M.I.: High Voltage

While you have Ethanol from your Distilleries and Sugar Solution, perhaps you could also make more using your excess Sulfuric Acid and Ethylene.

Asks for: Ethanol Bucket

For us to make more advanced circuitry, we'll need to make a very important module for the boards: Random Access Memory (RAM) Think about it. You're using RAM in real life to make RAM in a game.

Asks for: Random Access Memory

The Turbo Machine Hull is used as the base building block for High Voltage machines. As with Advanced Machine Frames, your existing processing machines can all be upgraded to this new voltage should you wish by either using the Turbo Machine Hull directly on the machine, or by placing it in the upgraded slot of the machine.

Asks for: Turbo Machine Hull

Annealed Copper is heat-treated to make it easier to work with. This is a necessary component for crafting all of the advanced tier components. It's made by cooking copper with Oxygen in the Electric Blast Furnace, and then cooling the hot ingot in a Vacuum Freezer

Asks for: Annealed Copper Hot Ingot, Annealed Copper Ingot

Our next step involves some chemistry! By electrolyzing salt, you can extract Chlorine, which is useful for the fundamental chemistry needed for progression.

Asks for: Chlorine Bucket

Now that we have Annealed Copper, we can craft the Advanced Components needed to upgrade our tech. First, you'll need to make some Advanced Motors, which you can then use to make Advanced Pumps!

Asks for: Advanced Motor, Advanced Pump

The Distillation Tower is a much better way of breaking down Petrochemicals into byproducts. It can stack, meaning one multiblock can have multiple outputs. You can have as few as one output or as many as nine to break down all possible byproducts! Note: Make sure you set the height of the structure in the controller so that it will properly form! You should aim to make a tower with at least 3 outputs like this one for the next quest. {image\:\ftb:textures/quests/modern_industrialization/disttower.png width:125 height:150 align:center}

Asks for: Advanced Fluid Input Hatch, Advanced Fluid Output Hatch, Clean Stainless Steel Machine Casing, Distillation Tower, HV Energy Input Hatch, Stainless Steel Pipe Machine Casing

Once you've obtained Sulfuric Crude Oil, you can process it with Hydrogen in a Chemical Reactor to get Sulfuric Acid and Crude Oil. You can also run it through a Thermopneumatic Processing Plant from PNCR to get Sulfur Dust and Crude Oil. The processing route you chose is up to you!

Asks for: Sulfuric Crude Oil Bucket

Diesel can be used as a fuel, or enriched into Boosted Diesel with the help of some Diethyl Ether.

Asks for: Diesel Bucket

The Stainless Steel Drill will allow you access to new and important materials! By using these drills in your Electric Quarry, you can obtain new ores like Titanium, Platinum, and Tungsten. By using these drills in the Oil Drilling Rig, you can get your hands on Crude Oil, which can be further Distilled into most of your Petrochemical needs.

Asks for: Stainless Steel Drill

You'll now be able to use the Quarry to get Tungsten Ore! This can be macerated into dust, then unpacked into tiny dust, then compressed into nuggets, then combined together to finally make Tungsten Ingots!

Asks for: Tungsten Ingot

Once your Quarry digs up some Platinum Ore, we can macerate it down into Raw Platinum Ore.

Asks for: Raw Platinum

By combining Raw Platinum Ore with Sulfuric Acid in a Chemical Reactor, we can make Platinum Sulfuric Solution.

Asks for: Platinum Sulfuric Solution Bucket

By Centrifuging our new Platinum Sulfuric Solution, we can extract Purified Platinum Sulfuric Solution, with a small chance to get Iridium Tiny Dust as a byproduct.

Asks for: Tiny Iridium Dust

For the next step, we need to combine Argon with some Silicon Dust to make Monocrystalline Silicon. These can be cut into Silicon Wafers that you can use for advanced processor recipes and RAM.

Asks for: Silicon Wafer

Now we can Electrolyze the purified solution to create Platinum Tiny Dust! With 9 of these, you can create Platinum Dust. You then run this through an Electric Blast Furnace to create Platinum Hot Ingot, then through either a Vacuum Freezer or Heat Exchanger to cool it down!

