Silver Dust
Silver Dust is the Macerator output that doubles rare silver ore into two smeltable dusts for Electronic Circuits, electrum, and silver components.
Description
Turning the dust back into metal is Electric Furnace work: one Silver Dust costs 200 EU at 2 EU per tick over 100 ticks and becomes exactly one silver ingot, and no vanilla furnace or blast furnace recipe exists for the dust. The ingots then carry the mod's electronics demand — every Electronic Circuit takes four silver ingots, and the circuit sits inside the generator, the macerator, the pump, and the solar panel; silver also feeds the item pipe, the silver chest, the silver gear, the stock display frame, and the electrum alloy made from one silver and one gold ingot in the Alloy Smelter at 1200 EU. Smelting raw silver directly gives one ingot per ore, so macerating first is what stretches a small deep-mining haul into a working electronics stockpile.
Block properties
| Item ID |
alaindustrial:silver_dust
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p alaindustrial:silver_dust
|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Renewable | No |
| Java Edition | Java Edition 26.2 |
Java Edition Guide
How to make and use Silver Dust in Ala Industrial
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1
Mine silver ore or raw silver
Silver veins sit deep underground, below tin level and roughly in the band where you would hunt gold; a stone pickaxe or better returns raw silver, while Silk Touch yields the ore block itself.
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2
Macerate the ore into two dust
Place a silver ore block (stone or deepslate) or raw silver in a Macerator. Each operation draws 300 EU over 150 ticks and outputs two Silver Dust — twice what direct smelting gives.
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3
Smelt each dust into an ingot
Put the Silver Dust in an Electric Furnace. Each dust costs 200 EU at 2 EU per tick for 100 ticks and becomes one silver ingot, so one ore block turns into two ingots.
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4
Spend the ingots on circuits and components
Craft Electronic Circuits at four silver ingots each, alloy one silver ingot with one gold ingot into electrum in the Alloy Smelter, or build the item pipe, the silver chest, and the silver gear.
Grinding a finished silver ingot or silver plate returns only one Silver Dust, which keeps the smelt-and-grind loop at net zero and stops infinite duplication.
How to craft this block
Frequently asked questions
How do you get Silver Dust in Ala Industrial?
Run silver ore, raw silver, a silver ingot, or a silver plate through a Macerator. Ore blocks and raw silver give two Silver Dust for 300 EU each; refined ingots and plates give only one.
Does a vanilla furnace smelt Silver Dust?
No. Only the Electric Furnace accepts Silver Dust, turning one dust into one silver ingot for 200 EU. Ala Industrial adds no vanilla furnace or blast furnace recipe for the dust.
How many silver ingots does one ore give?
Two with the Macerator route: one ore block grinds into two Silver Dust, and each dust smelts into one ingot. Smelting the ore or raw silver directly gives only one ingot.
How much silver does an Electronic Circuit need?
Four silver ingots per circuit, plus two nickel ingots, two quartz, and one emerald. The Electronic Circuit then goes into the generator, the macerator, the pump, and the solar panel.
Is Silver Dust renewable?
No. Silver generates as a finite ore during world creation, and Silver Dust only comes from grinding that ore or the metal already smelted from it, so the total supply is limited by what you mine.
Where do you find silver ore in Ala Industrial?
Deep underground, in small veins below tin level and near the depths where gold appears, in both stone and deepslate. A stone pickaxe or better is required to get drops.
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