So, the other day I got this itch to mess around in Minecraft, right? I’ve been seeing all these cool builds online, and I thought, “Why not try something new?” That’s when I stumbled upon the idea of making a kiln. Not just any kiln, but one using those fancy kiln bricks from the Immersive Engineering mod. I’d never really used that mod much before, so it was a bit of a learning curve.
First things first, I had to get the materials. Now, gathering stuff in Minecraft is usually pretty chill, but this time I actually had to think a little. I needed to make these kiln bricks, and the mod adds its own way of doing things. So, I ended up looking up a few guides online – gotta admit, I’m not too proud to use a little help now and then, you know? It told me I needed clay and coal, the usual suspects for bricks, but the crafting process was different.
After getting my hands on a bunch of clay and coal, I fired up my trusty furnace and made some regular bricks. Then came the tricky part. I had to combine these bricks with coal in a specific pattern in the crafting table to get those kiln bricks. It took me a couple of tries to get it right – I kept messing up the order, classic me. But hey, eventually, I had a nice stack of kiln bricks ready to go.
Next, building the kiln itself. The guides said it needed to be a 2x2x2 cube, which sounded simple enough. I started placing the bricks, one by one, trying to be all precise and stuff. Once I had my little cube, I pulled out this Engineer’s Hammer thingy – another new tool for me – and gave one of the blocks a good whack. And bam! The whole thing transformed into this multi-block structure. It actually looked like a proper kiln! I was pretty stoked, not gonna lie.
But I wanted to make it even more useful. Some folks online mentioned using a hopper with the kiln. “A hopper?” I thought, “What’s that going to do?” Turns out, you can put a hopper on top of the kiln, and it’ll automatically collect whatever you’re cooking up in there. Genius! I didn’t have a chest handy at the time, but the hopper alone was a game-changer.
- Gather clay and coal.
- Smelt clay into regular bricks.
- Craft kiln bricks using regular bricks and coal.
- Build a 2x2x2 cube with kiln bricks.
- Right-click the cube with an Engineer’s Hammer.
- (Optional) Place a hopper on top for auto-collection.
Later on, I even experimented with putting a chest on top of the hopper, creating this whole automated system. It felt good, you know, like I was actually engineering something in the game and not just randomly placing blocks. It’s funny how a simple thing like a kiln can turn into a whole project. But that’s the beauty of Minecraft, isn’t it? You start with one idea, and before you know it, you’re building all sorts of crazy stuff.
So yeah, that’s my little kiln brick adventure. Might not be the most epic build out there, but it was a fun little project. And hey, I learned something new about Immersive Engineering, which is always a plus. Now I’m thinking, what should I build next? Maybe something with those conveyor belts…
