Mystical Agriculture is a popular Minecraft mod that allows players to grow resources, from basic materials like iron and coal to more exotic items. This guide will walk you through some key aspects of Mystical Agriculture, focusing on tiered crystals and efficient farm designs.
Understanding Tiered Crystals in Mystical Agriculture
In Applied Energistics 2 Modpack for Minecraft 1.12.2 (ATM9), Mystical Agriculture introduces a tiered crystal system. This means that to craft higher-tier essences, you need to use crystals of the same tier or higher. For example, crafting Supremium Essence requires an Imperium Crystal or a Supremium Crystal. This tiered system adds a progressive element to resource farming, encouraging players to advance through the tiers to obtain the most valuable essences.
One notable change in ATM9 is the crafting recipe for Master Infusion Crystals. These now require 4 Supremium Insanium, making them a significant investment and reflecting their importance in high-tier crafting processes within Mystical Agriculture.
Efficient Farm Designs for Mystical Agriculture
Creating efficient farms is crucial for maximizing resource production in Mystical Agriculture. Here are a couple of farm designs to consider, along with solutions to common issues.
Addressing Common Farm Issues: Watering Cans, Scythes, and Modular Routers
Before diving into complex farm designs, let’s address some common problems players encounter:
Problem: “My Watering Can/Scythe isn’t working!”
Solution: By default, Mystical Agriculture disables the use of fake players for watering and scything. To enable this, you need to modify the configuration file. Navigate to config/mysticalagriculture-common.toml and change fakePlayerWatering = false to fakePlayerWatering = true. This adjustment will allow automated systems using fake players to effectively utilize watering cans and scythes from Mystical Agriculture.
Problem: “My Modular Routers aren’t working!”
Solution: If you are operating within a claimed chunk (even if it’s your own claim), Modular Routers might require a Security Upgrade to function correctly. Adding this upgrade ensures that your routers can operate as intended within the protected environment of a claimed chunk.
Automated Phytogenic Insolator Farm with AE2 by KJM
For players looking for a fully automated high-yield farm, KJM’s design using Phytogenic Insolators and Applied Energistics 2 (AE2) offers a sophisticated solution. This setup utilizes the power of Thermal Expansion’s Phytogenic Insolators for accelerated crop growth and AE2 for item management and automation.
Materials for Construction
You can start with the minimum materials to test the setup and then expand to a full-scale farm.
Minimum Building Materials:
- 3x ME Interface
- 2x ME Storage Bus
- 2x Quartz Fiber or Cable Anchor
- 2x AE2 Crafting Card
- 2x Phytogenic Insolator
- 1x ME Controller
- 1x Pair of Quantum Rings
- 1x Sink/Eternal Water Block
- 1x Colored Cable (e.g., Magenta)
- 2x Different Colored Cables (e.g., Lime)
- 8x Another Different Colored Dense Cable (e.g., Orange)
All Building Materials (for a full-scale farm):
- 129x ME Interfaces
- 2x ME Storage Bus
- 2x Quartz Fiber or Cable Anchor
- 128x AE2 Crafting Card
- 256x Phytogenic Insolator
- 1x ME Controller
- 1x Pair of Quantum Rings
- 1x Sink/Eternal Water Block
- 1x Colored Cable (e.g., Magenta)
- 2x Different Colored Cables (e.g., Lime)
- 68x Another Different Colored Dense Cable (e.g., Orange)
This farm design leverages AE2 for item transport and processing and Thermal Expansion for crop acceleration. Familiarity with both AE2 and Thermal Series is recommended for successful implementation. For a deeper understanding of AE2, you can refer to online guides and tutorials.
Building the “Brain” – The AE2 System Core
The “brain” of the system is the central AE2 component that manages item flow and processing. You can place it above, below, or anywhere convenient near your farm area.
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Quantum Ring and Initial Interfaces: Begin by placing a Sink/Eternal Water Block and an ME Interface on opposite corners of a Quantum Ring. Then, place 2x Quartz Fibers/Cable Anchors on the Quantum Ring between the Sink and the ME Interface. These anchors are crucial for isolating cable networks.
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Cabling and Controller: Place your 2x Lime colored cables on top of the Quartz Fibers/Cable Anchors, connecting them to an ME Controller. Use the 1x Magenta colored cable to link the Quantum Ring and the ME Interface.
Ensure your Quantum Rings are properly linked to establish a functional quantum network.
- Storage Buses: Attach 2x ME Storage Buses to the ME Interface and the Sink, facing inwards towards each other. These buses will manage the flow of items into and out of the system.
Constructing the Modules – Phytogenic Insolator Stacks
The farm modules are stacks of Phytogenic Insolators paired with ME Interfaces. Each column is designed to be 8 blocks tall to align with AE2 subnet channel limits. A full wall in this design utilizes 32 channels from a dense cable, maximizing throughput.
1.5. Corner Module Adjustment: For full-scale farms, corner modules require a slight adjustment. One Phytogenic Insolator in the corner stack needs to be rotated 90 degrees to fit efficiently within the farm layout.
Stack these modules up to 8 blocks high and arrange them into four walls to create a high-capacity farming area.
Tips for Module Setup:
- Memory Cards for Interface Settings: Use an AE2 Memory Card to copy settings between ME Interfaces.
Shift + Right-Clickon a configured interface to copy, andRight-Clickon other interfaces to paste the settings. This significantly speeds up the configuration process. - Redprints for Insolator Settings: Employ Redprints to replicate Phytogenic Insolator settings.
Right-Clickto copy settings from a configured Insolator and thenRight-Clickon others to paste. This ensures consistency across all Insolators.
Connecting and Powering the Farm
The final step involves connecting the modules with dense cables for AE2 network access and providing power to the Phytogenic Insolators.
Arrange your Orange Dense Cables as shown in the diagram. Each dense cable branch should connect to 4 columns of ME Interfaces. You can use any energy conduit system compatible with Thermal Expansion to supply power to the Phytogenic Insolators.
By following these steps, you can build a highly efficient, fully automated Mystical Agriculture farm using Phytogenic Insolators and AE2, capable of producing vast quantities of Mystical Agriculture resources.
For more information on Mystical Agriculture, visit the CurseForge page.
