Tutorial/Tekkit Classic Tutorial

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This page is a combination of three pages: Getting Started, Getting Started with EE2, and Getting Started with Buildcraft.

I have not written any of these tutorials, and all credit goes to the original authors. Delete this page if you choose.

IndustrialCraft 2
The IndustrialCraft2 mod is a great place to begin the Tekkit experience, and a major reason for this is the Macerator. It doubles almost all of your ores. Though, to understand IC2, you need to understand a few concepts:

Keywords You Need to Know for IC2:

 * IC2 : The abbrieviation of IndustrialCraft2.
 * Tick (t): Ticks are the measurement of the Minecraft world. It is the max a Block can Update, and is constantly used opposed to seconds (20t=1s). It is used in most measurements, such as EU/t, MJ/t etc.
 * Chunk : Chunks are segments of Minecraft worlds. Each Chunk is a 16 by 16 by 256 rectangle. A player inside a Chunk will load the Chunk: a player very far away from a Chunk will leave it unloaded. Understanding Chunks is very crucial when building large-scale buildings or Nuclear Reactors.
 * Electrical Units (EU) : EU is the measurement of electricity in IndustrialCraft 2. It is crucial. Machines both produce and use it, and even some armor, tools, and weapons. Conducting EU requires Cables. Like real electricity, too much EU causes an explosion! EU-in-realtime is measured in EU/t (Electrical Units/Tick).
 * Packets (p): Packets are the measurement for voltage. Packets themselves are measured in EU/t. Packets can be changed with a Transformer. There are 5 Packets: UV, which goes up to 5 EU/t and uses Ultra-Low-Current Cable, LV, which goes up to 32 EU/t and uses Copper Cables, MV, which goes up to 128 EU/t and uses Gold Cables, HV, which goes up to 512 EU/t and uses Glass Fibre Cables, and EV, which goes up to 2048 EU/t and uses HV Cables.
 * Voltage (UV,LV,MV,HV,EV): Like the real world, too much electricity can implode a system. So, voltage needs to be managed carefully. There are 5 Voltages, each with their own respective cable. To change, voltages, one must use a Transformer, which changes the packet size of a current, but not the actual amount of electricity.

Mining Tips
First of all, you need to settle in, vanilla-style. Then, you can start improving. In order to build fantastic contraptions, loads of resources are needed. Mining is crucial to obtain these resources. Vanilla ores such as Iron, Redstone, Lapis Lazuli, Gold and Diamond should be mined. There will also be new ores, from various mods. IndustrialCraft2 features Copper, which is used to make cabling, and Tin, which is used in the construction of many different items. There is also Uranium, which is used to power Nuclear Reactors. RedPower2 has Nikolite, Tungsten and the three types of Gems (Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald).

Mining Priorities: It is recommended not to smelt any ores not currently needed, as the Macerator doubles all ores!
 * 1) Iron/Copper/Coal/Cobblestone/Diamond
 * 2) Redstone/Tin
 * 3) Gold
 * 4) Lapis Lazuli
 * 5) All other Ores

Rubber Tree
Now, it is time to find Rubber, via the Rubber Tree. They are easily recognizable by the duller colour of the leaves, darker wood color, and the tower of three leaf blocks sticking out the top. When one is found, try breaking the Leaves for Saplings. Then, look for Sticky Resin. It looks like a brown spot on the tree.

Treetaps are used to harvest Sticky Resin from Rubber Trees

Once you've crafted a Treetap, use it (by right-clicking) on the Resin. Once all the Resin is collected, smelt the Resin. It turns into 1 Rubber. Use Charcoal instead of Coal. Charcoal is renewable: Coal isn't (yet).

Just like Ores, only smelt Sticky Resin when it's needed. Another IC2 Machine, the Extractor, triples sticky resin output!

Any collected Rubber Tree Saplings should be replanted. They can grow more sticky resin spots.

Copper Cables
Copper Cables are the base item needed to transfer EU from one machine to another. They can only carry 32 EU/t, so don't output more than that. They'll explode!!!

Refined Iron
Refined Iron is a very important item in IndustrialCraft. It is created by smelting Iron. You'll need a lot of it. It is the base for most IC2 Machines, items and tools.

