Simply Light guide for FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.0.3 to 1.8.0

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.16 guide

Simply Light is in the pack at version 1.4.6+1.21-b53 (file simplylight-1.4.6+1.21-b53.jar). It has been part of the pack since version 0.32 or earlier, so it isn't a recent addition.^[1]

Unverified The sources I have don't describe what Simply Light adds, who it is aimed at, or how it fits into the pack's progression. I also have no confirmed recipes, config options or quests for it, and no guidebook, so I'm not guessing at any of that. I'll fill this in once there is something to back it up.

Same as in the FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 guide

Welcome to Simply Light! In this pack the lights are made in the crafting grid, and there are no quests for this mod, so the recipes below are your guide. Here is the order I would make things in, starting with the simplest lights.^[2]

Start with the Simple Light Bulb

Make the Simple Light Bulb first. One craft gives you 8 of them, so a single batch covers a lot of ground.^[2]

8× Simple Light BulbMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Glowstone	Empty slot
any stone	any stone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:bulb

One craft makes 8 bulbs.

Dynamic Edge Lights for hallways

Next, make the Dynamic Edge Light (bottom). One craft gives you 6. It follows the walls around it, which makes it a good fit for hallways. It morphs depending on the blocks around it when you place it, and that shape persists afterward. That means you can place temporary blocks to get the shape you want.^[2][3]

6× Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Empty slot	any stone
Glowstone	Glowstone	Glowstone
any stone	Empty slot	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light

One craft makes 6 bottom edge lights.

If you need the top version, Dynamic Edge Light (top) is a shapeless craft from the bottom one, and there is a shapeless recipe to turn it back.^[2]

Dynamic Edge Light (top)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_top

Illuminant Blocks

The Illuminant Block is a simple light block. The pack changes its recipe, so go by the recipe below and not by what you remember from the mod. One craft gives you 4.^[2][3]

4× Illuminant BlockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	Redstone	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block

The pack changed this recipe. One craft makes 4 blocks.

Illuminant Block(Inverted) is the inverted version: where the normal block activates, this one deactivates. You can craft it directly, and one craft gives you 4. You can also swap a normal Illuminant Block into its inverted form with a shapeless craft.^[2][3]

4× Illuminant Block(Inverted)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	Redstone Torch	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on

Illuminant Block(Inverted)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Illuminant Block

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle

This toggle recipe turns a normal block into the inverted one.

Illuminant BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Illuminant Block(Inverted)

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_toggle

This one turns an inverted block back into the normal one.

Slabs and panels

The Illuminant Slab gives you 6 per craft. Coloured slabs can then be split into panels: each split recipe turns one slab into 6 matching panels. The panels are simple LED panel lights that you can place in any direction.^[2][3]

6× Illuminant SlabMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Glowstone	Glowstone	Glowstone
any stone	any stone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_slab

6× Illuminant Blue PanelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Illuminant Blue Slab

Illuminant Blue Slab

Illuminant Blue Slab

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_panel_blue_split

Every colour has its own split recipe. Blue is shown here as an example.

Fixtures, rods and columns

When you want more variety, try the Illuminant Fixture (6 per craft) and the Illuminant Rod (8 per craft).^[2]

6× Illuminant FixtureMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	any stone
any stone	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone

Recipe id: simplylight:walllamp

8× Illuminant RodMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glowstone dust	any stone	any glowstone dust
any glowstone dust	any stone	any glowstone dust
any glowstone dust	any stone	any glowstone dust

Recipe id: simplylight:rodlamp

The Illuminant Column makes 2 per craft. One of its ingredients is a lamp from the mod's lamp-on group, so make a lamp first.^[2]

2× Illuminant ColumnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any any lamp on	Empty slot
Empty slot	any wall	Empty slot
any stone	any stone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:lamp_post

Colours

Once you have edge lights, you can dye them. Each dye recipe takes any edge light and makes 8 of the coloured one. Blue is shown below, and the other colours have their own dyed recipes.^[2]

8× Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light
any any edge light	Blue Dye	any any edge light
any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_blue_dyed