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Tutorial:First Steps

2018-11-26T05:13:48Z

TheBlueCreeper78: /* Metal Former */

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This tutorial is regularly updated. You can see the first version of it here: [http://www.mediafire.com/?j9gem0c4laoeyb5 First Steps in the IndustrialCraft mod for Minecraft V0.5.pdf]
(texture pack used: [http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=163329&sid=cdc70e1f885922f1354f76755c7c868d Soartex]).
'''Important: This tutorial now expects you to be using [[v2.X]] of IndustrialCraft²'''

== Basic steps in a new world ==

[[file:first_steps1.png |350x350px| link=|left]]
 

Now that you have downloaded and installed the mod and generated a new map, you really don’t know where to begin. Like all other maps you begin in, gather some wood, then some cobblestone and coal, and build a little house (or a cave if you wish) for your first night.

[[file:first_steps2.png |350x350px| link=|left]]
 

Here is mine with some flowers. Having a pretty house is always a plus, even if it’s just for you, and I can easily expand it.
Beware of the mobs if you are not playing in Peaceful mode; the creepers can blow up what you built. If you want to, use some torches to light the area.
 

[[file:first_steps3.png |350x350px| link=|right]]
 

Keep in mind that you will need a lot of room for your industry. Try to get a good spot with a lot of space not too far away, like that sand plain I can see from my roof (you will also need lots of sand for other purposes). Don’t forget to add some chests and a bed in your little place. You may also want to start growing some wheat and trees.

Nothing new here, but you must begin with a good base if you want to go further. The next part will introduce some new things.
 

== First Ingredients and Machines ==

You now have a little base with four walls, a roof, some chests, a bed, a furnace, and a crafting table, but you want more new stuff. First, let's plant some crops, IC2 style.

Till some soil near water or by digging a hole and filling it with a water block. This is standard vanilla Minecraft so far.

Next, take some sticks and create some stakes for [[Crops]].
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Stick|B2=|C2=Stick
|A3=Stick|B3=|C3=Stick
|Output=Crops
}}

Take these, and place one on each block of tilled soil. Go get some Wheat seeds by ripping up grass and plant them. Now, when your Wheat is ready to harvest, you can harvest it and wheat seedlings will remain, saving you from having to use more seeds to replant! There's a lot more you can do with crops in IC2, but this will help get you some food to survive.

Now, you need to gather Rubber. You will need a lot of lumber to build our first machine, and a basic [[generator]]: 34 logs precisely. However, you should gather more to use as fuel.
{|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Wooden Planks|B2=Wooden Planks|C2=Wooden Planks
|A3=Wooden Planks
|Output=Treetap
}}
|}
Use 5 Wooden Planks to craft a [[Treetap]]. You will need 5 Treetaps total, one for extracting [[Sticky Resin]] and four for crafting an [[Extractor]], but wait until later to make the other four to save space.

Now, extract 6 [[Sticky Resin]] from the [[Rubber Wood|Rubber Trees]]. Rubber trees are somewhat random, but I can tell you they're most abundant in Swamp biomes and they never grow in Desert biomes.

For now, drop that into a chest, and gather torches, pickaxes, and food, for you will have to go to the center of the earth! The second thing you must gather is Redstone; that next-to useless red powder you have in astronomical quantity is the base of industrial electricity. Of course, you will need an iron pickaxe to extract it, but you must have a bad spawn point if you don’t find any along the way. Also, you should mine any [[Copper Ore|Copper]] or [[Tin Ore|Tin]] you see for later.
[[file:first_steps6.png |500px| link=|center]]
Here is a screenshot of a natural cave where you can see all but three types of ores you can gather, from left to right:

*Gold. Its value is much higher in IC, especially in its dust form. It's involved in many mid-tech machines. You should mine it - it will become more useful in the future.

*[[Tin]]. It is required for many things, but it is fairly common.

*[[Copper]]. Like Tin, it is required for most things in IC, such as [[cable]]s, so you must gather a good stock in the beginning. Like Tin, there's plenty in the world.

*Iron. '''Every''' machine uses Iron, so it will be the ore you must hunt the most. You will be always short of Iron.

*Coal. Its value was increased, so if you want torches or furnace fuel, use Charcoal. Use Coal for other, more important things. [[Dusts|Coal Dust]] is used to build [[Solar Panel|Solar Panels]]; it's a more efficient [[Fuel]], and lots of things like the [[Nano-Bodyarmor|nano-suit]] use it. In other worlds, you might not care about Coal, but in IC, it is valuable.

*[[Uranium]]. You will need it to power your future [[Nuclear Reactor|nuclear reactor]] or to craft a [[Secret:Nuke|nuke]] to blow up a mountain. Besides that, it is not involved in other recipes. It is rarer than other ores, but can be found at every layer. You will need an iron pickaxe to gather it.

[[file:first_steps7.png |500px| link=|center]]

Further away in the cave:

*Redstone: Redstone is involved in most parts of IC crafting, especially the basic ones. We need some for crafting the first part of a machine, and later, other things.

*Diamond: Ha, the diamond. Everybody runs after them. Try to get 3 of them and keep them in a chest; we will craft something awesome with them. You should know that you can produce diamonds with coal. I’ll show you later. There is something else to do with them other than waste them in tools or one-use armor.

*Lapis lazuli: Not shown here, but you know it. Involved in the more advanced machines, you need '''BLOCKS''' of lapis to craft them, so if you find it now, just keep it until you have a need to use it.

*Lava: I know, it’s not a mineable resource, but it’s used to power one of the most powerful generators: the [[Geothermal Generator]]. Keep in mind where some lava lakes are to go back to later.

*[[Lead]]: Not shown here. You won't need lead for a quite a while, and even then only in small quantities. It's primary used in nuclear reactors, but is also used in intermediate batteries.

*Obsidian: You need some Obsidian to go in the Nether because you will need some Glowstone Dust for mid-tech machines (alternatively, Glowstone Dust can be crafted using Gold Dust and Redstone Dust). Obsidian is also a part of the process of producing Diamonds out of Coal.

You know what you can gather under the surface. Continue to collect some resources and go back to your base for the next step.

Now that you’re safe at your base, you could smelt some of the ore you gathered from your trip, but be patient and don’t smelt any more ore than you must. Soon you will be able to craft an incredible machine: the [[Macerator]], which will give you 2 ore [[dust]] from one ore and other stuff I'll explain later.
However, before you build a Macerator, you need a Generator, and you may want to craft an Extractor as well, but to build them, you must craft some [[Electric Circuit]]s, which need some Cables. Yeah, it seems complicated, and it is. That's why I'm writing a little tutorial just for you.

=== Iron Furnace ===

One of the first IC2-related things you'll probably want to create is an [[Iron Furnace]]. This is an upgrade over the regular Furnace from vanilla Minecraft (a.k.a. Stone Furnace by IC2 users). It operates faster and uses fuel more efficiently. Click on the link for details. But wait! You need to make a [[Forge Hammer]] in order to create the [[Iron Plate]]s for the Iron Furnace.

{{Grid/Crafting_Table
|A1=|B1=Iron|C1=Iron
|A2=Stick|B2=Stick|C2=Iron
|A3=|B3=Iron|C3=Iron
|Output=Forge_Hammer
}}

Now the Iron Furnace itself:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Iron Plate|C1=
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Furnace|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Iron Furnace
}}
Together you will need ten Iron Ore, two Sticks, and two pieces of Charcoal (or several pieces of Wood) for fuel. Smelt the ten Iron Ore into ingots in your regular stone Furnace. Take the Sticks and five Iron Ingots and make the Forge Hammer. Next place the Forge Hammer and the remaining five ingots on the crafting grid to create five Iron Plates. Now pick up your Furnace and use it to craft an Iron Furnace as shown above. An Iron Furnace is an important part of making an [[Electric Furnace]] later, so making it now lets you use it until we get to that step.

Before you proceed, you'll need to make a [[Cutter]] tool in order to make cables. It requires five Iron Ingots. Make three of them into Iron Plates using the Forge Hammer. Here's the recipe:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|B2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron|C3=Iron
|Output=Cutter|OA=
}}

=== Your First Machine ===

''You can optionally exchange the Extractor with the Macerator listed below if you have several Rubber trees nearby.''

For this project you'll need:
* 6 Sticky Resin
* 3 Copper Ingots
* 9 Iron Ingots
* 2 Redstone

You remember the Sticky Resin you kept in the chest? Take it, and three Copper Ingots too. We will create some [[Copper Cable]]s. You see it takes 6 Rubber and 3 Copper Ingots for every 6 cables. Later you will need a large amount of them, but first you want just enough to make an Extractor. Once you have that, you can make Rubber much more efficiently.

Smelt your 6 Sticky Resin in any furnace to get 6 [[Rubber]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper Plate|B2=Cutter
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=2
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Copper Cable
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}
Place the Forge Hammer and three Copper Ingots on the crafting grid to make three Copper Plates. Then place the Copper Plates on the crafting grid and replace the Forge Hammer with the Cutters to cut them into wire. Lastly combine your wire with Rubber to create [[Insulated Copper Cable]]s.

Use the Forge Hammer to turn your Iron Ingots into nine Iron Plates.

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Redstone|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Redstone
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=Electronic Circuit
}}
|}

Now we will craft our first [[Electronic Circuit]]. You need 6 [[Cable|cables]], 2 Redstone, and one [[Iron Plate]]. Electronic Circuits are the basis industry, used in every machine, so you'll be using them a lot.

Next we must craft the recipe of all machines: the [[Basic Machine Casing]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|B1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|A2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Iron Plate|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Machine
}}
Just take 8 [[Iron Plate]]s and draw a box with them in the craft interface.

FINALLY we can craft our first machine. We just need 4 more [[Treetap|Treetaps]]. Take 20 planks and craft them. After that, put the 4 Treetaps, the Machine Casing, and the Electronic Circuit on the crafting table and '''TADA'''!

{|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Treetap|B1=Machine|C1=Treetap
|A2=Treetap|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Treetap
|Output=Extractor
}}
|}

You can plant your [[Extractor]] where you want. Be careful though: you can’t remove any machine by hand. It will be destroyed if you do. You will need a [[Wrench|special tool]] made with a [[Bronze|new metal]]. We will see that later.

Ok, you have your Extractor, but to use it, you need '''ELECTRICITY''', made by a '''[[Generator|GENERATOR]]'''. Now you know what we need to make next.

=== Generator ===

For this project you'll need:
* 1 Sticky Resin (using Extractor)
* 5 Tin Ore
* 4 Redstone
* 8 Iron Ore

There are 2 ways to craft a [[Generator]], but both actually requires the same amount of raw materials:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=RE Battery|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Furnace|C3=
|linkB3=
|Output=Generator
}}
First, you can use a [[RE Battery]], a [[Basic Machine Casing]], and a Furnace.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=RE Battery|C1=
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=|B3=Iron Furnace|C3=
|linkB2=|linkC2=
|linkB3=
|Output=Generator
}}
Or, you can use a [[RE Battery]], 3 [[Iron Plate]]s, and an [[Iron Furnace]].

Both recipes cost the same amount of iron overall, so take your pick. '''Do not use your existing Iron Furnace.''' You will need it later, and you will need something to smelt with in the meantime.

I know you are asking yourself: How do I create an [[RE Battery]]? Let's do that now!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Tin Cable|C1=
|A2=Tin_Casing|B2=Redstone|C2=Tin_Casing
|A3=Tin_Casing|B3=Redstone|C3=Tin_Casing
|Output=RE Battery
}}
1 Cable, 4 Tin Casings, and 2 Redstone. Easy, no?

In order to create Tin Casing (or any material casing), simply use the Forge Hammer on a Tin (or respective material) Plate.

Time to remember that recipe.

You need to assemble two [[RE Battery|Rechargeable Batteries]]. One is needed to build the Generator, and the second is needed to power your Extractor.

But wait! You just used your last [[Cable]]. It’s time to craft more, but this time we will not waste great quantities of resin. Go back in front of your [[Extractor]], put 2 [[Sticky Resin]] into the top slot, and put some Redstone into the bottom slot (pure Redstone is like a 1 use low-efficient battery, but it works). With the Extractor, you get 3 Rubber for each Sticky Resin instead of just 1. Now craft two Tin Cables.

Now you can assemble your two RE Batteries.

Next follow one of the two recipes above to craft the [[Generator]].

Don't place the generator next to anything; I’ll explain why in the wiring section. Put your empty battery in the upper slot and put some (Char)Coal or other things that burn in the lower slot. You will need 2.5 (Char)Coal to fill up a single battery. I usually don't worry about completely filling my battery at this point. Feel free to make more RE Batteries. However, we'll be adding a cable shortly which will make the batteries unnecessary.

The empty Rechargeable Batteries can stack up to 16, but the fully charged ones can’t be stacked. It’s the drawback of the re-usability. You can place a chest right next to the generator and it will gather your full batteries.

For now, you can use a partially or fully charged battery to power the [[Extractor]]. This will give you a lot more [[Rubber]] for making [[Cable|cables]], which in turn will make it easier to build other machines.

=== Macerator ===

For this project you'll need:
* 3 Flint
* 2 Cobblestone
* 9 Iron Ore
* 2 Sticky Resin (using Extractor)
* 3 Copper Ore
* 2 Redstone

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the incredible '''[[Macerator|MACERATOR]]''' which can double your mining productivity. Craft another [[Electronic Circuit]], another [[Basic Machine Casing]] and collect the needed Cobblestone and Flint. If you didn't already know, you occasionally get Flint when you break Gravel blocks. After you craft the Macerator, you can also macerate Gravel with it to get Flint faster.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Flint|B1=Flint|C1=Flint
|A2=Cobblestone|B2=Machine|C2=Cobblestone
|B3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=Macerator
}}

Put your ore in the upper slot, and a battery in the bottom one, and wait for 2 [[Dusts|dust]] to magically appear from one ore, then put that dust in an [[Electric Furnace]] (next section!), or actually any furnace, and you will have 2 ingots for one ore. What, you don’t know how to create an [[Electric Furnace]]? It will be our next step in this long section.

You must know that the [[Macerator]] can do more things than create [[Dusts|dust]] from ore. It can create dust from Coal too. The [[Dusts|Coal Dust]] is used in a lot of things.
The [[Macerator]] can make Flint out of Gravel. This may not seem so, but it’s really useful. It can also make Cobblestone from smooth (regular) Stone, and incredibly, make SAND out of Cobblestone. Cool, isn’t it?

Note: It's easier to store ores and Macerate as needed since dusts use up twice the chest space.

=== Electric Furnace ===

For this project you'll need:
* 1 Iron Furnace (existing)
* 2 Sticky Resin (using Extractor)
* 2 Copper Ore (using Macerator)
* 4 Redstone

The [[Electric Furnace]] will allow you to smelt using electricity instead of using Char(Coal). This is the thing you'll use your Iron Furnace to craft.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Electronic Circuit
|A2=Redstone|B2=Iron Furnace|C2=Redstone
|Output=Electric Furnace
}}

I know, it’s another [[Electronic Circuit|Circuit]] to craft, but I warned you it would be everywhere.

Like the other furnaces, you put the stuff you want to heat in the upper part, and a battery in the bottom. It's 12.5% faster than the Iron Furnace, and there is no energy waste. If there is nothing left in the top, it immediately stops consuming energy.

You now have 1 [[Extractor]], 1 [[Generator]], 1 [[Macerator]], and 1 [[Electro Furnace]]. It’s not much. If you think you can use more things, you're right.

=== BatBox ===

Adding a [[BatBox]] will provide a much larger energy storage buffer for your Generator and therefore simplify its operation. You'll need three Rechargeable Batteries to build it.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Insulated Tin Cable|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=RE Battery|B2=RE Battery|C2=RE Battery
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Wooden Planks|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=BatBox
}}

Run Tin Cable (Copper if you really want) from the output face of the BatBox to your machines, marked with a white dot. On the plus side, you get three Tin Cable per ingot rather than the two you got making Copper Cable earlier. Don't make the cable longer than four to five segments to avoid wasting energy. Once you have the machines connected to the BatBox via cable, you won't need to use batteries to run them anymore. Place your Generator on the opposite side of the BatBox from the Output facing. If you find you need to change the direction of the BatBox's output facing, you'll need to look at [[#The Power of Bronze|The Power of Bronze]] section below for information on how to make a Bronze [[Wrench]].

BatBoxes can be daisy-chained to provide more EU storage. They can also be used to break up lengths of cable to avoid energy loss. The maximum length you can have of Tin Cable is about four before it loses 1 [[EU]]/t. By placing a BatBox at the end of four segments of Tin Cable, you can then go another four segments without energy loss. Keep these ideas in mind as you expand.

=== Alternative Power ===

==== Solar Power ====

For this project you'll need:
* 1 Generator
* 3 Coal (not Charcoal!)
* 3 Glass blocks
* 2 Electronic Circuits (2 Iron, 4 Redstone, 6 Copper, and 12 Rubber)

Another option for renewable energy is to add a [[Solar Panel]] to reduce your Coal/Charcoal usage. Keep in mind that Solar Panels require an unobstructed view of the sky and they only work in the daytime.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Glass|C1=Coal Dust
|A2=Glass|B2=Coal Dust|C2=Glass
|A3=Electronic Circuit|B3=Generator|C3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=Solar Panel
}}

Connect your Solar Panel (with or without a cable) to the top of the BatBox. Now your BatBox will receive a constant trickle from the Solar Panel and can also receive energy from your Generator. The downside is that these are pretty expensive, but just one or two helps immensely early on. If you want more advanced solar panels, or ones that work without sun, get the Advanced Solar Panels addon.

==== Manual Kinetic Generator ====

For this project you'll need:
* 22 Iron
* 1 Stick
* 1 Wood Plank
* 1 Generator
* 1 Tin
* 6 Copper

This hand crank allows you to generate some ''kinetic power'' (Ku) by simply standing there clicking on it over and over again.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Machine|B1=Lever
|Output=Manual Kinetic Generator
}}

Kinetic power isn't all too useful on its own, but you can convert it into Electric Units with the [[Kinetic Generator]].

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=Iron Casing|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=Generator|B2=Electric Motor|C2=Shaft (Iron)
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Iron Casing|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Kinetic Generator
}}

See that [[Iron|Iron Shaft]]? You make it by "Extruding" an Iron Block in a [[Metal Former]]. You'll learn about that later.

To make the [[Electric Motor]], You need two Tin Casings, one Iron Ingot, and two Copper [[Coil]]s:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Tin Item Casing
|A2=Coil|B2=Iron|C2=Coil
|B3=Tin Item Casing
|Output=Electric Motor
}}

To make a Coil, put 8 Copper Cable around an Iron Ingot:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Copper Cable|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Copper Cable
|A2=Copper Cable|B2=Iron|C2=Copper Cable
|A3=Copper Cable|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Copper Cable
|Output=Coil
}}

Place the Kinetic Generator next to the Manual Kinetic Generator so that the input face (look for that Iron Shaft in the middle of a dark hole) is in contact with the Manual Kinetic Generator. Now make sure the output face of the Kinetic Generator (just a hole) is in contact with a cable or Battery Block. Now you can produce about 13 EU/t by just standing there and holding the USE button (default: right mouse button). This setup is great for [[Charge Pad (BatBox)|Batbox Chargepads]] early on!

=== Etcetera ===

In this image you can see the BatBox, with the Generator to its left, and a length of copper cable four squares long to its right. In the current version of IC2, Tin Cable has taken the place where Copper Cable used to be in the cable hierarchy, so pretend that cable is Tin. Up to four machines can then be placed directly in front of the cable. Going up from the BatBox is a four-square-long cable that connects to a second BatBox, and then from there to either a Solar Panel or a wind generator of sorts using Tin Cables.
[[file:First Steps.png |600px| link=|center]]
'''NOTE:''' Most textures in images are outdated.

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[[File:solarflowerbottom.png|400px| link=|right]]
 
<center>''To provide a significant amount of energy from solar, you'll need a lot of Solar Panels.''</center>

 
 

You can see the inside of my little home, 3 Macerators, 3 Electric Furnaces, 1 Extractor, 1 Generator in view, and 2 unknown machines. You can see I’ve put a chest in front of my generator to gather the charged batteries when I stalk outdoors.

[[file:first_steps20.png |650px| link=|center]]

== The Power of Bronze ==

Now you have a small, but fully functional base that allows you to get twice as many ingots for every mining run. Unfortunately, you can’t move any of the machines or you'll have to rebuild it from scrap.

Now we will craft the engi-friend tool: the [[Bronze Wrench]]. The Bronze Wrench is made from [[Bronze|BRONZE]]. I can hear your little voice: "''A new ore I haven't found? How can it be so rare?''" '''YOU FOOL''', [[Bronze]] is made from '''COPPER + TIN'''.

{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B2=Copper Dust|B3=Copper Dust
|C2=Copper Dust|C3=Tin Dust
|Output=Bronze Dust|OA=4}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Electro Furnace
|Top=Bronze Dust
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Bronze}}
|}

You need to use a Macerator to grind Copper and Tin Ingots (or Ores) into dust, then take the dust from those 2 ores and mix them in a 3:1 ratio (location in the crafting grid doesn’t matter). This gives you Bronze Dust.
To smelt Bronze Dust into ingots, put them in a furnace.

You'll need six Bronze Ingots to make a Bronze Wrench:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze|A2=Bronze
|B2=Bronze|B3=Bronze
|C1=Bronze|C2=Bronze
|Output=Wrench
|Output-link=Bronze Wrench}}

The use of a Bronze Wrench is incredibly easy: just right-click on a Machine and its ''primary'' side will rotate to that face; sneak-right-click to rotate it to the opposite side you clicked; right-click the same face a second time and the machine will be removed; be careful: if the machine wasn’t empty, you will lose everything it contained. And sometimes you can make a ''mistake'' (about a 20% chance of failure), and you can’t retrieve the machine you craft; it's unlucky, but it happens (now a 100% success rate in IC2 Experimental so feel free to crank away! But removing some machines will cause them to lose 20% of their stored power). Only 4 machines can be retrieved safely every time: [[MFE Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], [[Terraformer]] and '''[[Miner|MINERs]]'''. However, if you upgrade your wrench into an [[Electric Wrench]], and toggle it to loss-less mode (this mode removed starting in IC2 v2.3.222), you are guaranteed to get your machines back no matter what, at a cost of 9000 EU per operation.

The Recipes and Resources page has a list of all available [[Recipes and Resources#Tools|Bronze tools]].

'''IRON!'''
A very important topic. Every machine is based on Iron. It also costs a lot of Iron for Mine Carts and Rails. ''But we have Bronze!'' Why we can't use Bronze for Rails?

