How to 5x Ores in Electrodynamics

Looking to maximize your ore yields in Electrodynamics? This comprehensive guide walks you through a complete 5x ore processing setup. While it may sound complex at first, this system is surprisingly straightforward once you understand the flow. You’ll need access to 480 voltage for the key machines, but don’t worry—we’ll break down each step so you can build and optimize your own efficient ore processing line.

Power Requirements and Setup

To run a 5x ore processing setup in Electrodynamics, you’ll need access to 480 voltage, primarily for two critical machines: the chemical reactor and the mineral washer. The complete setup isn’t overly complex, especially if you’re familiar with other mods like Mekanism, which makes Electrodynamics feel considerably simpler.

For this guide, a creative power source is used as the power supply, starting at 120 voltage and using transformers to step up to 240 and 480 voltage as needed. Your own grid may be configured more or less efficiently depending on your setup, but the fundamental process remains the same.

Step 1: Water Pumping

Begin by setting up water collection using an Electric Pump from Electrodynamics, which operates at 120 voltage. This pump will supply the water needed for your processing chain.

Step 2: Create Sulfuric Acid

Feed your water into a Chemical Mixer along with sulfate trioxide. This combination produces sulfuric acid, which is essential for ore processing. The Chemical Mixer operates at 240 volts.

Obtaining Sulfate Trioxide

If you’re unsure how to obtain sulfate trioxide, it’s created in a Chemical Furnace using sulfate dioxide and vanadium oxide. While this sounds complex, it’s actually straightforward:

Vanadium Oxide: Created in a Chemical Furnace using vanadium dust and charcoal. Vanadium dust is obtained by crushing vanadiumite ore (mined at the impure level).

Sulfate Dioxide: Created in a Chemical Furnace using sulfate (mined directly from the ground) and coal.

Once you have both components, combine them in another Chemical Furnace to produce sulfate trioxide.

Step 3: Mineral Washing

Pour your sulfuric acid into a Mineral Washer (operating at 480 voltage) along with iron ore. This process outputs iron sulphate solution, which is the foundation for your ore multiplication.

Step 4: Chemical Reactor Processing

Transfer the iron sulphate solution into a Chemical Reactor. If you’re new to this machine, understanding its port system is essential:

Green ports: Gas input

Orange ports: Gas output

Blue ports: Liquid input (top and bottom)

Yellow ports: Liquid output (top and bottom)

Top face: Power input

Input your iron sulphate solution through one of the blue liquid input slots and add water through the other blue input slot. Power the reactor from the top. This reaction produces pure iron solution and sulfuric acid as a byproduct.

Understanding the Yield Mathematics

One iron ore equals one full bucket of iron sulphate solution (1,200 millibuckets). Here’s the multiplication breakdown:

200 millibuckets of pure iron solution = 1 iron crystal

1,000 millibuckets (5 × 200) = 5 iron crystals = 5x ore multiplier

Managing Sulfuric Acid Overflow

When processing iron sulphate with water in your Chemical Reactor, you’ll produce sulfuric acid as a byproduct. If the sulfuric acid tank becomes full, the reactor will stop processing. To check the secondary tank output, press the arrow button to switch tank views. You can either set up a feedback loop to recycle the sulfuric acid or discard the excess you don’t need.

Step 5: Crystallization

Transfer your pure iron solution into a Chemical Crystallizer. This machine converts the liquid solution into iron crystals, which are easier to process into final products.

Step 6: Crushing and Grinding

Feed your iron crystals from the crystallizer into a Mineral Crusher, which outputs pure iron dust. You can then process this dust further in a Mineral Grinder for finer material if needed.

Step 7: Smelting

Finally, melt your pure iron dust into ingots using a furnace. For the fastest results, we recommend using an Arc Furnace, though you can use any furnace method you prefer. While you could use tier three 480-voltage machines here, 240-voltage equipment works effectively and makes more practical sense for this stage.

Complete Processing Chain Summary

Here’s the complete workflow for your 5x ore multiplication setup:

Electric Pump (120V): Water → Chemical Mixer

Chemical Mixer (240V): Water + Sulfate Trioxide → Sulfuric Acid

Mineral Washer (480V): Sulfuric Acid + Iron Ore → Iron Sulphate Solution

Chemical Reactor (480V): Iron Sulphate Solution + Water → Pure Iron Solution + Sulfuric Acid (byproduct)

Chemical Crystallizer: Pure Iron Solution → Iron Crystals

Mineral Crusher: Iron Crystals → Pure Iron Dust

Mineral Grinder (optional): Pure Iron Dust → Finer material

Arc Furnace (or any furnace): Pure Iron Dust → Iron Ingots

Conclusion

With this setup, you can multiply your iron ore yield by five times. While the process involves multiple machines and steps, once you’ve built the initial infrastructure, it becomes a fully automated production line. Remember, this same method works for any ore type that Electrodynamics supports—simply substitute your desired ore for iron ore at the mineral washer stage. Start with iron to get comfortable with the system, then expand to other valuable ores like copper, gold, or rare materials as you progress.

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