Redwire Spool


Redwire Spools are items used to connect Redwire Junctions, Redwire Posts, and Redwire Relays.

Contents
  1. Recipes
  2. Usage
  3. Data
  4. History

Recipes

Recipe TypeIngredientsOutputExample
Shaped Crafting
  • 1x Redwire Spool

Shaped Crafting Recipe for Redwire Spool

Usage

Using a Redwire Spool on a block of the appropriate type will store the block's position in the spool; using the spool on a second post block of the appropriate type will connect the two blocks.

Image of different types of post blocks attached by spools
Bundled Cable Posts (left) and Redwire Posts (right) that have been connected by wire spools

Players cannot place blocks where the hanging wires are, and the hanging wires cannot be placed where blocks are.

There is a maximum distance at which wire posts can be connected to each other; attempting to connect blocks farther apart than this distance will fail, and half-formed connections will be cancelled if the player holding the item moves too far away from the wire post. This distance can be set in the Server Config.

Data

Item PropertiesValue
Stack Limit1
Durability64

History

VersionChangelog
1.21-6.0.0.0The connected block position is no longer stored in a last_post_pos itemstack nbt tag; it is instead stored in a transient datacomponent which is not saved to disk when unloaded
1.16.5-2.1.0.0Redwire Spools' recipe now uses Red Alloy Wires as crafting material instead of Red Alloy Ingots
1.16.3-2.0.1.0Red Alloy Ingots are now part of the "forge:ingots/redstone_alloy" item tag used by several other mods; More Red's recipes have changed to use this tag. The old "forge:ingots/red_alloy" tag remains, but should be considered deprecated in favor of the other tag
1.16.3-2.0.0.0
  • More Red recipes now use tag ingredients instead of specific items in more places
  • Trying to place a block where a redstone wire post wire is is now denied on the client in addition to the server (this will help prevent "phantom blocks" in high-latency situations)
1.15.2-1.0.1.0Added to game