Classic Pipes in FTB StoneBlock 4

Classic Pipes is an item and fluid transport mod inspired by old versions of Buildcraft and Logistics Pipes. It adds basic item and fluid transport pipes, and it also brings a system of networked pipes. You hook those up to your chests and machines to sort, fetch and craft items automatically. This pack ships version 1.1.7 of the mod.^[1][2]

Where it sits in the quest book

The pack's quest book covers Classic Pipes in the chapter "Logistics & Automation". It belongs to the group "Forgotten Knowledge" and is chapter 14 of 22 in the book. The chapter has 13 quests, and its own intro says you'll find most of the ways to handle transferring items, energy, fluids and more there.^[3]

Classic Pipes gets one quest in that chapter, a quest in "Logistics & Automation", and the book gives it no title of its own. It describes the mod as bringing back the original Buildcraft feel with pipes that are easy to craft and use. The basic wooden pipes carry items and fluids, and the Copper versions extract items or fluids when they get redstone power. The quest also says there are several other tiers of pipes that do different things.^[3]

The sources don't give the order of quests inside the chapter, so I can't say which quest comes right before or after it. What they do show is that it sits among the other transport options in the same chapter: "Pipez" quest, "XNet" quest, "Mekanism Pipes" quest, "EnderIO Conduits" quest, "LaserIO" quest, "Oritech Pipes" quest and "Create Item Options" quest, among others.^[3]

Classic Pipes is an item and fluid transport mod. On top of basic pipes, it adds a system of networked pipes that you hook up to chests and machines to sort, fetch and craft items automatically. Start simple, then grow into the networked side.^[1]

Copper Pipe: get items moving

Your first pipe should be the Copper Pipe. It extracts items from containers, so it is the piece that pulls things out of your storage. The pack changed this recipe from the mod's default, so use the one below.^[4][5]

8× Copper PipeChanged by the pack

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any copper ingot

Glass

any copper ingot

Recipe id: classicpipes:copper_pipe

Iron and Lapis: control where items go

Next, make an Iron Pipe, which routes items in a single direction. The pack changed its recipe too.^[4][5]

8× Iron PipeChanged by the pack

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any iron ingot

Glass

any iron ingot

Recipe id: classicpipes:iron_pipe

The Lapis Pipe prioritises inserting items into containers. This is another recipe the pack changed.^[4][5]

8× Lapis PipeChanged by the pack

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any lapi gems

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any lapi gems

Recipe id: classicpipes:lapis_pipe

Upgrade to Advanced Copper

The Advanced Copper Pipe extracts full stacks and can be filtered. In this pack you can upgrade a Copper Pipe directly, and the pack changed that recipe as well.^[4][5]

8× Advanced Copper PipeChanged by the pack

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Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe
Copper Pipe	any diamond gem	Copper Pipe
Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:advanced_copper_pipe_b

Fluids

The Copper Fluid Pipe extracts fluids from tanks. It is the fluid counterpart of the Copper Pipe, and the pack changed its direct recipe.^[4][5]

8× Copper Fluid PipeChanged by the pack

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any copper ingot	Glass	any copper ingot
Empty slot	Honeycomb	Empty slot

Recipe id: classicpipes:copper_fluid_pipe_a

The mod's own recipe for turning a Copper Pipe into a Copper Fluid Pipe is still available.^[4]

8× Copper Fluid PipeMod recipe

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Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe
Copper Pipe	Honeycomb	Copper Pipe
Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:copper_fluid_pipe_b

The networked side

Once basic transport works, look at the Networked Matching Pipe. It routes items matching the contents of the adjacent container, and the pack has three recipes for it, all changed from the mod's.^[4][5]

8× Networked Matching PipeChanged by the pack

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Quartz Block	Tinted Glass	Quartz Block
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: classicpipes:matching_pipe_a

8× Networked Matching PipeChanged by the pack

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any networked pipe	any networked pipe	any networked pipe
any networked pipe	any iron ingot	any networked pipe
any networked pipe	any networked pipe	any networked pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:matching_pipe_b

