⚡ Pylons Mod — Complete Guide (Every Pylon Explained & How to Use Them)

The Pylons Mod adds several powerful utility pylons that automate farming, control mob spawns, protect bases, and even give players permanent potion effects anywhere in the world. Each pylon has a distinct function and can be customized using filters.

This is the complete guide to every pylon, filter type, and practical use-case.

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🟥 1. Expulsion Pylon — Player Area Protection

The Expulsion Pylon creates a protected zone that blocks players from entering.

Radius Options

You can toggle the pylon to affect:

• 1 chunk
• 3×3 chunks
• 5×5 chunks

How to Use It

1. Place the pylon anywhere you want to protect.
2. Turn it ON to activate the area barrier.
3. Only whitelisted players may enter.

Player Filter

To whitelist someone:

1. Craft a Player Filter.
2. Right-click the filter on the player (as if “tagging” them).
3. Insert the filter into the Expulsion Pylon.

Perfect for:

• Base protection
• Private farms
• Multiplayer servers

🟦 2. Infusion Pylon — Permanent Potion Effects

The Infusion Pylon can give you infinite potion effects, no matter where you are in the world — as long as the pylon’s chunk is loaded.

This is the most complex and powerful pylon in the mod.

How Potion Filters Work

You must first craft a Potion Filter, then “charge” it with a total of 3600 seconds (1 hour) of a single potion effect.

Charging the Filter

1. Drink a potion that lasts more than 1 minute
• Example: 8-minute Fire Resistance
2. With the effect active, right-click the filter
3. The filter now absorbs the duration
4. Repeat until the filter says Activated

You only need:

• 8-minute potion = 450 seconds each
• 3600 ÷ 450 ≈ 8 potions

Compatible Effects

Any effect lasting over 1 minute, including:

• Vanilla potions
• Modded long-duration effects (e.g., Nourishment from Farmer’s Delight)

Incompatible Effects

Effects shorter than 60 seconds (e.g., 10-second charm buffs) aren’t recognized.

Using the Infusion Pylon

1. Insert the charged Potion Filter
2. Keep the pylon chunk-loaded
3. You now gain that effect globally, even thousands of blocks away

Resetting a Filter

Put a charged filter in any crafting grid to revert it to blank.

Combining Partial Filters

If you have two partially filled filters:

• Place one in your off-hand
• Right-click with the second
• The durations merge into one filter

🟩 3. Harvester Pylon — Automated Farming

The Harvester Pylon automatically harvests crops in a customizable radius.

How to Set It Up

1. Place the pylon (optionally inside a water block — recommended). The above picture shows the pylon, in water… Hard to see, I know!
2. Insert hoes into its internal inventory.
• 1 durability is consumed per harvested crop
• Unbreakable hoes, like the Supremium Hoe, work best
3. Select your harvest radius:
• 3×3
• 5×5
• 7×7
• 9×9
4. Place a chest directly above the pylon
• All harvested crops go into this chest

How It Works

• The pylon continually checks for mature crops
• Harvests them every few seconds
• Replants automatically if the crop supports it

Great for:

• Wheat farms
• Carrot/potato farms
• Modded crop farms
• Fully automated food production

🟪 4. Interdiction Pylon — Mob Spawn Control

The Interdiction Pylon prevents specific mobs (or all mobs) from spawning within its radius.

Radius Options

• 1 chunk
• 3×3 chunks
• 5×5 chunks

Mob Filter

To block certain mobs:

1. Craft a Mob Filter
2. Right-click the mob you want to block (Zombie, Creeper, Slime, etc.)
3. Insert the filter into the Interdiction Pylon
4. Add multiple filters to block multiple mobs

Lifeless Filter (Global Spawn Off)

The Lifeless Filter is the ultimate spawn-control upgrade.

Requirements:

• Crafted using a Nether Star

Effects:

• Disables all natural mob spawns in a 25×25 chunk radius
• Overrides any other mob filters inside the pylon
• Turns the protection zone into a no-mob region

This is ideal for:

• Large base builds
• End-game megabases
• Technical worlds
• Mob-proof cities

🟨 5. Summary of All Pylons