Electrum Plate
Electrum Plate is a flat blank pressed from an electrum ingot (gold-and-silver alloy) for the Monitor Core and the Reinforced Electrum Plate in Ala Industrial.
Description
Electrum Plate serves the late LV recipes of Ala Industrial. Four plates join four Reinforced Amethyst, two Advanced Circuits and one Energy Crystal in the Monitor Core — the wall of panels that shows how much of each item sits in every chest wired to it. Two plates hammered or compressed once more become one Reinforced Electrum Plate for another 260 EU, the heavier blank of the recipes that follow. A spare Electrum Plate cannot go back into dust: electrum has no dust form, so the Macerator recycling that pure-metal plates enjoy does not exist here — count the ingots before pressing. Silver is also the metal of the Electronic Circuit inside nearly every machine, so every stack of Electrum Plates trades monitor infrastructure against one more device. The Electrum Plate stacks to 64 and exists only in Minecraft 26.2 Java Edition, on both Fabric and NeoForge.
Block properties
| Item ID |
alaindustrial:electrum_plate
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p alaindustrial:electrum_plate
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| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Java Edition | 26.2 |
Java Edition Guide
How to get and use the Electrum Plate
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1
Smelt the alloy
Load one gold ingot and one silver ingot into the Alloy Smelter: the operation costs 1200 EU, runs 150 ticks (about 7.5 seconds) and yields one Electrum Ingot.
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2
Press the plate by hand
Place the Forge Hammer and the Electrum Ingot anywhere on a crafting grid: the shapeless recipe drops one Electrum Plate, and the hammer returns to its slot one durability point poorer.
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3
Automate in the Compressor
Feed electrum ingots to the LV Compressor instead: every Electrum Plate then costs 260 EU (2 EU/t for 130 ticks) and zero hammer wear, which pays off from the second stack onward.
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4
Reinforce two plates
Combine two Electrum Plates with the same Forge Hammer on the grid, or run them through the Compressor for 260 EU, to receive one Reinforced Electrum Plate.
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5
Assemble the Monitor Core
Craft the Monitor Core from four Electrum Plates, four Reinforced Amethyst, two Advanced Circuits and one Energy Crystal — the finished core runs a wall of panels counting the chests wired to it.
The Forge Hammer never disappears from the grid: one hammer carries 128 durability, presses about 128 plates, repairs with an iron ingot on an anvil and refuses enchantments. Electrum has no dust form, so a spare Electrum Plate cannot be macerated back — plan the batch before pressing.
How to craft this block
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Frequently asked questions
How do I craft Electrum Plate without machines?
Combine the Forge Hammer and one Electrum Ingot in the shapeless recipe on any crafting grid: the Electrum Plate drops immediately, and the hammer returns to its slot with 1 durability less.
How much energy does one Electrum Plate cost in the Compressor?
One operation draws 260 EU — 2 EU per tick over 130 ticks — far below the 32 EU/t ceiling of the LV tier the Compressor belongs to.
What is Electrum Plate used for?
Four plates are part of the Monitor Core recipe, and two plates make one Reinforced Electrum Plate — the heavier blank for the recipes that come later.
Can I recycle a spare Electrum Plate back into dust?
No. Electrum has no dust form in Ala Industrial, so the Macerator route that pure-metal plates have does not exist for the Electrum Plate; count your ingots before pressing.
Where does electrum come from?
Only from the Alloy Smelter: one gold ingot plus one silver ingot melt into a single Electrum Ingot for 1200 EU in about 7.5 seconds. There is no electrum ore, and a vanilla furnace cannot make the alloy.
Does another mod's electrum ingot work here?
Yes. Both the Forge Hammer recipe and the Compressor recipe read the common ingot tag, so an electrum ingot registered elsewhere presses into exactly the same Electrum Plate.
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