Starbunclemania guide for FTB StoneBlock 4 1.1.1 to 1.21.0
Starbunclemania guide for FTB StoneBlock 4
Last verified for FTB StoneBlock 4 v1.21.0 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026
A newer release (1.23.0) is out Guide for the current version
Also applies to:All the Mods 10 4.11 to 5.5All 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
- 6
- Recipes shown
- 22
- Items named
- 32
1 section is written for this pack; 5 are shared from another pack's guide.
Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0's own files.
What is Starbunclemania?
Same as in the All the Mods 10 4.14 guide
Starbunclemania is part of this pack, which ships version 1.5.1 of the mod (file starbunclemania-1.21.1-1.5.1.jar). It has been in the pack since version 3.0 or earlier, so it's a long-standing part of the mod list rather than a recent addition.[1]
Unverified The sources I have don't describe what Starbunclemania does or who it is aimed at, so I can't tell you about its features or mechanics here. They also don't show any quests in this pack that involve it, and they don't place it on the ATM Star path, so I can't say where it fits in the pack's progression.
How do you get started with Starbunclemania?
6 parts
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide
Starbunclemania is all about giving your Starbuncles new jobs. Each job item changes what a Starbuncle does when you use it on one, so the first things to make are the ones that put your Starbuncles to work. Here is the order I'd go in.[2]
First: Starminer
Start with the Starminer. It changes a Starbuncle's job to mine blocks in specified spots, and you can give it a tool to use (it defaults to an iron pick). The pack changed this recipe from the mod's version, so go by the one below.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | any iron ingot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_miner
Next: Starbuilder
Next comes the Starbuilder, which changes a Starbuncle's job to place blocks in specified spots. Its recipe is also changed by the pack.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_build
Then: Fluid Jar and Starbucket
To move fluids, you first need a Fluid Containment Jar. The pack changed this recipe too. The jar is also an ingredient in the Starbucket, which changes a Starbuncle's job to transport fluids around.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold ingot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar
The Starbucket is made at an enchanting apparatus, not on a crafting table.[3]
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
Fluid Containment Jar
- 4× any gold nugget
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bucket
Fluid Starbuncles are tuned in the server config. In this pack the transfer rate is set by [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_ratio]] at 1,000, and the check threshold by [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_threshold]] at 250. Lower the threshold if you want them to check and fill more often.[4]
Then: StarbAttery
The StarbAttery changes a Starbuncle's job to transport FE energy around. The pack changed its recipe as well. Its transfer rate is [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbattery_ratio]], set to 100,000 in this pack.[2][3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold nugget | Empty slot |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_battery
Later: Round-robin item transport
Once you have several inventories connected, the Square Robin Mask tweaks a Starbuncle's item transport to round-robin items between inventories. It also stops pickup.[2]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:robin_mask
Finally: Starballoon
The Starballoon changes a Starbuncle's job to transport Mekanism chemical around. It can also be dyed. Like the Starbucket, it is made at an enchanting apparatus.[2][3]
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
Air Essence
2× Magebloom Fiber
- any wool
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_balloon
How does Starbunclemania work?
6 parts
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide
Starbunclemania is built around a simple idea: you swap a Starbuncle's job by using an item on it. Instead of moving items, it can move fluids, energy or chemicals, mine, place blocks or void items. Everything below is what the sources show for this pack.[2]
Changing a Starbuncle's job
- Starbucket changes the job to transporting fluids.[2]
- StarbAttery changes the job to transporting FE energy.[2]
- Starballoon changes the job to transporting Mekanism chemicals. It can be dyed, and it supports Starbuncle, Drygmy and Wixie familiars.[2]
- Starbuilder changes the job to placing blocks in specified spots.[2]
- Starminer changes the job to mining blocks in specified spots. You can give it a tool to use, and it defaults to an iron pick.[2]
- StarBin changes the job to voiding the items it picks up, and items from linked chests.[2]
- Square Robin Mask does not replace the job. It tweaks the Starbuncle's item transport to round-robin items between inventories, and it also stops pickup.[2]
The pack changed the recipes for the StarbAttery, the StarBin, the Starbuilder and the Starminer, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults. Here they are as the pack has them.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold nugget | Empty slot |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_battery
Changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any iron nugget | Empty slot |
| any iron ingot | Empty slot | any iron ingot |
| any iron nugget | any iron ingot | any iron nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bin
Changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_build
Changed by the pack.
