Applied Energistics 2 - The Getting Started Tutorial

This tutorial covers how to get started using Applied Energistics 2 in your modded Minecraft game. This is a great place to begin for new players or brush-up if you haven't used the mod for a while. The tutorial goes over the basic elements of the mod in the order you are likely to use them and also gives you some extra tips and tricks along the way.
Learn about AE2 channels: • Applied Energistics 2 ...
Learn about AE2 storage: • Applied Energistics 2 ...
- Behind the scenes for AE2 storage: • Applied Energistics 2 ...
Learn about AE2 automation: [future project]
Learn about AE2 auto-crafting: [future project]
Music: "Gaslamp Funworks" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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[@DarkstarPlaysGames]

A friend recommended this mod to me but I had no clue where to begin. Now that I located this video I know exactly how to start this mod. My thanks for the assistance.

[@steelsoul]

Great video. Presentation, sound, logical progression of the tutorial... top tier professional work. I'd trade any other streamers' tutorial (Maybe with the exception of a couple of superstars) to have such a comprehensive and informative thing to watch and learn. I wish I could use the like button more than once. More tutorials in addition to your many "lets play" videos will be absolutely welcomed. Thank you.

[@jonathandunham6601]

Excellent teaching video. It was clear, concise, well planned, and thought out. Very little wasted time. +1 to you and subscribe. I'm looking forward to viewing other tutorials you have put out.

[@Nonsanity]

Excellent comment. It was positive and supportive with very little pandering. (Although I do like pandas.) +1 to your comment and I'll be sure to read anything more you care to post here. ;)

[@MrGufai]

With all the big tubers, sometimes we forget that the smaller ones can be the most helpful. Great video!

[@Nonsanity]

Smaller channels can get into tighter spaces......? :)

[@JohnJohn83UK]

Many compliments here already but Id add mine anyway. You do this very well, you have the voice for it and know about what your doing. I've seen tutorials where the lad in the video says "erm" so many times and ends up learning himself while doing the tutorial. I used AE1 and needed to know how AE2 works. Thanks again.

[@audiogarden21]

You sir, are the man. I've looked at plenty of AE 2 videos and most of them just gloss over the finer details almost as if they don't really understand it either. Thanks for deciding to take your time with it.

[@Nonsanity]

Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! :)

[@goomywurm]

I feel like I'm in the middle of a college class. (not that that's a bad thing lol) I'm sure you're used to the nice comments but, you know. Thanks for the video. It was SUPER concise. Everything was very evenly paced. This is like, a standard for what tutorials should be: Actual content. You deliver just that. Also you're a really really good builder like wow

[@Nonsanity]

+Sunne Thank you. It's what I was shooting for. :)

[@497hunter]

A year later, but I'm happy to subscribe! This has helped immensely for our new FTB Infinity server, finally getting into AE2!

[@Nonsanity]

+Rubicks Glad it could help! :)

[@natethegreat3789]

I've watched a lot of tutorials...and I have to say: you are great! Thanks so much for the instruction.

[@Nonsanity]

Nathaniel Jensen Glad it helped for you! :)

[@XxTysonsGames]

One of the most informative videos i've ever watched. Do more! Brilliant.

[@MindFiend]

Thank you kindly for taking the time and effort to make this tutorial. I'm new to mods and finding I am gravitating towards tech mods rather than magic. Applied Energistics seems to be the perfect mate for EnderIO (both seem nicely futuristic) but is so complicated that it's intimidated me into delaying, despite watching several tutorials on it. Which is why I am glad to have finally found yours, as you explain things succinctly, with a slow enough pace and clear enough instructions for things to be comprehended (even by me!) as you progress. The 50 minutes of the video slipped by unnoticed as I listened to you peel away the complexity and reveal a mod that I am now certain is something I'd like to dip into and play with. I'm grateful. +1 like and a new subscriber for you, sir.