Machine Block
Almost every machine needs a Machine Block. They are made by putting 8 Refined Iron in an O formation. Putting the Machine Block in the crafting grid gives back 8 Refined Iron, making it a convenient storage for Refined Iron.

Wrench
The Wrench is the greasemonkey's holy grail. The Wrench allows you to safely remove machines, change output faces, and more, all by right-clicking. Be sure to use a Wrench, as not using one may cause your machine to disappear! Anything with a Machine Block or stores EU should be removed with a Wrench.

Generator
To power machines, we need EU. EU is made by EU Generators, all of which rely on the basic Generator.

The Generator produces EU by burning flammable things (anything which burns in a Furnace ). Putting items in the bottom slot burns the item for fuel, while placing items in the top spot charges the item. Remember to use a Wrench to remove them!

BatBox
Now you have Generators, but the EU needs to go somewhere. Putting a Batbox beside a Generator will give you somewhere to put all of that EU. The BatBox stores power when there is an adjacent Generator/Copper Cable which is providing EU. It outputs EU through the small orange dot, which transfer's EU via Copper Cables. Use a Wrench to remove it, or to change where the orange dot is.

RE Battery
You'll notice the RE Battery was a common material in both the BatBox and Generator. They are very useful, for two reasons: RE Batteries store EU, like a real battery. To charge one, put it in the "Charge Slot" of a Generator. To discharge it into a machine, put it in the "Burn Slot" of a Machine/Energy Storage Device. Right-clicking with it also instantly charges all power tools in your hotbar.
 * 1) They are a common building material
 * 2) They store up to 10,000 EU.

The Basic Machines
These machines run on EU, though they make everyday Vanilla errands a breeze. Removing these machines requires a Wrench. Not using a Wrench gives you a Machine Block. These machines can only take in 32 EU/t (Copper Cables). Anything higher than that will make them EXPLODE!

Extractor
While placing Sticky Resin in a Furnace only yields one Rubber, but placing Sticky Resin in an Extracor yields THREE Rubber. Now, making Rubber got so much easier. It even turns Rubber Wood and Rubber Tree Leaves into Rubber. This machine can be upgraded to a Centrifuge Extractor, which does the job faster for less power. Upgrades can be used with the Extracor.

Macerator
The Macerator is a great tool for mining. Placing any Ore in its top slot turns it into TWO Dusts of the same type, which then can be smelted/condensed into the regular ingot. This does not apply to Tungsten Ore. It can also Macerate Coal, which is useful later in-game. The Macerator can be upgraded to a Rotary Macerator, which can awesomely auto-do stuff for you. The Macerator accepts Upgrades.

Electric Furnace
The Electric Furnace is an IC Machine that uses EU to smelt items, rather than fuel such as coal or wood. Unlike a Vanilla Furnace, the Electric Furnace doesn't waste EU. So, once the job is done, no more EU is used. It can be upgraded to an Induction Furnace, which does the job a lot quicker. It can be even quicker with Upgrades.

Compressor
The Compressor is a handy machine which lets you turn Coal into Diamonds. So now, you don't have to go mining for Diamonds.

The Process is simple: and yield a Diamond. Impressive. The Compressor can be upgraded to a Singularity Compressor. It can also be upgraded with upgrades.
 * 1) Macerate Coal to yield Coal Dust
 * 2) Craft 8 Coal Dust with Flint to make a Coal Ball.
 * 3) Put the Coal Ball in the Compressor to make a Compressed Coal Ball.
 * 4) Craft 8 Compressesd Coal Balls with either Obsidian, Bricks or a Block of Iron to make a Coal Chunk.
 * 5) Compress your Coal Chunk...

Miner
The Miner really does all of your mining for you. Supplying it with power, a Mining Drill, a Scanner and some Mining Pipes lets it dig down into the earth, and grab all of the ores you need! The Pipes are even reusable, as taking out the Drill gives the Pipes back. It puts everything in an adjacent chest.

Mining Pipes:

Pump
The Pump takes out liquids, and places them in buckets. When given power and buckets, it will suck up any liquids directly below it, OR, if connected to the Miner, any lava the Miner encounters. It can also automatically make snowballs if placed next to an adjacent Compressor.

