Building Redstone Circuits with Nickel and Invar Weights

Alongside visual updates to classic vanilla redstone components, Curiosities Mod adds mechanical and circuit parts forged from nickel and invar. You can use these to control signal flow and build delayed gravity mechanisms.

Controlling Signals with Nickel

Nickel is a heat-resistant metal used specifically for circuit assembly.

1. Mine and smelt nickel, then check your recipe book for the mod's redstone components.

2. Craft redstone diodes to manage directional signal flow in compact redstone wiring.

3. Assemble redstone fuses when you need circuit-breaking control in your contraptions.

Creating Delayed Drops with Invar Weights

Unlike vanilla sand or gravel, which fall the instant the block beneath them disappears, Invar Weights obey gravity only after a brief pause.

1. Forge invar from ancient scrap, iron, and nickel, then craft Invar Weights.

2. Place an Invar Weight above an open space or hold it in place with a piston-retracted support block.

3. Trigger the mechanism by removing its support; the weight will remain suspended for a short delay before dropping.

Use this built-in delay to time crushers, staggered trapdoors, or multi-stage piston sequences without needing long chains of vanilla repeaters.