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Step Crafter in FTB Skies 2

FTB Skies 2 1.24.0 ships version 1.21.1-0.1.9 · First seen in 1.16.0

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Step Crafter is a mod in FTB Skies 2 1.24.0, where it is version 1.21.1-0.1.9. Adds a Step Crafter and Step Requester which allows recursive crafting and keeping items in-stock to Refined Storage (Summary from the mod's Modrinth page.)

Step Crafter guide for FTB Skies 2

Written for FTB Skies 2 1.23.0 · also fits 1.24.0 · updated Oct 17, 2026

Last verified for FTB Skies 2 v1.24.0 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026

Also applies to:All the Mods 10 8.1 to 8.3All the Mods 11 0.1.0 to 0.12.0-betaFTB Evolution 2 1.2.0 to 1.4.0FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.0.3 to 1.10.0FTB StoneBlock 4 1.14.0 to 1.23.0

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Recipes shown
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2 sections are written for this pack; 5 are shared from another pack's guide.

Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Skies 2 1.24.0, read from the running game on Oct 13, 2026.

What is Step Crafter?

2 parts

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

Step Crafter is an add-on for Refined Storage. It adds a Step Crafter and a Step Requester, which give you recursive crafting and a way to keep items in stock in your network.[1]

What it does

With the Step Crafter, you put in a pattern and Shift + Click it to set a minimum and a maximum amount. When the amount of that pattern's output stored in your network drops below the minimum, it crafts automatically until the maximum is restored.[1]

The Step Requester works from a resource instead of a pattern. You select the resource you want to maintain, then click to set its minimum, maximum and batch size. When the available amount falls below the minimum, it asks your autocrafters to produce that resource in batches until the maximum is reached.[1]

In this pack

The pack includes Step Crafter 1.21.1-0.1.8, the NeoForge build for Minecraft 1.21.1.[2]

The mod's project page lists a Step Crafter Manager, a Step Requester Manager, starting Step Crafter autocrafting tasks from the Grid, and a Redstone Pulse to start crafts as planned features. These are only plans, so don't count on them in this version.[1]

How do you get started with Step Crafter?

6 parts

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

Step Crafter adds a few blocks on top of Refined Storage that keep items in stock for you, so you don't have to queue crafts by hand. The recipes use Refined Storage parts, so get a basic Refined Storage network running first.[1][3]

First, make a Step Crafter

Start with the Step Crafter. It's the core of the mod, and both the Step Crafter Manager and the Step Crafting Monitor are crafted from it. It accepts patterns for recursive autocrafting and lets you set a minimum and a maximum. When the network's amount of a pattern's output drops below the minimum, it crafts until it reaches the maximum.[1][3][4]

To set it up, put a pattern in, then Shift + Click it to enter the minimum and maximum amounts.[1]

Next, make a Step Requester

The Step Requester works from resources instead of patterns. Select the resource you want to maintain and click it to configure the minimum, maximum and batch size. When the amount falls below the minimum, it requests Autocrafters to produce the item in batches until the maximum is reached.[1][4]

Add managers once you have several

After you've placed a few of them, the managers save you from walking around to each one. The Step Crafter Manager lets you manage all your Step Crafters from a single interface, and the Step Requester Manager does the same for Step Requesters. Each one is crafted from its matching base block, so make the Step Crafter or Step Requester first.[3][4]

Step Crafter ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Advanced ProcessorStep Crafterany glass blocks
Quartz Enriched IronMachine Casingany glass blocks
Advanced ProcessorStep Crafterany glass blocks

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_crafter_manager

Step Requester ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Advanced ProcessorStep Requesterany glass blocks
Quartz Enriched IronMachine Casingany glass blocks
Advanced ProcessorStep Requesterany glass blocks

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_requester_manager

Tip: Each Step Crafter and Step Requester has a toggle that controls whether you can manage it in its manager. If a machine is missing from the manager, check that toggle first.[4]

Watch and cancel crafts with the monitor

The Step Crafting Monitor displays the status of step crafting tasks and lets you cancel them in your storage network. It is crafted from a Step Crafter too.[3][4]

Step Crafting MonitorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Advanced ProcessorStep Crafterany glass blocks
Quartz Enriched IronMachine Casingany glass blocks
Advanced ProcessorPatternany glass blocks

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_crafting_monitor

Speed things up with Slot Upgrades

The Slot Upgrade speeds up the Step Crafter. The speed multiplier applies per slot upgrade, using the formula: upgrade amount times speed multiplier, plus 1.[4]

Optional extras

The managers and the monitor can be recolored. In this pack you combine a dye with any manager or monitor of the matching kind, and the light blue recipe gives you the standard, undyed item. Here's the red Step Crafter Manager as an example.[3]

Red Step Crafter ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

  • any step crafter manager
  • any red dye

Recipe id: stepcrafter:coloring/red_step_crafter_manager

If you use a Refined Storage Grid, the mod adds a tooltip that says ALT + click to stepcraft.[4]

How does Step Crafter work?

