SkyT 2
Modpackby Veydiz
Skyblock modpack focused on Technology & Exploration | Quests | Multiblock | Bosses
Description

is a questing skyblock modpack focused on Technology and Exploration.
Difficulty is higher and the exploration more extensive than SkyT1.
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, SkyT2 is made for you. The hundreds of quests will guide you during your adventure.
Automated manufacturing processes and boss battles are the 2 main elements of the modpack.
You'll need to build and upgrade numerous custom and mutliblock machines to complete your adventure (such as a telescope, space miner etc.).
Hundreds of recipes have been modified to create perfect balance, consistency and challenge.

Modpack's progression works by age (or tier).
You'll need to explore a large part of your Age to move on to the next.
PRIMITIVE AGE
• Discovering the spawn structure
• Mining & combat in the Mining Dimension
• Item storage and sorting system
• Using the Create mod
• Exploring the Aether and the Nether
ELECTRIFY AGE
• Electrifying the Create network
• Exploration of the End
• Building Immersive Engineering machines
• Resource production with Spirit mod & addons
ELECTRONIC AGE
• Recipe automation with Applied Energistics network
• Beginning of Mekanism & Industrial Foregoing
• Space travel, planet discovery & Boss battles
CHEMICAL AGE
• Resource production with Mystical Agriculture & custom machines
• Development of craft types with Extended Crafting
• Improved energy production system
ULTIMATE AGE
• Use of PSI mod (optional)
• End-game multiblock construction (Telescope, Astral Miner...)
• Automation of complex items
• Construction of the Stargate
OMNIPOTENCE
• Item creation and creative blocks
• Discovering the hidden dimension
• End of modpack

This pack isn't compatible with Optifine.
Shaders are compatibles.
Minimum Allocated RAM 6Gb.
Recommended Allocated RAM 8Gb.
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Avaritia Lite
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Mekanism-Evolution
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Mekanism Explosives
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Cursed Earth
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Psionic Utilities
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Desolate Dimension
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Modern Trash Cans
A modern version for the Trash Cans
Modern Mining Dimension
A modern version for the Mining Dimension teleporter.
Market Mekanism Style (Farming for Blockheads)
The Farming for Blockheads market with a Modern Style.
Infinite Source (Water)
Infinite Water Source added into a single block