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze|A2=Bronze|A3=Bronze
|B2=Stick
|C1=Bronze|C2=Bronze|C3=Bronze
|Output=Rail|OA=8}}

Also, you can craft armor from Bronze.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze|A2=Bronze|A3=Bronze
|B2=Bronze|B3=Bronze
|C1=Bronze|C2=Bronze|C3=Bronze
|Output=Bronze Chestplate}}

== Second Steps ==

=== Metal Former ===
Tired of having to keep making Cutters and Forge Hammers? Think it's strange that you have all these machines, but still have to use hand tools to shape metal?

Perhaps it's time you built a Metal Former. It can craft plates, casings, cables, and some other miscellaneous things.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze Item Casing|B1=Chest|C1=Bronze Item Casing
|A2=Bronze Item Casing|B2=Bronze Item Casing|C2=Bronze Item Casing
|Output=Tool Box
}}

You'll need to make two [[Toolbox]]es using a Chest and five Bronze Casings each.

You'll also need to make three Copper [[Coil]]s.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic Circuit|C1=
|A2=Tool Box|B2=Machine|C2=Tool Box
|A3=Coil|B3=Coil|C3=Coil
|Output=Metal Former
}}

Combine those with an Electronic Circuit and a Machine Casing, which you already know how to make, like so.

The Metal Former has 3 modes: Rolling, Extruding and Cutting. Rolling takes the place of the Forge Hammer; turning Ingots into Plates and Plates into Casings. Cutting replaces the cutting tool, though it has no real use, as the Extruding mode converts ingots directly into 3 to 4 cables (instead of 2 to 3 from cutting plates, amount also depends on material, higher tier materials make more cables). The Extruding mode also makes most of the miscellaneous stuff, like Shafts for use in kinetic machines and Iron Fences from Iron Casings.

=== Electric Wrench ===
If you find your Bronze Wrenches keep wearing out, I suggest upgrading your Bronze Wrench to an [[Electric Wrench]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Tin Casing|C1=
|A2=Coil|B2=Iron|C2=Coil
|A3=|B3=Tin Casing|C3=
|Output=Electric Motor
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=RE Battery|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Electric Motor
|A3=|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Small Power Unit
}}
|}

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Wrench
|B1-link=Bronze Wrench
|B2=Small Power Unit
|
|Output=Electric Wrench
}}
The Electric Wrench works the same way. It's a lot of work to make, but using it doesn't decrease its durability. You just need to recharge it, which is easy enough. Just be careful not to drop it in lava.

=== Mining Drill and Chainsaw ===

Tired of making pickaxe after pickaxe? How about an energy-based version?

The [[Mining Drill]] uses EU instead of wearing out, so you just need to recharge it by placing it either in any generator or in a BatBox or higher.

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=RE Battery|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=RE Battery|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Electric Motor
|A3=RE Battery|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Power Unit
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Iron Plate|C1=
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Power Unit|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Mining Drill
}}
|}

The [[Chainsaw]] provides an energy-based version of the axe, shears, and sword in one device.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Power Unit|B3=Iron Plate
|Output=Chainsaw
}}

The Recipes and Resources page has a list of all available [[Recipes and Resources#Electric|power tools]].

=== Pump ===

Remember that lava lake you found waaaaay back when you made your first trip in the mines? Now it's time to take advantage of it with a [[Pump]]. The pump will fill buckets or [[Universal Fluid Cell]]s for us and place them in a chest.

Now, we will craft it! We'll need to make some [[Universal Fluid Cell]]s to craft it:
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Tin Item Casing
|A2=Tin Item Casing|B2=Glass Pane|C2=Tin Item Casing
|B3=Tin Item Casing
|Output=Universal Fluid Cell}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Universal Fluid Cell|A2=Universal Fluid Cell|A3=Mining Pipe
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine |B3=Treetap
|C1=Universal Fluid Cell|C2=Universal Fluid Cell|C3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Pump}}
|}

Place the pump directly over a lava lake and place a chest right next to it (it has to touch). Place some empty buckets or universal fluid cells in the chest and start the pump. It will start filling them and placing them back into the chest for you to pick up later.

=== Geothermal Power ===

Once you've acquired both a Metal Former and a Pump, you'll have the option of making a [[Geothermal Generator]]. This option isn't renewable like solar or wind, but it's a great alternative or supplement to Coal/Charcoal. A Geothermal Generator generates energy from lava. Building one of these is a good option if you build your base deep underground where lava lakes are more common, or if you happen to find a lava lake on the surface. These are almighty in the Nether as well. The Metal Former machine is required in order to make the Empty Cells used in this recipe.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Empty_Cell|C1=Glass
|A2=Glass|B2=Empty_Cell|C2=Glass
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Generator|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Geothermal Generator
}}

You'll also need at least one [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Bucket Bucket] for gathering lava. IC2 let's you make them using Tin as well as the vanilla Iron.
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Iron|B2=|C2=Iron
|A3=|B3=Iron|C3=
|Output=Bucket
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Tin|B2=|C2=Tin
|A3=|B3=Tin|C3=
|Output=Bucket
}}
|}

=== CES Unit ===

Now, we have more machines, and we can power them with solar panels. But what should we do when the BatBox runs out of energy at night? Let's put our knowledge of bronze to use making a bigger storage unit!
For that job, there is the [[CES Unit]]. The [[CES Unit]] stores 300,000 EU, or 5x as much as the BatBox.

Before we begin, you'll need to get your hands on at least three [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Gunpowder Gunpowder]. You may need to go hunt some Creepers to get some.

{{Grid/Machine
|Type = Extractor
|Top = Gunpowder
|Bottom = RE_Battery_(Charged)
|Output = Sulfur Dust
}}
Run three Gunpowder through an Extractor to get three [[Sulfur Dust]].

{|
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Lead Ingot
|Output=Lead Dust
}}
Run three Lead Ingots through a Macerator to get three [[Lead Dust]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=Bronze Item Casing|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Bronze Item Casing|B2=Sulfur Dust|C2=Bronze Item Casing
|A3=Bronze Item Casing|B3=Lead Dust|C3=Bronze Item Casing
|Output=Advanced RE-Battery
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze Plate|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=Bronze Plate
|A2=Advanced RE-Battery|B2=Advanced RE-Battery|C2=Advanced RE-Battery
|A3=Bronze Plate|B3=Bronze Plate|C3=Bronze Plate
|Output=CES Unit
}}
|}
Assemble three [[Advanced RE-Battery|Advanced RE-Batteries]], then use them to build the CES Unit.

Before you place your shiny new CES Unit, there's one more thing we need: a [[LV Transformer|Low-Voltage Transformer]]. Don't worry, it's not hard to make.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Insulated Tin Cable|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Wooden Planks|B2=Coil|C2=Wooden Planks
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Insulated Tin Cable|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=LV Transformer
}}

The reason we need a transformer is because the CES Unit puts out too much power at a time. Most machines only accept low voltage (32 EU-p), and the CES Unit outputs 128 EU-p. '''If you hook it up without a transformer, all of your machines will be destroyed!'''

Place the CES Unit and the LV Transformer so that the output of the CES Unit connects to the five-dotted side of the transformer. From there, you can run a cable from any of the one-dotted sides of the transformer to your machines.

=== BatPacks ===

Power tools use a lot of energy. Wouldn't it be nice to carry more energy at a time? You can with a [[BatPack]]. A BatPack (Battery Pack) is worn in the Chest slot, so it cannot be worn at the same time as chest armor.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=RE Battery (Charged) |B1=Electronic Circuit |C1=RE Battery (Charged)
|A2=RE Battery (Charged) |B2=Wooden Planks |C2=RE Battery (Charged)
|A3=RE Battery (Charged) |B3= |C3=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Bat-Pack
}}
The simplest version carries 60,000 EU.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced RE-Battery|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=Advanced RE-Battery
|A2=Advanced RE-Battery|B2=Copper Item Casing|C2=Advanced RE-Battery
|A3=Advanced RE-Battery|C3=Advanced RE-Battery
|Output=Advanced_Batpack
}}
The [[Advanced BatPack]] carries 600,000 EU.

=== Canning Machine ===

Uhh. I have got hunger. Eat a sandwich! But... Food... The Canning machine! It is a cheap, useful, and multipurpose machine. It can be used for filling [[Tin Can]]s with food, which you can gulp down fast while on the go. It can also be used to fill [[Universal Fluid Cell]]s with liquids, such as [[Biogas]].
Craft it!

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Tin Casing|A2=Tin Casing|A3=Tin Casing
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine|B3=Tin Casing
|C1=Tin Casing|C2=Tin Casing|C3=Tin Casing
|Output=Canning Machine}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Cutter
|B2=Tin Casing
|Output=Tin Can|OA=1
}}
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Canning Machine
|Top=Cooked Porkchop
|Bottom=Tin Can
|Output=Canned Food|OA=4}}
|}
Since food comes in all shapes and sizes, some food fits in a few cans, while other foods need more than a few cans. The '''FOOD-TIN CAN''' list can be found here: [[Food List]].

=== Kinetic Wind Generator ===

The [[Kinetic Wind Generator]] replaced the [[Wind Mill]] from earlier versions of IC2. There are different rotors you can put on it. Unfortunately, they all wear out. If you get all of your iron from mining, there are better options, although they do last a long time. However, it's a great option if the iron consumption isn't a problem for your operation.

A Metal Former is required before you can build one. To build the machine itself, you'll need a machine block and two iron shafts, like so:

{|
|-
|{{Grid/MetalFormer
|Mode=Extruding
|Top=Block of Iron
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Shaft (Iron)}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Shaft (Iron)|B2=Machine|C2=Shaft (Iron)
|Output=Kinetic Wind Generator}}
|}

Here's how you make a wooden rotor for it:

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Wood|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Wooden Planks|B2=Wood|C2=Wooden Planks
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Wood|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=Wood Rotor Blade}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Wood Rotor Blade
|A2=Wood Rotor Blade|B2=Iron|C2=Wood Rotor Blade
|B3=Wood Rotor Blade
|Output=Kinetic Gearbox Rotor (Wood)}}
|}
The Wood Rotor lasts 3 IRL hours inside the KWG and requires wind levels between 10 and 60 MCW. It has a wingspan of 2 blocks.

It takes 18 wood blocks and one iron to make a single wooden rotor, so it needs to be in a location where it can generate more power than 16 pieces of Charcoal (using 2 pieces to turn the wood into charcoal) in a regular Generator to be worthwhile, and that still isn't taking the piece of iron into account.

Place the KWG in a good location and place the rotor inside. It will then start producing kinetic energy. What's that? You want it to produce EU? Well, another machine is required for that.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=Iron Casing|C1=Iron Casing|
|A2=Generator|B2=Electric Motor|C2=Shaft (Iron)
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Iron Casing|C3=Iron Casing|
|Output=Kinetic Generator
}}
Connect this [[Kinetic Generator]] directly to the Kinetic Wind Generator to change the Kinetic Energy Units into Energy Units.

Now connect a cable going to your base.

=== Compressor ===

A [[Compressor]] is used to make several different things, but the important ones to know right now are that it can compress Sand into Sandstone and it can make [[Advanced Alloy]]s. Advanced Alloys can be used to make things like [[Reinforced Stone]] and [[Composite Armor]].

Smelt some Cobblestone, craft a circuit, and then a Machine block.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Stone|A2=Stone|A3=Stone
|B2=Machine|B3=Electronic Circuit
|C1=Stone|C2=Stone|C3=Stone
|Output=Compressor}}

Place that machine, give "him" energy, and place a [[Mixed Metal Ingot]] in it!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|B1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|A2=Bronze Plate|B2=Bronze Plate|C2=Bronze Plate
|A3=Tin Plate|B3=Tin Plate|C3=Tin Plate
|Output=Metal Block|OA=2
}}

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Metal Block
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Advanced Alloy
}}

Now you have yourself plenty of [[Advanced Alloy]], bane of Creepers (also good for advanced machines, as you will learn later on)! One of the first things you can do with this Advanced Alloy is make yourself a [[Composite Armor Vest]]. This is as good as an Iron Chestplate, but lasts even longer than a Diamond Chestplate.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced Alloy|B1=|C1=Advanced Alloy
|A2=Advanced Alloy|B2=Iron Chestplate|B2-link=Non-IC Items|C2=Advanced Alloy
|A3=Advanced Alloy|B3=Bronze Chestplate|C3=Advanced Alloy
|Output=Composite Armor Vest
}}

You can also make [[Reinforced Glass]], which is more Creeper-resistant than normal Glass:
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|A1-link=Non-IC Items|B1=Advanced Alloy|C1=Glass|C1-link=Non-IC Items
|A2=Glass|A2-link=Non-IC Items|B2=Glass|B2-link=Non-IC Items|C2=Glass|C2-link=Non-IC Items
|A3=Glass|A3-link=Non-IC Items|B3=Advanced Alloy|C3=Glass|C3-link=Non-IC Items
|Output=Reinforced Glass|OA=7
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|A1-link=Non-IC Items|B1=Glass|B1-link=Non-IC Items|C1=Glass|C1-link=Non-IC Items
|A2=Advanced Alloy|B2=Glass|B2-link=Non-IC Items|C2=Advanced Alloy
|A3=Glass|A3-link=Non-IC Items|B3=Glass|B3-link=Non-IC Items|C3=Glass|C3-link=Non-IC Items
|Output=Reinforced Glass|OA=7
}}
|}

=== Blast Furnace ===

Moving forward, there are a small number of advanced things that require [[Refined Iron]], or heat-treated iron. You make Refined Iron by heating it in a [[Blast Furnace]]. In addition to the Blast Furnace itself, it requires a heat source, a Metal Former (listed above) is required to make six [[Empty Cell]]s, and a Compressor (listed above) is needed to make [[Compressed Air Cell]]s. For this guide we will use an [[Electric Heat Generator]] with four [[Coil]]s.

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Copper Plate|C1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Copper Plate|C2=Rubber
|A3=Rubber|B3=Copper Plate|C3=Rubber
|Output=Heat Conductor
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=RE Battery|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=Iron Casing|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Iron Casing
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Heat Conductor|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Electric Heat Generator
}}
|}

Place the Electric Heat Generator where you want it, making sure the output side faces in the direction you want to place the Blast Furnace.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=Iron Casing|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=Iron Casing|B2=Machine|C2=Iron Casing
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Heat Conductor|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Blast Furnace
}}

Place the Blast Furnace so that it touches the Electric Heat Generator, with its input side facing the Electric Heat Generator's output side. Since you generally don't need to interact with the Electric Heat Generator, it can be placed behind or beneath the Blast Furnace, rather than side-by-side. Run a power cable to the Electric Heat Generator. The Blast Furnace doesn't need one.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Copper Cable|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Copper Cable
|A2=Copper Cable|B2=Iron|C2=Copper Cable
|A3=Copper Cable|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Copper Cable
|Output=Coil
}}
Make four Coils and place them inside the Electric Heat Generator. The Blast Furnace can accept a maximum of 20 Heat Units, and each Coil produces 5 Heat units. Adding more than four Coils will just waste EU.

Make six Empty Cells using the Metal Former, then place them into the Compressor to turn them into Compressed Air Cells. Place them inside the Blast Furnace. It takes six to make 1 Refined Iron. You get the Empty Cells back, and you can put them back in the Compressor again to refill them.

Your Blast Furnace should be ready to use.

=== Upgrades ===
'''Transformer Upgrade'''
Hate to see freakin' transformer blocks everywhere in your working station? Well, get yourself a machinery transformer upgrade!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Insulated Gold Cable|B2=MV Transformer|C2=Insulated Gold Cable
|A3=Glass|B3=Electronic Circuit|C3=Glass
|Output=Transformer upgrade
}}
The transformer upgrade must be placed in the slots on the right-hand side of certain machine(though not all machines accept upgrades). Like so:

[[Image:upgradedmachine.png]]

The transformer upgrade can increase the tier of voltage that the machine can accept. You can stack 1 or more transformer upgrade for higher voltage tier! So go ahead, feel free to stack some transformer upgrades!

'''Overclocker Upgrade'''
Is your machine lazily working its way to get what you want? Do you wish that you can make machines do the jobs so much faster? Then go ahead and craft yourself an Overclocker Upgrade!
And yes there are still some more upgrades! But it is time that you explore them yourself.

==<big>The Way to Industry</big> ==

=== Automated Mining ===

Now we have some machines, but don't stop whining. Pardon, mining. The [[Miner]].
It's a very good machine for lazy people. But if you want one, you must work hard.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Chest
|A2=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine|C2=Electronic Circuit
|B3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Miner
}}

For the [[Mining Pipe|mining pipe]], you need 6 [[Iron Plate|Iron Plate]] and a treetap:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|A2=Iron Plate|A3=Iron Plate
|B3=Treetap|C1=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Mining Pipe|OA=16
}}

For a working miner, you have to craft another two things:
First, you need a scanner. There are two types: an [[OD Scanner]], or a more precise, energy-eating [[OV Scanner]].

{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Gold Casing|B1=Glowstone Dust|C1=Gold Casing
|A2=Electronic Circuit|B2=Advanced RE-Battery|C2=Electronic Circuit
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=OD Scanner}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Lapis Lazuli (Dye)|A3=Redstone
|B1=Glowstone Dust|B2=Electronic Circuit|B3=Glowstone Dust
|C1=Redstone|C2=Lapis Lazuli (Dye)|C3=Redstone
|Output=Advanced Circuit}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Gold Casing|B1=Energy Crystal|C1=Gold Casing
|A2=Glowstone Dust|B2=Advanced Circuit|C2=Glowstone Dust
|A3=2xIns. Gold Cable|B3=OD Scanner|C3=2xIns. Gold Cable
|Output=OV Scanner
}}
|}

The OD Scanner scans a 5x5 area and submits the results on the player's screen. The OV Scanner scans a 9x9 area, and also submits the results on the player's screen. Either one can be used in the Miner.
The second item your miner needs is a [[Mining Drill]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=RE Battery|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=RE Battery|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Electric Motor
|A3=RE Battery|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Power Unit
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Iron Plate
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Power Unit|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Mining Drill
}}
|}

The Mining Drill is a useful item. It can mine stone fast, and dirt even faster. It's also a hand-held tool, not just an item for the Miner.

Put the drill and the scanner in the miner with a few mining pipes, give them energy, and go to the bed, relax, watch TV, but don't do hard jobs!

=== MFE Unit ===

For an even bigger energy storage unit, there is the [[MFE Unit]]. It can store 4,000,000 EU, as much as 100 BatBoxes!! If you can empty a fully-loaded MFE Unit during a night, you are a very spendthrift player.
But! It isn't cheap. You must have at least <big>SIXTEEN</big> diamonds! Go to layer 1-16, and search for some diamonds.
Can you find sixteen diamonds? Are they genuine? Okay. Craft them into [[Energy Crystal]]s!

{|
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Diamond
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Diamond Dust
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|B1=Diamond Dust|C1=Redstone
|A2=Diamond Dust|B2=Redstone|C2=Diamond Dust
|A3=Redstone|B3=Diamond Dust|C3=Redstone
|Output=Energium Dust|OA=9
}}
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Energium Dust|IA=9
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Energy Crystal
}}
|}

Craft a machine block, search for 4 cables, and craft an MFE Unit like this:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=2xIns. Gold Cable|B1=Energy Crystal|C1=2xIns. Gold Cable
|A2=Energy Crystal|B2=Machine|C2=Energy Crystal
|A3=2xIns. Gold Cable|B3=Energy Crystal|C3=2xIns. Gold Cable
|Output=MFE Unit
}}

Now, we can store a lot of EU for difficult times.

NOTE: Tin cable and most machines can only handle 32EU/t, and the MFE outputs 512EU/t. You must use a [[MV Transformer]] and a [[LV Transformer]], or a [[Gold Cable]] and a couple of [[Transformer upgrade]] add-ons.

=== Making Diamonds ===

Having trouble finding all of those diamonds? You can use the [[Compressor]] to convert all of that coal you have been hoarding into diamonds! HAYO!

{|
|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Coal Dust|C1=Coal Dust
|A2=Coal Dust|B2=Flint|C2=Coal Dust
|A3=Coal Dust|B3=Coal Dust|C3=Coal Dust
|Output=Coal Ball
}}
|
{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Coal Ball
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Compressed Coal Ball
}}
|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Compressed Coal Ball|B1=Compressed Coal Ball|C1=Compressed Coal Ball
|A2=Compressed Coal Ball|B2=Obsidian|C2=Compressed Coal Ball
|A3=Compressed Coal Ball|B3=Compressed Coal Ball|C3=Compressed Coal Ball
|Output=Coal Chunk
}}
|
{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Coal Chunk
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Diamond
}}
|}

=== Mining Laser ===

''Uhh...'' So we've got some energy. I want to '''MINE''', but I don't like tapping my toes waiting for that Miner to get everything. Time to craft something hot and shiny: the [[Mining Laser]]!

Compress 4 [[Advanced Alloy]]s, craft another two energy crystals, and an [[Advanced Circuit]]. 

'''It's very expensive!'''
* I know! But if you want mine with style... 
'''When will we finish that laser?''' 
*Now!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Advanced Alloy
|B1=Energy Crystal|B2=Advanced Alloy|B3=Advanced Alloy
|C1=Energy Crystal|C3=Advanced Alloy|C2=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Mining Laser
}}

To charge the mining laser, put it in the MFE Unit. Let the laser charge for awhile, then head back to your mine. To change the firing mode, hold '''M''' and '''right-click'''. The firing modes can be found here: [[Mining Laser]].
Every firing mode has advantages and disadvantages. The default firing mode is the mining mod. It's balanced.
Now, use your weapon, mine resources, because soon we will start a new chapter. Listen to a good music, chop down trees, get some cobblestone, manage your farm. Please, '''''RELAX'''''.

=== Refined Iron Rotors ===
So you've got some crazy mining going on, you've built lots of expensive machines, your efficiency is through the roof, and hopefully you've built some food and mob-drop farms. Maybe now's a good time to look at Refined Iron (Steel) Rotors for the Kinetic Wind Generators (listed above). These are entirely optional, as there are a number of ways to generate EU. Rotors wear out. You will need the Blast Furnace (listed above) to make these.

Just in case you were wondering, in game they're called '''Kinetic Gearbox Rotor (Steel)''' as Refined Iron is ore dictionary'd as steel.
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Refined Iron Rotor Blade
|A2=Refined Iron Rotor Blade|B2=Shaft (Iron)|C2=Refined Iron Rotor Blade
|B3=Refined Iron Rotor Blade
|Output=Kinetic Gearbox Rotor (Steel)
|}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Refined Iron Plate|B1=Refined Iron|C1=Refined Iron Plate
|A2=Refined Iron Plate|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron Plate
|A3=Refined Iron Plate|B3=Refined Iron|C3=Refined Iron Plate
|Output=Steel Rotor Blade
|}}
|}

The Refined Iron (Steel) Rotor lasts 3 IRL days (72 hours) inside the KWG and requires wind levels between 17 and 90 MCW. It has a wingspan of 4 blocks.

