The Kinetic Press is the only machine that rewards you for dropping things from the sky. Land a piece of Burnt Residue on it from 25 or more blocks up and it shatters into Gold and a Seed. Land anything else, or drop it from too low, and you get a clog instead.
Height is not decoration on this building; it is the recipe. Each step ends with a checkpoint so you can tell the press is working before you build the next stage around it.
Shakers spit out Residue as their waste. Burn it into Burnt Residue first — the Press does not accept the raw material. That turns your Shaker line into the Press's fuel supply.
Checkpoint: you have a steady stock of Burnt Residue coming off the burn.
The 25-block rule is strict: shorter drops leave Burnt Residue sitting on the surface. Reserve the vertical shaft first and hang the rest of the line off it.
Checkpoint: the top of the drop clears 25 blocks above the Press face.
Release Burnt Residue from the top. It shatters into 1 Gold and 1 Seed that exit through the bottom — the Seed is the real prize, because it opens the entire flower-branch of farming.
Checkpoint: Gold and Seeds stream out below the Press.
A Press has no built-in way to shift what lands on it. Tilt a row of Launchers along the top toward a side opening so stagnant pixels get pushed away without touching anything still in free fall.
Checkpoint: the surface stays clear even during a heavy delivery.
The Press stops paying out in a handful of predictable ways; here is what each one looks like and how to undo it.
Anything that does not fall far enough stays on top of the Press and blocks later deliveries. Raise the drop point past 25 blocks and clear the backlog once.
Keep the drop dedicated to Burnt Residue. Mixed drops become mixed jams, so separate any other production line before it reaches the shaft.
Point an angled Launcher at the pile to sweep it into a side opening. That clears the face without disturbing drops still in the air above it.
The drop is too short or the landing zone is already blocked. Verify a 25-plus-block fall and clear the face once before restarting the line.
No. The official Burnt Residue recipe applies, so raw Residue must be burned first.
Some community guides use alternate naming, but they are describing the same building and the same fall-height rule.
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