Nutrient Solution — Minecraft block

Nutrient Solution

Nutrient Solution is Ala Industrial's bright-green distillate of Biofuel — the one mod fluid no generator burns, and the Sprinkler's crop-boosting spray.

Block ID alaindustrial:nutrient_solution
Game versions
All versions

Description

Nutrient Solution is the bright-green fluid that closes Ala Industrial's organic chain, and one machine makes all of it: a second distillation pass in the Distillation Column turns 1000 mB of Biofuel and 400 EU into 900 mB of solution, a deliberate 10% loss that keeps volume honest. The solution exits at the top of the tower from the condenser, because unlike Oil it splits into a single fraction. In the world, Nutrient Solution behaves almost like water: the fluid spreads, never burns, does not drown the player, and cancels fall damage, while a drag of 0.90 and fog from 6 to 28 blocks make it the thinnest and palest of the mod's five fluids — the one meant to be worked in, not escaped from. Two placed sources never breed a third, so Nutrient Solution is collected with a bucket, a Vacuum Capsule, or a Pump. The fluid exists only in Minecraft 26.2 Java Edition, on both Fabric and NeoForge.

The Sprinkler is the solution's only consumer: a spray attempt runs every 20 ticks (once a second), and one successful watering of a vanilla crop costs 50 mB with a bone-meal-grade boost, so a full 1000 mB bucket covers 20 waterings and the Sprinkler's 4000 mB tank covers 80. The second workplace is the crystal Greenhouse, where one sprinkler-boosted growth event also draws 50 mB on top of water and power. Nutrient Solution carries no energy value at all: the fluid is absent from the combustion-fuels tag, no generator accepts it, and the mod's other four fluids all burn. The full loop at the common feedstock tier runs about 17 fermentation batches — roughly 10 000 EU and 34 harvest items — through the Fermenter for one bucket of Biofuel, which distils into 18 field waterings: the field feeds the Fermenter, and the Fermenter returns the speed two distillations later.

Block properties

Item ID alaindustrial:nutrient_solution
/give command /give @p alaindustrial:nutrient_solution
Renewable Yes
Hardness 100
Blast resistance 100
Java Edition 26.2

Java Edition Guide

How to make and use Nutrient Solution

  1. 1

    Brew Biofuel in a Fermenter

    Load the Fermenter with harvest waste so it brews Biofuel — the feedstock every dose of Nutrient Solution is distilled from.

  2. 2

    Build a Distillation Column

    Assemble the Distillation Column, the only machine in Ala Industrial that produces Nutrient Solution, and connect it to power.

  3. 3

    Run the second distillation pass

    Feed the column 1000 mB of Biofuel plus 400 EU: the condenser on top releases 900 mB of Nutrient Solution as a single fraction, at a 10% loss.

  4. 4

    Move the solution to the Sprinkler

    Pump the fluid through pipes or carry it in buckets and Vacuum Capsules into the Sprinkler's 4000 mB tank.

  5. 5

    Let the Sprinkler spray

    The Sprinkler attempts a spray every 20 ticks and boosts every crop growing within 4 blocks; each successful watering draws 50 mB, so one bucket equals 20 boosts.

Not a fuel

No generator in Ala Industrial accepts Nutrient Solution — burning it is impossible by design, so route every drop to a Sprinkler or a crystal Greenhouse instead.

Frequently asked questions

How do you get Nutrient Solution in Ala Industrial?

Only the Distillation Column makes it: the second pass spends 1000 mB of Biofuel and 400 EU and yields 900 mB of solution from the top condenser.

Can Nutrient Solution power a generator?

No. The fluid is the only one of the mod's five liquids with no energy value: it is absent from the combustion-fuels tag, and no generator accepts it.

How far does one bucket of Nutrient Solution go?

One 1000 mB bucket buys 20 crop waterings at 50 mB each, and the Sprinkler's full 4000 mB tank holds 80.

Is Nutrient Solution renewable?

Yes. Biofuel is brewed from harvest waste in the Fermenter, so the chain from field to Sprinkler can loop indefinitely.

Can you stand in Nutrient Solution?

Yes. The fluid does not drown the player, cancels fall damage, and has the weakest drag of the mod's five fluids, with the palest screen film.

Which machines work with Nutrient Solution?

The Distillation Column is the only producer, the Sprinkler and the crystal Greenhouse are the consumers, and a Pump, a bucket, or a Vacuum Capsule moves it.

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