Voltaic Propulsion Lab

The Institute for Voltaic Propulsion is an incredible, state-of-the-art facility that’s responsible for the latest research into electric cars in the Minecraft world. Housed inside an enormous stone building, the Institute runs an automated production system that builds electric cars piece by piece.

You will take on the roles of visiting engineers, tasked with operating the Lab’s machines and helping the NPC researchers complete their latest car.

The production line is fed by six Material Blenders; complex machines that convert raw materials into useful parts. You must separate into teams, then work out how to synthesize, extract, mine, and smelt the raw materials that their Material Blender requires. They’ll be guided along the way by helpful NPCs, and are free to use any of the Lab’s facilities. These include:

• A Element Storage Room, where rare earth metals are kept.

• A Smelting Zone, with rows of furnaces and fuel.

• The Crafting Zone, with access to crafting tables and storage space.

• The Storerooms, where tools, weapons, and redstone components can be found.

• Enchantment Facilities, for building specialist tools.

• A high-tech Teleporter to a Lab-owned mine full of minerals.

• The elevated Build Floor, where students can inspect the car as each part comes together.

At each stage the students acquire their component, place it in the right slot in the Material Blender, then pull the lever. If they’ve got it right, the machine will light up. Correctly insert all five materials and then beacons on one of the six Fabricators around the Build Floor will light up. Head on over, pull the big lever on top, and the Material Blender will take their materials and create the finished part in a flash of light.

Once every Fabricator has been activated and all six parts of the car have been created, the students are ready to complete the car. Climb to the top of the central pedestal, pull the final lever, then step back and watch the show!