Using the Speed upgrade gives a Rod of Speed, which gives the vanilla Speed potion effect, as well as Mining Speed and a short jump boost. Can be used to buff a player with various potion-effects with the proper upgrade.
Can not be used for Force Transmutations in an upgraded state. Upgradable in the Force Infuser to one of various types of rods.
Used to make Force Tomes, Force Armor, the Force Infuser and a few more useful things. Examples are bronze tools from IC2, steel tools from Railcraft and even thaumium tools from thaumcraft. Has a growing list of Force Transmutations that allow vanilla and mod tools/armor to be transmuted back into the ingots that made them by simply dropping the item and right-clicking it with the Force Rod. Can alter various items, entities and blocks to bring new and useful content into Minecraft.
Crafted From a Force Ingot, Force Nugget and either a stick or the more potent Force Stick, the Force Rod is required to start advancing in DartCraft.