You can use the create mod in order to automate a lot of things, conveyor can be also used for transporting items from a chest to another chest. There are loads of different furniture and decoration mods so you can build a really good house. There are skills which you can improve from killing mobs and mining. Bees are also helpful you can breed bees in order to farm resources. With some QOF mods that make the game just that little bit better.

