquid_source
Changed by the pack.
Scrolls
Fluid Scroll: Allow and Fluid Scroll: Deny each have a clear recipe, shown below. The Direction Scroll is read by item Starbuncles only if they wear the Wyrm Degree.[2][3]
Wixie cauldrons
You use a Wixie Charm on a block to let Wixies work with its recipes. The tooltips list these setups:[2]
- Furnace: Wixies use smelting and smoking recipes.[2]
- Stonecutter: Wixies use stonecutter recipes.[2]
- Cutting Board: Wixies use cutting board recipes.[2]
- Cooking Pot: Wixies use cooking pot recipes.[2]
- Crucible: Wixies use Eidolon's crucible recipes.[2]
- Fluid Jar (the Wixie Mixer): Wixies use the milk and water in the side tanks for crafting recipes instead of buckets.[2]
Fluid glyphs
The mod adds spell glyphs for Ars Nouveau. Glyph Pickup Fluid picks up fluids from the world and fills a tank in your hotbar or next to the turret. Glyph Place Fluid places fluid in the world, draining from a tank in the hotbar or next to the turret.[2][3]
Pickup Fluid costs 80 (general.cost) and Place Fluid costs 20 (general.cost). Both match the mod defaults, and the pack sets no augment limits, cost overrides or invalid combinations for either.[6][7]
Both glyphs are enabled and neither is a starter glyph. Their tier is set by general.glyph_tier and general.glyph_tier, and the pack keeps the default of 2 for both.[6][7]
Some augments have special descriptions on these glyphs. Sensitive makes Pickup Fluid target the block hit directly instead of the relative position, and makes Place Fluid place the fluid inside the block hit instead of relative to it. AOE increases the radius of targeted blocks, Pierce increases their depth, and Randomize adds a chance to not target a block.[2]
How do you progress through Starbunclemania?
4 parts
Starbunclemania has no step-by-step ladder in this pack. The recipes do show a rough order, though, from simple crafting-table gear up to Ars Nouveau's Enchanting Apparatus. Treat the tiers below as a suggested path built from the recipe types, not an official one.[3]
Unverified No quests in this pack cover this mod, and no in-jar guidebook was found, so the order below is inferred from the recipes rather than from a quest line.
Crafting-table utility gear
Start with the utility items the pack has changed: StarBin, Starminer, Starbuilder and StarbAttery. The pack changes the recipe for each of them, so don't trust a mod-default recipe from another source. The exact in-pack recipes are below.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any iron nugget | Empty slot |
| any iron ingot | Empty slot | any iron ingot |
| any iron nugget | any iron ingot | any iron nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bin
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | any iron ingot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_miner
Crafting Shaped
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_build
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold nugget | Empty slot |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_battery
Fluid handling
The fluid side starts with the Fluid Containment Jar. The pack changes this recipe too. The Source Condenser, the pickup glyph and the Starbucket all use the jar as an ingredient.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold ingot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar
Once you have a jar, Source Condenser is a shapeless craft that combines it with a Source Relay. Fluid Sourcelink is a separate shaped craft.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_sourcelink
For filtering, Fluid Scroll: Allow and Fluid Scroll: Deny each have their own recipe, and each also has a matching recipe for clearing it. Direction Scroll is another scroll, shown below the filter scrolls.[3]
Crafting Shapeless
Blank Parchment
Water Essence
- any cobblestone
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_scroll_deny
If you use Ars Nouveau spellcasting, the mod adds fluid glyphs: Glyph Pickup Fluid and Glyph Place Fluid. Both are made as glyph recipes, and the pickup glyph uses the Fluid Jar.[3]
Rotary (mekanism)
- Source Fluid
- Source Gas
Recipe id: starbunclemania:gas_to_liquid_source
Enchanting Apparatus items
The top of the path is the Ars Nouveau Enchanting Apparatus items: Starbucket, Starballoon and Starddle [WIP]. The saddle is marked as a work in progress. The Starbucket builds on the Fluid Jar, so it sits after the fluid items.[3]
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
- 4× any gold nugget
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bucket
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
- any wool
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_balloon
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
Saddle
- 2× any source gem
- 2× any gold nugget
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_saddle
You can dye a finished Starballoon with a separate dye recipe.[3]
Cosmetics, any time
The wearable cosmetics all use mod-default recipes, so you can make them whenever you like. They are Blues Hat, Alakakrinos Hat, Drygmy Horns, Sea Bunny, Starby Ears, Whirli Propeller, Square Robin Mask and Wyrm Degree. The exception is Chef Hat, which builds on the Blues Hat.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_hat
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:chef_hat
How does Starbunclemania work with other mods?
