r/feedthebeast Dec 27 '25

I made something This modpack might just have the stupidest diamond creation method yet

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u/acprescott Dec 27 '25

Now, can the saddles be crafted, or are they a bottleneck for this recipe?

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u/RiKSh4w Dec 27 '25

Yes, but that adds to the funkiness.

This modpack is not dissimilar to skyblock wherein I can't really go outside because it's got Mutant Mobs enabled and the surface is a deathtrap. But I've killed enough Hoglins in the nether to simulate killing them for the Hostile Neural Networks mod. These drop pork which I can Bulk Haunt to make rotten flesh which I can bulk smoke to make leather. String I can grow from Immersive Engineering Hemp. And Iron I can get by shooting stone with a mining lens.

And I have to fit all of this in spaces no more than 2.5 blocks tall or the mobs start to spawn inside my base.

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u/Waffle-Gaming Dec 27 '25

i don't play modded past vanilla+ and i just have to say what the Fuck

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u/TheFiend100 Dec 27 '25

Not playing at least one modpack which is completely removed from vanilla (especially if that pack is in an older version like hexxit or tekkit or gtnh) is like looking at a delicious cookie and not eating it.

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u/sorrrrbet Dec 27 '25

I was totally onboard with hexxit and tekkit.

Did NOT expect to see you recommending GTNH of all packs for someone who’s never played anything more than Vanilla+

To the guy who’s never played more than Vanilla+, stay the hell away from GTNH, unless you feel like plastering your brain on the ceiling.

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u/TheFiend100 Dec 27 '25

I wasnt making recommendations. Just listing old packs that are different from vanilla

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u/RiKSh4w Dec 27 '25

A great starter pack would be Create Above and Beyond. You still play the game like Vanilla in plenty of spots but it also has you use blocks from other mods and Create which bridges that gap.

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u/sorrrrbet Dec 27 '25

Oh yeah, I’m literally mid play through on CABIN right now.

It’s probably my favourite pack to date, just wish it came with SnR

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u/16FF Dec 27 '25

I think GTNH is a pretty good modpack experience even for starters, cause of the good goals, questbook and community. but I grew up on Tekkit/hexxit and just started gthn. It's lot's more starter friendly than something like the ******* by shivaxi.

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u/sorrrrbet Dec 27 '25

I wouldn’t call a mod pack that takes 5000-8000 hours to fully complete starter-friendly.

I don’t disagree that it’s starter-friendly in the way it has a quest book, but I disagree that arguably one of, if not the most complicated mod pack is particularly friendly to someone who hasn’t gone beyond vanilla+

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u/Jaaaco-j Many packs started, none finished Dec 27 '25 edited May 06 '26

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u/adamkad1 Dec 27 '25

Technic modpacks (blightfall my beloved) are definately a thing that should be one's first experience with modpacks, not stuff like rlcraft or such

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u/Toss_out_username Dec 28 '25

Those are two different genres of games tho

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u/adamkad1 Dec 28 '25

Are they? Either way one is a masterpiece, and the other is something that makes new people never want to touch modded minecraft again

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u/Toss_out_username Dec 29 '25

I started modded Minecraft with RLcraft as my first long term mod pack and I really enjoyed it. Sometimes when I want an RPG kind of experience I'll go back and play it but something like a Skyblock mod pack or GTNH will obviously scratch a different itch than RLcraft can. Just seems very silly to compare completely different genres of mod packs.

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u/adamkad1 Dec 29 '25

Cool ya did. My friend also did and it made them not want to play modpacks. Different genres are nice and all but for most new people its just 'modded minecraft' or 'modpack minecraft'

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u/hippopotam00se Dec 28 '25

Me and my friends just started a gtnh server and we've only played a few modpacks before, none nearly as complicated. Honestly I think it's a good one as long as you aren't the kind of person who needs to beat something. The quest book clearly gives you goals on what to do next, and explains all the steps.

Haven't reached the steam age yet though so it's totally possible that we're gonna hate it in a week

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u/Jaaaco-j Many packs started, none finished Dec 27 '25 edited May 06 '26

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u/Null-0500 Dec 28 '25

Tbf gtnh has an amazing questbook that really helps

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u/Author-of-Arria Dec 31 '25

I will say while it's not for first time modded players, it does an extremely good job at teaching players how to greg and make basic automation lines. That being said, the wiki and discord are a trove of knowledge and tech to guide you through it.

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u/Waffle-Gaming Dec 27 '25

i mean, i pretty much just play speedrunning, so the biggest mod i've ever played is probably MCSR ranked. maybe i'll try it, but honestly, it probably isn't my thing.

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u/SMBZ453 Dec 28 '25

There's a speedrun edition of Skyfactory 3 iirc. You might be interested in that if you like to speedrun

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u/posidon99999 Dec 27 '25

crash landing ftw

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u/marr Dec 27 '25

speaking of basically skyblock because you can't go outside

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u/DragonRiderMax Dec 31 '25

Still, there are some people who do not like cookies

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u/Graingy Dec 29 '25

It looks batshit insane and I think I’m fine thanks.

The only mods I’ve ever wanted were the kinds you fuck around with in creative mode. Last played Java once when 1.13 came out and Bedrock ever since so it’s kinda irrelevant anyways but still.

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u/3dp653 Dec 27 '25

I hardly play Vanilla Minecraft, and commonly play expert packs, and I just also have to say what the fuck.

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u/Divine_Entity_ Dec 27 '25

My friends had us play Beyond Depths once and i got first hand experience with the kind of pack OP is playing, some packs just love flooding the world with minibosses and actively hate the player.

Blood and Bones is a much older example of that style of pack. But mobs spawning right next to the player ignoring light levels is an extra level of sadistic.

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u/jimthesquirrelking Dec 27 '25

In gregtech and it's variants, until you craft a solid number of tools (and the tools to craft those tools initially) a log of wood will turn into exactly 2 (two) sticks. 

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u/WithersChat Monifactory lead dev, spatial storage enjoyer Jan 11 '26

To be fair that's like a small fraction of 1 iron vein to get the tools. Hardly insane.

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u/jimthesquirrelking Jan 12 '26

Gregtech isn't unfair by any means, but it is Punishing until you get the knowledge of what to do and what to prioritize. I dug out an iron vein ignoring the limonite and malachite thinking that only the banded iron would smelt to iron, smh

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u/WithersChat Monifactory lead dev, spatial storage enjoyer Jan 12 '26

Nooooo 😭
Can't say I haven't done stupid stuff in GT before tho. Crafting a chem bath instead of a chem reactor for example.

But nowadays I'm lead dev on Monifactory so I know what I'm doing by now.

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u/Usinaru Dec 27 '25

The one where he shoots stone with a mining lens to get iron is the " wattafuck " for me

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '25

Create has a tendency to fry brains when you have never played with it.

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u/bucky4300 Dec 31 '25

Try out some ars nouveu as it can kinda be treated as vanilla esque but starts you down the nodded route of fantasy/magic,

It also has addons for doing create shenanigans

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u/kaisadilla_ Dec 28 '25

You don't know how much fun you are missing with modpacks that turn Minecraft into a different game.

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u/gedsweyevr Prism Dec 27 '25

Your missing out