Botanical Machinery Extra
by LMor
With Botanical Machinery Extra, Botania's mana machines gain a Forge addon with four tiers, larger mana and water storage, and a connected cable for Applied Energistics 2 networks.
What it does
The addon extends the Botanical Machinery mod. Its machines come in four tiers named Malachite, Saffron, Shadow and Crimson, and each tier raises slot counts and the amount of mana and water the machine can hold. The Crimson tier stores 2.5M mana and 16B water, and a Spark transfer rate of 25k is listed in the notes.
Its main feature is integration with Applied Energistics 2. A connecting cable carries up to 8 channels, letting a machine draw from an ME network and unload its output back into the inventory without manual steps. Botania, Botanical Machinery, LibX and Applied Energistics 2 are required, while Applied Botanics, JEI and MythicBotany are optional.
The mod is published for Forge only, with five release versions covering 1.18.2 – 1.20.1. The latest file, 1.20.1-1.1.2, was released on 2024-12-06. Client and server both need the mod. The code is open source under the Apache License 2.0, and the source is public on GitHub, where bug reports are also collected.
Key features
Four machine tiers
Malachite, Saffron, Shadow and Crimson machines differ in slot count and in the mana and water they can store.
Applied Energistics 2 cable
A connecting cable links machines to an ME network, with up to 8 channels, so they can pull items automatically.
Shorter crafting time
Recipes for the addon machines take four times less to craft than before, according to the author notes.
Configurable values
Storage, transfer and other values can be changed in the mod configuration, which the author suggests for modpack builders.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 4
Optional 3
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who use Botania and Applied Energistics 2 together, and server owners building modpacks around both mods.
How it compares
Custom Machinery Create is available for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and it is open source. Iron's Botany is Forge-only for 1.20.1 and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. Mechanical Machinery covers only 1.19.2 for Forge and is open source under the MIT License. Each of these is client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botanical Machinery Extra | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-12-06 |
| Custom Machinery Create | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-12 |
| Iron's Botany | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-04 |
| Mechanical Machinery | Forge | 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2023-10-30 |
Questions
Does Botanical Machinery Extra need Applied Energistics 2?
Does the server need the mod?
Which game version has the latest file?
In the catalog
Botanical Machinery Extra is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,927 Magic mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Well, let's get started. This mod adds improved versions of mechanisms, its own sparks, mechanical orechilds, several improvements for these mechanisms, blocks, ingots and dragonstones. It is worth noting that the main feature of this mod is the integration with Applied Energistics 2. By connecting the mechanisms to…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/botanical-extra-machinery
- Owner
- LMor
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-12-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15