Need help getting started with Magic Farm 2

[Spleenling]

The starting book say I can make simple tools out of Flint that are used to build TC stuff. The book does not tell me the recipes and NEI won't.

Can someone help?

 

[malicious_bloke]

I had the same issue lol.

Magic Farm uses iguana tweaks, an addon for Tinkers Construct. It means you have to level up your tools, rather than just making a new one each time you get access to new resources. To start out, the only resources you can make pickaxe/sword heads out of are bone or flint.

Use a TiCo part builder with a pick/sword blade stencil and your flint.

 

[netmc]

you can also make a wooden shovel to help in digging gravel. It is the only wooden tool that can be made. Also, 4 gravel in a non-square pattern will give a flint. in addition to the standard blank pattern recipe of:

<plank> <stick>
<stick> <plank>

you can also use 4 sticks in a square to make the blank pattern.

You will be foraging for food for a while before you can be self-sufficient. One of the best early game items you can make is a fishing pole. Fishing is a good source of food until your farms can be self sufficient.

Make a juicer as soon as you are able. It is only a smooth stone and a stone pressure plate, but you can use it with many of the berries you find to make fruit juice, which will double the amount of hunger they restore. If you are near a snow biome, a snowball crafted along side the juicer and fruit will make a smoothie. It is a bit more nourishing.

 

[netmc]

Also, DrowElf has made a good guide, and there is a MF2 assistance thread that is full of good advice. Many of the early pages no longer apply to the current version of the mods, but most of the principles do.

http://forum.feed-the-beast.com/threads/getting-started-guide-to-magic-farm-2.41375/

http://forum.feed-the-beast.com/threads/magic-farm-2-venting-and-advice-thread.39863/