Automation

Vanilla Minecraft is mostly hand-crafted — pickaxes, swords, hopper sorters. The automation layer adds powered tools and machines for players who want to specialize in engineering.

It's an opt-in system. You don't have to touch it. But if you've ever thought "I wish I could mine a 3×3×5 area in one swing" or "I wish I could run a power network through pipes," automation is for you.

What this section covers

• Hammers — multi-block mining tools, tier-scaled
• Machines — pulverizers, smelters, alloy mixers, generators
• Logistics — pipes, sorters, filters, item routing
• Jetpacks — fueled flight tools, tier-scaled
• Upgrades — item upgrades to push tool stats further

The vibe

Automation on Sunday Market is vanilla-feeling power tools, not tech-mod-style fully-automated factories. You'll build:

• Bigger hammers that mine multi-block areas
• Machines that compress raw ore into ingots
• Pipes that route items between machines
• Jetpacks that let you fly with fuel
• Upgrade items that push tool durability or speed further

It's closer to "vanilla with hammers" than "Minecraft as Factorio." The complexity scales with your interest — beginner builders use hammers and call it done; advanced builders run multi-machine processing chains.

Why this layer exists

Automation rewards a different kind of player. Some people love brewing and shopkeeping; some love big builds; some love tinkering with systems. The automation layer gives the tinkerers a real toolkit — not just hopper-and-piston contraptions, but actual machines and tiered tools.

It also reduces a particular vanilla papercut: massive mining or compressing operations. If you want a 5,000-block stone supply for a big build, the choice without automation is "spend 4 hours strip-mining" or "give up." With hammers and pipes, the same 5,000 blocks is an hour of focused work.

Tradeoffs

• More to learn — automation has its own commands, recipes, and concepts
• Resource cost — building machines costs significant materials, often including rare ores
• Power requirements — most machines need a power source, which means generators and pipes
• Not for everyone — if you came for survival simplicity, automation may feel like over-engineering

If you're not sure, start with Hammers — it's the lightest entry point and the biggest immediate quality-of-life win.

How automation interacts with the rest of the game

• Mining: Hammers + Smelting Touch enchant + Telekinesis = ridiculous mining throughput
• Crafting: Auto-crafters (machine variant + Logistics) automate compression chains (ore → ingot → block)
• Travel: Jetpacks complement elytra for places elytra can't go (caves, indoor, low-ceiling)
• Storage: Logistics pipes route items between machines and your linked chest network
• Economy: A high-throughput automation operation produces sellable bulk goods; pairs well with chest shops

See also

• Hammers — start here
• Tools enchantments — Vein Miner, Smelting Touch, Telekinesis pair with automation
• Linked chests — manual sorting layer that complements pipe logistics