The mod also has Routing, Provider, Request, Stocking and Recipe Pipes. Routing Pipes go at the junctions of your network. A Request Pipe lets you request items from the network, and a Recipe Pipe handles auto-crafting.^[5]

Classic Pipes is an item and fluid transport mod inspired by old Buildcraft and Logistics Pipes. Besides basic pipes that move items and fluids, it adds a system of networked pipes. You hook these up to chests and machines, and they sort, fetch and craft items for you automatically.^[1]

This section sticks to what the mod's own descriptions and the pack's recipes confirm. Exact numbers like speeds, ranges and capacities are left out because the sources don't give them.^[1][5]

Basic item pipes

Each pipe type has a job, and the mod's tooltips describe them like this:^[5]

• Copper Pipe extracts items from containers.^[4][5]
• Advanced Copper Pipe extracts full stacks and can be filtered.^[4][5]
• Iron Pipe routes items in a single direction.^[5]
• Lapis Pipe prioritises inserting items into containers.^[5]
• Bone Pipe randomly distributes items.^[4][5]
• Flint Pipe deploys items like a Dispenser would.^[5]
• Brick Pipe never connects to containers.^[4][5]
• Nether Brick Pipe only connects to wooden and brick pipes.^[5]

The mod also has a tooltip line for inverted redstone behaviour. How redstone control works beyond that line is not covered by the sources.^[5]

Fluid pipes

Most item pipes have a fluid counterpart that follows the same idea. Copper Fluid Pipe extracts fluids from tanks, and Advanced Copper Fluid Pipe extracts fluid faster and can be filtered. Iron Fluid Pipe routes fluids in a single direction, and Lapis Fluid Pipe prioritises inserting fluids into tanks.^[4][5]

Brick Fluid Pipe never connects to tanks. Nether Brick Fluid Pipe only connects to wooden and brick pipes.^[4][5]

In the pack, each wooden fluid pipe can be made from its matching wooden item pipe plus honeycomb. For example, you can upgrade an Acacia Wooden Pipe into an Acacia Wooden Fluid Pipe with this recipe:^[4]

8× Acacia Wooden Fluid PipeMod recipe

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Acacia Wooden Pipe	Acacia Wooden Pipe	Acacia Wooden Pipe
Acacia Wooden Pipe	Honeycomb	Acacia Wooden Pipe
Acacia Wooden Pipe	Acacia Wooden Pipe	Acacia Wooden Pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:acacia_fluid_pipe_b

Pack recipe changes

The pack changes several copper-tier recipes, so don't rely on the mod's defaults. The Copper Pipe is changed, and so is the direct-craft recipe for the Copper Fluid Pipe. The Advanced Copper Pipe recipes, the Diamond Fluid Pipe and the upgrade route from a Copper Fluid Pipe to an Advanced Copper Fluid Pipe are changed too. The wooden, brick and bone pipe recipes in the dump are plain mod recipes.^[4]

8× Copper PipeChanged by the pack

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any copper ingot

Glass

any copper ingot

Recipe id: classicpipes:copper_pipe

Changed by the pack.

8× Advanced Copper PipeChanged by the pack

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Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe
Copper Pipe	any diamond gem	Copper Pipe
Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:advanced_copper_pipe_b

Changed by the pack: this upgrades a Copper Pipe.

8× Advanced Copper Fluid PipeChanged by the pack

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Copper Fluid Pipe	Copper Fluid Pipe	Copper Fluid Pipe
Copper Fluid Pipe	any diamond gem	Copper Fluid Pipe
Copper Fluid Pipe	Copper Fluid Pipe	Copper Fluid Pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:advanced_copper_fluid_pipe_b

Changed by the pack: this upgrades a Copper Fluid Pipe.

