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Contents
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.
Installation Guide
Installing a mod that requires multiple steps can be a daunting task. This guide breaks it down into a simple step by step process, in order to help you install Better Than Wolves properly.
Ages of Progression
Better Than Wolves is organized into distinct "Ages" that represent different stages of Steve's technological progress. Each Age in turn may be organized into separate Tiers that represent separate tasks that the player must achieve in order to progress to the next.
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.
Add-On
An add-on is currently available for compatibility with the Buildcraft mod. Please refer to the Better Then Buildcraft main page for information regarding this particular aspect of the mod.
Hardcore Bucket
A new gameplay mode introduced by FC for both BTW and BTB.
Helpful pages
| Recipe Lists | ||
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| Evolution Zero | Evolution Zero's Recipe List (HTML) (Outdated) | |
| Durandir | Durandir's Recipe List (PNG) (Outdated) | |
| 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 forum | |
| Good Mixers | A list of some mods which synergise well with Better Than Wolves. | |
| Wiki pages | ||
| Installation Guide | A helpful guide to help new users of mods install Better Than Wolves | |
| 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. | |
| Texture Packs | A list of texture packs for the mod. | |
| Ages of Progression | A list of the progression of technology and what the goals are for those ages. | |
| Tech tree | Better than Wolves Technology tree | |
| High Efficiency Recipes | A list of alternate recipies for vMC items/blocks using less resources | |
| 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) | Age | Redstone | Mechanical Power | Detection | Production | Automation |
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| Anchor | Connection | AoW 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Anvil | Crafting | aNA 1 | X | X | X | Refined Tools & Stone Panels | X |
| Armor Plate | Raw Material | aNA 1 | X | X | X | Plate Armor | X |
| Axle | Mechanical Power Distribution | AoW 2 | X | Input & Output | X | X | X |
| Bellows | Fanning (Stoking) Fire | AoW 5 | X | Input | X | Stroked Fire (Two flame high) | X |
| Belt | Raw Material | AoW 3 | X | X | X | Saws & Bellows | X |
| Block Dispenser | Placing Blocks, Hidden Doors & Floodgates | AoW 6 | Input | X | X | X | Mining |
| Blood Wood | Crafting | AoW 4 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Blood Wood Sapling | Planting | AoW 4 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Broadhead | Raw Material | aNA 1 | X | X | X | Broadhead Arrow | X |
| Broadhead Arrow | Ammo | aNA 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Buddy Block | Detection | aNA 1 | Output | X | Block Updates | X | X |
| Stewing Pot | Cooking & Rendering | AoV | X | X | X | Cooked Food, Tanned Leather, Glue & Tallow | Food Production |
| Cement Bucket | Building | AoW 6 | Input | X | X | Stone | X |
| Carbon Powder | Raw Material | AoW 4 | X | X | X | Nethercoal | X |
| Column | Aesthetics | aNA 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Companion Cube | Aesthetics | AoW 6 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Companion Slab | Aesthetics | AoW 6 | X | X | X | Companion Cube | X |
| Composite Bow | Weapon | AoW 5 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Concentrated Hellfire | Raw Material | AoW 4 | X | X | X | Hibachi | X |
| Corner | Aesthetics | AoW 3 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Crucible | Refining Steel & Re-smelting | aNA 1 | X | X | X | Steel & Metal Ingots | X |
| Detector Block | Detection | aNA 1 | Output | X | Anything in front | X | Farming & Traps |
| Detector Rail Variants | Rail Detection | AoV | Output | X | Minecarts: Any, Occupied & Player | X | Railway |
| Donut | Food | AoW 1 | X | X | X | 1/2 Heart | X |
| Dung | Tanning Leather & Foul Food | AoV | X | X | X | X | X |
| Dynamite | Raw Material | AoW 5 | X | X | X | Mining Charge | X |
| Fabric | Raw Material | AoW 2 | X | X | X | Wind Mill | X |
| Filament | Raw Material | AoV | X | X | X | Powered Light Block | X |
| Flour | Raw Material | AoW 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Foul Food | Fertilizer | AoW 3 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Gear | Raw Material | AoW 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Gear Box | Mechanical Power Distribution & Control | AoW 2 | Input | Input & Output | X | X | X |
