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Refined Pipes (1.20.1 Port)
Refined Pipes returns for modern Minecraft as a lightweight, flexible, and fully standalone pipe system.
Originally designed as a simple solution for transporting items, fluids, and energy without unnecessary complexity, this port brings the mod forward to Minecraft 1.20.1 while preserving its core philosophy: powerful automation without bloat.
📦 What Refined Pipes Does
Refined Pipes allows you to build networks that move:
- Items between inventories and machines
- Fluids across tanks and systems
- Energy (FE) between generators and consumers
Using extractors, routing modes, and filtering, you can create anything from simple transfer lines to fully automated production systems.
🔧 Core Mechanics
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Extractors (Attachments)
Extractors are placed on pipes to pull resources from adjacent blocks such as chests, machines, or tanks.
They act as the entry point of a pipe network and control how resources are extracted. -
Routing & Control GUI
Each extractor includes a configuration interface where you can:- Select routing modes (Closest, Furthest, Round Robin, Random)
- Configure whitelist / blacklist filtering
- Control how resources are distributed across the network
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Pipe Networks
Pipes connect together to form networks that automatically deliver resources to valid destinations.
🧱 Pipe Tiers
Refined Pipes includes multiple tiers for each pipe type, allowing your systems to scale as your base grows.
📦 Item Pipes
- Basic — Speed: 100%
- Improved — Speed: 166%
- Advanced — Speed: 200%
💧 Fluid Pipes
- Basic — Capacity: 1,000 mB | Transfer: 100 mB/t
- Improved — Capacity: 4,000 mB | Transfer: 400 mB/t
- Advanced — Capacity: 8,000 mB | Transfer: 800 mB/t
- Elite — Capacity: 16,000 mB | Transfer: 1,600 mB/t
- Ultimate — Capacity: 32,000 mB | Transfer: 3,200 mB/t
⚡ Energy Pipes
- Basic — Capacity: 1,000 FE | Transfer: 1,000 FE/t
- Improved — Capacity: 4,000 FE | Transfer: 4,000 FE/t
- Advanced — Capacity: 8,000 FE | Transfer: 8,000 FE/t
- Elite — Capacity: 16,000 FE | Transfer: 16,000 FE/t
- Ultimate — Capacity: 32,000 FE | Transfer: 32,000 FE/t
🔧 Features
- Transport items, fluids, and energy through connected networks
- Multiple routing modes for flexible automation
- Advanced filtering (whitelist / blacklist)
- Tiered progression for scaling systems
- Standalone design (no dependencies or custom materials required)
⚡ Modern Improvements
This unofficial port updates and improves the original mod for modern environments:
- Updated to Minecraft 1.20.1 (Forge)
- Improved performance and stability
- Restored missing textures, models, and GUI elements
- Improved GUI interaction handling
- General bug fixes and cleanup
🔗 Compatibility
Tested with:
- Create
- Mekanism
More compatibility improvements will be added over time.
🎯 Why Use Refined Pipes?
- Lightweight alternative to more complex logistics mods
- Easy to learn, but powerful when scaled
- Clean and intuitive automation system
- Ideal for both early-game setups and advanced factories
📜 License & Credits
- Original mod by Refined Mods / Raoul van der Berg
- This is an unofficial fork and continuation
- Distributed under the MIT License
⚠️ Disclaimer
This is not an official continuation by the original authors.
💬 Feedback & Issues
If you encounter bugs or have suggestions:
- Open an issue on GitHub
- Include steps to reproduce when possible
🚀 Future Plans
- Performance optimizations for large pipe networks
- Improved debugging and visualization tools
- Additional quality-of-life features