Create: Connected

Overview

Create: Connected is a quality-of-life add-on for the Create mod that adds the kinetic components, clutches, and building blocks that many players feel should have been in Create from the start. The mod focuses on three major areas: kinetic control (clutches, brakes, and gearboxes for managing rotation networks), fan processing (reusable catalyst blocks that replace fire, water, and soul fire), and copycat blocks (new decorative shapes that mimic any block's appearance). It also adds several enhancements to existing Create features, including new Sequenced Gearshift instructions and additional Attribute Filter options.

Every feature in Create: Connected can be individually toggled on or off in the mod's config file, making it ideal for modpack creators who want fine-grained control. You can browse all items and recipes this mod adds using the tabs at the top of this page.

Prerequisites

Create: Connected requires the Create mod (version 6.0 or later for the latest releases). You should already be comfortable with Create's basics: Shafts, Cogwheels, Gearboxes, Mechanical Bearings, and the stress/capacity system. Most recipes in this mod use Create components like Andesite Casing, Shafts, Electron Tubes, and Brass Ingots, so you'll want a functioning Create setup with at least Andesite-tier and ideally Brass-tier infrastructure before diving in.

Clutches and Safety Mechanisms

Create: Connected adds five new clutch-type blocks that give you far more control over when and how rotation is transmitted through your networks. These are the heart of the mod and address one of Create's biggest pain points: protecting your machines from overstress, unwanted rotation, and runaway systems.

Inverted Clutch

The Inverted Clutch works exactly opposite to Create's standard Clutch. It transmits rotation when it receives a Redstone signal and disconnects when unpowered. This is useful for machines you want to be off by default and only activate on demand. Crafting is a simple shapeless conversion from a regular Clutch, and you can convert back just as easily.

Centrifugal Clutch

The Centrifugal Clutch disconnects the output side when the input speed reaches a configurable threshold. The default threshold is 64 RPM, and it can be set anywhere from 0 to 256 RPM using the scroll wheel. This is perfect for speed-sensitive machines where exceeding a certain RPM would waste resources or cause problems. It's crafted from an Andesite Casing, a Shaft, an Iron Sheet, and a Speedometer.

Freewheel Clutch

The Freewheel Clutch only transmits rotation in one direction (clockwise or counterclockwise, configurable via scroll wheel). If the input rotation is in the wrong direction, the output disconnects. This is ideal for windmill-powered systems where wind direction might change, or any setup where you only want rotation flowing one way. Recipe: Andesite Casing, Shaft, Iron Sheet, and a Cogwheel.

Overstress Clutch

This is arguably the most important safety device in the mod. The Overstress Clutch monitors the stress on its network and automatically uncouples when overstress is detected. You can set a delay (from 1 tick to 72,000 ticks, which is 60 minutes) before it actually disconnects, giving temporary overstress time to resolve. Once tripped, use a Wrench on it to reset and recouple the network. The delay timer supports ticks, seconds, and minutes via the value settings board.

Shear Pin

The Shear Pin looks like a thin Shaft and acts as a mechanical fuse. When the network becomes overstressed, the Shear Pin physically breaks (is destroyed), disconnecting the network. Unlike the Overstress Clutch, it's a one-time-use component. You'll need to place a new one after each break. It's crafted by cutting a Shaft on a Mechanical Saw, making it very cheap to produce in bulk. Use these for expendable safety points in large networks.

Brake

The Brake is a Redstone-controlled block that, when powered, applies a massive 16,384 SU of stress impact to the network. This is enough to instantly stall virtually any kinetic network, stopping all rotation. When unpowered, it has zero stress impact and rotation passes through freely. It's crafted from an Andesite Casing, a Shaft, a Terracotta block, and a Wool block. Use it as an emergency stop or a controlled way to halt specific machine groups.

Gearboxes

Create's standard Gearbox splits rotation onto four perpendicular faces but reverses the direction on alternating sides. Create: Connected adds three new gearbox variants that provide much more flexibility for complex kinetic networks.

Parallel Gearbox

The Parallel Gearbox outputs the same speed on all four perpendicular faces, reversing direction only when the output face has the opposite axis direction from the source. In practice, faces on the same side of the input maintain the original direction, while faces on the opposite side are reversed. This makes it much simpler to distribute power evenly compared to juggling direction reversals with standard Gearboxes. Crafted shapeless from a Gearbox and a Large Cogwheel. It also has a vertical variant for different orientations.

6-Way Gearbox

The 6-Way Gearbox outputs rotation on all six faces, including the two faces along the primary axis. When rotation crosses between the primary axis and a perpendicular face, it applies a speed conversion: 0.5x going from perpendicular to axial, and 2x going from axial to perpendicular. This makes it function as a compact speed controller in addition to a power distributor. It can be crafted three ways: from Cogwheels, Large Cogwheels, and Andesite Casing in a shaped recipe; from a Gearbox plus two Large Cogwheels; or from a Parallel Gearbox plus one Large Cogwheel.

