Getting Started - MigaMiDev/Just-Enough-Guns GitHub Wiki
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This guide will help you start your journey through your new adventure! It will cover basic recipes, new combat mechanics and tips to keep in mind.
First steps!
At any point during early-game, you might want to start your Gunsmithing journey. Every great empire begins with scrap!
Scrap 101
Scrap is one of the most valuable resources inside of JEG, it is used to craft almost every item in the mod. Scrap Ore spawns very commonly in the Overworld at any height, replacing Stone and Deepslate in medium-sized veins.
Scrap Ore in its Stone and Deepslate form.
Needing a Stone Pickaxe (or above) to mine it, the Scrap Ore will yield 1-2 Scrap when mined, while also having the chance of 20% of dropping Tech Trash instead (the chance can be increased up to 70% if the player is Using a Fortune III enchanted mining tool).
Once you have gathered 9 Scrap, 3 Planks and 2 Sticks, you can craft your first Gun Workbench by making a Scrap Block and consequently making a Scrap Workbench in a Crafting Table:
The block in the middle is the Scrap Block, made by placing 9 Scrap on a Crafting Table.
Workbenches
Once you have placed the Scrap Workbench, you can interact with it and you will see a new interface, similar to this:
Inside the Workbench, you will have access to every custom recipe JEG has to offer. Guns, Attachments, Ammo and Stations recipes will all be found here.
Recycling & Gunmetal
In order to further advance in the mod, you will need a Recycler Station (crafted under the Stations tab in any JEG Workbench) and 2 Circuit Boards (crafted under the Miscellaneous tab in any JEG Workbench).
Powered by fuel (just like a regular furnace), the Recycler Station is used to recycle firearms and some other items to retrieve some of the resources used to craft them. The recycler is also used to obtain a new resource introduced by JEG, Gunmetal.
Gunmetal Grit can be obtained by recycling Granite, which can later be smelt on a Furnace or a Blast Furnace to make Gunmetal Nuggets. Gunmetal is necessary to craft the Gunmetal Workbench (crafted under the Stations tab in the Scrap Workbench), aswell as high-tier Guns & Ammo.
Gunnite
In order to get the highest-tiered guns from JEG, you will new Gunnite Ingots, which can be crafted inside the Gunmetal Workbench, under the Miscellaneous tab. Gunnite Ingots are used to make the Gunnite Workbench, which contains the Strongest firearms of JEG.
Spectre Guns
JEG features two Spectre guns. Which are Craftable in the Gunnite Workbench
This is the Blossom Rifle.
This is the Holy Shotgun.
Both of these Guns, as well as their Ammo require a Special Material called "Ectoplasm".
Ectoplasm can be obtained a couple ways. The two Mobs that play a key role in getting Ectoplasm are the Ghoul and Boo!
Ghouls are a Lighter-Blue Zombie Counterpart that spawn in Vanilla Forest Biomes. Upon death they will drop two unique items. Ectoplasm and the Healing Tailsman. The Healing Tailsman, when thrown at an Entity, will heal the Player and Entity.
Boos are a Lighter-Blue Bee Counterpart that spawn in Vanilla Biomes with Flowers. Upon Death they will drop Ectoplasm, however who would want to kill them? They are adorable! The more efficient way of getting Ectoplasm from Boos is via a Boonest or Boohive. They are Crafted by surround either a Beenest or Beehive with either Ectoplasm or Soultreats. Soultreats can also turn Bees into Boos by right-clicking a Bee with a Soultreat. Soultreats are obtained from right-clicking a Soul Campfire with a Cookie!
Blueprints
Some Guns require Blueprints. Certain Guns' Blueprints are obtained differently.
- Some older Guns, such as the Infantry Rifle, Service Rifle, or Repeating Shotgun have Blueprints. Their Blueprints are obtained via fishing. However, you can obtain the whole gun, in a very damaged state, in Mineshafts! You can also find the Flare Gun in Mineshafts.
- JEG also features Fire/Nether themed Guns! It currently features the HollenFire MKII and SoulHunter MKII! Their Blueprints are obtained via Piglin Bartering!