Tutorial: Smallest Ever Self-Sufficient Lvl 9 Steam Engine - Minecraft Create Mod

[@seer0238]

I just learned that you can change the speed controller by increments of 1 by holding shift while scrolling. You can go as low as 180rpm if you want to save a few SU ;)

[@Cyberlong]

Why do we need the high rpm?

[@delgokurtaine9793]

@@Cyberlong To ensure that it pumps water fast enough to keep it at lvl 9

[@Cyberlong]

@@delgokurtaine9793 oh ok

[@yannwagnertieffenbach8751]

@@delgokurtaine9793 does that mean that we can go as high as 256 rpm or is it not recommended ?

[@delgokurtaine9793]

@@yannwagnertieffenbach8751 It doesn't change anything if you go that high, since the heat and size will stay the same, it'd just use up more stress to go higher than needed

[@travispluid3603]

I really love that the design is crank-started. Like an old-fashioned car.

[@hommyguy]

Not only is this a great tutorial, but the adding items as the bar fills up and using survival movement instead of creative have made this quite literally the best tutorial video I have ever watched.

[@yodathethird]

If you’re having trouble getting the lava to get pumped Use a wrench to make the steam engines go counter clockwise and the arrow for the mechanical pump should now face the right way This worked for me

[@monkeyboard_9325]

bro idk how to thank you

[@Dalticier]

I was having trouble getting the Valve to allow lava to pass through, and your tip worked. Thank you.

[@JaeBerdz]

I fixed it! Thank you!

[@nonuggetsforu7168]

bro thank you

[@monoknight9182]

just wrench the pumps to switch direction, there's like 9 steam engines and there's only 3 pumps. Edit: I now see the problem, originally made the steam engine on create 5.1 and it worked just fine, but on 5.0 the default movement of the steam engine doesn't unlock the valve which stops the lava from passing through

[@ring9089]

This is it brother. I've been looking and I found the perfect one for my world. It's compact, hand cranked , and looks cool. Love it man!

[@ring9089]

Also the minecraft music at the end was a nice touch.

[@seer0238]

Appreciate it!

[@mrShift_0044]

yeah it's perfect as small base support or axillary factory starter boiler, to provide initial tourqe to start up large, non hand crankable boiler setups!

[@quantumpuddles7591]

Did you build it?

[@ring9089]

@@quantumpuddles7591 I sure did, it works like a charm!

[@zavitak]

Your building skills are amezing, I was actually focused whatching the video and felt sad when it ended. The actual build is also awesome, it's so damn compact.

[@esco8778]

Incredibly well done video. Got straight to the point and had an easy to follow tutorial. All with 38 subs, hugely underrated!

[@seer0238]

Thank you!

[@brucekikkert3377]

​@Singularity he's going up quickly but not quick enough

[@mayapapaya4952]

@Singularity 221 now

[@charlievu5641]

1 year later and its still a working design. I LOVE HOW U DO TUTORIALS IN SURVIVAL AND SHOW WHAT ITEMS UR USING TYSM

[@muradgumbatov243]

can you help? when i load schematic some things broke like wheels or pump and when i place it back its imminently broke

[@charlievu5641]

@@muradgumbatov243 use the wrench, the direction you look while you place is important too.

[@muradgumbatov243]

@@charlievu5641 thanks but I already did other engine which is bigger

[@yHatsu0]

You can help me? I builded the machine but water is don't entreryng

[@charlievu5641]

@ make sure your pumps are placed properly and the water blocks are infinite

[@Mistic_Breeze]

For anyone still having trouble with this. My problems - 1. Fluid Valve was rotating closed. The rotation is needed to go through the pipeline which is why the valve block is needed. So instead of having 2 gearboxes connecting to it, just make them both chaindrives so the rotation doesnt change direction 2. When the hopper is filled with lava buckets it locks the hopper from dropping the filled buckets onto the depot for the arm to grab them and feed them to the blaze. Just make sure the hopper doesnt get filled. Have a TOTAL of 5 buckets in the machine, making it 4 in the hopper and 1 on the depot so the hopper never gets locked. Your engine may go down to level 4 during the refilling but after the first refill the timing should balance itself out to where they get refilled always on time so your engine doesnt lose levels

[@cat0che_777]

tysm dude for that one

[@Khrayfish]

We have 16 buckets in the system and it seems to be working fine. In fact, all 16 are now lava buckets waiting to be added to the blazes.

[@Pixmania59]

Thanks your the best

[@Walker__91]

So, the fluid valve rotation has a slight issue, where the direction of placement does matter.

