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===GregTech Crafting Tools===

*Access to iron opens up the File, Screwdriver, Saw, Wrench, Wire Cutter and Hammer. ~~NEI’s~~ limitations means that finding the recipes for these tools in a specific material is quite difficult. Memorize or set a Worktable recipe, because you will be using them a lot. Iron, and later Wrought Iron will be the most plentiful thing to make them out of for the steam age. Steel and alumite are technically better, but the 2-3x extra durability isn't worth it.

*Access to iron opens up the File, Screwdriver, Saw, Wrench, Wire Cutter and Hammer. [[NEI]]’s limitations means that finding the recipes for these tools in a specific material is quite difficult. Memorize or set a Worktable recipe, because you will be using them a lot. Iron, and later Wrought Iron will be the most plentiful thing to make them out of for the steam age. Steel and alumite are technically better, but the 2-3x extra durability isn't worth it.

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* Craft multiples at once, as resources allow. Certain tools and parts are used often in many recipes.

* Once you have iron, upgrade to a Crafting Station. It will connect to an adjacent chest and allow you to pull items into the crafting grid with NEI as well.

* Once you have iron, upgrade to a Crafting Station. It will connect to an adjacent chest and allow you to pull items into the crafting grid with [[NEI]] as well.

* With a wrench, collect bookshelf blocks from villages/dungeons. These can be used to get an early Forestry Worktable. The worktable can remember up to nine recipes and has its own internal inventory. Right-click on a remembered recipe to lock it. Caution: breaking the worktable erases all recipes.

* Biblocraft's Fancy Workbench can record recipes to books and has slots for up to nine such recipes, but does not have an internal inventory.

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Always check and recheck common recipes as you get new machines and advance in tech. Something annoying now (like circuit boards) may become much easier with just the right machine (like an assembler). Even recipes like chests have an assembler version to save on resources. In fact, it has two! So be sure to check recipes often.

{{Caution|NEI sometimes lies when it comes to the amount of a Vanilla resource needed in a machine crafting recipe. If your recipe isn't working and you're sure you're giving it the right materials, try adding a bigger stack. Look at Reinforced Glass for an example.}}

{{Caution|[[NEI]] sometimes lies when it comes to the amount of a Vanilla resource needed in a machine crafting recipe. If your recipe isn't working and you're sure you're giving it the right materials, try adding a bigger stack. Look at Reinforced Glass for an example.}}

= Transportation =

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Copper and Tin are going to be the first minerals requiring dedicated searching. Many players start with a nomadic lifestyle until they hit upon a copper or tin vein. Copper is used more often, but can show up in more ores (malachite and chalcopyrite). Tin is rarer; look for Cassiterite or Garnet sands. Cassiterite spawns high (y80-200) so it's best searched for in elevated areas like mesas or mountains. Iron is relatively plentiful, with many alternate sources.

Other important resources to make it into the steam age include Redstone, Calcite, Gold & Gypsum, so keep track of these if found. Redstone is a primary, while Calcite spawns rarely in Lapis veins, Gold spawns rarely with Magnetite, and Gypsum is found with both Basaltic and Granitic Mineral Sands. NEI has an excellent module for GT ore veins, showing composition, world type, scarcity and depth.

Other important resources to make it into the steam age include Redstone, Calcite, Gold & Gypsum, so keep track of these if found. Redstone is a primary, while Calcite spawns rarely in Lapis veins, Gold spawns rarely with Magnetite, and Gypsum is found with both Basaltic and Granitic Mineral Sands. [[NEI]] has an excellent module for GT ore veins, showing composition, world type, scarcity and depth.

===Prospecting===

[[File:IGI ore chunk.png|thumb|frame|right|alt=This text is displayed when the player is standing in a chunk that contains an ore vein.|This text is displayed when the player is standing in a chunk that contains an ore vein.]]GT [[Ore Generation|ore veins generate]] evenly spaced on a grid, with two chunks in all directions between ore chunks. JourneyMap comes equipped with a togglable ore vein overlay which will automatically register deposits, so long as they are at least 200 blocks away from spawn axis (chunk 0,0) in both horizontal directions (known issue). The InGameInfo panel in the upper left (by default) will tell you when you're in an ore chunk. Once one is found, simply move three chunks over for the next. Rarely, there may be no vein to find. This happens most commonly when there is no stone in the height range the vein wanted to spawn at. Depleted veins can be toggled from JourneyMap with (default Delete) key. This will mark them with an X. Double-click on a vein icon to toggle tracking it as a visible waypoint.

