Item Categories

🗂️ Item Categories

The classic Slimefun wiki became useful partly because it grouped hundreds of items into understandable categories. Slimefun Legacy keeps that idea, but the in-game Guide remains the authoritative category list for a particular server.

Common classic categories include:

Category	What you will usually find	Learn more
⚔️ Weapons	Slimefun weapons and combat equipment	Tools, Armor & Equipment
🧰 Items	General-purpose custom items	Enhanced Guide
🍔 Food	Special foods and ingredients	Use the in-game Guide
🏗️ Basic Machines	Early multiblocks and processing machines	Multiblocks & Basic Machines
⛏️ Resources	Dusts, ingots, alloys and processed materials	Resources, Dusts & Alloys
🔧 Tools	Utility and mining tools	Tools, Armor & Equipment
🛡️ Armor	Protective equipment	Tools, Armor & Equipment
✨ Magical Armor	Armor with magical or special effects	Magic, Runes & Talismans
🔮 Magical Items	Runes, altar-related items and magical progression	Magic, Runes & Talismans
🪄 Magical Gadgets	Specialized magical utility items	Magic, Runes & Talismans
🧿 Talismans	Passive or triggered utility effects	Magic, Runes & Talismans
⚙️ Technical Components	Machine parts used throughout progression	Resources, Dusts & Alloys
📦 Miscellaneous	Useful items that do not fit a single progression tree	Use the in-game Guide
⚡ Energy & Electricity	Generators, storage and powered machines	Energy Networks · Electric Machines
🛰️ GPS	Location and teleportation technology	GPS, GEO & Teleportation
🧪 Technical Gadgets	Advanced technical utility items	Tools, Armor & Equipment
🤖 Programmable Androids	Androids, scripts and automation	Programmable Androids
🚚 Cargo Management	Item logistics and factory automation	Cargo Networks
🎒 Backpacks	Portable inventory/storage progression	Backpacks & Storage
☢️ Nuclear technology	Radioactive materials and advanced generation	Radiation & Reactors
🎃 Seasonal	Event or seasonal content when enabled	Use the in-game Guide

A better way to browse than memorizing categories

When you have a specific goal, do not try to remember which category every intermediate item lives in.

1. Search for the final item with /sf search <item> or the Enhanced Guide search.
2. Open its recipe.
3. Follow unfamiliar ingredients backward.
4. Bookmark components you make often.
5. Build reusable production lines for repeated materials.

For factory progression, the common path is:

Resources → Components → Electric Machines → Energy → Cargo → Advanced systems/addons

Addon categories

Addons can introduce completely new categories. Large Legacy installations may contain many more pages than the classic core alone.

If you are lost:

1. Use /sf search <item>.
2. Bookmark a progression goal in the Enhanced Guide.
3. Work backward through its ingredients.
4. Identify which addon owns the item if it is not core Slimefun.
5. Check Addon Ecosystem if an older addon behaves differently on Legacy.

See Enhanced Guide, Addon Ecosystem and Glossary.