Your first night is crucial! The C:BI modpack offers a variety of challenges, and survival will depend on how well you prepare. Here's how to get started:

 

Gather Resources: Start by chopping down trees, mining some basic ores (like coal and iron), and collecting food. The more resources you gather, the faster you can progress.

 

Gather Resources faster with the Ore Excavator mod. This is going to be very useful when terraforming, building or even searching for resources!

 

Craft Basic Tools: Use your gathered resources to craft tools such as a wooden pickaxe, axe, and shovel. These will help you gather more advanced resources as you explore the world.

 

Create Shelter: Find a safe place to build a shelter, especially before nightfall. The world is full of danger, and staying protected is key.

 

Survive the Night: Make sure you have enough light sources (torches) to keep mobs at bay. It's important to have a furnace going to cook food and smelt ores, as well as a crafting table for more advanced recipes.

 

You can craft a faster furnace with the Iron Furnaces mod.

Once you've survived your first night, it’s time to focus on building a solid base. This will be your home and resource hub throughout your adventure.

 

Location Matters: Choose a location that provides access to key resources such as wood, stone, ores, and water. Consider proximity to different biomes for farming or resource farming purposes.

 

We suggest installing near an ocean, in a plains biome or directly on a beach. This has nothing to do with the mods we'll see later on but it's better for logistics such as resource transportation.

 

Expand Your Shelter: Turn your initial shelter into a proper base with storage chests, drawers, crafting tables, and a furnace room. Think about the layout for efficiency, especially if you plan to use Create mod machinery.

 

Storing large quantities of items can be quite a challenge with the default Minecraft chests, but not with the Storage Drawers and Iron Chests mods.

 

Secure Your Base: Ensure your base is secure from hostile mobs, especially in the early stages. Lighting and simple defenses (like walls or fences) can go a long way.

 

We recommend having at least one MegaTorch in your base so that mobs can't spawn in a 100x100 radius from the MegaTorch.

 

Start Farming: Consider starting basic farms for food, as resources like wheat, carrots, and potatoes are essential to your survival.

 

We recommend taking a look at Farmer's Delight and Cooking for BlockHeads mods.

C:BI features a variety of mods, each bringing unique gameplay mechanics. Here are some key mods you’ll need to familiarize yourself with:

 

JEI (Just Enough Items): This is your go-to tool for exploring crafting recipes. Whenever you need to craft something, JEI will display all available recipes for items, including those from the modpack.

 

Create: The Create mod introduces advanced machinery and automation. Start by learning how to craft basic contraptions like mechanical drills and waterwheels. This mod is essential for building complex industrial systems, which will be vital as you progress.

 

Waystones: With Waystones, you can fast travel between key locations. Make sure to set up Waystones at your base and any important locations, such as mining spots or community areas, to save time and effort in getting around.

The world of Create: Beyond Industry is packed with exciting and rewarding structures. From new dungeons to hidden treasures, exploration is key to unlocking rare resources and challenges.

 

Improved Structures: Throughout the world, you’ll encounter enhanced structures like ruined temples, abandoned villages, and dungeons filled with loot and powerful mobs. These structures are ideal for players looking to dive deeper into the adventure and face new challenges.

 

Mini-Boss Fights: You will randomly encounter powerful mini-bosses. Defeating them can unlock unique items, but they won’t be easy to beat! Prepare yourself with the best gear and strategies to take them down.

 

Dungeons: Keep an eye out for loot chests as they may give you dungeons maps (clicking on the link may spoil you). Exploring is rewarding and will provide you with valuable items to aid in your journey.

Navigating the vast world of Create: Beyond Industry can be overwhelming, but with the right tools, you can easily keep track of important locations and never get lost.

 

Xaero's Maps: As you explore, Xaero's Map will automatically generate a map of your surroundings. You can view this map at any time to see areas you’ve explored and those still to be discovered.

 

Waypoints: Use Waypoints to mark key locations such as your base, dungeons, or mining sites. This will allow you to quickly return to important spots and keep your world well organized.

 

Waystones: Placing Waystones at key locations like your base or near dungeons will allow for fast travel between spots. This mod is especially useful for quickly moving between major points of interest, making exploration and resource gathering much easier.

Mining is an essential part of your adventure, as it provides valuable resources needed for crafting, building, and expanding your capabilities.

 

Explore Caves and Underground Structures: The world of Create: Beyond Industry is filled with complex cave systems and natural underground structures. These areas are rich in resources such as ores, gems, and other rare materials that are essential for your progress.

 

Cave Biomes: Different biomes can be found underground, each offering unique resources and challenges. Exploring these biomes will reward you with valuable materials and even new types of ores.

 

Mining Techniques: As you venture deeper underground, be sure to use effective mining strategies:

 

Branch Mining: A classic method that helps you cover more ground and find resources quickly.

 

Cave Exploration: Explore large cave systems to find exposed ores and materials without digging too much.

 

Automation and Tools: With mods like Create, you can start automating your mining processes. Create custom mining setups to harvest resources passively, and start building more efficient mining machinery to gather materials at scale.

 

Safety First: Don’t forget to come prepared with plenty of torches, armor, and a safe escape route. Caves can be dangerous with hostile mobs lurking around every corner!

In Create: Beyond Industry, automation is key to managing resources efficiently and scaling up your operations. The Create mod is an essential tool for building complex machines that can automate tasks such as mining, crafting, and farming.

 

Automate Basic Tasks: Start by learning the basics of automation with Create. You can build simple contraptions like automatic farms, automated crafting systems, and transport systems for moving items around.

