Utilitarian in FTB Skies 2: Aero

Utilitarian is a utility mod, and this pack ships version 1.21.1-0.19.2 of it. In this pack, the quest book points you to two of its blocks, and both are handy for a sky start.^[1][2]

What you get

• Angel Block: you can place it in any empty space without it needing to connect to the ground, which makes it the way to start a brand new sky island. You pass right through it, so it won't save you from a fall.^[2]
• Snad, Red Snad and Soul Snad: Snad blocks let you build farms of cactus or sugarcane easily. Give them a redstone signal to increase the growth rate of the crop.^[2]

Where it sits in the quest book

Utilitarian shows up in the chapter "Useful Items & Tips", which is chapter 2 of 31 in the book and has 30 quests. The chapter's own intro quest, "Tips & Tricks!" quest, describes it as a collection of useful items and tips for your playthrough.^[2]

Two quests in that chapter are about this mod: "Placing Blocks In The Air" quest, which asks for the Angel Block, and "SNAD" quest, which accepts any of the three Snad blocks.^[2]

Utilitarian is a pile of small, handy blocks, and in this pack you meet it in the quest book in two places. The Useful Items & Tips chapter (chapter 2 of 31) covers the Angel Block and Snad. The Redstone Clock turns up in the Integrated Dynamics chapter. Here is the order I'd make things in.^[2][3]

Step one: the Angel Block

Start with the Angel Block. If you want to start a brand new sky island, this is the answer: you can place it in any empty space without it connecting to the ground. You pass right through it, so don't expect it to catch you if you fall. The quest for it is "Placing Blocks In The Air" quest. The pack changed this recipe from the mod's own.^[2][4]

Angel BlockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any feather	Empty slot
Gold Ingot	any obsidian	Gold Ingot
Empty slot	any feather	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:angel_block

Step two: Snad

Next, make Snad for easy Cactus and Sugarcane farms. Give it a redstone signal and the crop grows faster. The "SNAD" quest quest covers it. The Air Dash quest also mentions that Snad pulsed directly with redstone makes sugarcane grow quite fast, which helps if you want a steady supply of paper.^[2]

SnadMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Sand
• Sand

Recipe id: utilitarian:snad/snad

There are also Red Snad and Soul Snad. The quest accepts any of the three.^[2][4]

Red SnadMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Red Sand
• Red Sand

Recipe id: utilitarian:snad/red_snad

Soul SnadMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Soul Sand
• Soul Sand

Recipe id: utilitarian:snad/soul_snad

Step three: the Redstone Clock

The Redstone Clock is a block that pulses on its own. Right click it with an empty hand to change the pulse frequency, and sneak to increase it faster. The pack changed its recipe too. The Integrated Dynamics quest "Early Menril Automation" quest (Tech Mods group, chapter 25 of 31) uses it to automatically reset the Squeezer. That quest comes after Extracting Menril and Drying Basin.^[3][4][5]

Redstone ClockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

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

Recipe id: utilitarian:redstone_clock

Step four: keep traders out of your face

If traders keep spawning right next to you, a Black Trader Carpet helps: arriving traders end up on this block instead of in your face. The carpets come in many colours, and this is the black one. You can also craft a trapped version of a carpet, but be warned that it kills the trader.^[4][5]

Black Trader CarpetMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Black Carpet
• any small flower

Recipe id: utilitarian:no_soliciting/soliciting_carpets/black_soliciting_carpet

The quest book also has "No More Traders!" quest, but its task is a different item, the 'No Solicitors!' sign, not one of Utilitarian's carpets.^[2]

Raider Outpost Claim BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Crossbow	Empty slot
White Wool	Empty slot	White Wool
Empty slot	White Wool	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:no_soliciting/no_raider_block

The Raider Outpost Claim Block is meant to be placed in an outpost to stop raiders from returning.

