Colonial Engineers
ModpackBuild colonies, run giant machines, and explore space.
Mod grades
How grades workModpacks get no grade of their own, so we show the grades of its mods. Of its 69 graded mods, 26 are graded A or B, 15 C and 28 D to F. Its last update came out 7.3 years ago, for Minecraft 1.12.2. See the mods
About
Colonial Engineers is a technology-and-colony modpack built around MineColonies, multiblock machinery, and space exploration. Players can establish colonies beyond the Overworld and use colonist professions that overlap with Ex Nihilo-style crushing and sifting, alongside automation and processing systems. Progression ties together machinery from Advanced Rocketry and other multiblock systems, with advanced coil crafting drawing on several of those systems and their resources. Space exploration gates access to Certus Quartz ore, Applied Energistics meteors, Naquadah ore, and chunk loaders rather than placing them in the Overworld. The pack also includes transport and vehicle options such as trains, rocket hovercraft, and vehicles powered by Fuelium, whose production uses industrial processing. For a distinctive survival setting, Lost Cities: Wasteland is recommended; water is non-infinite, but can be collected through a flooded-cities dimension or made by melting items in a Wooden Crucible.
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Mods in this pack
The mods of its newest release (Minecraft 1.12.2 · Forge, 13 Jul 2019). Each check result is for the latest files of that mod, which may not be the version in this pack.
Just Enough Items (JEI)Mod · 725.1M downloadsAPassed
ClumpsMod · 420.4M downloadsAPassed
JourneyMapMod · 371.8M downloadsAPassed
PatchouliMod · 341.3M downloadsAPassed
QuarkMod · 285.4M downloadsAPassed
Biomes O' PlentyMod · 272.8M downloadsAPassed
Just Enough Resources (JER)Mod · 251.9M downloadsAPassed
Storage DrawersMod · 246M downloadsAPassed
AutoRegLibMod · 243.7M downloadsCPassed
Applied Energistics 2Mod · 236M downloadsAPassed
CraftTweakerMod · 233.8M downloadsAPassed
ConnectedTexturesModMod · 206.1M downloadsCPassed
CodeChicken LibMod · 201.8M downloadsAPassed
Immersive EngineeringMod · 201.1M downloadsCPassed
Cooking for BlockheadsMod · 200.8M downloadsAPassed
ChiselMod · 167.8M downloadsCPassed
Chisels & Bits - For ForgeMod · 143.1M downloadsBPassed
Bad Wither No Cookie - ReloadedMod · 142.1M downloadsBPassed
Shadowfacts' ForgelinMod · 130.6M downloadsCPassed
FoamFixMod · 114.9M downloadsCPassed
ReAuthMod · 114M downloadsDPassed
Ore ExcavationMod · 111.2M downloadsCPassed
BiblioCraftMod · 107.1M downloadsDPassed
Pams HarvestCraftMod · 104.2M downloadsDPassed
The Lost CitiesMod · 103.7M downloadsAPassed5 files not listed: no matching project found.
Changes since the previous release
Compared with the release of 1 Jul 2019 for the same platform, Minecraft version and loader. We do not compare the versions of the mods yet.
- Share graded A or B
- unchanged
Details
- Creator
- Nachtflame
- License
- Not known
- Downloads
- 41K
- Created
- 20 Aug 2017
- Official page
- CurseForge
Security
No harmful code found in the mods we checked
We checked 70 of its 71 mods, without running them.
We have not checked the files in the pack itself yet (settings, scripts).
Why we show this: a modpack installs the files of its mods, and each mod runs on your computer like any program. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: a modpack has no grade of its own, and each mod's result counts in that mod's grade.
How we checked
- Its projects71 mods
- Not checked yet1 mod
- Files in the pack itselfNot checked yet.
Privacy
3 mods send something about you
We read the code of 70 of its 71 mods, without running it.
Why we show this: a modpack runs the code of its mods, and a mod can send things about you over the internet, like your player name or your login. Contacting an address to check for updates or download files sends nothing about you. Not in the grade: sending data can be normal for what a mod does.
How we checked
- Go online onlyTheir code contacts a web address, for example to check for updates. We found nothing it sends about you.8 mods
- Send nothingTheir code contacts no web address.59 mods
- Not read yetWe have not read their code yet.1 mod
AI
AI used in 3 of the 37 mods we checked
We found an AI tool in them, or their authors declared AI content.
34 mods are not checked yet.
No sign so far that AI was used to make the pack itself
We looked for AI tools in its texts and found none.
We have not read its files and images yet.
Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI, and AI in the game can send what you write to an online service. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.
How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.Not on Modrinth.
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found2 of 40 changelogs read
- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Not read yet
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Not read yet
Compatibility
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