In Getting started with autocrafting, you learned how to automate regular crafting recipes.
But what if you want to automate tasks that don’t use a crafting grid - like smelting iron ore into ingots? For this, you use processing patterns.
Creating processing patterns
Use the Pattern Grid in processing mode to create a processing pattern. The interface allows defining up to 9 inputs and 9 expected outputs:
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Inputs – Resources pulled from the storage network and inserted into the machine.
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Outputs – Resources expected back in the storage network after processing.
Example
To automate the conversion of Iron Ore → Iron Ingot:
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Set 1 Iron Ore as the input.
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Set 1 Iron Ingot as the output.
Alternatives
For each input, you can define allowed alternatives using Minecraft’s tag system.
Using the pattern
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Place a Autocrafter facing the machine correctly (e.g., furnace) so it can insert inputs into the correct slot.
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Insert the processing pattern into the autocrafter.
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When requested, the autocrafter will insert the inputs into the machine.
You must ensure the output is returned to the storage network - this is how the storage network knows that the task can be completed.
Use a device like:
Chaining autocrafters
You can chain multiple autocrafters to a single machine to handle more patterns for a single machine.
