Factories, essence, and the End

Machines asks you to hunt bosses, farm their essence, and spend that essence in factories.

Hunt. Cataclysm and related bosses are resource nodes as much as set pieces. Learn each fight; the drops feed later recipes.

Farm. Easy Mob Farm and Create New Age turn those drops into a steady essence supply. Automate early so you are not hand-feeding every craft.

Build. Create and Mekanism cover logistics, processing, and power. Custom pack recipes keep the line pointed at adventure goals instead of infinite sandbox tech.

Reach the End. The portal is a Mechanical Crafting goal. Treat it as a capstone of the factory, not a dimension you stumble into. Relics and boss-driven recipes sit on that same path.