[@itzreeboi6399]

For the fluid valve rotating closed, I just changed the rotation direction of all my steam engines and it opened then

[@Tom-hx5kh]

putting the super cool contraption aside, the video is super well made too!

[@seer0238]

Thanks that means a lot!

[@mayapapaya4952]

Hecc yeah it is! Earned my sub just for more content like this.

[@Inmortuae2233]

This still holds up, even compared to newer designs. In fact, your design is much better and more compact than many of the other ones I’ve seen. Good job!

[@Satepin]

I am impressed by the application of a valve as a shaft

[@mrShift_0044]

yeah, it's actually somewhat realistic

[@scottielee7655]

You just got another sub here. This is perfect, small footprint, high output and self sufficient. Love it! We need more videos from you like this please.

[@-synvex-9472]

Great video, fast, explains things very well and plainly, a lot of great pause frames. An all around great tutorial.

[@Joeamy1978_Gameing]

If anyone else is having a problem with the valve, replace it with a pipe, move the pump to the pipe near the bottom half of the item vault and place a cog on the bottom of the gear box. Also, you might need to change the pulse Extender to 5 seconds, mine wouldn't turn off on 3 seconds. Either way, kudos to the Creator for the amazing machine. Now, I can be stress free about generating stress.

[@perseus4394]

For anyone who is having trouble making the fluid valve turn, The fix is to set all of the steam engines to counter clockwise. Yes, you have to do this with each one.

[@NotPhoenic]

Thanks

[@mr_swavez]

you saved us

[@Justinprow]

THANKS MAN!

[@isaachenrikson3197]

If you hold control/sneak before you let go right click you can change all of them at once

[@beezaluv]

THANK YOU SO MUCH IVE BEEN CONFUSED FOR AN HOUR

[@elliottdresser9734]

This thing is insane, and seriously impressive you got it into this small of a space. Hope to see more from you mate

[@TheLaziestOfNerds]

92 SUBSCRIBERS? nah nah nah I expected like 10k, this is high quality and underrated, I'm ranking it up to 93 subscribers, can't wait to see you at a million

[@prismicle5572]

if u used the schematic and ur having trouble try looking for these problems: mechanical pipe connected to hand crank is the wrong way fluid valve is disabled due to the gearshift next to it mechanical pipe next to fluid valve is wrong way these are the only problems i had and it worked once i fixed them 👍

[@foroxian]

Ty once I place the schematic I’ll try this! 😊

[@luker2693]

Beautiful design! One thing: if you mess up on building this thing the first time (like I did), you may notice that the pipes beneath the cauldrons start forming cobblestone, possibly an effect of system backup or something. The key to making this work is to alter the order in which you select the mechanical arm's inputs and outputs. First, select the bottom depot, then select the burners, then finally select the brass funnel chest intake. I think this video was made before the mechanical arm received all of its different modes.

[@mfnminerdz]

or it could be that your water and lava pipes are connected somehow. that's something that happens when water and lava mix in pipes.

[@grendelbiter303]

I had the same problem, one of the pipes was forming cobblestone. I don't think it has anything to do with the order of the mechanical arm. I noticed one of my cauldrons had a bit of water in it, possibly because I was building it when it was snowing. Replacing the cauldron didn't help, only when I also replaced the pipes it started working. Probably some water left over in them.

[@weenierotini]

algorithm coming in clutch on this one! great design and remarkably clear tutorial, love it

[@seer0238]

Indeed I'm amazed how many views I got, thanks for your support!

[@RACERBOY1337]

I'm really glad you included a schematic for easy implementation

[@aziionxtiger1214]

man thx so much. Insanly easy to rebuild in your own world and it workes SO WELL. only thing i had to change was the fluid-valve because it just would not open what ever i would do

[@ZxyGaming-et7mk]

Loved the vid. This was really easy to follow along with and it helped me a lot. It did take me a minute to figure out how to use the filter function on the brass funnel tho.

[@seer0238]

Glad it helped!

[@Game_Blox9999]

Brass funnels and smart chutes can be kinda difficult to figure out, but once you get the hang of it, it basically becomes second nature.

[@Khrayfish]

Great engine, working well in Steampunk [LPS] v23.5. Great video as well, super easy to follow with some great pause frames to make sure you have everything you need for the next step. Doing it in survival with the scaffolding was a nice touch too, made it all that much easier to follow.

[@Railfan105.]

As someone who has just downloaded the Create mod yesterday, i hope to reach a level where i can design stuff like this on my own. Very nice build. Also, very nice choice of music int eh beginning. Excuse is a very underrated track.

