Editing Water Wheel

{{Block|image=<gallery>
Water_Wheel.png|Spruce
Oak_Water_Wheel.png|Oak
Birch_Water_Wheel.png|Birch
Jungle_Water_Wheel.png|Jungle
Acacia_Water_Wheel.png|Acacia
Dark_Oak_Water_Wheel.png|Dark Oak
Crimson_Water_Wheel.png|Crimson
Warped_Water_Wheel.png|Warped
Mangrove_Water_Wheel.png|Mangrove
Bamboo_Water_Wheel.png|Bamboo
Cherry_Water_Wheel.png|Cherry
</gallery>|output=|default_speed=250|renewable=Yes|stackable=Yes (64)|tool=Wooden Pickaxe|tool2=Wooden Axe|blast_resistance=2|hardness=2|solid=Yes|full=Yes|transparent=Yes|luminant=No|flammable=No|lavasusceptible=Yes|stress_capacity=256 [[Stress|SU]]|speed_generated=8 RPM}}

The '''Water Wheel''' is a source of rotational power. It generates [[Rotational Force]] when water flows over it.  

Due to the fact that the materials required to craft it are easily accessible, the Water Wheel serves as the simplest automatic generator and can be made very early in the game.  

Total stress capacity can be increased by adding more wheels in parallel.
==Crafting==
{{RecipeTableHead}}
{{RecipeTable
|Water Wheel
|Any Planks +<br/>[[Shaft]]
|{{Crafting Table
|A1=Any Planks |B1=Any Planks |C1=Any Planks
|A2=Any Planks |B2=Shaft |C2=Any Planks
|A3=Any Planks|B3=Any Planks|C3=Any Planks
|Output=Water Wheel
}}}}
{{RecipeTable|[[Large Water Wheel]]
|Any {{MC|Planks}} + <br> Water Wheel
|{{Crafting Table|A1=Any Planks|B1=Any Planks|C1=Any Planks
|A2=Any Planks|B2=Water Wheel|C2=Any Planks
|A3=Any Planks|B3=Any Planks|C3=Any Planks|Output=Large Water Wheel}}}}
{{RecipeTableFoot}}

==Usage==
When water flows over a Water Wheel, it will begin to rotate. This rotational power can be conveyed to other [[:Category:Mechanical Components|Components]] from the Water Wheels' [[Shaft]].

As long as the water flows around the wheel in mostly one direction, the Wheel will generate [[Rotational Force]].

==Appearance==
The Water Wheel's appearance can be changed by right-clicking any type of {{MC|Planks}} on it. The items will not be consumed. Each texture is automatically generated using the planks and logs of a wood type, allowing for some compatibility with other mods.
==[[Advancements]]==
{| class="article-table"
|+[[Advancements]]
!Name
!Description
!Requirements
|-
|[[File:Water Wheel.png|32px]]<br>Harnessing Hydraulics
|Place a Water Wheel and try getting it to spin!
|Be within 5 blocks when a Water Wheel begins to spin.
|-
|[[File:Chocolate Bucket.png|32px]]<br>Tasteful Power (hidden)
|Run a Water Wheel with molten [[Chocolate]]. 
|Be within 5 blocks when [[Chocolate]] starts up a Water Wheel.
|-
|[[File:Lava Bucket.png|32px]]<br>Magma Wheel (hidden)
|This shouldn't have worked.
| Be within 5 blocks when {{MC|Lava}} starts up a Water Wheel.
|}
==Pre 0.5.1==
{{Outdated Section}}
The water wheel has a correct direction of rotation, shown by how the blades are oriented. Water flowing the wrong way around the wheel causes it to produce less rotational speed and stress capacity than if the water was flowing the right way. Having water flowing in the opposite directions might slow down the rotational speed or even stop it. The direction of rotation is counter-clockwise when placed standing, or clockwise when crouching. 
{| class="fandom-table"
|+Water wheel speeds
!Sides with flow
!Sides against flow
!RPM
!SU
|-
|1
|0
|8
|128
|-
|2
|0
|12
|192
|-
|3
|0
|16
|256
|-
|4
|0
|20
|320
|-
|1
|1
|6
|96
|-
|1
|2
|0
|0
|-
|1
|3
| -6
|96
|-
|2
|2
|8
|128
|-
|2
|1
|10
|160
|-
|3
|1
|14
|224
|-
|0
|1
| -6
|96
|-
|0
|2
| -8
|128
|-
|0
|3
| -10
|160
|-
|0
|4
| -12
|192
|}
[[File:Water Wheel Maximum Setup.png|thumb|Note that {{MC|Soul Sand}} bubble columns can also be used to increase the speed.]]
[[File:Max Horizontal Water Wheel.png|thumb|The maximum SU can also be achieved in a horizontal water wheel without Soul Sand by making a single water source block flow around the wheel. ]]
Lava can be used as well, but this is not recommended as it produces less power and is quite dangerous, and as such does not comply with OSHA standards.

To maximize the output from a Water Wheel (320 SU), have water flowing in the right direction around as much of the wheel as possible, like vertically or horizontally.

Water wheels can be placed side-by-side to add together their stress capacities.

Water wheels can also be powered by {{MC|Lava}} and [[Chocolate]] and will grant advancements upon doing so.
===Gallery===
<gallery>
Two water wheels.png|Two water wheels powering a mechanical belt with water
Waterwheel Stress Demonstration 2.jpg|Water wheel set-ups with various powers generated.
Waterwheels_1.png|A column of two water source blocks over a block of soul sand can drive two water wheels in opposing directions.
Waterwheels_2.png|Two opposing water wheels can be linked with a pair of [[Gearbox]]es and a [[Shaft]].
Waterwheels_3.png|Multiple water wheels may be linked together along the same axis.
Waterwheels_4.png|Fourteen bubbled water wheels, in two rows of seven, generate enough [[Stress]] to run a pair of [[Crushing Wheel]]s at 256 RPM with the help of a [[Rotation Speed Controller]].
2022-05-26 19.42.27 horizontal water wheel.png
Example of waterwheels.png|An example of a 3 tall and 6 wide waterwheel setup using Diamond blocks for water sources
</gallery>
==History==
*{{GW|0.5.1}}:
**Water Wheel fins are no longer directional.
**Water Wheels now only have one speed level.
**Water wheels can now take the appearance of any reasonably implemented wood type.
**Liquid can no longer spread perpendicularly on top of water wheels.
**Recipe changed.
**water wheels can be crafted into different items
*{{GW|0.3.2}}: Can now be placed on a vertical axis.
*{{GW|0.3}}: Can now be powered by bubble columns.
*{{GW|0.1}}: Introduced.

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[[Category:Generators]]