Item Router

The Item Router is a machine added by Immersive Engineering. Unlike most machines, it does not consume any energy. The Item Router is used to organize and distribute items, used together with Conveyor Belts.

The Item Router has a GUI. It has a collection of slots for each side of the Item Router. Clicking an item into one of these slots will not put the item into the slot, but it will configure the Item Router to output that item through that specific side into an inventory when it enters the Item Router. If the Item Router doesn't have configuration for a specific item, it will output that item through a random side. Note that the Item Router will only output items if it can output to an inventory (or Conveyor Belt), and if it cannot route an item, that item will not be accepted into the Item Router. Lastly, items cannot be outputted from where they entered.

Shift-right clicking a side of the Item Router with an Engineer's Hammer will make that specific side obey the Ore Dictionary, so any items with the same Ore Dictionary name as one of the configured items will be treated as that item and sent the same way. The Engineer's Manual, however, notes that "this routing is a bit more taxing on the game performance.".