Day 324 of Hardcore Insanity | LOW VOLTAGE AGE | 999+ DEATHS | 600 HOURS |

[bright plank]

Enchanting table means you can get pretty close to immortality now with enough book investment :3c

And unstable ingots if you got yourself a division sigil from any of the exploration loot this run.

[empty robin]

wow really

I got a division sigil im p sure

what would happen if the unstable ingot exploded within me. is it insta death?

[bright plank]

By using the NEI button for uses or recipes on it, the game should tell you how to do the ritual to activate it. Unstable ingots iirc hurt as much as a creeper point blank, but they are kinda bugged and batch crafting them causes them to not explode at all anymore. Oops?

While pretty expensive to make for now, tools made from unstable ingots are unbreakable, and the axe refills your hunger and saturation while held (but will slowly set your nutritional values to 50% so no bonuses from that if you use the healing axe)

[empty robin]

hmmm yes it doesn't replenish nutrients

arent the tools overpowered perhaps better than tinkers

[bright plank]

Once you have an extruder, tinker tools made entirely from unstable ingot parts are also unbreakable, and otherwise having unbreaking 4 on tools is pretty spicy :😎

[bright plank]

The problem is that the tools are kind of "funny gimmick tools". The pickaxe and shovel mine fast but dont drop blocks, and the hoe un-grows stuff instead of tilling farmland. The rest is pretty neat yeah!

[empty robin]

lol

does that apply to unstable tinker tools

[tame ether]

It shouldnt

[bright plank]

Unstable tinker tools just are unbreakable (that's what Mathematical! Does)

[tame ether]

True

Im batch crafting to get ready for steam age, but im taking it slow, too many runs have been ruined cus Ive burned out

[empty robin]

burned out mentally?

[tame ether]

yes sir, my last run was in last year august when it ended, I started a solo now on monday

[bright plank]

My last runs burnt out because everyone else gave up and I didn't feel like keeping on the grind alone. Now I can self-host so less of an issue xd

[tame ether]

hosting is not really an option for me, so ill play until my laptop keeps up

[slate crag]

pretty comp

they already explained the sigil

best u can do rn is just get better armor

in terms of survivability

[empty robin]

gotcha

ngl idk what armor to invest in

[tame ether]

steel helm, composite breastickels, steel pantalloons and piston boots probably

[blissful sable]

you have to shift click them out of the crafting table to make them not explode

[maiden steppe]

to be more clear, unstable tinker tools are only unbreakable if all parts are made from unstable ingots

[empty robin]

didnt find the division sigil while looking through old stashes unfortunately. I've been saving this nether dungeon layer until I had decent gear

[slate crag]

full row of armor and like 2 rows of hearts

i'd say ur good to go

unless u wanna get a crossbow

and a pretty good amount of blocks

theres rooms with more than one spawner and theyre a pain in the ass to deal with cus its open n stuff

mfs got diamond armor

[empty robin]

yeah im having issues with that rn

[slate crag]

vengeance 💔

yeah dont even get near big bro ✌️

[empty robin]

killed

[slate crag]

armor on life support

[empty robin]

its too good to give up :(

[slate crag]

lol

some guy said it b4 i think but try and find armor with last stand on it

[empty robin]

my dia helmet has last stand 2

[slate crag]

repair it when u can ✌️

[empty robin]

havent found a single division sigil....

[dim panther]

might be easier to kill the Wither if you have Nether access

well, it could probably still kill you, but you probably have oodles of potions from your dungeon diving

[empty robin]

hmm true..

held this fire dust and it burned my base

anyways what are your guys thoughts

is it worth i?

[frail prism]

I think keep the fortune III till later

[open comet]

I would keep lootbags till IV and only then use them with fortune

Maybe EV for AE2 parts

[maiden steppe]

firestone ore moment

[maiden steppe]

If you can afford enchanting them, sure, why not. If not dont worry too much about it

[bright plank]

Why specifically IV? Ender Chests? This guy is also playing without/with very limited quest rewards, I assume this lootbag came from the dungeon, seems they can contain loot bags since 2.8?

[open comet]

i think i missed that part

[empty robin]

I play with no quest rewards for those that aren't aware

how I got that steam age loot bag was from a jungle themed level dungeon

[empty robin]

this'll be fun

gonna work on a echanting room first though

yeah this is gonna take forever......

[empty robin]

....

got teleported beneath the portal

ditching echant im just gonna fight with what I have

im feeling confident

[slate crag]

💔

make a crossbow man

[empty robin]

alright

[empty robin]

wow

[empty robin]

crossbow

dawg

im never going to the nether again

my game is lagging and the ghast are going 10x speed

[empty robin]

havent found wither skulls but i found these pbs

[empty robin]

one more....

[slate crag]

aint that the helmet with last dtand

stand

shits legit hanging on by a thread and ur abt to fight the wither💔

[slate crag]

would recommend (if u have the stuff (block of gold+1 dianond) put at least 1-2 redstone modifiers on it

cobalt might be slow asl

[empty robin]

I dont expect the wither fight to be difficult ngl

[slate crag]

its like

meh

but its the wither yknow

[empty robin]

yea true

what if I just drown the wither instead

seen that like a decade ago

[slate crag]

[empty robin]

or just chip away wither health from a distance while riding a horse

[empty robin]

Day 146+ of Hardcore Insanity.

while I wait this night out, mushroom works like a natural torch, kinda

health stats

im gonna improve this whole area after this wither fight fr

[slate crag]

free my boy

[empty robin]

true...

I dont see a reason to keep him chained

daym.....

