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AE2 Improved Search
Adds powerful search syntax to AE2 terminals, including OR groups, negation, quoted phrases, and prefixes for mod, tooltip, OreDictionary, and registry…
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AE2 Improved Search (1.12.2)
This mod upgrades the Applied Energistics 2 terminal search with a smarter query parser and extra search targets, so you can find items faster without fighting the vanilla-style search limitations.
Features
Advanced search syntax
- AND terms by spaces
- OR groups using
| - Quoted phrases using
"like this" - Negation using
-wordor!word
Extra prefixes
@searches mod id / mod name (example:@thermal)#searches tooltip text (example:#fortune)$searches OreDictionary names (example:$ingotCopper)&or*searches registry name (example:*minecraft:stone)
Examples
certus quartz, Matches items containing both words (AND)."fluix crystal", Matches the exact phrase.cable | conduit, Matches either word (OR).-damagedor!damaged, Excludes matches containing "damaged".@thermal, Shows items from mods matching "thermal".#fortune, Finds items with "fortune" mentioned in the tooltip.$ingotCopper, Finds items that match theingotCopperOreDictionary entry.*minecraft:stone, Finds items by registry name.
Advanced examples
#"silk touch", Tooltip search for the exact phrase "silk touch".@"thermal expansion", Mod search with a quoted phrase (spaces allowed).@thermal $ore, Thermal items that also match OreDictionary entries containing "ore".@thermal $ore | @ae2 $ore, Ores from Thermal mods OR ores from AE2.@thermal $ore -nether, Thermal ores, excluding matches containing "nether".#fortune -#silk, Tooltip contains "fortune" but not "silk".
Configuration
All settings are available in the in-game Mod Config screen:
- Max Search Length: maximum characters allowed in the terminal search field
- Include Tooltips in Search: when enabled, normal searches also match tooltips (when disabled, only
#searches tooltips)
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as ae2-improved-search-v1.0.6.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 17 KB
- Download link checked 13 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.