=== Terraformer ===

We did a lot of jobs, we have got a little house, and a few machines, '''BUT'''.
Why don't we make a big house for our machines? I said, that keep in your mind a big, flat place. If it takes a lot of time to go to your flat place, we will craft a [[Teleporter]], or a [[Terraformer]].

For a Teleporter, you need a lot of energy, two metal blocks, some glowstone dust, and some coal dust.
For a Terraformer, you need energy, two [[Tfbp|TFBP]], an [[Advanced Machine|advanced machine]], and some glowstone dust.
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Coal Dust
|A2=Coal Dust|B2=Coal Dust
|Output=Carbon Fibers}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Carbon Fibers|A2=Carbon Fibers
|Output=Combined Carbon Fibers}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Combined Carbon Fibers
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Carbon Plate}}
|}

Craft '''two''' carbon plates, and then compress two metal block. Make a machine, and craft them to an advanced machine!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Refined Iron Plate|A2=Carbon Plate|A3=Refined Iron Plate
|B1=Advanced Alloy|B2=Machine|B3=Advanced Alloy
|C1=Refined Iron Plate|C2=Carbon Plate|C3=Refined Iron Plate
|Output=Advanced Machine}}
Now make an electronic circuit, an advanced circuit, and take two redstone.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Advanced Circuit
|A3=Redstone|C3=Redstone
|Output=Tfbp}}
Now, craft that amazing '''''TERRAFORMER'''''!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glowstone Dust|A2=Dirt|A3=Glowstone Dust
|B1=Tfbp|B2=Advanced Machine|B3=Dirt
|C1=Glowstone Dust|C2=Dirt|C3=Glowstone Dust
|Output=Terraformer}}
Make another Tfbp, and program that!
*Flatificator
It makes a flat area with dirt ground.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Dirt|B1=Dirt|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Dirt|C2=Dirt
|Output=Flatificator}}
*Cultivation
It replaces sand with dirt, and places a few saplings.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Seeds|B1=Seeds|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Seeds|C2=Seeds
|Output=Cultivation}}
*Irrigation
It forces saplings and seeds to grow faster, and causes sugar cane to grow 4 blocks high.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Water Bucket|B1=Water Bucket|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Water Bucket|C2=Water Bucket
|Output=Irrigation}}
*Desertification
It replaces dirt with sand, destroys plants and saplings, melts ice and snow. '''It sets forests on fire!'''
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Sand|B1=Sand|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Sand|C2=Sand
|Output=Desertification}}
To put a Tfbp in a Terraformer, just hold it and right-click in the Terraformer. To remove it, just right-click in the Terraformer with a wrench. Supply the Terraformer with energy, and after 2-3 days, it will finish the job.
[[file:Workingterraformer.png|link=|1200px|center]]

=== Teleporter ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Electronic Circuit
|B3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=FreqTrans}}
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced Circuit |B1=FreqTrans |C1=Advanced Circuit
|A2=Glass Fibre Cable |B2=Advanced Machine |C2=Glass Fibre Cable
|A3=Advanced Circuit |B3=Diamond |C3=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Teleporter}}

<big>'''DAWN OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE'''</big>

Do you think that solar collectors or coal-based generators can't serve your purposes? 
Do you get tired of waiting for that stupid sun? 
Do you think that pollution isn't an important thing? 
Then, I think, the reactor is your best machine! 
But why doesn't your neighbor have a reactor? 
'''Because it's very expensive!'''
You can find out all about Nuclear Reactors in the [[Tutorial:Nuclear_Power | Nuclear Power]] guide.

== MFSU ==
Think that your MFE isn't storing enough power? Then craft the amazing MFSU!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Lapotron Crystal|B1=Advanced Circuit|C1=Lapotron Crystal
|A2=Lapotron Crystal|B2=MFE Unit|C2=Lapotron Crystal
|A3=Lapotron Crystal|B3=Advanced Machine|C3=Lapotron Crystal
|Output=MFS Unit
}}
Before you can even craft your MFSU, you will need several blue crystals called [[Lapotron Crystal|lapotron crystals]].
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Lapis Lazuli Dust |B1=Advanced Circuit |C1=Lapis Lazuli Dust
|A2=Lapis Lazuli Dust |B2=Energy Crystal |C2=Lapis Lazuli Dust
|A3=Lapis Lazuli Dust |B3=Advanced Circuit |C3=Lapis Lazuli Dust
|Output=Lapotron Crystal
}}
To craft one, you will need your existing energy crystals and upgrade them with advanced circuits and lapis. The MFSU is capable of storing 40 million EU, making it the highest tier of the energy storage device! The MFSU will output HV(high voltage) and will destroy your wires and machine if transformers are not installed into your EU network properly.
So you would want to consider crafting the MV Transformer!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=
|Output=MV Transformer
}}
Place the MV Transformer with the three-dots side facing the MFSU and the single-dot side facing the LV Transformer. This way it will "step-down" the high voltage to medium voltage and the low voltage.

== That's it! ==
Of course this is just the first steps so now you are pretty much on your own! You might want to craft a [[Mass Fabricator]] or a [[Tesla Coil]], whatever... So, go ahead and do what you like do and yes, go and browse some pages on this wiki when you have some troubleshooting!

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[[Category:Tutorial]]

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Tutorial:First Steps

2018-11-26T05:09:32Z

TheBlueCreeper78: my update part 2

{{Experimental}}
This tutorial is regularly updated. You can see the first version of it here: [http://www.mediafire.com/?j9gem0c4laoeyb5 First Steps in the IndustrialCraft mod for Minecraft V0.5.pdf]
(texture pack used: [http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=163329&sid=cdc70e1f885922f1354f76755c7c868d Soartex]).
'''Important: This tutorial now expects you to be using [[v2.X]] of IndustrialCraft²'''

== Basic steps in a new world ==

[[file:first_steps1.png |350x350px| link=|left]]
 

Now that you have downloaded and installed the mod and generated a new map, you really don’t know where to begin. Like all other maps you begin in, gather some wood, then some cobblestone and coal, and build a little house (or a cave if you wish) for your first night.

[[file:first_steps2.png |350x350px| link=|left]]
 

Here is mine with some flowers. Having a pretty house is always a plus, even if it’s just for you, and I can easily expand it.
Beware of the mobs if you are not playing in Peaceful mode; the creepers can blow up what you built. If you want to, use some torches to light the area.
 

[[file:first_steps3.png |350x350px| link=|right]]
 

Keep in mind that you will need a lot of room for your industry. Try to get a good spot with a lot of space not too far away, like that sand plain I can see from my roof (you will also need lots of sand for other purposes). Don’t forget to add some chests and a bed in your little place. You may also want to start growing some wheat and trees.

Nothing new here, but you must begin with a good base if you want to go further. The next part will introduce some new things.
 

== First Ingredients and Machines ==

You now have a little base with four walls, a roof, some chests, a bed, a furnace, and a crafting table, but you want more new stuff. First, let's plant some crops, IC2 style.

Till some soil near water or by digging a hole and filling it with a water block. This is standard vanilla Minecraft so far.

Next, take some sticks and create some stakes for [[Crops]].
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Stick|B2=|C2=Stick
|A3=Stick|B3=|C3=Stick
|Output=Crops
}}

Take these, and place one on each block of tilled soil. Go get some Wheat seeds by ripping up grass and plant them. Now, when your Wheat is ready to harvest, you can harvest it and wheat seedlings will remain, saving you from having to use more seeds to replant! There's a lot more you can do with crops in IC2, but this will help get you some food to survive.

Now, you need to gather Rubber. You will need a lot of lumber to build our first machine, and a basic [[generator]]: 34 logs precisely. However, you should gather more to use as fuel.
{|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Wooden Planks|B2=Wooden Planks|C2=Wooden Planks
|A3=Wooden Planks
|Output=Treetap
}}
|}
Use 5 Wooden Planks to craft a [[Treetap]]. You will need 5 Treetaps total, one for extracting [[Sticky Resin]] and four for crafting an [[Extractor]], but wait until later to make the other four to save space.

Now, extract 6 [[Sticky Resin]] from the [[Rubber Wood|Rubber Trees]]. Rubber trees are somewhat random, but I can tell you they're most abundant in Swamp biomes and they never grow in Desert biomes.

For now, drop that into a chest, and gather torches, pickaxes, and food, for you will have to go to the center of the earth! The second thing you must gather is Redstone; that next-to useless red powder you have in astronomical quantity is the base of industrial electricity. Of course, you will need an iron pickaxe to extract it, but you must have a bad spawn point if you don’t find any along the way. Also, you should mine any [[Copper Ore|Copper]] or [[Tin Ore|Tin]] you see for later.
[[file:first_steps6.png |500px| link=|center]]
Here is a screenshot of a natural cave where you can see all but three types of ores you can gather, from left to right:

*Gold. Its value is much higher in IC, especially in its dust form. It's involved in many mid-tech machines. You should mine it - it will become more useful in the future.

*[[Tin]]. It is required for many things, but it is fairly common.

*[[Copper]]. Like Tin, it is required for most things in IC, such as [[cable]]s, so you must gather a good stock in the beginning. Like Tin, there's plenty in the world.

*Iron. '''Every''' machine uses Iron, so it will be the ore you must hunt the most. You will be always short of Iron.

*Coal. Its value was increased, so if you want torches or furnace fuel, use Charcoal. Use Coal for other, more important things. [[Dusts|Coal Dust]] is used to build [[Solar Panel|Solar Panels]]; it's a more efficient [[Fuel]], and lots of things like the [[Nano-Bodyarmor|nano-suit]] use it. In other worlds, you might not care about Coal, but in IC, it is valuable.

*[[Uranium]]. You will need it to power your future [[Nuclear Reactor|nuclear reactor]] or to craft a [[Secret:Nuke|nuke]] to blow up a mountain. Besides that, it is not involved in other recipes. It is rarer than other ores, but can be found at every layer. You will need an iron pickaxe to gather it.

[[file:first_steps7.png |500px| link=|center]]

Further away in the cave:

*Redstone: Redstone is involved in most parts of IC crafting, especially the basic ones. We need some for crafting the first part of a machine, and later, other things.

*Diamond: Ha, the diamond. Everybody runs after them. Try to get 3 of them and keep them in a chest; we will craft something awesome with them. You should know that you can produce diamonds with coal. I’ll show you later. There is something else to do with them other than waste them in tools or one-use armor.

*Lapis lazuli: Not shown here, but you know it. Involved in the more advanced machines, you need '''BLOCKS''' of lapis to craft them, so if you find it now, just keep it until you have a need to use it.

*Lava: I know, it’s not a mineable resource, but it’s used to power one of the most powerful generators: the [[Geothermal Generator]]. Keep in mind where some lava lakes are to go back to later.

*[[Lead]]: Not shown here. You won't need lead for a quite a while, and even then only in small quantities. It's primary used in nuclear reactors, but is also used in intermediate batteries.

*Obsidian: You need some Obsidian to go in the Nether because you will need some Glowstone Dust for mid-tech machines (alternatively, Glowstone Dust can be crafted using Gold Dust and Redstone Dust). Obsidian is also a part of the process of producing Diamonds out of Coal.

You know what you can gather under the surface. Continue to collect some resources and go back to your base for the next step.

Now that you’re safe at your base, you could smelt some of the ore you gathered from your trip, but be patient and don’t smelt any more ore than you must. Soon you will be able to craft an incredible machine: the [[Macerator]], which will give you 2 ore [[dust]] from one ore and other stuff I'll explain later.
However, before you build a Macerator, you need a Generator, and you may want to craft an Extractor as well, but to build them, you must craft some [[Electric Circuit]]s, which need some Cables. Yeah, it seems complicated, and it is. That's why I'm writing a little tutorial just for you.

=== Iron Furnace ===

One of the first IC2-related things you'll probably want to create is an [[Iron Furnace]]. This is an upgrade over the regular Furnace from vanilla Minecraft (a.k.a. Stone Furnace by IC2 users). It operates faster and uses fuel more efficiently. Click on the link for details. But wait! You need to make a [[Forge Hammer]] in order to create the [[Iron Plate]]s for the Iron Furnace.

{{Grid/Crafting_Table
|A1=|B1=Iron|C1=Iron
|A2=Stick|B2=Stick|C2=Iron
|A3=|B3=Iron|C3=Iron
|Output=Forge_Hammer
}}

Now the Iron Furnace itself:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Iron Plate|C1=
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Furnace|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Iron Furnace
}}
Together you will need ten Iron Ore, two Sticks, and two pieces of Charcoal (or several pieces of Wood) for fuel. Smelt the ten Iron Ore into ingots in your regular stone Furnace. Take the Sticks and five Iron Ingots and make the Forge Hammer. Next place the Forge Hammer and the remaining five ingots on the crafting grid to create five Iron Plates. Now pick up your Furnace and use it to craft an Iron Furnace as shown above. An Iron Furnace is an important part of making an [[Electric Furnace]] later, so making it now lets you use it until we get to that step.

Before you proceed, you'll need to make a [[Cutter]] tool in order to make cables. It requires five Iron Ingots. Make three of them into Iron Plates using the Forge Hammer. Here's the recipe:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|B2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron|C3=Iron
|Output=Cutter|OA=
}}

=== Your First Machine ===

''You can optionally exchange the Extractor with the Macerator listed below if you have several Rubber trees nearby.''

For this project you'll need:
* 6 Sticky Resin
* 3 Copper Ingots
* 9 Iron Ingots
* 2 Redstone

You remember the Sticky Resin you kept in the chest? Take it, and three Copper Ingots too. We will create some [[Copper Cable]]s. You see it takes 6 Rubber and 3 Copper Ingots for every 6 cables. Later you will need a large amount of them, but first you want just enough to make an Extractor. Once you have that, you can make Rubber much more efficiently.

Smelt your 6 Sticky Resin in any furnace to get 6 [[Rubber]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper Plate|B2=Cutter
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=2
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Copper Cable
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}
Place the Forge Hammer and three Copper Ingots on the crafting grid to make three Copper Plates. Then place the Copper Plates on the crafting grid and replace the Forge Hammer with the Cutters to cut them into wire. Lastly combine your wire with Rubber to create [[Insulated Copper Cable]]s.

Use the Forge Hammer to turn your Iron Ingots into nine Iron Plates.

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Redstone|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Redstone
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=Electronic Circuit
}}
|}

Now we will craft our first [[Electronic Circuit]]. You need 6 [[Cable|cables]], 2 Redstone, and one [[Iron Plate]]. Electronic Circuits are the basis industry, used in every machine, so you'll be using them a lot.

Next we must craft the recipe of all machines: the [[Basic Machine Casing]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|B1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|A2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Iron Plate|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Machine
}}
Just take 8 [[Iron Plate]]s and draw a box with them in the craft interface.

FINALLY we can craft our first machine. We just need 4 more [[Treetap|Treetaps]]. Take 20 planks and craft them. After that, put the 4 Treetaps, the Machine Casing, and the Electronic Circuit on the crafting table and '''TADA'''!

{|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Treetap|B1=Machine|C1=Treetap
|A2=Treetap|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Treetap
|Output=Extractor
}}
|}

You can plant your [[Extractor]] where you want. Be careful though: you can’t remove any machine by hand. It will be destroyed if you do. You will need a [[Wrench|special tool]] made with a [[Bronze|new metal]]. We will see that later.

Ok, you have your Extractor, but to use it, you need '''ELECTRICITY''', made by a '''[[Generator|GENERATOR]]'''. Now you know what we need to make next.

=== Generator ===

For this project you'll need:
* 1 Sticky Resin (using Extractor)
* 5 Tin Ore
* 4 Redstone
* 8 Iron Ore

There are 2 ways to craft a [[Generator]], but both actually requires the same amount of raw materials:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=RE Battery|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Furnace|C3=
|linkB3=
|Output=Generator
}}
First, you can use a [[RE Battery]], a [[Basic Machine Casing]], and a Furnace.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=RE Battery|C1=
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=|B3=Iron Furnace|C3=
|linkB2=|linkC2=
|linkB3=
|Output=Generator
}}
Or, you can use a [[RE Battery]], 3 [[Iron Plate]]s, and an [[Iron Furnace]].

Both recipes cost the same amount of iron overall, so take your pick. '''Do not use your existing Iron Furnace.''' You will need it later, and you will need something to smelt with in the meantime.

I know you are asking yourself: How do I create an [[RE Battery]]? Let's do that now!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Tin Cable|C1=
|A2=Tin_Casing|B2=Redstone|C2=Tin_Casing
|A3=Tin_Casing|B3=Redstone|C3=Tin_Casing
|Output=RE Battery
}}
1 Cable, 4 Tin Casings, and 2 Redstone. Easy, no?

In order to create Tin Casing (or any material casing), simply use the Forge Hammer on a Tin (or respective material) Plate.

Time to remember that recipe.

You need to assemble two [[RE Battery|Rechargeable Batteries]]. One is needed to build the Generator, and the second is needed to power your Extractor.

But wait! You just used your last [[Cable]]. It’s time to craft more, but this time we will not waste great quantities of resin. Go back in front of your [[Extractor]], put 2 [[Sticky Resin]] into the top slot, and put some Redstone into the bottom slot (pure Redstone is like a 1 use low-efficient battery, but it works). With the Extractor, you get 3 Rubber for each Sticky Resin instead of just 1. Now craft two Tin Cables.

Now you can assemble your two RE Batteries.

Next follow one of the two recipes above to craft the [[Generator]].

Don't place the generator next to anything; I’ll explain why in the wiring section. Put your empty battery in the upper slot and put some (Char)Coal or other things that burn in the lower slot. You will need 2.5 (Char)Coal to fill up a single battery. I usually don't worry about completely filling my battery at this point. Feel free to make more RE Batteries. However, we'll be adding a cable shortly which will make the batteries unnecessary.

The empty Rechargeable Batteries can stack up to 16, but the fully charged ones can’t be stacked. It’s the drawback of the re-usability. You can place a chest right next to the generator and it will gather your full batteries.

For now, you can use a partially or fully charged battery to power the [[Extractor]]. This will give you a lot more [[Rubber]] for making [[Cable|cables]], which in turn will make it easier to build other machines.

=== Macerator ===

For this project you'll need:
* 3 Flint
* 2 Cobblestone
* 9 Iron Ore
* 2 Sticky Resin (using Extractor)
* 3 Copper Ore
* 2 Redstone

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the incredible '''[[Macerator|MACERATOR]]''' which can double your mining productivity. Craft another [[Electronic Circuit]], another [[Basic Machine Casing]] and collect the needed Cobblestone and Flint. If you didn't already know, you occasionally get Flint when you break Gravel blocks. After you craft the Macerator, you can also macerate Gravel with it to get Flint faster.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Flint|B1=Flint|C1=Flint
|A2=Cobblestone|B2=Machine|C2=Cobblestone
|B3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=Macerator
}}

Put your ore in the upper slot, and a battery in the bottom one, and wait for 2 [[Dusts|dust]] to magically appear from one ore, then put that dust in an [[Electric Furnace]] (next section!), or actually any furnace, and you will have 2 ingots for one ore. What, you don’t know how to create an [[Electric Furnace]]? It will be our next step in this long section.

You must know that the [[Macerator]] can do more things than create [[Dusts|dust]] from ore. It can create dust from Coal too. The [[Dusts|Coal Dust]] is used in a lot of things.
The [[Macerator]] can make Flint out of Gravel. This may not seem so, but it’s really useful. It can also make Cobblestone from smooth (regular) Stone, and incredibly, make SAND out of Cobblestone. Cool, isn’t it?

Note: It's easier to store ores and Macerate as needed since dusts use up twice the chest space.

=== Electric Furnace ===

For this project you'll need:
* 1 Iron Furnace (existing)
* 2 Sticky Resin (using Extractor)
* 2 Copper Ore (using Macerator)
* 4 Redstone

The [[Electric Furnace]] will allow you to smelt using electricity instead of using Char(Coal). This is the thing you'll use your Iron Furnace to craft.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Electronic Circuit
|A2=Redstone|B2=Iron Furnace|C2=Redstone
|Output=Electric Furnace
}}

I know, it’s another [[Electronic Circuit|Circuit]] to craft, but I warned you it would be everywhere.

Like the other furnaces, you put the stuff you want to heat in the upper part, and a battery in the bottom. It's 12.5% faster than the Iron Furnace, and there is no energy waste. If there is nothing left in the top, it immediately stops consuming energy.

You now have 1 [[Extractor]], 1 [[Generator]], 1 [[Macerator]], and 1 [[Electro Furnace]]. It’s not much. If you think you can use more things, you're right.

=== BatBox ===

Adding a [[BatBox]] will provide a much larger energy storage buffer for your Generator and therefore simplify its operation. You'll need three Rechargeable Batteries to build it.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Insulated Tin Cable|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=RE Battery|B2=RE Battery|C2=RE Battery
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Wooden Planks|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=BatBox
}}

Run Tin Cable (Copper if you really want) from the output face of the BatBox to your machines, marked with a white dot. On the plus side, you get three Tin Cable per ingot rather than the two you got making Copper Cable earlier. Don't make the cable longer than four to five segments to avoid wasting energy. Once you have the machines connected to the BatBox via cable, you won't need to use batteries to run them anymore. Place your Generator on the opposite side of the BatBox from the Output facing. If you find you need to change the direction of the BatBox's output facing, you'll need to look at [[#The Power of Bronze|The Power of Bronze]] section below for information on how to make a Bronze [[Wrench]].

BatBoxes can be daisy-chained to provide more EU storage. They can also be used to break up lengths of cable to avoid energy loss. The maximum length you can have of Tin Cable is about four before it loses 1 [[EU]]/t. By placing a BatBox at the end of four segments of Tin Cable, you can then go another four segments without energy loss. Keep these ideas in mind as you expand.

=== Alternative Power ===

==== Solar Power ====

For this project you'll need:
* 1 Generator
* 3 Coal (not Charcoal!)
* 3 Glass blocks
* 2 Electronic Circuits (2 Iron, 4 Redstone, 6 Copper, and 12 Rubber)

Another option for renewable energy is to add a [[Solar Panel]] to reduce your Coal/Charcoal usage. Keep in mind that Solar Panels require an unobstructed view of the sky and they only work in the daytime.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Glass|C1=Coal Dust
|A2=Glass|B2=Coal Dust|C2=Glass
|A3=Electronic Circuit|B3=Generator|C3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=Solar Panel
}}

Connect your Solar Panel (with or without a cable) to the top of the BatBox. Now your BatBox will receive a constant trickle from the Solar Panel and can also receive energy from your Generator. The downside is that these are pretty expensive, but just one or two helps immensely early on. If you want more advanced solar panels, or ones that work without sun, get the Advanced Solar Panels addon.