[dim panther]

oh god my boy doesn't even have a roof

man's gonna melt first come rain

[empty robin]

im gonna build when I get unstable tools for real

[slate crag]

cant get unstable hammers n stuff untill lv

the normal ones are prob good but like

not better than a hammer

[empty robin]

thats sad

is the build wand any good

[slate crag]

yup

[empty robin]

interestingg

is that how they build those mega structures

its over.....

I got one shotted by some low tier skeleton somehow

ig its time to.....

start a new world

Day 0+ of Hardcore Insanity.

I'll update when I get everything sorted

[slate crag]

😭

atp set the /home to 0 second windup and have that shit on standby ✌️

[empty robin]

thats che-

[slate crag]

only if they catch you

friends server had it like that

lord it was nice

[empty robin]

ill just teleport with my stargate

[slate crag]

[bright plank]

Mighty is a stupidly brutal Thaum modifier

[empty robin]

I was almost at blue hearts and he one shotted

[bright plank]

2 of my 9 deaths on my playthrough were one-shots by an eternally aggressive Mighty Zombie Pigman, I don't know what they have but it sounds buggy :/

[dim panther]

they seem to spawn with swords that have Pain on them, which seems to do a lot of armor bypass.

[empty robin]

how would you counter those killer attacks

we need totems...

[dim panther]

magic mods have some options for "I will never die"

[maiden steppe]

Try last stand enchantment. I never used it, since I never had a reason to, but absorbing lethal damage at a cost of exp sounds pretty useful in hardcore

Also rip, mighty thaum bosses are pretty dangerous, especially if its brutish mobs that bypass armor

[empty robin]

Day 15+ of Hardcore Insanity.

we back 3

stripped down a dungeon then refurbished into a base

I then went to another dungeon, wizard tower dungeon which I looted and mined 500 blocks to this new base

makes things easier to funnel stuff without going above and I also prospected some ores sooo.. win win

forgot to mention but I found a complete smeltery earlier

that is all for today ig. cheers :)

[slate crag]

ngl its good until you get backed into a corner

no heal or anything you just loose a somewhat solid amount of xp when you die

if u cant escape whatever is killing u its ggs

[quaint spire]

with enough EXP you can escape anything trapping you

[empty robin]

probably how I survived for so long

[quaint spire]

yeah if you want to more or less cheese the HC aspect just but together a jank XP farm, stack a few hundred levels and put on last stand

[slate crag]

apparently not some demonic ass blaze ✌️

mf was zues

tried to get away and the fucker caught up every time

solid 80 lvls gone n died

[bright plank]

Oh yeah the lightning blaze is the most horrifying thing added by Special Mobs.

[bright plank]

Wizard tower = enchanting table 👀

[empty robin]

unstable tools in a couple of hours :p

[slate crag]

do u have a sigil

[empty robin]

yes

its in a dungeon chest somewhere

[slate crag]

oh comp

all u need is 8 redstone and an animal

• the e-table

[empty robin]

damn I gotta sacrifice

[slate crag]

indeed

[bright plank]

Also it has to be done in the dark on some grass, keep torches at the ready for the aftermath of the ritual though.

[slate crag]

the cursed earth it spawns after the ritual roids up mob spawns

[empty robin]

ah so thats how you get cursed earth

seen it be used in mob farms

[slate crag]

ya but u gotta get silk touch to get it where u want

or just do 2 million rituals for where u want it

[bright plank]

just do one and controlled spread it over dirt all the way to the different floors of your farm

[slate crag]

[empty robin]

did not find enchanted table in wizard tower

pic unrelated

ima just mine every wall and see if I can find it

[empty robin]

dont think I can find the room..

[dim panther]

good time to use the minimap on the first few floors

[empty robin]

whats up everyone

I've been working on a java project so I haven't had the time to play

[empty robin]

exploring until I find a wizard tower again

exploration loot

and some dense foods but I ate them all :p

[empty robin]

ay

I just had a feeling

so its hidden behind a wall lmfao

the first enchantment table was fully exposed so I wouldnt know

[empty robin]

Day 35+ of Hardcore Insanity.

[maiden steppe]

Something that I think would be useful to know:

• Special mobs adds three mobs that are nigh-invulnerable to any form of damage except their weakness. Those being vampire pigmen (with weakness being wooden swords, or sticks, just use sticks, they don't have dura and deal good damage), unholy ghasts (with weakness being weapons with smite enchantment, including tinker weapons with tinker modifiers), and conflagration blazes (with weakness being snowballs, or thaumcraft's frost focus)
• You can avoid having to carry a thing they're weak to by using kikoku, which deals extra armor-piercing and divine damage. However, for unexplained reason, conflagration blazes ignore this extra damage, while vampire pigmen and unholy ghasts do not.

oh right, I dont know if you answered this before, but do you plan on using magic? So we know if we should suggest magic related stuff in the future

[empty robin]

yeah for sure

I wanna learn everything there is in the modpack

[maiden steppe]

monkey's paw curls

[slate crag]

ngl kinda crazy luck on wizard towers✌️

[slate crag]

dont listen to ppl who say thaum is cancer

easiest thing oat trust

[near rivet]

I'd rather try speed running to the moon in under 25s than do thaum for 25s

[empty robin]

tunnel vision

Day 0 of Hardcore Insanity.

:D

[slate crag]

i open greg server

see thread

“day 0”

💔

[empty robin]

this is the run

I just died...

I will be back with unstable gear....

