Macaw's Furniture in FTB Skies 2: Aero

Same as in the All the Mods 11 0.8.0-beta guide

Macaw's Furniture is a decoration mod: it adds wardrobes, drawers, chairs, desks, couches, chaise, sinks, tables and more, so your bases and houses can feel properly lived in.^[1]

The mod is all about different furniture styles and customization. You can place pieces on top of each other to build different combinations, and merge them to make them wider or taller as much as you want.^[1]

Furniture is not just for looks either. You can store your items in various types of furniture, or sit down on a chair and relax.^[1]

In this pack

The pack ships Macaw's Furniture 3.4.2, and the mod has been part of the pack since version 0.0.1 or earlier.^[2]

Unverified Where this pack's quest book places the mod (its chapter, group, and what comes before and after it) and whether the ATM Star path uses it are not shown by the sources here. That detail lives in the pack's quest book, so check there if you want to know.

Macaw's Furniture adds a huge set of decorative and storage furniture to the pack. The recipe dump lists 416 shaped crafting recipes that make furniture, so you won't run out of things to build. The mod's own project page says you can place pieces on top of each other or merge them to make them wider or taller. Here's the order I'd tackle things in.^[1][3]

The recipe dump labels the recipes in this section as the mod's own recipes. It shows no pack changes to them. I use acacia as the example wood. The birch recipes in the dump follow the same pattern, so the same steps work there.^[3]

First: make the two parts

Before the storage furniture, craft a Cabinet Door and a Cabinet Drawer. A lot of the storage furniture needs one of them as an ingredient, so they're worth having ready.^[3]

Cabinet DoorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stick	Stick	Stick
Iron Nugget	any wooden chest	Stick
Stick	Stick	Stick

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:cabinet_door

Cabinet DrawerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stick	any wooden chest	Stick
Stick	Iron Nugget	Stick

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:cabinet_drawer

Next: seating and tables

The Acacia Chair is a good first piece because it is a single craft with no mod parts needed, so you can start decorating right away.^[3]

Acacia ChairMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Acacia Log
Acacia Slab	Acacia Log
Acacia Fence	Acacia Fence

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_chair

The tables build on each other, so work through the Acacia Coffee Table, the Acacia Table, the Acacia End Table and the Acacia Glass Table in that order. The recipes are below.^[3]

Acacia Coffee TableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log

Acacia Fence

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_coffee_table

Acacia TableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Coffee Table

Acacia Fence

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_table

Acacia End TableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Table

Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_end_table

Acacia Glass TableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia End Table

Glass

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_glass_table

Then: storage

The Acacia Wardrobe, the Acacia Drawer and the Acacia Bookshelf are good first storage pieces. The recipe blocks below show exactly what each craft makes.^[3]

4× Acacia WardrobeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Cabinet Door	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_wardrobe

4× Acacia DrawerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Cabinet Drawer	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_drawer

4× Acacia BookshelfMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log
Book	Book	Book
Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_bookshelf

Finally: counters and the kitchen

The Acacia Drawer Counter and the Acacia Cupboard Counter are the finishing touches for a kitchen, along with the Acacia Kitchen Sink. The recipes are below.^[3]

Acacia Drawer CounterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Slab

Acacia Drawer

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_drawer_counter

Acacia Cupboard CounterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Slab

Acacia Wardrobe

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_cupboard_counter

Acacia Kitchen SinkMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Slab	Cauldron	Acacia Slab
Acacia Log	Water Bucket	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Water Bucket	Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_kitchen_sink

Macaw's Furniture is a decoration mod, so there are no machines, multiblocks or power networks to set up here. What the mod offers is wardrobes, drawers, chairs, desks, couches, chaises, sinks, tables and more. The mechanics that matter are how you place them, how they combine and how you craft them.^[1]

Placing and combining furniture

You can place pieces on top of each other to build different combinations. You can also merge them to make a piece wider or taller, as much as you want. Some pieces store your items, and chairs let you sit down and relax.^[1]

The same furniture comes in several wood types. The mod's language file includes acacia, birch, cherry, crimson and dark oak sets, each with its own chairs, desks, drawers, wardrobes and so on. The examples below use acacia.^[4]

Crafting: the two key components

Many storage pieces in this pack are built from two parts: Cabinet Door and Cabinet Drawer. Both are made with ordinary shaped crafting. Make these first, because many wardrobes, cabinets and drawers need them.^[3]

Cabinet DoorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stick	Stick	Stick
Iron Nugget	any wooden chest	Stick
Stick	Stick	Stick

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:cabinet_door

The door part, used in wardrobes, kitchen cabinets and cupboard bookshelves.

