The sealer will only work in a room that is completely sealed off from outer space. This can be achieved with either a completely closed off room, or with an Air Lock. The sealer must have nothing above it to block its vents. It is designed to check for a proper seal about every 5 seconds, so be sure to give it time to seal.

Each sealer requires at least 320 air points per second to work continuously or it will fail.

Oxygen Sealer Usage and Functionality

An Oxygen needs at least three things before it becomes operational

• A sustainable oxygen supply.
• A capable power supply.
• An airtight room.

Connecting the sealer to a local source of air, as well as coupled to a power network will cause it to activate and intitiate a 5-second check of its surroundings. If there is no breach in the room, it is in, then it will successfuly seal, as indicated by the status, when you right click on it.

It is recommended to provide some storage for oxygen if you cannot sustain the oxygen supply for an extended period time.

What Oxygen Sealers do have is the ability to adjust the temperature to habitational levels which can relieve you of having to use thermal protection. This can be done by fitting a Ambient Thermal Controller into its slot. However, it may consume more energy in this way.

How to use the Oxygen Sealer?

Read “Sealed Space” for full information about how to make a sealed space.

“Special” types of blocks which are not normal solid blocks which you can place a torch on, might not be sealable unless you set it up in configs. This applies to nearly all see-through blocks except for vanilla Glass Blocks and Glass Panes. So most types of glass (for example Clear Glass from Tinker’s Construct) do not seal unless you edit the Galacticraft core/config file. (Some glass in other mods might seal if it is just a different version of vanilla Glass Blocks, for example Chisel 2 mod borderless glass should seal OK without you needing to change configs.)

Opening an Air Lock to go outside will expose that room to the planet’s environment, thereby sucking all of the air out of all rooms that are not sealed. This can be prevented by installing two air-locks to your base in tandem: one exterior door that goes directly outside and one interior door with a small room in between both air locks. This will create a sort of air lock chamber so that there is never a direct opening to the outside.

Glass panes in the wall can seal OK – see Figure 1. Glass panes in the roof or floor have holes in them, so they do not seal – see Figure 3. Wool including carpets, Sponge, Leaves and Gravel can never make seals. A Farmland Block in your roof can seal (it has a solid dirt underside) but not in the walls – there is a slight hole at the top which the air can escape through.

In the case of sealing larger rooms, a single oxygen sealer may not be able to seal it on its own. Thus multiple oxygen sealers may have to be used instead.

Oxygen Sealer Crafting Recipe

Galacticraft 2 and 3:

Galacticraft 1 with Thermal Expansion:

Galacticraft 1 with Basic Components:

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It can be crafted out of 9 Meteoric Iron Ingots.

In the Asteroids dimension, there is a rare (approx. 2%) chance of an Asteroid having a core made of Solid Meteoric Iron, which can be a very rich source of this material.

Crafting

Crafting Uses

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Once smelted, it can be used to make Sensor Glasses or placed into a Compressor to create Compressed Meteoric Iron which can be used as a crafting ingredient for items such as Tier 2 Heavy Duty Plating.

Its most vital use is that of crafting a Fluid Manipulator, which is useful in generating a sustainable source of Fuel. It also allows Oxygen to be extracted from water.

Smelting

Crafting Uses

Galacticraft 2 and Galacticraft 3:

Galacticraft 3:

In a Compressor:

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Obtaining

Orion Drive

Crafting it requires the Orion Drive as a recipe component. The schematic for the Astro Miner is a possible treasure item in the Mars dimension, upon defeating the Evolved Creeper Boss, and building the Orion Drive requires samples of ore from every dimension including Asteroids.

Crafting

To build the Astro Miner you will need to have unlocked the Astro Miner Schematic which is available as a treasure item after killing the Evolved Creeper Boss on Mars, but only for players who have already unlocked the Tier 3 Rocket Schematic or who have already travelled to the Asteroids dimension in some other way.

Ingredients:

• 5 x Orion Drive – note, this will need 5 of many types of ore
• 1 x Advanced Wafer
• 1 x Beam Core
• 1 x Pole
• 4 x Heavy Duty Plate
• 2 x chest

Recipe in the NASA Workbench

Usage

The Astro Miner is an automatic mining vehicle which moves around, making tunnels and mining up everything it finds, and brings it all back to a base station where it docks. It is not player-rideable* so do not try and climb inside it!

(* OK, there are other mods which allow you to put a saddle on anything including some quite surprising things as in the movie Dr Strangelove, in which case maybe they become rideable after all.)

The Astro Miner is the ultimate automatic mining system in Minecraft!

