Create Bedrock

Quickstart

1. Collect Andesite and Iron Nuggets, then craft Andesite Alloy at a crafting table — this is the foundation of everything.
2. Craft a Kinetic Wrench (requires Brass Ingot — see progression below) and use it to open the in-game guide at any time.
3. Craft Shafts, Cogwheels, and a Water Wheel, then place the Water Wheel adjacent to a water source to start generating kinetic power.
4. Connect Shafts and Cogwheels in a network (up to 8 blocks) to distribute stress.
5. Place a Mechanical Press connected to your network, hold an iron or copper ingot in your hand, and interact with the Press to produce sheets.
6. Place a Basin, make sure your network has enough stress, hold a Copper Sheet while also carrying Andesite Alloy in your inventory, and interact with the Basin to produce Brass Ingot.
7. Interact with any Shaft, Cogwheel, Depot, or Water Wheel to see your network's current stress on the action bar.

Overview

Create Bedrock is a factory-building addon inspired by the Create mod. You progress from raw stone and iron through kinetic power networks to automated processing machines. Water Wheels harness flowing water to generate stress, which powers Mechanical Presses and Basins. A create_stress scoreboard tracks network stress across your world, and action-bar messages give you real-time feedback as you build and tune your factory.

What It Adds

Items

Blocks

Crafting And Obtaining

All recipes are made at a crafting table. Blocks drop themselves when broken with the correct tool (pickaxe for most; axe for Cogwheel and Water Wheel).

Andesite Alloy — the starting recipe, unlocked by finding Andesite and Iron Nuggets:

Shaft — bulk-craft these early; you'll need many:

Cogwheel:

Andesite Casing — required for most machines:

Water Wheel:

Depot:

Mechanical Press:

Basin:

Kinetic Wrench — requires Brass Ingot, so craft it after your first Basin run:

Abilities And Mechanics

Kinetic Networks & Stress

• A Water Wheel placed next to water generates stress for the surrounding network.
• Shafts and Cogwheels propagate that stress within an 8-block radius of the source.
• Every machine that consumes power checks whether the network's current stress meets its minimum requirement before acting.
• If stress is too low, the action bar displays a warning showing the required amount and your current value.
• Interact with a Shaft, Cogwheel, Depot, or Water Wheel to read network stress on the action bar.
• The create_stress scoreboard (visible via /scoreboard) tracks stress values globally.

Mechanical Press

• Place the Press connected to a powered shaft/cogwheel network.
• Hold an iron ingot in your main hand and interact with the Press → receive an Iron Sheet.
• Hold a copper ingot and interact → receive a Copper Sheet.
• If the network lacks sufficient stress the action bar will tell you.

Basin

• Place the Basin connected to a powered network.
• Hold a Copper Sheet in your main hand and carry Andesite Alloy somewhere in your inventory, then interact with the Basin → receive a Brass Ingot.
• Brass Ingot is required to craft the Kinetic Wrench.

Kinetic Wrench

• Equip the Kinetic Wrench and use it (right-click / interact) to open the in-game guide — a step-by-step walkthrough of the entire progression.

Progression And Strategy

1. Early game — Mine Andesite and smelt/gather Iron Nuggets. Craft Andesite Alloy and start building Shafts and Cogwheels.
2. First power source — Build a Water Wheel beside a river or manually placed water. Lay a Shaft network from it.
3. Sheet production — Craft a Mechanical Press and a Depot. Use the Press to convert iron and copper ingots into sheets.
4. Brass unlock — Use your Copper Sheets and Andesite Alloy in a Basin to produce Brass Ingots.
5. Kinetic Wrench — Craft the Wrench with your Brass. Use it to review the guide and plan your next factory expansion.
6. Scale up — Add more Water Wheels and extend your Shaft networks to supply enough stress for multiple machines running simultaneously. Monitor the create_stress scoreboard and action-bar feedback to avoid underpowered networks.