Natural Energy
These machines are sources of EU that don't run on limited materials like coal. These machines also require a Wrench to remove.

Wind Mill
A good source of natural energy (energy that is created using natural and sustainable sources) is the Wind Mill, as it is quite cheap, and produces a fair amount of energy, depending mainly on placement.

The Wind Mill's EU production is calculated like this:

Average Generation:

250 EU x (Layer Placed ON - Obstructions)

Minimum Generation :

1 EU x (Layer Placed On - Obstructions)

Maximum Generation:

1000 EU x (Layer Placed On- Obstructions)

Obstructions are anything which intrudes in the Wind Mill's 9x9x7 area, or four blocks extending on every side, except three for the top and bottom.

Water Mill
The Water Mill, like its name suggests, runs on water. There are two methods to using the Water Mill. This makes the Water Mill great for early usage, and later can be automated using RedPower 2.
 * 1) Placing a Water Bucket in the Bottom Slot (1 EU/t)
 * 2) Placing it Underwater. (0.1 EU/t per adjacent body of water)

Solar Panels
A single Solar Panel produces 1 EU/t during daylight. It totals to approximately 13050 EU a day, though it doesn't work in the night. Unlike Wind Mills/Water Mills, they can be placed adjacent to each other.

They can be upgraded into Solar Arrays (Low, Medium and High Voltage), which will give 8 times more energy per tick on every tier.

- 8 EU/t

- 64 EU/t

- 512 EU/t

Since Copper Cables can't handle MV/HV Arrays, an upgrade is needed. Glass Fibre Cable is most recommended, because it can carry a voltage of 512 EU/t and will only lose 1 EU every 40 blocks. They are also quite expensive, using 1 diamond for 6 of them.

When using a Medium Voltage Solar Array you will need a MFE Unit, which stores 600,000 EU.

This needs 4 Energy Crystals to build. Energy Crystals, like RE-Batteries, store EU.

A High Voltage Array will require an MFS Unit (or MFSU), which can store up to 10,000,000 EU. Wow.

Transformers
You might have noticed that there are different types of Cables. In order for them to be used in conjunction, Transformers must be used.

LV Transformer
The LV Transformer lets you convert LV voltage to MV, or vice-versa. The cabling touching the one-dot side is for LV-Voltage; the Three-Dotted Side is for MV-Voltage. The orientation of the Three-Dots can be changed with a Wrench.

MV Transformer
The MV Transformer lets you convert MV voltage to HV, or vice-versa. The cabling touching the one-dot side is for MV-Voltage; the Three-Dotted Side is for HV-Voltage. The orientation of the Three-Dots can be changed with a Wrench.

HV Transformer
The HV Transformer lets you convert HV voltage to EV, or vice-versa. The cabling touching the one-dot side is for HV-Voltage; the Three-Dotted Side is for EV-Voltage. The orientation of the Three-Dots can be changed with a Wrench.

Upgrades
There are three types of upgrades:

Overclocker Upgrade
The Overclocker Upgrade is an upgrade which speeds up machines, but uses much more EU. Not all machines can accept them: only Processors (something which takes in an item, then spits out out differently) can use them. Examples include the Macerator, Charging Bench , or Singularity Compressor. It is placed in the right side of Processors.

Each Overclocker decreases processing time by 30% and EU Consumption by 60%. Though, if EU Consumption is too high, an Energy Storage Upgrade is needed to keep up with the demand. Overclocked machines can't exceed an operation per tick, so adding more than that is useless. Usually, 8 Overclockers is enough, as it doesn't need Energy Storage Upgrades, but runs the machines 8 times as fast.

Transformer Upgrade
The Transfomer Upgrade really works like a Transformer: every Upgrade increases the amount of EU the machine can take in before exploding. It increases the acceptable voltage by one. i.e. An Extractor can only take LV voltage: adding two Transformer Upgrades allows it to take LV/MV/HV Voltage in.

Remember to put your Transformer Upgrade BEFORE you start the power: not doing so will cause an explosion.

Energy Storage Upgrade
The Energy Storage Upgrade increases the amount of Energy some machines can store. While it doesn't work on BatBoxes, it does work on Charging Benches, as well as all other Processors. It increases the EU storage by 10,000 per upgrade.