It has certain similarities with:

• a Railcraft Tunnel Bore – but it does not need rails, it’s a lot smarter and more flexible, and it returns to its base and unloads itself.
• a ComputerCraft Mining Turtle – but you do not need to program it!
• a Buildcraft Quarry – but it is fully mobile, and also lag-free.

Additional advantages are that it looks awesome, and it works in space: it is optimised for mining asteroids! An Astro Miner busy hunting out and mining asteroids for you in the depths of space is a pleasure to see.

Assembling the base

• You will require:
  • 8 Astro Miner Base blocks
  • an Astro Miner
• Place down the 8 Astro Miner Base blocks in a 2 x 2 x 2 cube – when correctly placed, they should transform into an industrial looking dock. At this point make sure the opening in the dock it is facing in the direction you want the Astro Miner to be mining. Facing outwards from your base is a good plan if you don’t want your precious space base to get all chewed up. You can wrench the dock to rotate it.
• When you are ready, right click the Astro Miner Base with the Astro Miner item to place an Astro Miner (you cannot wrench the dock after an Astro Miner has been placed in it)
• Connect power to the Astro Miner Base, let it power up for a few seconds, and enjoy!

You will be warned in chat if you cannot place the Astro Miner – for example if:

• the Astro Miner Base already has an Astro Miner
• there is not enough clear space to place it (because a protected or non-minable block, such as chests or wiring or machinery, is present)
• the player already has the maximum allowed number of Astro Miners: there is a server-set limit on the number of Astro Miners a player can have in the game: it’s configurable, the default is 6. (This was 4 in early beta versions of the Astro Miner. Your current number can be seen using the /gcastrominer command.)

If you need to stop the Astro Miner, just hit it to break it, like hitting a rocket.

To get the blocks it has mined:

• the Astro Miner Base works like a chest, you can open it and see the items in it
• blocks can be extracted from the Astro Miner Base using hoppers (placed beneath it) or any type of item pipe or duct from other mods
• breaking the Astro Miner Base will drop all the items it currently contains – but if you break it, the Astro Miner will not be able to dock (unless you put back another Astro Miner Base at exactly the same spot)
• breaking the Astro Miner will drop any items it currently contains, but is not the best plan because then it will forget its route

The Astro Miner has special mining AI for the Asteroids dimension – it knows how to go find the asteroids and mine out only their cores. (This has been in planning for 6 months or more! All this time your Galacticraft world has been carefully saving a list of where the asteroids are, ready for this day!)

Minable blocks

The Astro Miner can mine any regular ores or blocks found in the map, including obsidian. When mining, it always mines the ore block not the drop, similar to a pickaxe with Silk Touch. It cannot currently mine liquids (or gases).

To protect from accidental damage, the Astro Miner by design will not mine certain protected blocks which are only found in player bases or underground dungeons or other ‘built’ areas of the map. Protected blocks include:

• chests
• any type of machinery (from any mod)
• tracks
• sign
• farmland
• growing crops
• beacon
• mob spawner
• mossy cobblestone, stone brick or End Portal blocks.

Examples of “machinery” in the vanilla game are: piston, furnace, redstone wire, hopper, dispenser, comparator, noteblock.

When the Astro Miner encounters these protected blocks (or bedrock or lava), it returns to its base and will try mining elsewhere. If the protected blocks are in the Astro Miner’s main outward path from its base, then the player will need to fix that. If the protected blocks are in the Astro Miner’s return path back to its base, then it will stop and the player who owns the Astro Miner will be alerted in chat.

Warnings

• Use at your own risk – this will destroy blocks (but only in the direction the Astro Miner Base is facing)
• The Astro Miner has not been tested with other mods – it should be OK with most things though. The Astro Miner will not break any block (from any mod) which looks like machinery or chests

Tips

• On servers, the Astro Miner will operate only while the player who owns it is online – if the player logs out or is kicked from the server, the Astro Miner will immediately stop and go into a dormant state, with its engines and scanning beams off. This is to prevent it from mining up the whole map for an offline player. While in the dormant state, it cannot be damaged or broken, except by a player who is in Creative Mode.
• An Astro Miner will only move and operate if the chunk it is in is loaded and entities are active in that chunk. It is the same behaviour for a minecart in the vanilla game and the machines in most other mods. To be active will normally require it to be 2 chunks inside the chunk loading radius, for example if the chunk loading radius is 8 chunks (128 blocks) then the Astro Miner would need to be maximum 6 chunks (96 blocks) from the nearest player to continue operating. This may also depend on server settings, on managed servers.
• If the Astro Miner finds something it cannot or will not mine, then it will turn around and go back to its base. If it is already returning to its base when obstructed, then it will stop where it is and the player will see a chat message warning of that: sometimes (every 30 seconds) it will try to start moving again, but it cannot start moving until the path is unblocked.
• For this reason, the Astro Miner does not function well at very deep levels underground (below around y = 15) as it will frequently encounter bedrock and return to base
• If you break the Astro Miner Base when it has an Astro Miner, the Astro Miner will eventually come back to the base location and stop there, with a message in chat about its base being destroyed. (The player had better then break the Astro Miner too.)
• The Astro Miner will respect Grief Prevention / WorldGuard type plugins, so that it should be impossible for it to mine in another player’s protected land. (We have had no reports of problems in over 6 months, but if there are problems please inform the Galacticraft develops in the usual way via the Github Issues list.)

