Ars Mekanica
A compatibility addon that bridges Ars Nouveau and Mekanism, letting their content work better together. This is the first step, with more integrations planned for future versions.
Right now it fills an obvious gap: Ars Nouveau's archwood comes with a full set of wooden items, but Mekanism ships no sawmill recipes for it - so archwood logs are a dead end in a Mekanism setup. Ars Mekanica adds the missing Precision Sawmill recipes so archwood behaves exactly like vanilla wood.
What it adds
Precision Sawmill recipes for archwood, mirroring Mekanism's vanilla wood ratios:
- Archwood logs / wood / stripped variants → archwood planks (+ sawdust)
- Archwood doors, trapdoors, fences, fence gates, pressure plates, buttons, slabs, stairs, signs, hanging signs, boats and chests → archwood planks
Source Dynamo — a block that converts Ars Nouveau Source into Forge Energy for Mekanism machines. Place it between a Source Jar and a power consumer; every balance value is configurable.
Requirements
Both Ars Nouveau and Mekanism must be installed — Ars Mekanica does nothing on its own.
| Minecraft | Loader |
|---|---|
| 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.20.1 | Forge / NeoForge |
Prefer not to add another mod? A standalone datapack build is also available.
Planned
Depending on interest, later versions may add deeper Source <-> Mekanism chemical integration or other cross-mod compat. Nothing promised yet.
An Ars Nouveau archwood log being processed in Mekanism's Precision Sawmill - a recipe that simply didn't exist before this addon.
The finished result: archwood logs now saw into planks (with a chance of sawdust), exactly like vanilla wood.
Ars Mekanica adds an "Archwood Sawing" entry to Ars Nouveau's book (Automation chapter), shown when Patchouli is installed. (v1.1.0-forge)
In-game guide explaining how Ars Nouveau's archwood is processed in Mekanism's Precision Sawmill - logs into planks, plus crafted archwood blocks back into planks. (v1.1.0-forge)
The Source Dynamo is crafted from a steel casing, energy tablet, basic universal cable, Ars Nouveau source gems and a source gem block. Requires both Ars Nouveau and Mekanism.
A Source Jar (right) supplies Ars Nouveau Source into the Source Dynamo (center), which converts it to Forge Energy and powers the adjacent Precision Sawmill (left)
| Version | Minecraft | Loader | Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.3.0 1.3.0+neoforge-1.21.1 |
1.21.1
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neoforge
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Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.3.0 1.3.0+forge-1.20.1 |
1.20.1
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forge
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Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.2.0 1.2.0+forge-1.20.1 |
1.20.1
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forge
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Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.2.0 1.2.0+neoforge-1.21.1 |
1.21.1
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neoforge
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Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.1.0 1.1.0+datapack-1.21.1 |
1.21.1
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datapack
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Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.1.0 1.1.0+datapack-1.20.1 |
1.20.1
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datapack
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Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.1.0 1.1.0+forge-1.20.1 |
1.20.1
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forge
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Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.0.0 1.0.0+datapack-1.21.1 |
1.21.1
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datapack
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Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.0.0 1.0.0+datapack-1.20.1 |
1.20.1
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datapack
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Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.0.0 1.0.0+neoforge-1.21.1 |
1.21.1
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neoforge
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Download |
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Ars Mekanica 1.0.0 1.0.0+forge-1.20.1 |
1.20.1
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forge
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Download |