Mekanism in FTB StoneBlock 4

Mekanism is one of the big tech mods: machinery at low, mid and high tiers, high-tech tools, energy transmission, and ore processing that can multiply the ingots you get from each ore well beyond simple smelting, given enough infrastructure and energy. If you like building factories and automating things, this mod is for you.^[1]

Mekanism is built around gradual progression. Every machine can be upgraded to a factory that processes 3 (basic), 5 (advanced), 7 (elite) or 9 (ultimate) items at once, so you can replace walls of furnaces with a few compact machines.^[1]

Mekanism Generators is the official power addon. It adds generators such as the Heat, Bio and Solar Generators, plus the big multiblocks: the Fission Reactor, the Fusion Reactor and the Turbine. Without it, you would need another mod to power your Mekanism machines.^[2]

This pack runs Mekanism and Mekanism Generators version 10.7.19.^[3]

Where it fits in the pack

• The Mekanism quest chapter starts with the Metallurgic Infuser in "Welcome To Mekanism!" quest. From there it branches into Infused Alloy and control circuits, Enriched Iron and steel, and then Steel Casing and machines like the Enrichment Chamber and Crusher.^[4]
• Later in the chapter, you build the fission reactor in "Mekanism Fission Reactor" quest and the turbine in "Mekanism Turbine" quest, then move on to the fusion reactor in "Fusion Reactor" quest and the SPS in "Supercritical Phase Shifter" quest.^[4]
• The logistics and storage chapter uses Mekanism for Basic Bin and Basic Fluid Tank early on, and for the QIO storage network starting with a quest in "Storage".^[5]
• Endgame Mekanism parts show up in the creative chapter. Ultimate Control Circuit, Ultimate Energy Cube, Ultimate Induction Cell and Ultimate Induction Provider are all tasks there, so your Mekanism setup keeps paying off late into the pack.^[6]

Mekanism gives you tiers of tech machines, from simple early-game ones up to high-end ones, and it can process ores much more efficiently than a furnace. You're playing it together with Mekanism Generators, the official addon that adds the power side: Heat Generators, Bio-Generators, Gas-Burning Generators, reactors and turbines. Without it, your Mekanism machines would need power from another mod.^[1][2]

In this pack, everything in the Mekanism quest chapter starts from a single quest: making a Metallurgic Infuser in "Welcome To Mekanism!" quest. The main World Engine progression also asks for one early, in "Infusing Metals" quest. That makes the Infuser your first real goal.^[4][7]

Step 1: Get some power going

The early World Engine quest "Infusing Metals" quest asks for a generator alongside the Metallurgic Infuser. You can use a Heat Generator for it, or a generator from another mod like Simple Coal Generator or Coal Generator. The Heat Generator is the classic way to start making power in Mekanism, and it also has its own quest, "Heat Generator" quest, in the Power chapter.^[7][8][9]

Step 2: Alloys and circuits

Once your Infuser is running, a quest in "Mekanism" asks for Infused Alloy, a Basic Control Circuit and an Advanced Control Circuit. This is why the Infuser comes first: the Basic Control Circuit is made inside it. You'll need circuits and alloys for almost every machine after this.^[4][10]

Basic Control CircuitMod recipe

Metallurgic Infusing (mekanism)

• any osmium ingot
• 20× any redstone

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/basic

Made in the Metallurgic Infuser

The Advanced Control Circuit has two recipes in this pack. You can craft it at a crafting table, or you can make it in the Metallurgic Infuser. Use whichever one fits the materials you have on hand.^[10]

Advanced Control CircuitMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any infused alloy

any basic circuit

any infused alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/advanced

Crafting table version

Advanced Control CircuitMod recipe

Metallurgic Infusing (mekanism)

• any basic circuit
• 60× any redstone

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/infused_advanced

Metallurgic Infuser version

Step 3: Steel and the Steel Casing

Next, "Making Steel" quest asks for Enriched Iron and a Steel Ingot. Completing it opens up the Steel Casing quest, a quest in "Mekanism". The Steel Casing is the big one, because most of the early machine quests unlock after it.^[4]

The same steel quest also unlocks the Configurator in a quest in "Mekanism". The Configurator is your tool for changing the settings of Mekanism blocks. The Processing & Automation chapter has a quest for it too, "Mekanism Pipes" quest, which pairs it with your first cable, pipe, tube or transporter.^[4][11][12]

ConfiguratorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any osmium ingot
Empty slot	any steel ingot

Recipe id: mekanism:configurator

Step 4: Your first machines

• Enrichment Chamber in "The Enrichment Chamber" quest. It helps you get more out of your materials, and it leads on to the Pressurized Reaction Chamber quest.^[4][11]
• Crusher in "The Crusher" quest. It unlocks the Bio Fuel quest, covered in Step 5.^[4]
• Energized Smelter in "Our First Powered Furnace" quest. This is a powered smelter.^[4]
• Configuration Card in a quest in "Mekanism". It lets you copy one machine's configuration onto another.^[4][11]

CrusherMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any redstone dust	any basic circuit	any redstone dust
any lava bucket	Steel Casing	any lava bucket
any redstone dust	any basic circuit	any redstone dust

Recipe id: mekanism:crusher

Energized SmelterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any basic alloy	any basic circuit	any basic alloy
any cheap glass blocks	Steel Casing	any cheap glass blocks
any basic alloy	any basic circuit	any basic alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:energized_smelter

Configuration CardMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any infused alloy	Empty slot
any infused alloy	any basic circuit	any infused alloy
Empty slot	any infused alloy	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanism:configuration_card

Step 5: Bio Fuel and storing power

After the Crusher, go for the Bio Fuel quest, "Bio Fuel" quest. The Crusher turns a huge range of plant and food items into Bio Fuel. In the Power chapter, "Bio-Generator" quest has you pair that Bio Fuel with a Bio-Generator.^[4][9][10]

Bio FuelMod recipe

Crushing (mekanism)

• 10× any leave

Recipe id: mekanism:crushing/biofuel/leaves

One of many Crusher recipes that make Bio Fuel

To keep any spare power, build an Energy Cube and an Energy Tablet for a quest in "Power". A Basic Energy Cube is enough to complete the quest.^[9][11]

Energy TabletMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any redstone dust	any gold ingot	any redstone dust
any infused alloy	any gold ingot	any infused alloy
any redstone dust	any gold ingot	any redstone dust

Recipe id: mekanism:energy_tablet

Basic Energy CubeMod recipe

Mek Data (mekanism)

Mek Data (mekanism)

any basic alloy	Energy Tablet	any basic alloy
any iron ingot	Steel Casing	any iron ingot
any basic alloy	Energy Tablet	any basic alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:energy_cube/basic

Unverified The in-pack recipes for the Metallurgic Infuser, Steel Casing, Enrichment Chamber, Heat Generator and Bio-Generator could not be checked. Look them up in-game, because the pack may have changed them.

Mekanism gives you low-, mid- and high-tier machinery, advanced ore processing, transmitters for moving things around, and a machine configuration system that ties it all together. Mekanism itself doesn't come with power generation. That's the job of Mekanism Generators, the official addon. Without it you'd need another mod to power your machines.^[1][2]

Power: Joules and FE

Mekanism measures energy in Joules, and it also connects to Forge Energy (FE/RF), which is left enabled in this pack. The conversion works as FE multiplied by energy_conversion.feConversionRate equals Joules. In StoneBlock 4 that rate is 2.5, the mod default, so 1 FE is 2.5 Joules.^[13]

Once you're making more power than you use, build an Energy Cube to store the extra.^[11]

Machines, circuits and factories

Most machines are crafted around a Steel Casing plus a control circuit of a certain tier. The circuit tiers go basic, advanced, elite and ultimate, and each tier is crafted from the one below it. For example, the Enrichment Chamber and Crusher use a basic circuit, the Combiner uses an elite one, and the Chemical Crystallizer needs an ultimate one.^[10]

Advanced Control CircuitMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any infused alloy

any basic circuit

any infused alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/advanced

Elite Control CircuitMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any reinforced alloy

any advanced circuit

any reinforced alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/elite

Ultimate Control CircuitMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any atomic alloy

any elite circuit

any atomic alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/ultimate

Every Mekanism machine can be upgraded into a factory that processes several items at once: 3 at basic, 5 at advanced, 7 at elite and 9 at ultimate. You can also craft a Tier Installer to upgrade a factory in place instead of breaking it down.^[1][11]

Ore processing

Smelting an ore straight into an ingot wastes most of what you mined. Mekanism's processing chains, using purification, dissolution, chemical injection and crystallization, can double, triple, quadruple or even quintuple your ingots per ore, as long as you have the infrastructure and the energy to run them. The Enrichment Chamber is the first step up in material efficiency. The later stages bring in machines like the Injection Chamber, Dissolution Chamber, Washer and Chemical Crystallizer.^[1][11]

Enrichment ChamberMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any basic alloy	any basic circuit	any basic alloy
any iron ingot	Steel Casing	any iron ingot
any basic alloy	any basic circuit	any basic alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:enrichment_chamber

Transmitters and automation

Mekanism has a transmitter for each kind of resource. Universal Cables carry energy, Mechanical Pipes carry fluids, Pressurized Tubes carry chemicals, Logistical Transporters carry items, and Thermodynamic Conductors carry heat. You can upgrade transmitters to the next tier right in the world by using the next tier of alloy on them, and you can look inside a transmitter network with a Network Reader.^[1][11]

For sorting, the Logistical Sorter filters which items go where. Combined with the machine configuration system, this lets you build item networks that sort and filter automatically. The Formulaic Assemblicator is a machine that does crafting for you, and it works with Crafting Formula items.^[1][11]

The Configurator changes a block's settings. Once one machine is set up the way you like, a Configuration Card copies that configuration onto another machine.^[11]

ConfiguratorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any osmium ingot
Empty slot	any steel ingot

Recipe id: mekanism:configurator

Configuration CardMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any infused alloy	Empty slot
any infused alloy	any basic circuit	any infused alloy
Empty slot	any infused alloy	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanism:configuration_card

Auto-eject pushes fluids and chemicals out of machines at 1,024 mB/t each. Storage items fill and empty at 1,024 mB/t too. When a tank is set to dump excess, it keeps 0.85 of its capacity. All of these are the mod defaults in this pack.^[13]

Storage

For small-scale storage you have the Basic Fluid Tank for fluids, the Basic Chemical Tank for (almost) all chemicals, and the Basic Bin for items.^[10][11]

Multiblocks: Dynamic Tank and Thermoelectric Boiler

A Dynamic Tank's capacity grows with its volume. Each block adds 350,000 mB of fluid capacity or 16,000,000 mB of chemical capacity, so total capacity is the volume multiplied by that per-block value. These are unchanged from the mod defaults.^[13]

4× Dynamic TankMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any steel ingot	Empty slot
any steel ingot	Bucket	any steel ingot
Empty slot	any steel ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanism:dynamic_tank

2× Dynamic ValveMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Dynamic Tank	Empty slot
Dynamic Tank	any basic circuit	Dynamic Tank
Empty slot	Dynamic Tank	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanism:dynamic_valve

The Thermoelectric Boiler turns heat into steam. Its volume is split into portions: each block of the water portion holds 16,000 mB, each block of the steam portion holds 160,000 mB, and each block of the heated and cooled coolant portions holds 256,000 mB. Each heating element produces 16,000,000 heat. A value of 0.7 controls how much of the boiler's heat is immediately usable for turning water into steam. All of these are mod defaults here.^[13]

4× Boiler CasingMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any steel ingot	Empty slot
any steel ingot	any iron ingot	any steel ingot
Empty slot	any steel ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanism:boiler_casing

2× Boiler ValveMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Boiler Casing	Empty slot
Boiler Casing	any advanced circuit	Boiler Casing
Empty slot	Boiler Casing	Empty slot

Recipe id: mekanism:boiler_valve

Steam is capped at 10 Joules per mB, and that cap also affects the Thermoelectric Boiler. For heat sources, the Fuelwood Heater makes 400 heat per tick of a fuel's burn time. The Resistive Heater turns each Joule into 0.6 heat.^[13]

Unverified The exact shape and size rules for building the Dynamic Tank, the Thermoelectric Boiler and the Industrial Turbine aren't covered by the available sources.

Generators and reactors

Mekanism Generators adds the Heat Generator, Gas-Burning Generator (which burns Ethene), Bio-Generator, Solar and Advanced Solar Generators, Wind Generator, the Turbine, and the Fission and Fusion Reactors.^[2][8]

A Fission Reactor's power scales with its fuel assemblies. Its maximum burn rate is the number of fuel assemblies times the burn rate each one adds, and each assembly also adds fuel and waste capacity. Each casing block adds heat capacity. Cooling gets harder as the assemblies' average surface area goes up.^[8]

Unverified Whether Fission Reactor meltdowns are enabled in FTB StoneBlock 4, and the reactor's exact values here, can't be confirmed because the pack's Mekanism Generators config isn't in the sources.

Antimatter and the SPS

Antimatter pellets go into the Antiprotonic Nucleosynthesizer, alongside Atomic Alloy, a Steel Casing and an ultimate circuit.^[10]

Antiprotonic NucleosynthesizerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Atomic Alloy	any ultimate circuit	Atomic Alloy
any antimatter pellet	Steel Casing	any antimatter pellet
Atomic Alloy	any ultimate circuit	Atomic Alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:antiprotonic_nucleosynthesizer

Digital Miner, chunkloading and moving blocks

The Digital Miner automates mining using filters. It reaches up to 32 blocks out and takes 80 ticks per block without upgrades. Silk touch mode multiplies its energy use by 12. All of these are mod defaults.^[1][13]

Chunkloading is allowed in this pack, so the Anchor Upgrade and the Dimensional Stabilizer both work.^[13]

Dimensional StabilizerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any refined obsidian ingot	any ultimate circuit	any refined obsidian ingot
any atomic alloy	any diamond storage block	any atomic alloy
any refined obsidian ingot	any ultimate circuit	any refined obsidian ingot

Recipe id: mekanism:dimensional_stabilizer

The Cardboard Box lets you pick up another block and move it. The pack doesn't blacklist any mods from being boxed.^[11][13]

Cardboard BoxMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

4 × any wood dust

Recipe id: mekanism:cardboard_box

In this pack, Mekanism has its own quest chapter, and every path in it starts from one machine: the Metallurgic Infuser "Welcome To Mekanism!" quest. The World Engine tier 1 chapter asks for the Infuser too "Infusing Metals" quest, and a follow-up quest there wants a Basic Control Circuit "Reinforcing Machine Frames" quest. That makes the Infuser one of the first things you should build.^[4][7]

