Sluice

This item has been officially removed or made unobtainable.

It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.

As of 0.78.4 the sluice is disabled until it can be rewritten.

The sluice is a powerful tool in aiding the player as a form of prospecting. It can yield small pieces of ores that yield 1/4 of the metal that a mined piece of ore would give. The sluice aids in prospecting by scanning an area roughly 100m around itself and 60m deep. It will only provide ore that it can find in that area as well as any assortment of gems. Since some ores spawn lower than 60m below sea-level, sluices may need to be built underground in order to find all types of ore directly below the area. Feeding sand to a sluice box will have a higher chance to find gems and gravel increases the chances that you’ll find ore. Soil can be provided by emptying the contents a gold pan into the sluice by right clicking with the gold pan in your hand on the sluice(adds 7 soil, max 50). Alternatively you may throw individual blocks of gravel or sand into the water feed that flows into the sluice. Upon reaching the sluice, if able, it will be auto consumed providing 20 soil. Any excess soil added to a full sluice will be consumed and destroyed.

Crafting

The crafting recipe for the sluice is currently disabled pending a rewrite.

Building a Sluice channel

TIP: Remember that since water-source blocks cannot be moved with the TFC buckets you need to build sluices near already existing water sources, in which cases you wouldn't need the blocks surrounding the back of the water-source.

TIP: Place the sluice like you would place a bed. Face in the same direction as the water stream; with the water to your back, and right-click to place the sluice on the dry block directly in front of you.

The blocks on the sides of the sluice can be covered, they are uncovered to improve visibility on the following pictures.

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Basic build of a sluice.	Water never flows down the slope.
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Face the same direction as the flowing water.	Sluice is complete.
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A large sluice battery setup.