RFTools Dimensional Shards
Some items and machines in RFTools require Dimensional Shards. This is a special material that you can only find in RFTools dimensions (below level 40). The best way to get this is to make a random dimension, hope there is some stone there (or else make a 'Flat Terrain' dimlet and be sure of a flat world) and go mine some with a fortune pickaxe. Or you can just melt the ore if you picked it up using silk touch.
Dimensional Shards have several uses:
- First you require dimensional shards to create the dimlet template item. And this item in turn is required to craft some of the basic dimlets.
- You also need some shards to craft the 'Machine Infuser' (more on that later).
- You also need some shards to craft the 'Activity Probe' (more on that later).
- There are some cosmetic blocks you can make using these shards.
- And finally you can 'infuse' almost all RFTools machines with these shards.
This last usage is pretty interesting. RFTools has the 'Machine Infuser' which is crafted as follows:
With this machines you can 'insert' dimensional shards into almost all other RFTools machines. Just pick up any RFTools machine with a wrench and put it in the machine. You can infuse up to 256 shards into a single machine. What does this do? Basically infused machines work more efficiently or faster. The benefits vary depending on the machine but in almost all cases it will need a lot less power to operate and in some cases speed will go up a lot. One particular case is the Dimension Builder. A fully infused Dimension Builder will create dimensions a lot faster. But also the shield block, auto crafter, and so on will benefit from this.
It is also very useful to infuse your Matter Transmitter and Matter Receiver blocks as that way they will work faster and use a lot less energy (making them safer to use).