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Create & Automation

Stage 2 is where the server's industrial backbone takes shape. Brass production and precision mechanisms unlock most of the late game.

Key mods

  • Create — mechanical crafting, mixing, deploying, sequenced assembly
  • Create Central Kitchen — food automation
  • Supplementaries — storage sacks, rope, decorative blocks

Brass

Brass is made by mixing copper and zinc in a Create mixer. To craft brass, you need:

  • 1 copper ingot
  • 1 zinc ingot
  • A heated mixer (use a blaze burner or lava source)

The mixer produces brass ingots. Brass unlocks:

  • Brass casings — the chassis for most machines
  • Precision mechanisms — sequenced assembly via deployers
  • Smart fluid pipes — precise fluid routing
  • Encased fans — bulk washing, smelting, and haunting

Precision mechanisms

Precision mechanisms are crafted via sequenced assembly. To craft a precision mechanism, you need:

  1. A gold sheet on a deployer track
  2. An incomplete precision mechanism as the base item
  3. Five cycles of deployment

Each cycle deploys items onto the gold sheet in this order:

  1. Deploy a cogwheel
  2. Deploy a large cogwheel
  3. Deploy an iron nugget

The cycle repeats exactly 5 times. Each completion has an 80% success rate. If a cycle fails, you get a secondary item back (such as a golden sheet, andesite alloy, cogwheel, or other parts). Check JEI for the full list of possible results.

They are expensive

Stockpile precision mechanisms. You will need them in bulk for oil rigs, radar arrays, and aircraft.

Precision mechanisms gate:

  • Oil scanner
  • Distillation controller
  • Diesel engine
  • Radar components
  • Aircraft propellers

Mechanical crafting

Create supports shaped recipes through mechanical crafters. Some items, such as the pumpjack crank, need mechanical crafting rather than a standard crafting table.

Mechanical crafters are arranged in a grid. Each crafter holds one ingredient. When all ingredients are placed, the crafters combine them into the result.

Deployers

Deployers are Create's equivalent of automated player interactions. They can:

  • Place blocks
  • Apply items to crafting grids
  • Use tools on blocks
  • Interact with machines

Deployers are essential for sequenced assembly and automated crafting lines.

Bulk processing

With encased fans and a heat source (lava, fire), you can process items without furnaces:

  • Washing: crushed ore becomes washed ore (use water)
  • Smelting: bulk smelting without furnaces (use lava or fire)
  • Haunting: soul sand and soul soil conversions (use soul fire)

Automation patterns

Simple factory

Mechanical Drill → Belt → Deployer → Chest
                    ↓
              Washing (water + fan)

Precision mechanism line

Brass Sheet → Deployer 1 (precision mechanism)
            → Deployer 2 (precision mechanism)
            → Deployer 3 (precision mechanism)
            → Deployer 4 (precision mechanism)
            → Output: Precision Mechanism

Force-load this chunk to produce precision mechanisms while offline.

Tips

  1. Automate brass early. Brass is the bottleneck for Stage 2.
  2. Build a precision mechanism factory. You need dozens of them for late-game items.
  3. Use encased fans for bulk processing. They are faster than furnaces for large quantities.
  4. Force-load your factory. Automation runs continuously when the chunk is loaded.