Gateways To Eternity guide for FTB StoneBlock 4 1.1.1 to 1.3.0
Gateways To Eternity guide for FTB StoneBlock 4
Last verified for FTB StoneBlock 4 v1.3.0 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026
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- Recipes shown
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- Items named
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- Quests covered
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Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB StoneBlock 4 1.3.0's own files.
What is Gateways To Eternity?
1 part
Gateways To Eternity is in the pack at version 5.1.0, and it has been here since FTB StoneBlock 4 1.0.0 or earlier. In the quest book it shows up through one item, the Gate Pearl.[1][2][3]
Where the quest book places it
Most of the Gate Pearl quests sit in the bounty board chapter. a quest in "?", a quest in "?", a quest in "?" and a quest in "?" each pair a Gate Pearl item task with a kill task.[2]
a quest in "?" in the same chapter is bigger. It combines a structure task, a Gate Pearl item task, an Abyssal Sacrifice item task and a kill task.[2]
The Gate Pearl also appears in the World Engine chapter for tier 4, in a quest in "?". Its tasks are all items: a Gate Pearl, an Abyssal Sacrifice and an Abyssal Egg. That quest comes after two other quests in the same chapter.[3]
How do you get started with Gateways To Eternity?
5 parts
Everything in Gateways To Eternity runs through the Gate Pearl. You use it on a block to summon a Gateway, so it's the first thing to make. This pack has several Gate Pearl recipes, and most of them have been changed from the mod's own.[4][5]
Step 1: Make your first Gate Pearl
Start with the Emerald Grove recipe. It's the mod's own recipe and the recipe dump doesn't mark it as changed by the pack.[4]
Gate Recipe (gateways)
| any flower | any flower | any flower |
| any flower | any flower | |
| any flower | any flower | any flower |
Recipe id: gateways:emerald_grove
A Gateways recipe type, listed as the mod's own recipe, not changed by the pack.
Step 2: Open a Gateway
Use the pearl on a block to summon a Gateway. It only works when the new Gateway wouldn't be too close to another Gateway, based on the current spacing.[5]
Next: try the pack-changed recipes
Once you know how a Gateway fight plays out, look at the recipes the pack has changed. These are good ones to check next.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | ||
| any bone | any ender pearl | any bone |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/frontier
Changed by the pack.
Gate Recipe (gateways)
Recipe id: gateways:overworldian_nights
A Gateways recipe type, changed by the pack.
Then: move on to the tiered recipes
The pack also has the ascent, summit and pinnacle Gate Pearl recipes. The recipe dump marks the ascent, summit and pinnacle recipes as changed by the pack, and they use Apotheosis materials.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any gold ingot | Rare Material | any gold ingot |
| Rare Material | any ender pearl | Rare Material |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/ascent
Changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| Epic Material | Epic Material | |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/summit
Changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| Mythic Material | ||
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/pinnacle
Changed by the pack.
Quests that use Gate Pearls
Gate Pearls show up in the quest book too. Several quests in the bounty board chapter have a Gate Pearl task alongside a kill task, such as a quest in "?", a quest in "?", a quest in "?" and a quest in "?". a quest in "?" adds a structure task on top of the pearl and kill tasks.[2]
Further on, a quest in "?" in the World Engine tier 4 chapter also asks for a Gate Pearl, along with other items. It unlocks after other quests.[3]
How does Gateways To Eternity work?
5 parts
Gateways To Eternity centers on the Gate Pearl. You use it on a block to summon a Gateway, and rewards spawn from the Gateway as you obtain them. The sources for this pack only cover the basics, so this section is short.[5]
Opening a Gateway
Using a Gate Pearl on a block summons a Gateway at that spot. It only works when the new Gateway would not be too close to another Gateway, based on the current spacing, so keep your Gateways spread out.[5]
How a Gateway can fail
An open Gateway fails in a burst of lightning if any of the following happens:[5]
Rewards
Rewards spawn from the Gateway as they are obtained, so you don't have to wait until the end to see loot.[5]
Getting Gate Pearls in this pack
Several recipes produce a Gate Pearl. The Apotheosis tiered recipes (frontier, ascent, summit and pinnacle) are shaped crafting recipes, and the pack has changed all of them. They are shown below exactly as they work in the pack.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | ||
| any bone | any ender pearl | any bone |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/frontier
Crafting Shaped
| any gold ingot | Rare Material | any gold ingot |
| Rare Material | any ender pearl | Rare Material |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/ascent
Crafting Shaped
| Epic Material | Epic Material | |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/summit
Crafting Shaped
| Mythic Material | ||
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/pinnacle
Other Gate Pearl recipes use the Gateways recipe type. Emerald Grove is the mod's own recipe, while the pack has changed Overworldian Nights.[4]
Gate Recipe (gateways)
| any flower | any flower | any flower |
| any flower | any flower | |
| any flower | any flower | any flower |
Recipe id: gateways:emerald_grove
Gate Recipe (gateways)
Recipe id: gateways:overworldian_nights
Endless modifiers
The mod's tooltips refer to Endless Modifiers, showing both a current modifier count out of a maximum and a total number of modifiers. That is all the sources here say about them.[5]
How do you progress through Gateways To Eternity?