Asks for: Platinum Ingot

By combining our Sulfuric Naphtha with Hydrogen in a Chemical Reactor, we can separate the liquid into Naphtha and Sulfuric Acid.

Asks for: Sulfuric Naphtha Bucket

With pure Naphtha, you can combine it with Steam in another Chemical Reactor to make Steam-Cracked Naphtha. You'll want to process this in a new Distillation Tower with 8 outputs. I guess you can say it isn't what it's cracked up to be.

Asks for: Steam-Cracked Naphtha Bucket

While you get Ethylbenzene from Distilling Steam-Cracked Naphtha, you can also combine extra Ethylene and Benzene you get to make more Ethylbenzene.

Asks for: Ethylbenzene Bucket

Butadiene is used to make Styrene-Butadiene.

Asks for: Butadiene Bucket

Propene is used to make Acrylic Acid by combining it with Oxygen in a Chemical Reactor.

Asks for: Propene Bucket

Acrylic Acid is used to make Diethyl Ether. It can also be used to make Acrylic Glue, in case you want to duplicate Slimeballs, for some reason.

Asks for: Acrylic Acid Bucket

Acetylene is used to make Vinyl Chloride by combining it with Hydrochloric Acid in a Chemical Reactor. You can turn all of your Methane into Acetylene as well using an Electric Blast Furnace.

Asks for: Acetylene Bucket

You can combine Ethylbenzene with Steam and Iron Dust in a Chemical Reactor to create Styrene.

Asks for: Styrene Bucket

By combining Styrene and Butadiene in another Chemical Reactor, we can create Styrene-Butadiene.

Asks for: Styrene-Butadiene Bucket

Combining Styrene-Butadiene with either Lead Tiny Dust or Chromium Tiny Dust in another Chemical Reactor, we can make Styrene-Butadiene Rubber. This is a super insulator, and you can make tons of rubber at a time. It can also replace some of the Synthetic Rubber used in certain recipes, like making cables!

Asks for: Styrene-Butadiene Rubber Bucket

By combining Raw Titanium Ore with Manganese Sulfuric Solution in an Electric Blast Furnace, you can make Titanium Hot Ingots. Cool these down in a Vacuum Freezer to get Titanium Ingots!

Asks for: Titanium Ingot

By packing 3 incredibly strong ingots, you can make Mixed Blastproof Ingots! These are needed to make the Implosion Compressor, which can then make resources more efficiently.

Asks for: Mixed Blastproof Ingot

The Pressurizer is a special multiblock machine that can convert water or steam into the High Pressure (HP) versions of either that can be used in the HP Large Steam Boiler. The Pressurizer can also generate Liquid Air by placing an Air Intake inside one of the multiblock hatches. Unlike most other multiblocks, this machine is built in a cross shape, as seen below. {image\:\ftb:textures/quests/modern_industrialization/pressurizer.png width:100 height:150 align:center}

Asks for: Pressurizer, Titanium Pipe Machine Casing

The HP Large Steam Boiler can produce up to 2048 mb/t of Steam. HP Steam is worth 8 times more than regular steam, so each mb will produce 8 EU/t instead of 1 EU/t! As with all boilers, it needs to run continuously to reach maximum efficiency. It only accepts HP Water or HP Heavy Water.

Asks for: Clean Stainless Steel Machine Casing, Heatproof Machine Casing, High Pressure Large Steam Boiler, Stainless Steel Pipe Machine Casing

The Large Steam Turbine converts either Regular Steam or HP Steam into energy. It generates up to 16,384 EU/t. However, it won't return regular or HP water. To recycle HP water, you'll need to use a Heat Exchanger

Asks for: Clean Stainless Steel Machine Casing, Large Steam Turbine, Stainless Steel Pipe Machine Casing