Theses aren't required at all; they are only used when too many Overclockers are used, so the Energy Consumption is higher than the max EU reserved for an operation. It also increases the amount of EU a Charging Bench can store.

Basic Electric Armor
There are a variety of Utility Armors available in Tekkit. Most of them use EU, and some of them make it.

Solar Helmet
The first you will need to craft is a Solar Helmet. It produces 1 EU/t, the equivalent of one Solar Panel. It is highly useful when using an Electric Jetpack, as you can extend the amount of time you need to fly around before recharging!

The Solar Helmet can be used to charge a BatPack, LapPack, or an Electric Jetpack.

BatPack
The BatPack is a portable energy device worn as a chestplate. It has a storage capacity of 60,000 EU, equal to 1.5 BatBoxes. It can be used to charge a variety of handheld Electric Tools such as the Electric Treetap, Electric Wrench, Electric Hoe, Mining Drill, and Chainsaw.

Electric Jetpack
The Electric Jetpack is a simpler alternative to the fuel-powered Jetpack, using EU to propel the player into the air. It can be sufficiently powered using a Solar Helmet.

Static Boots
Static Boots are similar to the Solar Helmet in that they can recharge BatPacks, LapPacks, or Electric Jetpacks. however, they are much slower, producing only 1 EU for every 5 blocks traveled.

Electric Tools
Now, you've got your handy BatPack. But what do you do with it? These tools help you out with daily vanilla activities. They don't consume durability: instead, they consume EU.

Chainsaw
Other than being Jason's favorite weapon, the Chainsaw has many uses. First, it acts like an Electric Axe, chopping down trees using EU. Second, it acts like Electric Shears, allowing you to shear sheep, cut down leaves, and take down cobwebs. Finally, it works as a GREAT zombie-killing tool. It can be charged by a BatPack, LapPack, RE-Battery, any EU-Storage device, and a Generator.

Electric Wrench
Remember that Wrench we made earlier? Now, you can make an EU Version! It can be charged by the same items a Chainsaw can. It even has a Lossless mode (M), so your machines never break!

Electric Treetap
Just like the Electric Wrench, the Electric Treetap is basically a Treetap on EU.

Electric Hoe
Just like the Electric Wrench, the Electric Hoe is a vanilla Hoe on EU.

Mining Drill
The Mining Drill is an Iron Pickaxe/Shovel combo which runs on EU. It is also used in the Miner.

It can be upgraded to a Diamond Drill, which acts like a Diamond Pickaxe, letting it drill Obsidian.

Nano Saber
The Nano Saber is an Electric Sword. While the Nano Saber is useless when off (it does one heart, though, and it consumes no EU), when on, it deals 10 hearts of damage, though consuming tons of EU. It can insta-kill someone wearing NanoSuit Armor.

This recipe requires Carbon Plates, which is made by using Coal Dust to craft Raw Carbon Fibre to make Raw Carbon Mesh, which is then Compressed. It also requires Advanced Alloys, which are made by compressing Mixed Metal Ingots.

Advanced Electric Armor
All of these armors are end-game: they require a LOT of resources, but save you in the long run.

LapPack
The LapPack is an upgrade to the BatPack, with an energy storage capacity of 300,000 EU compared to the BatPack's 60,000, equivalent to half the storage capacity of an MFE Unit. It has the same uses as the BatPack, but with more storage.

NanoSuit Armor
NanoSuit Armor is an armor set consisting of:

NanoSuit Helmet:

NanoSuit Body Armor:

NanoSuit Leggings:

NanoSuit Boots (reduce Fall Damage as well):

When this almighty suit set is put together, it negates 90% of all damage done, which really helps out when in the Nether, in Lava, or in The End. NanoSuit Armor is upgradeable to QuantumSuit Armor, which negates 100% of damage, with even more bonuses.

The NanoSuit Set can be charged in an MFE /MFSU, or Charging Benches MK2 and MK3.