3 parts
Gateways progression in this pack runs through one item: the Gate Pearl. The pack has several different recipes that all produce a Gate Pearl, and the quest book keeps asking you to hand one in.[2][3][4]
Gate Pearl recipes
The pack changed four shaped crafting recipes that produce a Gate Pearl. Their ids end in frontier, ascent, summit and pinnacle, and they sit under the Apotheosis namespace. Each one uses a different set of materials, so check each recipe below.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | ||
| any bone | any ender pearl | any bone |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/frontier
The pack changed this shaped recipe.
Crafting Shaped
| any gold ingot | Rare Material | any gold ingot |
| Rare Material | any ender pearl | Rare Material |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/ascent
The pack changed this shaped recipe.
Crafting Shaped
| Epic Material | Epic Material | |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/summit
The pack changed this shaped recipe.
Crafting Shaped
| Mythic Material | ||
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/pinnacle
The pack changed this shaped recipe.
Gateway-specific pearl recipes
Two more Gate Pearl recipes use the mod's own gate recipe type. Emerald Grove is the mod's own recipe, while Overworldian Nights has been changed by the pack.[4]
Gate Recipe (gateways)
| any flower | any flower | any flower |
| any flower | any flower | |
| any flower | any flower | any flower |
Recipe id: gateways:emerald_grove
This is the mod's own recipe, not changed by the pack.
Gate Recipe (gateways)
Recipe id: gateways:overworldian_nights
The pack changed this gate recipe.
Quest path
The Bounty Board chapter has five quests, and each one has a Gate Pearl task and a kill task.[2]
- a quest in "?", a quest in "?", a quest in "?" and a quest in "?" each pair a Gate Pearl task with a kill task.[2]
- a quest in "?" is the bigger one. It adds a structure task and an Abyssal Sacrifice on top of the Gate Pearl and the kill.[2]
The World Engine Tier 4 chapter has a quest in "?". It asks for a Gate Pearl, an Abyssal Sacrifice and an Abyssal Egg. It only unlocks after two earlier quests are done.[3]
How does Gateways To Eternity work with other mods?
3 parts
In this pack, Gateways To Eternity connects with other mods mainly through the Gate Pearl Gate Pearl. The recipes and quests below all revolve around it.[2][3][4]
Apotheosis and Apothic Enchanting
The Gate Pearl has shaped crafting recipes in the Apotheosis namespace, named ascent, summit and pinnacle. The pack has changed each of them. They draw on Apotheosis materials such as Gem Dust. The pinnacle recipe also needs Apothic Enchanting items, Infused Dragon's Breath and Warden Tendril. The sources do not show what the pack changed compared to the mod's defaults, so use the recipes below for the exact in-pack versions.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any gold ingot | Rare Material | any gold ingot |
| Rare Material | any ender pearl | Rare Material |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/ascent
Crafting Shaped
| Epic Material | Epic Material | |
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/summit
Crafting Shaped
| Mythic Material | ||
Recipe id: apotheosis:gateways/tiered/pinnacle
Ender IO
The Overworldian Nights gate recipe also produces a Gate Pearl, and the pack has changed it. It pulls in an Ender IO item, Grains of Infinity, alongside vanilla items. Unlike the Apotheosis ones above, it is a gate recipe rather than a normal crafting recipe.[4]
Gate Recipe (gateways)
Recipe id: gateways:overworldian_nights
Quests and Cataclysm
The bounty board quest chapter has several quests that ask for a Gate Pearl and include a kill task: a quest in "?", a quest in "?", a quest in "?", a quest in "?" and a quest in "?".[2]
The last of those, a quest in "?", goes further. Besides the Gate Pearl and the kill task, it has a structure task and an item task for the Cataclysm abyssal sacrifice, so it ties Gateways To Eternity to Cataclysm content.[2]
The World Engine tier 4 chapter has a similar quest, a quest in "?". Its tasks are a Gate Pearl plus the Cataclysm abyssal sacrifice and abyssal egg. It comes after other quests in that chapter.[3]
Which FTB StoneBlock 4 quests use Gateways To Eternity?
2 parts
Gateways To Eternity appears in the bounty board chapter and in the World Engine tier 4 chapter. Every quest involving it asks for the Gate Pearl, so it's worth getting comfortable with that item.[2][3]
Bounty board
None of the bounty board quests has a title in the pack files, so I can only point to them by ID. a quest in "?", a quest in "?", a quest in "?" and a quest in "?" each combine the same tasks: hand in a Gate Pearl and complete a kill task.[2]
a quest in "?" asks for more. Its tasks are a structure task, a Gate Pearl, an Abyssal Sacrifice from Cataclysm, and a kill task.[2]
World Engine, tier 4
In the World Engine tier 4 chapter, a quest in "?" asks you to submit a Gate Pearl, an Abyssal Sacrifice and an Abyssal Egg. It isn't a starting quest: it unlocks only after other quests in the same chapter are done.[3]
Sources
- FTB StoneBlock 4 1.3.0 mod list · pack file
- FTB StoneBlock 4 1.3.0 quests: "bounty_board" · pack file
- FTB StoneBlock 4 1.3.0 quests: "world_engine__tier_4" · pack file
- FTB StoneBlock 4 1.3.0 recipe dump: recipes making Gateways To Eternity items · pack recipe dump
- gateways tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
Where this guide comes from
Written from what FTB StoneBlock 4 itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.
Guide last verified Oct 17, 2026.
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