Simply Light in FTB StoneBlock 4
FTB StoneBlock 4 1.23.0 ships version 1.5.3 · First seen in 1.0.0
Simply Light is a mod in FTB StoneBlock 4 1.23.0, where it is version 1.5.3. Simple light for a complicated world. (Summary from the mod's Modrinth page.)
Simply Light guide for FTB StoneBlock 4
Last verified for FTB StoneBlock 4 v1.23.0 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026
Also applies to:All the Mods 10 0.32 to 2.16All the Mods 10: To the Sky 1.0 to 2.1.0All the Mons 0.3.0-beta to 1.3.0FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 to 1.24.0FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.0.3 to 1.10.0
- Sections
- 4
- Recipes shown
- 18
- Items named
- 18
1 section is written for this pack; 3 are shared from another pack's guide.
Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB StoneBlock 4 1.23.0, read from the running game on Oct 13, 2026.
What is Simply Light?
Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.16 guide
Simply Light is in the pack at version 1.4.6+1.21-b53 (file simplylight-1.4.6+1.21-b53.jar). It has been part of the pack since version 0.32 or earlier, so it isn't a recent addition.[1]
Unverified The sources I have don't describe what Simply Light adds, who it is aimed at, or how it fits into the pack's progression. I also have no confirmed recipes, config options or quests for it, and no guidebook, so I'm not guessing at any of that. I'll fill this in once there is something to back it up.
How do you get started with Simply Light?
5 parts
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide
This mod adds lighting blocks, and the recipes shown here are all crafting recipes. Here is the order I'd go in, starting with the light bulb.[2]
First: Simple Light Bulb
Start with the Simple Light Bulb. One craft gives you 8 of them.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:bulb
Next: Illuminant Block
Next, make the Illuminant Block. This craft gives you 4 blocks, and the mod describes it as a simple light block.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any redstone dust | ||
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block
If you want the inverted version, Illuminant Block(Inverted), you can craft it directly for 4 blocks, or turn an Illuminant Block into it with a single-item shapeless recipe.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle
The reverse swap, back to the normal block, is also a one-item recipe.[2]
Then: Dynamic Edge Light
The Dynamic Edge Light (bottom) is great for hallways. One craft makes 6. When you place it, it morphs to follow the blocks around it, and that shape stays afterward. That means you can shape it using temporary blocks.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | Empty slot | any stone |
| any stone | Empty slot | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light
There is also a top version, Dynamic Edge Light (top), and you can swap between the two with shapeless recipes.[2]
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_bottom_from_top
Colors
Once you have edge lights, you can recolor them with a dye recipe that makes 8 per craft, for example Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom).[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_blue_dyed
Panels are made from slabs, for example Illuminant Black Panel from Illuminant Black Slab. The plain Illuminant Slab has its own recipe too.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_slab
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_panel_black_split
Finally: fixtures, rods and columns
When you want more decorative options, the mod also has the Illuminant Fixture, which makes 6 per craft, and the Illuminant Rod, which makes 8.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone |
| any stone | |
| any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:walllamp
Crafting Shaped
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
Recipe id: simplylight:rodlamp
The Illuminant Column makes 2 per craft and needs one of the mod's switched-on lamps as an ingredient, so make one of those first.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any any lamp on | Empty slot |
| Empty slot | any wall | Empty slot |
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:lamp_post
How does Simply Light work?
4 parts
Same as in the FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 guide
The sources for Simply Light explain how its light blocks are placed, converted and crafted in this pack. There are no machines, power or automation here, so this section covers how each block family behaves.[4][5]
Dynamic edge lights
The Dynamic Edge Light (bottom) and Dynamic Edge Light (top) follow the walls around them, which makes them great for hallways. They morph depending on the blocks present around them at the moment you place them.[4]
The shape persists after placement. That means you can set down temporary blocks, place the light to get the shape you want, then remove the temporary blocks.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | Empty slot | any stone |
| any stone | Empty slot | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light
Makes 6 bottom edge lights per craft.