==== Manual Kinetic Generator ====

For this project you'll need:
* 22 Iron
* 1 Stick
* 1 Wood Plank
* 1 Generator
* 1 Tin
* 6 Copper

This hand crank allows you to generate some ''kinetic power'' (Ku) by simply standing there clicking on it over and over again.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Machine|B1=Lever
|Output=Manual Kinetic Generator
}}

Kinetic power isn't all too useful on its own, but you can convert it into Electric Units with the [[Kinetic Generator]].

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=Iron Casing|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=Generator|B2=Electric Motor|C2=Shaft (Iron)
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Iron Casing|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Kinetic Generator
}}

See that [[Iron|Iron Shaft]]? You make it by "Extruding" an Iron Block in a [[Metal Former]]. You'll learn about that later.

To make the [[Electric Motor]], You need two Tin Casings, one Iron Ingot, and two Copper [[Coil]]s:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Tin Item Casing
|A2=Coil|B2=Iron|C2=Coil
|B3=Tin Item Casing
|Output=Electric Motor
}}

To make a Coil, put 8 Copper Cable around an Iron Ingot:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Copper Cable|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Copper Cable
|A2=Copper Cable|B2=Iron|C2=Copper Cable
|A3=Copper Cable|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Copper Cable
|Output=Coil
}}

Place the Kinetic Generator next to the Manual Kinetic Generator so that the input face (look for that Iron Shaft in the middle of a dark hole) is in contact with the Manual Kinetic Generator. Now make sure the output face of the Kinetic Generator (just a hole) is in contact with a cable or Battery Block. Now you can produce about 13 EU/t by just standing there and holding the USE button (default: right mouse button). This setup is great for [[Charge Pad (BatBox)|Batbox Chargepads]] early on!

=== Etcetera ===

In this image you can see the BatBox, with the Generator to its left, and a length of copper cable four squares long to its right. In the current version of IC2, Tin Cable has taken the place where Copper Cable used to be in the cable hierarchy, so pretend that cable is Tin. Up to four machines can then be placed directly in front of the cable. Going up from the BatBox is a four-square-long cable that connects to a second BatBox, and then from there to either a Solar Panel or a wind generator of sorts using Tin Cables.
[[file:First Steps.png |600px| link=|center]]
'''NOTE:''' Most textures in images are outdated.

[[File:solarflowertop.png|400px| link=|left]]
[[File:solarflowerbottom.png|400px| link=|right]]
 
<center>''To provide a significant amount of energy from solar, you'll need a lot of Solar Panels.''</center>

 
 

You can see the inside of my little home, 3 Macerators, 3 Electric Furnaces, 1 Extractor, 1 Generator in view, and 2 unknown machines. You can see I’ve put a chest in front of my generator to gather the charged batteries when I stalk outdoors.

[[file:first_steps20.png |650px| link=|center]]

== The Power of Bronze ==

Now you have a small, but fully functional base that allows you to get twice as many ingots for every mining run. Unfortunately, you can’t move any of the machines or you'll have to rebuild it from scrap.

Now we will craft the engi-friend tool: the [[Bronze Wrench]]. The Bronze Wrench is made from [[Bronze|BRONZE]]. I can hear your little voice: "''A new ore I haven't found? How can it be so rare?''" '''YOU FOOL''', [[Bronze]] is made from '''COPPER + TIN'''.

{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B2=Copper Dust|B3=Copper Dust
|C2=Copper Dust|C3=Tin Dust
|Output=Bronze Dust|OA=4}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Electro Furnace
|Top=Bronze Dust
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Bronze}}
|}

You need to use a Macerator to grind Copper and Tin Ingots (or Ores) into dust, then take the dust from those 2 ores and mix them in a 3:1 ratio (location in the crafting grid doesn’t matter). This gives you Bronze Dust.
To smelt Bronze Dust into ingots, put them in a furnace.

You'll need six Bronze Ingots to make a Bronze Wrench:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze|A2=Bronze
|B2=Bronze|B3=Bronze
|C1=Bronze|C2=Bronze
|Output=Wrench
|Output-link=Bronze Wrench}}

The use of a Bronze Wrench is incredibly easy: just right-click on a Machine and its ''primary'' side will rotate to that face; sneak-right-click to rotate it to the opposite side you clicked; right-click the same face a second time and the machine will be removed; be careful: if the machine wasn’t empty, you will lose everything it contained. And sometimes you can make a ''mistake'' (about a 20% chance of failure), and you can’t retrieve the machine you craft; it's unlucky, but it happens (now a 100% success rate in IC2 Experimental so feel free to crank away! But removing some machines will cause them to lose 20% of their stored power). Only 4 machines can be retrieved safely every time: [[MFE Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], [[Terraformer]] and '''[[Miner|MINERs]]'''. However, if you upgrade your wrench into an [[Electric Wrench]], and toggle it to loss-less mode (this mode removed starting in IC2 v2.3.222), you are guaranteed to get your machines back no matter what, at a cost of 9000 EU per operation.

The Recipes and Resources page has a list of all available [[Recipes and Resources#Tools|Bronze tools]].

'''IRON!'''
A very important topic. Every machine is based on Iron. It also costs a lot of Iron for Mine Carts and Rails. ''But we have Bronze!'' Why we can't use Bronze for Rails?

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze|A2=Bronze|A3=Bronze
|B2=Stick
|C1=Bronze|C2=Bronze|C3=Bronze
|Output=Rail|OA=8}}

Also, you can craft armor from Bronze.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze|A2=Bronze|A3=Bronze
|B2=Bronze|B3=Bronze
|C1=Bronze|C2=Bronze|C3=Bronze
|Output=Bronze Chestplate}}

== Second Steps ==

=== Metal Former ===
Tired of having to keep making Cutters and Forge Hammers? Think it's strange that you have all these machines, but still have to use hand tools to shape metal?

Perhaps it's time you built a Metal Former. It can craft plates, casings, cables, and some other miscellaneous things.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze Item Casing|B1=Chest|C1=Bronze Item Casing
|A2=Bronze Item Casing|B2=Bronze Item Casing|C2=Bronze Item Casing
|Output=Tool Box
}}

You'll need to make two [[Toolbox]]es using a Chest and five Bronze Casings each.

You'll also need to make three copper [[Coil]]s.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic Circuit|C1=
|A2=Tool Box|B2=Machine|C2=Tool Box
|A3=Coil|B3=Coil|C3=Coil
|Output=Metal Former
}}

Combine those with an Electronic Circuit and a Machine Casing, which you already know how to make, like so.

The Metal Former has 3 modes: Rolling, Extruding and Cutting. Rolling takes the place of the Forge Hammer; turning Ingots into Plates and Plates into Casings. Cutting replaces the cutting tool, though it has no real use, as the Extruding mode converts ingots directly into 3 wire (instead of 2 from cutting plates). The Extruding mode also makes most of the miscellaneous stuff, like Shafts for use in kinetic machines and Iron Fences from Iron Casings.

=== Electric Wrench ===
If you find your Bronze Wrenches keep wearing out, I suggest upgrading your Bronze Wrench to an [[Electric Wrench]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Tin Casing|C1=
|A2=Coil|B2=Iron|C2=Coil
|A3=|B3=Tin Casing|C3=
|Output=Electric Motor
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=RE Battery|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Electric Motor
|A3=|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Small Power Unit
}}
|}

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Wrench
|B1-link=Bronze Wrench
|B2=Small Power Unit
|
|Output=Electric Wrench
}}
The Electric Wrench works the same way. It's a lot of work to make, but using it doesn't decrease its durability. You just need to recharge it, which is easy enough. Just be careful not to drop it in lava.

=== Mining Drill and Chainsaw ===

Tired of making pickaxe after pickaxe? How about an energy-based version?

The [[Mining Drill]] uses EU instead of wearing out, so you just need to recharge it by placing it either in any generator or in a BatBox or higher.

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=RE Battery|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=RE Battery|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Electric Motor
|A3=RE Battery|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Power Unit
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Iron Plate|C1=
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Power Unit|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Mining Drill
}}
|}

The [[Chainsaw]] provides an energy-based version of the axe, shears, and sword in one device.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Power Unit|B3=Iron Plate
|Output=Chainsaw
}}

The Recipes and Resources page has a list of all available [[Recipes and Resources#Electric|power tools]].

=== Pump ===

Remember that lava lake you found waaaaay back when you made your first trip in the mines? Now it's time to take advantage of it with a [[Pump]]. The pump will fill buckets or [[Universal Fluid Cell]]s for us and place them in a chest.

Now, we will craft it! We'll need to make some [[Universal Fluid Cell]]s to craft it:
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Tin Item Casing
|A2=Tin Item Casing|B2=Glass Pane|C2=Tin Item Casing
|B3=Tin Item Casing
|Output=Universal Fluid Cell}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Universal Fluid Cell|A2=Universal Fluid Cell|A3=Mining Pipe
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine |B3=Treetap
|C1=Universal Fluid Cell|C2=Universal Fluid Cell|C3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Pump}}
|}

Place the pump directly over a lava lake and place a chest right next to it (it has to touch). Place some empty buckets or universal fluid cells in the chest and start the pump. It will start filling them and placing them back into the chest for you to pick up later.

=== Geothermal Power ===

Once you've acquired both a Metal Former and a Pump, you'll have the option of making a [[Geothermal Generator]]. This option isn't renewable like solar or wind, but it's a great alternative or supplement to Coal/Charcoal. A Geothermal Generator generates energy from lava. Building one of these is a good option if you build your base deep underground where lava lakes are more common, or if you happen to find a lava lake on the surface. These are almighty in the Nether as well. The Metal Former machine is required in order to make the Empty Cells used in this recipe.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Empty_Cell|C1=Glass
|A2=Glass|B2=Empty_Cell|C2=Glass
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Generator|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Geothermal Generator
}}

You'll also need at least one [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Bucket Bucket] for gathering lava. IC2 let's you make them using Tin as well as the vanilla Iron.
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Iron|B2=|C2=Iron
|A3=|B3=Iron|C3=
|Output=Bucket
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Tin|B2=|C2=Tin
|A3=|B3=Tin|C3=
|Output=Bucket
}}
|}

=== CES Unit ===

Now, we have more machines, and we can power them with solar panels. But what should we do when the BatBox runs out of energy at night? Let's put our knowledge of bronze to use making a bigger storage unit!
For that job, there is the [[CES Unit]]. The [[CES Unit]] stores 300,000 EU, or 5x as much as the BatBox.

Before we begin, you'll need to get your hands on at least three [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Gunpowder Gunpowder]. You may need to go hunt some Creepers to get some.

{{Grid/Machine
|Type = Extractor
|Top = Gunpowder
|Bottom = RE_Battery_(Charged)
|Output = Sulfur Dust
}}
Run three Gunpowder through an Extractor to get three [[Sulfur Dust]].

{|
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Lead Ingot
|Output=Lead Dust
}}
Run three Lead Ingots through a Macerator to get three [[Lead Dust]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=Bronze Item Casing|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Bronze Item Casing|B2=Sulfur Dust|C2=Bronze Item Casing
|A3=Bronze Item Casing|B3=Lead Dust|C3=Bronze Item Casing
|Output=Advanced RE-Battery
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze Plate|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=Bronze Plate
|A2=Advanced RE-Battery|B2=Advanced RE-Battery|C2=Advanced RE-Battery
|A3=Bronze Plate|B3=Bronze Plate|C3=Bronze Plate
|Output=CES Unit
}}
|}
Assemble three [[Advanced RE-Battery|Advanced RE-Batteries]], then use them to build the CES Unit.

Before you place your shiny new CES Unit, there's one more thing we need: a [[LV Transformer|Low-Voltage Transformer]]. Don't worry, it's not hard to make.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Insulated Tin Cable|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Wooden Planks|B2=Coil|C2=Wooden Planks
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Insulated Tin Cable|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=LV Transformer
}}

The reason we need a transformer is because the CES Unit puts out too much power at a time. Most machines only accept low voltage (32 EU-p), and the CES Unit outputs 128 EU-p. '''If you hook it up without a transformer, all of your machines will be destroyed!'''

Place the CES Unit and the LV Transformer so that the output of the CES Unit connects to the five-dotted side of the transformer. From there, you can run a cable from any of the one-dotted sides of the transformer to your machines.

=== BatPacks ===

Power tools use a lot of energy. Wouldn't it be nice to carry more energy at a time? You can with a [[BatPack]]. A BatPack (Battery Pack) is worn in the Chest slot, so it cannot be worn at the same time as chest armor.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=RE Battery (Charged) |B1=Electronic Circuit |C1=RE Battery (Charged)
|A2=RE Battery (Charged) |B2=Wooden Planks |C2=RE Battery (Charged)
|A3=RE Battery (Charged) |B3= |C3=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Bat-Pack
}}
The simplest version carries 60,000 EU.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced RE-Battery|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=Advanced RE-Battery
|A2=Advanced RE-Battery|B2=Copper Item Casing|C2=Advanced RE-Battery
|A3=Advanced RE-Battery|C3=Advanced RE-Battery
|Output=Advanced_Batpack
}}
The [[Advanced BatPack]] carries 600,000 EU.

=== Canning Machine ===

Uhh. I have got hunger. Eat a sandwich! But... Food... The Canning machine! It is a cheap, useful, and multipurpose machine. It can be used for filling [[Tin Can]]s with food, which you can gulp down fast while on the go. It can also be used to fill [[Universal Fluid Cell]]s with liquids, such as [[Biogas]].
Craft it!

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Tin Casing|A2=Tin Casing|A3=Tin Casing
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine|B3=Tin Casing
|C1=Tin Casing|C2=Tin Casing|C3=Tin Casing
|Output=Canning Machine}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Cutter
|B2=Tin Casing
|Output=Tin Can|OA=1
}}
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Canning Machine
|Top=Cooked Porkchop
|Bottom=Tin Can
|Output=Canned Food|OA=4}}
|}
Since food comes in all shapes and sizes, some food fits in a few cans, while other foods need more than a few cans. The '''FOOD-TIN CAN''' list can be found here: [[Food List]].

=== Kinetic Wind Generator ===

The [[Kinetic Wind Generator]] replaced the [[Wind Mill]] from earlier versions of IC2. There are different rotors you can put on it. Unfortunately, they all wear out. If you get all of your iron from mining, there are better options, although they do last a long time. However, it's a great option if the iron consumption isn't a problem for your operation.

A Metal Former is required before you can build one. To build the machine itself, you'll need a machine block and two iron shafts, like so:

{|
|-
|{{Grid/MetalFormer
|Mode=Extruding
|Top=Block of Iron
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Shaft (Iron)}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Shaft (Iron)|B2=Machine|C2=Shaft (Iron)
|Output=Kinetic Wind Generator}}
|}

Here's how you make a wooden rotor for it:

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Wood|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Wooden Planks|B2=Wood|C2=Wooden Planks
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Wood|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=Wood Rotor Blade}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Wood Rotor Blade
|A2=Wood Rotor Blade|B2=Iron|C2=Wood Rotor Blade
|B3=Wood Rotor Blade
|Output=Kinetic Gearbox Rotor (Wood)}}
|}
The Wood Rotor lasts 3 IRL hours inside the KWG and requires wind levels between 10 and 60 MCW. It has a wingspan of 2 blocks.

It takes 18 wood blocks and one iron to make a single wooden rotor, so it needs to be in a location where it can generate more power than 16 pieces of Charcoal (using 2 pieces to turn the wood into charcoal) in a regular Generator to be worthwhile, and that still isn't taking the piece of iron into account.

Place the KWG in a good location and place the rotor inside. It will then start producing kinetic energy. What's that? You want it to produce EU? Well, another machine is required for that.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=Iron Casing|C1=Iron Casing|
|A2=Generator|B2=Electric Motor|C2=Shaft (Iron)
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Iron Casing|C3=Iron Casing|
|Output=Kinetic Generator
}}
Connect this [[Kinetic Generator]] directly to the Kinetic Wind Generator to change the Kinetic Energy Units into Energy Units.

Now connect a cable going to your base.

=== Compressor ===

A [[Compressor]] is used to make several different things, but the important ones to know right now are that it can compress Sand into Sandstone and it can make [[Advanced Alloy]]s. Advanced Alloys can be used to make things like [[Reinforced Stone]] and [[Composite Armor]].

Smelt some Cobblestone, craft a circuit, and then a Machine block.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Stone|A2=Stone|A3=Stone
|B2=Machine|B3=Electronic Circuit
|C1=Stone|C2=Stone|C3=Stone
|Output=Compressor}}

Place that machine, give "him" energy, and place a [[Mixed Metal Ingot]] in it!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|B1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|A2=Bronze Plate|B2=Bronze Plate|C2=Bronze Plate
|A3=Tin Plate|B3=Tin Plate|C3=Tin Plate
|Output=Metal Block|OA=2
}}

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Metal Block
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Advanced Alloy
}}

Now you have yourself plenty of [[Advanced Alloy]], bane of Creepers (also good for advanced machines, as you will learn later on)! One of the first things you can do with this Advanced Alloy is make yourself a [[Composite Armor Vest]]. This is as good as an Iron Chestplate, but lasts even longer than a Diamond Chestplate.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced Alloy|B1=|C1=Advanced Alloy
|A2=Advanced Alloy|B2=Iron Chestplate|B2-link=Non-IC Items|C2=Advanced Alloy
|A3=Advanced Alloy|B3=Bronze Chestplate|C3=Advanced Alloy
|Output=Composite Armor Vest
}}

You can also make [[Reinforced Glass]], which is more Creeper-resistant than normal Glass:
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|A1-link=Non-IC Items|B1=Advanced Alloy|C1=Glass|C1-link=Non-IC Items
|A2=Glass|A2-link=Non-IC Items|B2=Glass|B2-link=Non-IC Items|C2=Glass|C2-link=Non-IC Items
|A3=Glass|A3-link=Non-IC Items|B3=Advanced Alloy|C3=Glass|C3-link=Non-IC Items
|Output=Reinforced Glass|OA=7
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|A1-link=Non-IC Items|B1=Glass|B1-link=Non-IC Items|C1=Glass|C1-link=Non-IC Items
|A2=Advanced Alloy|B2=Glass|B2-link=Non-IC Items|C2=Advanced Alloy
|A3=Glass|A3-link=Non-IC Items|B3=Glass|B3-link=Non-IC Items|C3=Glass|C3-link=Non-IC Items
|Output=Reinforced Glass|OA=7
}}
|}

=== Blast Furnace ===

Moving forward, there are a small number of advanced things that require [[Refined Iron]], or heat-treated iron. You make Refined Iron by heating it in a [[Blast Furnace]]. In addition to the Blast Furnace itself, it requires a heat source, a Metal Former (listed above) is required to make six [[Empty Cell]]s, and a Compressor (listed above) is needed to make [[Compressed Air Cell]]s. For this guide we will use an [[Electric Heat Generator]] with four [[Coil]]s.

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Copper Plate|C1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Copper Plate|C2=Rubber
|A3=Rubber|B3=Copper Plate|C3=Rubber
|Output=Heat Conductor
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=RE Battery|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=Iron Casing|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Iron Casing
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Heat Conductor|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Electric Heat Generator
}}
|}

Place the Electric Heat Generator where you want it, making sure the output side faces in the direction you want to place the Blast Furnace.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=Iron Casing|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=Iron Casing|B2=Machine|C2=Iron Casing
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Heat Conductor|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Blast Furnace
}}

Place the Blast Furnace so that it touches the Electric Heat Generator, with its input side facing the Electric Heat Generator's output side. Since you generally don't need to interact with the Electric Heat Generator, it can be placed behind or beneath the Blast Furnace, rather than side-by-side. Run a power cable to the Electric Heat Generator. The Blast Furnace doesn't need one.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Copper Cable|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Copper Cable
|A2=Copper Cable|B2=Iron|C2=Copper Cable
|A3=Copper Cable|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Copper Cable
|Output=Coil
}}
Make four Coils and place them inside the Electric Heat Generator. The Blast Furnace can accept a maximum of 20 Heat Units, and each Coil produces 5 Heat units. Adding more than four Coils will just waste EU.

Make six Empty Cells using the Metal Former, then place them into the Compressor to turn them into Compressed Air Cells. Place them inside the Blast Furnace. It takes six to make 1 Refined Iron. You get the Empty Cells back, and you can put them back in the Compressor again to refill them.

Your Blast Furnace should be ready to use.

=== Upgrades ===
'''Transformer Upgrade'''
Hate to see freakin' transformer blocks everywhere in your working station? Well, get yourself a machinery transformer upgrade!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Insulated Gold Cable|B2=MV Transformer|C2=Insulated Gold Cable
|A3=Glass|B3=Electronic Circuit|C3=Glass
|Output=Transformer upgrade
}}
The transformer upgrade must be placed in the slots on the right-hand side of certain machine(though not all machines accept upgrades). Like so:

[[Image:upgradedmachine.png]]

The transformer upgrade can increase the tier of voltage that the machine can accept. You can stack 1 or more transformer upgrade for higher voltage tier! So go ahead, feel free to stack some transformer upgrades!

'''Overclocker Upgrade'''
Is your machine lazily working its way to get what you want? Do you wish that you can make machines do the jobs so much faster? Then go ahead and craft yourself an Overclocker Upgrade!
And yes there are still some more upgrades! But it is time that you explore them yourself.

==<big>The Way to Industry</big> ==

=== Automated Mining ===

Now we have some machines, but don't stop whining. Pardon, mining. The [[Miner]].
It's a very good machine for lazy people. But if you want one, you must work hard.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Chest
|A2=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine|C2=Electronic Circuit
|B3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Miner
}}

For the [[Mining Pipe|mining pipe]], you need 6 [[Iron Plate|Iron Plate]] and a treetap:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|A2=Iron Plate|A3=Iron Plate
|B3=Treetap|C1=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Mining Pipe|OA=16
}}

For a working miner, you have to craft another two things:
First, you need a scanner. There are two types: an [[OD Scanner]], or a more precise, energy-eating [[OV Scanner]].

{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Gold Casing|B1=Glowstone Dust|C1=Gold Casing
|A2=Electronic Circuit|B2=Advanced RE-Battery|C2=Electronic Circuit
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=OD Scanner}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Lapis Lazuli (Dye)|A3=Redstone
|B1=Glowstone Dust|B2=Electronic Circuit|B3=Glowstone Dust
|C1=Redstone|C2=Lapis Lazuli (Dye)|C3=Redstone
|Output=Advanced Circuit}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Gold Casing|B1=Energy Crystal|C1=Gold Casing
|A2=Glowstone Dust|B2=Advanced Circuit|C2=Glowstone Dust
|A3=2xIns. Gold Cable|B3=OD Scanner|C3=2xIns. Gold Cable
|Output=OV Scanner
}}
|}

The OD Scanner scans a 5x5 area and submits the results on the player's screen. The OV Scanner scans a 9x9 area, and also submits the results on the player's screen. Either one can be used in the Miner.
The second item your miner needs is a [[Mining Drill]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=RE Battery|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=RE Battery|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Electric Motor
|A3=RE Battery|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Power Unit
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Iron Plate
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Power Unit|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Mining Drill
}}
|}

The Mining Drill is a useful item. It can mine stone fast, and dirt even faster. It's also a hand-held tool, not just an item for the Miner.