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | any iron ingot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_miner
Changed by the pack.
The Starbucket and the Starballoon are made at the Enchanting Apparatus from Ars Nouveau ingredients. The Starballoon can also be dyed with a dye recipe.[3]
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
- 4× any gold nugget
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bucket
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
- any wool
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_balloon
Transfer rates and thresholds
The fluid, energy and gas transport jobs each have a ratio (the transfer rate) and a threshold in the server config. The config says to lower a threshold if you need these Starbuncles to check and fill more often. The values listed below are the ones this pack uses, and they match the mod defaults.[4]
- Fluid Starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_ratio]] is 1,000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_threshold]] is 250.[4]
- Energy Starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbattery_ratio]] is 100,000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbattery_threshold]] is 1,000.[4]
- Gas Starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starballoon_ratio]] is 1,000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starballoon_threshold]] is 250.[4]
Fluids and Source
The Fluid Containment Jar is the mod's fluid container, and its block is named Fluid Containment Jar. The pack changed its recipe. The [[config:config/starbunclemania-common.toml#General Configs.mob_jar_render]] option controls whether the mob jar fluid is rendered, and it is on in this pack.[2][3][5]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold ingot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar
Changed by the pack.
The Source Condenser turns Source into liquid Source. [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.source_condense_cost]] sets the Source cost to make a bucket of liquid source, and the pack keeps the default of 1,000. The recipe combines a Source Relay with a Fluid Jar.[3][4]
The Fluid Sourcelink converts fluid into Source. [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.fluid_to_source]] sets how much Source each milli-bucket of a fluid is worth, using entries like "minecraft:lava=1.6". The pack leaves that list empty.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_sourcelink
There is also a Mekanism rotary recipe that the pack changed, which links the mod's source gas and source fluid.[3]
Rotary (mekanism)
- Source Fluid
- Source Gas
Recipe id: starbunclemania:gas_to_liquid_source
Changed by the pack.
Scrolls
Fluid Scroll: Allow and Fluid Scroll: Deny each have a clear recipe, shown below. The Direction Scroll is read by item Starbuncles only if they wear the Wyrm Degree.[2][3]
Wixie cauldrons
You use a Wixie Charm on a block to let Wixies work with its recipes. The tooltips list these setups:[2]
- Furnace: Wixies use smelting and smoking recipes.[2]
- Stonecutter: Wixies use stonecutter recipes.[2]
- Cutting Board: Wixies use cutting board recipes.[2]
- Cooking Pot: Wixies use cooking pot recipes.[2]
- Crucible: Wixies use Eidolon's crucible recipes.[2]
- Fluid Jar (the Wixie Mixer): Wixies use the milk and water in the side tanks for crafting recipes instead of buckets.[2]
Fluid glyphs
The mod adds spell glyphs for Ars Nouveau. Glyph Pickup Fluid picks up fluids from the world and fills a tank in your hotbar or next to the turret. Glyph Place Fluid places fluid in the world, draining from a tank in the hotbar or next to the turret.[2][3]
Pickup Fluid costs 80 (general.cost) and Place Fluid costs 20 (general.cost). Both match the mod defaults, and the pack sets no augment limits, cost overrides or invalid combinations for either.[6][7]
Both glyphs are enabled and neither is a starter glyph. Their tier is set by general.glyph_tier and general.glyph_tier, and the pack keeps the default of 2 for both.[6][7]
Some augments have special descriptions on these glyphs. Sensitive makes Pickup Fluid target the block hit directly instead of the relative position, and makes Place Fluid place the fluid inside the block hit instead of relative to it. AOE increases the radius of targeted blocks, Pierce increases their depth, and Randomize adds a chance to not target a block.[2]
How do you progress through Starbunclemania?
