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-====== AE2 Mechanics: Certus Growth ======
+====== Certus Quartz ======
 ^ Author | Applied Energistics Team |
 ^ Category | Storage & Automation |
-Certus Quartz is a core resource for AE2.
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+Certus Quartz is a core resource in AE2. It is grown from **Budding Certus Quartz** blocks, similar to how Amethyst buds grow.
+----
+===== Growth and Harvesting =====
+  * Buds sprout from **Budding Certus Quartz**.
+  * Breaking before maturity drops **Certus Quartz Dust** (fortune has no effect).
+  * Breaking a fully grown **Cluster** drops 4 **Certus Quartz Crystals** (fortune increases yield).
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+----
+===== Budding Block Tiers =====
+| Tier       | Behavior                  | Notes |
+|------------|---------------------------|-------|
+| **Flawless** | Never degrades            | Infinite certus supply. Cannot be crafted or mined, only moved with **Spatial Storage**. |
+| **Flawed**   | Can degrade when buds grow | Will eventually break down into plain **Certus Quartz Block**. |
+| **Chipped**  | Same as flawed, weaker    | |
+| **Damaged**  | Weakest form, fastest degradation | |
+**Degradation**
+Every time a bud grows to the next stage, the budding block has a chance to drop one tier until it becomes a normal Certus Quartz Block.
+**Repair/Creation**
+Toss the budding block (or a normal Certus Quartz Block) into **water** with one or more **Charged Certus Quartz Crystals** to repair or convert.
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+----
+===== Growth Speed =====
+  * Buds grow very slowly by default.
+  * **Growth Accelerators** placed adjacent to budding blocks massively speed up growth.
+  * Early-game option: power them with a **Wooden Crank** if you don’t yet have an **Energy Acceptor** or **Vibration Chamber**.
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+----
+===== Automation =====
+Automatic harvesting uses **ME Annihilation Planes** and **ME Storage Busses**:
+  * **Annihilation Plane** breaks clusters automatically.
+  * **Storage Bus (filtered)** ensures only **Certus Quartz Crystals** are accepted.
+  * **Growth Accelerators** make the process fast enough for continuous supply.
+**Note:** Non-mature buds drop Certus Quartz Dust instead of nothing, making filtering reliable.
+----
+===== Example Automated Setup =====
+**Configuration:**
+  - **ME Annihilation Plane** – no GUI, can be enchanted with Fortune.
+  - **First ME Storage Bus** – filtered to Certus Quartz Crystal, outputs into a barrel.
+  - **Second ME Storage Bus** – also filtered to Certus Quartz Crystal, but set to higher priority than main storage.
+**Process:**
+  - The **Annihilation Plane** attempts to break blocks in front of it.
+  - Because the subnet only sees Certus Quartz Crystals (via the filtered Storage Bus), it only breaks **Clusters**, ignoring buds.
+  - The first Storage Bus pushes harvested Crystals into the barrel.
+  - The second Storage Bus shares those Crystals with the main network but keeps them preferentially in the barrel due to priority.
+----
+===== Semi-Auto and Advanced Farms =====
+  * With **Flawless Budding Certus** – farm runs indefinitely without maintenance.
+  * With **Flawed/Chipped/Damaged Budding Certus** – blocks will eventually break and must be replaced, either manually or with advanced setups.
-* **Budding Certus Quartz** grows clusters.
-* Small → Medium → Large → Full crystal.
-* Breaking early = dust, breaking late = crystals.
-* Budding blocks can degrade as buds grow.
-* Use **Growth Accelerators** to speed up.

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