Horse Power Mod 1.12.2, Wiki

Horse Power is designed to bridge the gap between manual labor and industrial automation. It adds a series of primitive machines that can be operated either by the player's own effort or by harnessing the strength of animals like horses, donkeys, and llamas. This mod is a staple in realism-based or progression-heavy modpacks, offering a more immersive way to process wood, grain, and minerals before advanced machinery is available.

The mod focuses on three primary processing types: grinding, chopping, and pressing. Each has a manual version for the very early game and a horse-powered version for increased efficiency and automation.

Animal Power

To power the horse-powered variants of the machines, you must attach a compatible mob to the block using a Lead.

• Space Requirements: Each horse-powered machine requires a clear 7x7 area (a 3-block radius around the center) for the animal to walk in a circle. If the area is obstructed, the machine will highlight the problematic blocks in red.
• Mob Speed: The processing speed of the machine is directly tied to the movement speed of the animal. Faster horses will complete recipes significantly quicker.
• Mob Compatibility: By default, the mod supports Horses, Donkeys, Mules, and Llamas. It also features native support for Animania draft horses.

Manual Power

Manual machines are operated by the player.

• Grinding/Pressing: Requires the player to right-click the machine repeatedly. Each click advances the progress bar.
• Chopping: Requires the player to left-click the block while holding an Axe.
• Exhaustion: Performing manual labor consumes the player's hunger bar. This value is configurable but serves as a balance mechanic to encourage moving toward animal power.

Automation

All machines in the mod are compatible with standard automation tools.

• Input: Items can be piped or hopped into the top of the machine.
• Output: Processed items can be extracted from the bottom or sides using Hoppers or pipes.

The mod adds several functional blocks, each serving a specific processing role.

Hand Grindstone

Used for manual grinding. The player must right-click the top stone to rotate it. It is primarily used to turn wheat into flour or bones into bone meal.

Grindstone (Horse-powered)

An automated version of the grindstone. When an animal is attached, it walks in a circle to rotate the heavy stone, processing items placed inside.

Manual Chopping Block

A simple wooden block used to chop logs into planks. The player must strike the log with an axe. It is more efficient than the 2x2 crafting grid, often yielding 4 planks per log instead of the vanilla 2 in many modpacks.

Chopping Block (Horse-powered)

Automates the wood-chopping process. A large axe head is attached to a mechanism that rises and falls as the animal walks, splitting logs placed on the block.

Hand Press

Allows the player to manually press items to extract materials. Like the hand grindstone, it requires repeated right-clicking.

Press (Horse-powered)

A heavy-duty press powered by an animal. It is used for recipes that require high pressure, such as turning seeds into dirt or extracting oils.

While the mod primarily focuses on machines, it adds two essential items for the early-game food chain:

Crafting Recipes

Processing Recipes (Default)

Horse Power features extensive CraftTweaker integration, allowing modpack authors to add or remove recipes for all machine types.

Grindstone

// Add a recipe: Output, Input, Time (number of turns/cycles)
mods.horsepower.Grindstone.addRecipe(<minecraft:sugar> * 2, <minecraft:reeds>, 12);

// Remove a recipe by output
mods.horsepower.Grindstone.removeRecipe(<minecraft:flour>);

Chopping Block

// Add a recipe: Output, Input, Time (number of chops), Secondary Output (optional)
mods.horsepower.ChoppingBlock.addRecipe(<minecraft:planks> * 4, <minecraft:log>, 4, <minecraft:stick> * 2);

// Remove a recipe
mods.horsepower.ChoppingBlock.removeRecipe(<minecraft:planks>);

Press

// Add a recipe: Output, Input, Time
mods.horsepower.Press.addRecipe(<minecraft:clay_ball>, <minecraft:dirt>, 15);

// Remove a recipe
mods.horsepower.Press.removeRecipe(<minecraft:dirt>);

The mod's behavior can be heavily customized via the horsepower.cfg file. Key options include:

• Exhaustion: Sets how much hunger is consumed per click/chop on manual machines (Default: 0.1).
• Mob List: A list of entity IDs that are allowed to power the horse-powered machines. You can add custom mobs from other mods here.
• Render Area: Toggles whether the 7x7 area requirement is visually highlighted when placing a machine.
• Harvestable Items: Define which axes or tools are required for the chopping block and their efficiency levels.
• Separate Recipes: A boolean option to determine if manual and horse-powered machines should share the same recipe list or have unique ones.