4 parts

Same as in the FTB StoneBlock 4 1.22.0 guide

Step Crafter is an add-on for Refined Storage. It adds recursive crafting and keeps items in stock automatically. Everything below works through your storage network, so you set a target amount once and the network does the rest.[1]

Step Crafter

The Step Crafter accepts patterns for recursive autocrafting. Put a pattern in, then Shift + Click it to set a minimum and a maximum. When the amount of that pattern's output in your network drops below the minimum, it crafts until the maximum is reached again.[1][5]

Step CrafterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Quartz Enriched IronConstruction CoreQuartz Enriched Iron
Advanced ProcessorAutocrafterAdvanced Processor
Quartz Enriched IronDestruction CoreQuartz Enriched Iron

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_crafter

This is the in-pack recipe for the Step Crafter.

These toggles on the Step Crafter screen are worth knowing about:[5]

  • Insert into pointed container: if enabled, the Step Crafter tries to import the crafted components into the container it is pointed at.[5]
  • Visible to the Step Crafter Manager: if enabled, you can manage this Step Crafter from the Step Crafter Manager.[5]

The filter slots also tell you what is going on. You may see Crafting, Finished, Not Enough Ingredients, "Network is full. Can't insert crafting result", or "External container is full or doesn't accept any items". If a slot says the network is full, free up space in your storage first.[5]

Step Requester

The Step Requester works from the other side. You pick a resource and configure its minimum, maximum and batch size. When the available amount drops below the minimum, it asks your autocrafters to produce it in batches until the maximum is reached.[1][5]

Step RequesterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Quartz Enriched IronDetectorQuartz Enriched Iron
Advanced ProcessorMachine CasingAdvanced Processor
Quartz Enriched IronDestruction CoreQuartz Enriched Iron

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_requester

This is the in-pack recipe for the Step Requester.

So the difference is simple. The Step Crafter takes patterns directly and follows them recursively, while the Step Requester hands the job to the autocrafters already on your network. Like the Step Crafter, it has a toggle that makes it visible to its manager.[5]

Managers and the monitor

The Step Crafter Manager lets you manage all your Step Crafters from a single interface. The Step Requester Manager does the same for Step Requesters. Only machines with their visibility toggle enabled can be managed there.[5]

Both managers have a search mode and a view type in the config. This pack sets both managers to the search mode "ALL" and the view type "VISIBLE". The other search modes are PATTERN_INPUTS, PATTERN_OUTPUTS and STEP_NAMES, and the other view types are NOT_FULL and ALL.[7]

The Step Crafting Monitor shows the status of step crafting tasks and lets you cancel them in your storage network. A task can be Ready, Running, Completed, Network Full or Not Enough Ingredients, and the monitor can list a missing resource. Its Required and Used numbers may not reflect the actual amount, so treat them as a guide.[5]

In the Grid, the tooltip "ALT + click to stepcraft" shows up, so you can start a step craft from there.[5]

The managers and the monitor also come in dyed colors. Dyeing is a shapeless craft with a dye and any manager or monitor of the matching type.[6]

The dyed managers and monitors keep a custom name when you break them and pick them up.[8][9][10]

Speed and energy

The Slot Upgrade speeds up the Step Crafter. The formula is the number of speed upgrades times the speed multiplier, plus 1. This pack sets stepCrafter.speedMultiplier to 14, which is the mod default.[5][7]

Slot UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Quartz Enriched IronChestQuartz Enriched Iron
ChestUpgradeChest
Quartz Enriched IronQuartz Enriched IronQuartz Enriched Iron

Recipe id: stepcrafter:slot_upgrade

This is the in-pack recipe for the Slot Upgrade.

Each of these has its own energy usage setting, and this pack keeps the mod default for each one:[7]

How do you progress through Step Crafter?

4 parts

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.2 guide

Step Crafter progression in this pack is driven by its crafting recipes. The base blocks are built from Refined Storage parts, including Advanced Processor, so you need Refined Storage up and running before you start.[11]

The base blocks

Everything starts with the Step Crafter and the Step Requester. Make these first, because the managers and the monitor are built on top of them.[11]

Managers and the monitor

The next step uses your base blocks as ingredients. The Step Crafter Manager and the Step Crafting Monitor both need a Step Crafter, and the Step Requester Manager needs a Step Requester. All of them also use a glass block, and the pack accepts any block in the glass blocks tag. The monitor additionally needs a Refined Storage Pattern.[11]

Step Crafter ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Advanced ProcessorStep Crafterany glass blocks
Quartz Enriched IronMachine Casingany glass blocks
Advanced ProcessorStep Crafterany glass blocks

