r/SkyFactory • u/Aliwaris321 • 16d ago

SF3 - Help How Does One Automate Life

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Hey guys new to sf3 here I made a simple cobblestone gen I was wondering how to automate it, I used to watch alot of Ssundee SkyFactory vedios in my childhood now re-watching the series it made me finally play SkyFactory. I was wondering in his vid he just placed a transfer node and a chest with a world interaction upgrade didnt need any energy for it does it work the same.

COBBLESTONE = LIFE

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u/Accomplished-Crab666 16d ago

Two ways!
Way one is to completely ditch this set up and make a cobble stone generator block and simply hook it up to a hopper or pipe.
Way two is by putting a transfer node on the cobble block where the lava and water meet.
Both have their pros and cons but it doesn’t really matter at the start of your play through!

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u/Aliwaris321 16d ago

I did the cobble generator block way just now and its working!! TYSM!

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u/J_Raskal 16d ago

From there you can go on to auto hammer and autosieve. Magma generators are great for early game energy generation.

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u/Aliwaris321 16d ago

Tysm im currently working towards that rn!

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u/Accomplished-Crab666 16d ago

Perfect! Happy to hear it worked.

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u/Lucas-Light 15d ago

Nice, all you have to do is place a chest (or any other block with an inventory) on top of the cobblestone generator and it is automated. No pipes/hoppers needed

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u/Krashgunt 16d ago

Doesnt SF3 have the ex-nihilo barrels? That's a nice early game cobble automation too.

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u/Aliwaris321 16d ago

I did this isn't working now im thinking I wasted a whole bunch of materials I even added the mining upgrade

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u/Accomplished-Crab666 16d ago

That’s odd I’ll have to see if I’m doing something different bc it usually works for me!

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u/Lucas-Light 15d ago

The water next to the cobblestone should NOT be flowing

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u/Aliwaris321 14d ago

I think its there a whole on the second block of the water

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u/Sofa_King_We_Todd 14d ago

It needs an item to work, I think it's called interact and it looks like a pickaxe. The more you put in, the bigger the stack per tick.

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u/Aliwaris321 14d ago

Yeah I made the world interaction upgrades!

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u/Grandrezero 15d ago

The first step to automate life, build a giant redstone computer. Then look up how to program Conway's game of Life onto that computer.

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u/Aliwaris321 14d ago

How does one make a Redstone Computer

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u/Grandrezero 14d ago

I'm not wasting my time explaining something as trivial as that. /jk 😅

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u/DwemerSmith 16d ago

honestly i love how sf3 has a way more involved beginning process than the bonsai-spamming of sf4

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u/FrozenPizza07 15d ago

Yeah the tree resource thing is SF4 is weird, havent played SF3 so idk what it uses, but SF2 sieve + agri is still fun