Getting Started

Getting Started

This page walks you through everything from your first crafting session to producing your first Drive-crafted item.

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Prerequisites

• Research Cube installed on NeoForge 21.1.x / Minecraft 1.21.1
• GeckoLib 4.7.x is bundled in the jar no separate installation needed

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Step 1 Craft a Drive and a Cube

Research requires two key items that must be of a matching tier:

• A Metadata Drive stores the recipe ID that research unlocks
• A Cube acts as the compute medium during research (consumed? No it stays in the slot)

For your first research, target the BASIC tier:

Item	Registry ID
Reclaimed Metadata Drive	researchcube:metadata_reclaimed
Basic Cube	researchcube:cube_basic

Craft both items using your normal crafting table. Recipes are viewable in JEI or EMI if installed.

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Step 2 Craft the Research Station

Place a Research Station (researchcube:research_station) in the world. Right-click it to open the GUI.

The Research Station has ten slots:

Slot	Position	Purpose
Drive	Slot 0	Your Reclaimed Metadata Drive goes here
Cube	Slot 1	Your Basic Cube goes here
Cost Slots	Slots 2–7	Item ingredients required by the chosen research
Bucket In	Slot 8	Drop a filled fluid bucket here to fill the tank
Bucket Out	Slot 9	The empty bucket ejects here after filling

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Step 3 Fill the Fluid Tank

BASIC-tier research requires Thinking Fluid. Craft a Thinking Fluid Bucket (researchcube:thinking_fluid_bucket) and place it in the Bucket In slot (slot 8). The tank fills automatically and the empty bucket moves to the Bucket Out slot.

The fluid gauge in the UI shows the current fluid type and amount. The tank holds up to 8,000 mB (8 buckets).

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Step 4 Choose a Research

The left panel of the Research Station UI shows a scrollable list of all available research. Entries gated by unmet prerequisites show a lock icon; hover over them to see the prerequisite tree.

Select a BASIC research such as Basic Circuit to see its requirements:

• Required Drive tier (must equal the research tier)
• Required Cube tier (must be ≥ research tier)
• Item costs (listed in slots 2–7)
• Fluid cost (must be in the tank)

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Step 5 Fill the Cost Slots

Place the required items in the Cost Slots (slots 2–7). The exact items and counts are shown in the research tooltip or in the Research Book.

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Step 6 Start Research

Once all requirements are met, the Start button becomes active. Click it. Research begins:

• Items and fluid are consumed immediately
• A gradient progress bar fills from 0 % to 100 %
• An ambient looping sound plays while progress advances
• The active research name (in tier color) is shown above the progress bar

If you need to stop, click Stop/Cancel items and fluid are refunded and the Drive remains unchanged.

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Step 7 Collect the Imprinted Drive

When the progress bar reaches 100 %, the research completes. A recipe is selected by weighted random from the research's recipe pool and imprinted onto your Drive. Remove the Drive from slot 0.

You can inspect the Drive with a Research Chip (researchcube:research_chip) to see which recipe IDs are stored on it.

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Step 8 Craft with the Drive Crafting Table

Place a Drive Crafting Table (researchcube:drive_crafting_table) and right-click it to open the crafting grid.

1. Place your imprinted Drive anywhere in the 3×3 grid
2. Add the required ingredients to the remaining slots (shapeless)
3. The output item appears in the result slot
4. Take the output the Drive is consumed

Congratulations you have completed the core Research Cube loop!

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Next Steps

• Research Tiers understand the full tier progression
• Research Station detailed slot diagram and UI reference
• Fluid System how to obtain and use each research fluid
• Research Book & HUD browse all research in-game
• Configuration adjust research speed and costs