Resonant Crystal — Minecraft block

Resonant Crystal

Resonant Crystal is the HV crafting material of Ala Industrial: its blank absorbs 1 500 000 EU in a charge slot and becomes a finished crystal with no charge.

Block ID alaindustrial:resonant_crystal
Game versions
All versions

Description

Resonant Crystal is the top rung of the crystal ladder in Ala Industrial, an HV crafting material for Minecraft 26.2 Java Edition that no crafting table assembles directly. The crafting table yields only the Resonant Crystal Blank: a finished Lapotron Crystal in the centre, Resonant Shards in the four corners, Spatial Crystals on the sides and an Energy Clot III below the middle. The blank then absorbs 1 500 000 EU in any charge slot at up to 128 EU/t (1/20 of a second per tick) — no charger in Ala Industrial fills faster — and once the buffer is full the blank is replaced by the finished crystal. The finished Resonant Crystal carries no energy at all: no charge bar and no buffer, because the 1 500 000 EU were the price of making the crystal, not its contents. Ala Industrial runs on both Fabric and NeoForge, and the blank charges in a Battery Box slot, in a CESU, on a Charging Station, in a worn Energy Pack or even in another mod's charger.

Resonant Crystal serves exactly one recipe: two Workstations from a single craft — glass panes and the crystal on top, Resonance Coils around a Reactor Control Circuit, Reinforced Bearings and an Advanced Machine Casing below. The ladder cannot be skipped: the Energy Crystal takes 100 000 EU, the Lapotron Crystal takes 500 000 EU, and each blank is built around the finished crystal of the previous rung, so Resonant Crystal demands a fully charged Lapotron Crystal plus another 1 500 000 EU. A CESU feeds 128 EU/t, so the final charge takes about 9 minutes 45 seconds — drop the blank into the slot and build something else meanwhile. Ala Industrial exists only for Java Edition, and the mod has no Bedrock version of the crystal.

Block properties

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

Java Edition Guide

How to get a Resonant Crystal in Ala Industrial

  1. 1

    Craft the blank

    Place a finished Lapotron Crystal in the centre of a crafting table, four Resonant Shards in the corners, four Spatial Crystals on the sides and an Energy Clot III in the bottom-middle cell to receive one Resonant Crystal Blank.

  2. 2

    Drop the blank into a charger

    Put the Resonant Crystal Blank into the charge slot of a CESU; a Battery Box slot, a Charging Station or a worn Energy Pack fills the blank just as well.

  3. 3

    Feed the blank 1 500 000 EU

    Let the connected grid push energy into the Resonant Crystal Blank: the intake tops out at 128 EU/t, so a CESU needs about 9 minutes 45 seconds for the full charge.

  4. 4

    Collect the finished crystal

    Take the Resonant Crystal out of the slot once the blank has disappeared: the finished crystal stores nothing, behaves like an ordinary item and stacks to 64.

  5. 5

    Craft two Workstations

    Combine the Resonant Crystal with two Resonance Coils, a Reactor Control Circuit, two Reinforced Bearings, an Advanced Machine Casing and glass panes — the recipe yields two Workstations at once.

The blank never pays back

Energy poured into the Resonant Crystal Blank stays inside: the buffer only fills and never drains, so keep a Battery Box as the emergency reserve instead of the blank.

Used in crafts

Frequently asked questions

Why does the Resonant Crystal have no crafting recipe?

The crafting table only produces the Resonant Crystal Blank; charging that blank with 1 500 000 EU is the single way to obtain the finished crystal.

Does the finished Resonant Crystal store energy?

No: the finished Resonant Crystal is an ordinary item with no charge bar — the 1 500 000 EU were the manufacturing price, not the contents.

Which charger fills the Resonant Crystal Blank fastest?

A CESU charge slot delivers 128 EU/t, the ceiling no charger in Ala Industrial exceeds, which fills the blank in about 9 minutes 45 seconds.

Can the crystal ladder be skipped?

No: the Resonant Crystal Blank is built around a finished Lapotron Crystal worth 500 000 EU, which itself grows from an Energy Crystal charged with 100 000 EU.

What is the Resonant Crystal used for?

The Resonant Crystal is the key ingredient of the Workstation recipe, and one crystal returns two Workstations per craft.

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