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_crafter_manager

Step Crafting MonitorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Advanced ProcessorStep Crafterany glass blocks
Quartz Enriched IronMachine Casingany glass blocks
Advanced ProcessorPatternany glass blocks

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_crafting_monitor

Step Requester ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Advanced ProcessorStep Requesterany glass blocks
Quartz Enriched IronMachine Casingany glass blocks
Advanced ProcessorStep Requesterany glass blocks

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_requester_manager

Slot Upgrade

The Slot Upgrade has its own recipe. It uses a chest, Quartz Enriched Iron and a Refined Storage Upgrade, so it does not depend on any other Step Crafter block.[11]

Coloring

The managers and the monitor can be recolored. Each color has a shapeless recipe: a dye of that color plus any block of the matching kind (crafter manager, crafting monitor or requester manager). Here is the red Step Crafter Manager as an example.[11]

Red Step Crafter ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

  • any step crafter manager
  • any red dye

Recipe id: stepcrafter:coloring/red_step_crafter_manager

Tip: The light blue dye recipes give you the plain Step Crafter Manager, Step Crafting Monitor or Step Requester Manager, rather than a separate light blue variant.[11]

How does Step Crafter work with other mods?

4 parts

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.2 guide

Step Crafter is built entirely around Refined Storage. The mod adds the Step Crafter and the Step Requester to give a Refined Storage network recursive crafting and the ability to keep items in stock. Every recipe for the mod in this pack is made from Refined Storage parts.[1][11]

How it plugs into your network

On the Step Crafter side, you put in a pattern and Shift + Click it to set a minimum and a maximum amount. When the network's stored amount of that pattern's output drops below the minimum, it crafts automatically until the maximum is restored.[1]

The Step Requester works from the resource instead. You select what you want to maintain, then configure its minimum, maximum and batch size. When the available amount falls below the minimum, it asks autocrafters to produce that resource in batches until the maximum is reached.[1]

Recipes that use Refined Storage items

Quartz Enriched Iron shows up in every Step Crafter recipe in this pack, so you will need to be set up with Refined Storage materials before you can craft any of them. All of these are shaped crafting recipes.[11]

The Step Crafter is the base of the crafting side. It is made from Refined Storage components, including an Autocrafter.[11]

The Step Requester is the base of the stock-keeping side, and it is also built from Refined Storage parts, including a Detector.[11]

Managers and the monitor

The Step Crafter Manager and the Step Crafting Monitor both need a Step Crafter first. Keep an eye out for the Machine Casing in both recipes below, and for the Pattern in the monitor's.[11]

Step Crafter ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Advanced ProcessorStep Crafterany glass blocks
Quartz Enriched IronMachine Casingany glass blocks
Advanced ProcessorStep Crafterany glass blocks

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_crafter_manager

Step Crafting MonitorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Advanced ProcessorStep Crafterany glass blocks
Quartz Enriched IronMachine Casingany glass blocks
Advanced ProcessorPatternany glass blocks

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_crafting_monitor

The Step Requester Manager follows the same idea, but it is built from a Step Requester instead.[11]

Step Requester ManagerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Advanced ProcessorStep Requesterany glass blocks
Quartz Enriched IronMachine Casingany glass blocks
Advanced ProcessorStep Requesterany glass blocks

Recipe id: stepcrafter:step_requester_manager

The manager and monitor blocks also come in colour variants, such as black and blue. The mod groups them with one item tag for each type: crafter managers, crafting monitors and requester managers.[12][13][14]

Slot Upgrade

The Slot Upgrade is a Refined Storage flavoured craft. See the recipe below for where the regular Upgrade and a Chest fit in.[11]

Which Step Crafter config options matter?

4 parts

Good news: wherever the sources list a mod default, this pack uses exactly that value, so none of these options is a pack-specific change. The options are split between the common file, which covers speed, energy and the manager screens, and the client file, which covers the defaults on the resource configuration screen.[15][16]

Crafting speed

stepCrafter.speedMultiplier is set to 14, the same as the mod default. It can be any value above 0.[15]

Energy usage

Each Step Crafter block has its own energy usage option, and the pack leaves all of them at the mod default. Every one accepts a value from 0 up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807.[15]

Manager search and view

Both managers have a search mode and a view type. The pack sets stepCrafterManager.searchMode and stepRequesterManager.searchMode to "ALL". The other allowed values are PATTERN_INPUTS, PATTERN_OUTPUTS and STEP_NAMES.[15]

stepCrafterManager.viewType and stepRequesterManager.viewType are both set to "VISIBLE". The other allowed values are NOT_FULL and ALL.[15]

Defaults when you set up a resource

When you configure a resource for the Step Requester, you set a minimum, a maximum and a batch size. The client config decides what those fields start with. resourceConfigurationDefaults.defaultBatchSize is 1, while resourceConfigurationDefaults.defaultMinAmount and resourceConfigurationDefaults.defaultMaxAmount are both 0. All of these match the mod defaults.[1][16]

What changed in Step Crafter between versions?

