Electrum Gear — Minecraft block

Electrum Gear

Electrum Gear tops the Ala Industrial gear line: a crafting component pressed from four electrum ingots (a gold-plus-silver alloy) around one wooden gear.

Block ID alaindustrial:electrum_gear
Game versions
All versions

Description

Electrum Gear is the premium rung of the Ala Industrial gear family: a pure crafting component that never places in the world, stacks to 64, and carries no EU buffer. The recipe follows the family formula on a vanilla crafting table — four electrum ingots in a cross around one wooden gear in the centre, one Electrum Gear per craft. Each electrum ingot melts in the Alloy Smelter from one gold ingot plus one silver ingot, the most expensive alloy in the mod by raw materials, so a single Electrum Gear commits four gold ingots and four silver ingots at once. The recipe unlocks in the recipe book as soon as a wooden gear and an electrum ingot share one inventory. Ala Industrial runs on Minecraft 26.2 Java Edition only and loads on both Fabric and NeoForge.

Exactly two recipes consume Electrum Gear, and both sit late in the tech tree. The Netherite Drill Head is assembled from three netherite scrap and two netherite alloy ingots around one Electrum Gear, then fitted at a smithing table to complete the Electric Drill's final tier. The Reinforced Bearing stacks two basic bearings between two reinforced bronze plates around one Electrum Gear — a rotating joint that gave the gear its second consumer. Lower on the ladder, the iron gear still carries the Portable Fluid Tank, the Item Pipe and the Wrench, while the wooden gear remains the blank every metal gear is pressed on. Craft Electrum Gear to order rather than in bulk: each consumer asks for exactly one gear, and the four-gold-plus-four-silver bill adds up fast.

Block properties

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

Java Edition Guide

How to craft and use Electrum Gear

  1. 1

    Smelt the electrum

    Load the Alloy Smelter with one gold ingot and one silver ingot per run and repeat until four electrum ingots are ready.

  2. 2

    Craft the wooden blank

    Place four sticks in a cross around one wooden button on a crafting table to make the wooden gear every metal gear starts from.

  3. 3

    Press the gear

    Arrange four electrum ingots in a cross with the wooden gear in the centre; the crafting table returns one Electrum Gear.

  4. 4

    Spend the gear

    Combine the finished gear with three netherite scrap and two netherite alloy ingots for a Netherite Drill Head, or with two reinforced bronze plates and two basic bearings for a Reinforced Bearing.

Craft on demand

The recipe stays hidden in the recipe book until a wooden gear and an electrum ingot share one inventory, and each consumer takes a single gear — decide between the drill head and the bearing before melting four gold and four silver ingots.

How to craft this block

Crafting
Electrum Gear
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Electrum Gear

Frequently asked questions

What is Electrum Gear used for?

Electrum Gear feeds exactly two recipes in Ala Industrial: the Netherite Drill Head for the Electric Drill's final tier and the Reinforced Bearing, a rotating joint for machinery.

How much does one Electrum Gear cost?

One craft takes four electrum ingots plus one wooden gear. Each ingot melts from one gold ingot and one silver ingot, so a full gear bills eight metal ingots in total.

Is Electrum Gear a block?

No. Electrum Gear is an item: it never places in the world, has no hardness value, and stacks to 64 like any plain ingredient.

Can one gear be upgraded into another?

No. Every gear in Ala Industrial is pressed straight from a wooden gear blank and its tier material; the mod deliberately skips gear-to-gear upgrade chains.

Does Electrum Gear consume EU?

No. Electrum Gear is a passive component with no EU buffer; the Electric Drill it helps assemble is the part that draws power.

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