Guide to Features of Simple, Normal, and Expert Modes

Pre-reading Notes

The following content is a summary of core features, not a complete list. Game content will be continuously updated, and some settings may be adjusted accordingly. Please refer to the actual in-game version as the standard!

Easy Mode (Easy)

1. AE2 uses original (unmodded) recipes

2. ME Network has infinite channels

3. Boost steam and power generation output, increase power array machine capacity and turbine production

4. Configurable maintenance hatch upper and lower limit boosts

5. No clean room required

6. Partial recipe yield increases and simplifications

7. (MV Tier) ME Basic Pattern Assembly: Pattern assembly unit with 9 pattern slots

8. Assembly lines do not require ordered input

9. Bedrock ore veins and bedrock fluid veins have infinite reserves

10. Stat boosts for parallel controller hatches and speed hatches

11. Parallel stat boosts for steam multiblock machines

12. Increased maximum chain-mining block quantity

13. Large material resupplies from quest books

14. Access to Superflat and Void dimensions at LV tier

15. Universal factory parallel count doubled

Normal Mode (Normal)

1. AE2 Full Overhaul (MV tier preliminarily unlocked, HV tier enables automation)

2. ME Network Infinite Channels

3. Mob buffs (increased health, stronger attack damage, please be careful)

4. Assembly lines require items to be input in order to function properly

Expert Mode

1. Harder AE2 Modifications (Preliminary unlock for MV phase, automation unlocked at EV phase)

2. ME Network channels are limited, please plan your base rationally; Wireless Networks provide extra "Source Nodes", and "Sub Node" settings allow players to aggregate and distribute channels

3. Mobs are buffed (higher health, stronger attack damage, please exercise caution)

4. Steam and power generation output reduced

5. Machines will explode when exposed to rain

6. Recipe output reduced / recipes made more complex

7. Maintenance hatch upper and lower limits lowered

8. Higher wireless transmission losses

9. Insufficient energy during machine operation will cause the recipe to fail and the input to be cleared

10. Assembly lines require ordered input of items and fluids to function properly

11. Stats for Parallel Processing Hatch, Speed Hatch, etc., have been reduced

12. Power generation equipment will continue generating power and destroy excess energy when the output bus is full

13. The tier of the Silencing Hatch installed on a machine must match the machine's voltage tier or differ by ±1 tier, otherwise the machine will not operate

14. Turbines have an additional high-speed multiplier adjustment mode, allowing higher operating speed in exchange for faster rotor damage