Simple Steam Power

Quickstart

1. Gather materials: Mine copper and iron ore. Copper is the backbone of every steam machine.
2. Craft Copper Pipes — the connective tissue of every steam network.
3. Craft a Boiler, place it down, fill it with a water bucket (right-click), and add fuel (coal, wood, etc.) to begin generating steam.
4. Craft a Steam Tank and a Filling Station, place them adjacent to the Boiler, and connect them with Copper Pipes.
5. Craft a Portable Steam Tank, hold it in your inventory, and stand on the Filling Station to fill it with steam.
6. Equip a Steam Jetpack (chest slot) — hold Jump while in the air to fly.
7. For a faster start, craft the Steam Production Bundle, which packages a Boiler, Pipes, Filling Station, Steam Tank, water, pump, and coal into one item for quick deployment.

Overview

Simple Steam Power is a full steampunk energy mod that adds a complete resource loop: fuel a Boiler with water and combustibles, distribute steam through Copper Pipe networks, store it in tanks, and consume it in machines, wearable gear, weapons, vehicles, and automated item networks. Everything is crafted from copper and iron, giving the mod a cohesive industrial aesthetic with animated machinery and mechanical sound effects.

What It Adds

Energy Infrastructure

Item Logistics

Machines

Wearable Gear

Weapons & Tools

Vehicles

Decoration & Construction

Food

The Steamer block cooks raw foods into steamed versions: Steamed Beef, Chicken, Porkchop, Mutton, Rabbit, Cod, Salmon, Carrot, Potato, and Beetroot. Combining the three steamed vegetables yields a Steamed Vegetable Medley.

Crafting And Obtaining

All recipes use standard crafting tables unless otherwise noted.

Core Infrastructure

Steam Storage

Machines & Utility Blocks

Item Logistics

Wearable Gear

Weapons, Tools & Vehicles

Copper Panel Construction

Food & Miscellaneous

Abilities And Mechanics

Steam Network

The Boiler accepts water (right-click with a bucket) and solid fuel in its inventory. Once lit, it produces steam that travels through connected Copper Pipes. Use a Line Pump for longer runs to maintain flow. Pipes connect automatically to adjacent pipes and compatible machines. An Aged Copper Valve (redstone-controlled) lets you gate sections of your network on or off.

Filling Stations & Portable Tanks

Place a Filling Station anywhere on a live steam network. Stand on or interact with it while holding a Portable Steam Tank or Large Portable Steam Tank to fill it. Filled tanks power wearable gear and handheld devices. The Large Portable Steam Tank offers significantly greater capacity and requires a Nether Star to craft.

Steam Jetpack

Equip the Steam Jetpack in the chest armor slot. While wearing it (with a filled Portable Steam Tank in your inventory), hold Jump mid-air to activate upward thrust. Steam is consumed continuously while flying. The jetpack replaces your chestplate.

Steam Pants & Boots

Steam Pants combine iron leggings with a steam tank for leg armor that draws steam for movement bonuses. Steam Boots provide foot armor with steam-powered effects. Steam Cushion Boots add fall-damage negation thanks to their slime-ball construction. All three pull from your personal steam supply.

Steam Hammer

The Steam Hammer is a two-block structure (place it like a door — the top block activates the bottom). Open its interface to place a damaged tool, weapon, or armor piece and the required repair material. It consumes steam to perform repairs and can bypass the vanilla "Too Expensive" enchantment cost limit. Each repair has a chance to produce a Tempered result, granting +5% attack damage and +5% maximum durability to the item.

Steam Gatling Turret

Place the turret on any solid surface and right-click to mount it. While mounted, the turret tracks your view direction and fires iron nuggets at approximately 9 shots per second, dealing 4 damage (2 hearts) per hit, with an effective range of 32 blocks. Load up to 256 iron nuggets by right-clicking with nuggets while unmounted, or automate loading via a hopper. The turret draws steam from the pipe network it is connected to. Right-click or sneak to dismount.

Item Logistics Network

• Steam Item Transfer Pipes carry items between containers and machines.
• Steam Transferers (crafted in pairs) act as connection hubs between pipe segments.
• Steam Conveyor Belts move items and entities across floor surfaces.
• Steam Sorting Junction automatically routes items to the correct output based on filter configuration, enabling fully automated storage.

Steam Redstone Emitter & Deadbolt

The Steam Redstone Emitter outputs a redstone signal when steam is flowing through it, bridging the steam network and redstone logic. The Steam Deadbolt is a steam-powered lock: connect it to a pipe network and use redstone to engage or disengage the bolt on adjacent doors.

Steam Rain Generator

Place the Steam Rain Generator and ensure it is connected to a steam network. It requires a Nether Star in its recipe (expensive, late-game) and will actively trigger rain in the world while supplied with steam, useful for farms and atmosphere.

Steam Powered Fan

Place the fan facing the direction you want airflow. When connected to steam, it pushes entities and loose items in a cone in front of it. The Decorative Fan is a purely visual spinning variant with no mechanical function.

Steamer (Food Cooking)

The Steamer works like a furnace but uses steam from the pipe network instead of fuel. Place raw meat or vegetables in its input slot to produce steamed food items. Combine Steamed Carrot, Steamed Potato, and Steamed Beetroot in any crafting grid to produce three Steamed Vegetable Medleys.

Progression And Strategy

Early game: Start with the Steam Production Bundle recipe, which packages everything for your first boiler setup into one crafting operation. Build a Boiler → Line Pump → Filling Station chain as soon as you have iron and copper. Fill a Portable Steam Tank and craft Steam Boots or the Steam Jetpack to immediately improve mobility.

Mid game: Expand your pipe network to power a Steam Hammer for repairing and tempering your best gear without hitting the "Too Expensive" limit. Build a Steamer for better food. Run Steam Item Transfer Pipes between chests and a Steam Sorting Junction for automated storage. Deploy Steam Conveyor Belts in your base for item routing and mob farms.

Late game / defense: Craft Steam Gatling Turrets around your base perimeter, feeding iron nuggets via hoppers and steam via your main network. Upgrade to a Large Portable Steam Tank (requiring a Nether Star) for extended jetpack and gear flight. Build the Steam Rain Generator to control weather for crop farms. Construct decorative copper panel structures — doors, windows, ladders, stairs, and fan installations — for a cohesive steampunk base aesthetic.

Power tip: Multiple Boilers can be connected to the same pipe network for greater steam capacity. Use Aged Copper Valves on branch lines to isolate machines you are not currently using, conserving steam for active operations.