[@frankkky7375]

yea its very rewarding when u can. its also quite simple building farms for anything as alot of recipes are added bc of create.

[@greybeardmc]

Nicely done. Mad props for doing it in Survival.

[@seer0238]

Thanks!

[@Deosil25]

Great Video, Easy to follow along and you got a neck for the Tutorial Videos. Nice ASMR vibes.

[@seer0238]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Theo_1390]

Absolute W design, it's very compact. I wished I had seen this video before I made my version of steam engine

[@brumbeloy]

Great tutorial! Easy to follow yet satisfying to watch! Also great design, thanks a lot!

[@Saif6301]

For those having problems with the Lava flow not changing to green if you just setup a few gear boxes/shafts going from the bottom one around to the top one to change the direction and make it so the first one is not interacting with the last one in the chain it will open up. If your buckets are not being picked up use your wrench to swap the direction of one of the brass funnels i forget what one but one of them worked for me.

[@iitztoasty2112]

it all does work you just gotta make sure everythings in the right place, also make the mechanical pump at the front is facing away from the front, just flip it and try, thats what i did and now its working

[@Doomscooter]

Thank you so much for this! I'm very vanilla and not used to indepth mods like this, so this is literally a godsend for me as I had no idea how to even begin.

[@Hree]

For anyone having water level issues. It seems with Create 0.5.1, the mechanical pump in 1:43 is facing in the wrong direction when first placed. You have to make sure the arrow is facing the water tank for it to suck water. I had it on reverse when I first cranked and was wondering why the water tank is not filling up lol turns out the other pump is spitting out water.

[@Hree]

If lava is not going up the fluid valve, it means the rotation is wrong. I know because I built another one of these and the new one had its rotation reversed when I connected it to the wrong shaft. I fixed it by connecting the steam engines to one of a shaft that is rotating the right direction.

[@Whistler_Ren]

Thank you!! I was wondering why nothing was happening haha.

[@cal7214]

The arrow has to be facing away from the water. If you test with a normal mechanical pump going into a fluid tank, it will only pull water in the direction of the arrow.

[@nathenchurney5015]

Be sure to route the copper fluid pipes underneath the cauldrons exact as the author does in the video. If not this may cause couple cobblestones to replace the copper piping. As for the lava not flowing past the valve, I just completely removed the valve and worked around using some cogs, gearboxes and chain drives. The dimensions of the whole engine will be off but I managed to get it all working with those two road blocks stated above.

Do you know why pipes turn into cobblestone? I did exactly as in the video, but when I turn on the machine, the middle pipes turn into cobblestone

[@Mini_vard]

i have the same problem

[@0201Cosmic]

Hey man if you continued making videos I think you'd do rly well, this is exactly how I want my mc tutorials shown

[@Spilyah]

I really love that design and it works perfectly fine, thank you !!

[@silver_toad]

Amazing design and tutorial, have been an absolute lifesaver in my survival world!

[@colem6256]

As of December 1st 2024 this works with a slight modification to the rotation direction going into the liquid valve as well as making sure the pumps are facing the right directions.

[@flemingoes]

what kind of modification did you have to do. the lava in my steam engine hasn't gone through the valve

[@colem6256]

@@flemingoes I think he just has one or both of them facing backwards according to what he showed in the video. I would just switch both orientations he showed and if that doesnt work try them one by one

[@Onyx707]

Great tutorial and S-tier steam engine build, keep up the good work

[@goonmaster_7]

I respect videos on create mod builds which include schematic, makes life so much easier

[@Loaderdani]

Awesome video. All the best of luck on KZbin, you’re totally underrated!

[@RW-121]

cool design, thanks for uploading

[@seer0238]

Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!

[@Ravioli1586]

Great Video! This is definitely what me and my friend are going to build! Good Job!

[@seer0238]

Thank you so much!

[@pyrrus2948]

For those having trouble getting the fluid valve to work, the best solution seems to be replacing the two vertical gearboxes connected to the valve with encased chain drives. No need to change all the steam engines counter-clockwise with that.

[@thatbeatboxguy103]

You are a savior, thank you so much

[@J70istooshort]

This is really cool! Thanks for providing the schematic too

[@generalhux1818]

for anyone else having trouble with the fluid valve not opening: it MATTERS which corner you start the build on. if you've already got it reversed, you can fix it by changing the direction of the pistons and setting the rotational speed controller to a negative equivalent value. *think I have this worded correctly... I'm better with machines, lol*

[@ShugarMeat]

or set steam engines to counter clockwise

[@phlopatbc2669]

easily understood and followed. Great tutorial!

