Contraptions

Auto Workbench

We're going to be doing a lot of mining, and it gets rather tedious to keep making a lot of Stone Pickaxes. An Auto Workbench can help you there. They're just like Vanilla Crafting Tables except they hold the recipe in them. So just keep a supply of ingredients in there and you can make as many Stone Pickaxes as you need.

Oil Tank

It's very likely you have found or will find pools of Oil when your mining underground. Build a Fluid Tank to contain the Oil, and transport it using Buckets. Depending on the mods installed, you may also be able to use Fluid Pipes or a Pump machine to transport the Oil.

Find Charged Certus Quartz Crystals

Continue mining until you find Charged Certus Quartz Ore. You get an Achievement when you pick up a Charged Certus Quartz Crystal.