diff --git a/ee3_common/ee3/common/core/helper/QualityHelper.java b/ee3_common/ee3/common/core/helper/QualityHelper.java
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+package ee3.common.core.helper;
+
+import net.minecraft.src.ItemStack;
+
+public class QualityHelper {
+	
+	/*
+	 * Legend for the dust table quality lookup, comparison is based off of quality tiers
+	 * 
+	 *                   Item Quality
+	 *				|_0_|_1_|_2_|_3_|_4_|_5_|
+	 *   Fuel     0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
+	 * 	Quality	  1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
+	 * 	          2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
+	 *            3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
+	 *            4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
+	 *            5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
+	 */
+	private static int[][] dustTable = {
+		{0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1},
+		{0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2},
+		{0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2},
+		{1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3},
+		{1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4},
+		{1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5},
+	};
+
+	public static int getItemTierQuality(ItemStack item) {
+		// TODO Return the 'Tier' level of the given ItemStack
+		return -1;
+	}
+	
+	public static int getFuelTierQuality(ItemStack fuel) {
+		// TODO Return the 'Tier' level of the given ItemStack
+		return -1;
+	}
+	
+	public static int getDustTierQuality(ItemStack item, ItemStack fuel) {
+		if ((getItemTierQuality(item) >= 0) && (getItemTierQuality(item) <= 5)) {
+			if ((getFuelTierQuality(fuel) >= 0) && (getFuelTierQuality(fuel) <= 5)) {
+				return dustTable[getItemTierQuality(item)][getFuelTierQuality(fuel)];
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return -1;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/ee3_common/ee3/common/emc/EMCEntry.java b/ee3_common/ee3/common/emc/EMCEntry.java
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+package ee3.common.emc;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class EMCEntry {
+
+	private float cost, recoveryPercentage;
+	private boolean learnable, recoverable;
+	private Map<EMCType, Float> breakdown;
+	
+	public EMCEntry(float cost) {
+		this.cost = cost;
+		recoveryPercentage = 1F;
+		learnable = true;
+		recoverable = true;
+		breakdown = Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap<EMCType, Float>());
+	}
+	
+	public EMCEntry(float cost, float recoveryPercentage, boolean learnable, boolean recoverable) {
+		this.cost = cost;
+		this.recoveryPercentage = recoveryPercentage;
+		this.learnable = learnable;
+		this.recoverable = recoverable;
+		breakdown = Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap<EMCType, Float>());
+	}
+	
+	public float getCost() {
+		return cost;
+	}
+	
+	public float getRecoveryPercentage() {
+		return recoveryPercentage;
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isLearnable() {
+		return learnable;
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isRecoverable() {
+		return recoverable;
+	}
+	
+	public Map<EMCType, Float> getEMCBreakDown() {
+		return breakdown;
+	}
+	
+	public float getEMCBreakdownByType(EMCType emcType) {
+		if (breakdown.containsKey(emcType)) {
+			if (breakdown.get(emcType) != null) {
+				return breakdown.get(emcType).floatValue();
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return -1F;
+	}
+	
+	public void setCost(float cost) {
+		this.cost = cost;
+	}
+	
+	public void setRecoveryPercentage(float recoveryPercentage) {
+		this.recoveryPercentage = recoveryPercentage;
+	}
+	
+	public void setLearnable(boolean learnable) {
+		this.learnable = learnable;
+	}
+	
+	public void setRecoverable(boolean recoverable) {
+		this.recoverable = recoverable;
+	}
+	
+	public void addEMCBreakDown(EMCType emcType, Float breakdownPercentage) {
+		if (!(breakdown.containsKey(emcType))) { 
+			breakdown.put(emcType, breakdownPercentage);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public void setEMCBreakDown(EMCType emcType, Float breakdownPercentage) {
+		if (breakdown.containsKey(emcType)) {
+			breakdown.put(emcType, breakdownPercentage);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/ee3_common/ee3/common/emc/EMCRegistry.java b/ee3_common/ee3/common/emc/EMCRegistry.java
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+package ee3.common.emc;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class EMCRegistry {
+
+	private static final EMCRegistry emcRegistry = new EMCRegistry();
+	
+	private HashMap<Integer, HashMap<Integer, EMCEntry>> emcMap = new HashMap<Integer, HashMap<Integer, EMCEntry>>();
+	
+	public EMCRegistry instance() {
+		return emcRegistry;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/ee3_common/ee3/common/emc/EMCType.java b/ee3_common/ee3/common/emc/EMCType.java
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+++ b/ee3_common/ee3/common/emc/EMCType.java
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+package ee3.common.emc;
+
+public enum EMCType {
+	WATER,
+	EARTH,
+	FIRE,
+	AIR,
+	VOID,
+	BLOOD,
+	PURE
+}