XyCraft Machines guide for FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 to 1.5.0

XyCraft Machines is included in this pack at version 0.7.45. It has been part of the pack since version 1.0.1 or earlier, so it is a long-standing part of the mod list and not a recent addition.^[1]

The quest book mentions it in two places. In the "resource_generation" chapter, quest a quest in "?" has you obtain the Extractor. The quest has no title or description, so the book doesn't explain what the Extractor does.^[2]

The second mention is in the "useful_items_tips" chapter. Quest a quest in "?" has you obtain the Balloon on a Stick, which shows in game as Balloon on a Stick. This quest has no description either.^[3]

Those two quests are all the pack's quest book shows for this mod. The sources I have don't say what comes before or after them in their chapters, so I can't describe the order beyond that.^[2][3]

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.6.1 guide

The Machine Base and the ports show up in a lot of XyCraft Machines recipes. Make those first and most of the rest of the mod opens up. Here is the order I'd go in.^[4]

Step one: Machine Base

Start with the Machine Base. Several of the machines later in this guide build on it.^[4]

2× Machine BaseMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any aluminum ingot	any kivi
any kivi	any aluminum ingot

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shaped/machine_base

Step two: Ports

Next come the ports. The Item Port is used in the Buffer, Item IO and Soaryn Box. The Fluid Port is used in the Valve and the Hydro Pump.^[4]

4× Item PortMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any brass like nuggets
• any brass like nuggets
• any wooden chest

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shapeless/port_item

4× Fluid PortMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any aluminum nugget
• any aluminum nugget
• Bucket

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shapeless/port_fluid

Step three: Extractor

Your first real machine should be the Extractor. It extracts items and fluids out of the environment. The pack's quest book also has a quest for it, a quest in "?", in the resource_generation chapter.^[5][6]

ExtractorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any kivi	any port	any kivi
any aluminum ingot	Piston	any aluminum ingot
any aluminum ingot	Pointed Dripstone	any aluminum ingot

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shaped/extractor

The mod includes an Extractor recipe that turns leaves and logs into resin, and another that produces ore slurry with no item inputs.^[4]

Then: Fabricator

Once you have a Machine Base, make the Fabricator. It crafts items automatically.^[4][6]

FabricatorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any xychorium gem	Crafting Table	any xychorium gem
any kivi	Machine Base	any kivi
any xychorium gem	any chest	any xychorium gem

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shaped/fabricator

Handy extras

• The Valve allows the creation of tanks.^[4][6]
• The Hydro Pump automatically pumps water into a connected tank.^[4][6]
• The Light Field prevents spawns in a cubed volume.^[4][6]
• The Balloon on a Stick has its own quest, a quest in "?", in the useful_items_tips chapter.^[7]

Balloon on a StickMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Lead
• any wool
• any log

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shapeless/balloon_on_a_stick

This is the item the useful_items_tips quest asks for.

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.6.1 guide

XyCraft Machines is built around a handful of single-block machines that you wire together with ports, tanks and filters. The sources I have only cover short tooltips and recipes, so this section sticks to what those confirm and flags the gaps at the end.^[4][6]

The building blocks

Many machines start from a Machine Base, so craft a few before you start.^[4]

2× Machine BaseMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any aluminum ingot	any kivi
any kivi	any aluminum ingot

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shaped/machine_base

The other shared parts are the ports. The Item Port goes into the Buffer, Collector, Item IO and Soaryn Box. The Fluid Port goes into the Valve and Hydro Pump. That tells you which machines deal with items and which deal with fluids.^[4]

Fluid handling

The Valve is what lets you build tanks. The Hydro Pump pumps water automatically into a connected tank, and it can be extracted from at a higher rate. Its tooltip lists a base rate and a waterlogged rate, both given per cycle, but the actual values aren't in my sources.^[4][6]

The Fluid Void stops fluids from flowing into adjacent blocks. Use it to keep a fluid where you want it.^[4][6]

The Extractor pulls items and fluids out of the environment, so it's your entry point for gathering resources into the rest of your setup.^[4][6]

Item handling and automation

• Item IO: you can toggle its fill or drain side with a wrench.^[4][6]
• Collector: it's filterable and collects items before they become entities.^[4][6]
• Fabricator: it crafts items automatically.^[4][6]
• Void Container: it holds a contained black hole and can be used to void things.^[4][6]

There's also a Charger block, which charges items using external energy.^[6]

Unlimited items and fluids

The Item Selector creates an unlimited amount of items, and the Fluid Selector does the same for a fluid. In this pack, both are crafted with recipes the pack adds, shown below.^[4][6]

Item SelectorAdded by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Extractor
• Creative Ascension
• Soaryn Box

Recipe id: ftb:creative_item_selector

Fluid SelectorAdded by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Extractor
• Creative Ascension
• Valve

Recipe id: ftb:creative_fluid_selector

Steam and nitrogen

Steam comes from an Ark Melter recipe that takes water. Nitrogen comes from an Atmospheric Vacuum recipe that needs no item inputs. The sources don't describe the machines behind those recipes.^[4]

100× SteamMod recipe

Ark Melter (xycraft_machines)

• 100× any water

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:ark_melter/steam

100× NitrogenMod recipe

Atmospheric Vacuum (xycraft_machines)

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:atmospheric_vacuum/nitrogen

Area control

The Light Field prevents mob spawns in a cubed volume, which is handy for protecting a base or farm.^[4][6]

Unverified I couldn't confirm how machines are powered, whether any machines are multiblocks, the exact per-cycle rates of the Hydro Pump, or what the Buffer, Accelerated Planter and Ignition Plate do beyond their recipes. There's no guidebook or config file for this mod in the pack, so treat those details as unverified.