Utilitarian doesn't have machines, multiblocks, power or fluid networks in the way big tech mods do. In this pack it adds single utility blocks and items, each with one job. The sources cover how a handful of them behave, so this section stays short and sticks to what is confirmed.^[4][5]

Redstone Clock

The Redstone Clock is a redstone pulse source. Right click it with an empty hand to change the pulse frequency, and sneak while doing it to increase the frequency faster. A chat message shows you the current clock frequency each time. The pack changed this recipe from the mod's own.^[4][5]

Redstone ClockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

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

Recipe id: utilitarian:redstone_clock

Lamps

The Lapis Lamp lights up an area on the client side only. It's still dark in the world, you just can't see it, so mobs aren't stopped from spawning by it. The pack changed its recipe.^[4][5]

Lapis LampChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Lapis Lazuli	Empty slot
Lapis Lazuli	Redstone Lamp	Lapis Lazuli
Empty slot	Lapis Lazuli	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:lapis_lamp

Both inverted lamps, Inverted Redstone Lamp and Inverted Lapis Lamp, are made by combining a lever with the matching normal lamp. Those recipes are the mod's own, unchanged by the pack.^[4]

Inverted Lapis LampMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Lever
• Lapis Lamp

Recipe id: utilitarian:inverted_lapis_lamp

Trader and raider control

Trader Carpets, such as the Blue Trader Carpet, give wandering traders a place to land: arriving traders end up on that block instead of in your face. They come in many colours, and each is crafted from the matching vanilla carpet plus a small flower.^[4][5]

The trapped variants, such as the Cyan Trapped Trader Carpet, will kill the trader. You make one by combining a tripwire hook with the plain Trader Carpet of the same colour.^[4][5]

Cyan Trapped Trader CarpetMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Cyan Trader Carpet
• Tripwire Hook

Recipe id: utilitarian:no_soliciting/soliciting_carpets/cyan_trapped_soliciting_carpet

The Raider Outpost Claim Block is meant to be placed in an outpost to stop raiders from returning.^[5]

Other blocks and items

• Drit hurts when you touch it, and grass can grow on it. Its recipe is a mod recipe.^[4][5]
• The Sound Muffler mutes sounds within a set block radius. The radius value isn't shown in the sources.^[5]
• The TPS Meter outputs a redstone signal based on the dimension's TPS.^[5]
• The Un-Name Tag is crafted from a name tag and a white dye, using the mod's own recipe.^[4]

Pack-changed recipes

Several recipes in this pack differ from the mod's defaults: the Angel Block, Block Magnet, Fluid Hopper, Well Behaved Dropper, plus the Redstone Clock and Lapis Lamp above. Check the recipe blocks rather than relying on what you remember from other packs.^[4]

Angel BlockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any feather	Empty slot
Gold Ingot	any obsidian	Gold Ingot
Empty slot	any feather	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:angel_block

Fluid HopperChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Iron Ingot	any white dye	Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot	Bucket	Iron Ingot
Empty slot	Iron Ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:fluid_hopper

Well Behaved DropperChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Gold Nugget	Empty slot
Gold Nugget	Dropper	Gold Nugget
Empty slot	Gold Nugget	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:well_behaved_dropper

Block MagnetChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Copper Ingot

Iron Block

Copper Ingot

Recipe id: utilitarian:magnet

Utilitarian is a grab bag of small helpers, so there is no tier ladder to climb here. In this pack the quest book brings the mod in a few places, and the pack has changed several of its recipes.^[2][3][4]

Where the quest book uses it

• "SNAD" quest sits in the Useful Items & Tips chapter (chapter 2 of 31). It accepts Snad, Red Snad or Soul Snad. Snad blocks make cactus or sugarcane farms easy, and a redstone signal speeds up crop growth.^[2]
• "Placing Blocks In The Air" quest is in the same chapter and asks for the Angel Block. It can be placed in any empty space without connecting to the ground, which makes it your starting point for a brand new sky island. You pass right through it, so it won't catch a fall.^[2]
• "Early Menril Automation" quest is in the Integrated Dynamics chapter (group Tech Mods, chapter 25 of 31). It comes after Extracting Menril and Drying Basin, and its tasks include the Redstone Clock. The quest uses a clock to reset the Squeezer automatically, and it says a vanilla or modded clock will do.^[3]
• The Air Dash quest, which comes after Proper Materials, mentions Snad as a way to automate sugarcane for Burning Dash Scrolls. Pulsing Snad directly with redstone makes sugarcane grow quite fast.^[2]