Cabinet DrawerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stick	any wooden chest	Stick
Stick	Iron Nugget	Stick

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:cabinet_drawer

The drawer part, used in drawers and bookshelf drawers.

Batch crafting

Many pieces come out in batches, so one craft covers a whole room. These are the acacia recipes shown in the pack's recipe dump:^[3]

• Batches of 4: Acacia Drawer, Acacia Double Drawer, Acacia Double Kitchen Cabinet and Acacia Double Wardrobe.^[3]
• Also batches of 4: Acacia Bookshelf, Acacia Cupboard Bookshelf, Acacia Bookshelf Drawer and Acacia Glass Kitchen Cabinet.^[3]
• Batches of 2: Acacia Desk, Acacia Covered Desk and Acacia Modern Desk.^[3]
• One piece per craft: Acacia Chair, Acacia Modern Chair, Acacia Stool, Acacia Coffee Table, Acacia Counter and Acacia Kitchen Sink.^[3]

4× Acacia Double DrawerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Cabinet Drawer	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Cabinet Drawer	Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_double_drawer

A batch recipe: one craft makes 4 double drawers.

Upgrading one piece into another

Some furniture is crafted from another piece of furniture, and the recipe blocks below show the exact in-pack recipes. The counters and the end table work this way: see Acacia Drawer Counter with Acacia Drawer, Acacia Double Drawer Counter with Acacia Double Drawer, Acacia Cupboard Counter with Acacia Wardrobe, and Acacia End Table with Acacia Table.^[3]

Acacia Drawer CounterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Slab

Acacia Drawer

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_drawer_counter

A drawer turned into a counter piece.

Acacia Double Drawer CounterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Slab

Acacia Double Drawer

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_double_drawer_counter

A double drawer turned into a counter piece.

Acacia Kitchen SinkMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Slab	Cauldron	Acacia Slab
Acacia Log	Water Bucket	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Water Bucket	Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_kitchen_sink

Unlike the batch recipes, the kitchen sink makes a single sink.

Acacia Cupboard CounterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Slab

Acacia Wardrobe

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_cupboard_counter

A cupboard counter piece.

How many recipes there are

Every furniture recipe the dump counts is shaped crafting. It counts 416 recipes that take both this mod's items and vanilla items and make furniture, each with a different result. A further 236 recipes make furniture from vanilla items alone.^[3]

Macaw's Furniture has no tier system in this pack. Every recipe in the data is a normal shaped crafting recipe, so nothing is gated behind machines. Progression is a crafting chain: simple pieces first, then the cabinet parts, then finished furniture that upgrades into fancier variants.^[3]

The recipe data lists 416 shaped recipes that make the mod's furniture, and 236 of them take only vanilla ingredients. 138 of the ingredients across the mod's recipes are items from the mod itself, so a lot of furniture is built out of other furniture.^[3]

Starter pieces

These pieces need nothing from the mod. The acacia and birch recipes follow the same pattern, and the cherry recipes in the pack data match it too. Acacia is used for the examples below.^[3]

• Acacia Desk gives 2× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Modern Desk gives 2× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Covered Desk gives 2× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Bookshelf gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Chair makes a single piece per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Modern Chair makes a single piece per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Striped Chair makes a single piece per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Stool makes a single stool per craft.^[3]
• Black Chaise gives 4× per craft and uses only vanilla items.^[3]
• Blue Chaise gives 4× per craft and uses only vanilla items.^[3]
• Brown Chaise gives 4× per craft and uses only vanilla items.^[3]
• Acacia Kitchen Sink is vanilla-only too, and makes a single sink per craft.^[3]

2× Acacia DeskMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log
Acacia Fence	Empty slot	Acacia Fence

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_desk

A typical starter piece: 2× desks from one craft.