Put the drill and the scanner in the miner with a few mining pipes, give them energy, and go to the bed, relax, watch TV, but don't do hard jobs!

=== MFE Unit ===

For an even bigger energy storage unit, there is the [[MFE Unit]]. It can store 4,000,000 EU, as much as 100 BatBoxes!! If you can empty a fully-loaded MFE Unit during a night, you are a very spendthrift player.
But! It isn't cheap. You must have at least <big>SIXTEEN</big> diamonds! Go to layer 1-16, and search for some diamonds.
Can you find sixteen diamonds? Are they genuine? Okay. Craft them into [[Energy Crystal]]s!

{|
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Diamond
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Diamond Dust
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|B1=Diamond Dust|C1=Redstone
|A2=Diamond Dust|B2=Redstone|C2=Diamond Dust
|A3=Redstone|B3=Diamond Dust|C3=Redstone
|Output=Energium Dust|OA=9
}}
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Energium Dust|IA=9
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Energy Crystal
}}
|}

Craft a machine block, search for 4 cables, and craft an MFE Unit like this:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=2xIns. Gold Cable|B1=Energy Crystal|C1=2xIns. Gold Cable
|A2=Energy Crystal|B2=Machine|C2=Energy Crystal
|A3=2xIns. Gold Cable|B3=Energy Crystal|C3=2xIns. Gold Cable
|Output=MFE Unit
}}

Now, we can store a lot of EU for difficult times.

NOTE: Tin cable and most machines can only handle 32EU/t, and the MFE outputs 512EU/t. You must use a [[MV Transformer]] and a [[LV Transformer]], or a [[Gold Cable]] and a couple of [[Transformer upgrade]] add-ons.

=== Making Diamonds ===

Having trouble finding all of those diamonds? You can use the [[Compressor]] to convert all of that coal you have been hoarding into diamonds! HAYO!

{|
|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Coal Dust|C1=Coal Dust
|A2=Coal Dust|B2=Flint|C2=Coal Dust
|A3=Coal Dust|B3=Coal Dust|C3=Coal Dust
|Output=Coal Ball
}}
|
{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Coal Ball
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Compressed Coal Ball
}}
|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Compressed Coal Ball|B1=Compressed Coal Ball|C1=Compressed Coal Ball
|A2=Compressed Coal Ball|B2=Obsidian|C2=Compressed Coal Ball
|A3=Compressed Coal Ball|B3=Compressed Coal Ball|C3=Compressed Coal Ball
|Output=Coal Chunk
}}
|
{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Coal Chunk
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Diamond
}}
|}

=== Mining Laser ===

''Uhh...'' So we've got some energy. I want to '''MINE''', but I don't like tapping my toes waiting for that Miner to get everything. Time to craft something hot and shiny: the [[Mining Laser]]!

Compress 4 [[Advanced Alloy]]s, craft another two energy crystals, and an [[Advanced Circuit]]. 

'''It's very expensive!'''
* I know! But if you want mine with style... 
'''When will we finish that laser?''' 
*Now!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Advanced Alloy
|B1=Energy Crystal|B2=Advanced Alloy|B3=Advanced Alloy
|C1=Energy Crystal|C3=Advanced Alloy|C2=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Mining Laser
}}

To charge the mining laser, put it in the MFE Unit. Let the laser charge for awhile, then head back to your mine. To change the firing mode, hold '''M''' and '''right-click'''. The firing modes can be found here: [[Mining Laser]].
Every firing mode has advantages and disadvantages. The default firing mode is the mining mod. It's balanced.
Now, use your weapon, mine resources, because soon we will start a new chapter. Listen to a good music, chop down trees, get some cobblestone, manage your farm. Please, '''''RELAX'''''.

=== Refined Iron Rotors ===
So you've got some crazy mining going on, you've built lots of expensive machines, your efficiency is through the roof, and hopefully you've built some food and mob-drop farms. Maybe now's a good time to look at Refined Iron (Steel) Rotors for the Kinetic Wind Generators (listed above). These are entirely optional, as there are a number of ways to generate EU. Rotors wear out. You will need the Blast Furnace (listed above) to make these.

Just in case you were wondering, in game they're called '''Kinetic Gearbox Rotor (Steel)''' as Refined Iron is ore dictionary'd as steel.
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Refined Iron Rotor Blade
|A2=Refined Iron Rotor Blade|B2=Shaft (Iron)|C2=Refined Iron Rotor Blade
|B3=Refined Iron Rotor Blade
|Output=Kinetic Gearbox Rotor (Steel)
|}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Refined Iron Plate|B1=Refined Iron|C1=Refined Iron Plate
|A2=Refined Iron Plate|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron Plate
|A3=Refined Iron Plate|B3=Refined Iron|C3=Refined Iron Plate
|Output=Steel Rotor Blade
|}}
|}

The Refined Iron (Steel) Rotor lasts 3 IRL days (72 hours) inside the KWG and requires wind levels between 17 and 90 MCW. It has a wingspan of 4 blocks.

=== Terraformer ===

We did a lot of jobs, we have got a little house, and a few machines, '''BUT'''.
Why don't we make a big house for our machines? I said, that keep in your mind a big, flat place. If it takes a lot of time to go to your flat place, we will craft a [[Teleporter]], or a [[Terraformer]].

For a Teleporter, you need a lot of energy, two metal blocks, some glowstone dust, and some coal dust.
For a Terraformer, you need energy, two [[Tfbp|TFBP]], an [[Advanced Machine|advanced machine]], and some glowstone dust.
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Coal Dust
|A2=Coal Dust|B2=Coal Dust
|Output=Carbon Fibers}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Carbon Fibers|A2=Carbon Fibers
|Output=Combined Carbon Fibers}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Combined Carbon Fibers
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Carbon Plate}}
|}

Craft '''two''' carbon plates, and then compress two metal block. Make a machine, and craft them to an advanced machine!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Refined Iron Plate|A2=Carbon Plate|A3=Refined Iron Plate
|B1=Advanced Alloy|B2=Machine|B3=Advanced Alloy
|C1=Refined Iron Plate|C2=Carbon Plate|C3=Refined Iron Plate
|Output=Advanced Machine}}
Now make an electronic circuit, an advanced circuit, and take two redstone.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Advanced Circuit
|A3=Redstone|C3=Redstone
|Output=Tfbp}}
Now, craft that amazing '''''TERRAFORMER'''''!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glowstone Dust|A2=Dirt|A3=Glowstone Dust
|B1=Tfbp|B2=Advanced Machine|B3=Dirt
|C1=Glowstone Dust|C2=Dirt|C3=Glowstone Dust
|Output=Terraformer}}
Make another Tfbp, and program that!
*Flatificator
It makes a flat area with dirt ground.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Dirt|B1=Dirt|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Dirt|C2=Dirt
|Output=Flatificator}}
*Cultivation
It replaces sand with dirt, and places a few saplings.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Seeds|B1=Seeds|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Seeds|C2=Seeds
|Output=Cultivation}}
*Irrigation
It forces saplings and seeds to grow faster, and causes sugar cane to grow 4 blocks high.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Water Bucket|B1=Water Bucket|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Water Bucket|C2=Water Bucket
|Output=Irrigation}}
*Desertification
It replaces dirt with sand, destroys plants and saplings, melts ice and snow. '''It sets forests on fire!'''
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Sand|B1=Sand|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Sand|C2=Sand
|Output=Desertification}}
To put a Tfbp in a Terraformer, just hold it and right-click in the Terraformer. To remove it, just right-click in the Terraformer with a wrench. Supply the Terraformer with energy, and after 2-3 days, it will finish the job.
[[file:Workingterraformer.png|link=|1200px|center]]

=== Teleporter ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Electronic Circuit
|B3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=FreqTrans}}
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced Circuit |B1=FreqTrans |C1=Advanced Circuit
|A2=Glass Fibre Cable |B2=Advanced Machine |C2=Glass Fibre Cable
|A3=Advanced Circuit |B3=Diamond |C3=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Teleporter}}

<big>'''DAWN OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE'''</big>

Do you think that solar collectors or coal-based generators can't serve your purposes? 
Do you get tired of waiting for that stupid sun? 
Do you think that pollution isn't an important thing? 
Then, I think, the reactor is your best machine! 
But why doesn't your neighbor have a reactor? 
'''Because it's very expensive!'''
You can find out all about Nuclear Reactors in the [[Tutorial:Nuclear_Power | Nuclear Power]] guide.

== MFSU ==
Think that your MFE isn't storing enough power? Then craft the amazing MFSU!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Lapotron Crystal|B1=Advanced Circuit|C1=Lapotron Crystal
|A2=Lapotron Crystal|B2=MFE Unit|C2=Lapotron Crystal
|A3=Lapotron Crystal|B3=Advanced Machine|C3=Lapotron Crystal
|Output=MFS Unit
}}
Before you can even craft your MFSU, you will need several blue crystals called [[Lapotron Crystal|lapotron crystals]].
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Lapis Lazuli Dust |B1=Advanced Circuit |C1=Lapis Lazuli Dust
|A2=Lapis Lazuli Dust |B2=Energy Crystal |C2=Lapis Lazuli Dust
|A3=Lapis Lazuli Dust |B3=Advanced Circuit |C3=Lapis Lazuli Dust
|Output=Lapotron Crystal
}}
To craft one, you will need your existing energy crystals and upgrade them with advanced circuits and lapis. The MFSU is capable of storing 40 million EU, making it the highest tier of the energy storage device! The MFSU will output HV(high voltage) and will destroy your wires and machine if transformers are not installed into your EU network properly.
So you would want to consider crafting the MV Transformer!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=
|Output=MV Transformer
}}
Place the MV Transformer with the three-dots side facing the MFSU and the single-dot side facing the LV Transformer. This way it will "step-down" the high voltage to medium voltage and the low voltage.

== That's it! ==
Of course this is just the first steps so now you are pretty much on your own! You might want to craft a [[Mass Fabricator]] or a [[Tesla Coil]], whatever... So, go ahead and do what you like do and yes, go and browse some pages on this wiki when you have some troubleshooting!

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Tutorial:First Steps

2018-11-26T04:38:05Z

TheBlueCreeper78: update by me part 1

{{Experimental}}
This tutorial is regularly updated. You can see the first version of it here: [http://www.mediafire.com/?j9gem0c4laoeyb5 First Steps in the IndustrialCraft mod for Minecraft V0.5.pdf]
(texture pack used: [http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=163329&sid=cdc70e1f885922f1354f76755c7c868d Soartex]).
'''Important: This tutorial now expects you to be using [[v2.X]] of IndustrialCraft²'''

== Basic steps in a new world ==

[[file:first_steps1.png |350x350px| link=|left]]
 

Now that you have downloaded and installed the mod and generated a new map, you really don’t know where to begin. Like all other maps you begin in, gather some wood, then some cobblestone and coal, and build a little house (or a cave if you wish) for your first night.

[[file:first_steps2.png |350x350px| link=|left]]
 

Here is mine with some flowers. Having a pretty house is always a plus, even if it’s just for you, and I can easily expand it.
Beware of the mobs if you are not playing in Peaceful mode; the creepers can blow up what you built. If you want to, use some torches to light the area.
 

[[file:first_steps3.png |350x350px| link=|right]]
 

Keep in mind that you will need a lot of room for your industry. Try to get a good spot with a lot of space not too far away, like that sand plain I can see from my roof (you will also need lots of sand for other purposes). Don’t forget to add some chests and a bed in your little place. You may also want to start growing some wheat and trees.

Nothing new here, but you must begin with a good base if you want to go further. The next part will introduce some new things.
 

== First Ingredients and Machines ==

You now have a little base with four walls, a roof, some chests, a bed, a furnace, and a crafting table, but you want more new stuff. First, let's plant some crops, IC2 style.

Till some soil near water or by digging a hole and filling it with a water block. This is standard vanilla Minecraft so far.

Next, take some sticks and create some stakes for [[Crops]].
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Stick|B2=|C2=Stick
|A3=Stick|B3=|C3=Stick
|Output=Crops
}}

Take these, and place one on each block of tilled soil. Go get some Wheat seeds by ripping up grass and plant them. Now, when your Wheat is ready to harvest, you can harvest it and wheat seedlings will remain, saving you from having to use more seeds to replant! There's a lot more you can do with crops in IC2, but this will help get you some food to survive.

Now, you need to gather Rubber. You will need a lot of lumber to build our first machine, and a basic [[generator]]: 34 logs precisely. However, you should gather more to use as fuel.
{|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Wooden Planks|B2=Wooden Planks|C2=Wooden Planks
|A3=Wooden Planks
|Output=Treetap
}}
|}
Use 5 Wooden Planks to craft a [[Treetap]]. You will need 5 Treetaps total, one for extracting [[Sticky Resin]] and four for crafting an [[Extractor]], but wait until later to make the other four to save space.

Now, extract 6 [[Sticky Resin]] from the [[Rubber Wood|Rubber Trees]]. Rubber trees are somewhat random, but I can tell you they're most abundant in Swamp biomes and they never grow in Desert biomes.

For now, drop that into a chest, and gather torches, pickaxes, and food, for you will have to go to the center of the earth! The second thing you must gather is Redstone; that next-to useless red powder you have in astronomical quantity is the base of industrial electricity. Of course, you will need an iron pickaxe to extract it, but you must have a bad spawn point if you don’t find any along the way. Also, you should mine any [[Copper Ore|Copper]] or [[Tin Ore|Tin]] you see for later.
[[file:first_steps6.png |500px| link=|center]]
Here is a screenshot of a natural cave where you can see all but three types of ores you can gather, from left to right:

*Gold. Its value is much higher in IC, especially in its dust form. It's involved in many mid-tech machines. You should mine it - it will become more useful in the future.

*[[Tin]]. It is required for many things, but it is fairly common.

*[[Copper]]. Like Tin, it is required for most things in IC, such as [[cable]]s, so you must gather a good stock in the beginning. Like Tin, there's plenty in the world.

*Iron. '''Every''' machine uses Iron, so it will be the ore you must hunt the most. You will be always short of Iron.

*Coal. Its value was increased, so if you want torches or furnace fuel, use Charcoal. Use Coal for other, more important things. [[Dusts|Coal Dust]] is used to build [[Solar Panel|Solar Panels]]; it's a more efficient [[Fuel]], and lots of things like the [[Nano-Bodyarmor|nano-suit]] use it. In other worlds, you might not care about Coal, but in IC, it is valuable.

*[[Uranium]]. You will need it to power your future [[Nuclear Reactor|nuclear reactor]] or to craft a [[Secret:Nuke|nuke]] to blow up a mountain. Besides that, it is not involved in other recipes. It is rarer than other ores, but can be found at every layer. You will need an iron pickaxe to gather it.

[[file:first_steps7.png |500px| link=|center]]

Further away in the cave:

*Redstone: Redstone is involved in most parts of IC crafting, especially the basic ones. We need some for crafting the first part of a machine, and later, other things.

*Diamond: Ha, the diamond. Everybody runs after them. Try to get 3 of them and keep them in a chest; we will craft something awesome with them. You should know that you can produce diamonds with coal. I’ll show you later. There is something else to do with them other than waste them in tools or one-use armor.

*Lapis lazuli: Not shown here, but you know it. Involved in the more advanced machines, you need '''BLOCKS''' of lapis to craft them, so if you find it now, just keep it until you have a need to use it.

*Lava: I know, it’s not a mineable resource, but it’s used to power one of the most powerful generators: the [[Geothermal Generator]]. Keep in mind where some lava lakes are to go back to later.

*[[Lead]]: Not shown here. You won't need lead for a quite a while, and even then only in small quantities. It's primary used in nuclear reactors, but is also used in intermediate batteries.

*Obsidian: You need some Obsidian to go in the Nether because you will need some Glowstone Dust for mid-tech machines (alternatively, Glowstone Dust can be crafted using Gold Dust and Redstone Dust). Obsidian is also a part of the process of producing Diamonds out of Coal.

You know what you can gather under the surface. Continue to collect some resources and go back to your base for the next step.

Now that you’re safe at your base, you could smelt some of the ore you gathered from your trip, but be patient and don’t smelt any more ore than you must. Soon you will be able to craft an incredible machine: the [[Macerator]], which will give you 2 ore [[dust]] from one ore and other stuff I'll explain later.
However, before you build a Macerator, you need a Generator, and you may want to craft an Extractor as well, but to build them, you must craft some [[Electric Circuit]]s, which need some Cables. Yeah, it seems complicated, and it is. That's why I'm writing a little tutorial just for you.

=== Iron Furnace ===

One of the first IC2-related things you'll probably want to create is an [[Iron Furnace]]. This is an upgrade over the regular Furnace from vanilla Minecraft (a.k.a. Stone Furnace by IC2 users). It operates faster and uses fuel more efficiently. Click on the link for details. But wait! You need to make a [[Forge Hammer]] in order to create the [[Iron Plate]]s for the Iron Furnace.

{{Grid/Crafting_Table
|A1=|B1=Iron|C1=Iron
|A2=Stick|B2=Stick|C2=Iron
|A3=|B3=Iron|C3=Iron
|Output=Forge_Hammer
}}

Now the Iron Furnace itself:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Iron Plate|C1=
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Furnace|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Iron Furnace
}}
Together you will need ten Iron Ore, two Sticks, and two pieces of Charcoal (or several pieces of Wood) for fuel. Smelt the ten Iron Ore into ingots in your regular stone Furnace. Take the Sticks and five Iron Ingots and make the Forge Hammer. Next place the Forge Hammer and the remaining five ingots on the crafting grid to create five Iron Plates. Now pick up your Furnace and use it to craft an Iron Furnace as shown above. An Iron Furnace is an important part of making an [[Electric Furnace]] later, so making it now lets you use it until we get to that step.

Before you proceed, you'll need to make a [[Cutter]] tool in order to make cables. It requires five Iron Ingots. Make three of them into Iron Plates using the Forge Hammer. Here's the recipe:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|B2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron|C3=Iron
|Output=Cutter|OA=
}}

=== Your First Machine ===

''You can optionally exchange the Extractor with the Macerator listed below if you have several Rubber trees nearby.''

For this project you'll need:
* 6 Sticky Resin
* 3 Copper Ingots
* 9 Iron Ingots
* 2 Redstone

You remember the Sticky Resin you kept in the chest? Take it, and three Copper Ingots too. We will create some [[Copper Cable]]s. You see it takes 6 Rubber and 3 Copper Ingots for every 6 cables. Later you will need a large amount of them, but first you want just enough to make an Extractor. Once you have that, you can make Rubber much more efficiently.

Smelt your 6 Sticky Resin in any furnace to get 6 [[Rubber]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Copper Plate|B2=Cutter
|Output=Copper Cable|OA=2
|Output-link=Copper Cable
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Copper Cable
|Output=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output-link=Insulated Copper Cable
}}
|}
Place the Forge Hammer and three Copper Ingots on the crafting grid to make three Copper Plates. Then place the Copper Plates on the crafting grid and replace the Forge Hammer with the Cutters to cut them into wire. Lastly combine your wire with Rubber to create [[Insulated Copper Cable]]s.

Use the Forge Hammer to turn your Iron Ingots into nine Iron Plates.

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Redstone|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Redstone
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=Electronic Circuit
}}
|}

Now we will craft our first [[Electronic Circuit]]. You need 6 [[Cable|cables]], 2 Redstone, and one [[Iron Plate]]. Electronic Circuits are the basis industry, used in every machine, so you'll be using them a lot.

Next we must craft the recipe of all machines: the [[Basic Machine Casing]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|B1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|A2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Iron Plate|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Machine
}}
Just take 8 [[Iron Plate]]s and draw a box with them in the craft interface.

FINALLY we can craft our first machine. We just need 4 more [[Treetap|Treetaps]]. Take 20 planks and craft them. After that, put the 4 Treetaps, the Machine Casing, and the Electronic Circuit on the crafting table and '''TADA'''!

{|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Treetap|B1=Machine|C1=Treetap
|A2=Treetap|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Treetap
|Output=Extractor
}}
|}

You can plant your [[Extractor]] where you want. Be careful though: you can’t remove any machine by hand. It will be destroyed if you do. You will need a [[Wrench|special tool]] made with a [[Bronze|new metal]]. We will see that later.

Ok, you have your Extractor, but to use it, you need '''ELECTRICITY''', made by a '''[[Generator|GENERATOR]]'''. Now you know what we need to make next.

=== Generator ===

For this project you'll need:
* 1 Sticky Resin (using Extractor)
* 5 Tin Ore
* 4 Redstone
* 8 Iron Ore

There are 2 ways to craft a [[Generator]], but both actually requires the same amount of raw materials:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=RE Battery|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Furnace|C3=
|linkB3=
|Output=Generator
}}
First, you can use a [[RE Battery]], a [[Basic Machine Casing]], and a Furnace.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=RE Battery|C1=
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=|B3=Iron Furnace|C3=
|linkB2=|linkC2=
|linkB3=
|Output=Generator
}}
Or, you can use a [[RE Battery]], 3 [[Iron Plate]]s, and an [[Iron Furnace]].

Both recipes cost the same amount of iron overall, so take your pick. '''Do not use your existing Iron Furnace.''' You will need it later, and you will need something to smelt with in the meantime.

I know you are asking yourself: How do I create an [[RE Battery]]? Let's do that now!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Tin Cable|C1=
|A2=Tin_Casing|B2=Redstone|C2=Tin_Casing
|A3=Tin_Casing|B3=Redstone|C3=Tin_Casing
|Output=RE Battery
}}
1 Cable, 4 Tin Casings, and 2 Redstone. Easy, no?

In order to create Tin Casing (or any material casing), simply use the Forge Hammer on a Tin (or respective material) Plate.

Time to remember that recipe.

You need to assemble two [[RE Battery|Rechargeable Batteries]]. One is needed to build the Generator, and the second is needed to power your Extractor.

But wait! You just used your last [[Cable]]. It’s time to craft more, but this time we will not waste great quantities of resin. Go back in front of your [[Extractor]], put 2 [[Sticky Resin]] into the top slot, and put some Redstone into the bottom slot (pure Redstone is like a 1 use low-efficient battery, but it works). With the Extractor, you get 3 Rubber for each Sticky Resin instead of just 1. Now craft two Tin Cables.

Now you can assemble your two RE Batteries.

Next follow one of the two recipes above to craft the [[Generator]].

