Smelting and Blasting Gem Materials

When to Smelt, When to Blast

The mod's processing recipes include smelting, blasting, campfire cooking, and smoking. Smelting is the general-purpose route and works in any furnace. Blasting is the faster furnace route and is worth setting up once you are processing materials in bulk.

Build a dedicated blast furnace array next to your gem storage. Feed raw materials in and pull finished items out into labeled chests. Because blasting runs faster than smelting, a small bank of blast furnaces will outpace a single furnace for any repeated job.

Cooking Recipes

Campfire cooking and smoking cover the food items. Cup of Coffee, Fishy Stew, Fluffy Puff, and Fluffy Fabric are the relevant entries. Use a campfire for the slow route when you are already cooking outdoors, and a smoker when you want the faster food-processing speed indoors.

Keep your cooking station separate from your gem-processing station so you do not accidentally route a gem material into a smoker or a food item into a blast furnace. Label the input chests clearly. If you are automating, use separate hopper lines for food and for gems so the two recipe types never mix.