[slate crag]

again?

or as in

just now

/30 min ago

[empty robin]

yes recently

10 mins ago

anyway

[slate crag]

💔

man what the fuck

nitro came back

discord is being fuckey

[slate crag]

atp just stop with the dunegons💔

or loot 1-2 and just greg it

[empty robin]

tru....

but

[slate crag]

loot

[empty robin]

is this it

my self preservation has increased now

[slate crag]

all u need

is the table

[frail prism]

[empty robin]

still alive

Day 10 of Hardcore Insanity.

still looking for a wizard tower

[slate crag]

divine miracle

[empty robin]

indeed

i've been going surgical for the past 10 days

which settled first. the meteorite or the village

[frail prism]

The people of the village build their home around the meteorite 🙏🏿

[empty robin]

starting to realize how rare the wizard tower is..

[slate crag]

highlands or mountain biomes only i think

either only or are more common in them

[empty robin]

hmm yea that makes sense

[empty robin]

the search is finally over :D

[empty robin]

we making real progress

[empty robin]

the setup

smh

[slate crag]

good indicator btw

when its time the sigil starts glowig

glowing

and its like around 12am

12-1 iirc

be ready to skidaddle tho

that cursed earth aint a fucking joke✌️

[empty robin]

got it

[slate crag]

i may be wrong but u can still light the area around u up

as long as mob spawns are still available on the table

i thinker

[empty robin]

zaym

made it out

[slate crag]

ok now just dont fuck up making the ingots

u will boom

[empty robin]

yes

I did experiment on creative

shift crafting

well im gonna be crafting now

win

do I just smelt these things in tinkers smeltery

[slate crag]

no

u cant do anything with them other than basic crafting table tools

make the axe btw

[slate crag]

(extruder is needed for hammers n stuff)

[empty robin]

I sohuldve waited for this response

[slate crag]

u can make blocks

[empty robin]

tru.....

and i had 6 originally

cant even drain lol..

[slate crag]

block mold

just break n void it

u cant ingot mold it anyway

[empty robin]

Day 30 of Hardcore Insanity.

[empty robin]

never seen this before

and some update on what ive been doing

searched an entire dungeon, almost died just to find some diamonds to craft unstable ingot

and I only found two diamonds

[empty robin]

starting gregtech for real now

crafted healing axe

bad humidity :d

better

[empty robin]

Day 45 of Hardcore Insanity.

[empty robin]

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

I just finished moving everything and crashed

[rapid hearth]

Damn

[empty robin]

back to the moving stuff stage :)

[rapid hearth]

Here we go again

[empty robin]

yep

In the meantime ima post random things

old worlds

im dead in all these of course

hmmmmmmmmm

[empty robin]

actually I got reverted to the final stages of moving stuff so we are cool

its day time and I have no idea how to use this thaum book I found

looks something from cookie clicker

I wonder if I can skip steam age by crafting this thing

[empty robin]

rate the 2011 looking base....

[nimble mesa]

Pretty cozy in my opinion

[empty robin]

tru

feels like home

we back 4

[empty robin]

daym this thing is fast

[empty robin]

hands all grimy from trying to craft the basic turbine machine

[empty robin]

oh well ran out of the most abundant metal, copper

ill be able to craft a circuit soon and enter lv. (I have no idea what that acronym means) soon im gonna be experiencing new age stuff :)

gn and gm

Day 59 of Hardcore Insanity.

[slate crag]

yeah get used to it

iron copper gold tin

[slate crag]

every tier is a voltage

low, medium, high, extreme, insane

zpm is its own thing

the the low high voltage or smth

low ultra

[bright plank]

I got the achievement for surviving 10,000 damage by having an unstable ingot explode in my inventory because I messed up the shift crafting 0_o those are some mean ingots

[empty robin]

i dont wanna mine aaaaa

[slate crag]

make a tinkers forge twinnamon roll

3x3 mining hammer

gonna make it less aids

[empty robin]

alright

I got a obzinite hammer head

[slate crag]

the hammer insta breaks trees btw

very useful

and make the crossbow again

cus

crossy is good

[empty robin]

its pretty irriating to use a crosswbow

is there a way to make it like a machine gun

[slate crag]

redstone

caps out at .25 draw speed

[empty robin]

lol thats crazy

[slate crag]

i got 267 on it tho

thats like

6 modifiers of redstone

[empty robin]

whats the lapis used for

does it give more stuff

[slate crag]

fortune/loting

looting

100-150 is fortune 1

ot like 200

then 200-300 is 2

450 is 3

[empty robin]

u must be getting a lot of those thaum bags

[slate crag]

i highkey

throw them most of the time

[slate crag]

also would recommend u still eat a bit for the extra hearts

just smack an animal with the axe

i said this b4 i think

[empty robin]

hmm yes

[empty robin]

they give u enchanted and diamonds though

apple

[slate crag]

[empty robin]

well u could atleast use them as fuel

[bright plank]

I just opened the thaum lootbags in bulk once in a while and macerated the potions for glass dust early game cause I couldn't be bothered xd

The gold coins are neat for the one villager who trades using them instead of emeralds.

[slate crag]

no need

multi smelter goes off electricity so

barely have a use for that

[empty robin]

ima just clear everything surrounding me for some reason

[empty robin]

yea this sucks im going to a copper vein :)

[empty robin]

got enough copper to make the circuit and now finally the turbine

:Ddd

alright im done for noww..

Day 65 of Hardcore Insanity. | LV |

[bright plank]

:D

[tribal mango]

Have you encountered a blood moon?

[near rivet]

We all know what's coming up next...