QuantumSuit Armor
The QuantumSuit Armor set consists of four parts:

QuantumSuit Helmet:

QuantumSuit Body Armor:

QuantumSuit Leggings:

QuantumSuit Boots:

QuantumSuit Armor is an upgrade of NanoSuit Armor. It is purely epic. First, it negates 100% of all damage done, while it is charged. Second, the Helmet refills your hunger bar, breath underwater, and cure poison, at the price of EU. The Leggings, while holding down CTRL, let you sprint super-fast. Holding CTRL while jumping lets you go up to 9 Blocks High.

QuantumSuit Armor can only be charged in an MFSU or Charging Bench MK3.

It requires Iridium Plates, made from a Mass Fabricator.

Advanced Machines
Once you have your nice little house, its time to get real-Industrial. These machines are either upgrades of previous ones, or super-awesome new ones which can change the game FOREVER. Use a wrench to remove these guys.

Centrifuge Extractor
The Centrifuge Extractor is a souped-up version of the Extractor. Firstly, it can process 3 ITEMS AT A TIME!!! Though, it needs time to build up M/S. A Low M/S doesn't bode well for time, but when it hits its non-upgrade max (7500 M/S), it processes a whopping second for each Rubber. A second. Upgrading it with Overclocker Upgrades can make it max out at an operation every tick. AMAZING! Each Overclocker also increases the max amount of M/S. When not processing, it automatically loses M/S, unless a Redstone Signal is applied.

It takes in LV voltage.

Rotary Macerator
The Rotary Macerator is a Macerator with benefits. It has a second slot, which can used either for more inventory, or for modifiers. The Modifiers help with processing. They are: Just like a Centrifuge Extractor, the Rotary Macerator needs to build up RPM to work efficiently. If it reaches 7500 RPM, it can process an item really, really quickly.
 * Adding Iron Ore with Coal creates 2 Refined Iron Dust per ore, and uses 1 Coal per every 128 Iron Ore.
 * Adding Copper Ore on the left and Tin Ore on the right creates 2 Bronze Dust per Copper Ore, using a Tin Ore every fourth Copper Ore.
 * Adding Coal with Water Cells creates 1 Hydrated Coal Dust per Coal, and uses 1 Water Cell per 8 Coal.

It takes LV voltage.

Induction Furnace
The Induction Furnace is a super-efficient/super-fast Electric Furnace. It can process 2 items at once, saving lots of EU. It needs to build up Heat, and without it it is HORRIBLE. With 100% Heat, it works extremely quickly. Applying a Redstsone Signal keeps the Heat. Unlike other Advanced Machines, it does not have slots for Upgrades.

It takes MV/LV Voltage.

Singularity Compressor
The Singularity Compressor is a faster Compressor. It needs to build up PSI, and at 75,000 it goes crazy-fast. Without a Redstone Signal, PSI is lost in seconds.

It takes LV Voltage.

Teleporter
The Teleporter teleports you over super-long distances in really short periods of time. It's useful in so many ways! Though, the Teleporter can ONLY be powered by an adjacent EU Storage's orange dot directed towards of its faces, not a cable. To link two Teleporters (a lone Teleporter would be useless), a Frequency Transmitter must be used. A Redstone Signal will then activate a Teleporter. Teleporters use EU based on how far the targetting teleporter is, and the inventory size of the entity(player). An Ender Chest can be used to partially lower the entity's inventory.

An MFSU is recommended as it stores more EU which means longer distance and full inventory teleports.

Batboxes can be used, however it can be only used to teleport a very short distance at a near-empty inventory.

Recycler
The Recycler destroys stuff and makes Scrap. Why? The Recycler only takes in LV Voltage, though it does take upgrades. Yay! The Recycler takes almost everything. It doesn't take Glass Panes, Snow Balls or Scaffolds.
 * 1) Scrap can make Scrap Boxes, which can give you awesome stuff.
 * 2) Scrap is used to make Fertilizer
 * 3) Scrap helps the UU-Matter making process.

Mass Fabricator
The Mass Fabricator is a super-expensive utility machine. When given 1,000,000 EU, it produces one UU-Matter; a material very important for making QuantumSuit Armor, as well as almost every single other Vanilla Block in game. It supports EU up to High Voltage, making it ideal for mass EU setups.