[@Nonsanity]

I'm glad it helped you out! I think when my current series ends I'll spend some more time doing tutorials again-perhaps starting with the second half of AE2 I originally planned on. There's a lot more to that mod still. ;)

[@pt469]

Videos like this keep my faith in the internet, at 1st I said an 1hr, but seriously, no wasted time, good info. A+ Beginner Tutorial. You gotta a sub outta me, just installed RR3, I'll be watching your LP while I play, Thank You!!!

[@Nonsanity]

Glad you liked it. There's a lot to cover in that mod, and I only scratched the surface. I'm glad my attempt to keep it constantly moving forward was a success. :)

[@garretthopp]

This is exactly what I was hoping to find!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to put together such a thorough and easy to follow guide on what can seem quite daunting to the newbs like me. VERY well done and as I have seen from the comments I'm not the only one to see it as such.

[@Nonsanity]

Thanks very much for the encouragement. :)

[@Speed_SMO]

I've watched a lot of tutorials in the past few years, and this tutorial was awesome! Every other tutorial I watched didn't show this from the start and this was well thought out and ready to be published. +1 Subscriber for you!

[@Nonsanity]

+xXSpeed_MinerXx Thank you for saying that. Your review matches my goals in making it, so... YAY! :)

[@Speed_SMO]

+Nonsanity You're very welcome :D

[@31char1es31]

+1 subscriber, rare to see minecraft tutorials so well planned and executed. Hope to see more.

[@GasparOfficial]

probably the best AE tutorial on KZbin... thank you very much! great job!

[@Nonsanity]

Glad you liked it!

[@GasparOfficial]

Nonsanity I'm just following your video step by step, right now! :D damn... these seeds are taking way too long time to grow xD

[@aredrih6723]

About the meteor compass, it doesn't point out the meteor itself but a chunk where there are sky stone. If you place a block of sky stone in your current chunk, the compass will start spinning. If you remove completely a meteor, the compass will not point it anymore. Now, meteor tends to have their middle on chunk's wedge which place meteor inside 2 chunk wide square. Finding the middle is easier with F9, sowing the boundary of the chunk. Also, ((a not starting tip but still a ae tip)), you can insert liquid inside matter condenser. Comparing a transfer node producing cobble and a liquid node producing water, for the same amount of upgrade, the liquid node will produce "matter" faster.

[@Nonsanity]

Aredrih Good tip! I didn't know the Matter Condenser was fluid-compatible.

[@SirHorseLegs]

Simply organized tutorial! Splendid!

[@Nonsanity]

Thanks! :)

[@traister101]

Not sure why I'm watching this as I don't need to but those shortcut tips are awesome had no idea you could just hold control and the worst part of auto select is gone

[@zz-vv9rv]

Very good job with the tutorial. Hope to see more tutorials from other mods.

[@Nonsanity]

I do want to do more "Getting Started" tutorials, for the mods it makes sense for. :) I think it's good to show not only the components of the mod and how to craft them, but how and when and in what order it makes sense to do so.

[@walkingcats]

great tutorial, learn bit things i didn't know about AE

[@Nonsanity]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@SaltyVcp]

you are very quickly becoming one of my favourite minecrafters with this quality of tutorials :D

[@Zixye]

Amazing video, you just earned a sub! Looking forward to see some more of your AE2 tutorials, but unfortunately at the moment my mobile data sux and my wi-fi sux so it's a bit difficult to watch these... :( But remember to keep up the good work!

[@kevincolwell2115]

Again, an amazing tutorial. When do you think you'll do the autocrafting tutorial? Maybe some info on making an OP system?

[@Nonsanity]

***** I do need to get around to making that autocrafting tutorial I've been meaning to do. After I catch up on my Let's Plays-which have been delayed by some traveling I've been doing (hotel wifi is worthless for Minecraft server play-I'll see about getting that tutorial together. :)

[@TheMightyAtomNL]

I've learned some stuff that I didn't know about and for that, you get a sub. :)

[@Treyzania]

Is that a 60 FPS intro? What animator did you do that in?

[@Nonsanity]

Treyzania I made it in Adobe After Effects. I only rendered it out to 30 fps, since that matches the rest of the video, but it could render to 60 just as easily.