Recipes the pack changed

The recipe dump marks these Utilitarian recipes as changed by the pack: Angel Block (both of its recipes), Redstone Clock, Lapis Lamp, Block Magnet, Fluid Hopper, Well Behaved Dropper and Trowel. The recipe blocks below show the in-pack versions.^[4]

Angel BlockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any feather	Empty slot
Gold Ingot	any obsidian	Gold Ingot
Empty slot	any feather	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:angel_block

Angel BlockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Gold Ingot	Empty slot
any feather	any obsidian	any feather
Empty slot	Gold Ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:angel_block_rot

Redstone ClockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

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

Recipe id: utilitarian:redstone_clock

Lapis LampChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Lapis Lazuli	Empty slot
Lapis Lazuli	Redstone Lamp	Lapis Lazuli
Empty slot	Lapis Lazuli	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:lapis_lamp

Block MagnetChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Copper Ingot

Iron Block

Copper Ingot

Recipe id: utilitarian:magnet

Fluid HopperChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Iron Ingot	any white dye	Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot	Bucket	Iron Ingot
Empty slot	Iron Ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:fluid_hopper

Well Behaved DropperChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Gold Nugget	Empty slot
Gold Nugget	Dropper	Gold Nugget
Empty slot	Gold Nugget	Empty slot

Recipe id: utilitarian:well_behaved_dropper

TrowelChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any wooden rod	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	Iron Ingot	Iron Ingot

Recipe id: utilitarian:trowel

The recipes for Snad, Red Snad and Soul Snad are the mod's own and are not changed by the pack.^[4]

SnadMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Sand
• Sand

Recipe id: utilitarian:snad/snad

Red SnadMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Red Sand
• Red Sand

Recipe id: utilitarian:snad/red_snad

Soul SnadMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Soul Sand
• Soul Sand

Recipe id: utilitarian:snad/soul_snad

Utilitarian shows up in two quest chapters in this pack: "Useful Items & Tips", which is chapter 2 of 31 in the book, and "Integrated Dynamics", which sits in the "Tech Mods" group as chapter 25 of 31.^[2][3]

Useful Items & Tips

This chapter has two quests that ask you for Utilitarian items. The chapter's own intro quest says you'll find plenty of useful items and tips you can use in your playthrough.^[2]

• "SNAD" quest: you hand in any one of Snad, Red Snad or Soul Snad. The quest says Snad blocks let you build Cactus or Sugarcane farms easily, and that a redstone signal on them increases the crop growth rate.^[2]
• "Placing Blocks In The Air" quest: you need the Angel Block. It is the answer if you want to start a brand new sky island, because you can place it in any empty space without it connecting to the ground. You pass right through it, so it will not save you from a fall.^[2]

Snad also comes up in "Air Dash" quest, which is about Burning Dash Scrolls for exploring the void. It has no Utilitarian task, but it suggests automating the sugarcane you need for paper, and says Snad pulsed directly with redstone makes sugarcane grow quite fast.^[2]

Integrated Dynamics

Here the mod appears in one quest: "Early Menril Automation" quest. Its tasks are an armor stand and the Redstone Clock. The quest comes after "Extracting Menril" quest and "Drying Basin" quest, which both follow the chapter's opening quest, "Welcome to Integrated Dynamics!" quest.^[3]

The quest is about automating the Squeezer before you have power. You set up 2 armor stands above it so they fall onto it and do the jumping for you. A redstone clock then resets the Squeezer, and the quest says either a vanilla or a modded clock will do.^[3]