Pumps

Pumps are mechanisms used to transport liquids.

To use pumps, an Inlet Pump must be connected to an Outlet Pump using wire. When the wire is activated, a small amount of liquid is removed at the inlet and created at the outlet. For continuous pumping, a timer must be used.

Pumps can be used to transport lava as well as water. However, a loose pump floating in lava will be destroyed and can be difficult to relocate.

If the intake is completely submerged in a reservoir of water or lava before pumping, and the outpump feeds into the same reservoir, the outpump will pump more fluid than previously existed. This will compound over time, producing infinite fluid as long as the outpump is not submerged. This has been used by many players as a more automated and less buggy obsidian farming machine. For similar information on infinite fluid production, see Guide:Making liquid.

Pumps will not operate over long distances. There may be no more than 1000 wires in the connection, so if a straight line is made of wire, a set of pumps will operate over a maximum distance of 1000 blocks, or 2000 feet.