Assorted Tech
Redstone has always been the beating heart of technical Minecraft, but vanilla only gives you so many toys to play with. Assorted Tech fills that gap with a generous pile of blocks and items built around automation, detection, and movement. If you have ever wanted a factory that reacts to mobs wandering past, a fan that shoves cows into a pen, or a laser bridge that carries you across a ravine, this mod is aimed squarely at you.
Most of the content here started life inside the older GrimPack mod, and the author has since rewritten or rebalanced nearly all of it to add extra options and cleaner behavior. The result is a focused tech add-on that plays nicely with the rest of the Assorted Mods family.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Assorted Tech is built for modern Minecraft, and the current releases target the 1.20.x era of the game. It runs on both Fabric and NeoForge, so you can slot it into whichever mod loader your pack already uses. One important note for anyone updating: versions 6.0.0 and newer require Assorted Lib, a shared library that powers several of the Assorted Mods. Forgetting that dependency is the single most common reason the game crashes on startup, so grab both files before you launch.
What Does Assorted Tech Add?
Sensors
Sensors are the standout feature. Each one scans the area it faces and emits a redstone signal the moment it spots a matching entity. Right-click with an empty hand to shrink the range, or shift-right-click to expand it. Hold a redstone torch and right-click to preview the scan area: green means the path is clear, red means blocks are in the way. There are thirteen varieties, covering everything from players and monsters to villagers, pets, item entities, and even flying mobs.
Fans, Spikes, and Gravity Blocks
Fans push or pull entities and can blow or suck air depending on their mode. Open the GUI to set the range and behavior, and remember that a redstone signal switches them off. Spikes attach to any face of a block and deal damage to anything inside their hitbox once powered, and they support every vanilla material plus the ones Assorted Core provides. Gravity blocks let you manipulate how entities fall, with directional variants and even wearable armor so you can stay unaffected while your farm does the work.
Bridges and Alarms
Laser bridges come in five flavors, some of which automatically carry the player across gaps. The Alarm Box rounds things out by playing one of fourteen sounds when it receives power, which is perfect for base alerts or dramatic trap doors.
How to Install Assorted Tech
Installation follows the usual pattern for a Fabric or NeoForge mod. First confirm your Minecraft version matches the file you intend to use, then drop Assorted Tech and Assorted Lib into your mods folder. Launch the game once to generate the config files, and you are done. If you would rather skip the manual file juggling, the foxygame.net launcher bundles Assorted Tech inside its add-on catalog, so you can tick a box and let the client handle the download and version matching for you.
- Check that your loader is Fabric or NeoForge and matches the mod build.
- Download Assorted Tech alongside Assorted Lib for versions 6.0.0 and above.
- Place both JAR files in the mods directory.
- Start the game and adjust fan speed, particle effects, and ranges in the config.
When you are ready to expand your setup, download Assorted Tech for Minecraft and pair it with the rest of the Assorted Mods collection. Full documentation lives at the official Assorted Mods site, which covers every block, tag, and config option in detail.
Final Thoughts
Assorted Tech is not trying to reinvent redstone from scratch. Instead, it hands you a toolbox of practical devices that solve real problems: detecting specific mobs, moving entities without water streams, and building bridges that feel genuinely futuristic. Whether you are a redstone engineer chasing compact circuits or a builder who just wants a working alarm system, this add-on earns its place in your mod list.
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