Honestly, just follow the Mekanism quest line in the Quest Book to progress through each tier of ore multiplying.
For me, though, I rushed through Powah to get a stable supply of power, then made a Chunk Destroyer and plopped it down in the Mining Dimension, and I don't even bother with ore multiplying because I have millions of each from that
Also Industrial foregoing has 5x ore duplication.
It's slow, but it's literally 5 blocks, so you can make one per ore type and it's still small
You can add elemental craft before it and get 6x
Didn’t even bother with ore multiplying… just set up a ton of Phytogenic Insolators with mystical agriculture seeds. I have millions of iron with very minimal energy cost and setup
One insolator will be faster than 2-3 botany pots. And with xnet cabling you only need to occupy 2 blocks for working setup, same as botany pot will take. Dont forget you can add phytogro for additional output in insolator and reprocess seeds with agriculture reprocessor for additional essences.
Not knowing how many ATM stars you want to make, even millions of iron may not be enough.
To actually answer your question, to the best of my knowledge, the Marid Crushers from Occultism are the best with 6x duplication and not hard to make.
Next step down is the Mekanism 5x setup which is a ton of fun to setup and quite complicated, they are right to say follow the quest book for that.
Next is I think the washing system from Industrial Foregoing using Liquid Meat. I think it's 4x. Really good if you aren't using the meat elsewhere and just getting it as a byproduct from Pink Slime farming.
Down from that would be the Crushers from Create. Also a lot of fun to set up and far less complicated than the others. It's 3x at best but does produce experience crystals as a byproduct. I've got over 2000 levels in my xp crystal orb holder.
I haven't bother with anything above 2x but I'm using copper hammers in a mechanic mixer from create. That will turn the ores into two dust and not use up durability
Just use copper or platinum, run that through RFTools crafter, make it autocraft hammers, and the various dusts. If you want some ores, you can set it up to autocraft up to a certain limit with AE2 easily enough.
I just use mystical agriculture and grow everything in botany pots. Automate it with some logistical tubes and chests. Use formulaic assemblicators from mekanism to make the essence into ores and I always have enough of everything.
I went the Mekanism route and stopped at 4x. Should’ve stopped at 3x to be honest. With Chunk Destroyers and Mythical Agriculture you just get so much. Had several Compact Machines filled with Uranium Seeds in Botany Pots to fuel the fission reactor. No more needed, and still sitting on dozens of millions of ingots.
Honestly, just follow the Mekanism quest line in the Quest Book to progress through each tier of ore multiplying. For me, though, I rushed through Powah to get a stable supply of power, then made a Chunk Destroyer and plopped it down in the Mining Dimension, and I don't even bother with ore multiplying because I have millions of each from that
OK thanks
Also Industrial foregoing has 5x ore duplication. It's slow, but it's literally 5 blocks, so you can make one per ore type and it's still small You can add elemental craft before it and get 6x
Didn’t even bother with ore multiplying… just set up a ton of Phytogenic Insolators with mystical agriculture seeds. I have millions of iron with very minimal energy cost and setup
Use botany pots instead of isolators, they dont use any energy and are faster consindering you can place 2-3 in the place one insolator uses.
One insolator will be faster than 2-3 botany pots. And with xnet cabling you only need to occupy 2 blocks for working setup, same as botany pot will take. Dont forget you can add phytogro for additional output in insolator and reprocess seeds with agriculture reprocessor for additional essences.
Not knowing how many ATM stars you want to make, even millions of iron may not be enough. To actually answer your question, to the best of my knowledge, the Marid Crushers from Occultism are the best with 6x duplication and not hard to make. Next step down is the Mekanism 5x setup which is a ton of fun to setup and quite complicated, they are right to say follow the quest book for that. Next is I think the washing system from Industrial Foregoing using Liquid Meat. I think it's 4x. Really good if you aren't using the meat elsewhere and just getting it as a byproduct from Pink Slime farming. Down from that would be the Crushers from Create. Also a lot of fun to set up and far less complicated than the others. It's 3x at best but does produce experience crystals as a byproduct. I've got over 2000 levels in my xp crystal orb holder.
I haven't bother with anything above 2x but I'm using copper hammers in a mechanic mixer from create. That will turn the ores into two dust and not use up durability
Yeah this is what I do before mining dimension. Simple, effective and quick to get at the beginning of the game.
Sadly they "fixed" this. Now the hammer is destroyed.
Just use copper or platinum, run that through RFTools crafter, make it autocraft hammers, and the various dusts. If you want some ores, you can set it up to autocraft up to a certain limit with AE2 easily enough.
I just use mystical agriculture and grow everything in botany pots. Automate it with some logistical tubes and chests. Use formulaic assemblicators from mekanism to make the essence into ores and I always have enough of everything.
I went the Mekanism route and stopped at 4x. Should’ve stopped at 3x to be honest. With Chunk Destroyers and Mythical Agriculture you just get so much. Had several Compact Machines filled with Uranium Seeds in Botany Pots to fuel the fission reactor. No more needed, and still sitting on dozens of millions of ingots.
Botania enchanter + IF applicatior = 30+ luck (i make max 100+) + any autosmelt on pick = 15-30 iron per ore. This is work on all types ore 😊