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Chemical baths and NEI usage
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== Key minerals ==
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. Iron is relatively plentiful, with many alternate sources.
=== Preferred processing paths ===
Once you get to MV, there are some minerals that benefit from chemical baths vs orewashing/thermal centrifuging/centrifuging. (Needs checking)
Iron ore - Chemical bath with Sodium Persulfate to get additional Nickel
Copper ore - Chemical bath with Sodium Persulfate to get additional Copper
Gold - Chemical bath with mercury to get additional Gold
Silver - Chemical bath with mercury to get additional Silver
Lead - Chemical bath with mercury to get additional Silver
Once you hit HV, you should be using an HV macerator to get additional byproducts, both with the ore block and after thermal centrifuging.
== Learning to use NEI ==
Not Enough Items is the mod that shows you a search bar at the bottom of your screen, and a list of matching items on the right. When typing in the search bar, you can double-click the search bar to turn the outline yellow, and it will dim your GUI and highlight any matching items. This can be useful to find a specific ingot or dust in a large inventory. Double click again to remove the highlighting.
It also enables a couple of keybinds that can be used over items in inventories.
*R - Recipe to make this item.
*U - Recipes that use this item.
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 create an alloy ingot, here are some tips:
*Focus on certain creation methods, in this order: Shapeless(dust), Mixer(dust), Alloy Smelter(ingot), Blast Furnace(ingot/hot ingot), Vacuum Freezer(ingot)
*When looking at a long list of recipes in a specific machine, click the left arrow on the bottom to go to the last recipe. That is typically where you can find the basic ingredients recipe.
*If an alloy has two ingredients, the alloy smelter is usually the fastest way to make it. For example, cupronickel can be made with dust or ingots of copper and nickel directly in the alloy smelter instead of mixing the dusts in a mixer and then smelting.
== Locations to note ==
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