CivCraft has greatly expanded the number of materials and items that are available in Minecraft with the goal of having a deeper, more difficult material progression than vanilla Minecraft. Each of these materials were created by using existing items, and changing their name and lore so that they now represent something different.
NOTE: This information can also be accessed in game via your Crafting Recipe Book. If you're unable to craft any of these materials, try reading the version in the crafting book. This information may contain typos or become out of date however the Crafting Recipe Book is generated from in-game data and can never be "wrong"
The materials are all divided into tiers. Each tier of material requires materials from the tier before it. There are currently 5 total tiers (0 thru 4).
Tier 0 materials are the basic materials, mostly vanilla minecraft items that you would normally get in game with the exception of Tungsten Ore, Chromium Ore, and Nether Wart. Since the nether is disabled, you must instead purchase netherwart at the Store. Tungsten Ore and Chromium Ore is available at the Global Market.
Slime Balls can be collected in the wild or crafted from 2 Bone and 3 Refined Sugar.
Tier 1 items are unique in that, all of the recipes are the same. Each recipe in Tier 1 is the base material in Tier 0, configured in a block of 9 items.