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.6.1 guide

The pack doesn't split this mod into formally numbered tiers, and its quests only touch it twice. So the path below follows what each in-pack recipe depends on, from the basic building blocks up to the pack's own endgame additions.^[4][5][7]

First: building blocks

Nearly everything starts with the Machine Base, which is the foundation for most of the machines in this guide.^[4]

2× Machine BaseMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any aluminum ingot	any kivi
any kivi	any aluminum ingot

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shaped/machine_base

The other basics are the ports. Many machines need the Item Port or the Fluid Port, so craft a few early.^[4]

4× Item PortMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any brass like nuggets
• any brass like nuggets
• any wooden chest

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shapeless/port_item

4× Fluid PortMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any aluminum nugget
• any aluminum nugget
• Bucket

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shapeless/port_fluid

Next: your first real machine

The pack's quest chapter "resource_generation" has a quest a quest in "?" that asks you to obtain the Extractor. It needs a port, so you'll want your ports ready first.^[4][5]

ExtractorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any kivi	any port	any kivi
any aluminum ingot	Piston	any aluminum ingot
any aluminum ingot	Pointed Dripstone	any aluminum ingot

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shaped/extractor

The Extractor has an in-pack recipe that turns leaves and logs into resin. The Blender can then combine water and resin into a Block of Resin. The Resin Ball can be compacted into a block and unpacked again.^[4]

There is also a slow Extractor recipe for ore slurry that needs no item inputs.^[4]

Then: utility machines

Once you have a Machine Base and ports, these machines all have their own in-pack crafting recipes. Most of them build on a Machine Base or a port.^[4]

• Fabricator for crafting.^[4]
• Item IO, Soaryn Box and Buffer for moving and holding items.^[4]
• Collector for collecting items.^[4]
• Valve, Water Block and Hydro Pump for fluid handling.^[4]
• Fluid Void and Void Container for getting rid of fluids and items.^[4]
• Light Field, Ignition Plate and Accelerated Planter for lighting, fire and farming.^[4]

The Foil also has its own recipe. I can't confirm from the sources where it's used in this pack.^[4]

A fun side quest

The "useful_items_tips" chapter has a quest a quest in "?" for the Balloon on a Stick, the Balloon on a Stick. It's a simple shapeless recipe.^[4][7]

Balloon on a StickMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Lead
• any wool
• any log

Recipe id: xycraft_machines:shapeless/balloon_on_a_stick

Endgame: what the pack changed

The pack adds recipes of its own. The Fluid Selector and the Item Selector are each crafted from an Extractor, a Creative Ascension and one more machine: a Valve for the fluid version, a Soaryn Box for the item version.^[4]

Fluid SelectorAdded by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Extractor
• Creative Ascension
• Valve

Recipe id: ftb:creative_fluid_selector

Item SelectorAdded by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Extractor
• Creative Ascension
• Soaryn Box

Recipe id: ftb:creative_item_selector

The pack also changed the smithing recipe for the Perfected Gauntlet. You upgrade the Improved Gauntlet at a smithing table.^[4]

Perfected GauntletChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

• Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template
• Improved Gauntlet
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: minecraft:gauntlet_perfected_smithing

The recipes that link XyCraft Machines to other content in this pack are mostly added by the pack itself rather than by the mod. Here is what the sources show.^[8]

Resin Ball to Bio Fuel (Mekanism)

The pack adds a Mekanism crushing recipe that turns a Resin Ball into Bio Fuel.^[8]

9× Bio FuelAdded by the pack

Crushing (mekanism)

• Resin Ball

Recipe id: ftb:biocrushing_resin

Creative selectors

The pack also adds shapeless crafting recipes for the Fluid Selector and the Item Selector. Both build on the Extractor and Creative Ascension. What sets them apart is the Valve in one and the Soaryn Box in the other, as the recipes below show.^[8]

Fluid SelectorAdded by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Extractor
• Creative Ascension
• Valve

Recipe id: ftb:creative_fluid_selector

Item SelectorAdded by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Extractor
• Creative Ascension
• Soaryn Box

Recipe id: ftb:creative_item_selector

Aluminum from the refinery

The mod's own refinery has an aluminum recipe that works with Ore Slurry. Nitrogen and the Aluminum Ingot appear in the recipe shown below. It is a mod recipe, so the pack did not add it.^[8]

Quests

In the quest book, the resource generation chapter has a quest whose task is the Extractor (a quest in "?"). The useful items tips chapter has a quest whose task is the Balloon on a Stick (a quest in "?"). Each of these only asks for an item from this mod, so they don't connect it to another mod.^[2][3]

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide

XyCraft Machines shows up in two quest chapters in this pack, and in each one it's a single quest asking you to have one item. Nothing here is a long questline, so it's easy to pick up as you go.^[9][10]

Resource Generation

In the resource_generation chapter, quest a quest in "?" has a single task: obtain the Extractor. The quest has no title in the pack files.^[9]

Useful Items and Tips

In the useful_items_tips chapter, quest a quest in "?" has a single task: obtain the Balloon on a Stick, which appears in this pack as Balloon on a Stick. This quest is also untitled in the pack files.^[10]

Order

Unverified The sources list each quest on its own, so the order in which these two quests unlock, and whether either one depends on another quest, can't be confirmed. Rewards for these quests aren't shown either.