Early game: alloys, circuits and steel

Once the Infuser is placed, the chapter opens several branches. One asks for Infused Alloy, a Basic Control Circuit and an Advanced Control Circuit a quest in "Mekanism". The Basic Control Circuit is made inside the Metallurgic Infuser. For the Advanced Control Circuit you get a choice: you can craft it at a crafting table or make it in the Infuser.^[4][10]

Basic Control CircuitMod recipe

Metallurgic Infusing (mekanism)

• any osmium ingot
• 20× any redstone

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/basic

Advanced Control CircuitMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any infused alloy

any basic circuit

any infused alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/advanced

Crafted version

Advanced Control CircuitMod recipe

Metallurgic Infusing (mekanism)

• any basic circuit
• 60× any redstone

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/infused_advanced

Metallurgic Infuser version

Another branch is steel. Collect Enriched Iron and a steel ingot "Making Steel" quest. That unlocks the Configurator a quest in "Mekanism" and, more importantly, Steel Casing a quest in "Mekanism".^[4]

Steel Casing is the real gateway, because most of the basic machine quests hang off it:^[4]

• The Enrichment Chamber "The Enrichment Chamber" quest, which leads on to the Pressurized Reaction Chamber a quest in "Mekanism".^[4]
• The Crusher "The Crusher" quest, which leads on to Bio Fuel "Bio Fuel" quest.^[4]
• The Energized Smelter "Our First Powered Furnace" quest, Electrolytic Separator "The Electrolytic Separator" quest, Gauge Dropper a quest in "Mekanism" and Configuration Card a quest in "Mekanism".^[4]
• A thermal evaporation setup: Thermal Evaporation Controller, Thermal Evaporation Valve and Thermal Evaporation Block, plus either a Fuelwood Heater or a Resistive Heater "Thermal Evaporation Towers" quest.^[4]

Fuelwood HeaterChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any steel ingot	any basic circuit	any steel ingot
Furnace	Superheating Element	Furnace
any steel ingot	any steel ingot	any steel ingot

Recipe id: mekanism:fuelwood_heater

Changed by the pack

The Bio Fuel and Pressurized Reaction Chamber branches meet again in the plastics quest. It asks for Substrate, HDPE Pellet and HDPE Sheet a quest in "Mekanism". The HDPE Sheet is made in the Enrichment Chamber.^[4][10]

HDPE SheetMod recipe

Enriching (mekanism)

• 3× HDPE Pellet

Recipe id: mekanism:enriching/hdpe_sheet

Mid game: chemicals and fission

Two more branches from the Infuser get you ready for nuclear power. The first is a full hazmat suit plus a Radioactive Waste Barrel "Radiation and You" quest. The second is the chemical machines: Rotary Condensentrator, Chemical Dissolution Chamber, Chemical Infuser and Isotopic Centrifuge "Fissile Fuel" quest.^[4]

Chemical Dissolution ChamberMod recipe

Mek Data (mekanism)

Mek Data (mekanism)

any refined obsidian ingot	Basic Chemical Tank	any refined obsidian ingot
any ultimate circuit	Steel Casing	any ultimate circuit
any refined obsidian ingot	Basic Chemical Tank	any refined obsidian ingot

Recipe id: mekanism:chemical_dissolution_chamber

Isotopic CentrifugeMod recipe

Mek Data (mekanism)

Mek Data (mekanism)

any lead ingot	any lead ingot	any lead ingot
any ultimate circuit	Basic Chemical Tank	any ultimate circuit
any lead ingot	any lead ingot	any lead ingot

Recipe id: mekanism:isotopic_centrifuge

Finishing both of those branches unlocks the fission reactor quest. It asks for Fission Reactor Casing, Fission Reactor Port, Reactor Glass, Control Rod Assembly and Fission Fuel Assembly "Mekanism Fission Reactor" quest. From there the chapter branches into three quests: the Fission Reactor Logic Adapter "Fission Reactor Logic Adapter" quest, the turbine parts "Mekanism Turbine" quest, and Plutonium Pellet plus Polonium Pellet "You say Polonium, I say Plutonium" quest.^[4]

Late game: fusion, SPS and antimatter

The pellet quest opens up the fusion reactor, which needs the controller, port, frame, reactor glass, Laser Focus Matrix, Laser Amplifier and Hohlraum "Fusion Reactor" quest. It also unlocks a quest for Reprocessed Fissile Fragment "Reprocessed Fissile Fragments" quest.^[4]

The SPS quest asks for SPS Casing, SPS Port, Supercharged Coil and Structural Glass "Supercritical Phase Shifter" quest. Completing it leads into the World Engine tier 5 quest, which wants a Chemical Crystallizer and an Antimatter Pellet "Antimatter" quest. The Bounty Board chapter also asks for an Antimatter Pellet "Antimatter Pellet Trade" quest.^[4][14][15]

Unverified The quest that unlocks the SPS quest is not included in the sources, so which part of the pack gates the SPS is unverified.