[@tylerh5115]

Very good video helped me wrap my head around it thanks!

[@Nonsanity]

+Albino-Monkey5115 Great! :)

[@Delivator]

Exactly what i was looking for! Thanks!

[@Nonsanity]

Glad it helped! :)

[@min3craftlogics]

Great and informative video!

[@Nonsanity]

+Preston Hancock Glad I could help! :)

[@papabaer6178]

Thx 4 all.

[@Lokityus]

Great video! Thanks!

[@Nonsanity]

Glad it could help! :)

[@_Uwe_]

Thank you for the great tutorial, but I have a problem to grow up the Fluix Crystal. When I put a Charched Crystal, a Netherquarz and a Redstone in Water, they will despawn after 5 min. Do you have an Idea why ? (Version 1.7.10 / appliedenergistics2-rv3-beta-6.jar / ae2stuff-rv3-0.5.1.9-mc1.7.10.jar

[@MarijnRoorda]

Very much like! I even learned something new, the painting colors thingie! Although granted, i just programmed all the different colors of cable into the autocrafting system. I also recently saw someones setup on server and thought, this looks just like that setup i saw in one of Nonsanity's video's! What was that again, to see your things copied, a compliment?

[@monohymn]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

[@Nonsanity]

Marijn R I know I saw Sl1pg8r built a design similar to mine while mentioning he had seen it in a video tutorial on AE2. He didn't mention me by name, but he did link to my video in the description. Is that the instance you saw?

[@MarijnRoorda]

Nonsanity nah, i saw it on our public server. Travelling around in vanish seeing what people are up to, and suddenly seeing a exact replica of something you showed in your video, down to the smart cable coloring even. I asked the builder where he got it from, our server forum, with a link i put up to your video :)

[@Nonsanity]

That's two! :D And thanks...

[@rogissgti]

Very helpfull and pleasant tutorial

[@TheArzonite]

Hey, I know this is an old video and you seem to have moved on from AE2 tutorials, but is there any way we could get the AE2 automation and/or the auto-crafting tutorials which are marked as future projects in the description? I've been looking around for ages, but haven't found a tutorial about automating the logic/engineering etc. processor creation progress. Trying to trial and error it out in-game didn't work out either. Thanks.

[@Nonsanity]

+TheArzonite I do owe my patrons on Patreon a mod tutorial video of their choice as of yesterday. Continuing AE2 with autocrafting and general automation might be a good one to propose. :)

[@markrohde42]

I think thats a good moment to head over to Patreon and check that out since I would love to see such tutorials ;) +1

[@jacobweber913]

Where is the best place (mining level ect.) to find Charged Certus? I have searched and searched and I have yet to find any in the wild.

[@Nonsanity]

It will show up wherever regular certus is found but at a much lower frequency. How low that is depends on your config settings. As long as you find one, you can turn it into a fluix crystal and build a Charger with it. Then you can use that to charge regular certus with AE2 power, RF, or by sticking a crank handle on top and turning it by hand.

[@tomsimonis]

Thanks. really useful.

[@MH-js3nt]

Thanks man helped a lot!

[@RecordTrance]

I was waiting and waiting throughout the entire video in hopes that you would of shown the part that comes right after creating ME Drive and Crafting Interface. Such as How to combine it properly with the Co-Processor, Crafting Storage and Crafting Unit Blocks to then start to create Blank Patterns for Pattern intergration and so on. But nope, just like all the other videos on KZbin, people tend to completely bypass that part. Ive been trying to learn AE for almost a year now, and noone seems to have a complete video of it. So I am sitting here with ME Drives, Processors Crafting Units, Crafting Terminal, ME Interface & ME controller, And Dont know how to properly set it up or combine them to create a full ME System. You have a great video, you just completely did not show us the rest of the process.

[@Nonsanity]

I plan to make another tutorial covering crafting-the next in my ongoing series of AE2 tutorial videos. It's just not out yet. :) This one was only the "getting started" phase of AE2.

[@TheCoyote1824]

Nonsanity I love your videos and ironically was doing just as RecordTrance was. Thanks for your videos and I can't wait for the next one!