Players can share their JourneyMap ore vein data by crafting a Prospector's Log, using it and giving it to another player. To share a JourneyMap waypoint (perhaps for a vein near spawn), click the 'Share' button on the waypoints menu to print a link in chat. NEI's search highlight feature (double click the search bar to turn it yellow) can be used to more easily see specific identified ore veins on JourneyMap.

Players can share their JourneyMap ore vein data by crafting a Prospector's Log, using it and giving it to another player. To share a JourneyMap waypoint (perhaps for a vein near spawn), click the 'Share' button on the waypoints menu to print a link in chat. [[NEI]]'s search highlight feature (double click the search bar to turn it yellow) can be used to more easily see specific identified ore veins on JourneyMap.

===Ore Finder===

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! Reinforced Glass

| Combine 1x Advanced Alloy and 3x glass dust / 3x glass blocks in the Steam Alloy Smelter. The NEI recipe is bugged and does not show the correct amount for some Vanilla materials, including this one (1x glass block).

| Combine 1x Advanced Alloy and 3x glass dust / 3x glass blocks in the Steam Alloy Smelter. The [[NEI]] recipe is bugged and does not show the correct amount for some Vanilla materials, including this one (1x glass block).

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! Rubber

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= Learning to use NEI =

Not Enough Items is the mod that adds the search bar at the bottom of ~~your~~ inventory screen, and a list of matching items on the right while ~~your~~ inventory is open. When typing in the search bar, ~~you can~~ double-click it to turn the outline yellow. This will dim ~~your~~ GUI and highlight any matching items, which can be useful to find a specific ingot or dust in a large inventory. Double click again to remove the highlighting. Right-click the search bar to clear text.

Not Enough Items is the mod that adds the search bar at the bottom of the inventory screen, and a list of matching items on the right while the inventory is open. When typing in the search bar, double-click it to turn the outline yellow. This will dim the GUI and highlight any matching items, which can be useful to find a specific ingot or dust in a large inventory. Double click again to remove the highlighting. Right-click the search bar to clear text.

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When using a crafting GUI while hitting R or U, click the [?] button to populate the grid with an outline to fill manually, or shift-click [?] to auto-fill it with available items. Click on the (x/y)[#] at the top left to toggle bookmarks between full page and single column. Items in the [[Quest Book]] can be bookmarked or recipe checked directly with NEI shortcuts.

NEI also has numerous keybinds that can be used while hovering over items in inventories.

NEI also has numerous keybinds that can be used while hovering over items in inventories, and offers many features beyond these basics. See [[Not Enough Items]] for a more complete tutorial.

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! B

| Toggle NEI bookmarks on/off. Also shows Item Subsets menu drop-down when off.

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! @<code>keyword</code>

| Search by mod instead of item name.

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! @<code>mod</code>-><code>keyword</code>

| Search for a keyword, restricted to mods including the word after the @ sign. The '->' is required, no spaces.

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! Backspace

| Go back to the previous item looked at.

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! Shift (hold down)

| Stop item icon cycling where a recipe accepts multiple options.

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!Shift+Command+A

| Add the item and all its component parts to your bookmarks.

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!Shift+Control+A

| Add the item and all its component parts to your bookmarks with amounts.

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!Shift+Control+scroll up/down

| Change the amount for the bookmarked item under the cursor.

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!Shift+scroll up/down

| While the cursor is hovering over the recipe area, page through the available recipe handlers instead of scrolling through all recipes within a single handler.

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If ~~you are in~~ a crafting GUI while hitting R or U, ~~you can~~ click the ? button to populate the grid with an outline to fill manually, or shift-click ? to auto-fill it with available items. Click on the [#] at the top left to toggle ~~the bookmarked item display~~ between full page and single column. Items in the [[Quest Book]] can be bookmarked or recipe checked directly with NEI shortcuts. Keybinds can be modified by opening the inventory, clicking on the wrench button in the lower left, then Keybindings > Inventory. Click on the arrows at the bottom left to go to different pages/tabs of bookmarks.

When looking at how to create an item, it can be confusing because of large number of ways to obtain it. When looking at how to make an alloy ingot, here are some tips: