Using Create, botania, quark and supplementries to set the style of automation we want. We deconstruct and construct very intricately built and balanced processing lines. We heavily focus on the concept of difficult automation, cheap devices. You will iterate and design your solutions and each one will take you to new places and areas of problem solving and logistics.

we add/alter many processing lines (over 3000 recipe changes and additions (including dynamic ones)) that focus on the core gameplay loop of the pack, and are designed to be interesting and fun to automate. They are not arbitrary or random, they are finely tuned specifically for this experience.

No clutter. Every item and block has a reason at least a few reasons to be in the game. Otherwise it gets yeeted. And many things do indeed get yeeted, including from vanilla. Did anyone say nether? Never heard of it. To clarify, a reason is not "it's fun" there are many fun things you won't find in this modpack that are available somewhere else. A reason is "it's fun and it fits the core gameplay loop of the pack".

• all other recipes have a place in any stage of the game. For example the grindstones from Create are not a flat upgrade over the millstone, the millstone produces a lot of a single product, while the grindstones produce multiple products, but at a lower quantity. Every recipe will have advantages and disadvantages, and depending on your existing processing lines it might make sense to use different ones.

We do everything within our power to prevent the possibility of optimizing the fun out of this game. Specifically with regard to our core gameplay loop. If you are not automating, making and building cool stuff, we assume we have done something wrong, and we sprint to fix it.

You item and recipe index is a core gameplay element. Imagine playing Botania without needing to open a book or a wiki. See botania-debookified for technical details.

Progression and "tiers" in this modpack are not done with more and more expansive machines and devices. You are not leveling up your machines, you are leveling up your production. Your early game white plate production will tie well into your late game, like most of the processes in this pack. As the game progresses the scale and the complexity of your lines will grow. You upgrade processes, not machines.

We have a clear gameplay loop we try to enforce, but if there is something that doesn't fit, you should be able to change it easily.
Our script base uses a feature based aproach, where you can enable and disable features of the pack, and even add your own using our recipe managers.