diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hfstudio/guidenh/guide/internal/structure/GtCoverIdNormalizer.java b/src/main/java/com/hfstudio/guidenh/guide/internal/structure/GtCoverIdNormalizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25305799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hfstudio/guidenh/guide/internal/structure/GtCoverIdNormalizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+package com.hfstudio.guidenh.guide.internal.structure;
+
+import net.minecraft.item.Item;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagList;
+
+/**
+ * Rewrites GregTech cover item ids between packed numeric ids and registry-name strings.
+ * Only {@code gt.covers[*].id} is transformed.
+ */
+public class GtCoverIdNormalizer {
+
+    public static final String PALETTE_TAG = "palette";
+    public static final String STATE_TAG = "state";
+    public static final String NAME_TAG = "Name";
+    public static final String GT_COVERS_TAG = "gt.covers";
+    public static final String ID_TAG = "id";
+    public static final String GT_BLOCK_MACHINES = "gregtech:gt.blockmachines";
+    public static final String GT_BLOCK_FRAMES = "gregtech:gt.blockframes";
+    public static final String BASE_META_TILE_ENTITY_ID = "BaseMetaTileEntity";
+    public static final String BASE_META_PIPE_ENTITY_ID = "BaseMetaPipeEntity";
+
+    private GtCoverIdNormalizer() {}
+
+    public static boolean[] resolveCoverCapableStates(NBTTagCompound root) {
+        if (root == null || !root.hasKey(PALETTE_TAG, 9)) {
+            return new boolean[0];
+        }
+        return resolveCoverCapableStates(root.getTagList(PALETTE_TAG, 10));
+    }
+
+    public static boolean[] resolveCoverCapableStates(NBTTagList palette) {
+        boolean[] coverCapableStates = new boolean[palette.tagCount()];
+        boolean found = false;
+
+        for (int index = 0; index < palette.tagCount(); index++) {
+            NBTTagCompound paletteEntry = palette.getCompoundTagAt(index);
+            if (!paletteEntry.hasKey(NAME_TAG, 8)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            String blockName = paletteEntry.getString(NAME_TAG);
+            if (!GT_BLOCK_MACHINES.equals(blockName) && !GT_BLOCK_FRAMES.equals(blockName)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            coverCapableStates[index] = true;
+            found = true;
+        }
+
+        return found ? coverCapableStates : new boolean[0];
+    }
+
+    public static void rewriteBlockTileTag(NBTTagCompound blockTag, NBTTagCompound tileTag,
+        boolean[] coverCapableStates, boolean encode) {
+        if (coverCapableStates.length == 0 || !blockTag.hasKey(STATE_TAG, 99)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        int state = blockTag.getInteger(STATE_TAG);
+        if (state < 0 || state >= coverCapableStates.length || !coverCapableStates[state]) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!isGtCoverableTile(tileTag) || !tileTag.hasKey(GT_COVERS_TAG, 9)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        rewriteCoverList(tileTag.getTagList(GT_COVERS_TAG, 10), encode);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isGtCoverableTile(NBTTagCompound tileTag) {
+        if (!tileTag.hasKey(ID_TAG, 8)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        String tileEntityId = tileTag.getString(ID_TAG);
+        return BASE_META_TILE_ENTITY_ID.equals(tileEntityId) || BASE_META_PIPE_ENTITY_ID.equals(tileEntityId);
+    }
+
+    private static void rewriteCoverList(NBTTagList covers, boolean encode) {
+        for (int index = 0; index < covers.tagCount(); index++) {
+            NBTTagCompound cover = covers.getCompoundTagAt(index);
+            if (encode) {
+                encodeCoverId(cover);
+            } else {
+                decodeCoverId(cover);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void encodeCoverId(NBTTagCompound cover) {
+        if (!cover.hasKey(ID_TAG, 99)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        int packedId = cover.getInteger(ID_TAG);
+        int itemId = packedId & 0xFFFF;
+        int meta = packedId >>> 16;
+        if (itemId == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Item item = Item.getItemById(itemId);
+        if (item == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Object rawRegistryName = Item.itemRegistry.getNameForObject(item);
+        if (rawRegistryName == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        String registryName = rawRegistryName.toString();
+        if (registryName.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        cover.setString(ID_TAG, registryName + ":" + meta);
+    }
+
+    private static void decodeCoverId(NBTTagCompound cover) {
+        if (!cover.hasKey(ID_TAG, 8)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        String encodedId = cover.getString(ID_TAG);
+        if (encodedId == null || encodedId.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        int separatorIndex = encodedId.lastIndexOf(':');
+        if (separatorIndex <= 0 || separatorIndex >= encodedId.length() - 1) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        String registryName = encodedId.substring(0, separatorIndex);
+        String metaText = encodedId.substring(separatorIndex + 1);
+        int meta;
+        try {
+            meta = Integer.parseInt(metaText);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (meta < 0 || meta > 0xFFFF) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Item item = (Item) Item.itemRegistry.getObject(registryName);
+        if (item == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        int itemId = Item.getIdFromItem(item);
+        if (itemId <= 0 || itemId > 0xFFFF) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        cover.setInteger(ID_TAG, itemId | (meta << 16));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hfstudio/guidenh/guide/internal/structure/GuideTextNbtCodec.java b/src/main/java/com/hfstudio/guidenh/guide/internal/structure/GuideTextNbtCodec.java
index c9ac70d7..ac8aae54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hfstudio/guidenh/guide/internal/structure/GuideTextNbtCodec.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hfstudio/guidenh/guide/internal/structure/GuideTextNbtCodec.java
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ public static void rewriteStructureTileTags(NBTTagCompound root, boolean encode)
             return;
         }
 
+        boolean[] gtCoverCapableStates = GtCoverIdNormalizer.resolveCoverCapableStates(root);
         NBTTagList blocks = root.getTagList("blocks", 10);
         for (int index = 0; index < blocks.tagCount(); index++) {
             NBTTagCompound blockTag = blocks.getCompoundTagAt(index);
@@ -135,7 +136,15 @@ public static void rewriteStructureTileTags(NBTTagCompound root, boolean encode)
             }
 
             NBTTagCompound tileTag = blockTag.getCompoundTag("nbt");
-            blockTag.setTag("nbt", encode ? encodeCompound(tileTag) : decodeCompound(tileTag));
+            if (encode) {
+                GtCoverIdNormalizer.rewriteBlockTileTag(blockTag, tileTag, gtCoverCapableStates, true);
+                blockTag.setTag("nbt", encodeCompound(tileTag));
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            NBTTagCompound decodedTileTag = decodeCompound(tileTag);
+            GtCoverIdNormalizer.rewriteBlockTileTag(blockTag, decodedTileTag, gtCoverCapableStates, false);
+            blockTag.setTag("nbt", decodedTileTag);
         }
     }