Reinforced Bronze Plate — Minecraft block

Reinforced Bronze Plate

Reinforced Bronze Plate is an Ala Industrial crafting item pressed from two Bronze Plates — the heavy blank that becomes the Reinforced Bearing.

Block ID alaindustrial:bronze_reinforced_plate
Game versions
All versions

Description

Reinforced Bronze Plate is a crafting item from the Ala Industrial mod for Minecraft 26.2 Java Edition — a heavy blank pressed from exactly two Bronze Plates. The hand route needs a crafting table and the Forge Hammer: the Forge Hammer plus two Bronze Plates on the grid yield one Reinforced Bronze Plate, and the tool stays in the grid, losing only 1 of its 128 durability. The machine route is the Compressor, an LV machine that squeezes two Bronze Plates into one Reinforced Bronze Plate for 260 EU. Reinforced Bronze Plate is an item, not a block: stacks of 64, no placing in the world.

The whole bronze chain starts in the Alloy Smelter, where three Copper Ingots and one Tin Ingot melt into two Bronze Ingots for 1200 EU, and each ingot rolls into a Bronze Plate by hammer or Compressor. Two plates then condense into one Reinforced Bronze Plate, so every Reinforced Bronze Plate carries the cost of a full bronze pair. The single direct consumer is the Reinforced Bearing: two Reinforced Bronze Plates brace two Basic Bearings around one Electrum Gear on a crafting table, and the Reinforced Bearing in turn builds the Workstation, the Column Bore Module and the Diamond Grinding Blades. Ala Industrial runs only on Minecraft 26.2 Java Edition, on both Fabric and NeoForge, so Reinforced Bronze Plate never appears on Bedrock.

Block properties

Item ID alaindustrial:bronze_reinforced_plate
/give command /give @p alaindustrial:bronze_reinforced_plate
Stackable Yes (64)
Java Edition 26.2

Java Edition Guide

How to get a Reinforced Bronze Plate in Ala Industrial

  1. 1

    Smelt the bronze

    Load the Alloy Smelter with three Copper Ingots and one Tin Ingot; the run returns two Bronze Ingots for 1200 EU.

  2. 2

    Roll two Bronze Plates

    Hammer each Bronze Ingot on a crafting table with the Forge Hammer, or press every ingot in the Compressor for 260 EU, until you hold two Bronze Plates.

  3. 3

    Press the Reinforced Bronze Plate

    Put the Forge Hammer and two Bronze Plates on the crafting grid for one Reinforced Bronze Plate, or run both plates through the Compressor for 260 EU.

  4. 4

    Forge the Reinforced Bearing

    Place two Basic Bearings with one Electrum Gear between them in the middle row of a crafting grid, then set one Reinforced Bronze Plate above and one below.

The Forge Hammer survives

The Forge Hammer is never consumed in the plate crafts: the tool drops back into the grid with 1 durability less, and a fresh hammer covers about 128 crafts before breaking.

How to craft this block

Crafting
Reinforced Bronze Plate
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Reinforced Bronze Plate

Used in crafts

Frequently asked questions

Is Reinforced Bronze Plate a block?

Reinforced Bronze Plate is an item, not a block: the plate has no hardness value, cannot be placed in the world and stacks to 64 as a crafting ingredient.

How much does one Reinforced Bronze Plate cost in total?

The full machine route costs 1980 EU per plate: 1200 EU for one Alloy Smelter load (three Copper Ingots plus one Tin Ingot), 260 EU for each of the two Bronze Plates and 260 EU for the press — exactly one smelter batch makes one Reinforced Bronze Plate.

Is the Compressor route cheaper than hammering?

The Compressor presses two Bronze Plates into one Reinforced Bronze Plate for 260 EU and fits bulk production, while the Forge Hammer needs no energy and costs only tool wear.

What is Reinforced Bronze Plate used for?

The Reinforced Bearing recipe uses two Reinforced Bronze Plates, two Basic Bearings and one Electrum Gear; the bearing then builds the Workstation, the Column Bore Module and the Diamond Grinding Blades.

Do other mods accept Reinforced Bronze Plate?

Ala Industrial ships no common c:plates tag for the reinforced plate, so only Ala Industrial's own recipes accept Reinforced Bronze Plate and other tech mods will not recognise the material.

Is Reinforced Bronze Plate available on Bedrock?

Ala Industrial is a Java Edition mod for Minecraft 26.2 running on Fabric and NeoForge, so Reinforced Bronze Plate exists only in Java worlds.

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