Logistics – Pipes, Routing & Automation

A modern, BuildCraft-inspired logistics system for Fabric Minecraft.

Logistics brings classic item transportation back to Minecraft — with visible in-pipe movement, tiered progression, and deep network automation. Inspired by BuildCraft and Logistics Pipes, the mod focuses on clear, physical systems that are easy to understand, fun to design, and powerful to scale.

🚚 Tier 1: Mechanical Pipes

Simple, dumb pipes that just move items. No item awareness — they do their job every time regardless of what's flowing through them.

Stone Transport Pipe – very slow backbone connectivity
Copper Transport Pipe – standard backbone with random routing
Item Extractor Pipe – pull items from adjacent inventories (wrench-configurable, requires power)
Item Merger Pipe – converge multiple inputs to a single output
Golden Transport Pipe – accelerate item transit when powered by redstone
Item Passthrough Pipe – connects only to pipes; bypasses inventories
Item Void Pipe – delete unwanted items

🧠 Tier 2: Smart Pipes

Item-aware pipes that inspect contents and make routing decisions.

Item Filter Pipe – route specific items to specific destinations
Item Insertion Pipe – prefer inventories with available space

🌐 Tier 3: Network Logistics

Your inventories become abstract resources. Pipes advertise contents, fulfill requests, and automate crafting across your entire network.

Basic Logistics Pipe – network backbone; accepts and deposits addressed items, with optional filtering and default route fallback
Provider Logistics Pipe – connects to adjacent inventories and advertises their contents to the network
Supplier Logistics Pipe – monitors stock levels and automatically requests restocking from the network
Requester Logistics Pipe – browse everything available across your network and pull exactly what you need
Crafting Logistics Pipe – connect to an auto-crafter and enable on-demand crafting within your network
Process Logistics Pipe – automate processing machines (furnaces, etc.) as part of your network
Satellite Logistics Pipe – named remote destinations for precise routing

🔩 Tier 4: Modular Logistics

The deepest layer. Chassis pipes accept swappable modules, letting you compose fully custom logistics nodes instead of using dedicated pipes for every role.

Chassis Logistics Pipe (MK1–MK5) – the pipe itself; higher marks hold more modules
Extractor / Advanced Extractor Module – pull items from inventories
Provider Module – advertise inventory contents to the network
Supplier Module – maintain stock levels (passive or active)
Crafter Module – craft items on demand
Quicksort Module – sort items into designated storage
Sink Modules – accept items by type, NBT, enchantment, or mod namespace
Terminus Module – mark network dead-ends

🔋 Power

RF energy generation with escalating heat management:

Redstone Engine – simple, safe, steady power from a redstone signal
Stirling Engine – fuel-powered with heat stages; produces more power but can overheat

🤖 Automation

Laser Quarry – automated 16×16 mining; energy-scaled speed, constructs its own frame
Kiln – temperature-controlled crafting for valves and advanced materials

🔧 Tools

Wrench – configure pipes, rotate engines, reset overheated machines
Marking Fluid – color-code copper pipes to segment and isolate networks

Items visibly travel through pipes — no teleporting, no black boxes. What you build is what you get.

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Merger Pipes – force multiple inputs into a selected output
Filter Pipes – per-side configurable filtering
Passthrough Pipes – ignore inventories and only connect to other pipes
Quartz Pipes – overflow and network-control behaviors
Void Pipes – safely destroy unwanted items
Wrench Tool – configure outputs and extraction faces

⛏ Automated Quarries

Logistics includes quarries that physically mine the world using real tools.

Accepts any valid tool placed into the quarry
Fully supports enchantments (Fortune, Silk Touch, Unbreaking, etc.)
Mines actual world blocks (not simulated drops)
Designed for large-area excavation and deep automation builds
Integrates directly into pipe networks for true end-to-end automation

🌿 Copper Weathering & Network Marking

Copper pipes naturally oxidize over time, can be waxed, and can be dyed with marking fluid to visually segment and organize large networks.

Vanilla-style oxidation stages
Waxing to preserve appearance
Marking fluid to color and identify pipe networks

🧩 Mod-Friendly by Design

Built on the Fabric Transfer API
Designed to maximize compatibility with other mods
No required dependencies beyond Fabric & Fabric API
Performance-conscious implementation

🛠 Current Status

Logistics is in active development (0.2.x).

Core systems are stable and actively expanding:

Pipe transport and routing
Modular pipe roles
Quarry-based world mining
Copper weathering and visual network segmentation

Expect ongoing balance passes, polish, and new systems.

🧭 Planned Directions

Advanced routing logic and smarter networks
Request and provider systems
Autocrafting and logistics workflows
Additional harvesting systems (inspired by classic Forestry-style automation)
Fluids and expanded world interaction
Upgrades, control blocks, and monitoring tools
Planned NeoForge support after Minecraft 26

🧠 Why Logistics?

If you enjoy:

Designing visible, understandable automation
Classic modded-Minecraft logistics gameplay
Systems that scale naturally from simple to powerful

Logistics gives you a strong, modern foundation for building real transport and automation networks — from a single chest to full quarry-driven factories.