[@tinyassasin326]

Yo I just wanna say you are the fuckin goat for putting this out. I got a lil into Stoneblock 3 fairy recently because of someone, and now that I'm doing a solo run I've been struggling a little. I know jack shit about how create works, let alone steam engines. The ME Terminal system of Applied Energistics 2 is my expertise for the most part, but without power I can't begin to mess with that. This may not be a tutorial for steam engines, but it's helped far more than a tutorial could since it works like a charm. Thank you big time

[@Murukka]

Thanks! Not only the steam engine is cool and efficient but i also learned more about the mod, i didnt know how mechanical arm works and that you could rotate gearboxes up (i was using large cogwheels and that was wery bulky)

[@resiluck]

You have earned my subscription. Well done boss.

[@MrZiplocxions]

Love the design and great tutorial.

[@PrietoPitudo]

THIS IS PRETTY AMAZING THANK YOU

[@soranzo2436]

thank you so much, your setup is beautiful, compact and funcional, i will use it in my world to generate all of my SU.

[@samueldavies646]

really good and straightforward tutorial :)

[@lozzo11omg111]

Great tutorial! I dont even play Create and i could build this in my sleep now

[@Jack-ly9nn]

The best of all video that've found

[@Giga-Chigga]

Great, it still works! Just had to remove the fluid valve, since it kept being close.

[@charliemorgan5704]

excellent, works great and easy to follow, gained a sub

[@waffles494]

I was having a hard time getting the lava buckets to fill. Make sure your funnels are going the right direction

[@ryanpiccolo2637]

you're truly a lifesaver

[@XiaoMingXing]

Man, brings me back to compact claustrophobia. Great mod pack.

[@DIVERSERNAME]

WOW! This is really impressive.

[@Jackk225]

…I had no idea you could waterlog pipes, that’s so helpful

[@HibzYT]

So cool, love it !

[@lilstubbs9553]

My friend made something like this but on a larger scale. He basically had like 3 of those tanks side-by-side and had dripstone undearneath all of them with water above. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the smartest person, this video is my may of attempting to understand how all of this works. Thank you for the video, I hope this helps me advance further into Create. 🙂👍

[@carlosbarreto8295]

Just found this vid and its great. Sending all my friends to check this out. You got a new sub with me. Keep up the good work.

[@Lucky7d4]

This design is so professional and the tutorial is so easy to follow!!! I love it! I was really surprised when I saw your subscriber count. You deserve more viewers

[@FlaminPigz7]

I was watching and just kept thinking “but how is it self sustaining? Why all the cauldrons” but then you hit us with the stalactite lava generator, amazing bro

[@averageotter5621]

Some builders tips for this. The order of placement matters .It is possible to do with a schematic but you may have to redo the water pipes connections as the schematic cannon does not place the connections of the pipes properly. I had to mess around with the CCW and CW engine directions as well as the pumps. Engineers Goggles are a must for debugging. Once it is running at full speed, I have had 0 random stoppages.

[@Developed_Cat]

for the people who struggle to make the fluid valve open, make sure the hand crank rotate the opposite direction

[@jasonmundy5598]

how do you make it rotate the opposite direction the valve wont open im getting pissed

[@Mirvra]

@@jasonmundy5598 You sneak while right clicking...

[@dankluck8077]

absolutely amazing work thank you

[@Gurman8r]

This is fantastic. Thank you. 👍

[@Triobian]

You know, I was actually planning to attempt my own "smallest possible Engine", but I don't think I can top this XD Damn you seer, beat me to it hahah

[@emersonlucio712]

Nice, this a super useful project.

[@DenisYukhnovets]

Still works in 2025! Very cool design man

[@JohnSmith-qm5xu]

I’m still using the behemoth 12x17x…, gonna upgrade to this petite beauty!! Thanks!

[@Terrabey24]

Not bad steam engine design even with the start stop option

[@seer0238]

Thanks!

[@itachii267]

Thank you and great tutorial!

[@nxmbskxllery]

if you want to save a slight bit of cost for each machine replace the encased chain drives with shafts + andesite casing

[@TheNewSkai]

I had to reverse the direction of the steam engine pumps to get it working for some reason. The gearboxes that spin the valve spin opposite of how it spins in the video, causing the valve to close. After doing that, however, it works perfectly.

[@im_a_fury_lol]

thanks! ironically, I used this steam engine to power a GIANT steam engine.

