Water Strainer Mod — Guide

Strainer Types and Tiers

Strainers are the consumable components that determine what loot is gathered. They come in different tiers and specialized versions.

Strainer Tiers

Specialized Versions

• Survivalist's Strainer: Collects general resources like sand, gravel, and clay.
• Wide Version: Filters for large items only (Sticks, Planks).
• Tight Version: Filters for small items only (Sand, Gold Nuggets).
• Fisherman's Strainer: Collects fish, junk, and treasure. Requires Bait to function. Unlike others, the Fisherman's Strainer does not have durability; instead, it consumes one bait per item caught.

Mechanics and Efficiency

The speed at which a Strainer Base catches items is determined by its Efficiency. A base attempts to catch an item every 25–35 seconds by default, but this time is modified by the following factors:

Placement Factors

• Water Flow: Flowing water provides a +10% efficiency bonus. Still water (source blocks) provides no bonus.
• Water Height: The base must have water directly above it. Efficiency drops by 3% for every block of distance between the base and the water source block.
• Proximity: Placing Strainer Bases too close together causes interference. Every Strainer Base within an 8-block radius reduces efficiency by 15%.

Biome Bonuses

Building your Strainer Base in specific biomes provides a significant passive boost: * River: +20% Bonus * Beach: +15% Bonus * Deep Ocean: +10% Bonus

Enchantments

Reinforced Strainers can be enchanted to improve performance: * Efficiency: Decreases the idle time between catches. * Unbreaking: Increases the durability of the strainer. * Fortune: Increases the quantity of items caught per cycle. * Luck of the Sea: Increases the chance of receiving rare loot (Fisherman's Strainer only).

Loot Tables

The items caught depend entirely on the strainer type equipped in the base.

Survivalist's Strainer Loot

• Common (70%): Sand, Gravel
• Uncommon (20%): Dirt, Clay Balls
• Rare (10%): Sticks, Stone, Planks, Gold Nuggets, Iron Nuggets

Fisherman's Strainer Loot

• Fish (50%): Raw Cod, Raw Salmon, Tropical Fish, Pufferfish
• Junk (15%): Sticks, String, Bowls, Leather Boots, Bones, Lily Pads
• Treasure (1%): Enchanted Books, Name Tags, Saddles, Bows
• Nothing (34%): The strainer occasionally fails to catch anything during a cycle.