Known issues

(Do not report / bug the developers about these!)

• The Astro Miner will stop if the chunk it is in is unloaded – which can happen fairly easily when it is far from its base.
• The Astro Miner will not currently mine GregTech ores, due to differences between them and all other ores. It is therefore advisable not to use it in a dimension which contains GregTech ores.

This page is updated as of version 3.0.12.335 and applies to later versions of Galacticraft also.

Future plans

• The scanning beam visual effects are currently a beta, these are not the final versions

Future upgrades

In a future Galacticraft version (maybe not until Galacticraft 4) there will be optional upgrades for the Astro Miner to add extra capabilities. Likely upgrades will include:

• increased range
• larger hold capacity
• faster movement, faster mining
• a chunk loader for the chunk where it is currently mining (disableable in config)
• mine also any valuable blocks visible on the sides of its tunnels
• immunity to lava (currently it can pass through flowing lava but not lava source blocks)
• fluid collection tanks
• option to ignore (or not pick up) certain blocks while mining
• possibly, gas mining for gas planets
• possibly, a defence mechanism like an electric shock for any mob which comes too close

Please do not ask when these exciting features will come, it will not be for some time!

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This rocket can be loaded with 1500 fuel points (1500 mB or 1.5 buckets) of Rocket Fuel. The safe fuel level is 80%. This rocket travels at around 33 blocks/second, so it can reach the planet selection screen in around 36 seconds.

Requirements

For this type of rocket you need to upgrade your NASA Workbench with a Tier 2 Rocket Schematic. This schematic can only be acquired in a Moon Dungeon. To build the rocket you will also need Heavy-Duty Plates which are made out of Heavy Duty Plating and Compressed Meteoric Iron.

Crafting

The Rocket is crafted using the NASA Workbench, to craft it you must fill up all the respective slots on the workbench. The Rocket requires one Nose Cone, four Rocket Fins, two Tier 1 Booster, one Rocket Engine, and ten Heavy-Duty Plates. You can fill the up right slots with chests to increase the storage space to 18, 36 and 54 slots. You can get a pre-fueled version of every spaceship in creative mode.

Usage

You can use it the same way as the Tier 1 Rocket. Once you have left the atmosphere you will get to the Planet Selection Screen, which allows you to select Mars or the other dimensions.

Note: breaking the vehicle causes it to lose all its fuel.

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The Rockets are arguably the most vital part of Galacticraft.

Rocket (same as spaceship) may refer to:

• Tier 1 Rocket   – the first rocket you can build. It will bring you to the Moon and Overworld Space Station.
• Tier 2 Rocket   – This can be built after you have looted the Moon Dungeon for the Tier 2 Rocket Schematic. Brings you to all tier 1 dimensions as well as Mars.
• Tier 3 Rocket   – This can be built after you have looted the Mars Dungeon for the Tier 3 Rocket Schematic. Brings you to all tier 1 and 2 dimensions, as well as Asteroids and Venus.
• Cargo Rocket   – A rocket that is able to transport a large payload automatically. Can only be built after you have looted the Mars Dungeon for the Cargo Rocket Schematic.
• Tier 4 Rocket   – This rocket was added by the “More Planets” add-on. This can be built after you have looted the Moon Dungeon for the Tier 4 Rocket Schematic. Brings you to all tiers 1, 2, and 3 dimensions, as well as Diona, Mercury, and Jupiter
• Tier 5 Rocket   – This rocket was added by the “More Planets” add-on. This can be built after you have looted the BLANK Dungeon for the Tier 5 Rocket Schematic. Brings you to all tiers 1, 2, 3, and 4 dimensions, as well as Dark Asteroids, Pluto, and Polongnius

See also

• Fuel – for rockets
• NASA Workbench – to build rockets
• Rocket Engine and Heavy Rocket Engine
• Rocket Fin and Heavy Rocket Fin
• Rocket Launch Pad

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The Rockets are arguably the most vital part of Galacticraft.