Antimatter PelletAdded by the pack

Roost Output (chicken_roost)

• Antimatter Chicken
• any tier9orup seed

Recipe id: ftb:roosts/roost/c_antimatter

Added by the pack

Circuit and storage tiers

At the top of the circuit line, the Ultimate Control Circuit can be either crafted or made in the Metallurgic Infuser. You'll need it for several quests in the Creative chapter a quest in "Tier 6: Ascension" "Creative Energy Cell" quest.^[6][10]

Ultimate Control CircuitMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any atomic alloy

any elite circuit

any atomic alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/ultimate

Ultimate Control CircuitMod recipe

Metallurgic Infusing (mekanism)

• any elite circuit
• 240× any refined obsidian

Recipe id: mekanism:control_circuit/infused_ultimate

Energy cubes go from Basic through Advanced and Elite up to Ultimate. The Power chapter quest accepts a cube of any tier together with an Energy Tablet a quest in "Power", so a Basic Energy Cube is enough to complete it.^[9][10]

Basic Energy CubeMod recipe

Mek Data (mekanism)

Mek Data (mekanism)

any basic alloy	Energy Tablet	any basic alloy
any iron ingot	Steel Casing	any iron ingot
any basic alloy	Energy Tablet	any basic alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:energy_cube/basic

Advanced Energy CubeMod recipe

Mek Data (mekanism)

Mek Data (mekanism)

any infused alloy	Energy Tablet	any infused alloy
any osmium ingot	Basic Energy Cube	any osmium ingot
any infused alloy	Energy Tablet	any infused alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:energy_cube/advanced

Elite Energy CubeMod recipe

Mek Data (mekanism)

Mek Data (mekanism)

any reinforced alloy	Energy Tablet	any reinforced alloy
any gold ingot	Advanced Energy Cube	any gold ingot
any reinforced alloy	Energy Tablet	any reinforced alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:energy_cube/elite

Ultimate Energy CubeMod recipe

Mek Data (mekanism)

Mek Data (mekanism)

any atomic alloy	Energy Tablet	any atomic alloy
any diamond gem	Elite Energy Cube	any diamond gem
any atomic alloy	Energy Tablet	any atomic alloy

Recipe id: mekanism:energy_cube/ultimate

For bulk storage, the induction matrix quest asks for Induction Casing, Induction Port, a Basic Induction Cell and a Basic Induction Provider "The Energized Induction Matrix" quest. The ultimate tiers are endgame material. The Ultimate Induction Cell, Ultimate Induction Provider and Ultimate Energy Cube all show up in Creative chapter quests "Infinity Power Card" quest "Ascension Tier 3 - Omniscient" quest "Creative Toggleable Laser" quest.^[6][9]

Basic Induction CellMod recipe

Mek Data (mekanism)

Mek Data (mekanism)

any lithium dust	Energy Tablet	any lithium dust
Energy Tablet	Basic Energy Cube	Energy Tablet
any lithium dust	Energy Tablet	any lithium dust

Recipe id: mekanism:induction/cell/basic

Basic Induction ProviderMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any lithium dust	any basic circuit	any lithium dust
any basic circuit	Basic Energy Cube	any basic circuit
any lithium dust	any basic circuit	any lithium dust

Recipe id: mekanism:induction/provider/basic

Ultimate Induction CellMod recipe

Mek Data (mekanism)

Mek Data (mekanism)

Energy Tablet	Elite Induction Cell	Energy Tablet
Elite Induction Cell	Ultimate Energy Cube	Elite Induction Cell
Energy Tablet	Elite Induction Cell	Energy Tablet

Recipe id: mekanism:induction/cell/ultimate

Ultimate Induction ProviderMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any ultimate circuit	Elite Induction Provider	any ultimate circuit
Elite Induction Provider	Ultimate Energy Cube	Elite Induction Provider
any ultimate circuit	Elite Induction Provider	any ultimate circuit

Recipe id: mekanism:induction/provider/ultimate

Mekanism in other chapters

• Gearing Up: Free Runners a quest in "Gearing Up", the Atomic Disassembler "Atomic Disassembler" quest, the Meka-Tool "Meka-Tool" quest, and the full MekaSuit with a Modification Station "Meka-Suit" quest.^[16]
• Power: the Bio-Generator with Bio Fuel "Bio-Generator" quest, the Gas-Burning Generator a quest in "Power" and the Heat Generator "Heat Generator" quest.^[9]
• Logistics and Storage: a Basic Bin and Basic Fluid Tank "Mekanism Storage Options" quest, then the QIO system starting from the QIO Drive Array and QIO Dashboard a quest in "Storage". The Portable QIO Dashboard "Portable QIO Dashboard" quest uses a recipe added by the pack.^[5][10]
• World Engine tier 2: the Superheating Element "Superheated" quest and Ultimate Thermodynamic Conductor "Transferring Heat" quest, followed by the Resistive Heater "Heating Things Up" quest.^[17]
• Processing and Automation: a Configurator plus any basic transmitter "Mekanism Pipes" quest, and the Quantum Entangloporter a quest in "Logistics & Automation".^[12]
• Exploration and Combat: the Teleporter Frame, Teleporter and Portable Teleporter "Making Portals!" quest.^[18]