[empty robin]

dont think so

[slate crag]

@empty robin cover ur lv machines

from rain

they WILL

blow up

[empty robin]

huh

[slate crag]

every gregtech machine besides the steam ones explode in rain

[empty robin]

wow

well then. when I get on I'm gonna build a roof asap

I'd lose everything if it rained lol so thx for the save

[slate crag]

good guide

sides cant be exposed to rain at all

[empty robin]

ah

one of the reasons people build in caves

[slate crag]

maybe the corners can but

good 2 be safe

[slate crag]

btw when u get to the water tank, if u cover the top center block you get a debuff on water collection

forgot if u made one

[empty robin]

made two water tanks

[empty robin]

ok we are safe

looking at these lv recipes rn and its scary

ima just loot more ig

[slate crag]

would very much

recommend u make the bending machine first

also did u fucking rawdog lv with no bbf😭

[empty robin]

no idea what that means but yes

[slate crag]

didnt make a bbf for steel

[empty robin]

do I have to manually create these recipes in this stage

[empty robin]

stealing can be effective

[slate crag]

kinda

u can do some auto crafting as long as u have the things

[empty robin]

hmm ok

[slate crag]

go to a recipe like the lv circuit, fav it (shift+a) then fav every other part in the recipe (vac tubes, steel casing, resistors, ect) connect them to the tree (drag the green thing) then shift+c on the green thing

horrid explanation but

good enough maybe

[empty robin]

alright will try that

[slate crag]

u can also ctrl+scroll on it

changes the amount you can make

and adjusts the other items accordingly

[slate crag]

anyway it makes plates cheaper

1:1

then the wiremill after

1 ingot for 2 1x wires

another small small thing

too many amps through a weaker cable lights the cable on fire

fries it

one gen makes 1 amp of that tier of power, if u put 2-3 gens on a 1x cable it will get fried so use a 2-4x

using a ulv wire/lower tier wire will do the same

[empty robin]

the grind is too strong. dEATH FROM magic

Day 0 of Hardcore Insanity. | NOOB |

im motivated

[slate crag]

only took an hour✌️ 😭 💔

[empty robin]

im gonna follow everything from scratch now

no more skips

[slate crag]

wouldnt skip the bbf

everything else is fine ish

[empty robin]

Im gonna mass produce everything locally

no more cheese

oh well first night..

[slate crag]

are u still not doing quests

/not claiming quest rewards

and whatever other rules u decided to add ages ago✌️

[empty robin]

yesss

[slate crag]

[empty robin]

well rn im just completing them

[slate crag]

do no ae2 while ur at it

[empty robin]

bet

[slate crag]

i’d open the stone age ones at least

shit items

good food

occasionally

[empty robin]

how im gonna store stuff though

[slate crag]

lots of chests

ig

[empty robin]

yeah that sounds fun

[slate crag]

u can make a centralized storage with ender io

similar to ae without the auto crafting tho

[empty robin]

yes auto crafting

I see ppl chilling while auto crafting billions of items on ae2

I cant imagine the time it would take without it

[dim panther]

well theoretically a no-AE run would involve passiving... everything.

which might(?) hypothetically cut down on autocrafting delays

[empty robin]

oh well

this modpack is already long to begin with

a no ae2 run wont hurt

I get to practice my photographic memory from opening thousands of chests :p if im still using chests that is

[empty robin]

gonna build a giant garden now

[empty robin]

being a farmer is fun

well anyways......... im signing off for today :p

Day 13 of Hardcore Insanity. | NOOB |

[empty robin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1447494672128671767/1449336970454106223/giphy.gif

[empty robin]

some early accessible food

🛖

[empty robin]

labor

[slate crag]

he’s not running into every dungeon he sees❤️

[empty robin]

theres one couple of hundred blocks

but ive decided to not use structures as crutch now

[slate crag]

normal dungeon or has ur luck somehow given u yet another wiz

[slate crag]

i’d still lowkuenly steal a tinkers forge

may just be me but i hate making the seared bricks a bit

[empty robin]

idk what to call it but it resembles a chess piece

[slate crag]

stone

they prob have names but i get what u mean

has torches on the top n stuff

[empty robin]

yes

[empty robin]

had a stack of every recipe and it only gave 1 stack so yes it sucks

also made far too many coke bricks on accident

[slate crag]

not a bad thing

[empty robin]

if anyone knows how i can combine multiple ovens lmk thx

[slate crag]

nah

cant wallshare railcraft multiblocks

[empty robin]

oh ok

p sure I can make another two coke ovens

[slate crag]

lowk the more charcoal the better

ur prob gonna run ur steam off normal boilers for a while

[empty robin]

coal boilers?

[slate crag]

ya

theres solar boilers but u need a good amount of silver for them

which u can only get in small ores

[empty robin]

done for the day

[maiden steppe]

low pressure (bronze) solars are imo never worth it, not only due to lower steam production (and also calcifying down to 0 steam production) but also due to lower heat capacity (solar boilers keep producing steam even when its nighttime, as long as their temperature is still above certain threshold, and high pressure solars have high enough heat capacity that they can keep making steam till sunrise), but in the end its up to you to decide if they're worth it or not

You can also opt to use small size railcraft boilers instead of gt small coal boilers, though again its up to you

Nothing stops you from just making a bunch of small coal boilers and rc iron tank for buffering steam and power your steam stuff that way

[empty robin]

the solar boilers get worse over time?

I just prefer solar boiler for the obvious reasons but I'll try utilizing coal boilers when I get to steam

trying to figure out how I can input wood only and let everything do itself

Day 33 of Hardcore Insanity. | NOOB |

[maiden steppe]

Solar boilers do get worse over time, its called "calcification", basically after like, probably 5-10 hours, they slowly start to output less and less steam until they hit the minimum steam production, low pressure solars go down to 0, high pressure go down to 120 I think?

Its really not a big deal, you basically just have to break solar boiler and put it back and its calcification is reset

[empty robin]

interestinggg

[slate crag]

it takes a while for then to start then fully calcify

like genuine hours

few hours of passive steam😛

@empty robin btw always make sure u have water cus shits will explode, especially hp solars cus they get hot pretty quick

[near rivet]

That, but calcification starts after 24h

[empty robin]

got a coal mine under my base

[maiden steppe]

we love mining coal (and the inevitable black lung that follows)

[empty robin]

hmm yes

reminding me of hbm tech mod

[empty robin]

I need a prospecting pick :d

I have no idea where to start

[empty robin]

happy

[empty robin]

update...

base secured with bunch of torches

[empty robin]

my life is full of wood

alright im done

Day 43 of Hardcore Insanity. | NOOB |

[empty robin]

z fighting

and oil vein so its relevant

[slate crag]

not yet

also wheres ur waila

[empty robin]

waila who

[slate crag]

what am i looking at

[empty robin]

ohhh

[slate crag]

small thing on the top or bottom right of ur screen

[empty robin]

yes about that

[slate crag]

tells u what block, mod, other stuff, and % to break

did u disable it 💔

[empty robin]

I disabled it way back then to make the mod more challenging

[slate crag]

💔

next ur gonna say ur not planning on using the holo glasses

[empty robin]

yes

[slate crag]

🥀

[empty robin]

anyway I tried to enable it back but its still inactive

I also was gonna play without jei and journeymap but u get the missing mods thing

[slate crag]

how about

gtnh hardcore at 1000x tick speed

[empty robin]

great idea

[slate crag]

ive said it before but add rl craft

[empty robin]

I thought about starting on the nether roof

[slate crag]

bro im being so deadass

do a gog run

🙏

[empty robin]

gog?

and idk if rlcraft is supported on 1.7.10

[slate crag]

cant be hardcore obvi but its still gonna be aids

[empty robin]

lol yes unfortunate part

i wanna do it on hardcore

maybe start with few blocks

[slate crag]

u could prob cheat in blocks?

ya

gog start relies on death dirt

[empty robin]

very helpful for hc

[slate crag]

after u get a mob spawn area u can get dirt creepers n such

[empty robin]

yes thats what I need

just something that dont involve death

[slate crag]

theres a few doing nether gog rn

and there has been like 1 or 2 nether only runs

p sure on roof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awD9Mtwto_c

stg anytime its an aids challenge in gtnh its always goose or duck

[empty robin]

is there any way to make it worse

[slate crag]

cheat in max warp ✌️

idk

[empty robin]

wait 1000 ticks as u suggested eariler

[slate crag]

tbf if u dont die instantly/ figure out a way to never die

everything might just be faster

[empty robin]

my senses are top notch

[slate crag]

till u hit an pigman on accident and 1000 come gank u

[empty robin]

im becoming a pacifist

[slate crag]

breaking ores aggros them

if u dont go roof run

[empty robin]

hmmm ok

can you escape to the overworld

[slate crag]

wheres the fun in that

[empty robin]

tru

[empty robin]

we dont talk abt silverwood

kidding :)

rather not explore thousand of chunks

wrong pic

thereee

im having a hard time finding copper deposit

[slate crag]

u find gold and redstone yet

not a vein just like 8 redstone and some gold in small ores

[empty robin]

yes

[slate crag]

make an ore wand

if it asks for anything magnetized

just combine it with 4 redstone

shapeless

neat thing is it diesnt just look for the one thing inside it (btw u cant use more than one at the same time)

if a vein like redstone has cinnabar and u happen to have a piece of cinnabar ore, crushed ore, dust or washed dust

u can pop it in and it’ll find it

ingots count as well

[empty robin]

is this it cuz it requires some tools I dont have in my stage

[slate crag]

a hammer is just 6 ingots and a stick

a file is 2 plates and a stick

dont gotta follow it exactly yknow

unless u got like 0 of anything cus no dungeons

[empty robin]

yes

I only looted greatwood tree so far no dungeon

maybe ill visit 1 dungeon..

ima just set early game stuff up and consider

[slate crag]

new pfp every time i look in this chat✌️

[empty robin]

took a biit for someone to notice

new profile every day

the collection is growing.....

tomorrow again

Day 56 of Hardcore Insanity | STONE AGE | 99+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

[slate crag]

i noticed just never commented

[empty robin]

the observer

[slate crag]

bro has no armor😭

first time taking shit slow n he has no armor✌️

[empty robin]

mud and wood are my only option

ill be wearing that infinity armor soon so dw

[slate crag]

u can get some nano armor in hv

solid armor

pretty expensive

[empty robin]

epic

wish this pack had more defense stuff

mud armor aint it

[maiden steppe]

Mud armor is pretty useless, yes

[jaunty swan]

Real

[jaunty swan]

Yeah you really just gotta get to modular(?) armor, the advanced alloy armor, and enchant the shit out of it

[empty robin]

almost died

the other news I found a thaum structure and i'm thinking of exploring a dungeon

im not making progress cuz copper defiect

whatever it takes

if I die, im gonna be doing a 1000 tick speed run starting in the nether

nvmm ig

found a copper vein so I dont need to risk my life

[empty robin]

ima haul stuff now back to base

and im tired so session done for today

Day 61 of Hardcore Insanity | STONE AGE | 99+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

[empty robin]

i dont wanna even

mine

ok so

im gonna make a really big network under my base

sketched the tunnels

[empty robin]

oops

[empty robin]

upgraded my tools :)

[empty robin]

hit a dead end -_-

Day 69 of Hardcore Insanity | STONE AGE | 99+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

[open comet]

🦆

[slate crag]

what happened twinnamon roll

[empty robin]

mining

really a hassle

I mine 5 blocks and all the sudden my inventory is filled with dust

😨

minesweeper...

