"Tinkers' Construct, you're so gentle..."
Looking at the Tinkers' Construct Smeltery in Steve's inventory, Fang Mo could not help but sigh.
Back when he used to grind servers with his friends, Fang Mo had never really felt much about it. But now, after losing the ability to check crafting recipes, he finally realized... just how thoughtful a mod with its own tutorial truly was.
Tinkers' Construct, as its name suggested.
It was a mod about craftsmen and tools.
Tinkers' Construct added many new ores, metals, and tools to the game.
All tools in Tinkers' Construct were made from different parts. For example, a pickaxe was divided into three components: a Pickaxe Head, a Tool Rod, and a Binding.
Players could make these components from different materials. For example, they could use Gold Ingots for a Tool Rod, Diamonds for a Pickaxe Head, and Obsidian for a Binding. Of course, they could also use materials from other mods, such as Steel Ingots, Bronze Ingots, or Iridium Ingots from IndustrialCraft.
In Tinkers' Construct, nearly every material was given special properties.
For example, tools made from Sponge came with Silk Touch, while Iron tools had a Magnetic effect that increased pickup range and the like.
Of course, there was also Manyullyn, Tinkers' Construct's own high-tier alloy. Weapons made from the stuff had extremely high attack power and could practically one-shot vanilla monsters.
Besides that, Tinkers' Construct also gave tools something called Modifier Slots.
Every tool came with three Modifier Slots, which could be used to enhance effects similar to vanilla enchantments. For example, adding Lapis Lazuli could give a tool Fortune and Looting, while Redstone could increase the swing speed of tools or weapons.
Of course, if you liked, you could also use Diamonds or Emeralds to enhance these tools.
Diamonds could increase a tool's attack power and durability while also allowing it to mine Obsidian, whereas Emeralds could increase its durability by an additional 50%. Both were very useful properties.
And even if Tinkers' Construct tools ran out of durability, they would not vanish outright like vanilla tools.
Players could place materials on a Tool Station and repair their tools.
Well... how should he put it?
Although Tinkers' Construct was not as complicated or massive as tech mods, it was incredibly playable. Players could completely DIY their own exclusive weapons according to their preferences.
If enough Addons were installed, players could even forge true Demon Blades. The more monsters they killed, the stronger the weapon became. Even Wakandan Vibranium and Asgardian god metal Uru from the Marvel Universe had been made into Tinkers' Construct Addons.
Just imagine it: when Hela, the Death Goddess from Thor III, crushed Thor's Hammer with her bare hand and Thor was in unbearable pain, Fang Mo could directly cast him a brand-new Battle Axe out of Uru metal. What kind of scene would that be?
Good lord, Dwarf King Eitri would be calling him a true expert.
Of course, none of that was actually the most important thing.
For Fang Mo right now, the fact that Tinkers' Construct gave him a tutorial immediately after loading was what moved him the most.
The Tinkers' Construct Smeltery recorded nearly every gameplay mechanic in the mod.
At Fang Mo's current stage, nothing was more important than that.
"Mm, decided. I'll get Tinkers' Construct equipment first, then kill the Wither, the Ender Dragon, and all those bastards." Looking at the Tinkers' Construct Smeltery in his hand, Fang Mo clapped his hands and set his next course of action.
After setting his goal, Fang Mo and Steve immediately got to work.
As a human-shaped quarry, Fang Mo declared that his home could never lack ores, and this time was no exception. The ores in the furnace were quickly smelted into metal ingots. Then, with a wave of his hand, Steve was immediately armed to the teeth.
The battered Iron Sword and shield on him were replaced with new ones.
All the Stone Pickaxes were thrown away too. Their mining speed was far too slow, so Fang Mo simply made ten Iron Pickaxes to make do for now.
As for Steve's Iron Armor.
Fang Mo directly replaced it with a brand-new set of Diamond Armor.
Tinkers' Construct actually had an armor Addon that allowed players to forge their own armor in the Tinkers' Construct style. Unfortunately, Fang Mo had only unlocked the base Tinkers' Construct mod. The armor Addon had yet to be unlocked, so for now, he could only let Steve wear Diamond Armor as a temporary measure.
After changing into new equipment, Fang Mo immediately controlled Steve to go out and gather Sand, Clay, and Gravel.
These three materials were used to make a Smeltery.
Unlike a vanilla furnace, this was a large multiblock structure. After players threw ore inside, the furnace would use Lava's power to melt the ore into twice the amount of liquid metal.
Then, as long as the molten metal was poured into Casts, the corresponding parts could be obtained.
Since it was still early game, the Smeltery Fang Mo made was not very large, so it did not require too many materials. Steve soon returned with several stacks of supplies.
After mixing the materials together and firing them into Seared Bricks, Fang Mo immediately rolled up his sleeves and began building the Smeltery.
Actually, Fang Mo had never built one of these himself.
Back when he was on servers, he had always partnered with a girl whose ID was xiaoyao.
Fang Mo was responsible for combat and exploration, while she handled logistics. Unfortunately, Fang Mo had already died in his original world, and he did not know whether she still thought of him from time to time.
Shaking his head, Fang Mo stopped thinking about such nonsense and began building the Smeltery according to the Tinkers' Construct Smelery's instructions. After repeatedly comparing and revising it several times, he finally successfully completed the multiblock structure.
When he had been mining earlier, Fang Mo had already brought several buckets of Lava back from underground. Now, he poured them straight into the Smeltery.
As a faint firelight flickered to life, the Smeltery began operating. The ores Fang Mo had thrown inside slowly melted in the high-temperature environment, transforming into molten forms.
"Mm, next is the Tool Station."
Flipping through the Tinkers' Construct Smeltery in his hands, Fang Mo tried making a series of Crafting Tables.
Things like the Stencil Table, Part Builder, Tool Forge, and all sorts of other junk. He had to admit that crafting really was Fang Mo's weakness. Just these few Crafting Tables had him squatting there, fumbling through the process for over half a day.
By the time everything was finished, it was already the next morning.
"Seriously... isn't this way too much trouble?"
Fang Mo fiddled with the Stone Parts in his hands and several duplicate Gold Casts with a headache, his expression gradually twisting in pain. "It didn't even take me this long to mine ore. Damn it, why can't I have an Equivalent Exchange mod..."
Fortunately, with the Tinkers' Construct Smeltery serving as a tutorial, Fang Mo finally managed to make a complete set of part Casts for himself after dying on the spot three times.
After finishing the Casts, Fang Mo finally let out a sigh of relief.
A man who could mine for three straight days without blinking now felt an indescribable exhaustion.
However, what Fang Mo had not expected was this.
Even greater difficulties were waiting for him ahead.
Fang Mo took a huge pile of ores to melt down. He had originally wanted to make Bronze Alloy, but because there was some leftover Molten Aluminum in the furnace, the Bronze Alloy directly turned into Molten Aluminum Brass.
The instant he saw this, Fang Mo exploded.
"Why the hell?!"
Fang Mo felt like he was about to lose it completely and was truly starting to rage helplessly. "Fuck... what kind of hellish setting is this? Maybe next time I go to the Marvel Universe, I should collect the Infinity Stones and snap my fingers to see if I can pull her over to help me craft... If not, just give me a crafting list or something! This is becoming impossible to play!"
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