Portable QIO DashboardAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

any fortron infused ingot	any fortron infused ingot	any fortron infused ingot
any fortron infused ingot	QIO Dashboard	any fortron infused ingot
any fortron infused ingot	Teleportation Core	any fortron infused ingot

Recipe id: ftb:crafting/portable_qio_dashboard

Added by the pack

Mekanism is tied into this pack with a set of pack-added recipes. You'll use it to make other mods' parts, and other mods' materials run through Mekanism machines.^[10]

Ore processing for pack metals

Mekanism advertises its purification, dissolution, chemical injection and crystallization steps as the way to get more ingots out of every ore. The pack extends those steps to FTB Materials metals, so their ores, raw materials, raw storage blocks, shards and crystals feed into Mekanism processing.^[1][10]

• Purifying makes clumps such as Aluminum Clump, Copper Clump, Gold Clump, Iron Clump, Lead Clump, Nickel Clump, Osmium Clump, Platinum Clump and Silver Clump.^[10]
• Injecting makes shards such as Aluminum Shard, Copper Shard, Gold Shard, Iron Shard, Lead Shard, Nickel Shard, Osmium Shard and Platinum Shard.^[10]
• Crystallizing makes Copper Crystal, Gold Crystal, Iron Crystal, Lead Crystal and Osmium Crystal.^[10]
• Dissolution turns aluminum, nickel and platinum ores, raw materials and raw storage blocks into dirty slurries.^[10]

4× Iron ShardAdded by the pack

Injecting (mekanism)

• Liquid Hydrogen Chloride
• any iron ore

Recipe id: ftb:mekanism/processing/iron/shard/from_ores/

One example of the pack-added injecting recipes

Plates from Mekanism compressing

The pack adds Mekanism compressing recipes that press ingots into FTB Materials plates. They cover Brass Plate, Bronze Plate, Constantan Plate, Electrum Plate, Invar Plate, Lead Plate, Nickel Plate, Silver Plate, Steel Plate and Zinc Plate.^[10]

Steel PlateAdded by the pack

Compressing (mekanism)

• Liquid Hydrogen
• any steel ingot

Recipe id: ftb:mekanism/compressing/plates/steel

Ender IO conduits

If you run Ender IO conduits, the pack lets you bring Mekanism's pressurized tubes into that system. There are recipes for the basic, advanced and elite tube tiers, plus two upgrade recipes.^[10]

3× Conduit BundleAdded by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder
Basic Pressurized Tube	Basic Pressurized Tube	Basic Pressurized Tube
Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder

Recipe id: enderio:mek_basic_pressurized_tube

3× Conduit BundleAdded by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder
Advanced Pressurized Tube	Advanced Pressurized Tube	Advanced Pressurized Tube
Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder

Recipe id: enderio:mek_advanced_pressurized_tube

3× Conduit BundleAdded by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder
Elite Pressurized Tube	Elite Pressurized Tube	Elite Pressurized Tube
Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder	Conduit Binder

Recipe id: enderio:mek_elite_pressurized_tube

8× Conduit BundleAdded by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	Infused Alloy	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: enderio:mek_basic_pressurized_tube_upgrade

Upgrade recipe

8× Conduit BundleAdded by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	Reinforced Alloy	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: enderio:mek_advanced_pressurized_tube_upgrade

Upgrade recipe

Plastic and chickens

Your Mekanism plastics line pays off beyond Mekanism. The pack adds a recipe for Extended AE's circuit cutter that turns HDPE Sheet into Plastic. HDPE Sheets are also a task in quest a quest in "Mekanism".^[4][10]

32× PlasticAdded by the pack

Circuit Cutter (extendedae)

• HDPE Sheet

Recipe id: ftb:ae2/slicer/plastic

The pack also adds a Mekanism nucleosynthesizing recipe that upgrades a Neutronium Chicken into an Antimatter Chicken.^[10]

Antimatter ChickenAdded by the pack

Nucleosynthesizing (mekanism)

• Neutronium Chicken
• Antimatter

Recipe id: ftb:mekanism/nucleosynthesizing

Quests that mix Mekanism with other mods

• Quest "Making Steel" quest in the Mekanism chapter asks for Enriched Iron together with an FTB Materials steel ingot.^[4]
• The World Engine tier 2 chapter asks for the Ultimate Thermodynamic Conductor in quest "Transferring Heat" quest, the Superheating Element in quest "Superheated" quest and the Resistive Heater in quest "Heating Things Up" quest.^[17]
• Several creative-chapter quests combine top-tier Mekanism items with other mods' endgame gear. These include the Ultimate Induction Cell in quest "Infinity Power Card" quest and the Ultimate Energy Cube in quest "Creative Toggleable Laser" quest.^[6]
• The Ultimate Control Circuit appears in creative quests a quest in "Tier 6: Ascension" and "Creative Energy Cell" quest, next to Applied Energistics add-on items.^[6]
• Creative quest "Ascension Tier 3 - Omniscient" quest pairs the Ultimate Energy Cube and Ultimate Induction Provider with Draconic Evolution chaotic parts and Avaritia singularities.^[6]