4 parts
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide
Starbunclemania has no step-by-step ladder in this pack. The recipes do show a rough order, though, from simple crafting-table gear up to Ars Nouveau's Enchanting Apparatus. Treat the tiers below as a suggested path built from the recipe types, not an official one.[3]
Unverified No quests in this pack cover this mod, and no in-jar guidebook was found, so the order below is inferred from the recipes rather than from a quest line.
Crafting-table utility gear
Start with the utility items the pack has changed: StarBin, Starminer, Starbuilder and StarbAttery. The pack changes the recipe for each of them, so don't trust a mod-default recipe from another source. The exact in-pack recipes are below.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any iron nugget | Empty slot |
| any iron ingot | Empty slot | any iron ingot |
| any iron nugget | any iron ingot | any iron nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bin
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | any iron ingot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_miner
Crafting Shaped
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_build
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold nugget | Empty slot |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_battery
Fluid handling
The fluid side starts with the Fluid Containment Jar. The pack changes this recipe too. The Source Condenser, the pickup glyph and the Starbucket all use the jar as an ingredient.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold ingot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar
Once you have a jar, Source Condenser is a shapeless craft that combines it with a Source Relay. Fluid Sourcelink is a separate shaped craft.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_sourcelink
For filtering, Fluid Scroll: Allow and Fluid Scroll: Deny each have their own recipe, and each also has a matching recipe for clearing it. Direction Scroll is another scroll, shown below the filter scrolls.[3]
Crafting Shapeless
Blank Parchment
Water Essence
- any cobblestone
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_scroll_deny
If you use Ars Nouveau spellcasting, the mod adds fluid glyphs: Glyph Pickup Fluid and Glyph Place Fluid. Both are made as glyph recipes, and the pickup glyph uses the Fluid Jar.[3]
Rotary (mekanism)
- Source Fluid
- Source Gas
Recipe id: starbunclemania:gas_to_liquid_source
Enchanting Apparatus items
The top of the path is the Ars Nouveau Enchanting Apparatus items: Starbucket, Starballoon and Starddle [WIP]. The saddle is marked as a work in progress. The Starbucket builds on the Fluid Jar, so it sits after the fluid items.[3]
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
- 4× any gold nugget
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_bucket
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
- any wool
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_balloon
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
Saddle
- 2× any source gem
- 2× any gold nugget
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_saddle
You can dye a finished Starballoon with a separate dye recipe.[3]
Cosmetics, any time
The wearable cosmetics all use mod-default recipes, so you can make them whenever you like. They are Blues Hat, Alakakrinos Hat, Drygmy Horns, Sea Bunny, Starby Ears, Whirli Propeller, Square Robin Mask and Wyrm Degree. The exception is Chef Hat, which builds on the Blues Hat.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_hat
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:chef_hat
How does Starbunclemania work with other mods?
3 parts
Starbunclemania is closely tied to Ars Nouveau in this pack. Nearly every recipe from the mod takes at least one Ars Nouveau item, so you'll be working through that mod to get at most of what Starbunclemania offers. The recipe dump also shows a pack-made machine recipe that connects it to the source fluid from the sauce mod.[8]
Ars Nouveau crafting links
Alakakrinos Hat, Blues Hat, Starby Ears, Drygmy Horns, Whirli Propeller and Sea Bunny are all crafted at a normal crafting table from Magebloom Fiber plus a vanilla item. Square Robin Mask builds on Ars Nouveau's Starbuncle Shades and green wool.[8]
Starballoon is different: it is made in Ars Nouveau's Enchanting Apparatus rather than at a crafting table.[8]
Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)
- any wool
Recipe id: starbunclemania:star_balloon
The scrolls also lean on Ars Nouveau. Direction Scroll, Fluid Scroll: Allow and Fluid Scroll: Deny all start from Blank Parchment, and both fluid scrolls also need Water Essence.[8]
The mod also adds a spell glyph, Glyph Place Fluid, which uses Ars Nouveau's own glyph recipe type and takes Water Essence.[8]
Fluid and Source machinery
The Fluid Containment Jar recipe has been changed by the pack, so don't rely on the mod's default recipe from outside sources. Check the recipe shown here instead.[8]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any gold ingot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_jar
This is the pack's changed version of the recipe.
