Prodigy Tech Mod — Reference
Core Mechanics: Hot Air
The central mechanic of Prodigy Tech is the movement of hot air. Unlike electricity, hot air naturally moves upwards.
Temperature and Airflow
- Temperature: Measured in Celsius (°C). Each machine has a minimum temperature requirement to operate. Higher temperatures often speed up processing.
- Airflow: Determines how much 'power' is being delivered. Machines consume a portion of the airflow to function.
- Transfer: Hot air is generated by Aeroheaters and moves into the block directly above. It can be redirected using Heat Pipes or collected using Air Funnels.
Heat Dissipation
As hot air moves through pipes or machines, it gradually loses temperature. Efficient layouts minimize the distance between the heat source and the consumer.
Basic Tier Machines
The first stage of the mod focuses on creating Ferramic and basic processing.
Explosion Furnace
The Explosion Furnace is the starting point of the mod. It does not use hot air; instead, it uses Explosive Power (EP). * Mechanic: You must balance Explosives (Gunpowder, TNT) with Dampeners (Sand, Clay, Ash). If there is too much explosive power without enough dampening, items are destroyed. If balanced correctly, it produces Ferramic Ingots from Iron and Clay.
Rotary Grinder
Processes ores into dusts and wood into sawdust. It is the primary way to achieve ore doubling in the early game.
Heat Sawmill
An efficient wood processor. It converts logs into more planks than a standard crafting table and produces Sawdust as a byproduct, which is useful for the Explosion Furnace.
Incinerator
Converts unwanted items into Ash. Ash is a vital dampener for the Explosion Furnace and can be crafted into Ash Bricks for decoration.
Circuits Tier Machines
This tier introduces automation and more complex materials like Energion.
Solderer
Used to create Circuit Plates. It requires a heat source and a supply of Solder (Lead or Tin) to assemble electronic components.
Magnetic Reassembler
A specialized machine that can 'reassemble' certain items, often used for converting dusts back into ingots or creating advanced alloys.
Ore Refinery
An upgraded version of the Rotary Grinder. It processes ores much faster and has a chance to produce secondary byproducts (e.g., Gold ore producing Copper dust).
Crystal Growth Chamber
Used to grow Energion Crystals from seeds. These crystals are essential for high-tier Aeroheaters and advanced circuits.
Primordium Tier Machines
The final tier allows for the transmutation of matter itself.
Primordialis Reactor
This massive machine consumes organic matter to produce Primordium. * Variety Bonus: The Reactor has 9 input slots. It is most efficient when provided with 9 different types of plant matter (e.g., seeds, saplings, apples, carrots). It consumes one of each unique item per cycle.
Atomic Reshaper
Uses Primordium and high-temperature hot air to transmute blocks and items. * Recipes: Can turn Cobblestone into Andesite/Diorite, or transmute one type of Sapling into another. It is also used to create Zorrasteel, the strongest material in the mod.
Tools and Equipment
Zorrasteel Equipment
Zorrasteel is the ultimate material of Prodigy Tech. Tools and armor made from it have unique properties: * Unbreakable: Zorrasteel tools do not have durability; they are effectively infinite. * Over-enchanting: Using the Zorra Altar, players can apply enchantments to Zorrasteel items that exceed vanilla limits (e.g., Sharpness VI or VII).
Handbows
- Ferramic Handbow: A medium-range automatic bow that fires rapidly.
- Zorrasteel Handbow: An upgraded version with higher damage and the ability to be over-enchanted.
CraftTweaker Integration
Prodigy Tech features full CraftTweaker support, allowing modpack authors to customize recipes for all machines.
Supported Machine Integrations:
* mods.prodigytech.ExplosionFurnace
* mods.prodigytech.RotaryGrinder
* mods.prodigytech.HeatSawmill
* mods.prodigytech.Solderer
* mods.prodigytech.MagneticReassembler
* mods.prodigytech.OreRefinery
* mods.prodigytech.PrimordialisReactor
* mods.prodigytech.AtomicReshaper
Mobs, Biomes, and Structures
Prodigy Tech is a pure technology mod and does not add any custom mobs, creatures, biomes, dimensions, or naturally generating structures. All mod-specific materials are obtained through the processing of vanilla or other modded resources.