Rocket may refer to:

• Tier 1 Rocket   – the first rocket you can build. It will bring you to the Moon and Overworld Space Station.
• Tier 2 Rocket   – This can be built after you have looted the Moon Dungeon for the Tier 2 Rocket Schematic. Brings you to all tier 1 dimensions as well as Mars.
• Tier 3 Rocket   – This can be built after you have looted the Mars Dungeon for the Tier 3 Rocket Schematic. Brings you to all tier 1 and 2 dimensions, as well as Asteroids and Venus.
• Cargo Rocket   – A rocket that is able to transport a large payload automatically. Can only be built after you have looted the Mars Dungeon for the Cargo Rocket Schematic.
• Tier 4 Rocket   – This rocket was added by the “More Planets” add-on. This can be built after you have looted the Moon Dungeon for the Tier 4 Rocket Schematic. Brings you to all tiers 1, 2, and 3 dimensions, as well as Diona, Mercury, and Jupiter
• Tier 5 Rocket   – This rocket was added by the “More Planets” add-on. This can be built after you have looted the BLANK Dungeon for the Tier 5 Rocket Schematic. Brings you to all tiers 1, 2, 3, and 4 dimensions, as well as Dark Asteroids, Pluto, and Polongnius

See also

• Fuel – for rockets
• NASA Workbench – to build rockets
• Rocket Engine and Heavy Rocket Engine
• Rocket Fin and Heavy Rocket Fin
• Rocket Launch Pad

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GC4 is available in Minecraft 1.12.2 (January 2018), and also versions for Minecraft 1.8.9, Minecraft 1.10.2 and Minecraft 1.11.2 (May 2017). Players can pick a version matching any other mods they want to use with Galacticraft, the features and gameplay in all four game versions of Galacticraft 4 are exactly the same! All these four game versions are continually updated together.

The main additions in GC4 include the beautiful new planet Venus and many things found there, including new ores, sulphuric acid pools, gas spouts, crashed probes, a new dungeon type and the Spider Queen. Heading in the other direction, there are spectacular Abandoned Bases to discover in the Asteroids dimension. These contain clues to further things…

New features

New features in GC4 include:

• New ores and terrain blocks:
  • Galena Ore (yields lead)
  • Other Venus ores including aluminum, silicon and quartz
  • Volcanic Rock (turns into lava when broken. build .108 introduced silk touch for this block (Yes! stacks of lava!))
  • Scorched rock
  • Pumice
  • Sulfuric Acid – damages anything on contact

• Sapphire Ore on the Moon, yields blue sapphires which can be used for trading with Alien Villagers

• Abandoned Space Base to discover in the Asteroids dimension

• New space base building blocks:
  • Hydraulic Platform – a useful elevator for moving between levels of your base, looks great and intuitive to use.
  • Magnetic Crafting Table – a crafting table which holds its inventory, and can be placed on its side or even upside-down! Smart Shift-clicking of items into the crafting table. It remembers its last recipe to give simple automated crafting using Hoppers (or item pipes). And an attractive grey color!
  • Vacuum Glass – a sealed, vacuum-proof, glass window block which makes smart connections to its neighbors, in three variants including Clear Glass and Strong (explosion resistant) – in underwater bases it also provides perfectly clear underwater views
  • Lighting Panels – cool flat panels for giving a space base look to your lighting, in many different designs. Can be set in-game to match the texture of any block, by holding the Lighting Panel and shift-right-clicking against the block whose texture you want to copy. Can be colored for any color of lighting.
  • Fluid Pipes – these replace Oxygen Pipes in earlier Galacticraft versions, and can transport oxygen gas or many other types of gas or liquid, including a simple “pull” mechanism (when right-clicked with a Standard Wrench) to pump liquids out of a tank [Note: pipes must have length at least 2: pipes of length 1 will not pump because 1 pipe block cannot pump liquids out and in at the same time]]
  • Fluid Tanks – simple glass tanks which can hold 16 buckets of any liquid or gas – stack them vertically to make larger tanks
  • Switchable Aluminum Wire – make all your power circuits turn off and onable with this redstone operated switch wire
  • Hidden Redstone wire and Hidden Redstone repeaters – these are solid blocks which function like redstone
  • Dark decoration block – a near-black block for building space bases with a dark theme
  • Emergency Post – a brightly lit block which actively repels mobs, and which can hold one Space Emergency Kit until needed
  • Grating – a decorative block for a space / industrial look, it allows liquids to flow through it and steam / smoke can also pass through it
• New machines:
  • Deconstructor – a machine which takes apart your old rockets (and any other items) and salvages around 70-75% of the metals and compressed metals for re-use
  • Chromatic Applicator – a machine which changes the color of: Vacuum Glass frames, Lighting Panel lights. Can use any custom color, you can create colors by blending dyes and blocks. There may be other colorable blocks added in future.
  • Geothermal Generator
  • Many machines – currently Electric Furnace, Energy Storage Module, Electric Arc Furnace, Energy Storage Cluster, Electric Ingot Compressor, Circuit Fabricator, Oxygen Storage Module, Fuel Loader and Deconstructor but others will be added too – have configurable sides for electrical and pipe inputs and outputs. (You can change the sides around by using a wrench while holding SNEAK.)