To be able to recycle our HP water, we'll need to make the Heat Exchanger. The Heat Exchanger is a multiblock machine that cools items or liquids down to produce other items or liquids. We'll be using this to recycle our HP water, but this can also be used as a more efficient way to cool Hot Ingots! Pressurizing water into HP water consumes a lot of energy, and the Large Steam Turbine will not return it. You can use the Heat Exchanger to recover the HP water for another cycle. If you use the recipe that takes Steam and HP water as inputs, it will output regular water and HP Steam that we can use for power. Note: Be cautious of the recipe amounts, as you might need higher tiers of hatches to meet the recipe requirements. You'll know your hatches are too small if the recipes fail to start processing. This machine is 3x3x5 multiblock, with the middle section built out of specific casings. One wall is made up of Heatproof Machine Casings and the other of Frostproof Machine Casings. The item and fluid hatches can only go in certain spots, so make sure to use the Wrench to help place them. {image\:\ftb:textures/quests/modern_industrialization/heatexchanger.png width:200 height:150 align:center}

Asks for: Frostproof Machine Casing, Heat Exchanger, Heatproof Machine Casing, Stainless Steel Pipe Machine Casing

Until now, Monazite hasn't been very useful except for the Neodymium. Now you'll want to start fully extracting it for Yttrium and Cadmium which are required for the most advanced super conducting alloys.

Asks for: Cadmium Dust, Neodymium Dust, Yttrium Dust

Vinyl Chloride is used to make Polyvinyl Chloride by combining it with lead or Chromium Tiny Dust in a Chemical Reactor.

Asks for: Vinyl Chloride Bucket

Polyvinyl Chloride is used for advanced electronic components, upgrades, and superconductors.

Asks for: Polyvinyl Chloride Bucket

With our new technology and chemicals, we can now create a new type of board for our electronics, the Processing Unit Board.

Asks for: Processing Unit Board

With our new boards and RAM, we can combine our current technology together to create the highly advanced Processing Unit.

Asks for: Processing Unit

Welcome to the Nuclear Age! It's time to start having fun with Extreme Voltage. The Highly Advanced Machine Hull is used for nearly all your EV Tier technologies, and just like before, you can use them to upgrade your processing machines!

Asks for: Highly Advanced Machine Hull

We'll need stronger motors to make better machines. These can also provide a faster item transfer rate in pipes!

Asks for: Large Advanced Motor, Large Advanced Pump

Titanium Drills are essential for producing mass quantities of Uranium, Iridium, and Fluorite. You're going to need a fair amount of Uranium for Nuclear Power, as well as Iridium for highly advanced components.

Asks for: Titanium Drill

If we use our Titanium Drills in our Quarry, we can harvest Iridium Ore. You'll probably also have some Iridium Tiny Dust from your Platinum processing chain!

Asks for: Raw Iridium

Superconductor Ingots are used to make the highest tier of energy transfer cables available. These cables can transfer an astounding 1.024G EU/t. This metal is also used for many of the late game technology recipes. To make these, you'll need to start by Mixing the dusts of Iridium, Annealed Copper, Yttrium, and Neodymium together in a mixer. This will give us Superconductor Dust, which we can smelt in an Electric Blast Furnace into a Superconductor Hot Ingots. Cool that down in a Vacuum Freezer or Heat Exchanger and you'll get a Superconductor Ingot!

Asks for: Superconductor Ingot

To make a Nuclear Reactor, you'll need Nuclear Alloy Plates. These are crafted using Blastproof Ingots, Beryllium Ingots, and Cadmium Ingots. To get Beryllium, you'll need to centrifuge Emeralds. You should already have some Cadmium ready to go from processing Monazite. Once you have Nuclear Mixed Plates, blow them up in an Implosion Compressor to create Nuclear Alloy Plates. You'll need plenty of these for your reactors so it's worth setting up a good automation line for them.

Asks for: Nuclear Alloy Plate

A lot goes into making a Nuclear Reactor, and there are many types. To explain the process, check out the Reactor Components and Reactor Mechanics quests linked to this one! Nuclear Reactors produce a lot of energy primarily as Steam. Unlike most other Nuclear Reactors, this one does not explode or emit radiation.