Acacia ChairMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Acacia Log
Acacia Slab	Acacia Log
Acacia Fence	Acacia Fence

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_chair

Chairs are single-piece starter crafts.

Cabinet parts

Cabinet Door and Cabinet Drawer are the key intermediates. Both are crafted from basic materials, and the wardrobes, kitchen cabinets and drawers all build on one of them. Make these early.^[3]

Cabinet DoorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stick	Stick	Stick
Iron Nugget	any wooden chest	Stick
Stick	Stick	Stick

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:cabinet_door

The door is the entry point for wardrobes and kitchen cabinets.

Cabinet DrawerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stick	any wooden chest	Stick
Stick	Iron Nugget	Stick

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:cabinet_drawer

The drawer is the entry point for the drawer family.

• Acacia Wardrobe is built on the cabinet door and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Double Wardrobe is built on the cabinet door and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Modern Wardrobe is built on the cabinet door and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Kitchen Cabinet is built on the cabinet door and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Double Kitchen Cabinet is built on the cabinet door and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Glass Kitchen Cabinet is the glass variant of the kitchen cabinet and also gives 4× per craft.^[3]

4× Acacia Double WardrobeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log
Cabinet Door	Acacia Log	Cabinet Door
Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_double_wardrobe

A door-based wardrobe craft.

• Acacia Drawer is built on the cabinet drawer and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Double Drawer is built on the cabinet drawer and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Triple Drawer is built on the cabinet drawer and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Large Drawer is built on the cabinet drawer and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Lower Triple Drawer is built on the cabinet drawer and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Bookshelf Drawer is the bookshelf version of the drawer line and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Lower Bookshelf Drawer is also a bookshelf version of the drawer line and gives 4× per craft.^[3]
• Acacia Cupboard Bookshelf is the bookshelf version that builds on the cabinet door, and gives 4× per craft.^[3]

4× Acacia Bookshelf DrawerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log	Acacia Log	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Cabinet Drawer	Acacia Log
Acacia Log	Book	Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_bookshelf_drawer

The drawer also feeds the bookshelf drawer.

Upgrading finished furniture

1. Acacia Coffee Table starts the table chain.^[3]
2. Acacia Table comes next in the chain.^[3]
3. Acacia End Table builds on the table.^[3]
4. Acacia Glass Table is the top of the chain.^[3]

Acacia Coffee TableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log

Acacia Fence

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_coffee_table

The coffee table starts the chain.

Acacia TableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Coffee Table

Acacia Fence

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_table

The table builds on the coffee table.

Acacia End TableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Table

Acacia Log

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_end_table

The end table builds on the table.

Acacia Glass TableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia End Table

Glass

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_glass_table

The glass table is the top of this chain.

• Acacia Drawer Counter builds on a drawer.^[3]
• Acacia Double Drawer Counter builds on a double drawer.^[3]
• Acacia Cupboard Counter builds on a wardrobe.^[3]
• The plain Acacia Counter is a starter craft.^[3]

Acacia Cupboard CounterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Slab

Acacia Wardrobe

Recipe id: mcwfurnitures:acacia_cupboard_counter

A counter built on a finished wardrobe.

FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 ships with Macaw's Furniture 3.4.1. The pack's mod list says the mod was first included in Aero 1.0.3 or earlier.^[5]

What 3.4.1 changed

The 3.4.1 update is a bug fix release. Here's what it sorted out:^[6]

• Drawers had bad shading, especially the stripped ones.^[6]
• The middle parts of desks had a glitchy texture.^[6]
• Kitchen sinks returned just one empty bucket when you filled buckets from them, even if you were holding more than one.^[6]

The release also updated the ru_ru, fr_fr and es_cl translations.^[6]

Unverified The sources here include no pack changelog entries for this mod, so any changes the pack itself made to Macaw's Furniture across its releases are unverified. Those would be listed in the pack's own release changelogs.