Advanced Fluid Tank — Minecraft block

Advanced Fluid Tank

Advanced Fluid Tank holds 16 buckets (16,000 mB) of one fluid, keeps the fill when carried, and does not burn in lava — the second grade of the portable tank.

Block ID alaindustrial:fluid_tank_advanced
Game versions
All versions

Description

Advanced Fluid Tank is the second grade of the portable tank from the Ala Industrial tech mod on Minecraft 26.2 Java Edition: the same passive storage block, but with 16 buckets (16,000 mB) of capacity instead of the first grade's eight. Advanced Fluid Tank stores exactly one fluid at a time — while water sits inside, lava and other variants are refused — and accepts and releases fluid through all six faces. A full bucket pours in exactly 1,000 mB, an empty bucket draws a whole bucket back out, and a comparator reads the fill from 0 to 15. There is no GUI: the fluid type and level stay visible through the glass walls. Hardness 4.0 and blast resistance 12.0 (how well the block withstands explosions) let the Advanced Fluid Tank survive what the first grade (3.0/6.0) cannot.

Advanced Fluid Tank is crafted from the tank it upgrades: place the Portable Fluid Tank in the center of a crafting table, a Reinforced Cupronickel Plate in each corner of the grid and a Silver Plate on each edge, and the shaped recipe returns the new tank, so the old one is never wasted. The item form is fireproof — an Advanced Fluid Tank dropped into lava survives, unlike the first-grade item, which burns. Pumping speed is deliberately identical on both grades, because the tank is passive and has no tick (1/20 of a second of game time) of its own: fluid pipes, pumps and other containers set the pace. The 16-bucket volume finally puts a portable tank above the 10-bucket internal buffers of Ala Industrial machines, which is exactly the reason to build the second grade. Like the whole mod, the Advanced Fluid Tank runs on both Fabric and NeoForge.

Block properties

Item ID alaindustrial:fluid_tank_advanced
/give command /give @p alaindustrial:fluid_tank_advanced
Stackable Yes (64)
Best tool Pickaxe
Hardness 4
Blast resistance 12
Java Edition 26.2

Guide

How to craft and fill the Advanced Fluid Tank

  1. 1

    Craft the first-grade tank

    Build a Portable Fluid Tank at a crafting table first — the Advanced Fluid Tank recipe consumes exactly one as its central ingredient.

  2. 2

    Collect the upgrade plates

    Gather 4 Reinforced Cupronickel Plates for the corners of the recipe and 4 Silver Plates for its edges.

  3. 3

    Assemble the upgrade

    Place the Portable Fluid Tank in the center of the 3×3 grid, a Reinforced Cupronickel Plate in every corner and a Silver Plate on every edge; the shaped craft returns 1 Advanced Fluid Tank.

  4. 4

    Fill and drain the tank

    Use a full bucket on the placed Advanced Fluid Tank to pour in exactly 1,000 mB, or an empty bucket to draw a whole bucket back out; fluid pipes and pumps can work through any of the six faces.

  5. 5

    Move the tank without losing fluid

    Break the filled Advanced Fluid Tank with a pickaxe and carry the item — the stored fluid type and amount survive and return on the next placement.

Fireproof, unlike tier one

The Advanced Fluid Tank item does not burn in lava, but the first-grade tank item does. Near lava lakes, carry the upgraded tank and let empty buckets do the fetching.

How to craft this block

Ingredients:
Reinforced Cupronickel Plate Reinforced Cupronickel Plate x4
Silver Plate Silver Plate x4 Portable Fluid Tank Portable Fluid Tank x1
Crafting
Advanced Fluid Tank
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Advanced Fluid Tank

Frequently asked questions

How much fluid does the Advanced Fluid Tank hold?

Advanced Fluid Tank stores 16,000 mB — 16 buckets — of a single fluid, double the 8,000 mB (8 buckets) of the Portable Fluid Tank.

Does the Advanced Fluid Tank pump fluid on its own?

No. Advanced Fluid Tank is a passive block without a tick of its own, so fluid pipes, pumps and other containers set the flow rate, and both tank grades move fluid at the same speed.

Can the Advanced Fluid Tank store two fluids at once?

No. Exactly one fluid variant fits at a time — while water is inside, lava and other fluids are refused until the Advanced Fluid Tank is emptied.

Do filled tanks stack in the inventory?

An empty Advanced Fluid Tank item stacks to 64, but a filled one never stacks and always takes its own slot, so carry spare tanks empty.

How do I read the fill level without an interface?

The fluid column shows through the glass walls of the tank body, and a comparator next to the Advanced Fluid Tank outputs 0 for empty up to 15 for full.

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