Useful Machinery
Useful Machinery brings simple processing machines to Forge and NeoForge, including an electric smelter, generators and a battery block for storing power.
What it does
The mod adds machines that process items and handle power, with blocks such as an electric smelter, a coal generator and a lava generator. A battery block holds FE, and a creative power cell is included for testing power setups. Other blocks round out the set. Client and server both need the mod, since machines and their power logic run on the server.
Useful Machinery requires TheMCBrosLib and Useful Foundation, and both must be installed beside it. Jade, Just Enough Items (JEI) and The One Probe are optional and add their own information or recipe displays when present. Builds cover 1.19.3 – 26.1.2 across Forge and NeoForge, and the code is released under the MIT License, so it is open source. The project's source code and issue tracker are public. The author notes no plans to port the mod to Fabric or to older versions.
Key features
Electric smelter
A powered smelter processes ore and other input without fuel, drawing from the power network.
Power generators
Coal and lava generators produce FE from their fuel, so players can start a basic power supply early.
Energy storage
A battery block holds FE for later use, letting a network keep power between peaks in demand.
Creative power cell
A creative power cell supplies unlimited FE, useful for building and testing machine setups.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 2
How it compares
Generator Galore covers a similar set of generators for Forge and NeoForge across 1.18.2 – 1.21.1, but it is closed, released under All rights reserved, and not open source. Battery Box is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, covering 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 on both loaders. RFTools Power is open source under the MIT License, like Useful Machinery, and works with 1.12.2 – 1.21.1 on Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Useful Machinery | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.3 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-26 |
| Generator Galore | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-05 |
| Battery Box | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-10-01 |
| RFTools Power | Forge and NeoForge | 1.12.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-16 |
Questions
Which dependencies does Useful Machinery need?
Does the server need Useful Machinery?
Is there a Fabric version of Useful Machinery?
In the catalog
Useful Machinery is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
This is a mod which adds simple machines for processing stuff This mod requires Useful Foundation and TheMCBrosLib!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/useful-machinery
- Owner
- TheMCBrothers
- Published
- 2023-05-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15