[@nosoylatino5287]

RecordTrance You've been trying for a year and still "don't know how to properly set it up"? We have different definitions of trying.

[@JackMidnight]

whats the name off the mod that shows you the item name in the middle up when you looking on a block

[@Nonsanity]

That would be WAILA, short for the What Am I looking At? mod.

[@JackMidnight]

when you looking on a block it gives you a info of the block

[@willowithink]

You can make inscriber presses using the smeltery

[@Nonsanity]

+mc_gamer_16 That must be a custom smeltery recipe is certain packs. It's not available by default. I couldn't get it to work in the current pack I'm using that has both AE2 and Tinker's Construct, and both mods are fully up-to-date as of yesterday. What pack did you have that feature in?

[@TheImmortalmindz]

+Nonsanity It is used in sky block mods like Agrarian Skies etc where of course no meteors will spawn.

[@willowithink]

Probably in the config. Can you try to make a vodeo on changing the config files for ae2(

[@stubbsz]

+Nonsanity, I've just used that feature in Agrarian Skies 2. Nice Video by the way, thanks.

[@danielhoover5169]

Subbed!

[@PaLaS0]

only watched it to understand crafting and it was literally the only thing that wasn't covered

[@Nonsanity]

At the time, I meant to follow this Getting Started video with an advanced video that included crafting, but never did get around to it. If there is significant interest, that could still happen. :)

[@PaLaS0]

@@Nonsanity it's all good I was just missing a crafting storage

[@therealtatert0t]

it took me this long to finally find out what WAILA meant.

[@Nonsanity]

I guess I should have mentioned what the acronym stood for. :)

[@simonkristiansen6490]

You did! That's why he made the comment.

[@floriwenn]

There's a small chance that you'll get one dust from an ore instead of two out of the grindstone

[@Nonsanity]

Flo Zockt In all the time I've used the grindstone, I've never had it give me less than two dust per ore. Is this a new thing or possibly a config option? Because if you are correct, something has changed. :)

[@willowithink]

Could you Make a sieries of my modpack?

[@Nonsanity]

I barely have the time for one series, unfortunately. It'll just be Unabridged (and the occasional tutorial) on my channel for a while. What's your pack?

[@bashlee09]

Went searching for meteorites for about an hour...get frustrated and look up the press's. Realise i can just craft them now xD

[@Nonsanity]

That must be new! Before, you could only copy them.

[@ImprovisedSurvival]

I sure miss AE1. I understand the reason for making things more complicated or challenging, but after a hard days work I don't usually have the patience to deal with all this extra crap.

[@Nonsanity]

As other people have said, the channels feature can be disabled in the config. I like the small challenge it presents, but everyone is different. :)

[@ImprovisedSurvival]

Nonsanity I didn't know it could be disabled. If this is true then I will watch and like every one of your videos. :)

[@willowithink]

+Nonsanity you can disable channels in the config? It is really going to be helpful if so

[@ImprovisedSurvival]

mc_gamer_16 I just did it. Confirmed.

[@RomvnlyPlays]

What happened to your voice even tho I still Liked the video and I think I'm going to subscribe!

[@Nonsanity]

+Romvnly - Roblox And Minecraft And More! There's something wrong with my voice? Then or now? :)

[@RomvnlyPlays]

Nonsanity Idk

[@RomvnlyPlays]

It just sounded weird

[@kriss9940]

+1 subscriber

[@Nonsanity]

+Christopher Davidson +1 content provider

[@user-ei9vj7ym9l]

WAIT WATS THAT MOD, IF YOU LOOK EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT AN ITEM, THAT ITEM HAS AN EMC VALUE, WATS THAT MODE, I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR SOO LONG

[@user-ei9vj7ym9l]

allso, what mod is telling you stuff at the top?

[@Nonsanity]

+Happy Dorin Hmm. I don't play with that pack anymore (it was a long time ago) and I don't think it's been kept up to date. At least I haven't seen it in a while.