Asks for: Nuclear Alloy Pipe Machine Casing, Nuclear Alloy Casing, Nuclear Fluid Hatch, Nuclear Item Hatch, Nuclear Reactor

There are a lot of Reactor Components to keep track of, so here is a list of each of them and their function(s)! Fuel Rods: These come in many varieties, and are your main nuclear force. They are responsible for providing the reactor with energy. Quad Rods last much longer than Single Rods or Dual Rods. Their emissivity decreases with temperature. Plates: A general-use conductive and reflective surface. has a high change of converting incoming Fast Neutrons into Thermal Neutrons. Heat Exchanger: A component designed for managing internal reactor temperature. Has a high thermal conductivity, meaning it can take heat from adjacent sources and send it to adjacent destinations. Water: Comes in several varieties. Pressurized versions are more energy-dense, and Heavy Water produces Tritium instead of Deuterium. Produces Deuterium when absorbing a Fast Neutron and increases in temperature (turning to Steam) when absorbing a Thermal Neutron. Cadmium Control Rod: A special component that has a high chance of absorbing incoming Thermal Neutrons.

Asks for: Small Heat Exchanger

The most basic available reactor fuel is a regular Uranium Fuel Rod. It requires no fancy processing, but also outputs the least amount of energy. However, its simplicity makes it appealing to start with.

Asks for: Uranium Fuel Rod

Plutonium is a manufactured material from Depleted Fuel Rods. To get a lot of it, you might want to invest in a Breeder Reactor. A Breeder Reactor is generally one which seeks to process fuel rods as quickly as possible with little regard for efficiency. Of course, you'll need to be generating Uranium at a quick enough rate to supply it. Plutonium rates (per rod) are as follows (Tiny Dust in -> Tiny Dust out): Uranium: 0 -> 27 LE Uranium: 0 -> 24 HE Uranium: 0 -> 18 LE MOX: 9 -> 30 (+21) HE MOX: 27 -> 36 (+9)

Asks for: Plutonium Dust

MOX Fuel is generally superior to regular Uranium Fuel, with an added benefit that it produces more Plutonium than it takes to make it. A 1.33x surplus, to be precise. This does NOT make it suitable for dedicated Plutonium production, but it does mean that you don't lose much by using it. Its high neutron output might be appealing.

Asks for: HE Mox Fuel Rod

You're playing with Nuclear Reactors, so the most obvious next step would be to make a Nuke. Only for testing purposes, of course... :) These don't actually explode when placed so don't go getting any ideas.

Asks for: Nuke

Using an Implosion Compressor, we can compress an Ultradense Metal Ball with 64 Nukes to create a Singularity. That's right. We're compressing Nukes. Surely nothing bad will happen... right?

Asks for: Singularity

Uranium 235 is a rare isotope of Uranium, as opposed to Uranium 238, its more common sibling. When processing Uranium Fuel Rods that used 235 in their recipe, you will get back 2/3 of the 235 used to create it, meaning that you will need to constantly be centrifuging Uranium to get more 235. These produce more energy than regular Uranium Fuel Rods, but less than Plutonium-based ones.

Asks for: Uranium 235 Dust

By mixing Uranium 235 and 238 together, we can get HE Uranium Dust. These can be processed into HE Uranium Fuel Rod for more efficiency!

Asks for: HE Uranium Fuel Rod

Deuterium is a byproduct of Water in a Nuclear Reactor when it is hit with a Fast Neutron. It can be used to make Heavy Water.

Asks for: Deuterium Bucket

Tritium is a byproduct of Heavy Water getting hit by a Fast Neutron in a Nuclear Reactor. You can also make Tritium via Mekanism... This involves 2 thermal evaporation plants, 2 rotary condensentrator and 1 solar neutron activator.

