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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Evolution Zero	Evolution Zero's Recipe List (HTML) (Outdated)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
FC Interview	FlowerChild answers to several questions about the mod and Minecraft Forge
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.

Blocks and Items

Name	Used For (As)	Redstone	Mechanical Power	Detection	Production	Automation
Powered Light Block	Illumination	Input	X	X	Light	X
Hibachi	Making Fire	Input	X	X	Fire	X
Nethercoal	Fuel	X	X	X	X	X
Obsidian Pressure Plate	Detection	Output	X	Player	X	X
Cement Bucket	Building	Input	X	X	Stone	X
Block Dispenser	Placing Blocks, Hidden Doors & Floodgates	Input	X	X	X	X
Cauldron	Cooking & Rendering	X	X	X	Cooked Food, Tanned Leather, Glue & Tallow	Food Production
Donut	Food	X	X	X	1/2 Heart	X
Companion Cube	Aesthetics	X	X	X	X	X
Companion Slab	Aesthetics	X	X	X	X	X
Detector Block	Detection	Output	X	Anything in front	X	Farming & Traps
Detector Rail Variants	Rail Detection	Output	X	Minecarts: Any, Occupied & Player	X	Railway
Hemp	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Hand Crank	Mechanical Power Generation	X	Output	X	Mechanical Power	X
Mill Stone	Production	X	Input	X	Hemp Fiber, Scoured Leather, Flour, Sugar & String	X
Hemp Fiber	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Fabric	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Flour	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Anchor	Connection	X	X	X	X	X
Rope	Raw Material & Climbing	X	X	X	X	X
Panel	Raw Material & Aesthetics	X	X	X	X	X
Moulding	Raw Material & Aesthetics	X	X	X	X	X
Corner	Aesthetics	X	X	X	X	X
Sail	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Axle	Mechanical Power Distribution	X	Input & Output	X	X	X
Gear	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Gear Box	Mechanical Power Distribution & Control	Input	Input & Output	X	X	X
Water Wheel	Mechanical Power Generation	X	Output	X	Mechanical Power	X
Hopper	Sorting	Output	Input	Inventory Status	X	Drop Management & Filtration
Grate	Hopper Filter	X	X	X	X	Filtration
Wicker	Hopper Filter & Raw Material	X	X	X	X	Filtration
Strap	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Belt	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Saw	Cutting	X	Input	X	Planks, Panel, Moulding, Corner, Gear & Companion Slab	Tree Farming
Pulley	Elevators & Gates	Input	Input	X	X	X
Platform	Aesthetics & Elevators	X	X	X	X	X
Wind Mill	Mechanical Power Generation	X	Output	X	Mechanical Power	X
Dung	Tanning Leather & Foul Food	X	X	X	X	X
Scoured Leather	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Tanned Leather	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Wolf Chop	Food	X	X	X	Uncooked: 1 1/2 Hearts Cooked: 4 Hearts	X
Foul Food	Fertilizer	X	X	X	X	X
Rollers	Hopper Filter	X	X	X	X	Filtration
Turntable	Rotating Blocks & Redstone Circuitry	Input	Input	X	Unfired Pottery	X
Bellows	Fanning (Stoking) Fire	X	Input	X	Stroked Fire (Two flame high)	X
Wood Blade	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Glue	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Tallow	Unknown (Future use)	X	X	X	X	X
Haft	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Unfired Pottery	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Kiln	"Firing" (Uncooked) Pottery	X	X	X	Vase, Crucible & Planter	X
Crucible	Refining Steel & Resmelting	X	X	X	Steel & Metal Ingots	X
Planter	Planting without water	X	X	X	"Safe" Farms	Farming
Vase	Aesthetics & Hiding an Item	X	X	X	X	X
Steel	Raw Material	X	X	X	X	X
Refined Tools	Standard Tool Use	X	X	X	X	X