[@Nonsanity]

+Nonsanity That would be WAILA (What Am I Looking At) mod. With the latest versions of Minecraft, it's replacement is called One Probe mod, I think.

[@kixty9]

I don't liked this mod. I like chest rooms.

[@Nonsanity]

As the only mod installed, it doesn't offer a huge bonus over rooms full of chests, per se. However, when playing with a hundred other mods, the amount of stuff you can collect-both in item types and in quantity-makes this sort of inventory management system a virtual necessity. :)

[@brandonlucaberry1090]

You have a nice voice, but im not gay. Just saying. :)

[@Nonsanity]

I can put you on the "maybe" list then. ;) hahaha

[@AdamRasmussenAstronaut]

Thank you for putting this video together. My friend is a veteran for Applied Energistics and he's demanding a computer for our server. This video was perfect at putting together the concepts behind the mod. It was concise where it needed to be, a little more verbose in places it was applicable. This immediately made me subscribe. I'm looking forward perusing through your content. Have a great day.

[@Nonsanity]

+Adam Rasmussen I'm glad the video met your needs! You have a great day too. :)

[@VvSlaveofMetalvV]

You have the most soothing voice of any Minecraft commentator I've ever heard. Trust me that is not just flattery, I can't speak for anyone else, but it's nearly impossible for me to learn something from or even enjoy someone who cannot speak, or is constantly clearing their throat, saying 'umm' etc. TL;DR - Excellent work, you've got my sub. :D

[@Nonsanity]

As the decades pile up, many things are lost. But you've hit on one of the few things that is gained. ;)

[@cabellism]

I've looked and looked for a answer to this, I'm new to AE2 messed around a little bit in creative and such. started to play in seriously in my server world save, but the recipe for making any of the processors require pulsating chipset from assembly table not redstone. how can I fix this. I'm playing project ozone2 reloaded from curse/twitch on 1.7.10 any help would be great.

[@MrMrClaywell]

The heavy breathing that comes before and after you say something made this video pretty hard to watch for me; but with that said it's a very great tutorial with how everything was presented.

[@Nonsanity]

Yeah, it bothered me too but would have been too hard to edit out. I was still adjusting my microphone settings and position back then.

[@boopythegamer3349]

I know this was posted a while ago, but thank you for the video!

[@Nonsanity]

And here I was thinking of updating it. :)

[@alexmastang593]

One thing, in the terminals, you forgot the ME pattern terminal

[@Nonsanity]

It's been a while, but I didn't think that video covered auto crafting much at all, did it? I think I had planned to do a separate video on that, but never got around to it.

[@Jon42_Litor]

Excellent, good tutorial. even 5 years later

[@Nonsanity]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@rickfields4044]

YOUR THE BEST MAN !!! NICE WORK !!!

[@Nonsanity]

+Rick Fields I'm best man? Cool! Who's getting married? ;)

[@Daz5809]

Great tutorial.. I like your style. :)

[@Nonsanity]

+Daz5809 And I like yours! ;)

[@natrat195]

The charger can be powered by the crank like the grindstone i believe.

[@Thunderstorrmm]

yes this is true. where do you have that information from?

[@natrat195]

tbh its the only usefull thing i learned from any yogscast member

[@spudzaiah]

Great tutorial man :D

[@Nonsanity]

Thanks! I hope it helps people get the hang of this great mod. :)

[@worldofzap]

Thanks, I have been playing with AE2 in my SkyFactory world. I see where I have made mistakes waisting time and resources. Even though there are other tutorials out there you have made it so much simpler and didn't rush through beginning AE2. Big like and subscribe :)

[@Nonsanity]

+worldofzap Thanks. This isn't the post popular of my AE2 tutorial videos. But personally I always liked the flow of it. It's how I'd like to see tutorials of other mods made. :)

[@SuperDrAnders]

Hello mate, great video thanks for making it! I never really got into applied energistics and threw away the mats (oops). Now I really regret it! :D PS. Your voice is perfect for like commentary and movie introductions!

[@Nonsanity]

"In a world..." But I only sound like Don La Fontaine when I'm sick. ;)