• Crashed Probe – some metals are recoverable from this, also contains a Thermionic Core used to craft an Atomic Battery

• Venus dungeon blocks, Web Torches and Tier 3 Treasure Chest

• Spider Queen and Juicers (small spiders)

• New items:
  • Volcanic Pickaxe – break multiple blocks at the same time;
  • Tier 2 Thermal Padding – needed to keep the player cool in the extreme heat of Venus;
  • Shield Controller – provides a shield to protect the player’s armor, without this the dangerously acidic atmosphere of Venus will destroy any armor – with this your armor is protected from all standard damage including player attack damage, so it’s like an infinite Unbreaking enchantment;
  • Lead Ingot
  • Atomic Battery, a low-powered infinite battery available without being in Creative Mode
  • Space Emergency Kit, a single item kit containing emergency Oxygen Mask, oxygen tanks and some other supplies
  • Other planned spiderey treasure items
  • Strange Seed – this can be found in some Abandoned Space Bases in the Asteroids dimension
  • Cheeseburger, Canned Beef and some other new food items
  • Pizza Margherita,Pasta,Sunflower Oil, and more foods make by Roby05(also called Roby) for Galacticraft
  • In Creative Mode, Infinite Oxygen Supply is now wearable as an oxygen tank
  • In Creative Mode, a Dungeon Locator item helps you quickly locate the nearest dungeon on Moon / Mars / Venus (also locates Abandoned Bases in the Asteroids dimension)

• more to come…

Existing features and compatibility

Galacticraft 4 will include everything which was already in Galacticraft 3, updated for the latest Minecraft versions.

Galacticraft 4 again has very wide compatibility with other mods, like Galacticraft 3. All energy systems in Galacticraft 4 interface correctly with RF power and with IndustrialCraft2 and Mekanism, so that players and modpack makers can pick any of these tech mods. Fluid sytems should also be compatible with everything.

Galacticraft 4 again gives the option of using PlayerAPI for compatibility with other mods which conflict without it.

You may notice a few blocks (for example Cryogenic Chamber) have a slightly different appearance in Galacticraft 4. This is to improve overall performance (better FPS).

Galacticraft 4 has an API usable by add-on creators and other mods. This gives add-ons (and other mods) more capabilities than ever before. New aspects include adding gravity items to reverse the effects of Zero Gravity on Space Stations – for example Gravity Boots – and allowing other Forge mods to add their own mobs on Galacticraft planets.

Gameplay differences

Venus will require a Tier 3 rocket to reach it. That’s because it’s a more challenging planet than Mars. So players should be visiting Mars first and then have the choice of heading outwards to Asteroids or inwards to Venus.

Many detailed improvements to the gameplay and mechanics:

• Astro Miner will now keep on mining properly even if it moves into unloaded chunks far from the player – it shouldn’t ever get lost, even mining distant asteroids in the Asteroids dimension
• Rocket transfers to the Celestial Selection screen and, from there into a Lander, are smoother
• New holding screen (similar to the Generating Terrain screen) so no more visual glitches when changing dimensions
• More intuitive Zero-G movement (this change is also included in the final versions of Galacticraft 3)
• Sensor Glasses now reveal nearby Galacticraft mobs, useful when mining in dark places
• Sensor Glasses now reveal oxygen leaks, if you have an Oxygen Sealer which is not sealing
• Many machine sides have configurable electric and pipe inputs, see list above
• Improved dungeon generation on Moon and Mars, all dungeons have boss and treasure rooms
• Alien Villagers will trade items for sapphires. They will trade Schematics with you if you end up with two Moon Buggies and no Tier 2 Rocket
• Arc Lamp lights in a more natural cone, and scares off hostile mobs more effectively
• Your Schematics can now be hung on walls, similar to paintings!
• Cryogenic Chamber now advances the time to next morning only in the dimension where it is, time in other dimensions is not affected (this change is also included in the final versions of Galacticraft 3)
• Aluminum Ore can be processed in IndustrialCraft2 Macerator, also in AppliedEnergistics2 Grindstone, Actually Additions Crusher, EnderIO SAG Mill (requires config setting in EnderIO), and Thermal Expansion Pulverizer
• Fallen Meteors now mine faster with the proper tools, and have a good chance of dropping two Raw Meteoric Iron
• Desh Sword has an additional minor capability: it is so tough it can break leaves or webs without losing any durability
• Titanium Sword has increased damage, it now has base damage of 9 (compared with 7 from a Diamond Sword) and it also swings faster for higher dps (damage per second)
• Titanium Pickaxe and other Titanium tools mine faster than before – with Efficiency V enchantment they are very fast
• Titanium armor gives a movement speed bonus when walking and running, if a full set of Titanium Armor is worn
• New /gchouston command which every player can use any time, to return to the Overworld bed position
• New /gckit command which server admins can use to give a Space Emergency Kit to any player who is stranded.
• Dispenser can place rockets on launchpads, also can throw meteor chunks and place and pick up buckets of Galacticraft fluids
• Players in a Space Race team will all receive the benefit of Tier 2 Rocket Schematics unlocked by any team member.

The config file has been cleaned up as of Galacticraft build 4.0.1.133 onwards. All the configs are now organised in logical categories. All your existing config entries are preserved. The mod will automatically tidy up any older config file. The in-game config works properly now.

…

Download Galacticraft

As with other Galacticraft versions, Galacticraft 4 consists of four mod files: GalacticraftCore, Galacticraft-Planets, MicdoodleCore and Galacticraft-Foods.

Download links to Galacticraft for Minecraft 1.8.9 – 1.10.2 – 1.11.2 – 1.12.2 can be found on the official Galacticraft Download page. For Galacticraft-Foods you can open this link: [1]

Servers and Sponge

Most large multiplayer servers will want to be running Sponge, as Bukkit doesn’t exist for the recent Minecraft versions. (As an alternative to Sponge you can also look for simpler server mods like ForgeEssentials.)

Galacticraft 4, versions for Minecraft 1.10.2 and later are Sponge compatible on servers. The Galacticraft developers have worked with Sponge to fix a couple of bugs in Sponge, to ensure that it works for you!

Recommended Sponge versions change from time to time, please visit the Sponge page for more info, or ask on the forum

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With ExtraPlanets, players gain access to a broader array of celestial bodies, including not only the planets of our solar system like Mercury, Jupiter, and Neptune, but also moons and distant exoplanets, such as those in the Kepler system. The addon introduces tiered rocket systems, custom launchpads, and space stations for nearly every planet, giving players new challenges and goals as they progress through the game.

In addition to new locations, ExtraPlanets also implements unique environmental factors for each planet and moon, including different levels of gravity, temperature variations, and day-night cycles. Players must manage hazards like radiation and atmospheric pressure, requiring specialized equipment such as space suits and thermal armor. These survival elements add depth and complexity to the space exploration experience.

ExtraPlanets is also known for its extensive compatibility with other mods and features, like custom tools, ores, machines, and biomes, as well as the addition of multi-biome systems for moons and planets. With its continuous updates and compatibility with a variety of Minecraft versions, ExtraPlanets has established itself as a must-have mod for players who enjoy the thrill of exploration in Minecraft’s limitless space environment.

Galacticraft Extraplanets Mod Requirements

For Minecraft 1.12.2:
To run ExtraPlanets on this version, you need Galacticraft 4 Builds (Build 255 and higher) and Forge 14.23.1.2555 or later. Additionally, the MJRLegendsLib library is required.

For Minecraft 1.11.2:
ExtraPlanets requires Galacticraft 4 Builds (Build 184 and higher) and Forge 13.20.1.2513 or later. Starting from ExtraPlanets version 0.5.0, MJRLegendsLib is also needed.

For Minecraft 1.10.2:
To run this version, Galacticraft 4 Builds (Build 184 and higher) and Forge 12.18.3.2239 or later are necessary. The MJRLegendsLib library became a requirement starting from ExtraPlanets version 0.8.6.

For Minecraft 1.8.9:
This version of ExtraPlanets requires Galacticraft 4 Builds (Build 184 and higher) and Forge 11.15.1.1764 or later, along with MJRLegendsLib starting from version 1.1.9.

For Minecraft 1.7.10:
For this older version, ExtraPlanets is compatible with Galacticraft 3 Builds (Build 502 and higher) and Forge 10.13.4.1614.