| Glue | Raw Material | AoW 5 | X | X | X | Wood Blade & Haft | X |
| Grate | Hopper Filter | AoW 4 | X | X | X | X | Filtration |
| Ground Netherrack | Raw Material | AoW 4 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Haft | Raw Material | aNA 1 | X | X | X | Refined Tools | X |
| Hand Crank | Mechanical Power Generation | AoW 1 | X | Output | X | Mechanical Power | X |
| Hellfire Dust | Raw Material | AoW 4 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Hemp | Raw Material | AoW 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Hemp Fiber | Raw Material | AoW 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Hibachi | Making Fire | AoW 5 | Input | X | X | Fire | X |
| Hopper | Sorting | AoW 4 | Output | Input | Inventory Status | X | Drop Management & Filtration |
| Kiln | "Firing" (Uncooked) Pottery | AoW 6 | X | X | X | Vase, Crucible, Planter & Urn | X |
| Lens | Infinite Uses | aNA 1 | Input | X | All entities and blocks with the 128 block range | X | Infinite |
| Light Block | Light source | AoW 1 | input | X | X | X | X |
| Mill Stone | Production | AoW 1 | X | Input | X | Hemp Fiber, Scoured Leather, Flour, Ground Netherrack, Sugar & String | X |
| Mining Charge | Demolition | AoW 5 | Input | X | X | X | X |
| Moulding | Raw Material & Aesthetics | AoW 3 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Nether Brick | Raw Material & Aesthetics | AoW 5 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Nethercoal | Fuel | AoW 4 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Nether Sludge | Raw Material | AoW 5 | X | X | X | Nether Brick | X |
| Obsidian Pressure Plate | Detection | aNA 1 | Output | X | Player | X | X |
| Padding | Raw Material | AoW 2 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Panel | Raw Material & Aesthetics | AoW 3 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Pedestal | Aesthetics | aNA 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Planter | Planting without water | AoW 6 | X | X | X | "Safe" Farms | Farming |
| Plate Armor | Protection | aNA 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Platform | Aesthetics & Elevators | AoW 2 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Potash | Raw Material | AoW 5 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Powered Light Block | Illumination | AoV | Input | X | X | Light | X |
| Pulley | Elevators & Gates | AoW 2 | Input | Input | X | X | X |
| Redstone Eye | Raw Material | aNA 1 | X | X | X | Detector Block | X |
| Refined Tools | Standard Tool Use | aNA 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Rollers | Hopper Filter | AoW 4 | X | X | X | X | Filtration |
| Rope | Raw Material & Climbing | AoW 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Sail | Raw Material | AoW 2 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Saw | Cutting | AoW 3 | X | Input | X | Planks, Panel, Moulding, Corner, Gear & Companion Slab | Tree Farming |
| Saw Dust | Raw Material | AoW 3 | X | X | X | Dynamite | X |
| Scoured Leather | Raw Material | AoW 3 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Soulforged Steel | Raw Material | aNA 1 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Soul Dust | Raw Material | aNA 1 | X | X | X | Saw Dust & Soul Urn | X |
| Soap | Raw Material | AoW 5 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Soul Urn | Raw Material | AoW 6 | X | X | X | Soulforged Steel & Block Dispenser | X |
| Strap | Raw Material | AoW 3 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Tallow | Raw Material | AoW 5 | X | X | X | Dynamite & glue | X |
| Tanned Leather | Raw Material | AoW 3 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Tanned Leather Armor | Protection | AoW 3 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Turntable | Rotating Blocks & Redstone Circuitry | AoW 6 | Input | Input | X | Unfired Pottery | X |
| Unfired Pottery | Raw Material | AoW 6 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Urn | Raw Material | AoW 6 | X | X | X | Soul Urn | X |
| Vase | Aesthetics & Hiding an Item | AoW 6 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Water Wheel | Mechanical Power Generation | AoW 3 | X | Output | X | Mechanical Power | X |
| Wicker | Hopper Filter & Raw Material | AoW 2 | X | X | X | X | Filtration |
| Wind Mill | Mechanical Power Generation | AoW 2 | X | Output | X | Mechanical Power | X |
| Wolf Chop | Food | AoV | X | X | X | Uncooked: 1 1/2 Hearts Cooked: 4 Hearts |
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| Wood Blade | Raw Material | AoW 3 | X | X | X | Water Wheel | X |
| Wool Slab | Aesthetics | AoW 3 | X | X | X | X | X |