The bottom and top versions convert into each other with a single-item shapeless craft, so you can switch orientation without crafting a new batch.[5]
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_bottom_from_top
Dyeing an edge light gives you 8 of the colored version per craft. The blue one is shown here, and the other colors have their own dyed recipes.[5]
Crafting Shaped
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_blue_dyed
Illuminant blocks and the inverted toggle
The Illuminant Block is described as a simple light block that activates, and its inverted twin Illuminant Block(Inverted) is described as deactivating instead. You can craft either one directly, 4 per craft.[4][5]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any redstone dust | ||
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on
If you already have one, you can flip it to the other type with a shapeless craft. The black versions, Illuminant Black Block and Illuminant Black Block (Inverted), toggle the same way.[5]
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_black_block_toggle
Panels, slabs, bulbs and columns
- Panels, such as the Illuminant Blue Panel, are simple LED panel lights that you can place in any direction.[4]
- Slabs, such as the Illuminant Blue Slab, are half-slab lights that you can also place in any direction.[4]
- The Simple Light Bulb is a plain light bulb that you can place in any direction. One craft makes 8.[4][5]
- The Illuminant Column (Illuminant Column) is a 3 block tall lamp post, and only the top block emits light. One craft makes 2.[4][5]
- The Illuminant Rod (Illuminant Rod) is crafted 8 at a time.[5]
Slabs can be split back into panels. One slab gives you 6 panels, and each color has its own split recipe. The blue one is shown here.[5]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_panel_blue_split
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:bulb
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any any lamp on | Empty slot |
| Empty slot | any wall | Empty slot |
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:lamp_post
Crafting Shaped
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
Recipe id: simplylight:rodlamp
Pack-specific behavior
How do you progress through Simply Light?
4 parts
Every recipe in the sources for this mod is a shaped or shapeless crafting recipe from the mod itself. So "progression" here means which pieces you build first and which ones build on them. In total there are 160 shaped and 50 shapeless recipes.[7]
The basic lights
These are the starting pieces: the Simple Light Bulb, the Illuminant Rod, the Dynamic Edge Light (bottom), the Illuminant Slab and the Illuminant Fixture. The recipes for the bulb, the edge light and the rod are shown below.[7]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:bulb
Makes 8 bulbs per craft.
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | Empty slot | any stone |
| any stone | Empty slot | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light
Makes 6 bottom edge lights per craft.
Crafting Shaped
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
| any glowstone dust | any stone | any glowstone dust |
Recipe id: simplylight:rodlamp
Makes 8 rods per craft.
Illuminant Blocks
The Illuminant Block makes 4 per craft, and so does the inverted Illuminant Block(Inverted). A one-item shapeless recipe swaps a block and its inverted version in either direction, so you can flip one without crafting it from scratch.[7]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any redstone dust | ||
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle
Columns, panels and swaps
The Illuminant Column makes 2 per craft and uses one of the mod's own lamps as an ingredient. Panels come from slabs: one slab gives 6 Illuminant Panel pieces, and the colored slabs have matching split recipes.[7]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any any lamp on | Empty slot |
| Empty slot | any wall | Empty slot |
| any stone | any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: simplylight:lamp_post
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_panel_split
Edge lights also have a top version. A shapeless recipe turns the bottom Dynamic Edge Light (bottom) into the Dynamic Edge Light (top), and another turns it back.[7]
Crafting Shapeless
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_bottom_from_top
Color
Dyeing is the last stage. Each dye recipe takes an existing edge light and gives 8 colored ones per craft. The recipes exist for both the bottom and top edge lights, for example Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom) and Dynamic Black Edge Light (top). The loot tables for the colored edge lights, such as black and blue, drop the matching item when the block is broken.[7][8][9]
Crafting Shaped
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_blue_dyed
Makes 8 blue bottom edge lights per craft.
