Make your own Factorio-style automated machines with this incredible Minecraft mod

There are plenty of automatic mechanisms you can make in Minecraft. Using special blocks and redstone circuits, they range from simple switches that open doors, to complex devices such as a combination lock that reveals a secret staircase to your underground base. Potion dispensers, automatic incinerators, complex minecart railway systems, pressure plates—the building potential is huge.

The mod includes all kinds of ingenious mechanisms. Everything is based on kinetics and rotational power and so the team has introduced a whole range of cogwheels and gears into the game, not forgetting conveyor belts, gearboxes, chain drives, clutches, pulleys, and levers. It's super impressive.

I can already see myself building a completely automated monolithic bakery, but I think I should start with giving my Minecraft base the mechanical face-lift it deserves. The days of opening doors with my blocky arms are behind me.

Create's latest version is out and free to download over on Curseforge. I've left some mesmerising gifs below, but I highly recommend taking a moment to watch the team's cake factory video just to see all the mechanisms in action. If you want to support the mod, you can sign up to the team's Patreon for more automated machinery goodness.

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Rachel had been bouncing around different gaming websites as a freelancer and staff writer for three years before settling at PC Gamer back in 2019. She mainly writes reviews, previews, and features, but on rare occasions will switch it up with news and guides. When she's not taking hundreds of screenshots of the latest indie darling, you can find her nurturing her parsnip empire in Stardew Valley and planning an axolotl uprising in Minecraft. She loves 'stop and smell the roses' games—her proudest gaming moment being the one time she kept her virtual potted plants alive for over a year.