Eidolon:Repraised

Important Notice

The original creator of this mod is Elucent, and most of the content in versions 0.3.x was developed by him. Many elements planned for the old 1.16 version remained unfinished after the author lost interest in Minecraft.

Since the original plans for adding new content were quite vague and insufficiently detailed, I took several leftover ideas as a basis but ultimately reworked some aspects and simplified the overall concept, turning it into a more accessible yet engaging mod.

After completing work on the light path items, adding several new spells, and improving the research system, no major further additions are planned, mainly due to the difficulty of reproducing Elucent's unique artistic style and game design.

New Content in Version 0.3.0

• Silver armor and tools in addition to the existing lead ore generation
• Rituals for recharging magic wands
• Ravens and slugs: tame ravens with beetroot seeds, breed slugs with pumpkin seeds. Ravens can shed feathers
• Ethereal hearts and equipment: soulbone amulet and bonelord armor increase maximum health after killing an enemy. The armor set cannot be crafted at the moment, but both items are functional
• Archangel Sight Ring - never miss your target again with this ring that guides your arrows
• Raven Cloak - a cloak that transforms into majestic wings, allowing multiple jumps, gliding, or slow falling
• Summoning Staff - use with the capturing ritual or thrall spell to subdue undead and summon them when needed for assistance
• Necromancer - currently a raid boss that summons undead and shoots magic projectiles. Appears in final waves and may drop the summoning staff

Main Changes in This Port

• Recipes in the codex are now synchronized with actual recipes if the recipe type matches, instead of being hardcoded. Support for recipe type changes similar to Patchouli is planned
• Crucible and worktable recipes can be configured via datapacks. The crucible can be heated by any block in the eidolon:crucible_hot_blocks tag, all campfire-like blocks are also compatible by default
• Dyed warlock armors - a small improvement from hexblades. No vanilla or custom trimming is planned at the moment
• Rituals are also configurable via datapacks: you can modify recipes of existing rituals and add new ones for crafting, summoning, or executing arbitrary commands

Continuation of Elucent's Old Content

• Improved spell visualization. Originally planned as a more complex casting system, but I simplified it to a basic spell system to maintain the importance of prayers after obtaining crafting symbols. Mana for spells is restored through prayers or offerings
• Research system: initially planned as the main progression component, now becomes a way to discover two spells using known symbols. Still in development
• Holy path: alternative to the dark lord, currently not exclusive, but still in development due to lack of themed items
• New plants and decorative blocks, mostly cosmetic as their original purpose was lost. Plants may be used to create various types of incense, but plans are not yet final

Progression on the dark path remains almost unchanged: start by giving Ars Ecclesia to a witch, then pray at an altar with an effigy.

Getting Started

Eidolon is a magic mod originally created by Elucent for version 1.16, drawing inspiration from various sources including alchemy and theurgy. The mod offers a dark aesthetic with mechanics of necromancy and soul manipulation. If you've ever wanted to roleplay as a dark mage, performing strange rituals and communicating with dark gods, this mod is for you. Starting with update 0.3, you can also try playing as a light cleric, but most of the mod still revolves around the dark path.

To start playing with Eidolon, craft the Ars Ecclesia book:

This book contains documentation for all mod features, including crafting recipes. It does not adapt to custom recipes or recipe removals!

With this book, you have everything you need to start working with the mod!

Rituals

Using shards of pure soul energy, activate powerful rituals at the brazier. Create new items, summon monsters, and protect large areas from hostile creatures.

Theurgy

Build an altar and pray to the dark or light lord. Perform sacrifices, upgrade your altar, improve your reputation with them, and they may reveal new knowledge or grant you new abilities...

Artifice

Practice alchemy in the crucible and experiment with magical items at a new workbench. Using soul shards and a huge variety of other ingredients, choose from a large assortment of magical weapons, tools, armor, and accessories.

The only requirement is the Curios mod. Porting to older versions or other modloaders is not planned.