Asks for: Tritium Bucket

Here's a simplistic overview of the many reactor mechanics. Neutron Emission: Fuel Rods emit Neutrons, which start reactions. These can be Fast or Thermal, with a percent change of being either. Fuel Rods can emit the maximum number of Neutrons, as seen in JEI, or less depending on the temperature it is at. Fuel Rods will also emit Neutrons when they absorb incoming Neutrons. Neutron Absorption: Fuel Rods and reactor components have a chance to absorb an incoming Fast Neutron. If this occurs, the Fuel Rod will emit more Neutrons, while other components will take a tick of durability. Neutron Scattering: Incoming Neutrons have a chance to be deflected into other spaces. The direction it travels is random. The Neutron type has a chance to become either Fast or Thermal, depending on the chance listed on the component's EMI page. Neutron Travel: If a traveling Neutron is not absorbed and does NOT scatter, it passes through the component, maintaining its direction of travel. If a Neutron travels into an unoccupied space (any non-hatch), it disappears. Temperature: When a Thermal Neutron is absorbed, it raises the temperature of the component in question. Thermal Conductivity: The ability for the component to transmit heat. Sends heat from hot things to less hot things.

Asks for: Nuclear Alloy Casing

With Polyvinyl Chloride, you can now make Turbo Upgrade for your machines, which work 8x faster than Advanced Upgrades.

Asks for: Turbo Upgrade

Diethyl Ether is used to turn Diesel and Biodiesel into Boosted Diesel.

Asks for: Diethyl Ether Bucket

Boosted Diesel is the best liquid fuel. Note that you will need Diethyl Ether to make it (found in the petrochem distillation tree directly below).

Asks for: Boosted Diesel Bucket

It's going to take everything you've learned so far to make the ultimate circuit: the Quantum Circuit. As long as you are observing the circuit, it will stay as one whole circuit. :)

Asks for: Quantum Circuit

Our first step into Quantum Realms Machines! Just like all other hulls, the Quantum Machine Hull can be used to upgrade your processing machines to the hull's tier!

Asks for: Quantum Machine Hull

If we want our machines to handle these levels of power, we'll need to make Quantum Upgrades. The first one you make should be used on your Electric Packer to unlock new recipes. Quantum Upgrades cap out machine speeds.

Asks for: Quantum Upgrade

Quantum Gear is the best there is. You can fly freely for no power cost, never take damage from external sources, and kill any mob in one hit with the Quantum Sword.

Asks for: Quantum Boots, Quantum Chestplate, Quantum Helmet, Quantum Leggings, Quantum Sword

The Fusion Reactor is a massive multiblock machine that combines two input fluids to produce Plasma that is usable for power. You will need to provide the Fusion Reactor with 1 Energy hatch, 2 Fluid input hatches, and depending on the fluids you combine, 2 or 3 Fluid output hatches. We'll need this to make Helium Plasma.

Asks for: Fusion Reactor

Using the Fusion Reactor, we can combine several liquids together to create Helium Plasma. There are several recipes for this Plasma! Helium 3 will be the easiest to use, but the others can offer better byproducts as well.

Asks for: Helium Plasma Bucket

The Plasma Turbine is the ultimate MI energy producer. It uses Helium Plasma to produce over 1 Million EU/t.

Asks for: Plasma Turbine

While these upgrades can be made to upgrade our machines, we can also make it for some better armor. Highly Advanced Upgrades work 8x faster than Turbo Upgrades.

Asks for: Highly Advanced Upgrade

Durability is a thing of the past! The Gravichestplate uses energy to enable Creative Flight!

Asks for: Gravichestplate

Toluene can be used to make Industrial TNT, which is important for use in the Implosion Compressor! You'll probably want to set up a small automation chain for this.

Asks for: Toluene Bucket

Industrial TNT is used for the Implosion Compressor. You are going to want A LOT of these so make sure your automation is up to the task. Don't worry, these don't actually explode... or maybe that's what you wanted all along...

Asks for: Industrial TNT

The Implosion Compressor is used to place items under much more intense pressure than a normal compressor. This allows you to transform dusts and ingots into highly blast resistant materials. Most of the materials will be required for nuclear technologies.

Asks for: Blastproof Casing, Implosion Compressor, Solid Titanium Machine Casing