Feeding it Scrap in the bottom slot reduces the amount of EU needed to 166,666EU per UU-Matter, which makes Recycler-Mass Fabricator combinations very useful.

When given a Redstone Signal, it halts production. It must be removed with a Wrench. It doesn't take upgrades.

Oil Fabricator
The Oil Fabricator, like the Mass Fabricator, produces stuff with EU. Instead of UU-Matter, the Oil Fabricator consumes 49,600 EU to make one bucket of Oil, which is used in the Buildcraft Mod. It can also condense the Oil to make EMC very quickly.

The Oil Fabricator outputs Oil into an adjacent Tank or Waterproof Pipe.

The Oil Fabricator must be removed with a Wrench, and doesn't allow upgrades.

Lava Fabricator
The Lava Fabricator fabricates buckets of Lava, using 55,000 EU. It outputs into an adjacent Tank or Waterproof Pipe. It must be removed with a Wrench. Upgrades cannot be put into the Lava Fabricator. Unlike most machines, the Lava Fabricator doesn't have a set Voltage: instead, it can only take in 250 EU/t, regardless of packet size.

Nuclear Reactor /Reactor Chamber
-Work in Progress-

Terraformer
The Terraformer does what it sounds like: it changes the world around it. It changes blocks within a 8-Chunk (96 Block) radius, using some sort of TFBP. While the Terraformer can run on 1 EU/t, it completes jobs based on total power (like a Mass Fabricator). Therefore, it is recommended to use high-EU generators for quick terraforming. It takes in HV Voltage.

The Terraformer is customizable with TFBPs; each TFBP can do different effects on the landscape, ranging from flourishing plants to wastelands. The amount of EU needed requires on the TFBP used. Unlike most machines, a Terraformer with a TFBP inside, when right-clicked with a Wrench, will first drop the TFBP. A second right-click will result in the Terraformer being removed.

Tesla Coil

 * The Tesla Coil, when activated by a Redstone Signal, will electrocute anything within a 4-block radius, almost insta-killing anything in its path. While it only consumes 2 EU/t, it can knockout an unarmored player in an instant. The shock even goes through blocks!

It can only take MV/LV voltage; it must be removed with a Wrench.

In combination with Wireless Redstone, it becomes a deadly weapon.

Other Useful Links and Pages
Even though you've read this tutorial, there is always more to learn. Check out a few more in-depth pages to guide you on your journey.

IndustrialCraft2 Links

 * Advanced Geothermal Generator Setups: Concept, BuildCraft, RedPower
 * Nuclear Reactor Setups: Basic, No Equivalent Exchange
 * Advanced Nuclear Reactor Layouts
 * Tower of Power (all-purpose combination of EU Generation)
 * Crops (brew your own beer !)
 * IndustrialCraft Wiki (on this Wiki, be sure to look for the Tekkit Classic version of IC2. Some new features have been added).

Other Mods
For all of these mods' wiki pages, make sure that the information you are looking at is relevant to the version Tekkit Classic is using; RedPower2 and Computercraft have both made very large updates after 1.2.5.
 * BuildCraft3 ; Getting Started
 * Equivalent Exchange 2 ;wiki
 * RedPower2 ; wiki
 * Computercraft ; wiki

EE2
Getting started in Tekkit is pretty standard, punch a tree, mine, get resources and then start the mods. But many people feel once you got resources your first step is IndustrialCraft because of macerators and electric furnaces and all that good stuff. But a smart man will dive right into EE2 and at get a minor set up in place as soon as he can then build his machines.

Step One: First Resources
You want to make some Covalence Dust of each grade (low, medium, and high) as soon as you can, this means 1 charcoal and 8 cobblestone for the first level, 1 redstone and 1 iron ingot for the second, and 1 coal and 1 diamond for the third level.

Now you want to make a Divining Rod (High) to help you find more diamonds and other minerals. Remember it requires some form of fuel to use so pack plenty of coal, charcoal, redstone, or other form of fuel.

And so you can work longer without worrying about tools breaking so often make a Talisman of Repair, this will make it so that so long as you have 1 of the aproprate Covalence Dust in your inventory it will repair it instantly. Saving you resources. Especially when you start using diamond tools, for the cost of 4 diamonds (1 for the high Covalence Dust and 3 for the pickaxe) you can effectively turn 1 diamond pickaxe into 41 diamond pickaxes (the orginal pickaxe plus its 40 repairs).