Mekanism is all over the questbook in this pack. It has its own dedicated chapter that walks you from your first machine to reactors, and its gear, storage, power and endgame parts also appear in about a dozen other chapters. Here's the route, in order.^{[4][5][6][7][9][12][14][15][16][17][18][19]}

The Mekanism chapter

1. Everything starts with "Welcome To Mekanism!" quest, which just asks for a Metallurgic Infuser.^[4]
2. That unlocks four branches. a quest in "Mekanism" wants Infused Alloy, a Basic Control Circuit and an Advanced Control Circuit. "Making Steel" quest wants Enriched Iron and a steel ingot. "Radiation and You" quest wants the full hazmat set (Hazmat Mask, Hazmat Gown, Hazmat Pants, Hazmat Boots) plus a Radioactive Waste Barrel. "Fissile Fuel" quest wants the Rotary Condensentrator, Chemical Dissolution Chamber, Chemical Infuser and Isotopic Centrifuge.^[4]
3. After the Enriched Iron quest you can grab a Configurator in a quest in "Mekanism" and a Steel Casing in a quest in "Mekanism".^[4]
4. The Steel Casing quest opens up the core machines, each in its own quest: Configuration Card (a quest in "Mekanism"), Energized Smelter ("Our First Powered Furnace" quest), Gauge Dropper (a quest in "Mekanism"), Electrolytic Separator ("The Electrolytic Separator" quest), Crusher ("The Crusher" quest) and Enrichment Chamber ("The Enrichment Chamber" quest). It also unlocks the thermal evaporation plant in "Thermal Evaporation Towers" quest: a Thermal Evaporation Controller, Thermal Evaporation Valve, Thermal Evaporation Block, and either a Fuelwood Heater or a Resistive Heater.^[4]
5. The Crusher leads to Bio Fuel in "Bio Fuel" quest, and the Enrichment Chamber leads to the Pressurized Reaction Chamber in a quest in "Mekanism". Finish both and a quest in "Mekanism" asks for Substrate, an HDPE Pellet and an HDPE Sheet.^[4]
6. With the hazmat and chemical machine quests done, "Mekanism Fission Reactor" quest asks for the fission reactor parts: Fission Reactor Casing, Fission Reactor Port, Reactor Glass, Control Rod Assembly and Fission Fuel Assembly.^[4]
7. Fission branches into three quests. "Fission Reactor Logic Adapter" quest wants the Fission Reactor Logic Adapter. "Mekanism Turbine" quest is the industrial turbine: Turbine Casing, Structural Glass, Turbine Vent, Pressure Disperser, Turbine Valve, Turbine Rotor, Rotational Complex and Electromagnetic Coil. "You say Polonium, I say Plutonium" quest wants a Plutonium Pellet and a Polonium Pellet.^[4]
8. The pellet quest leads to Reprocessed Fissile Fragment in "Reprocessed Fissile Fragments" quest and to the fusion reactor in "Fusion Reactor" quest: Fusion Reactor Controller, Fusion Reactor Port, Fusion Reactor Frame, Reactor Glass, Laser Focus Matrix, Laser Amplifier and a Hohlraum.^[4]
9. The chapter also includes the SPS in "Supercritical Phase Shifter" quest: SPS Casing, SPS Port, Supercharged Coil and Structural Glass. Its prerequisite is not one of the quests listed in the Mekanism chapter.^[4]

