RetroRig: Pipes
by kyden_
RetroRig: Pipes brings the classic BuildCraft pipe system to NeoForge, moving items, fluids and FE energy through visible pipes that connect to machines, containers, tanks and power blocks.
What it does
Pipes adapt the BuildCraft transport style to modern Minecraft. Items are drawn while they travel through item pipes, fluids show their real textures inside fluid pipes, and energy beams are rendered within energy pipes, so a player can see what is moving and where. Routing is handled by filtering pipes that are readable in-game, and a wrench sets up connections without a large amount of manual configuration.
The mod covers the familiar pipe tiers of the older era. Wooden pipes handle extraction, cobblestone pipes carry transport lines, and iron, diamond, emerald, obsidian, void and freight pipes add one-way flow, sorting, filtered extraction, collection, disposal and long-distance transfer. Pipes is a transport layer rather than a full factory framework, and it is meant to work with other mods instead of replacing them. Within the wider RetroRig suite, this mod sits alongside RetroRig, and both sides of a connection, the server and each player, must run it. Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1 and 26.1.2, with 1.0.3 for 1.21.1 as the latest file.
Key features
Visible item transport
Items are drawn as they move through item pipes, so the flow of a line can be followed by eye.
Fluid and energy rendering
Fluid pipes show the real fluid textures in motion, and energy pipes display beams running through them.
Readable filtering routes
Filtering pipes route resources by rules that can be read directly in the world, without extra menus to decode.
Pipe tiers from the classic era
Wooden, cobblestone, iron, diamond, emerald, obsidian, void and freight pipes cover extraction, sorting, collection, disposal and long-distance transfer.
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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.
How it compares
Tiny Pipes is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later and runs on Forge and NeoForge across 1.20 – 26.3, so it covers more versions than Pipes. PipezRetriever is published for NeoForge across 1.21.1 – 26.3 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license and is not open source. Replication Upgrade is open source under the MIT License, but its files target 1.21.1 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RetroRig: Pipes | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-03 |
| Tiny Pipes | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-26 |
| PipezRetriever | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-05 |
| Replication Upgrade | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-08 |
Questions
Does Pipes need to be installed on the server?
Which versions does Pipes support?
Does Pipes require other RetroRig mods?
In the catalog
RetroRig: Pipes is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,557 Technology mods for NeoForge. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Brings the retro BuildCraft pipes into modern Minecraft, using FE energy. RetroRig: Pipes is a straightforward logistics mod for modern NeoForge that brings back the feel of classic BuildCraft-style transport without trying to live in the past. It is part of the wider RetroRig suite, alongside RetroRig: Quarry and…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/retrorig-pipes
- Owner
- kyden_
- Published
- 2026-04-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15