User talk:Cheertina

Forge Hammer / Cutters

Iron Furnace

Treetap

Cables

Electronic Circuit

Machine Block

Extractor

Generator

RE Battery

Macerator

Electro Furnace

BatBox

Alternative Power

Solar Power

Manual Kinetic Generator

Kinetic Generator

Second Steps

Tool Box

Coil

Metal Former

Electric Motor and Small Power Unit

Electric Wrench

Mining Drill and Chainsaw

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 Empty Cells for us and place them in a chest.

Now, we will craft it! We'll need to make some Empty Cells in a Metal Former to make it:

Metal Former

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 empty 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.

You'll also need at least one Bucket for gathering lava. IC2 let's you make them using Tin as well as the vanilla Iron.

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 Gunpowder. You may need to go hunt some Creepers to get some.

Run three Gunpowder through an Extractor to get three Sulfur Dust.

Run three Lead Ingots through a Macerator to get three Lead Dust. Assemble three 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 Low-Voltage Transformer. Don't worry, it's not hard to make. 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. The simplest version carries 60,000 EU. 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 Cans with food, which you can gulp down fast while on the go. It can also be used to fill Universal Fluid Cells with liquids, such as Biogas. Craft it! 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: Metal Former Here's how you make a wooden rotor for it: 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. 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 Alloys. 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. Place that machine, give "him" energy, and place a Mixed Metal Ingot in it! 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. You can also make Reinforced Glass, which is more Creeper-resistant than normal Glass: 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 Cells, and a Compressor (listed above) is needed to make Compressed Air Cells. For this guide we will use an Electric Heat Generator with four Coils. 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. 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. 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! 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: 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. The Way to Industry 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. For the mining pipe, you need 6 Refined iron and a treetap: 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. 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. 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 SIXTEEN diamonds! Go to layer 1-16, and search for some diamonds. Can you find sixteen diamonds? Are they genuine? Okay. Craft them into Energy Crystals! Craft a machine block, search for 4 cables, and craft an MFE Unit like this: 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! 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 Alloys, 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! 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. 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, an advanced machine, and some glowstone dust. Craft two carbon plates, and then compress two metal block. Make a machine, and craft them to an advanced machine! Now make an electronic circuit, an advanced circuit, and take two redstone. Now, craft that amazing TERRAFORMER! Make another Tfbp, and program that! Flatificator It makes a flat area with dirt ground. Cultivation It replaces sand with dirt, and places a few saplings. Irrigation It forces saplings and seeds to grow faster, and causes sugar cane to grow 4 blocks high. Desertification It replaces dirt with sand, destroys plants and saplings, melts ice and snow. It sets forests on fire! 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. Teleporter DAWN OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE 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 Nuclear Power guide. MFSU Think that your MFE isn't storing enough power? Then craft the amazing MFSU! Before you can even craft your MFSU, you will need several blue crystals called lapotron crystals. 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! 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!