 

Gears and Belts: Learn how to use gears, belts, and other mechanical components to build powerful machines that will save you time and resources. The Create mod allows you to design custom setups to suit your needs.

 

Advanced Automation: As you progress, you can create more complex setups, such as fully automated resource-processing systems or transportation lines for items across your base.

 

Trains: Step up your logistics and transport items and fluids directly by trains!

As you begin to collect more and more resources, organizing them becomes crucial. Fortunately, Create: Beyond Industry offers a variety of storage mods that can help you keep everything neat and accessible.

 

Sophisticated Backpacks: Use Sophisticated Backpacks to carry more items in a single inventory slot. These backpacks can be upgraded, making them a convenient tool for carrying large amounts of resources on your adventures.

 

Sophisticated Storage & Storage Drawers: For storing large quantities of items at your base, Sophisticated Storage and Storage Drawers are the way to go. These mods allow you to store items in compact and easy-to-organize drawers, saving space and making resource management much simpler.

 

Centralized Storage Systems: Build centralized storage hubs (like this one) where all your resources are automatically sorted and easy to access. This will greatly improve your base’s efficiency and help you stay organized.

In Create: Beyond Industry, generating power is essential for running advanced machines and automation setups. As you expand your base, you’ll need to learn how to harness energy effectively to keep everything running smoothly.

 

Create: New Age: This mod allows you to build more advanced energy systems that can power your machines and automation setups. From windmills and waterwheels to more complex generators, you'll be able to generate power in various ways.

 

Energy Management: Learn how to store and manage energy efficiently to ensure that your machines are always powered and operational. This includes setting up energy storage systems and connecting them to your automation setups.

 

Scaling Power Systems: As your base grows, so will your need for power. You’ll need to design and scale up your power generation systems to meet the demands of your increasingly complex machines. This is where you learn about nuclear reactors to heat up Create boilers.

Enchantments are essential for improving your gear and giving yourself an edge in battles. Create: Beyond Industry offers a deeper level of enchantment progression through Apotheosis.

 

Unlock Advanced Enchantments: Apotheosis brings new enchantments and higher levels of existing ones. These advanced enchantments allow you to enhance your gear with powerful abilities that go beyond the default limits of Minecraft.

 

Customizing Gear: Explore how to enchant weapons, armor, and tools with special effects, such as increased damage, durability, or even unique buffs.

 

Enchanting Tables and Altars: Set up advanced enchanting stations that give you greater control over the enchantment process and increase your chances of getting high-level enchantments.

To truly dominate in Create: Beyond Industry, you’ll need more than just basic weapons – you’ll need TACZ, a mod that introduces powerful military-grade firearms and combat tools to take on your toughest enemies.

 

Craft Advanced Firearms: TACZ offers a variety of firearms ranging from pistols to rifles and shotguns. Each weapon has unique stats like damage, fire rate, and accuracy, giving you multiple options for combat.

 

Ammunition and Magazines: With TACZ, managing your ammo becomes crucial. You’ll need to craft magazines and choose the right type of ammo to match your weapon and combat strategy. You can also craft ammo boxes to store large quantities of ammo idrectly in your inventory.

 

Weapon Customization: Personalize your weapons with attachments like scopes, suppressors, and grips to improve performance. Modify your gear for optimal use in different combat situations.

 

Strategic Combat: With TACZ, you’ll have the tools to engage in both ranged and close-quarters combat. Use tactical advantage, positioning, and weapon selection to dominate your foes. The mod offers a more immersive combat experience that blends traditional Minecraft play with intense gunfights.

In Create: Beyond Industry, securing your land is essential to ensure your hard work isn’t lost. With FTB Chunks, you can protect your builds and resources from unwanted interference.

 

Claim Your Land: Use FTB Chunks to claim and protect specific areas of the world. This prevents other players from destroying or modifying your builds within your claimed territory.

 

Using FTB Chunks in singleplayer can be useful to prevent creeper explosions and such mob griefing issues.

 

Collaborate with Others: While protecting your own land is key, FTB Chunks allows you to share or unclaim land easily, enabling you to work together with other players in areas where you can cooperate. This is called adding people as "allies" in your FTB Team.

While Create: Beyond Industry does not come with a predefined economy, there are plenty of opportunities for server administrators to create their own systems of trade using mods like Create: Numismatics.

 

Create Your Own Economy: As a server administrator, you have the flexibility to establish an in-game economy. Use mods like Create: Numismatics to set up vendor stations where players can exchange resources for custom currency, allowing for the creation of an entirely player-driven economy.

 

Admin Shops: Set up admin-run shops where you can sell rare resources, tools, or unique items. These can function as the central trade hubs where players can exchange their goods for in-game currency or other valuable items. You can use Numismatics's vendors to make this happen.

 

Player-to-Player Trading: Without a built-in system, players can still engage in direct trades with each other. Use Player Trade mod or simply negotiate to exchange resources, building materials, or special items.

In Create: Beyond Industry, the key to long-term success isn’t just about individual effort; it’s about teamwork and cooperation.

 

Form Alliances: Work with other players to build large, shared projects. Whether it’s creating a powerful factory, a large-scale space program, or just a community village, alliances provide the support and motivation needed for ambitious endeavors.

 

Collaborative Projects: Some of the most exciting and rewarding content comes from working together. Plan and execute big projects as a team, from intricate farms and factories to massive base constructions.

 

Event Participation: Host or join community events such as build battles, group expeditions, or even PvP tournaments to strengthen your bonds with fellow players.