From here keep mining until you have all the resources you need for your other projects as well as enough diamonds for your next stage of development, which involves an Alchemy Bag, an Energy Condenser, a Philosopher's Stone, and a Transmutation Tablet. Which needs 7 diamonds (8 if you need to make more covalence dust) + 3 more for a diamond pickaxe to mine obsidian.

Step Two: First Transformations
Make an Alchemical Chest and turn it into an Alchemy Bag for enhanced storage on the go, dont worry if you die with it, you can just make a new one of the same colour and recover your items even if the original bag fell in lava, this is useful because our next stop is the nether. Also if you put your Talisman of Repair in here with a damaged tool or armour it will slowly repair it for free eliminating the need for Covalence Dust, but at the got the cost that you must watch your tools and armors durability and put it in the bag and wait when it is almost broken.

Now collect everything you may need in the nether and put your most valuable items you haven't left at home in the bag, and travel to the nether and collect all the glowstone you dare storing it in your Alchemy Bag everytime you run out of space or finish a cluster. I suggest a few stacks of it in block form if possible and about a stack or two in dust form you will likely need a lot in the future so its good to stock up, it also makes good fuel for powered EE2 items and has decent EMC value. Now make a Philosopher's Stone as soon as you can. This can turn sand to dirt or stone to dirt and do this all in reverse, it can also turn 4 of each "coal" type into the next tier and back again, same with iron to gold to diamonds (Note: takes 7 iron per gold but only 4 gold per diamond), but it's most useful feature is the fact it can work as an on the go crafting table when you press "C". It has other uses as well, such as it is used at no lost to make the Transmutation Tablet.

Now from now on when you get a new resource or item in your base with an EMC value you put it into the left side of the tablet GUI to teach it the item before you use it for something else, this think isn't called the "cheater table" by some people for nothing. You can drop any item with an EMC value into it and if it knows the item you want (and with a little luck to show you that particular item) you can pull that item out of the right side of the tablet.

Next think on the todo list is to make another Alchemical Chest and turn that into an Energy Condenser, or you may do this before the tablet or even the Philosopher's Stone or the trip to the nether, I just generally don't visit my house much until this stage so it isn't very practical for me to make before now.

Step Three: EMC Generation and Storage
Now it is time to make a Power Flower.

First, you will need to make an Energy Collector.

After you have made this, you will need to make an Antimatter Relay.

When you have crafted both of these, you can start generating items. Whilst it won't be that quick, you can start adding more Energy Collectors and Relays when you can afford them. In the mean time, place the Relay on one of the faces of the Condenser (This can be done by holding Shift+Right Clicking). Then, place the Collector next to the Relay, so that they are adjacent to each other. If you place an item with a low EMC value (Like Cobblestone) into the top left slot of the Condenser, it will start producing the item. You can place high EMC items into the Condensor, but it will be extremely slow.

To make the Power Flower faster, you can add more Relays and Collectors, or you can upgrade them to Mk2, and in turn, Mk3.

Mk2 Relay

Mk2 Collector

Mk3 Relay

Mk3 Collector

Step Four: Better Items
So now that you have a bunch of EMC available, we are ready to start making some of the better items that is included in EE2.

First, we're going to make some Aeternalis Fuel. There are two ways in which you can do this. The first, is to place a form of fuel into a Collector, and wait. Eventually, the fuel you put in will change into Aeternalis Fuel.

The other method is to craft it. This method is quite a bit quicker than the previous method, but it requires you to have all of the resources available. Just follow the crafting recipes below.

Aeternalis Fuel is one of the main items required to make Dark Matter. Dark Matter is neccesary for things like: Swiftwolf's Rending Gale, Red Matter, and Dark Matter Armor.

To craft a piece of Dark Matter, you will need 8 Aeternalis Fuel, and a Diamond Block.

From here, you can either start making Dark Matter Tools and some of the Power Items (Like the Rings), and Armor. Or, you could start making Red Matter . Red Matter is used to craft most of the high tier items in EE.