Networked pipes

The networked pipes are the mod's headline feature. Each one has a role in the network:^[1][5]

• Routing Pipe routes items to other networked pipes. Place it at the junctions of your network.^[5]
• Provider Pipe allows the network to pull from the adjacent container.^[5]
• Request Pipe lets you request items from a network.^[5]
• Matching Pipe routes items matching the contents of the adjacent container.^[5]
• Storage Pipe combines the functions of a Matching Pipe and a Provider Pipe. It is handy for a quick, simple storage system.^[5]
• Stocking Pipe keeps a container stocked with items from a network.^[5]
• Recipe Pipe routes ingredients for auto-crafting requested items. Attach it to a Crafter or another processing system.^[5]
• Pipe Slicer requests items to any networked pipe.^[5]

Pipe settings

Several networked pipes have checkbox options. Here is what each one does, as the mod's tooltips describe it:^[5]

• Default route: items are routed to this pipe when they have nowhere else to go.^[5]
• Active stocking: the Stocking Pipe actively requests items from the network. With it off, the pipe only stocks the container passively, when matching items happen to pass through the network.^[5]
• Leave one: one item of each type stays in the attached container and is inaccessible to the network.^[5]
• Match components: the components of an item (damage, enchantments, etc.) must match the item in the filter. An alternate version of this option requires them to match the item in the container instead.^[5]
• Blocking mode: the pipe holds ingredients until the previous result arrives. The mod recommends leaving this on to prevent overflowing.^[5]

Filter labels

Label items help with filtering. Use the Mod Label with an item in your offhand to set the filter to that item's mod. Use the Tag Label with an offhand item to cycle through that item's tags.^[5]

Auto-crafting

A Recipe Pipe tooltip shows which ingredient it is sending and which pipe it expects a result from. The mod also has advancements for requesting an item that takes at least 8 crafting steps and for using a Recipe Pipe to craft a Recipe Pipe, so long crafting chains are an intended use.^[5]

Unverified The sources here do not show any quest chapter that covers Classic Pipes, so there is no quest order to follow. The tiers below come from the in-pack recipes only.

Classic Pipes progression in this pack is recipe-driven. You start with simple pipes, move up to metal and gem pipes, and then reach the networked pipes. Several of the middle-tier recipes were changed by the pack, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults.^[4]

Basic pipes

The entry-level pipes are the wooden pipes, one per wood type, such as Oak Wooden Pipe and Cherry Wooden Pipe. The same tier includes Brick Pipe, Nether Brick Pipe, Bone Pipe, Flint Pipe and Obsidian Pipe. All of these use the mod's own recipes, unchanged by the pack.^[4]

8× Oak Wooden PipeMod recipe

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Oak Planks

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Oak Planks

Recipe id: classicpipes:oak_pipe

A basic wooden pipe, using the mod's own recipe.

Metal and gem pipes

The pack changed the recipes for Copper Pipe, Iron Pipe, Golden Pipe, Lapis Pipe and Diamond Pipe. They take any item from the matching common ingot or gem tag, so you are not locked to one specific item.^[4]

8× Copper PipeChanged by the pack

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any copper ingot

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any copper ingot

Recipe id: classicpipes:copper_pipe

Changed by the pack.

Advanced Copper Pipe is the next step up from copper, and both of its recipes are pack-changed. You can craft it from scratch or by upgrading a Copper Pipe with a diamond.^[4]

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Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe
Copper Pipe	any diamond gem	Copper Pipe
Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:advanced_copper_pipe_b

Upgrade route, changed by the pack.

The inverted versions, Inverted Copper Pipe and Inverted Advanced Copper Pipe, can be made from their normal counterparts with a redstone torch. The pack also changed the inverted copper pipe's from-scratch recipe, and the inverted advanced copper pipe's recipe that starts from the inverted copper pipe.^[4]

Fluid pipes

Each pipe type above has a fluid counterpart, such as Copper Fluid Pipe and Diamond Fluid Pipe. You can craft them from scratch or by upgrading the matching item pipe. For copper, iron, lapis and diamond, the from-scratch recipe is pack-changed, while the upgrade recipe is the mod's own.^[4]

8× Copper Fluid PipeMod recipe

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Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe
Copper Pipe	Honeycomb	Copper Pipe
Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe	Copper Pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:copper_fluid_pipe_b

Upgrade route from the item pipe, using the mod's own recipe.