[empty robin]

lovely

back to mining ig

[slate crag]

ngl

i void dusts and crushed ores

besides the useful ones

[slate crag]

shouldve lmk 💔

[empty robin]

will do

[slate crag]

btw these things have good loot if u win

another way to get an e-table besides wiz towers

[empty robin]

cool

[frail prism]

Diggers and Miners backpack kinda goated

[slate crag]

tru

also get the mining hammer when u can obvi

[empty robin]

yes

going on a loot run then

[jaunty swan]

Especially once you’ve looted like one RLD you should be able to also make a proper backpack, you can put it in a backpack slot (you have to add the keybind yourself) and that also massively helps with inventory

I think the only difficult parts of the recipe are the steel ring and the tanned leather

[empty robin]

back from a dungeon run and made a solar boiler

was gonna make a coal boiler I just don't have sufficient iron

looks at water tank recipe. yea im d0ne for today

Day 77 of Hardcore Insanity | STONE AGE | 99+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

this is the stargate run just wanna let everyone know

[nimble mesa]

Peak run

[empty robin]

the mighty one shot

Day 0 of Hardcore Insanity | STONE AGE | 99+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

I think im stuck in a loop

[slate crag]

enable the hardcore hearts

[empty robin]

i wont compromise.....

ima just be right back soon......

got a plan in mind

[slate crag]

tbf u are kinda making more n more prog each time

[empty robin]

truu

well

I die after new progression

every time I die it gets easier tbh

[dusk imp]

Waking up and seeing the day count back at 0

[empty robin]

😢

seriousl

y

there is

n

my enter key is broken bear with em

me

there is no way to anticipate a mighty mob

[slate crag]

just play like a bitch

[empty robin]

yes

[slate crag]

/be scared 24/7

[empty robin]

i would buuuuuuut...

[slate crag]

wheres the fun in that

[empty robin]

it would be like day 500 where i get a steam machine

[empty robin]

mighty poisnous spider just waiting to ruin everything

well now that I think about it

it would be fun to have every mob with mighty ability

[slate crag]

mighty cow

mighty bat

mighty plague baby zombie

[empty robin]

bet

[frail prism]

With all respect sir, I have been following for a long time now

What drove you to play one of the hardest/most challenging mod packs, set multiple limitations and restrictions with seemingly know prior knowledge of the pack itself?

[slate crag]

for the love of the game

for funsies

[frail prism]

I am no hater, I am simply wishing to understand

[empty robin]

well firstly I was rly bored of playing modpacks since they didnt feel challenging at all and the gameplay was pretty much the same

secondly I want to learn and pick up every ounce of experience to grow and be better

third and last I just love the risk of it all, playing without any restrictions & hardcore dont feel the same its just too easy, im pretty sure id be really late game as of speaking but nope im sitll at the bottom

main driving reasons? I think

other than that I cant just ragequit when im documenting in front of an audience lol. ive been pretty much been active every day since starting this thread

and ppl here keep me going so im thankful :)

[frail prism]

I am just curious sir. I felt this modpack was challenging enough as is.
That said I am not much of a Gregger, I just played the pack for a few weeks with some friends and stuck around in the discord because the content is goated

I am too busy playing old school runescape to properly dive into this pack. I am sure the time invested is a gift in itself

[empty robin]

yeah ik, dont think anyone wants to do a hardcore run ever on this modpack lel. rly interesting and active community

[empty robin]

osrs and greg are alike when it comes to wasting ur time

[frail prism]

Yea, I've played this pack up to IV like two times. First time we disabled Infernal mobs, second time we disabled pollution, just to rid ourselves of some of the more tedious parts.
I could not imagine making the pack even harder

[frail prism]

With 290 days played, I can only agree

[empty robin]

ig thats just gregtech, its supposed to be tedious? what do u think

[frail prism]

I believe that any additional or reduction in difficulty is not what's important.
What's important is a challenge that is seemingly impossible at the very beginning and slowly working through the small increments that makes it possible. Lastly overcoming what you once believed to be impossible is what gives us the power to take on new challenges and set more ambitious goals. It is simply the driving force of any human being, who is courageous enough to want to better themselves

The size of the challenge does not matter. It's all a matter of perspective.
Don't let other peoples accomplishments overshine what you yourself have done

Thank you for coming to my TED talk

[empty robin]

wow

beautiful speech

reminds me of coach carter if you have seen that movie lol

good shit 😭

[frail prism]

I have not seen the movie, sir

I will go back to lurking, best of luck

[empty robin]

ender dragon stronghold???

[high kernel]

You got this, im invested in this now

[empty robin]

im done

what ive been doing for the past hour

rushing a dungeon, riding a horse all over the world to grab stuff and putting the loot in one location

Day 5 of Hardcore Insanity | STONE AGE | 99+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

setup to start tomorrow

[empty robin]

died in this world

[empty robin]

this is the currentt

lmk if u guys want additional info

[open comet]

U arent playing with the questbook right?

