Power Generation

You can convert your Iron Furnace into a generator using the Augment: Generator! By itself, this allows you to burn items like coal or wood to generate power depending on the tier of furnace you have. You can couple this generator with a Blasting Augment to allow you to burn metals like Iron or Diamond for even more power.

Asks for: Augment: Generator

Generates power by consuming Ender Pearls or Eyes of Ender.

Asks for: Ender Mycelial Generator

Diesel Generators can provide on-demand power by burning different fuels, most notably Diesel. These will only consume fuel when producing energy, unlike Boilers. The LV Diesel Generator can produce up to 64 EU/t. You can refer to the MI Questline to get started.

Asks for: LV Diesel Generator

Generates power by consuming Pink Items.

Asks for: Pink Mycelial Generator

Generates power by consuming some Mob Drops.

Asks for: Death Mycelial Generator

Generates power by consuming Milk and Slimey Items.

Asks for: Slimey Mycelial Generator

Generates power by consuming Dragon's Breath.

Asks for: Halitosis Mycelial Generator

Generates power by consuming Lava (and optionally redstone).

Asks for: Magma Mycelial Generator

Generates power by consuming Fireworks.

Asks for: Rocket Mycelial Generator

Generates power by consuming Potions.

Asks for: Potion Mycelial Generator

Generates power by consuming TNT. When working, this block generates explosions that deal significant player damage, but has no effect on terrain.

Asks for: Explosive Mycelial Generator

Generates power by consuming Nether Fauna.

Asks for: Crimed Mycelial Generator

Good ol' power from the sun! These Solar Panels from Mekanism are great for renewable energy in the early game, but it might be a good idea to have some energy storage for when the lights go out.

Asks for: Advanced Solar Generator, Solar Generator

Generates Biofuel by consuming Biodegradable Items. The more the merrier more efficient.

Asks for: Bioreactor

Generates power by consuming Biofuel.

Asks for: Biofuel Generator

Modern Industrialization (MI) has a variety of tiered Steam Turbines which can be used to convert Steam into Power. The LV Steam Turbine can produce up to 32 EU/t. You can refer to the Main LV Steam Turbine Quest for more information or the MI Questline to get started.

Asks for: LV Steam Turbine

Getting into EnderIO? This is the basic generator that you can make to generate power for your machines.

Asks for: Stirling Generator

The MV Diesel Generator can produce up to 256 EU/t. You can refer to the Main MV Diesel Generator Quest for more information or the MI Questline to get started.

Asks for: MV Diesel Generator

The HV Diesel Generator can produce up to 1,024 EU/t. You can refer to the MI Questline to get started.

Asks for: HV Diesel Generator

The LV Diesel Generator can produce up to 64 EU/t. You can refer to the MI Questline to get started.

Asks for: Large Diesel Generator

Generates power by consuming Nether Stars.

Asks for: Netherstar Mycelial Generator

Generates power by consuming Liquid Meat and any ingot.

Asks for: Meatallurgic Mycelial Generator

The MV Steam Turbine consumes Steam to produce up to 128 EU/t. You can refer to the Main MV Steam Turbine Quest for more information or the MI Questline to get started.

Asks for: MV Steam Turbine

The HV Steam Turbine consumes Steam to produce up to 512 EU/t. You can refer to the MI Questline to get started.

Asks for: HV Steam Turbine

The Large Steam Turbine consumes a variety of fluids to produce up to 16,384 EU/t. You can refer to the Main Large Steam Turbine Quest for more information or the MI Questline to get started.

Asks for: Large Steam Turbine

Generates power by consuming Furnace Fuels.

Asks for: Furnace Mycelial Generator

Making a Wind Generator is a great idea for early game renewable energy! The higher the Y-lvl you place the generator, the more power it makes. For some reason, the Overworld has infinite wind.

Asks for: Wind Generator

This chapter covers most of the different ways to generate power.

Generates power by consuming Food Items.

Asks for: Culinary Mycelial Generator

The Dyson Cube Project mod allows you to build your own Dyson Sphere megastructure in Minecraft and harvest the power of the sun, producing up to 1 BILLION FE/t! To get started in this mod, you'll want to set up at least one EM Rail Ejector to send items to the sun, though more are definitely recommended. These can only work during non rainy days, and they will stop working when the sun is at its peak. When provided with power, the EM Rail Ejectors will work faster and ramp up how many items they send each time.

Asks for: EM Rail Ejector Controller

Within each Rail Ejector, you may choose to place in either Beams or Sails through the bottom-middle block of the multiblock structure. Beams allow your Sphere to accept more Sails, which is what actually increases your power generation. 1 beam supports 6 solar sails by default. Your network can contain a maximum of 50 Million Sails at maximum capacity, which takes around 8.3 Million Beams.