Crafting Shaped
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | |
| any any edge light | any any edge light | any any edge light |
Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_dyed
The white dye version makes 8 plain bottom edge lights per craft.
Sources
- All the Mods 10 2.16 mod list · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 recipe dump: recipes making Simply Light items · pack recipe dump
- simplylight names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- simplylight names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 recipe dump: recipes making Simply Light items · pack recipe dump
- kubejs/server_scripts/systems/vaults/portal.js (FTB StoneBlock 4's own script) · pack file
- FTB StoneBlock 4 1.22.0 recipe dump: recipes making Simply Light items · pack recipe dump
- data/simplylight/loot_table/blocks/edge_light_black.json (simplylight's jar) · official mod data
- data/simplylight/loot_table/blocks/edge_light_blue.json (simplylight's jar) · 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.
Guides for other versions: 1.1.1 to 1.21.0
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Version in each release
48 releases, first in 1.0.0
| FTB StoneBlock 4 | Version | Jar | Where it came from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.23.0 Oct 12, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.22.0 Sep 22, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.21.0 Sep 9, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.20.1 Sep 1, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.20.0 Aug 26, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.19.1 Aug 12, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.19.0 Aug 11, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.18.0 Aug 9, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.17.2 Jul 29, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.17.1 Jul 28, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.17.0 Jul 24, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.16.0 Jul 2, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.15.3 Jun 17, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.15.2 Jun 16, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.15.0 Jun 13, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.14.2 Jun 3, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.14.1 May 31, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.14.0 May 27, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.13.1 May 12, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.13.0 May 12, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.12.0 May 7, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.11.1 Apr 24, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.11.0 Apr 16, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.10.0 Apr 8, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9.6 Apr 3, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9.5 Apr 1, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9.4 Mar 25, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9.3 Mar 23, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9.1 Mar 19, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.9.0 Mar 17, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.8.1 Mar 11, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.8.0 Feb 10, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.7.3 Feb 3, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.7.2 Feb 3, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.7.0 Jan 30, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.6.0 Jan 7, 2026 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.5.0 Dec 16, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.4.0 Dec 9, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.3.0 Dec 4, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.2.1 Nov 26, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.2.0 Nov 25, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.1.2 Nov 18, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.1.1 Nov 17, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.0.8 Nov 6, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.0.7 Nov 4, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.0.3 Nov 1, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.0.1 Oct 30, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
| 1.0.0 Oct 29, 2025 | 1.5.3 | simplylight-1.5.3+1.21.1-b4.jar | From the published release |
"From pack files" means the list came from the pack's own files; "from the published release" means ForgeBase read the jars of the release itself.
Items and blocks
160 items from the 1.23.0 recipe dump.
Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Black Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Brown Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Cyan Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Gray Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Green Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Light Blue Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Light Gray Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Lime Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Magenta Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Orange Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Pink Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Purple Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Red Edge Light (bottom)
Dynamic Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Black Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Blue Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Brown Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Cyan Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Gray Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Green Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Light Blue Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Light Gray Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Lime Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Magenta Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Orange Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Pink Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Purple Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Red Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Yellow Edge Light (top)
Dynamic Yellow Edge Light (bottom)
Illuminant Black Block
Illuminant Black Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Block
Illuminant Block(Inverted)
Illuminant Blue Block
Illuminant Blue Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Brown Block
Illuminant Brown Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Cyan Block
Illuminant Cyan Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Gray Block
Illuminant Gray Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Green Block
Illuminant Green Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Light Blue Block
Illuminant Light Blue Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Light Gray Block
Illuminant Light Gray Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Lime Block
Illuminant Lime Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Magenta Block
Illuminant Magenta Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Orange Block
Illuminant Orange Block (Inverted)
Illuminant Panel
Illuminant Black Panel
Illuminant Blue Panel
Illuminant Brown Panel
...and 100 more.
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