Networked pipes

Networked Routing Pipe uses the mod's own recipe. Networked Recipe Pipe also uses only mod recipes, and you can make it from scratch or by upgrading an existing networked pipe.^[4]

8× Networked Routing PipeMod recipe

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Quartz Block

Tinted Glass

Quartz Block

Recipe id: classicpipes:routing_pipe

The routing pipe uses the mod's own recipe.

The pack changed the recipes for Networked Provider Pipe, Networked Matching Pipe and Networked Request Pipe. Each has a from-scratch recipe and an upgrade recipe. The Networked Matching Pipe and Networked Request Pipe also have a second upgrade recipe.^[4]

8× Networked Request PipeChanged by the pack

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any networked pipe	any networked pipe	any networked pipe
any networked pipe	any gold ingot	any networked pipe
any networked pipe	any networked pipe	any networked pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:request_pipe_b

Upgrade route, changed by the pack.

8× Networked Provider PipeChanged by the pack

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any networked pipe	any networked pipe	any networked pipe
any networked pipe	any copper ingot	any networked pipe
any networked pipe	any networked pipe	any networked pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:provider_pipe_b

Upgrade route, changed by the pack.

8× Networked Matching PipeChanged by the pack

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any networked pipe	any networked pipe	any networked pipe
any networked pipe	any iron ingot	any networked pipe
any networked pipe	any networked pipe	any networked pipe

Recipe id: classicpipes:matching_pipe_b

Upgrade route, changed by the pack.

Tools and labels

The recipes for the Pipe Slicer and for Mod Label, which is linked to the Tag Label, are shown below. Both use the mod's own recipes, unchanged by the pack.^[4]

Pipe SlicerMod recipe

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Quartz	Empty slot	Quartz
Empty slot	Networked Request Pipe	Empty slot
Empty slot	Stick	Empty slot

Recipe id: classicpipes:pipe_slicer

The pipe slicer uses the mod's own recipe.

Mod LabelMod recipe

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• Tag Label

Recipe id: classicpipes:mod_label

The mod label uses the mod's own recipe.

In this pack, Classic Pipes appears in the "Logistics & Automation" chapter. That chapter is in the "Forgotten Knowledge" group, is chapter 14 of 22 in the quest book, and has 13 quests. The Classic Pipes quest is a quest in "Logistics & Automation", which has no title of its own.^[3]

The quest text says Classic Pipes brings back that original Buildcraft feel with pipes that are easy to craft and use. The basic wooden pipes transport items and fluids. The copper versions extract items or fluids when they are given redstone power. The quest also says there are several other tiers of pipes that do different things, so it's worth checking them out.^[3]

The rest of the chapter

The chapter has a checkmark quest, a quest in "Logistics & Automation", whose text says this chapter holds most of the ways to handle transferring items, energy, fluids and more. Classic Pipes is one option among many, and the other quests in the chapter are:^[3]