Asks for: Beam, Beam Package, Solar Sail, Solar Sail Package

After sending Solar Sails, you can start harvesting the power of the sun using Ray Receivers. Other players can join your Sphere by interacting with any multiblock and clicking the "Subscribe to this sphere" button on the bottom left.

Asks for: Ray Receiver Controller

Generates power by consuming Enchanted Books.

Asks for: Disenchantment Mycelial Generator

Generates power by consuming Frozen/Snow Items.

Asks for: Frosty Mycelial Generator

This block generates 25 Million RF/t when all other Mycelial Generators are active.

Asks for: Mycelial Reactor

Once you have some Osmium, you can easily start generating some basic power using the Heat Generator from Mekanism. This Generator can be fed any burnable item like coal or wood to generate power, but can also harness heat from Lava around it to generate power passively. To extract the power from the generator, you must connect a pipe or machine to the front face that has a square on it!

Asks for: Heat Generator

If you wanted to, you could use the Powah mod for all of your power needs. It can generate, transfer, and store all of the power you'll ever need. To get started, you'll need some Dielectric Paste to craft the initial components.

Asks for: Dielectric Paste

The Magmator burns Lava and other hot fluids to generate power over time. This is a great early generator if you have a good way of generating lava, but gets even better once you can automate more advanced fuels!

Asks for: Magmator (Basic), Magmator (Blazing), Magmator (Hardened), Magmator (Niotic), Magmator (Nitro), Magmator (Spirited)

Powah actually has very fast energy cables and can be faster than Mekanism cables when connected individually. However, these don't have a buffer for storage like, nor can their throughput be increased by having more cables connected together. These are your basic cables for transferring energy between machines.

Asks for: Energy Cable (Basic), Energy Cable (Blazing), Energy Cable (Hardened), Energy Cable (Niotic), Energy Cable (Nitro), Energy Cable (Spirited)

If you want to tap into your power storage wirelessly, you should pump your power into an Ender Cell. These are used to store a massive amount of power into a frequency, which can be accessed from any dimension using another Ender Cell or Ender Gate.

Asks for: Ender Cell (Basic), Ender Cell (Blazing), Ender Cell (Hardened), Ender Cell (Niotic), Ender Cell (Nitro), Ender Cell (Spirited)

Reactors are where generating power starts to get serious! These will burn up Uraninite using Coal and Redstone to generate a ton of power. It also needs some sort of complex coolant inside, with the most basic being a bucket of Menril Resin. Reactors will not accept water in this pack! To build one, you'll need 36 Reactor Blocks in your inventory. Right-clicking to place it down will automatically build out the 3x4x3 structure if it has room.

Asks for: Reactor (Basic), Reactor (Blazing), Reactor (Hardened), Reactor (Niotic), Reactor (Nitro), Reactor (Spirited)

Ender Gates can be placed down on any machine to transfer power wirelessly. These will only work if you have enough power in your Ender Cell network.

Asks for: Ender Gate (Basic), Ender Gate (Blazing), Ender Gate (Hardened), Ender Gate (Niotic), Ender Gate (Nitro), Ender Gate (Spirited)

While we can make some of the basic generators using Iron, we'll need to make some stronger alloys by using the Energizing Orb. To use this, you'll need power going into Energizing Rods within 4 blocks of the Orb. When given the right items, the Rods will zap power into the Orb to energize the items. With the Energizing Orb, you should be able to make Energized Steel using Iron and Gold. The Energizing Orb is how you create the different tiers of items in the mod. Basic Energizing Rods will struggle to make the higher tier materials like Niotic Crystals, so upgrading those is a must as you progress!

Asks for: Energizing Orb, Energizing Rod (Basic), Energizing Rod (Blazing), Energizing Rod (Hardened), Energizing Rod (Niotic), Energizing Rod (Nitro)

While water is not a cool enough fluid for them, Thermo Generators can provide a lot of power if supplied with proper advanced coolant. They also need to be placed over a hot enough block or fluid to run, very slowly consuming the coolant.

Asks for: Thermo Generator (Basic), Thermo Generator (Blazing), Thermo Generator (Hardened), Thermo Generator (Niotic), Thermo Generator (Nitro), Thermo Generator (Spirited)

If you're looking to store your power, Energy Cells will do the trick. You can also craft Batteries and charge them up using the Cells. The Batteries can then be used to charge items in your inventory in the early game!

Asks for: Battery (Basic), Battery (Blazing), Battery (Hardened), Battery (Niotic), Battery (Nitro), Battery (Spirited)

Player Transmitters are used to power items in your inventory. To do this, you'll need to first make a Binding Card, then use it in your hand to claim it. Placing the card in the Transmitter will tell it to power your inventory. You can also use the Binding Card on an Enderman to convert it into a Dimensional Binding Card, which allows the Transmitter to work across dimensions.

Asks for: Binding Card, Player Transmitter (Basic), Player Transmitter (Blazing), Player Transmitter (Hardened), Player Transmitter (Niotic), Player Transmitter (Nitro)