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Introduction to Better Than Wolves

Better Than Wolves is a single-player Minecraft mod that adds a great deal of items, and new functionality for engineering and designing in minecraft. It was made under the challenge to add something of more gameplay value and less work to implement than the wolf mob first seen in Minecraft Beta 1.4.

Mechanical Power

With the Better Than Wolves mod, the largest addition to Minecraft gameplay is the addition of mechanical power and mechanical devices such as Water Wheels, Wind Mills, Gear Boxes, axles, and other devices. All mechanical systems can be used in conjunction with redstone power. This addition to minecraft fleshes out the functional engineering aspect of the game and allows much more creativity in the types of devices a player may design and construct.

Other Additions and Changes

Besides adding a lot of new features the Mod contains some Miscellaneous Features which boost some of the weird things in Vanilla Minecraft.
For a full list of additions and changes the mod provides, see the Better Than Wolves thread on the minecraft forums. You can also check the Blocks and Items section below for a list of blocks and items added by this mod, along with some quick info about them.

Helpful pages

Recipe Lists
Evolution Zero	Evolution Zero's Recipe List (HTML) (Outdated)
Durandir	Durandir's Recipe List (PNG)
Community
Thread	The Mod's thread on the Minecraft Forums
Forum	The Mod's Official Private forum
Good Mixers	A list of some mods which synergise well with Better Than Wolves.
Wiki pages
Not a bug list	A list of things that come up frequently but are not bugs.
Frequent problems	A list of problems which occur frequently on the forum.
How to	A list of tutorials and showcase videos.
Texturepacks	A list of texture packs for the mod.
Tech tree	Better than Wolves Technology tree
Change log	A list of changes in each new version of the mod.
Compatibility List	A list of mods BTW was tested against, and workarounds if any.
FC Interview	FlowerChild answers to several questions about the mod and Minecraft Forge

Blocks and Items

Name	Use	Redstone	Mechanical power	Detection	Production	Automation
Powered Light Block	Illumination	Input			Light
Hibachi	Making Fire	Input			Fire/Heat
Nethercoal	Fuel
Obsidian Pressure Plate	Detection	Output		Player
Cement Buckets	Building, Traps	Input			Liquid Cement/Clean stone
Block Dispenser	Hidden doors, Floodgates, Automation	Input			Blocks	Block placement, Redstone circuit modification
Cauldron	Cooking, Rendering				Cooked food, Tanned leather, Glue, Tallow	Food Production
Donut	Food
Companion Cube	Raw material, Venting anger at wolves
Companion Slab	Laughs, A stylish addition to any home
Detector Block	Detection	Output		Anything		Farming, Traps
Detector Rail Variants	Detection	Output		Minecarts: Any/Occupied/Player		Railway
Hemp	Raw material
Hand Crank	Mech.Power generation		Output		Mechanical power
Mill Stone	Production		Input		Hemp Fiber, String, Scoured Leather, Flour, Sugar
Hemp Fiber	Raw Material
Fabric	Raw Material
Flour	Raw Material
Anchor‎	Connection
Rope	Climbing, Raw material, Elevators
Panel	Aesthetic/Raw material
Moulding	Aesthetic/Raw material
Corner	Aesthetic
Sail	Raw material
Axle	Mech.Power distribution		Input/Output
Gear	Raw Material
Gear Box	Mech.Power relaying/control	Input	1 Input/ 5 Output
Water Wheel	Mech.Power generation		Output		Mechanical power
Hopper	Automation	Output	Input	Inventory status	Splits gravel into sand and Flint.	Drop management/filtration
Grate	Hopper filter					Filtration
Wicker	Hopper filter					Filtration
Strap	Raw Material
Saw	Processing wood, Mob traps		Input		Planks/Panel/Moulding/Corner/Gear, Companion Slab	Tree farming
Pulley	Elevators, Castle Gates, Retractable ropes	Input	Input		Vertical Motion
Platform	Automation/Aesthetic					Vertical Motion
Wind Mill	Mech.Power generation		Output		Mechanical power
Dung	Tanning leather
Scoured Leather‎	Raw Material
Tanned Leather‎	Raw Material
Wolf chop	Food
Foul food	Fertilizer
Rollers	Hopper filter					Filtration
Turntable	Rotating Blocks, Reliable redstone clock	Input	Input		Unfired Pottery
Bellows	Fanning (stoking) fire		Input		Stoked fire
Wood Blade	Raw Material
Glue	Raw Material
Tallow	Unknown (Future Use)
Haft	Raw Material
Unfired Pottery	Raw Material
Kiln	"Firing" uncooked pottery				Vase, Crucible, Planter
Crucible	Refining of iron into steel, Melting down of metal-based items				Steel, metal ingots
Planter	Planting of crops, Nether farms					Safe Farms
Vase	Hide items					Secret Hiding places
Steel	Raw Material
Refined Tools	Standard tool uses