Smart pipes
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.18. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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This mod adds one type of pipe, which has extensive item routing functionality - "Smart Pipe".
You can change its item flow directions, set blacklists and whitelists. It is done via pipe UI.
You can easily see main flow direction from a given pipe side by holding "Ctrl", and from an opposite side by holding "Alt".
If you want to remove the items from the pipe without breaking it, then sneak and click it with empty hand.
Pipe side with a non-direct flow will have a yellow rectangle; pipe side with a whitelist will have a white rectangle, and pipe side with a blacklist will have a black rectangle.
Approximate item flow algorithm:
- check for whitelist; if item is whitelisted, move it to whitelist direction; if whitelist is empty, deny moving any items to its direction;
- else check for blacklist - deny moving item to blacklisted directions;
- else try to move item towards general direction;
- if unable to move to general direction, search for open side directions in following order: down, up, south, north, west, east;
- else move the item backwards.
Requires Satako
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.18.1, 1.18, 1.17
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as Smart Pipes-1.0.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 164 KB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
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