[@wendigothedead6416]

Probably should pin this message so others who come here with similar issues, can see it withouthaving to go down rows of comments. - If the pump isn't working, reverse the Steam Engine rotation counter-clockwise. All 9 need to go in the same direction. (Others have suggested it first below in the comments. Thank you!) - If the mechanical arm isn't working, check if the associated blocks are linked. (You can check this by holding a wrench and looking at the arm.) If the blocks aren't highlighted yellow and blue respectively, then something went wrong and the blocks have been reset. Meaning, break the boiler blocks themselves to get access to the blaze burners and re-link all blocks according to the tutorial. Huge thanks to Seer0 for making this tutorial! I hope you all have a fantastic day.

[@JoshLefelhocz]

Yeah, I have the mechanical arm set correctly, but it pulls the empty bucket before it can be filled by the spout. Is there a way to force it to only take the lava buckets?

[@cpt_nate0327]

im having an issue, the hopper under the vault that spits the buckets on to the depot only spits a bucket out when I update the hopper, thus causing an eventual failure due to lack of fuel, any idea why this is happening?

[@dangte6625]

Thank you for such compact and efficient design. Btw, where does the output power comes off? Is it on the gear upside the speed controller? I'm relatively new to Create mods. Currently using that as the output, wonder if i do it wrong

[@monoknight9182]

As long as it works

[@animeislife3]

Works like a charm!

[@W4P121]

5:39 the lava can't be placed next to the fluid pipe AND the glass block as it can corrupt your chunk, it did corrupt my base on the server i'm playing. please be careful and save your world before doing so

[@faked8586]

Great design! What if we wanted to expand it? Also please make a schematic!

[@seer0238]

Thank you! This design was meant more as a challenge rather than being expandable, however it is small enough that you could fit many in one area. Or you can even place these attached to each other with few to no modifications and have one steam engine power the rest. I will add a link in the description to the schematic shortly :)

[@just_mikeyiguess]

6:48 How do i rotate the mechanical pump so that the graw arrow would point into the machine as in the video? Always when i try to rotate it, the arrow is facing the other way and it doesn't work.

[@gerardsolergarcia153]

Happens the same to me

[@frankfernandez2831]

OMG this wooorks, you saved my life 🥰

[@TeddyBearsGames]

Same as a lot of people here, everything works except water doesnt refill. tanks are full except water edit: all pumps are in the right direction Another update: found somewhat fix, breaking the valves then replace works beats rebuilding whole thing

[@hunterofdestiny7339]

But where do we hook up to take the power from the engine at

[@seer0238]

You can take power from pretty much anywhere on it. Personally I like the side with the speed controller near the stress o meter

[@bartenderhd]

I'm not gonna lie, I have no idea what a steam engine is used for in this mod. I saw the thumbnail for this video, wanted to get into Create (I loved the mechanics I saw from others), and spent about 2 hours getting everything together to build it. This is amazing, you've got some awesome build skills!

[@oweeyformallyknownasokok4752]

Power. It allows you to make other contraptions run with ease. Better than a water wheel.

[@CathodeRayKobold]

I have a pretty big issue with this design. Lava cauldrons are part of the random tick system, which only runs within 8 chunks of the player--but the engine continues consuming fuel from anywhere within render distance. Every time I leave my base for more than a few minutes, the entire thing loses power.

[@AidenRohloff]

ik this is an old video but i just built this and everything goes smooth until the mechanical pump at the top when the lava is flowing through it just stops at the pump and i have the little arrow pointing to the left as shown in the video???

[@them3otherguys]

An excellent tutorial, once I made a minor adjustment. I don't know if it's due to a mod update or the pack that I'm using, but the fluid valve shortcut to the mechanical pump wasn't working. Once I rerouted the gear from underneath the pump to above it, whole thing works a treat. Cheers.

[@ItsMrFive]

theres an annoying fix to the fluid valve problem. you just gotta flip the rotation of all the steam engines

[@duurok8304]

Love it! Thanks!

[@butters271]

I cant seem to get it to go past the fluid valve i have everything roatiting the right way i cant get the arrows to flip from the red to the green

[@mayapapaya4952]

Alright second comment I am gonna be making on this video. @Seer0 this video has begun being recommended to people on their home page. If you ever intend to do stuff with KZbin, NOW is the time to start cranking out some content my dood! Your videos are great. Looking forward to seeing more from you in my recommendations.

[@NimródKovács-k3q]

Idk why, but the Mechanical Arm can't seclect the Brass Funnel as output. It just gets placed. It's so annoying

[@thatdragond6452]

You o could be using an older version?

[@JoshLefelhocz]

To all those who've had issues with having to switch the engines to counter-clockwise to get em working, I found a trick to solve it. If the side with the shafts is facing south, the engines can just be placed and work fine. North means counter-clockwise. Need to check east and west but might both be the same as north.