ExtraPlanets Radiation Calculator

The ExtraPlanets Radiation Calculator allows players to estimate how long they can survive on various planets or moons, factoring in radiation damage. This tool helps players understand their exposure, from 0% to 100% radiation damage, and can be accessed here.

Key Features of the ExtraPlanets Addon

The ExtraPlanets addon provides a wide range of new features that expand the Galacticraft universe:

• Rockets: New 4-10 Tier rockets, with an Electric Rocket available for versions 1.8.9 to 1.12.2.
• Launchpads and Vehicles: Custom launchpads and vehicles enhance space travel.
• Biomes and Planets: Multi-biome systems for most moons and planets. Currently, one biome is missing for Minecraft 1.7.10, but it is expected to be added soon.
• Gravity, Temperature, and Day Length: Each planet and moon has unique gravity, temperature settings, and day length, contributing to different survival challenges.
• Dungeons and Armor: Tier 4-10 dungeons (with Creeper bosses on Pluto and Eris for now) and Tier 2-4 Thermal Armour (with upgraded tiers for newer versions).
• Tools, Ores, and Armor: Custom tools and ores for most celestial bodies, as well as configurable options for compatibility with other Galacticraft addons.
• Villages: All planets have villages, while moons have villages only in version 1.7.10.
• Space Stations: Each planet comes with its own space station.
• Radiation and Pressure Systems: These custom systems are available for planets in newer versions of Minecraft (1.8.9 to 1.12.2), complete with on-screen displays and custom machines to manage these environmental hazards.
• Achievements and Custom Suits: New achievements and custom space suits, including Gravity Boots, for supported versions.
• Extended Galaxy Map: The Galacticraft Galaxy Map has been extended with additional information and new galaxies.

Mod Compatibility Features

ExtraPlanets ensures compatibility with other mods, enhancing the gameplay experience:

• Forge Microblocks: Support for this feature is available for Minecraft 1.7.10.
• NEI/JEI Support: Compatible across multiple versions.
• Extreme Reactors Support: Available for versions 1.10.2, 1.11.2, and 1.12.2.
• CraftTweaker Support: For Minecraft 1.12.2 only, methods are available here.
• Dynamic Surroundings Support: Available through official configuration files.
• Modular Power Suits: Adds radiation and pressure modules for power suits.
• Rocket Crusher and Planet Progressions Support: Custom celestial map screen and rocket support with More Planets Rocket Crusher.

Compatibility with Other Galacticraft Addons

There is also compatibility with other Galacticraft mods:

• Minecraft 1.7.10: Compatibility details are available here.
• Minecraft 1.12.2: Compatibility details are available here.
• Minecraft 1.8.9-1.11.2: Compatibility details are available here.

Planets and Moons Included in ExtraPlanets

The addon introduces several planets and moons for exploration:

• Planets: Mercury, Venus (exclusive to Minecraft 1.7.10, as Galacticraft added it in later versions), Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris, and Kepler 22b. Several celestial objects such as Haumea, Kuiper Belt, MakeMake, and various Kepler planets (47b, 47c, 62b-f, 69b, and 69c) are also included for visual purposes on the celestial map.
• Moons: Each major planet has accompanying moons for exploration:
  • Neptune: Triton
  • Uranus: Oberon, Titania
  • Mars: Phobos, Deimos
  • Jupiter: IO, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
  • Saturn: Rhea, Titan, Iapetus

Change Logs and Credits

For detailed changelogs for each version of ExtraPlanets, visit the following links:

• 1.7.10 – HERE
• 1.8.9 – HERE
• 1.10.2 – HERE
• 1.11.2 – HERE
• 1.12.2 – HERE

Credits:

• MJRLegends for developing the ExtraPlanets addon.
• micdoodle8, radfast, and others for creating the Galacticraft mod.
• LegendGamer for custom models.
• BlesseNtumble for the initial concept of Custom Galaxies.

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Mod	Galacticraft
Type	Ores
Tool
Stackable	Yes (64)

It can be destroyed using any type of pickaxe, but it will only drop Raw Silicon if you use an Iron Pickaxe, Heavy Duty Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, or Desh Pickaxe.

Silicon Ore can be found anywhere between the layers of Y=0 and Y=25 with a frequency of 3 clumps within every chunk. It is generated in clumps of 7 blocks on average. It can be found only in the Overworld.