Don't place the generator next to anything; I’ll explain why in the wiring section. Put your empty battery in the upper slot and put some (Char)Coal or other things that burn in the lower slot. You will need 2.5 (Char)Coal to fill up a single battery. I usually don't worry about completely filling my battery at this point. Feel free to make more RE Batteries. However, we'll be adding a cable shortly which will make the batteries unnecessary.

The empty Rechargeable Batteries can stack up to 16, but the fully charged ones can’t be stacked. It’s the drawback of the re-usability. You can place a chest right next to the generator and it will gather your full batteries.

For now, you can use a partially or fully charged battery to power the [[Extractor]]. This will give you a lot more [[Rubber]] for making [[Cable|cables]], which in turn will make it easier to build other machines.

=== Macerator ===

For this project you'll need:
* 3 Flint
* 2 Cobblestone
* 9 Iron Ore
* 2 Sticky Resin (using Extractor)
* 3 Copper Ore
* 2 Redstone

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the incredible '''[[Macerator|MACERATOR]]''' which can double your mining productivity. Craft another [[Electronic Circuit]], another [[Basic Machine Casing]] and collect the needed Cobblestone and Flint. If you didn't already know, you occasionally get Flint when you break Gravel blocks. After you craft the Macerator, you can also macerate Gravel with it to get Flint faster.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Flint|B1=Flint|C1=Flint
|A2=Cobblestone|B2=Machine|C2=Cobblestone
|B3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=Macerator
}}

Put your ore in the upper slot, and a battery in the bottom one, and wait for 2 [[Dusts|dust]] to magically appear from one ore, then put that dust in an [[Electric Furnace]] (next section!), or actually any furnace, and you will have 2 ingots for one ore. What, you don’t know how to create an [[Electric Furnace]]? It will be our next step in this long section.

You must know that the [[Macerator]] can do more things than create [[Dusts|dust]] from ore. It can create dust from Coal too. The [[Dusts|Coal Dust]] is used in a lot of things.
The [[Macerator]] can make Flint out of Gravel. This may not seem so, but it’s really useful. It can also make Cobblestone from smooth (regular) Stone, and incredibly, make SAND out of Cobblestone. Cool, isn’t it?

Note: It's easier to store ores and Macerate as needed since dusts use up twice the chest space.

=== Electric Furnace ===

For this project you'll need:
* 1 Iron Furnace (existing)
* 2 Sticky Resin (using Extractor)
* 2 Copper Ore (using Macerator)
* 4 Redstone

The [[Electric Furnace]] will allow you to smelt using electricity instead of using Char(Coal). This is the thing you'll use your Iron Furnace to craft.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Electronic Circuit
|A2=Redstone|B2=Iron Furnace|C2=Redstone
|Output=Electric Furnace
}}

I know, it’s another [[Electronic Circuit|Circuit]] to craft, but I warned you it would be everywhere.

Like the other furnaces, you put the stuff you want to heat in the upper part, and a battery in the bottom. It's 12.5% faster than the Iron Furnace, and there is no energy waste. If there is nothing left in the top, it immediately stops consuming energy.

You now have 1 [[Extractor]], 1 [[Generator]], 1 [[Macerator]], and 1 [[Electro Furnace]]. It’s not much. If you think you can use more things, you're right.

=== BatBox ===

Adding a [[BatBox]] will provide a much larger energy storage buffer for your Generator and therefore simplify its operation. You'll need three Rechargeable Batteries to build it.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Insulated Tin Cable|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=RE Battery|B2=RE Battery|C2=RE Battery
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Wooden Planks|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=BatBox
}}

Run Tin Cable (Copper if you really want) from the output face of the BatBox to your machines, marked with a white dot. On the plus side, you get three Tin Cable per ingot rather than the two you got making Copper Cable earlier. Don't make the cable longer than four to five segments to avoid wasting energy. Once you have the machines connected to the BatBox via cable, you won't need to use batteries to run them anymore. Place your Generator on the opposite side of the BatBox from the Output facing. If you find you need to change the direction of the BatBox's output facing, you'll need to look at [[#The Power of Bronze|The Power of Bronze]] section below for information on how to make a Bronze [[Wrench]].

BatBoxes can be daisy-chained to provide more EU storage. They can also be used to break up lengths of cable to avoid energy loss. The maximum length you can have of Tin Cable is about four before it loses 1 [[EU]]/t. By placing a BatBox at the end of four segments of Tin Cable, you can then go another four segments without energy loss. Keep these ideas in mind as you expand.

=== Alternative Power ===

==== Solar Power ====

Another option for renewable energy is to add a [[Solar Panel]] to reduce your Coal/Charcoal usage. Keep in mind that Solar Panels require an unobstructed view of the sky and they only work in the daytime.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Glass|C1=Coal Dust
|A2=Glass|B2=Coal Dust|C2=Glass
|A3=Electronic Circuit|B3=Generator|C3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=Solar Panel
}}

Connect your Solar Panel (with or without a cable) to the top of the BatBox. Now your BatBox will receive a constant trickle from the Solar Panel and can also receive energy from your Generator. The downside is that these are pretty expensive, but just one or two helps immensely early on. If you want more advanced solar panels, or ones that work without sun, get the Advanced Solar Panels addon.

==== Manual Kinetic Generator ====

This hand crank allows you to generate some ''kinetic power'' (Ku) by simply standing there clicking on it over and over again.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Machine|B1=Lever
|Output=Manual Kinetic Generator
}}

Kinetic power isn't all too useful on its own, but you can convert it into Electric Units with the [[Kinetic Generator]].

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=Iron Casing|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=Generator|B2=Electric Motor|C2=Shaft (Iron)
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Iron Casing|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Kinetic Generator
}}

See that [[Iron|Iron Shaft]]? You make it by "extruding" an Iron Block in a [[Metal Former]]. You'll see that later.

Place the Kinetic Generator next to the Manual Kinetic Generator so that the input face (look for that Iron Shaft in the middle of a dark hole) is in contact with the Manual Kinetic Generator. Now make sure the output face of the Kinetic Generator (just a hole) is in contact with a cable or Battery Block. Now you can produce about 13 EU/t by just standing there and holding the USE button (default: right mouse button). This setup is great for [[Charge Pad (BatBox)|Batbox Chargepads]] early on!

=== Etcetera ===

In this image you can see the BatBox, with the Generator to its left, and a length of copper cable four squares long to its right. In the current version of IC2, Tin Cable has taken the place where Copper Cable used to be in the cable hierarchy, so pretend that cable is tin. Up to four machines can then be placed directly in front of the cable. Going up from the BatBox is a four-square-long cable that connects to a second BatBox, and then from there to either a solar panel or a wind generator using tin cables.
[[file:First Steps.png |600px| link=|center]]

[[File:solarflowertop.png|400px| link=|left]]
[[File:solarflowerbottom.png|400px| link=|right]]
 
<center>''To provide a significant amount of energy from solar, you'll need a lot of Solar Panels.''</center>

 
 

You can see the inside of my little home, 3 Macerators, 3 Electric Furnaces, 1 Extractor, 1 Generator in view, and 2 unknown machines. You can see I’ve put a chest in front of my generator to gather the charged batteries when I stalk outdoors.

[[file:first_steps20.png |650px| link=|center]]

== The Power of Bronze ==

Now you have a small, but fully functional base that allows you to get twice as many ingots for every mining run. Unfortunately, you can’t move any of the machines or you'll have to rebuild it from scrap.

Now we will craft the engi-friend tool: the [[Bronze Wrench]]. The Bronze Wrench is made from [[Bronze|BRONZE]]. I can hear your little voice: "''A new ore I haven't found? How can it be so rare?''" '''YOU FOOL''', [[Bronze]] is made from '''COPPER + TIN'''.

{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B2=Copper Dust|B3=Copper Dust
|C2=Copper Dust|C3=Tin Dust
|Output=Bronze Dust|OA=2}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Electro Furnace
|Top=Bronze Dust
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Bronze}}
|}

You need to use a Macerator to grind Copper and Tin ingots into dust, then take the dust from those 2 ores and mix them in a 3:1 ratio (location in the crafting grid doesn’t matter). This gives you Bronze Dust.
To smelt Bronze Dust into ingots, put them in a furnace.

You'll need six Bronze Ingots to make a Bronze Wrench:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze|A2=Bronze
|B2=Bronze|B3=Bronze
|C1=Bronze|C2=Bronze
|Output=Wrench
|Output-link=Bronze Wrench}}

The use of a Bronze Wrench is incredibly easy: just right-click on a machine cube face and its ''primary'' side will rotate to that face; sneak-right-click to rotate it to the opposite side you clicked; right-click the same face a second time and the machine will be removed; be careful: if the machine wasn’t empty, you will lose everything it contained. And sometimes you can make a ''mistake'' (about a 20% chance of failure), and you can’t retrieve the machine you craft; it's unlucky, but it happens (now a 100% success rate in IC2 Exp so feel free to crank away! But removing some machines will cause them to lose 20% of their stored power.). Only 4 machines can be retrieved safely every time: [[MFE Unit]], [[HV Transformer]], [[Terraformer]] and '''[[Miner|MINERs]]'''. However, if you upgrade your wrench into an [[Electric Wrench]], and toggle it to loss-less mode (this mode removed starting in IC2 v2.3.222), you are guaranteed to get your machines back no matter what, at a cost of 9000 EU per operation.

The Recipes and Resources page has a list of all available [[Recipes and Resources#Tools|Bronze tools]].

'''Iron!'''
A very important topic. Every machine is based on Iron. It also costs a lot of Iron for minecarts and rails. ''But we have bronze!'' Why we can't use bronze for rails?

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze|A2=Bronze|A3=Bronze
|B2=Stick
|C1=Bronze|C2=Bronze|C3=Bronze
|Output=Rail|OA=8}}

Also, you can craft armor from Bronze.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze|A2=Bronze|A3=Bronze
|B2=Bronze|B3=Bronze
|C1=Bronze|C2=Bronze|C3=Bronze
|Output=Bronze Chestplate}}

== Second Steps ==

=== Metal Former ===
Tired of having to keep making Cutters and Forge Hammers? Think it's strange that you have all these machines, but still have to use hand tools to shape metal?

Perhaps it's time you built a Metal Former. It can craft plates, casings, cables, and some other things.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze Item Casing|B1=Chest|C1=Bronze Item Casing
|A2=Bronze Item Casing|B2=Bronze Item Casing|C2=Bronze Item Casing
|Output=Tool Box
}}
You'll need to make two [[Toolbox]]es using a Chest and five Bronze Casing.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Copper Cable|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Copper Cable
|A2=Copper Cable|B2=Iron|C2=Copper Cable
|A3=Copper Cable|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Copper Cable
|Output=Coil
}}
You'll also need to make three copper [[Coil]]s.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Electronic Circuit|C1=
|A2=Tool Box|B2=Machine|C2=Tool Box
|A3=Coil|B3=Coil|C3=Coil
|Output=Metal Former
}}
Combine those with an Electronic Circuit and a Machine block, which you already know how to make, like so.

The Metal Former has 3 modes: Rolling, Extruding and Cutting. Rolling takes the place of the forge hammer; turning ingots into plates and plates into casings. Cutting replaces the cutting tool, though it has no real use, as the Extruding mode converts ingots directly into 3 wire ( instead of 2 from cutting plates ).

=== Electric Wrench ===
If you find your Bronze Wrenches keep wearing out, I suggest upgrading your Bronze Wrench to an [[Electric Wrench]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Tin Casing|C1=
|A2=Coil|B2=Iron|C2=Coil
|A3=|B3=Tin Casing|C3=
|Output=Electric Motor
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=RE Battery|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Electric Motor
|A3=|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Small Power Unit
}}
|}

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Wrench
|B1-link=Bronze Wrench
|B2=Small Power Unit
|
|Output=Electric Wrench
}}
The Electric Wrench works the same way. It's a lot of work to make, but using it doesn't decrease its durability. You just need to recharge it, which is easy enough. Just be careful not to drop it in lava.

=== Mining Drill and Chainsaw ===

Tired of making pickaxe after pickaxe? How about an energy-based version?

The [[Mining Drill]] uses EU instead of wearing out, so you just need to recharge it by placing it either in any generator or in a BatBox or higher.

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=RE Battery|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=RE Battery|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Electric Motor
|A3=RE Battery|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Power Unit
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Iron Plate|C1=
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Power Unit|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Mining Drill
}}
|}

The [[Chainsaw]] provides an energy-based version of the axe, shears, and sword in one device.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Power Unit|B3=Iron Plate
|Output=Chainsaw
}}

The Recipes and Resources page has a list of all available [[Recipes and Resources#Electric|power tools]].

=== Pump ===

Remember that lava lake you found waaaaay back when you made your first trip in the mines? Now it's time to take advantage of it with a [[Pump]]. The pump will fill buckets or [[Universal Fluid Cell]]s for us and place them in a chest.

Now, we will craft it! We'll need to make some [[Universal Fluid Cell]]s to craft it:
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Tin Item Casing
|A2=Tin Item Casing|B2=Glass Pane|C2=Tin Item Casing
|B3=Tin Item Casing
|Output=Universal Fluid Cell}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Universal Fluid Cell|A2=Universal Fluid Cell|A3=Mining Pipe
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine |B3=Treetap
|C1=Universal Fluid Cell|C2=Universal Fluid Cell|C3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Pump}}
|}

Place the pump directly over a lava lake and place a chest right next to it (it has to touch). Place some empty buckets or universal fluid cells in the chest and start the pump. It will start filling them and placing them back into the chest for you to pick up later.

=== Geothermal Power ===

Once you've acquired both a Metal Former and a Pump, you'll have the option of making a [[Geothermal Generator]]. This option isn't renewable like solar or wind, but it's a great alternative or supplement to Coal/Charcoal. A Geothermal Generator generates energy from lava. Building one of these is a good option if you build your base deep underground where lava lakes are more common, or if you happen to find a lava lake on the surface. These are almighty in the Nether as well. The Metal Former machine is required in order to make the Empty Cells used in this recipe.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Empty_Cell|C1=Glass
|A2=Glass|B2=Empty_Cell|C2=Glass
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Generator|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Geothermal Generator
}}

You'll also need at least one [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Bucket Bucket] for gathering lava. IC2 let's you make them using Tin as well as the vanilla Iron.
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Iron|B2=|C2=Iron
|A3=|B3=Iron|C3=
|Output=Bucket
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Tin|B2=|C2=Tin
|A3=|B3=Tin|C3=
|Output=Bucket
}}
|}

=== CES Unit ===

Now, we have more machines, and we can power them with solar panels. But what should we do when the BatBox runs out of energy at night? Let's put our knowledge of bronze to use making a bigger storage unit!
For that job, there is the [[CES Unit]]. The [[CES Unit]] stores 300,000 EU, or 5x as much as the BatBox.

Before we begin, you'll need to get your hands on at least three [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Gunpowder Gunpowder]. You may need to go hunt some Creepers to get some.

{{Grid/Machine
|Type = Extractor
|Top = Gunpowder
|Bottom = RE_Battery_(Charged)
|Output = Sulfur Dust
}}
Run three Gunpowder through an Extractor to get three [[Sulfur Dust]].

{|
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Lead Ingot
|Output=Lead Dust
}}
Run three Lead Ingots through a Macerator to get three [[Lead Dust]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=Bronze Item Casing|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Bronze Item Casing|B2=Sulfur Dust|C2=Bronze Item Casing
|A3=Bronze Item Casing|B3=Lead Dust|C3=Bronze Item Casing
|Output=Advanced RE-Battery
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze Plate|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=Bronze Plate
|A2=Advanced RE-Battery|B2=Advanced RE-Battery|C2=Advanced RE-Battery
|A3=Bronze Plate|B3=Bronze Plate|C3=Bronze Plate
|Output=CES Unit
}}
|}
Assemble three [[Advanced RE-Battery|Advanced RE-Batteries]], then use them to build the CES Unit.

Before you place your shiny new CES Unit, there's one more thing we need: a [[LV Transformer|Low-Voltage Transformer]]. Don't worry, it's not hard to make.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Insulated Tin Cable|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Wooden Planks|B2=Coil|C2=Wooden Planks
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Insulated Tin Cable|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=LV Transformer
}}

The reason we need a transformer is because the CES Unit puts out too much power at a time. Most machines only accept low voltage (32 EU-p), and the CES Unit outputs 128 EU-p. '''If you hook it up without a transformer, all of your machines will be destroyed!'''

Place the CES Unit and the LV Transformer so that the output of the CES Unit connects to the five-dotted side of the transformer. From there, you can run a cable from any of the one-dotted sides of the transformer to your machines.

=== BatPacks ===

Power tools use a lot of energy. Wouldn't it be nice to carry more energy at a time? You can with a [[BatPack]]. A BatPack (Battery Pack) is worn in the Chest slot, so it cannot be worn at the same time as chest armor.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=RE Battery (Charged) |B1=Electronic Circuit |C1=RE Battery (Charged)
|A2=RE Battery (Charged) |B2=Wooden Planks |C2=RE Battery (Charged)
|A3=RE Battery (Charged) |B3= |C3=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Bat-Pack
}}
The simplest version carries 60,000 EU.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced RE-Battery|B1=Electronic_Circuit|C1=Advanced RE-Battery
|A2=Advanced RE-Battery|B2=Copper Item Casing|C2=Advanced RE-Battery
|A3=Advanced RE-Battery|C3=Advanced RE-Battery
|Output=Advanced_Batpack
}}
The [[Advanced BatPack]] carries 600,000 EU.

=== Canning Machine ===

Uhh. I have got hunger. Eat a sandwich! But... Food... The Canning machine! It is a cheap, useful, and multipurpose machine. It can be used for filling [[Tin Can]]s with food, which you can gulp down fast while on the go. It can also be used to fill [[Universal Fluid Cell]]s with liquids, such as [[Biogas]].
Craft it!

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Tin Casing|A2=Tin Casing|A3=Tin Casing
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine|B3=Tin Casing
|C1=Tin Casing|C2=Tin Casing|C3=Tin Casing
|Output=Canning Machine}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Cutter
|B2=Tin Casing
|Output=Tin Can|OA=1
}}
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Canning Machine
|Top=Cooked Porkchop
|Bottom=Tin Can
|Output=Canned Food|OA=4}}
|}
Since food comes in all shapes and sizes, some food fits in a few cans, while other foods need more than a few cans. The '''FOOD-TIN CAN''' list can be found here: [[Food List]].

=== Kinetic Wind Generator ===

The [[Kinetic Wind Generator]] replaced the [[Wind Mill]] from earlier versions of IC2. There are different rotors you can put on it. Unfortunately, they all wear out. If you get all of your iron from mining, there are better options, although they do last a long time. However, it's a great option if the iron consumption isn't a problem for your operation.

A Metal Former is required before you can build one. To build the machine itself, you'll need a machine block and two iron shafts, like so:

{|
|-
|{{Grid/MetalFormer
|Mode=Extruding
|Top=Block of Iron
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Shaft (Iron)}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Shaft (Iron)|B2=Machine|C2=Shaft (Iron)
|Output=Kinetic Wind Generator}}
|}

Here's how you make a wooden rotor for it:

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Wooden Planks|B1=Wood|C1=Wooden Planks
|A2=Wooden Planks|B2=Wood|C2=Wooden Planks
|A3=Wooden Planks|B3=Wood|C3=Wooden Planks
|Output=Wood Rotor Blade}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Wood Rotor Blade
|A2=Wood Rotor Blade|B2=Iron|C2=Wood Rotor Blade
|B3=Wood Rotor Blade
|Output=Kinetic Gearbox Rotor (Wood)}}
|}
The Wood Rotor lasts 3 IRL hours inside the KWG and requires wind levels between 10 and 60 MCW. It has a wingspan of 2 blocks.

It takes 18 wood blocks and one iron to make a single wooden rotor, so it needs to be in a location where it can generate more power than 16 pieces of Charcoal (using 2 pieces to turn the wood into charcoal) in a regular Generator to be worthwhile, and that still isn't taking the piece of iron into account.

Place the KWG in a good location and place the rotor inside. It will then start producing kinetic energy. What's that? You want it to produce EU? Well, another machine is required for that.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=Iron Casing|C1=Iron Casing|
|A2=Generator|B2=Electric Motor|C2=Shaft (Iron)
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Iron Casing|C3=Iron Casing|
|Output=Kinetic Generator
}}
Connect this [[Kinetic Generator]] directly to the Kinetic Wind Generator to change the Kinetic Energy Units into Energy Units.

Now connect a cable going to your base.

=== Compressor ===

A [[Compressor]] is used to make several different things, but the important ones to know right now are that it can compress Sand into Sandstone and it can make [[Advanced Alloy]]s. Advanced Alloys can be used to make things like [[Reinforced Stone]] and [[Composite Armor]].

Smelt some Cobblestone, craft a circuit, and then a Machine block.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Stone|A2=Stone|A3=Stone
|B2=Machine|B3=Electronic Circuit
|C1=Stone|C2=Stone|C3=Stone
|Output=Compressor}}

Place that machine, give "him" energy, and place a [[Mixed Metal Ingot]] in it!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|B1=Iron Plate|C1=Iron Plate
|A2=Bronze Plate|B2=Bronze Plate|C2=Bronze Plate
|A3=Tin Plate|B3=Tin Plate|C3=Tin Plate
|Output=Metal Block|OA=2
}}

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Metal Block
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Advanced Alloy
}}

Now you have yourself plenty of [[Advanced Alloy]], bane of Creepers (also good for advanced machines, as you will learn later on)! One of the first things you can do with this Advanced Alloy is make yourself a [[Composite Armor Vest]]. This is as good as an Iron Chestplate, but lasts even longer than a Diamond Chestplate.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced Alloy|B1=|C1=Advanced Alloy
|A2=Advanced Alloy|B2=Iron Chestplate|B2-link=Non-IC Items|C2=Advanced Alloy
|A3=Advanced Alloy|B3=Bronze Chestplate|C3=Advanced Alloy
|Output=Composite Armor Vest
}}

You can also make [[Reinforced Glass]], which is more Creeper-resistant than normal Glass:
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|A1-link=Non-IC Items|B1=Advanced Alloy|C1=Glass|C1-link=Non-IC Items
|A2=Glass|A2-link=Non-IC Items|B2=Glass|B2-link=Non-IC Items|C2=Glass|C2-link=Non-IC Items
|A3=Glass|A3-link=Non-IC Items|B3=Advanced Alloy|C3=Glass|C3-link=Non-IC Items
|Output=Reinforced Glass|OA=7
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|A1-link=Non-IC Items|B1=Glass|B1-link=Non-IC Items|C1=Glass|C1-link=Non-IC Items
|A2=Advanced Alloy|B2=Glass|B2-link=Non-IC Items|C2=Advanced Alloy
|A3=Glass|A3-link=Non-IC Items|B3=Glass|B3-link=Non-IC Items|C3=Glass|C3-link=Non-IC Items
|Output=Reinforced Glass|OA=7
}}
|}

=== Blast Furnace ===

Moving forward, there are a small number of advanced things that require [[Refined Iron]], or heat-treated iron. You make Refined Iron by heating it in a [[Blast Furnace]]. In addition to the Blast Furnace itself, it requires a heat source, a Metal Former (listed above) is required to make six [[Empty Cell]]s, and a Compressor (listed above) is needed to make [[Compressed Air Cell]]s. For this guide we will use an [[Electric Heat Generator]] with four [[Coil]]s.

