Extended Crafting

## **Synopsis**

Extended Crafting adds a bunch of new methods of crafting with the intention of giving modpack developers the ability to add custom recipes to the game. This functionality is not used very much in SkyFactory 4, but there are a few recipes that require Extended Crafting.

## **Combination Crafting**

Combination Crafting is a type of crafting that allows items to be made by placing a crafting recipe inside a crafting grid and placing items in external *pedestal slots* around the crafting grid. Place a Crafting Core down and place as many Pedestals surrounding it within 3 blocks of the Crafting Core. The Crafting Core needs energy to work. When you right click on the Crafting Core it will tell you how many Pedestals it is connected to. It also says *No recipe found*. I assume this is because the SkyFactory 4 modpack devs did not add any custom Combination Crafting recipes. Right click on any Pedestal to or the Crafting Core to place the item in your hand onto it (visually floating above it). At least you can use these components for decoration. Right click again to remove.

## **Table Crafting**

Extended Crafting adds 4 different tiers of crafting table; The Basic Crafting Table (Tier 1), The Advanced Crafting Table (Tier 2), The Elite Crafting Table (Tier 3), and the Ultimate Crafting Table (Tier 4). Each of these crafting crafting tables has a larger crafting grid than the last, from 3x3 to 9x9. In order to craft something in one of these crafting recipes, the config has to explicitly specify. For this reason, you cannot craft vanilla 3x3 crafting recipes in tables that are larger than that. Below is a list of all of the crafting tables and the crafting recipes they work with.

**Basic Crafting Table (3x3):**

* can craft all of the recipes craftable in a vanilla crafting table

**Advanced Crafting Table (5x5):**

* there are no crafting recipes that are crafted in this table

**Elite Crafting Table (7x7):**

* the Crystaltine Ingot is crafted in the Elite Crafting Table

**Ultimate Crafting Table (9x9):**

* the Ultimate Singularity is crafted in the Ultimate Crafting Table

## **Compression Crafting**

**Overview**

Extended Crafting adds a machine called the Quantum Compressor. This machine needs energy to run. The Quantum Compressor has a huge internal buffer to store items, allowing custom crafting recipes to be added that require many many items.

Recipes inside the Quantum Compressor have two elements; the left slot needs a Catalyst (which is not consumed when crafting). Then, place an item in the central slot. This item will be moved into the internal buffer (which is signified by the bar under the slot). Hover your mouse over the bar to see how many items are inside and what the type of item is. With items inside the Quantum Compressor you can press the Eject button over the central slot. This will cause items inside the internal buffer to be output to the right slot (the output). In this way you can take items out of the Quantum Compressor without finishing a crafting process. There is a lock icon next to the bar which you can use to toggle whether or not you want to be able to add more than the required amount of items at a time. When set to *Limited Input*, no more items will be able to enter the Quantum Compressor once you have put 10,000 items in

Once you place 10,000 items into the Quantum Compressor, crafting will begin. You will have to wait a bit. There is a bug where sometimes the progress arrow doesn’t update on its own, but clicking on the GUI refreshes the arrow. I suggest just waiting a few minutes and your item will appear in the output slot. There is also a visual bug where if you put items into the Quantum Compressor too quickly, sometimes an item which you put into the Quantum Compressor just sits in the input slot (its not really there, its like a phantom item). If this bug happens to you and you keep putting items in, the machine will keep taking your items, but the items will remain in your inventory visually. All of this will fix itself if you just close and open the GUI.

**SkyFactory 4**

 The Quantum Compressor actually plays a surprisingly large part in the progression of SkyFactory 4, especially if you are playing in Prestige mode. The Quantum Compressor is exclusively used to craft Singularities;

* Coal Singularity
* Ardite Singularity
* Iron Singularity
* Cobalt Singularity
* Lapis Lazuli Singularity
* Manyullyn Singularity
* Redstone Singularity
* Glowstone Singularity
* Gold Singularity
* Diamond Singularity
* Emerald Singularity
* Copper Singularity
* Tin Singularity
* Bronze Singularity
* Silver Singularity
* Lead Singularity
* Steel Singularity
* Nickel Singularity
* Electrum Singularity
* Invar Singularity
* Uranium Singularity
* Platinum Singularity
* Signalum Singularity
* Lumium Singularity
* Enderium Singularity
* Cookie Singularity
* Bacon Singularity
* Donut Singularity

The Ultimate Singularity requires one of each Singularity in order to craft. The Parabox^2 also uses Singularities to generate Prestige points. These are the main functions of Extended Crafting in SkyFactory 4.

## **Ender Crafting**

Ender Crafting is a type of crafting that requires waiting for the output (similar to a furnace). Ender Crafting is done with an Ender Crafter surrounded by Ender Alternators. Ender Alternators can be placed anywhere up to 3 blocks away from the Ender Crafter. The more Ender Alternators you have, the faster crafting will happen. You can see that an Ender Alternator is being used during crafting if it has a stream of purple particles over it. The following is a list of all of the recipes which use Ender Crafting in SkyFactory 4:

* Ender Star (Enhanced)
* Enhanced Ender Ingot

## **The Automation Interface**

Extended Crafting adds a block called the Automation Interface which can be used for automated crafting. This block needs energy to work. Place the Automation Interface over any of the Extended Crafting crafting tables. Place a crafting recipe in the crafting table and exit the GUI. Now right click on the Automation Interface and hit the *Save Recipe* button. This should place a green check next to the word Recipe. If you have placed a valid crafting table under the Automation Interface there should also be a green check next to the word Table. If you want to switch recipes, clear the saved recipe by hitting the *Clear Recipe* button. You can also view the currently saved recipe with the *View Recipe* button.

At this point you can start putting the crafting ingredients required for the saved recipe in the left slot of the Automation Interface. If these items fit into the crafting grid (each slot can hold 64 items) and are a part of the saved recipe, they will be placed into the crafting table. Each time the recipe is completed, the corresponding item will be crafted and placed in the output slot.

In the GUI you can press the *Config* button to access some automation options. The first two buttons control the input and output of the Automation Interface. Click the buttons to cycle through all of the options for the direction to take input from or send output to. WIth these options you can pipe items in/out items or have items taken from/put into adjacent chests. The third button has the Automation Interface automatically eject items which it takes as input that cannot be put into the crafting table. This prevents the system from getting clogged by items which will never move into the crafting grid. The fourth button prevents the Automation Interface from taking input from Auto Insert which cannot be put into the crafting table.

## **Other Items:**

**New Materials and Blocks:**

Extended crafting adds a few new materials which are mostly used in crafting recipes or for decorative blocks. Some of them have cool glowing textures or change colors.

* Black Iron Ingot and Block
* Luminessence (+ Block)
* Block of Nether Stars
* Crystaltine Ingot and Block
* The Ultimate Ingot and Block
* Ender Ingot and Block
* Nether Star and Block (Enhanced)
* Enhanced Ender Ingot and Block
* Black Iron Frame
* Black Iron Lamp (gives off light)
* Black Iron Lamp (gives off light)

Extended Crafting has an in-game guide which has basic information about each type of crafting, but is not specific to SkyFactory 4.

**Handheld Crafting Table:**

Right click with this item in hand to open a crafting table. A great time saver if you have inventory space to spare.

**Recipe Maker:**

As far as I can tell this is a creative only item. It copies the contents of Extended Crafting Tables or Ender Crafters as a script for CraftTweaker (a mod for modpack makers which allows for easy custom recipe creation).