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Fluids

Fluid Cells

Thermal's Fluid Cells are one of the earliest options available for automatic fluid transfer, and are a great option for close-range fluid transport. Fluid Cells have a big initial buffer of 32 buckets, and can be configured to automatically input and output fluids through the menu at a sizable max transfer rate of 8 buckets/tick. Thermal upgrades can be used on Fluid Cells, increasing the buffer to 8192 buckets and transfer rate to an astounding 2048 buckets/tick, making them extremely powerful for close-range fluid transport.

Laser IO

Laser IO offers easy wireless fluid transfer, available pre-LV and gated by gold. Laser Nodes can be set to transmit fluids through a Fluid Card, with an initial speed of 5 buckets/second that can be upgraded with 4 Logistic Overclockers to transmit 40 buckets/4 ticks, or 10 buckets/tick. Laser IO is generally recommended for mid-long range fluid transfer until other options like Applied Energistics 2 Networks are available.

For more details, visit the Laser IO page.

Create Pipes

Create's Mechanical Pumps and Fluid Pipes are by far the cheapest fluid transfer option available early game, only requiring Copper Plates and spare amounts of Andesite Alloy. However, they require rotational force to operate, and don't have a particularly high transfer rate compared to other options. A Mechanical Pump's transfer rate depends on the RPM according to the formula 0.5mB/tick * RPM, up to a maximum of 128mB/tick(1) for 256 RPM.

  1. 2.56 buckets / second.

Pipez

Pipez Fluid Pipes and Ultimate Pipes allow for easy close-mid range fluid transfer, and Ultimate Pipes can be used to make compact item/fluid transport setups, though their initial transfer rate is somewhat slow. The base transfer rate for both pipe types is 50mB/tick(1) and can be upgraded up to 10 buckets/tick in EV.

  1. 1 bucket / second.

GregTech Machine Covers

Besides just being a crafting material, GregTech's Electric Pumps (as well as Fluid Regulators) can be installed on the sides of GregTech machines as machine covers, allowing them to push/pull fluids from nearby inventories without taking up space. Fluid Regulators offer additional configuration options compared to Electric Pumps, but are otherwise similar. LV Pumps and LV Fluid Regulators transfer 64mB/tick(1) with the higher tiers providing increasingly higher transfer rates up to a maximum of 1048 buckets/tick at UV.

  1. 1.28 buckets / second.

For more details, visit the GregTech Machine Covers page.

Applied Energistics 2

Besides item logistics, Applied Energistics 2 ME Networks can also similarly be used for exceptionally powerful multi-fluid transport and storage. ME Networks are available starting from late-MV to early-HV, and are highly recommended to set up as soon as possible.

For more information on AE2, check out the Applied Energistics 2 section on the wiki.