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Rubber|B1=Copper Plate|C1=Rubber
|A2=Rubber|B2=Copper Plate|C2=Rubber
|A3=Rubber|B3=Copper Plate|C3=Rubber
|Output=Heat Conductor
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=RE Battery|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=Iron Casing|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Iron Casing
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Heat Conductor|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Electric Heat Generator
}}
|}

Place the Electric Heat Generator where you want it, making sure the output side faces in the direction you want to place the Blast Furnace.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Casing|B1=Iron Casing|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=Iron Casing|B2=Machine|C2=Iron Casing
|A3=Iron Casing|B3=Heat Conductor|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Blast Furnace
}}

Place the Blast Furnace so that it touches the Electric Heat Generator, with its input side facing the Electric Heat Generator's output side. Since you generally don't need to interact with the Electric Heat Generator, it can be placed behind or beneath the Blast Furnace, rather than side-by-side. Run a power cable to the Electric Heat Generator. The Blast Furnace doesn't need one.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Copper Cable|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Copper Cable
|A2=Copper Cable|B2=Iron|C2=Copper Cable
|A3=Copper Cable|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Copper Cable
|Output=Coil
}}
Make four Coils and place them inside the Electric Heat Generator. The Blast Furnace can accept a maximum of 20 Heat Units, and each Coil produces 5 Heat units. Adding more than four Coils will just waste EU.

Make six Empty Cells using the Metal Former, then place them into the Compressor to turn them into Compressed Air Cells. Place them inside the Blast Furnace. It takes six to make 1 Refined Iron. You get the Empty Cells back, and you can put them back in the Compressor again to refill them.

Your Blast Furnace should be ready to use.

=== Upgrades ===
'''Transformer Upgrade'''
Hate to see freakin' transformer blocks everywhere in your working station? Well, get yourself a machinery transformer upgrade!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Glass|C1=Glass
|A2=Insulated Gold Cable|B2=MV Transformer|C2=Insulated Gold Cable
|A3=Glass|B3=Electronic Circuit|C3=Glass
|Output=Transformer upgrade
}}
The transformer upgrade must be placed in the slots on the right-hand side of certain machine(though not all machines accept upgrades). Like so:

[[Image:upgradedmachine.png]]

The transformer upgrade can increase the tier of voltage that the machine can accept. You can stack 1 or more transformer upgrade for higher voltage tier! So go ahead, feel free to stack some transformer upgrades!

'''Overclocker Upgrade'''
Is your machine lazily working its way to get what you want? Do you wish that you can make machines do the jobs so much faster? Then go ahead and craft yourself an Overclocker Upgrade!
And yes there are still some more upgrades! But it is time that you explore them yourself.

==<big>The Way to Industry</big> ==

=== Automated Mining ===

Now we have some machines, but don't stop whining. Pardon, mining. The [[Miner]].
It's a very good machine for lazy people. But if you want one, you must work hard.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Chest
|A2=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine|C2=Electronic Circuit
|B3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Miner
}}

For the [[Mining Pipe|mining pipe]], you need 6 [[Iron Plate|Iron Plate]] and a treetap:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|A2=Iron Plate|A3=Iron Plate
|B3=Treetap|C1=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Mining Pipe|OA=16
}}

For a working miner, you have to craft another two things:
First, you need a scanner. There are two types: an [[OD Scanner]], or a more precise, energy-eating [[OV Scanner]].

{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Gold Casing|B1=Glowstone Dust|C1=Gold Casing
|A2=Electronic Circuit|B2=Advanced RE-Battery|C2=Electronic Circuit
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=OD Scanner}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Lapis Lazuli (Dye)|A3=Redstone
|B1=Glowstone Dust|B2=Electronic Circuit|B3=Glowstone Dust
|C1=Redstone|C2=Lapis Lazuli (Dye)|C3=Redstone
|Output=Advanced Circuit}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Gold Casing|B1=Energy Crystal|C1=Gold Casing
|A2=Glowstone Dust|B2=Advanced Circuit|C2=Glowstone Dust
|A3=2xIns. Gold Cable|B3=OD Scanner|C3=2xIns. Gold Cable
|Output=OV Scanner
}}
|}

The OD Scanner scans a 5x5 area and submits the results on the player's screen. The OV Scanner scans a 9x9 area, and also submits the results on the player's screen. Either one can be used in the Miner.
The second item your miner needs is a [[Mining Drill]].

{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=RE Battery|B1=Copper Cable|C1=Iron Casing
|A2=RE Battery|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Electric Motor
|A3=RE Battery|B3=Copper Cable|C3=Iron Casing
|Output=Power Unit
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Iron Plate
|A2=Iron Plate|B2=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate
|A3=Iron Plate|B3=Power Unit|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Mining Drill
}}
|}

The Mining Drill is a useful item. It can mine stone fast, and dirt even faster. It's also a hand-held tool, not just an item for the Miner.

Put the drill and the scanner in the miner with a few mining pipes, give them energy, and go to the bed, relax, watch TV, but don't do hard jobs!

=== MFE Unit ===

For an even bigger energy storage unit, there is the [[MFE Unit]]. It can store 4,000,000 EU, as much as 100 BatBoxes!! If you can empty a fully-loaded MFE Unit during a night, you are a very spendthrift player.
But! It isn't cheap. You must have at least <big>SIXTEEN</big> diamonds! Go to layer 1-16, and search for some diamonds.
Can you find sixteen diamonds? Are they genuine? Okay. Craft them into [[Energy Crystal]]s!

{|
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Macerator
|Top=Diamond
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Diamond Dust
}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|B1=Diamond Dust|C1=Redstone
|A2=Diamond Dust|B2=Redstone|C2=Diamond Dust
|A3=Redstone|B3=Diamond Dust|C3=Redstone
|Output=Energium Dust|OA=9
}}
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Energium Dust|IA=9
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Energy Crystal
}}
|}

Craft a machine block, search for 4 cables, and craft an MFE Unit like this:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=2xIns. Gold Cable|B1=Energy Crystal|C1=2xIns. Gold Cable
|A2=Energy Crystal|B2=Machine|C2=Energy Crystal
|A3=2xIns. Gold Cable|B3=Energy Crystal|C3=2xIns. Gold Cable
|Output=MFE Unit
}}

Now, we can store a lot of EU for difficult times.

NOTE: Tin cable and most machines can only handle 32EU/t, and the MFE outputs 512EU/t. You must use a [[MV Transformer]] and a [[LV Transformer]], or a [[Gold Cable]] and a couple of [[Transformer upgrade]] add-ons.

=== Making Diamonds ===

Having trouble finding all of those diamonds? You can use the [[Compressor]] to convert all of that coal you have been hoarding into diamonds! HAYO!

{|
|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Coal Dust|C1=Coal Dust
|A2=Coal Dust|B2=Flint|C2=Coal Dust
|A3=Coal Dust|B3=Coal Dust|C3=Coal Dust
|Output=Coal Ball
}}
|
{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Coal Ball
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Compressed Coal Ball
}}
|
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Compressed Coal Ball|B1=Compressed Coal Ball|C1=Compressed Coal Ball
|A2=Compressed Coal Ball|B2=Obsidian|C2=Compressed Coal Ball
|A3=Compressed Coal Ball|B3=Compressed Coal Ball|C3=Compressed Coal Ball
|Output=Coal Chunk
}}
|
{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Coal Chunk
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Diamond
}}
|}

=== Mining Laser ===

''Uhh...'' So we've got some energy. I want to '''MINE''', but I don't like tapping my toes waiting for that Miner to get everything. Time to craft something hot and shiny: the [[Mining Laser]]!

Compress 4 [[Advanced Alloy]]s, craft another two energy crystals, and an [[Advanced Circuit]]. 

'''It's very expensive!'''
* I know! But if you want mine with style... 
'''When will we finish that laser?''' 
*Now!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Advanced Alloy
|B1=Energy Crystal|B2=Advanced Alloy|B3=Advanced Alloy
|C1=Energy Crystal|C3=Advanced Alloy|C2=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Mining Laser
}}

To charge the mining laser, put it in the MFE Unit. Let the laser charge for awhile, then head back to your mine. To change the firing mode, hold '''M''' and '''right-click'''. The firing modes can be found here: [[Mining Laser]].
Every firing mode has advantages and disadvantages. The default firing mode is the mining mod. It's balanced.
Now, use your weapon, mine resources, because soon we will start a new chapter. Listen to a good music, chop down trees, get some cobblestone, manage your farm. Please, '''''RELAX'''''.

=== Refined Iron Rotors ===
So you've got some crazy mining going on, you've built lots of expensive machines, your efficiency is through the roof, and hopefully you've built some food and mob-drop farms. Maybe now's a good time to look at Refined Iron (Steel) Rotors for the Kinetic Wind Generators (listed above). These are entirely optional, as there are a number of ways to generate EU. Rotors wear out. You will need the Blast Furnace (listed above) to make these.

Just in case you were wondering, in game they're called '''Kinetic Gearbox Rotor (Steel)''' as Refined Iron is ore dictionary'd as steel.
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Refined Iron Rotor Blade
|A2=Refined Iron Rotor Blade|B2=Shaft (Iron)|C2=Refined Iron Rotor Blade
|B3=Refined Iron Rotor Blade
|Output=Kinetic Gearbox Rotor (Steel)
|}}
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Refined Iron Plate|B1=Refined Iron|C1=Refined Iron Plate
|A2=Refined Iron Plate|B2=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron Plate
|A3=Refined Iron Plate|B3=Refined Iron|C3=Refined Iron Plate
|Output=Steel Rotor Blade
|}}
|}

The Refined Iron (Steel) Rotor lasts 3 IRL days (72 hours) inside the KWG and requires wind levels between 17 and 90 MCW. It has a wingspan of 4 blocks.

=== Terraformer ===

We did a lot of jobs, we have got a little house, and a few machines, '''BUT'''.
Why don't we make a big house for our machines? I said, that keep in your mind a big, flat place. If it takes a lot of time to go to your flat place, we will craft a [[Teleporter]], or a [[Terraformer]].

For a Teleporter, you need a lot of energy, two metal blocks, some glowstone dust, and some coal dust.
For a Terraformer, you need energy, two [[Tfbp|TFBP]], an [[Advanced Machine|advanced machine]], and some glowstone dust.
{|
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Coal Dust
|A2=Coal Dust|B2=Coal Dust
|Output=Carbon Fibers}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Carbon Fibers|A2=Carbon Fibers
|Output=Combined Carbon Fibers}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Combined Carbon Fibers
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Carbon Plate}}
|}

Craft '''two''' carbon plates, and then compress two metal block. Make a machine, and craft them to an advanced machine!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Refined Iron Plate|A2=Carbon Plate|A3=Refined Iron Plate
|B1=Advanced Alloy|B2=Machine|B3=Advanced Alloy
|C1=Refined Iron Plate|C2=Carbon Plate|C3=Refined Iron Plate
|Output=Advanced Machine}}
Now make an electronic circuit, an advanced circuit, and take two redstone.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Advanced Circuit
|A3=Redstone|C3=Redstone
|Output=Tfbp}}
Now, craft that amazing '''''TERRAFORMER'''''!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glowstone Dust|A2=Dirt|A3=Glowstone Dust
|B1=Tfbp|B2=Advanced Machine|B3=Dirt
|C1=Glowstone Dust|C2=Dirt|C3=Glowstone Dust
|Output=Terraformer}}
Make another Tfbp, and program that!
*Flatificator
It makes a flat area with dirt ground.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Dirt|B1=Dirt|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Dirt|C2=Dirt
|Output=Flatificator}}
*Cultivation
It replaces sand with dirt, and places a few saplings.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Seeds|B1=Seeds|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Seeds|C2=Seeds
|Output=Cultivation}}
*Irrigation
It forces saplings and seeds to grow faster, and causes sugar cane to grow 4 blocks high.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Water Bucket|B1=Water Bucket|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Water Bucket|C2=Water Bucket
|Output=Irrigation}}
*Desertification
It replaces dirt with sand, destroys plants and saplings, melts ice and snow. '''It sets forests on fire!'''
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Sand|B1=Sand|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Sand|C2=Sand
|Output=Desertification}}
To put a Tfbp in a Terraformer, just hold it and right-click in the Terraformer. To remove it, just right-click in the Terraformer with a wrench. Supply the Terraformer with energy, and after 2-3 days, it will finish the job.
[[file:Workingterraformer.png|link=|1200px|center]]

=== Teleporter ===

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Electronic Circuit
|B3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=FreqTrans}}
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced Circuit |B1=FreqTrans |C1=Advanced Circuit
|A2=Glass Fibre Cable |B2=Advanced Machine |C2=Glass Fibre Cable
|A3=Advanced Circuit |B3=Diamond |C3=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Teleporter}}

<big>'''DAWN OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE'''</big>

Do you think that solar collectors or coal-based generators can't serve your purposes? 
Do you get tired of waiting for that stupid sun? 
Do you think that pollution isn't an important thing? 
Then, I think, the reactor is your best machine! 
But why doesn't your neighbor have a reactor? 
'''Because it's very expensive!'''
You can find out all about Nuclear Reactors in the [[Tutorial:Nuclear_Power | Nuclear Power]] guide.

== MFSU ==
Think that your MFE isn't storing enough power? Then craft the amazing MFSU!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Lapotron Crystal|B1=Advanced Circuit|C1=Lapotron Crystal
|A2=Lapotron Crystal|B2=MFE Unit|C2=Lapotron Crystal
|A3=Lapotron Crystal|B3=Advanced Machine|C3=Lapotron Crystal
|Output=MFS Unit
}}
Before you can even craft your MFSU, you will need several blue crystals called [[Lapotron Crystal|lapotron crystals]].
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Lapis Lazuli Dust |B1=Advanced Circuit |C1=Lapis Lazuli Dust
|A2=Lapis Lazuli Dust |B2=Energy Crystal |C2=Lapis Lazuli Dust
|A3=Lapis Lazuli Dust |B3=Advanced Circuit |C3=Lapis Lazuli Dust
|Output=Lapotron Crystal
}}
To craft one, you will need your existing energy crystals and upgrade them with advanced circuits and lapis. The MFSU is capable of storing 40 million EU, making it the highest tier of the energy storage device! The MFSU will output HV(high voltage) and will destroy your wires and machine if transformers are not installed into your EU network properly.
So you would want to consider crafting the MV Transformer!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Insulated Copper Cable|C1=
|A2=|B2=Machine|C2=
|A3=|B3=Insulated Copper Cable|C3=
|Output=MV Transformer
}}
Place the MV Transformer with the three-dots side facing the MFSU and the single-dot side facing the LV Transformer. This way it will "step-down" the high voltage to medium voltage and the low voltage.

== That's it! ==
Of course this is just the first steps so now you are pretty much on your own! You might want to craft a [[Mass Fabricator]] or a [[Tesla Coil]], whatever... So, go ahead and do what you like do and yes, go and browse some pages on this wiki when you have some troubleshooting!

{{Navigation|Tutorials=yes|Secrets=yes}}

[[Category:Tutorial]]

__NONSFOOTER__

Electrolyzer

2018-11-26T03:39:27Z

TheBlueCreeper78:

{{IC²}}

{{Block
|type=Machine
|gravity=No
|dirt=No
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=bwrench
|stackable=Yes (64)
|eu_use=2(batbox), 8(MFE), 32(MFSU)
|eu_use2=20000 EU per cell
}}

Electrolyzers store EUs when placed adjacent to an energy storage block by converting (regular) water cells into electrolyzed water cells and vice versa. Charging occurs when the storage block is over 70% full and discharging occurs when less than 25% full. Electrolyzed cells suffer a penalty to efficiency when discharging depending on the adjacent storage block. Speed also differs between storage blocks.

==Most Recent Version==
In the most recent version of IC2, the Electrolyzer is useless. Electrolyzed water cells are no longer a thing, and right now the Electrolyzer produces hydrogen and oxygen from water. Hydrogen and oxygen are also useless as of now, but will be later used for somethings regarding nuclear reactors. It will also be used to make Heavy Water, another currently useless (and not obtainable) liquid.

==IC² 2.3 or greater:==
An electrolyzer must be placed with a tank above and below to hold the liquids / gasses from electrolysis. Place the electrolyzer next to the EU storage block as usual. Once the tanks are in place, you can shift-right-click with a water container to fill the electrolyzer.

==IC² Pre-2.3:==
Simply place the [[Water Cell]]s directly to the left of the energy storage display, and as they are removed from the stack and filled with energy, they will be placed in a slot directly to the right of the energy storage display. From there, they may be removed to store for later or left in place to discharge as needed.

Each electrolyzer will only connect to a single storage block and it must be directly adjacent; additional adjacent storage blocks are ignored. Up to 5 Electrolyzers may be attached to a storage unit while leaving space for a single cable.

Speed is 2 x 4 ^ (tierlevel) EU per tick. Energy loss is 2000 * (3 - tierlevel).

batbox tierlevel = 0, MFE tierlevel = 1, MFSU tierlevel =2

batbox = 2 EU/sec, returns 14kEU per electrocell (70% efficiency)

MFE = 8 EU/sec, 16kEU per electrocell (80% efficiency)

MFSU = 32 EU/sec, 18kEU per electrocell (90% efficiency)

Water cells always require 20kEU to convert into an electrocell.

Efficiency is only lost when a water cell is FULLY charged (and converted). A system that halts charging a water cell at less than 20kEU will maintain perfect efficiency on the discharge (creating no electrocells).

Electrolyzers acts as an additional storage device for your MFE/MFSU that, while slow to charge and discharge, can be disassembled and stored, etc. A full Electrolyzer (64 [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s) stores 1.02-1.15 Million EU (MFE vs MFSU), saving precious diamonds. Up to 5 Electrolyzers can be placed around a single MFE, extending its potential storage capacity 8.5x (after 80% efficiency), without any diamonds. Additional cells can be manually loaded/unloaded, allowing an infinite potential storage capacity if maintained.

Transporting Electrolyzed cells by foot is simple and easy, and may actually be more efficient than extremely long distance transmission lines. High-voltage cable reaches 80% efficiency at 410 blocks of transmission.

==Automating==

To automate with mods like BuildCraft and RedPower
* pump in/out on the top and any side to modify the left side where water cells go
* pump in/out on the bottom to modify the right side where electrolyzed cells end up

== Recipe ==

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Cable|B1=|C1=Insulated Copper Cable
|A2=Insulated Copper Cable|B2=Electronic Circuit|C2=Insulated Copper Cable
|A3=Empty Cell|B3=Machine|C3=Empty Cell
|Output=Electrolyzer
}}

See: [http://crafting-guide.com/item/electrolyzer Crafting Guide]

{{Energy|Input= 15000 per [[Water Cell]] at 10 EU/t|Output= 13500 per [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]] at 10 EU/t|Storage= 15000}}
* Converts [[Water Cell]]s into [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s only when attached storage unit is '''> 75% full'''. //or is it "69.99 full"?
* Converts [[Electrolyzed Water Cell]]s back into [[Water Cell]]s only when attached storage unit is '''< 25% full'''.

Electrolyzed Water Cell

2018-11-26T03:34:52Z

TheBlueCreeper78: outdated

{{IC²}}
{{Classic}}
[[File:picture_na.png|right|link=]]
Electrolyzed Water Cells are the products of [[Electrolyzer]]s when placed next to any battery storage block. The [[Electrolyzer]] creates these from [[Water Cell]]s to store power and discharges them back into [[Water Cell]]s to supply power.

Electrocells absorb 20000 [[EU]], or approximately 2 [[RE Battery|RE Batteries]] per cell. However, they lose 2000, 4000, 6000 [[EU]] (MFSU, MFE, Batbox) when discharged into the appropriate battery storage block. only giving off 18000-14000 [[EU]].



[[Category:Cells]]

Tutorial:Second Steps

2018-11-24T17:04:52Z

TheBlueCreeper78: /* Automated Mining */

{{Outdated}}

The tutorial is regularly updated, you can see the first version of it here.
Whilst waiting for a corrected version, you can download the last unfinished version here: [http://www.mediafire.com/?j9gem0c4laoeyb5 First Steps in the IndustrialCraft mod for Minecraft V0.5.pdf]
(texture pack used: [http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=163329&sid=cdc70e1f885922f1354f76755c7c868d Soartex])

== '''Second steps''' ==

=== Electric Wrench ===
If you find your Bronze Wrenches keep wearing out, I suggest upgrading your Bronze Wrench to an [[Electric Wrench]].

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|C1=Wrench
|B2=Electronic Circuit
|A3=RE_Battery
|Output=Electric Wrench
}}
The Electric Wrench works the same way as the Bronze Wrench, but using it doesn't decrease its durability. You just need to recharge it, which is easy enough. It also used to have a Lossless Mode, which used much more EU but stopped annoying machine blocks from popping out of your hard-earned machines! (removed since machines don't break when wrenched anymore)

The Recipes and Resources page has a list of all available [[Recipes and Resources#Electric|power tools]].

=== Automated Mining ===
Now we have some machines, but don't stop mining. Pardon, mining. The [[Miner]].
It's a very good machine for lazy people. But if you want one, you must work hard.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Electronic Circuit|B1=Machine|C1=Electronic Circuit
|B2=Mining Pipe
|B3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Miner
}}

For the mining pipe, you need 6 iron plates and a treetap:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|A2=Iron Plate|A3=Iron Plate
|B3=Treetap|C1=Iron Plate|C2=Iron Plate|C3=Iron Plate
|Output=Mining Pipe|OA=8
}}

For a working miner, you have to craft another two things:
First, you need a scanner. There are two types: an [[OD Scanner]], or a more precise, energy-eating [[OV Scanner]].

{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Electronic Circuit |B1=Glowstone Dust |C2=Electronic Circuit
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B2=RE Battery (Charged)|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|B3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=OD Scanner}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Lapis Lazuli (Dye)|A3=Redstone
|B1=Glowstone Dust|B2=Electronic Circuit|B3=Glowstone Dust
|C1=Redstone|C2=Lapis Lazuli (Dye)|C3=Redstone
|Output=Advanced Circuit}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Glowstone Dust|A3=Insulated Copper Cable
|B1=Glowstone Dust|B2=Advanced Circuit|B3=OD Scanner
|C2=Glowstone Dust|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=OV Scanner
}}
|}

The OD Scanner scans a 5x5 area and submits the results on the player's screen. The OV Scanner scans a 9x9 area, and also submits the results on the player's screen. Either one can be used in the miner.
The second item your miner needs is a [[Mining Drill]].

