Thaumic Wands - The Return of Magic Wands
Thaumcraft loses its magical essence without traditional wands. Unfortunately, in the sixth version of the mod, developer Azanor decided to remove this important component, so I created a completely new wand system that completely transforms the gameplay.
New Approach to Magical Crafting
The mod fundamentally changes the principles of arcane item creation. Now, vis energy for crafting is supplied by wands rather than the surrounding aura. This means you'll need to charge your wand in advance before beginning magical creation.
Wand Charging Methods
Currently, three main methods are available for replenishing wand energy:
- Collecting vis orbs that appear after defeating monsters
- Using a charging pedestal that drains vis from the current chunk
- Using a workbench charging station that draws energy from a 3x3 chunk area
Materials Matter
Recipe costs now depend on the materials the wand is made from. Different combinations of handles and caps provide additional bonuses - either reducing vis consumption or decreasing the required number of magic crystals.
Combat Applications of Wands
Wands aren't limited to just item creation. They completely replace the functionality of the caster's gauntlet, allowing the use of foci that draw necessary energy from the wand's internal storage.
Compatibility with Other Mods
Thaumic Wands integrates with popular addons:
- Thaumic Additions: adds caps made of mithrillium, adaminite, and mithminite, as well as a handle made of adaminite wood
- Thaumic Restoration: includes caps made of infused thaumium
- Thaumic Bases: provides caps made of thauminite
- Planar Artifice: adds caps made of alkimium and bismuth
Configuration via CraftTweaker
All mod functions are available for configuration through CraftTweaker. To add new wand parts, you need to create appropriate textures in the assets/thaumicwands/textures/models/ folder with names wandcap[name].png or wandrod[name].png. Using ResourceLoader is recommended for this purpose.
Important Note
When adding Thaumic Wands to an existing world, all arcane worktables may load incorrectly. This problem is easily solved by breaking and replacing them.
Advanced Features
The mod supports creating custom wand parts through CraftTweaker. For wands with crystal discounts, ModTweaker will need to be installed additionally.
For compatibility with other magic mods like Botania or Embers, it's recommended to install the Polymancy mod.
Enjoy the return of wands to the Thaumcraft world and feel free to use this mod in your modpacks!
