Jetpack
Jetpacks allow a blockhead to fly. They were introduced in version 1.6. The jetpack was released to be able to explore "Sky islands", added in the same version 1.6 update. The jetpack is used to explore resourceful islands in the sky, which is the equivalent to exploring caves underground, adding greater depth and level of exploration in The Blockheads.
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| Stackable | Yes (99) |
- "Soar the skies."
Jetpacks are a useful edition to the game as it allows easy maneuverability while building tall buildings, or placing airborne structures, such as wires, satellites, and airborne platforms, which would be difficult with ordinary means of "scaffolding" to the air using pillars of blocks.
A blockhead wearing a jetpack has movement speed equivalent to a blockhead moving with South Pole Boots of Speed. Jetpacks allow a blockhead to fly up ladders without using them at the same speed as running with South Pole Boots of Speed.
Jetpacks are very resource and time demanding to produce to the hours (850 oil + 250 coal + 9 titanium ingots required to produce a jetpack), and once completed, the fuel consumption is quite moderate. It is a good idea to have two blockheads in a world, one wearing a jetpack for exploration, while the other can craft fuel. It is possible to craft fuel faster than the time it takes to use it, but not to a spectacular advantage.
Unfortunately, despite the tremendous amount of time invested into creating a jetpack, it does wear out while being used like any other craftable clothing. As a result, it is highly ill advised to use jetpacks other than for exploring new areas, while it lasts and eventually destroys itself.
Jetpacks fly on consuming fuel, which can be crafted using the refinery at the cost of 10 oil for 1 fuel. An easy source of oil (which is the core material for both production of fuel and jetpack) is by harvesting flax seeds and converting them into oil through the electric press. This oil conversion is much more efficient than investing the time to mine oil, and since flax plants have an unlimited supply of seeds, oil can be considered common and unlimited resource as long as the user has a press, flax harvesting area, a refinery, and plenty of electricity and time to produce fuel.
Appearance
Jetpacks are mostly black with wing-like protrusions from the sides. When worn, the wings continue to stick out from the sides of a blockhead.
Where Found
A level 4 craft bench is required to make a jetpack.
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The steps required to make a jetpack are some of the most complex in the game, and currently the longest procedure for a single craft. A total of 1,000 oil, 300 coal, nine titanium ingots, and a large amount of electricity (to run a refinery) are needed to make all the preliminaries and components. This includes the upgrading of a level 3 craft bench to level 4.
The production of the jetpack based purely from its core component parts (2 wings, 2 jets, 1 chassis, 10 fuel) requires exactly 850 oil, 250 coal and 9 titanium ingots. This does NOT include any further upgrades to workstations, only the core production of all of its component parts.
Use
To make a blockhead use a jetpack, it must be worn on the upper body, replacing any shirt, jacket, or chest plate already there. Tapping a jetpack while it is in a blockhead's inventory will offer a button to wear it and displace anything already there; the displaced item will usually transfer to a regular inventory slot, but if the blockhead is in motion it may drop free. Alternately, drag-and-drop can be used to move a jetpack from inventory to worn.
Once worn, a blockhead can be directed to any position in the sky by tapping on that spot. The blockhead may steer around obstacles and unrevealed areas (even as they are revealed because the path is set before the blockhead begins moving), but will use doors, trapdoors, and elevators normally. Stairs and ladders will be ignored. Wearing a jetpack and even flying does not inhibit the use of tools, beds, crafting surfaces, or other items.
While worn, a jetpack will display as an icon adjacent to the blockhead's inventory display, whether that display is opened or closed. It will be located on the same row/column as the hand or clothing spaces.
A jetpack will slowly wear out (displayed as a green bar going red from right to left across the top of the icon, just like other wear bars) during use. It will consume fuel faster than it wears out.
Jetpacks function normally in space, even though the using blockhead will run out of air.
Fuel
Jetpacks require fuel to continue operating. Its fuel supply is shown as a yellow bar across the top of its icon, with red expanding from right to left as the supply diminishes. A newly-made jetpack is fully fueled, and a fully fueled jetpack conceals its fuel bar. Refueling requires the blockhead to have fuel in its accessible inventory and the jetpack worn. It can be refueled during flight. Tapping on either the jetpack or fuel icons will offer the option to add fuel.
A jetpack has capacity for ten fuel. A fully fueled jetpact should be able to run for a full game day before running out.
Notes
The first time a player makes a blockhead put on a jetpack, the player earns the achievement "Jetpack".
Flying makes the search for floating islands much easier and faster.
Although a blockhead has no trouble climbing, a jetpack allows greater mobility without inhibiting the use of tools or placing blocks for construction.