Getting Started (Buildcraft)
BuildCraft is a mod with amazing potential. You can build a power plant that creates power for Quarries that auto-mine! You can even have automatic sorting systems to sort the inflow of items with ease!

It adds many different methods of piping including Teleport Pipes, Waterproof Pipes, and Transport Pipes.

New World


When your world generates, you will need a few things.

Go mining for Redstone, Iron, Diamonds, and Coal. On your way, you will come across some Copper and Tin, but since you are just going for BuildCraft, don't bother mining them.

Basic BuildCraft
Once you have sufficient materials, you should craft a Redstone Engine, it is recomended that you do not craft a Combustion Engine just yet because they require Water and Fuel. After that, it is advisable to craft a few Pipes. Craft some Wooden Pipes from two Wooden Planks and one Glass (makes 8 Pipes), and also craft some Cobblestone Pipes from two pieces of Cobblestone and one Glass.

Now, place a Wooden Pipe (you only need one) on the side of your Furnace and then extend the pipe with your Cobblestone Pipes over to your Chest. Place the Redstone Engine on one of the remaining four sides of the Wooden Pipe and power it with either a Lever or Redstone Torch. You now have an automated system for removing smelted items from your Furnace.

You may also wish to use that setup with Automatic Crafting Tables. For example: wooden planks may be pumped out of a Chest into an Automatic Crafting Table to make Stick then into second Automatic Crafting Table

To make fences then to be pumped into another chest.

Once you have those basic recipes, it should lead into advanced technologies.

Intermediate BuildCraft
The best thing to do in intermediate BuildCraft is to make a Pump. You will need some Waterproofing for your Pipes once you find Oil. If you are also using IC2, you may want to use an Oil Fabricator, however you will need sufficient EU and EU Storage.

Once you find Oil (most common in Ocean and Desert biomes), place your Pump above the Oil and place your Redstone Engines next to it. Once that is done, you need to make a Tank to store the Oil. The next step to get this to work is to power the Redstone Engines and connect the Waterproof Pipes to your Tank. You could also upgrade to Steam Engines to get the Pump to pump with a little bit more power. Steam Engines run on Coal, so you should have a decent supply before you go into Steam Engines. Also make sure you monitor the engines, if it has nothing to pump, the engines will eventually explode.

Advanced BuildCraft
Now is when you get to the good stuff. You should now build a few Quarries to mine for you. Also, to speed up your incoming items, make a few Golden Transport Pipes and sort your items into separate Chests with Diamond Transport Pipes. You should also get into Combustion Engines now, as they are the most powerful engine. You will have to constantly fill them with Water, otherwise they will overheat and explode. You can make another Pump and use Waterproof Pipes to keep the Combustion Engines filled. To transport your power, make some Conductive Pipes. Now that you are almost at the top, it is now time to explore more types of pipes such as the Obsidian Transport Pipe and the Iron Transport Pipe.

Other Mods
Now that you have reached the top of the BuildCraft tech tree, it is time to incorperate it wih other mods! For example, you could have a chest that pumps into a Macerator, that pumps into an Electric Furnace, which pumps into another chest! This is a perfect example of an IndustrialCraft-BuildCraft Cross.

Now, it is up to you to decide what you are going to do. The possibilities are endless!

Combined Stuff
Okay, now that you've read these three tutorials (or just skipped them all), it's time to get a compressed tutorial. First, let's get a checklist.

1. Do the simple Minecraft stuff -{}- Get at least Stone Tools -{}- Also, grab some Rubber Tree Saplings.

2. Go mining (duh) for: 3. Build an Energy Condenser.
 * 1) Iron/Copper/Coal/Cobblestone/Diamond
 * 2) Redstone/Tin
 * 3) Gold
 * 4) Lapis Lazuli
 * 5) All other Ores

4. Build a Nether Portal, grab some stuff like Glowstone, and build at least one Energy Collector.

5. Start constructing IC2 Machines.

6. Eventually upgrade your stuff - Upgrade your Collectors, Upgrade your Machines, and Upgrade your Storage Unit.

7. (Optional) Create some factories using Buildcraft Pipes.

8. Do whatever you choose to do! The world is yours!