Mekanism in other chapters

• Power: "Bio-Generator" quest wants Bio Fuel and a Bio-Generator. a quest in "Power" wants an energy cube of any tier plus an Energy Tablet. a quest in "Power" wants a Gas-Burning Generator and "Heat Generator" quest wants a Heat Generator. "The Energized Induction Matrix" quest covers the induction matrix: Induction Casing, Induction Port, Basic Induction Cell and Basic Induction Provider.^[9]
• Logistics and storage: "Mekanism Storage Options" quest wants a Basic Bin and a Basic Fluid Tank. a quest in "Storage" starts QIO with a QIO Drive Array and QIO Dashboard. It then unlocks the drives quest "QIO Drives" quest, the Portable QIO Dashboard in "Portable QIO Dashboard" quest, and "QIO Importing & Exporting" quest for the QIO Importer, QIO Exporter and QIO Redstone Adapter.^[5]
• Processing and automation: a quest in "Logistics & Automation" wants a Quantum Entangloporter. "Mekanism Pipes" quest wants a Configurator plus any one basic transmitter (cable, pipe, tube or logistical transporter).^[12]
• Gearing up: Free Runners in a quest in "Gearing Up", the Atomic Disassembler in "Atomic Disassembler" quest, the Meka-Tool in "Meka-Tool" quest, and the full MekaSuit plus a Modification Station in "Meka-Suit" quest.^[16]
• World Engine Tier 1: "Infusing Metals" quest needs a Metallurgic Infuser alongside a generator (a Heat Generator is one option) and a part from another mod. "Reinforcing Machine Frames" quest includes a Basic Control Circuit.^[7]
• World Engine Tier 2: "Transferring Heat" quest wants an Ultimate Thermodynamic Conductor and "Superheated" quest wants a Superheating Element. Finishing both unlocks the Resistive Heater quest "Heating Things Up" quest.^[17]
• World Engine Tier 5: "Antimatter" quest requires the SPS quest and asks for a Chemical Crystallizer and an Antimatter Pellet. That quest in turn feeds the bounty board's antimatter quest, "Antimatter Pellet Trade" quest.^[4][14][15]
• Exploration and combat: "Making Portals!" quest wants a Teleporter Frame, Teleporter and Portable Teleporter. In the useful items chapter, a quest in "Useful Items & Tips" asks for a Cardboard Box.^[18][19]
• Creative: Several endgame quests mix Mekanism's top-tier parts with items from other mods. You'll need an Ultimate Induction Cell ("Infinity Power Card" quest), an Ultimate Energy Cube ("Creative Toggleable Laser" quest and "Ascension Tier 3 - Omniscient" quest, the latter also needing an Ultimate Induction Provider), and an Ultimate Control Circuit (a quest in "Tier 6: Ascension" and "Creative Energy Cell" quest).^[6]

Good news first: this pack leaves almost all of Mekanism's config at the mod defaults, so most wiki numbers and videos you've seen still apply here. There's one real change you'll feel in the late game, plus a few settings worth knowing about when you plan your base.^[13][20][21]

The big change: cheaper antimatter

The pack lowers sps.energyPerInput to 250,000, down from the mod default of 1,000,000. That's the energy the SPS needs to process 1 mB of input, so your SPS needs only a quarter of the usual power per mB of polonium. The amount of polonium per mB of antimatter, sps.inputPerAntimatter, stays at the default of 1,000 mB.^[13]

Settings that shape how you play

• Radiation is on. radiation.enabled is true, so handle radioactive waste carefully. A Radioactive Waste Barrel holds 512,000 mB and decays 1 mB every 20 ticks.^[13]
• Chunkloading is allowed. allowChunkloading is true, so the Anchor Upgrade and the Dimensional Stabilizer both work.^[13]
• Machine security is on. security.allowProtection lets you lock your machines against other players. security.opsBypassRestrictions is false, so ops can't bypass those locks by default.^[13]
• The Digital Miner uses default values. Its max radius is 32 blocks, it takes 80 ticks per block without upgrades, and silk touch mode costs 12 times the energy. digital_miner.easyMinerFilters is off, so you need a real copy of a block to set it as a filter target.^[13]
• Power conversion uses the default energy_conversion.feConversionRate of 2.5, and Forge Energy integration isn't blacklisted, so Mekanism power works with other mods' FE.^[13]
• transmitterAlloyUpgrade is enabled. You can upgrade cables, pipes, tubes, transporters and conductors in place by right-clicking them with the next tier of alloy.^[13]
• aestheticWorldDamage is true, so lasers can break blocks and the flamethrower can start fires. Keep that in mind near your base.^[13]

Mekanism Additions

In this pack's Additions config, Baby Skeletons, Baby Strays and Baby Bogged can spawn. Baby Creepers, Baby Endermen and Baby Wither Skeletons are switched off. The Walkie Talkie voice server, voice_server.enabled, is disabled. Obsidian TNT keeps its default blast radius of 12 and a fuse of 100 ticks.^[20]

Client settings you can tweak yourself

These are client-side settings, so you can change them for your own game. If transmitters tank your FPS, turn on accessibility.opaqueTransmitters to render their sides instead of their contents. Lowering rendering.berRange from its 256 default can also help performance, but multiblock contents and wind generators will pop in closer to you.^[21]

FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 ships Mekanism version 10.7.19 (file Mekanism-1.21.1-10.7.19.85.jar) and Mekanism Generators version 10.7.19 (file MekanismGenerators-1.21.1-10.7.19.85.jar). Both mods run on the same version, so the core machines and the generators add-on stay in sync.^[3]

Both mods were first included in FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 or earlier, so they have been part of your StoneBlock 4 toolkit at least since this release.^[3]

Unverified No pack changelog entries or mod changelogs are available for these versions, so the specific changes to Mekanism and Mekanism Generators across pack releases, such as recipe tweaks, balance changes or bug fixes, can't be confirmed here. Check the pack's release notes in your launcher if you want the full details.