Energy Clot I
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Summary
An Energy Clot is what the Energy Condenser turns the grid's surplus into: energy that would otherwise simply vanish. There are three tiers — I, II and III — and they are three distinct items, not a stack of the same one.
A clot cannot be bought and cannot be crafted: the only way to get one is to let the condenser's bank fill up and take what its output slot offers. The longer you wait, the higher the tier.
| Clot | Banked EU/FE required | Times the previous one |
|---|---|---|
| Tier I | 250,000 EU/FE | — |
| Tier II | 1,000,000 EU/FE | ×4 |
| Tier III | 4,000,000 EU/FE | ×4 |
Mini-example: the condenser has banked 950,000 — the slot holds a tier-I clot. Take it now and that is what you get, while the 700,000 above its price burn. Wait for the million and the very same slot hands you tier II.
Energy
A clot neither stores nor gives back EU/FE: the energy was spent the moment it formed. This is a material, not a battery — you cannot slot it into a machine to power it.
How it is used
The main use is machine overclockers, and every step needs a
| Overclocker | What goes into it |
|---|---|
| Overclocker I | tier I clot + an empty chip + two gold ingots + redstone |
| Overclocker II | tier II clot + Overclocker I + three gold ingots |
| Overclocker III | tier III clot + Overclocker II + three gold ingots |
The steps stack: each tier is built on top of the previous one, so reaching tier III costs all three clots in sequence, not just the last.
Beyond overclockers, a tier II clot goes into the Lapotron Crystal blank, and a tier III clot into the Resonant Crystal blank.
Inventory
Not applicable (items). Stack: 64. They are pulled from the condenser's output slot by hand, hopper or pipe — and taking one wipes the bank completely, however full it was.
Block Properties
Not applicable (items).
Recipes
No tier has a crafting recipe — clots are only ever grown in the condenser. There is no way back either: a clot cannot be broken down into EU/FE.
Progression
- They appear once you have surplus generation: on a hungry grid the condenser banks nothing.
- They gate the entire machine-speed branch — without clots no overclocker can be built at all.
- The way to speed this up is scale, not upgrades: more condensers and thicker wiring.
Related
- Energy Condenser — the only source.
- Overclocker — the main consumer.
- Lapotron Crystal and Resonant Crystal — their blanks take a tier II and a tier III clot.
- Empty Chip — the other half of the first-tier recipe.
Used in
Shaped Crafting
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Overclocker Chip I