Otherwise you.could get lives from that

So you dont have to reset after 10 deaths but its still possible to lose the world and all

[empty robin]

no quest rewards yes

[empty robin]

https://tenor.com/view/hamster-xeviouse-hamster-wheel-dead-chat-discord-gif-12358183835783420198

[slate crag]

just make a ton of progress and die again

[empty robin]

not this time

figured out the strat

[bright plank]

The universe will tremble when this guy gets his hands on the One Ring.

[slate crag]

would genuinely have 300 warp or smth before lv

[empty robin]

seems pretty op

[bright plank]

Just need a steady supply of bath salts and a railcraft tank for water, or thaumic spas instead of the salts

Needs the railcraft tank either way to accumulate water for your preferred method of nullifying warp and preventing yourself from summoning the plagues of egypt in the middle of your home

[empty robin]

wow

[maiden steppe]

Pretty sure one ring got removed as a dungeon loot

[empty robin]

hello again

[empty robin]

cool village

[empty robin]

burned out from non stop looting

well im done (13) todays conclusion

im done saying done alright

Day 21 of Hardcore Insanity | STONE AGE | 99+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

will commence steam age tmrwww maybe? my bronze resource is limited, there is a way to get plenty but risky which is the creeper room in dungeons

ima just forge my own instead nvm

[empty robin]

game crashed and my waypoints got reset

which means im LOST

Day 27 of Hardcore Insanity | STONE AGE | 99+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

[empty robin]

dont have coords so is there a way to find my base location

[low ruin]

are your map chunks still there?

if so you can just follow them back home

[empty robin]

chunks didnt save either

i did find some remants i left so i will try again tomorrow

[low ruin]

if you had a bed you could always just die lol

[slate crag]

[slate crag]

you still have backups right

should be able to slide an older journeymap folder into the save ur on rn

maybe

ok yeah journey map saves in backups

[empty robin]

hmmm ok

[empty robin]

oh god

[empty robin]

are we back?

finished for today

[slate crag]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1337785941687013450/1425947873035550750/caption.gif

[empty robin]

learned that mistake

that will never happen again trust

[slate crag]

lmao

did it end a run or just blow it up

[empty robin]

ended

[slate crag]

[empty robin]

u can see it happening way up

fed water to a rly hot boiler

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4vJNaB3Eapg

Day 39 of Hardcore Insanity | STONE AGE | 99+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

Day 39 of Hardcore Insanity | STEAM AGE | 99+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

there

[slate crag]

i prob saw it and forgot abt it

[empty robin]

hopefully that dont happen when i build nuclear reactors

[slate crag]

ur extremely confident ur gonna make it to ev

[empty robin]

yes

[slate crag]

[empty robin]

I got so much loot

torched entire dungeon with 2 dezil marshemellows I ate eariler

im gonna move everything back to base and settle

[maiden steppe]

If that makes you feel better, you eventually get ways to cheat death (and by eventually I mean, like, MV-HV?)

Death protection poppets good

I still have like, eight of them I think

[empty robin]

has anyone gotten to this stage

[tribal mango]

what texturepack is that?

[marble ice]

https://github.com/Ethryan/GTNH-Faithful-Textures

[bright plank]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/780597317355044865/1398283355451166771/image0.gif

That's a Draconic Evolution reactor core melting down, it kills people even in Creative, taking away somewhere around 500 levels from my Last Stand, and destroys any blocks that can be destroyed. The explosion itself isn't really an explosion, it's more like an invisible expanding zone that deletes blocks as it goes, less laggy and doesn't drop items.

[empty robin]

amazing stuff

[bright plank]

Absolutely beautiful mayhem

[empty robin]

so u would get sent to the noob age if it goes critical

I wouldnt use backups if that happened

maybe

[empty robin]

hmmm yes

ig its time to uh... chill

im gonna be working on the other side of greg now

get good tools and natural resources

[empty robin]

multiblock not workingggg

2 fancy perhaps?

[empty robin]

smh

[empty robin]

immm d... complete

for the day

[empty robin]

Day 49 of Hardcore Insanity | STEAM AGE | 999+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

[bright plank]

Just make it far away, or in a potent enough cage :]

[empty robin]

I want to be vaporized too

[open comet]

I had mine explode like 3 times, nothing happend

[empty robin]

top tier storage system

[empty robin]

my ingot collection

gem 2

[empty robin]

too much?

[jaunty swan]

Looks good

[empty robin]

thx

appreciate anyone giving feedback so lmk :)

[empty robin]

ok im satisfied. next task

[empty robin]

farm roooooom in progress........ ok goodbye for today

[empty robin]

Day 62 of Hardcore Insanity | STEAM AGE | 999+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

[empty robin]

same stuff same me

[slate crag]

hes making upgrades

btw forgot if anyone said it but u can replace tool parts as long as the tool is full hp

[empty robin]

hmmm yes

I upgraded to bronze tools that way

the smeltery

[empty robin]

my bronze supply is gone but atleast I got these gud tools

[slate crag]

if u ever make more obzinite dont use the smeltery recipe

its ass compared to hand making and smelting the dust

[empty robin]

oh...