• "Pipez" quest: asks for Pipe Wrench, a Pipez pipe and a Pipez upgrade. The quest notes that pipes require the Machine Block World Engine Upgrade to craft.^[3]
• "Mekanism Pipes" quest: asks for Configurator plus a basic cable, pipe, tube or transporter.^[3]
• a quest in "Logistics & Automation": asks for Quantum Entangloporter, which transfers items, energy, gases and liquids wirelessly.^[3]
• "EnderIO Conduits" quest: asks for Yeta Wrench and Conduit Bundle.^[3]
• "Oritech Pipes" quest: asks for Pipe Wrench and an Oritech item, fluid or energy pipe.^[3]
• "XNet" quest: asks for Controller. The quest notes the Controller requires the Machine Block and Ender Cell World Engine Upgrades to craft.^[3]
• "LaserIO" quest: asks for Laser Wrench, Laser Node, Laser Connector and one type of card.^[3]
• "Modular Routers" quest: asks for Modular Router and a module. The quest notes Modular Routers require the Fortron Infused Block World Engine Upgrade to craft.^[3]
• a quest in "Logistics & Automation": asks for Tesseract, which can wirelessly transfer energy, items and fluids.^[3]
• "Create Item Options" quest: asks for Mechanical Belt plus one of several Create funnels, tunnels or chutes.^[3]
• a quest in "Logistics & Automation": asks for one of several Just Dire Things machines, such as a block breaker or a block placer.^[3]

FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 ships Classic Pipes 1.1.7, and the pack has included the mod since 1.0.0 or earlier. The changes below come from the mod's own changelogs, newest first. I've left out entries aimed at other game versions or loaders, since this pack runs the NeoForge 1.21.1 build.^[2]

1.1.7 (the version in this pack)

• Routing Pipes and Request Pipes now show an arrow in the unlinked texture, so you can see which direction they will send items.^[6]
• Fixed recipes with shared intermediate ingredients jamming because the network was requesting Air.^[6]
• Routing Pipes directly next to containers now let items that don't fit in the container be re-routed to a default route.^[6]

1.1.4 to 1.1.6

• 1.1.6: Fluid Pipes no longer wipe fluid data such as Create potion types, and a crash when extracting empty fluid stacks is fixed.^[7]
• 1.1.6: "match components" is no longer ignored in Stocking Pipes, and fluid filters now accept fluids that have no defined bucket item.^[7]
• 1.1.5: Pipes render fewer items the further they are from the camera, which improves performance. "Leave One" now works in Storage Pipes, and some serialization problems with large item stacks are fixed.^[8]
• 1.1.4: Fixed a crash when other mods, such as Trash Slot, render custom slots inside the request GUI.^[9]
• 1.1.4: Networks no longer undercount items in oversized container slots, such as upgraded Sophisticated Storage containers.^[9]
• 1.1.4: Stocking and Matching Pipes can now see non-extractable container slots, so Tech Reborn machines no longer get overstocked.^[9]
• 1.1.4: On NeoForge, pipes stay connected to item handlers that have no accessible slots, which fixed a compatibility issue with machines from FTB Stuff & Things.^[9]

1.1.0

• Recipe Pipes support Tag Labels. A recipe that accepts any item from a tag searches the network for any matching item, and the + button in JEI inserts Tag Labels into the crafting grid automatically.^[10]
• Labels are now invisible to the network, so you need to store them separately.^[10]
• Added Inverted Copper Pipes, which work like Copper Pipes with inverted redstone behaviour. Advanced and Fluid variants exist too.^[10]
• Added the Nether Brick Pipe, which attaches to containers and Wooden Pipes but not to any kind of special pipe.^[10]
• Items delivered by Request Pipes no longer have a pickup delay and are ejected at a lower velocity. Items that can't be routed are now ejected from the network instead of being distributed arbitrarily.^[10]
• Fixed blocking mode not working, Stocking Pipes over-sending to many modded blocks, and items getting stuck forever in default route Storage Pipes attached to full containers.^[10]

1.0.x releases

• 1.0.10: One of the Advanced Copper Pipe recipes no longer requires a Netherite Ingot.^[11]
• 1.0.8: Fixed a crash when some modded blocks try to insert into pipes.^[12]
• 1.0.7: Pipe networks support multiple recipes for the same item.^[13]
• 1.0.7: Recipe Pipes gained a "One at a time" option. Uncheck it and the pipe sends all its ingredients at once instead of one craft or process at a time.^[13]
• 1.0.7: Added advancements that unlock pipe recipes in the vanilla recipe book, and fixed container-adjacent Networked Pipes not disconnecting from removed containers.^[13]