What mod do you use for early game ore processing?
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The grind stone is so not worth it.. it takes precious quartz and you stop using it pretty quickly I find..
It takes three Quartz Dust. Not exactly expensive. And I use it quite a lot, actually.
I don't see the Smeltery as a very early game ore processing system... but then again, I'm kinda always near the start of a map, so anything using somewhat hard to gather resources is a bit beyond my grasp. Ideally I'd learn how to use Mekinsim to do my ore processing... But then again, the full chain requires diamonds. By the time I've got some diamonds, I'm about ready to get started on my work in the Nether, which is basically Vanilla mid-game. Going to the end is my take on "starting late game stuff", really, because of how much stuff one needs from the end to get started on the most powerful parts of mods. Again, though, I'm basically always early game.
EDIT: Might I remind you that quartz dust drops occasionally from Certrus Quartz ore blocks? And both it and the crystals are affected by fortune?
Of course it drops from CQ ore. How else would you make a grindstone if it didn't? Make a macerator first? And, fortune enchant isn't exactly early game so it isn't going to help you get those three dust for the grindstone. I fail to see what the point of this "reminder" is.
What I meant is the three dusts is hardly a dent in one's pocket. The rest of it's basically moot.
Seriously, if three Quartz dust is hurting that bad, make it out of Nether Quartz Dust. Technically cheaper.
Nether Quartz? The first time I go to the Nether, it's to get some glowstone for my jetpack. By that point I'm not interested in a manual grinder! When I first played a world with AE at the start (as against my "main" 1.4.7 world that started out before the mod existed), I already had well over a stack of each of iron, copper, and tin before I found a third piece of quartz dust. This may be statistically unusual.
Seriously? I have my third chunk of dust before I've mined even half a stack of iron. It seems to take me on average 5 ore to get it all.
And yes, the nether is not as "early game" as a stone pick. That being said, really, all you need to reach the nether is the ability to mine iron, a bit of know-how, and patience. A quick jaunt isn't that risky usually. Unless you have more badass things spawning in the nether(which I do, incidentally. Not as fun). Though you can't get Nether Quartz Dust without a way to break down ores(aka ore doubling of some kind), it is still cheaper.
*sigh* My point was that 3 Cetrus Quartz dust isn't expensive. It's as hard to get as a few stacks of dirt, if that.
I think his point is that a pulverizer and engine with fuel aren't expensive enough to warrant spending time and resources on the grindstone. It would only make sense for someone who doesn't cave down to y=16 early and instead goes for cave completionism starting up high.
Depends on what I have.
For smashing:
If I don't have Mekanism I use the Macerator until I can get an Industrial Grinder.
If I do have Mekanism I'll make an Elite/Ultimate (I can't remember which is top tier) Enriching Factory.
And for smelting it really depends on what I feel like doing. My last 1.4 world I used like 14 Blulectric Furnaces just because I felt like it.
For smashing:
If I don't have Mekanism I use the Macerator until I can get an Industrial Grinder.
If I do have Mekanism I'll make an Elite/Ultimate (I can't remember which is top tier) Enriching Factory.
And for smelting it really depends on what I feel like doing. My last 1.4 world I used like 14 Blulectric Furnaces just because I felt like it.
I rarely find good caves anymore. A cave that reaches y=16 is a amazing find for me. That being said, I don't dig too deep at first anyway.
And it's cheap. Works in 1.6.X to boot.
I would vote for the TiC smeltery, but be careful, you might get a bit crazy and start doing all your ore processing with these things (like I did)._.
I did that once for a world... Used redstone and such to automate the smelteries and bar making, Sucking it all into an AE system.... I think i'm going to do this again.. That was fun to set up if nothing else.
Shame that doesn't work with aluminium.I have to agree there
But I do blocks to save on storage disks xD
What kind of aluminium are you using? The aluminum from TiC? Because that should work
Whenever I put an aluminium block in a crafting grid I get 9 Raw Aluminium, which I then have to smelt to get an ingot that I can use.What kind of aluminium are you using? The aluminum from TiC? Because that should work
I don't think it's the expense that is the problem, it's the time you spend there right clicking the crank that is. When you could automate that with a turtle, it wasn't that bad, but the time you spend there holding the right click button, is time I am now spend gathering gravel, sand and clay for the smeltery. I'll admit if you start off to far from the ocean getting clay could be an issue, but I generally get enough gravel building my starter mine shaft to 11, and sand is pretty easy to find around all the ponds that dot the landscape. If you could 'wind up' the crank like you can the clockwork engine, I'd reconsider it, but having to manually do it, puts it below a smeltery for me.
Technically not cheaper. You need some sort of macerating to make the nether quartz dust.