1 part

FTB Skies 2 1.23.0 ships Step Crafter 1.21.1-0.1.9, and the mod has been in the pack since 1.16.0 or earlier. The pack changelogs have no entries for this mod, so everything below comes from the mod's own changelogs.[17]

Changes by mod version

  • 0.1.9 (the version in this pack): fixed Alt + Click not working inside the Grid.[17][18]
  • 0.1.8: the default resource values for the Step Crafter and Step Requester can now be changed in the client-side configuration screen.[19]
  • 0.1.6: fixed a crash that sometimes happened when using inventory sorter mods.[20]
  • 0.1.5: fixed a bug where saving a fluid filter in the Step Crafter or Step Requester incorrectly changed its min amount, max amount, and batch size.[21]
  • 0.1.4: added a new side button to the Step Crafter that controls whether crafted items are inserted into the pointed container. This release also fixed various crashes.[22]
Tip: If you use an inventory sorter mod and ran into random crashes with an older Step Crafter, the 0.1.6 fix is already included in this pack's version.[17][20]

Guides that go with this one

Sources

  1. Step Crafter project page (modrinth) · official mod data
  2. All the Mods 10 8.1 mod list · pack file
  3. All the Mods 10 8.1 recipe dump: recipes making Step Crafter items · pack recipe dump
  4. stepcrafter tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
  5. stepcrafter names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
  6. FTB StoneBlock 4 1.22.0 recipe dump: recipes making Step Crafter items · pack recipe dump
  7. FTB StoneBlock 4 1.22.0 config: config/stepcrafter-common.toml · pack file
  8. data/stepcrafter/loot_table/blocks/black_step_crafter_manager.json (stepcrafter's jar) · official mod data
  9. data/stepcrafter/loot_table/blocks/black_step_crafting_monitor.json (stepcrafter's jar) · official mod data
  10. data/stepcrafter/loot_table/blocks/black_step_requester_manager.json (stepcrafter's jar) · official mod data
  11. All the Mods 10 8.2 recipe dump: recipes making Step Crafter items · pack recipe dump
  12. data/stepcrafter/tags/item/step_crafter_managers.json (stepcrafter's jar) · official mod data
  13. data/stepcrafter/tags/item/step_crafting_monitors.json (stepcrafter's jar) · official mod data
  14. data/stepcrafter/tags/item/step_requester_managers.json (stepcrafter's jar) · official mod data
  15. FTB Skies 2 1.23.0 config: config/stepcrafter-common.toml · pack file
  16. FTB Skies 2 1.23.0 config: config/stepcrafter-client.toml · pack file
  17. FTB Skies 2 1.23.0 mod list · pack file
  18. Step Crafter 1.21.1-0.1.9 changelog · changelog
  19. Step Crafter 1.21.1-0.1.8 changelog · changelog
  20. Step Crafter 1.21.1-0.1.6 changelog · changelog
  21. Step Crafter 1.21.1-0.1.5 changelog · changelog
  22. Step Crafter 1.21.1-0.1.4 changelog · changelog
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: 1.16.0 to 1.22.0

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12 releases, first in 1.16.0
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Oct 12, 2026
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1.23.0
Sep 24, 2026
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1.22.0
Sep 3, 2026
1.21.1-0.1.8stepcrafter-neoforge-1.21.1-0.1.8.jarFrom the published release
1.21.1
Jul 29, 2026
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1.20.1
Jul 29, 2026
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1.20.0
Jul 27, 2026
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1.19.0
Jul 24, 2026
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1.18.2
Jun 21, 2026
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1.18.1
Jun 16, 2026
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1.18.0
May 31, 2026
1.21.1-0.1.4stepcrafter-neoforge-1.21.1-0.1.4.jarFrom the published release
1.17.0
May 27, 2026
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1.16.0
May 13, 2026
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Items and blocks

51 items from the 1.24.0 recipe dump.

Config options (how FTB Skies 2 sets them)

14 settings shipped in the pack's config files; 0 differ from the mod's documented default.

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SettingFTB Skies 2 valueMod default
stepCrafterManager.searchMode
config/stepcrafter-common.toml
ALLnot documented
stepCrafterManager.viewType
config/stepcrafter-common.toml
VISIBLEnot documented
stepRequesterManager.searchMode
config/stepcrafter-common.toml
ALLnot documented
stepRequesterManager.viewType
config/stepcrafter-common.toml
VISIBLEnot documented
resourceConfigurationDefaults.defaultBatchSize
config/stepcrafter-client.toml
11
resourceConfigurationDefaults.defaultMaxAmount
config/stepcrafter-client.toml
00

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