Brass Gearbox

The Brass Gearbox is the most advanced gearbox variant. It has four output faces (perpendicular to the axis), and each face's direction can be individually flipped by right-clicking it. This gives you per-face control over rotation direction without needing separate Gearshifts. It uses Brass Casing visuals and is crafted from a Rotation Speed Controller surrounded by four Cogwheels. This is the ideal choice for compact builds where you need different rotation directions on different sides.

Encased Chain Cogwheel

This block combines the functionality of an Encased Chain Drive with a Cogwheel. It connects to Chain Drives like normal but can also mesh with Cogwheels, bridging the gap between chain-driven and gear-driven sections of your network. Crafted shapeless from an Encased Chain Drive and a Cogwheel.

Fan Catalysts

Fan Catalysts are one of the most impactful additions in Create: Connected. Normally, Create's Encased Fan processing requires placing actual blocks of Lava, Water, or Soul Fire in front of the fan. This can be messy, dangerous (Lava near your machines), and takes up space. Fan Catalysts are compact, tagged blocks that serve the same function.

The system starts with the Empty Fan Catalyst, crafted from Brass Ingots and Iron Bars. From there, you apply the appropriate material to create one of four catalyst types:

Catalyst Types

The Fan Blasting Catalyst replaces Lava and is created by applying a Lava Bucket to an Empty Fan Catalyst (via Item Application or Spout Filling with 1000mB of Lava). The Fan Washing Catalyst replaces Water and is created with a Water Bucket or 1000mB of Water. The Fan Smoking Catalyst replaces fire and is created with Netherrack. The Fan Haunting Catalyst replaces Soul Fire and is created with Soul Sand.

Catalysts are transparent to fan airflow (tagged as FAN_TRANSPARENT), so you place them directly in the fan's path just like you would place Lava or Water. You can also revert any filled catalyst back to an Empty Fan Catalyst through a shapeless recipe, so your materials are never wasted.

Copycat Blocks

Create's Copycat system lets you disguise structural blocks as any other block's appearance. Create: Connected extends this with four new Copycat shapes that fill the most commonly requested gaps. All of them are crafted via the Stonecutter using Zinc Ingots, following the same pattern as Create's built-in Copycat Panel and Copycat Step.

Copycat Slab

A half-block that works like a vanilla Slab but takes on the appearance of any applied block. It supports all three axes (not just vertical) and can be placed as top, bottom, or double slabs. Two Copycat Panels stacked vertically, two Copycat Steps side by side, or two Copycat Beams side by side all produce a Copycat Slab. From the Stonecutter, one Zinc Ingot yields 2 Copycat Slabs.

Copycat Block

A full-size Copycat that takes on the complete appearance of any applied block, connecting textures seamlessly with adjacent Copycat Blocks using the same material. Two Copycat Slabs stacked produce a Copycat Block. One Zinc Ingot at the Stonecutter yields 1 Copycat Block.

Copycat Beam

An 8-pixel wide column that can be oriented along any axis. Beams connect textures with other beams along the same axis. Use them for pillars, supports, and structural framing. One Zinc Ingot at the Stonecutter yields 4 Copycat Beams, and two beams side by side can be crafted into a Copycat Slab.

Copycat Vertical Step

The vertical counterpart to Create's Copycat Step. Where the standard Step covers one quarter of a block horizontally, the Vertical Step covers a quarter-block aligned vertically. It's interconvertible with the regular Copycat Step via a shapeless recipe. One Zinc Ingot yields 4 Copycat Vertical Steps from the Stonecutter. Useful for corner details, trim work, and edge finishing.

Create Enhancements

Beyond new blocks, Create: Connected makes several quality-of-life improvements to existing Create features.

Enhanced Sequenced Gearshift

The Sequenced Gearshift gains two new instruction types. Turn Await waits indefinitely for a Redstone signal before continuing the sequence, acting as a pause point. Turn Time runs rotation for a specified duration (up to 600 ticks / 30 seconds, in steps of 10 ticks) at a configurable speed. This lets you create time-based sequences rather than distance-based ones, which is invaluable for precise automation timing.

Enhanced Attribute Filter

Create's Attribute Filter gets three new filter attributes. Item ID Contains lets you filter items based on keywords in their registry name (e.g., filtering for all items containing "iron" in their ID). Stack Size filters by the item's maximum stack size, useful for separating tools (stack size 1) from materials (stack size 64). Max Durability filters by an item's maximum durability value, letting you sort items by their tier or material quality.

Inverted Gearshift

As mentioned earlier, the Inverted Gearshift reverses rotation direction when unpowered and passes rotation normally when powered. This is functionally the opposite of the standard Gearshift, which reverses on Redstone. The inversion applies at a speed modifier of -1.0 when no Redstone signal is present.

Configuration

Create: Connected is one of the most configurable add-ons available. Every single feature (each block, each enhancement) has an individual toggle in the common config file. If you find a particular block overpowered, unnecessary, or conflicting with another mod, simply set its toggle to false and it will be completely disabled, including its recipes and creative tab visibility. The config is synced from server to client, so players on a server automatically receive the server's feature toggle settings.

The config file is located at config/create_connected-common.toml and all toggles are under the [common.features] section. Each entry uses the block's registry name (e.g., brake = true, copycat_slab = true). This makes it straightforward for modpack creators to curate exactly which features are available.