Foreword
This tutorial is a highly efficient and cost-effective ore production scheme after early development of the magic line. It only requires input of magic source and magic power to continuously produce raw ore.
Compared to another similar tutorial on this site(0.5.4) Early-stage automated miner based on congealed orchid ore production · gtowikiThe advantages of this scheme are simpler materials, lower mana consumption, simpler and easier-to-understand redstone circuits, and relatively simple configuration. The disadvantage is that the efficiency is relatively low because the upper limit of efficiency depends on the lava's fluid update tick of 30gt (1.5s) and it takes up more space.
Machine display
As shown in the figure, the machine structure is very simple and easy to implement. The pulse on the left times the piston, pushing out the generated stone. The ore conversion flower converts stone into minerals. The mana turret converts ore into gravity blocks, which fall and encounter half-slabs, turning into drops collected by the funnel flower. The blackstone on the right limits the output of ore, ensuring that the ore remains within the effective casting range of the mana turret.
Material Preparation
Redstone components: 9 regular pistons, 5 redstone repeaters, 1 redstone torch, 1 lever (for switching), 11 redstone dust.
Botania: 2 Orechid, 1 Mana Pool (Mana Source).
New Magic Art: 1 timed spell turret, several magic source jars.
Others: 81 arbitrary half-slabs, 9 obsidian, 2 water buckets, at least 2 lava buckets (covering 9 blocks is sufficient).
Storage: In terms of storage, readers can adjust according to their own stage and needs.
Implementation Details
Left pulse set to 30gt pulse (3 repeaters set to delay 4, one set to delay 2). The remaining repeater is used to control the machine switch.
The spell of the timed spell turret is set as: Touch -> Gravity -> Area Effect ×8; a single trigger of the turret can turn a maximum of 9×9 ores into drops. To save as much mana as possible, we want a single turret trigger to cover as many ores as possible.
The piston pushes out 9 stones every 30gt, and covering is completed after pushing out 9 blocks, taking: 30×9÷20=13.5s. Therefore, the timed spell turret can be set to 13s or 14s. Setting it to 14s does not lose much efficiency and can slightly save mana source. The specific choice is left to the reader.
The spell turret should face the direction of the stone (ore).
Be careful to use blocks to control the flow of lava and water. Do not let lava flow above the water source. When implementing, ensure that all water flows are below the lava, and place the lava last. After placing the lava, the generated stone will block the two water sources. At this point, the machine is ready to be operated.
Ensure the machine is in a force-loaded chunk; if cobblestone spawns out of place, or the middle area fails to generate stone normally, it is likely due to the chunk not being force-loaded. In this case, try stopping and restarting the machine to fix the issue. If the machine still does not operate correctly, first stop the machine, manually fill the area where stone should have spawned, and then restart the machine.
numerical computation
Here, the calculation is based on the timed spell turret set to 14s.
Ore output: 81÷14=5.785 ore/s=347.142 ore/min=20,828.571 ore/h
Mana consumption: 578.5 mana/s (At this stage of magic line development, I believe you won't be lacking this much mana.)
Regarding mana source consumption, the mana source itself is relatively cheap. Roughly calculated, a single start of the turret consumes 3.3% of one mana source tank. You can control the supply of mana source to control the machine's running time (to avoid clogging your storage).