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Preparing the launch pad

To launch the rocket, you will need:

• Rocket Launch Pad built in a 3×3 configuration
• Fuel Loader
• Some Fuel Canisters

Place the Fuel Loader next to the Rocket Launch Pad – touching it – and it should automatically connect. Power the Fuel Loader using Aluminum Wire or place a charged Battery inside it. Drop a filled Fuel Canister into the item slot and the Fuel Loader’s internal tank should fill with some Fuel (yellow color).

Now place your Tier 1 Rocket on the launch pad – just right click anywhere^* on the pad to place it.

Once the rocket is placed correctly on the launch pad, go to the Fuel Loader, open its GUI, and press the Load Fuel button. It should load fuel from its internal tank, into the rocket. You can check if the rocket is filling by entering the rocket and pressing the F key.

^* In Galacticraft 2, the rocket has to be placed on the central part of the launch pad.

Pre-flight Check

Once you launch that rocket, it will take you up into Space – at the Tier 1 stage, you can go either to a Space Station or to the Moon. Those are fairly harsh and demanding environments and you’re going to need a few things first. Also, you need to think about how you will get back from there!

Space station checklist

• a Parachute;
• the required materials to create a Space Station if you didn’t make one already;
• Oxygen Mask, Oxygen Gear, and at least one filled Oxygen Tank;
• building materials for your space station base;
• maybe some food;
• maybe an Empty Canister to bring home any fuel remaining in your rocket after you get up there.

Moon checklist

First up, make sure you load your rocket with plenty of fuel so that you will have enough for the return journey. (There’s no way to make fuel on the Moon.) You will also need a Fuel Loader: see checklist.

• a Parachute;
• Fuel Loader (100% essential!);
• power source for that Fuel Loader;
• an Empty Canister – this is to take the remaining fuel out of the lander
• a spare filled Fuel Canister as a backup in case anything goes wrong
• Oxygen Mask, Oxygen Gear, and at least one filled Oxygen Tank
• some food;
• armor and a suitable weapon might be a good idea!
• building materials for your Moon base if you plan on making one, or how about a Flag?
• If you are using the Extra Planets addon, you need a Space suit.

Launching the rocket

Right click on the rocket to have your player step into it. The game will automatically zoom out into 3rd person view mode. You should also see a chat message telling you some of the rocket controls, and that it’s SPACE to launch.

When you are ready, press SPACE to start the rocket launch countdown sequence. If you are not wearing a parachute, you will see a warning message – ignore it at your peril!

The rocket launch countdown lasts 20 seconds, and then you have lift-off.

While the rocket is in flight, you can use the WASD controls to tilt it (you can also hit F5 to change the view if you like). If you tilt the rocket over into horizontal flight, beware of running out of fuel! The rocket needs to keep some upwards motion to reach orbit. If the rocket runs out of fuel before reaching orbit, it will crash land and explode (probably not the best way to end your first flight!)

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This rocket can be loaded with 1000 fuel points (1000 mB or 1 bucket) of rocket fuel. The safe fuel level is 60%.

Crafting Recipe

The Tier 1 Rocket is crafted using the NASA Workbench, to craft it you must fill up all the respective slots on the workbench. The Rocket requires one Nose Cone, four Rocket Fins, one Rocket Engine, and eight Heavy Duty Platings. You can fill the top right slots with chests to increase the storage space to 18, 36 and 54 slots. You can get a pre-fueled version of every spaceship from the creative mode tab.

List of raw materials:

• copper: 78
• tin: 91
• iron: 97
• coal: 80
• flint: 1
• redstone: 1
• stone: 1
• wood: 0-24

Usage

For voyaging to space with your new Rocket, you also need a Rocket Launch Pad as a base station. Right-click the launch pads with your Rocket and you should see your Rocket standing there. Now place a Fuel Loader adjacent to the Rocket Launch Pads and fill your Rocket with Rocket Fuel.

Now enter your Rocket by right-clicking it. You can check Fuel Level and inventory by hitting F and you can take off by pressing ‘space’.

It is highly recommended to have full Oxygen Gear and a Parachute with you!

Once you started into space, you can use W/A/S/D to control your Rocket, but flying straight up is enough. Relax and enjoy your flight! After some time you see the Planet Selection Screen.

Note: breaking the vehicle causes it to lose all its fuel.

Trivia

• The Rocket leaves the atmosphere at approximately layer 1200 on earth.
• The Rocket takes 20 seconds to launch.
• The Tier 1 rocket travels at maximum 20 blocks/second, so use around a minute to reach the planet selection screen (higher tier rockets are faster)

See also

• Tier 2 Rocket – can reach Mars
• Tier 3 Rocket – can reach Asteroids and Venus
• Cargo Rocket – remote-controlled liftoff

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