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|A3=Refined Iron
|B1=Refined Iron|B2=Electronic Circuit|B3=RE Battery (Charged)
|C2=Refined Iron|C3=Refined Iron
|Output=Mining Drill}}

The mining drill is a useful item. It can mine stone fast, but if that speed isn't enough, you can craft a [[Diamond Drill]]. It's also a hand-held tool, not just an item for the Miner.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Diamond|B1=Diamond|C2=Diamond
|B2=Mining Drill|Output=Diamond Drill}}

Put the drill and the scanner in the miner with a few mining pipes, give them energy, and go to the bed, relax, watch TV, but don't do hard jobs!

=== MFE Unit ===

Now, we have one more machine, and we can power them with solar panels. But what will we do when BatBox runs out of energy at night? We want a bigger storage unit!
For that job, there is the [[MFE Unit]]. It can store 600,000 EU, as much as 15 BatBoxes!! If you can empty a fully loaded MFE Unit during a night, you are a very spendthrift player.
But! It isn't cheap. You must have at least <big>FOUR</big> diamonds! Go to layer 1-16, and search for some diamonds.
Can you find four diamonds? Are they genuine? Okay. Craft them to Energy Crystals!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Redstone|A3=Redstone
|B1=Redstone|B2=Diamond|B3=Redstone
|C1=Redstone|C2=Redstone|C3=Redstone
|Output=Energy Crystal}}

Craft a machine, search for 4 cables, and craft a MFE Unit like this:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=2xIns. Gold Cable|B1=Energy Crystal|C1=2xIns. Gold Cable
|A2=Energy Crystal|B2=Machine|C2=Energy Crystal
|A3=2xIns. Gold Cable|B3=Energy Crystal|C3=2xIns. Gold Cable
|Output=MFE Unit
}}

Now, we can store a lot of EU for difficult times.

NOTE: Copper cable and most machines can only handle 32EU/t, and the MFE outputs 128EU/t. You must either use a [[LV Transformer]] or [[Gold Cable]] and a [[Transformer upgrade]].

=== Canning Machine ===

Uhh. I have got hunger. Eat a sandwich! But... Food... The Canning machine! It is a cheap, useful, and multipurpose machine. It can be used for filling [[Tin Can]]s with food, and fill [[Fuel Can]]s with biofuel or coalfuel.
Craft it!
{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Tin|A2=Tin|A3=Tin
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine|B3=Tin
|C1=Tin|C2=Tin|C3=Tin
|Output=Canning Machine}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|A3=Tin
|B3=Tin|C2=Tin|C3=Tin
|Output=Tin Can}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Canning Machine
|Top=Cooked Porkchop
|Bottom=Tin Can
|Output=Canned Food|OA=4}}
|}
Since food comes in all shapes and sizes, some food fits in a few cans, while other foods need more than a few cans. The '''FOOD-TIN CAN''' list can be found here:[[Food List]]

=== Geothermal Generator ===

Remember that lava lake you found waaaaay back when you made your first trip in the mines? Now it's time to take advantage of it with a [[Geothermal Generator]]. Now, we will craft it! We will supply it with lava cells. To make lava cells, take a few tin.
{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B1=Tin|B3=Tin
|C2=Tin|Output=Empty Cell|OA=16}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Empty Cell|A2=Empty Cell|A3=Mining Pipe
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine |B3=Treetap
|C1=Empty Cell|C2=Empty Cell|C3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Pump}}
|}
Now, craft a Geothermal Generator. Take four glass, two cells, and a generator.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|A2=Glass|A3=Refined Iron
|B1=Empty Cell|B2=Empty Cell|B3=Generator
|C1=Glass|C2=Glass|C3=Refined Iron
|Output=Geothermal Generator}}

Put the battery on the top slot, and a [[Lava Cell]] or [[Lava Bucket]] in the bottom slot.
{|
|-
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Geothermal Generator
|Top=RE Battery
|Bottom=Lava Cell
|Output=RE Battery (Charged)
}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Geothermal Generator
|Top=RE Battery
|Bottom=Lava Bucket
|Output=RE Battery (Charged)
}}
|}

=== Compressor ===

''Uhh...'' We have got some energy. I want to '''MINE''', but I don't like pickaxes, and I hate tapping my toes waiting for that Miner to get everything. Time to craft something hot and shiny: the [[Mining Laser]]! But first, we need another, slightly less shiny machine: a [[Compressor]]. Smelt some Cobblestone, craft a circuit, and then a Machine Block!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Stone|A2=Stone|A3=Stone
|B2=Machine|B3=Electronic Circuit
|C1=Stone|C2=Stone|C3=Stone
|Output=Compressor}}

Place that machine, give "him" energy, and place a [[Mixed Metal Ingot]] in it!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Refined Iron|B1=Refined Iron|C1=Refined Iron
|A2=Bronze|B2=Bronze|C2=Bronze
|A3=Tin|B3=Tin|C3=Tin
|Output=Metal Block|OA=2}}

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Metal Block
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Advanced Alloy}}

'''But that isn't a Mining Laser!'''
*Please wait. We need that in order to make the Mining Laser!

=== Mining Laser ===

Compress 4 [[Advanced Alloy]], craft another two energy crystals, and an [[Advanced Circuit]]. 

'''It's very expensive!'''
* I know! But if you want mine with style... 
'''When will we finish that laser?''' 
*Now!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Advanced Alloy
|B1=Energy Crystal|B2=Advanced Alloy|B3=Advanced Alloy
|C1=Energy Crystal|C3=Advanced Alloy|C2=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Mining Laser}}

To charge the mining laser, put it in the MFE Unit. Let the laser charge for awhile, then head back to your mine. To change the firing mode, hold '''M''' and '''right-click'''. The firing modes can be found here:[[Mining Laser]].
Every firing mode has advantages and disadvantages. The default firing mode is the mining mode. It's balanced.
Now, use your weapon, mine resources, because soon we will start a new chapter. Listen to a good music, chop down trees, get some cobblestone, manage your farm. Please, '''''RELAX'''''.

==<big>The Way to Industry</big> ==

We did a lot of jobs, we have got a little house, and a few machines, '''BUT'''.
Why don't we make a big house for our machines? I said, that keep in your mind a big, flat place. If it takes a lot of time, to go to your flat place, we will craft a Teleporter, or a Terraformer.

For a Teleporter, you need a lot of energy, two metal blocks, some glowstone dust, and some coal dust.
For a Terraformer, you need energy, two TFBP, an advanced machine, and some glowstone dust.
{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Coal Dust
|A2=Coal Dust|B2=Coal Dust
|Output=Carbon Fibers}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Carbon Fibers|A2=Carbon Fibers
|Output=Combined Carbon Fibers}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Combined Carbon Fibers
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Carbon Plate}}
|}

Craft '''two''' carbon plates, and then compress two metal block. Make a machine, and craft them to an advanced machine!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Carbon Plate|B1=Advanced Alloy
|B2=Machine|B3=Advanced Alloy|C2=Carbon Plate
|Output=Advanced Machine}}
Now make an electronic circuit, an advanced circuit, and take two redstone.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Advanced Circuit
|A3=Redstone|C3=Redstone
|Output=Tfbp}}
Now, craft that amazing '''''TERRAFORMER'''''!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glowstone Dust|A2=Dirt|A3=Glowstone Dust
|B1=Tfbp|B2=Advanced Machine|B3=Dirt
|C1=Glowstone Dust|C2=Dirt|C3=Glowstone Dust
|Output=Terraformer}}
Make another Tfbp, and program that!
*Flatificator
It make a flat area with dirt ground.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Dirt|B1=Dirt|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Dirt|C2=Dirt
|Output=Flatificator}}
*Cultivation
It replaces sand with dirt, and place a few saplings.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Seeds|B1=Seeds|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Seeds|C2=Seeds
|Output=Cultivation}}
*Irrigation
It force saplings and seeds to grow faster, and causes sugar cane to grow 4-block high.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Water Bucket|B1=Water Bucket|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Water Bucket|C2=Water Bucket
|Output=Irrigation}}
*Desertification
It replace dirt with sand, destroy plants and saplings, melt ice and snow. '''It sets forests on fire!'''
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Sand|B1=Sand|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Sand|C2=Sand
|Output=Desertification}}
To put a Tfbp in a Terraformer, just hold it, and right-click in the Terraformer. To remove it, just right-click in the Terraformer with a wrench. Supply the Terraformer with energy, and after 2-3 days, it will finish the job.
[[file:Workingterraformer.png|link=|1200px|center]]

=== The Teleporter ===
The Teleporter is a '''VERY''' expensive machine that allows you to simply zap between areas without any pesky walking or riding minecarts.

First, we'll need a [[FreqTrans]] to sync our two teleporter pads.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Electronic Circuit
|B3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=FreqTrans}}

Then, let's make our teleporter!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced Circuit |B1=FreqTrans |C1=Advanced Circuit
|A2=Glass Fibre Cable |B2=Advanced Machine |C2=Glass Fibre Cable
|A3=Advanced Circuit |B3=Diamond |C3=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Teleporter}}

Right-click with the FreqTrans on one teleporter pad, then go to the next pad and right-click again. Jump on, power with a redstone button and BAM! Teleportation accomplished!

Be aware that the teleporter is '''EXTREMELY''' energy intensive, and thus depending on your energy collection system may have a substantial cooldown period while you wait around for the energy to build back up after a teleport. The teleporter must be directly connected to a MFE or MFSU, cables won't even connect.

<big>'''DAWN OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE'''</big>

Do you think that solar collectors or coal-based generators can't serve your purposes? 
Do you get tired of waiting for that stupid sun? 
Do you think that pollution isn't an important thing? 
Then I think, the reactor is your best machine! 
But why doesn't your neighbor have a reactor? 
'''Because it's very expensive!'''

You can find out all about Nuclear Reactors in the [[Tutorial:Nuclear_Power | Nuclear Power]] guide.

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Tutorial:Second Steps

2018-11-24T17:03:05Z

TheBlueCreeper78: /* Electric Wrench */

{{Outdated}}

The tutorial is regularly updated, you can see the first version of it here.
Whilst waiting for a corrected version, you can download the last unfinished version here: [http://www.mediafire.com/?j9gem0c4laoeyb5 First Steps in the IndustrialCraft mod for Minecraft V0.5.pdf]
(texture pack used: [http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=163329&sid=cdc70e1f885922f1354f76755c7c868d Soartex])

== '''Second steps''' ==

=== Electric Wrench ===
If you find your Bronze Wrenches keep wearing out, I suggest upgrading your Bronze Wrench to an [[Electric Wrench]].

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|C1=Wrench
|B2=Electronic Circuit
|A3=RE_Battery
|Output=Electric Wrench
}}
The Electric Wrench works the same way as the Bronze Wrench, but using it doesn't decrease its durability. You just need to recharge it, which is easy enough. It also used to have a Lossless Mode, which used much more EU but stopped annoying machine blocks from popping out of your hard-earned machines! (removed since machines don't break when wrenched anymore)

The Recipes and Resources page has a list of all available [[Recipes and Resources#Electric|power tools]].

=== Automated Mining ===
Now we have some machines, but don't stop mining. Pardon, mining. The [[Miner]].
It's a very good machine for lazy people. But if you want one, you must work hard.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Electronic Circuit|B1=Machine|C1=Electronic Circuit
|B2=Mining Pipe
|B3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Miner
}}

For the mining pipe, you need 6 Refined iron and a treetap:

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Refined Iron|A2=Refined Iron|A3=Refined Iron
|B3=Treetap|C1=Refined Iron|C2=Refined Iron|C3=Refined Iron
|Output=Mining Pipe|OA=8
}}

For a working miner, you have to craft another two things:
First, you need a scanner. There are two types: an [[OD Scanner]], or a more precise, energy-eating [[OV Scanner]].

{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Electronic Circuit |B1=Glowstone Dust |C2=Electronic Circuit
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B2=RE Battery (Charged)|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|B3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=OD Scanner}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Lapis Lazuli (Dye)|A3=Redstone
|B1=Glowstone Dust|B2=Electronic Circuit|B3=Glowstone Dust
|C1=Redstone|C2=Lapis Lazuli (Dye)|C3=Redstone
|Output=Advanced Circuit}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Glowstone Dust|A3=Insulated Copper Cable
|B1=Glowstone Dust|B2=Advanced Circuit|B3=OD Scanner
|C2=Glowstone Dust|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=OV Scanner
}}
|}

The OD Scanner scans a 5x5 area and submits the results on the player's screen. The OV Scanner scans a 9x9 area, and also submits the results on the player's screen. Either one can be used in the miner.
The second item your miner needs is a [[Mining Drill]].

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Refined Iron|A3=Refined Iron
|B1=Refined Iron|B2=Electronic Circuit|B3=RE Battery (Charged)
|C2=Refined Iron|C3=Refined Iron
|Output=Mining Drill}}

The mining drill is a useful item. It can mine stone fast, but if that speed isn't enough, you can craft a [[Diamond Drill]]. It's also a hand-held tool, not just an item for the Miner.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Diamond|B1=Diamond|C2=Diamond
|B2=Mining Drill|Output=Diamond Drill}}

Put the drill and the scanner in the miner with a few mining pipes, give them energy, and go to the bed, relax, watch TV, but don't do hard jobs!

=== MFE Unit ===

Now, we have one more machine, and we can power them with solar panels. But what will we do when BatBox runs out of energy at night? We want a bigger storage unit!
For that job, there is the [[MFE Unit]]. It can store 600,000 EU, as much as 15 BatBoxes!! If you can empty a fully loaded MFE Unit during a night, you are a very spendthrift player.
But! It isn't cheap. You must have at least <big>FOUR</big> diamonds! Go to layer 1-16, and search for some diamonds.
Can you find four diamonds? Are they genuine? Okay. Craft them to Energy Crystals!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Redstone|A3=Redstone
|B1=Redstone|B2=Diamond|B3=Redstone
|C1=Redstone|C2=Redstone|C3=Redstone
|Output=Energy Crystal}}

Craft a machine, search for 4 cables, and craft a MFE Unit like this:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=2xIns. Gold Cable|B1=Energy Crystal|C1=2xIns. Gold Cable
|A2=Energy Crystal|B2=Machine|C2=Energy Crystal
|A3=2xIns. Gold Cable|B3=Energy Crystal|C3=2xIns. Gold Cable
|Output=MFE Unit
}}

Now, we can store a lot of EU for difficult times.

NOTE: Copper cable and most machines can only handle 32EU/t, and the MFE outputs 128EU/t. You must either use a [[LV Transformer]] or [[Gold Cable]] and a [[Transformer upgrade]].

=== Canning Machine ===

Uhh. I have got hunger. Eat a sandwich! But... Food... The Canning machine! It is a cheap, useful, and multipurpose machine. It can be used for filling [[Tin Can]]s with food, and fill [[Fuel Can]]s with biofuel or coalfuel.
Craft it!
{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Tin|A2=Tin|A3=Tin
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine|B3=Tin
|C1=Tin|C2=Tin|C3=Tin
|Output=Canning Machine}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|A3=Tin
|B3=Tin|C2=Tin|C3=Tin
|Output=Tin Can}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Canning Machine
|Top=Cooked Porkchop
|Bottom=Tin Can
|Output=Canned Food|OA=4}}
|}
Since food comes in all shapes and sizes, some food fits in a few cans, while other foods need more than a few cans. The '''FOOD-TIN CAN''' list can be found here:[[Food List]]

=== Geothermal Generator ===

Remember that lava lake you found waaaaay back when you made your first trip in the mines? Now it's time to take advantage of it with a [[Geothermal Generator]]. Now, we will craft it! We will supply it with lava cells. To make lava cells, take a few tin.
{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Tin|B1=Tin|B3=Tin
|C2=Tin|Output=Empty Cell|OA=16}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Empty Cell|A2=Empty Cell|A3=Mining Pipe
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Machine |B3=Treetap
|C1=Empty Cell|C2=Empty Cell|C3=Mining Pipe
|Output=Pump}}
|}
Now, craft a Geothermal Generator. Take four glass, two cells, and a generator.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|A2=Glass|A3=Refined Iron
|B1=Empty Cell|B2=Empty Cell|B3=Generator
|C1=Glass|C2=Glass|C3=Refined Iron
|Output=Geothermal Generator}}

Put the battery on the top slot, and a [[Lava Cell]] or [[Lava Bucket]] in the bottom slot.
{|
|-
|{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Geothermal Generator
|Top=RE Battery
|Bottom=Lava Cell
|Output=RE Battery (Charged)
}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Geothermal Generator
|Top=RE Battery
|Bottom=Lava Bucket
|Output=RE Battery (Charged)
}}
|}

=== Compressor ===

''Uhh...'' We have got some energy. I want to '''MINE''', but I don't like pickaxes, and I hate tapping my toes waiting for that Miner to get everything. Time to craft something hot and shiny: the [[Mining Laser]]! But first, we need another, slightly less shiny machine: a [[Compressor]]. Smelt some Cobblestone, craft a circuit, and then a Machine Block!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Stone|A2=Stone|A3=Stone
|B2=Machine|B3=Electronic Circuit
|C1=Stone|C2=Stone|C3=Stone
|Output=Compressor}}

Place that machine, give "him" energy, and place a [[Mixed Metal Ingot]] in it!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Refined Iron|B1=Refined Iron|C1=Refined Iron
|A2=Bronze|B2=Bronze|C2=Bronze
|A3=Tin|B3=Tin|C3=Tin
|Output=Metal Block|OA=2}}

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Metal Block
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Advanced Alloy}}

'''But that isn't a Mining Laser!'''
*Please wait. We need that in order to make the Mining Laser!

=== Mining Laser ===

Compress 4 [[Advanced Alloy]], craft another two energy crystals, and an [[Advanced Circuit]]. 

'''It's very expensive!'''
* I know! But if you want mine with style... 
'''When will we finish that laser?''' 
*Now!

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Redstone|A2=Advanced Alloy
|B1=Energy Crystal|B2=Advanced Alloy|B3=Advanced Alloy
|C1=Energy Crystal|C3=Advanced Alloy|C2=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Mining Laser}}

To charge the mining laser, put it in the MFE Unit. Let the laser charge for awhile, then head back to your mine. To change the firing mode, hold '''M''' and '''right-click'''. The firing modes can be found here:[[Mining Laser]].
Every firing mode has advantages and disadvantages. The default firing mode is the mining mode. It's balanced.
Now, use your weapon, mine resources, because soon we will start a new chapter. Listen to a good music, chop down trees, get some cobblestone, manage your farm. Please, '''''RELAX'''''.

==<big>The Way to Industry</big> ==

We did a lot of jobs, we have got a little house, and a few machines, '''BUT'''.
Why don't we make a big house for our machines? I said, that keep in your mind a big, flat place. If it takes a lot of time, to go to your flat place, we will craft a Teleporter, or a Terraformer.

For a Teleporter, you need a lot of energy, two metal blocks, some glowstone dust, and some coal dust.
For a Terraformer, you need energy, two TFBP, an advanced machine, and some glowstone dust.
{|
|-
|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Coal Dust|B1=Coal Dust
|A2=Coal Dust|B2=Coal Dust
|Output=Carbon Fibers}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Carbon Fibers|A2=Carbon Fibers
|Output=Combined Carbon Fibers}}
||{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Combined Carbon Fibers
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Carbon Plate}}
|}

Craft '''two''' carbon plates, and then compress two metal block. Make a machine, and craft them to an advanced machine!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Carbon Plate|B1=Advanced Alloy
|B2=Machine|B3=Advanced Alloy|C2=Carbon Plate
|Output=Advanced Machine}}
Now make an electronic circuit, an advanced circuit, and take two redstone.

{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Electronic Circuit|B2=Advanced Circuit
|A3=Redstone|C3=Redstone
|Output=Tfbp}}
Now, craft that amazing '''''TERRAFORMER'''''!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glowstone Dust|A2=Dirt|A3=Glowstone Dust
|B1=Tfbp|B2=Advanced Machine|B3=Dirt
|C1=Glowstone Dust|C2=Dirt|C3=Glowstone Dust
|Output=Terraformer}}
Make another Tfbp, and program that!
*Flatificator
It make a flat area with dirt ground.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Dirt|B1=Dirt|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Dirt|C2=Dirt
|Output=Flatificator}}
*Cultivation
It replaces sand with dirt, and place a few saplings.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Seeds|B1=Seeds|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Seeds|C2=Seeds
|Output=Cultivation}}
*Irrigation
It force saplings and seeds to grow faster, and causes sugar cane to grow 4-block high.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Water Bucket|B1=Water Bucket|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Water Bucket|C2=Water Bucket
|Output=Irrigation}}
*Desertification
It replace dirt with sand, destroy plants and saplings, melt ice and snow. '''It sets forests on fire!'''
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=Sand|B1=Sand|B2=Tfbp
|B3=Sand|C2=Sand
|Output=Desertification}}
To put a Tfbp in a Terraformer, just hold it, and right-click in the Terraformer. To remove it, just right-click in the Terraformer with a wrench. Supply the Terraformer with energy, and after 2-3 days, it will finish the job.
[[file:Workingterraformer.png|link=|1200px|center]]

=== The Teleporter ===
The Teleporter is a '''VERY''' expensive machine that allows you to simply zap between areas without any pesky walking or riding minecarts.

First, we'll need a [[FreqTrans]] to sync our two teleporter pads.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Insulated Copper Cable
|B2=Electronic Circuit
|B3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=FreqTrans}}

Then, let's make our teleporter!
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Advanced Circuit |B1=FreqTrans |C1=Advanced Circuit
|A2=Glass Fibre Cable |B2=Advanced Machine |C2=Glass Fibre Cable
|A3=Advanced Circuit |B3=Diamond |C3=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Teleporter}}

Right-click with the FreqTrans on one teleporter pad, then go to the next pad and right-click again. Jump on, power with a redstone button and BAM! Teleportation accomplished!

Be aware that the teleporter is '''EXTREMELY''' energy intensive, and thus depending on your energy collection system may have a substantial cooldown period while you wait around for the energy to build back up after a teleport. The teleporter must be directly connected to a MFE or MFSU, cables won't even connect.

<big>'''DAWN OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE'''</big>

Do you think that solar collectors or coal-based generators can't serve your purposes? 
Do you get tired of waiting for that stupid sun? 
Do you think that pollution isn't an important thing? 
Then I think, the reactor is your best machine! 
But why doesn't your neighbor have a reactor? 
'''Because it's very expensive!'''

You can find out all about Nuclear Reactors in the [[Tutorial:Nuclear_Power | Nuclear Power]] guide.

{{Navigation|Tutorials=yes|Secrets=yes}}

[[Category:Tutorial]]