3 parts
Every in-pack recipe for Starbunclemania uses at least one Ars Nouveau item, so your Ars Nouveau setup comes first. The only other mod item in these recipes is a Source fluid bucket. The rest are plain Minecraft items and common tags like gold ingots and cobblestones.[3]
Fluid and Source handling
The Fluid Containment Jar is the first piece of the fluid side, and the pack has changed its recipe. Don't rely on the mod's default recipe from other guides. Use the one below.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold ingot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar
This recipe is changed by the pack, so it differs from the mod's default.
The Source Condenser is a shapeless craft that builds on the Fluid Jar and an Ars Nouveau Source Relay.[3]
The Fluid Sourcelink connects the mod to Ars Nouveau's Source Gem and to a Source fluid bucket (Source Fluid Bucket).[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_sourcelink
Scrolls and glyphs
The mod's scrolls all start from Ars Nouveau's Blank Parchment. The Direction Scroll and Fluid Scroll: Allow are shapeless crafts, and the Fluid Scroll: Deny is a shapeless craft too, with a cobblestone tag item added.[3]
Crafting Shapeless
- any cobblestone
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_scroll_deny
The mod also adds a spell glyph, Glyph Place Fluid, which uses the Ars Nouveau glyph recipe type and takes Water Essence as one of its inputs.[3]
Cosmetics
The cosmetic headwear is tied to Ars Nouveau too. Most pieces are shaped crafts built around Magebloom Fiber plus a wool or sandstone block. The exception is the Square Robin Mask, which starts from Ars Nouveau's Starbuncle Shades.[3]
- Alakakrinos Hat[3]
- Drygmy Horns[3]
- Sea Bunny[3]
- Blues Hat[3]
- Starby Ears[3]
- Whirli Propeller[3]
- Square Robin Mask[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
Recipe id: starbunclemania:alak_hat
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
| Empty slot | ||
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:drygmy_horns
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: starbunclemania:sea_bunny
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_hat
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
| Empty slot | ||
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:starby_ears
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | ||
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:whirli_prop
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:robin_mask
The Starballoon is the one cosmetic that uses the Ars Nouveau enchanting apparatus recipe type instead of a crafting table. It takes Air Essence and Magebloom Fiber, along with any wool.[3]
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
- any wool
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_balloon
Which Starbunclemania config options matter?
3 parts
Good news: every Starbunclemania option in this pack's config files that lists a mod default is set to that default. The pack hasn't changed any of these values, so this section is mostly a guide to what each option does and what it's set to.[4][6][7]
Starbuncle transfer rates
The server config has a ratio (transfer rate) and a threshold for each transfer starbuncle type: fluid, gas and energy. The threshold controls how often they check and fill.[4]
- Fluid starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_ratio]] is 1,000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_threshold]] is 250. Both are the mod defaults.[4]
- Gas starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starballoon_ratio]] is 1,000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starballoon_threshold]] is 250. Both are the mod defaults.[4]
- Energy starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbattery_ratio]] is 100,000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbattery_threshold]] is 1,000. Both are the mod defaults.[4]
Source and fluids
- [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.source_condense_cost]] is the Source cost to make a bucket of liquid source. It's set to 1,000, the same as the mod default.[4]
- [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.fluid_to_source]] sets how much Source a milli-bucket of fluid is worth when the sourcelink converts it. In this pack the list is empty, so no custom conversion entries are configured. The config's own example of the entry format is lava at 1.6.[4]
- [[config:config/starbunclemania-common.toml#General Configs.mob_jar_render]] is true, which means the mob jar fluid's rendering is enabled. The file doesn't list a mod default for this option.[5]
Fluid glyphs
The Pickup Fluid and Place Fluid glyphs each have their own config file. Both are enabled, both are tier 2, and neither is a starter glyph. Every value that lists a mod default matches it.[6][7]
- Pickup Fluid glyph: general.cost is 80, and general.glyph_tier is 2.[7]
- Place Fluid glyph: general.cost is 20, and general.glyph_tier is 2.[6]
- Both glyphs have general.per_spell_limit and general.per_spell_limit at 2,147,483,647, so there is effectively no cap on how many times each can appear in one spell.[6][7]
- The augment cost overrides, augment limits and invalid combos lists are empty for both glyphs, so the pack adds no extra restrictions or cost tweaks.[6][7]
Sources
- All the Mods 10 4.14 mod list · pack file
- starbunclemania names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 recipe dump: recipes making Starbunclemania items · pack recipe dump
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 config: config/starbunclemania-server.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 config: config/starbunclemania-common.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 config: config/starbunclemania/glyph_place_fluid.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 config: config/starbunclemania/glyph_pickup_fluid.toml · 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: 1.23.0 to 1.24.0