Iron Generators FAQ

Craft a Stone Generator first, place it down, and feed it a burnable fuel like coal or wood to start producing energy. Then craft a Stone to Iron Generator Upgrade and apply it to the Stone Generator to reach the Iron tier, which is the mod's namesake baseline.

Generators accept standard furnace fuels such as coal, charcoal, wood, and lava buckets. Higher-tier fuels generally burn longer, so use the best fuel you have to reduce how often you need to refuel.

Craft the appropriate upgrade item for your current tier (for example, Iron to Gold Generator Upgrade) and use it on the placed generator. The generator is converted in place, keeping its position and any augments installed.

Efficiency Augments increase the energy produced per unit of fuel, Speed Augments increase the rate of energy output, and Overdrive Augments push output further at some cost. Install them in the generator's augment slots to tune its behavior.

Yes, generators have multiple augment slots, so you can combine Speed and Efficiency Augments in the same machine. Stacking the same augment type usually has diminishing returns, so mix types for balanced output.

Check that it has fuel, that its internal energy buffer isn't full, and that whatever you're powering is actually connected via cables or adjacent blocks. If the buffer is full and nothing draws power, the generator idles until energy is used.

Connect the generator to your machines using an energy cable or conduit from a compatible tech mod, or place machines directly adjacent if they accept direct input. The generator outputs energy from its configured output side.

The Upgrade Base is a crafting component used to craft the tier-to-tier generator upgrade items. You'll need one for each upgrade you want to make, so stock up on them before starting a progression run.

Yes, the generators produce standard Forge Energy (FE), which is the common energy unit used by most modern tech mods. Any machine or cable that accepts FE can be powered by these generators.

A modest array runs fine, but hundreds of generators ticking every game tick can hurt performance, especially on servers. Use higher-tier generators with augments instead of many low-tier ones to get the same output with fewer machines.

It adds generators that consume any kind of fuel with a burn tick time to produce power. The generators range from Stone up to Unobtainium.

The mod supports Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.18.2, and 1.19.2.

Iron Generators is a Forge mod.

It adds Stone, Iron, Gold, Diamond, Emerald, Obsidian, Netherite, Crystal, Copper, Allthemodium, Vibranium, and Unobtainium generators, plus upgrade items between tiers.

The Stone Generator runs at 15 FE/t with 50% efficiency.

The Iron Generator runs at 24 FE/t with 80% efficiency.

The Netherite Generator runs at 60 FE/t with 200% efficiency.

Yes, it adds Mekanism Generators (Bronze, Copper, Lead, Osmium, Refined Obsidian, Steel, and Tin) and Applied Energistics 2 Generators (Certus and Skystone).

They are augment items registered by the mod, alongside an upgrade base used for generator upgrades.

The mod config includes an iron_generator_fe/tick option.