Build Craft Refabricated Mod FAQ
10 questions players actually ask, answered.
How do I start automation in Build Craft Refabricated?
Place a quarry next to a marked area (using landmarks and a wrench), attach an engine beside it, and connect wooden pipes to the top to route mined blocks into storage. Power the engine with redstone signal or fuel to begin mining automatically.
What's the difference between wooden, iron, and diamond pipes?
Wooden pipes extract items from adjacent containers, iron pipes transport items without filtering, and diamond pipes sort items by filter settings into different directions—use diamonds when you need to separate ores from stone or other materials.
How do I extract oil and turn it into fuel?
Find natural oil springs in the world, place a pump adjacent to them, and connect pipes to a refinery block to process crude oil into usable fuel tiers for your engines.
Do I need to manually power every machine or can I automate it?
Use programmable logic gates to monitor conditions like inventory levels or liquid amounts and automatically trigger machines—this lets your entire base run without manual interaction once set up.
What happens if I connect pipes wrong and items back up?
Items will queue in the pipes until space opens up; use diamond pipes with filters to prevent backups by routing different material types to separate destinations, or add more storage containers downstream.
Can I use obsidian pipes to collect dropped items automatically?
Yes, obsidian pipes act like vacuums and pull loose dropped items from the ground into your pipe network—useful for collecting ore fragments or debris from your quarry area.
How do I use architect tables and builders for construction?
Scan a structure into a blueprint using an architect table, then place a builder block and connect it to the blueprint to automatically reconstruct that structure block-by-block.
What's the best engine type to start with?
Redstone engines are simplest but weak; Stirling engines burn solid fuel and are reliable; Combustion engines run on liquid fuel and provide the most power—choose based on your available fuel source.
Can flying drones like miners and lumberjacks work without constant supervision?
Drones operate autonomously once deployed—miners harvest marked areas and lumberjacks fell trees—but they need fuel or power to function and will return to a base station when done or low on energy.
Why are my pipes not connecting to my storage chest?
Wooden pipes must be placed directly on the chest to extract from it; if using other pipe types, ensure the wooden pipe is the final connection point, and check that your pipe route isn't blocked or full.