[jaunty swan]

Also just know you can’t use the smelter to make cobalt or ardite so don’t use like Aeon steel or that sort of stuff

[slate crag]

only use it for smth u wont be using much

ur gonna be mid-late lv before u can make more

[empty robin]

so how can you forge higher tier metals?

like u cant pour out unstable ingot with tinkers smeltery

[slate crag]

extruder

[empty robin]

daym

[slate crag]

lv extruder is basically useless

[empty robin]

lv itself pretty useless ngl

[slate crag]

its only use is a few parts like tin and bronze which is good but still ass

[slate crag]

ehhh

assembler and circuit assembler are peak

[empty robin]

when I reached that stage all it did was open a door to more recipes and not so useful machines

[slate crag]

so peak

[empty robin]

thought I was gonna ascend with that circuit but u need to craft more than 1..

[slate crag]

yeah each tier needs like

at the very very least one stack of that tier

[empty robin]

wow

so im destined for the mines

[slate crag]

made 1 stack of ev circuits a while ago and im currently at one with barely any ev multiblocks bult

as a matter of fact i only have ONE ev multiblock

[slate crag]

skip the lv one

[empty robin]

ah robit from mekanism

[slate crag]

but slightly worse

prob

only ever used the void miner

[slate crag]

idk if anyone said it (again)

it uses anything in that vein to find a vein

both ore-ingots

anything inbetween

works

[empty robin]

uh huh

[slate crag]

dont be a silly goober like me and spend all ur coins on ores in the shop (first run)

[empty robin]

havent used quest book in ages

[slate crag]

oh yeah

bros not gonna get free moss 💔

[empty robin]

have u done any thaum stuff

[slate crag]

yep

extremely shitty setup but i cant be bothered to do smth abt it

[empty robin]

u need to build

[slate crag]

nuh uh

[empty robin]

anything for a ounce of progress

terminating this sesh

Day 76 of Hardcore Insanity | STEAM AGE | 999+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

[maiden steppe]

I'd still say even LV miners are worth it if only to not have to mine manually in the nether, which sucks

But I personally ignore them until HV, you have a lot of waiting to do when making steel or aluminium or stainless steel, so you might as well go do a bit of mining with your trusty hammer

[empty robin]

what to do with all these bees

[near rivet]

Maybee wait till lv or mv to get into bees

[empty robin]

:(

alright

[slate crag]

yeah from what ive heard its kinda aids to do bees without the beenalyzer or whatever it was called

which is like mid-late lv, early mv

[empty robin]

everything gotta be in lv smh

pic

im gonna make a room for every type of science like apothecary etcc

[slate crag]

i’d get bees rn tho

breeding odds are a pain in the ass

if ur gonna do that*

takes a while to setup but its good

[empty robin]

dont mind the pain

I wanna get it setupp

[slate crag]

u can start in lv cus apiary needs robot arms

/crafting station for them needs it

just the bee breeding is where u need the analyzer for it to be good or smth

[empty robin]

aaa

magqic

im gonna try my hardest to read these books I got

so they only work in specific biomes.......

[maiden steppe]

Bees do have a preferred climate, some of them are easy to tell (for example, winter bees, or desert bees), and some are not

I'm not an expert on bees, the most use I got from them was using them to make some combs and wax on the side for my thaumcraft projects but that's about it, so hopefully someone more knowledgeable will show up

[empty robin]

hmm alright

answer when u can but whats the purpose of this bee mod can u like farm items through bees?

oh yeah im gonna have to get the chunk loaded for the bee nests

[empty robin]

farm, bees , magic andddd "tech" block

the conclusion

tomorrow im gonna get top tier nutrition & work on the kitchen block and maybe get plenty of coal ovens

Day 90 of Hardcore Insanity | STEAM AGE | 999+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

[slate crag]

yup

[near rivet]

Bees can directly produce basic resources. Later in the game, you can add the combs for advanced resources to their corresponding processing lines to either boost production or replace some other needed materials

For example adding i think 36 indium combs to sphalerite froth in the vacuum furnace tripls indium output

[stable owl]

A bee also completely replaces a full production line

[empty robin]

ah just realised cooking for blockheads is in this pack

all the food ive consumed ig?

[empty robin]

maaaaaan

[slate crag]

even worse is 90% of early game quests are crafting ones

the penguin is gone this time huh

[empty robin]

not fuyn

is this helm good

[slate crag]

would be better with mending or unbreaking but yeah

if u have a a chunk of xp u could bum rush a dungeon n probably live

[empty robin]

hmm yess..

[slate crag]

and also triggers that only happen when u have a certain amount of an item✌️

[empty robin]

added life steal modifier

feeling like conquering a dungeon

oh well im burned out so not much stuff done today

off

Day 101 of Hardcore Insanity | STEAM AGE | 999+ DEATHS | 300 HOURS |

[slate crag]

furthest run so far

in terms of time

btw 100% invest in a mob repellor in lv

idk if anyone said it in here but that thing will save u/ur base

a powered lv one is 4x4 chunks

[empty robin]

hmm maybe

I wanna explore deep in steam age

make use of it properly or I could skip to lv

im gonna mine all day and get into lv

make blast furnace and farm steel

ive been pretty much bruteforcing so yes not sustainable to loot for metal

[maiden steppe]

I prefer EU chandeliers for mob proofing, or you know, just spamming torches, since they're cheap, and not having to worry about a stray creeper wandering in is nice

[bright plank]

the dungeons get really really violent on the lowest two floors, the sheer amount of mobs, and they have resistance effects too. The only reliable way I know of breaking spawners is "precision shears" as they can shift-right click them to instantly break the spawner. The loot is good now though.

I'd keep an eye on the durability of that diamond helmet, it's your one line of defense against Mighty mobs nonsense.

[empty robin]

the dungeon is calling...

[jaunty swan]

Genuinely I’d try to get full nutrition and as least full diamond first