The Source Condenser is crafted from the Fluid Jar together with an Ars Nouveau Source Relay.[8]
The Fluid Sourcelink connects Ars Nouveau's Source system with the sauce mod's source fluid, since its recipe uses Source Fluid Bucket and an Source Gem.[8]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | |
| Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: starbunclemania:fluid_sourcelink
Pack-added machine recipe
The pack adds its own Custom Machinery recipe for a Steam Pressurizer. It takes Source Fluid and Starbunclemania's source gas as inputs. The recipe dump lists no outputs for it.[8]
Which Starbunclemania config options matter?
4 parts
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.23.0 guide
Here's the quick version: for every option in the files below that lists a mod default, the pack's value is the same as that default. Nothing has been tweaked, so you can follow the mod's normal behaviour and only change things if you want to.[9][10][11]
Starbuncle transfer settings
These live in config/starbunclemania-server.toml. Each kind of transfer starbuncle has a ratio (its transfer rate) and a threshold. Here's what the pack uses:[11]
- Fluid starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_ratio]] is 1000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbucket_threshold]] is 250.[11]
- Gas starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starballoon_ratio]] is 1000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starballoon_threshold]] is 250.[11]
- Energy starbuncles: [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbattery_ratio]] is 100,000 and [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.starbattery_threshold]] is 1000.[11]
Source and fluids
[[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.source_condense_cost]] is the source cost to make a bucket of liquid source, and the pack keeps it at 1000. [[config:config/starbunclemania-server.toml#General Configs.fluid_to_source]] sets the value of a milli-bucket of fluid converted into source by the sourcelink, with an example entry of minecraft:lava=1.6. The pack leaves it as an empty list, so it adds no custom entries.[11]
Fluid glyphs
Each fluid glyph has its own file in config/starbunclemania. general.enabled and general.enabled are both true, so both glyphs are on.[9][10]
general.glyph_tier and general.glyph_tier are both set to 2. general.starter and general.starter are both false, so neither is a starter glyph.[9][10]
- Place fluid: general.cost is 20.[9]
- Pickup fluid: general.cost is 80.[10]
general.per_spell_limit and general.per_spell_limit are both 2,147,483,647, which is effectively no limit on how many times each glyph can appear in one spell.[9][10]
The augment cost overrides, augment limits and invalid combos options (for example general.augment_cost_overrides, general.augment_limits and general.invalid_combos) are all empty lists for both glyphs, so the pack adds no extra restrictions or cost changes to them.[9][10]
Rendering
[[config:config/starbunclemania-common.toml#General Configs.mob_jar_render]] enables rendering of the mob jar fluid, and the pack sets it to true.[12]
Sources
- All the Mods 10 4.14 mod list · pack file
- starbunclemania names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 recipe dump: recipes making Starbunclemania items · pack recipe dump
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 config: config/starbunclemania-server.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 config: config/starbunclemania-common.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 config: config/starbunclemania/glyph_place_fluid.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 config: config/starbunclemania/glyph_pickup_fluid.toml · pack file
- FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 recipe dump: recipes connecting Starbunclemania with other mods · pack recipe dump
- FTB Skies 2 1.23.0 config: config/starbunclemania/glyph_place_fluid.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.23.0 config: config/starbunclemania/glyph_pickup_fluid.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.23.0 config: config/starbunclemania-server.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.23.0 config: config/starbunclemania-common.toml · pack file
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: 1.22.0 to 1.23.0