Blocks and Decoration

Blocks and Decoration

Thaumic Forever adds research furniture, storage systems, aura infrastructure, machines, defensive devices and decorative building blocks.

The values below describe the current version of the mod and may change in future balance updates.

Internal multiblock parts, temporary effect blocks and development markers are not included on this page.

Research furniture

Block	Function
Greatwood Table	Can be transformed into an Old Research Table by using Scribing Tools on it.
Double Table	Uses items with matching aspects to decipher research scrolls.
Great Research Table	Automatically completes Research Notes using Scribing Tools, experience, Cognitio essentia and a nearby Big Jar.
Deconstruction Table	Converts items containing aspects into Knowledge Fragments.
Arcane Wand Workbench	Crafts and modifies modular wands using the aspects stored inside them.
Arcane Wand Workbench Charger	Recharges a wand placed in an Arcane Wand Workbench.
Wand Recharge Pedestal	Holds and recharges wands, casters and other rechargeable thaumaturgic items.

Greatwood Table

Using Scribing Tools on a Greatwood Table transforms it into an Old Research Table.

The Scribing Tools are placed directly into the created Research Table.

Double Table

The Double Table is used to decipher unidentified research scrolls.

Property	Value
Aspect-item slots	5
Research scroll slots	1
Paper slots	1

Place an unidentified research scroll, paper and items containing the required aspects into the table.

Each successful operation:

• consumes one sheet of paper;
• consumes matching aspect-bearing items;
• reduces the aspects still required by the scroll.

When every required aspect has been supplied, the unidentified scroll becomes a completed research scroll.

Great Research Table

The Great Research Table automatically completes Research Notes from the built-in Old Research system.

It requires:

• an incomplete Research Note;
• Scribing Tools with remaining ink;
• a nearby Big Jar containing at least one brain;
• stored experience;
• Cognitio essentia.

Property	Value
Scribing Tool slots	1
Research Note slots	1
Base processing time at 100% efficiency	10 minutes
Resource stages	20
Total experience cost	20 XP
Total Cognitio cost	20 essentia
Total ink cost	20 uses
Cognitio search range	8 blocks
Maximum supported brains	6

More brains increase the research speed, while Research Notes containing more aspects reduce efficiency.

The table can use Cognitio stored inside the connected Big Jar or draw it from nearby essentia containers and transport systems.

Deconstruction Table

The Deconstruction Table destroys an item and creates a Knowledge Fragment containing the aspects registered to that item.

Property	Value
Processing time	4 seconds
Input slots	1
Output slots	1

Items can be inserted from any side except the bottom. Knowledge Fragments can be extracted from the bottom.

Items without registered aspects cannot be processed.

Arcane Wand Workbench

The Arcane Wand Workbench is used to assemble and modify modular wands, scepters and staves.

Unlike a normal Arcane Workbench, it uses primal aspects stored inside the inserted wand.

The workbench can be upgraded with an Arcane Wand Workbench Charger placed directly above it.

Arcane Wand Workbench Charger

The charger periodically restores Vis and primal charge to a wand placed inside the Arcane Wand Workbench below it.

It can draw energy from:

• local Primal Aura;
• Centi-vis (CV).

Wand Recharge Pedestal

The Wand Recharge Pedestal holds one compatible item at a time.

Supported items include:

• modular wands;
• rechargeable Thaumcraft items;

Property	Value
Node search range	10 blocks
Charging interval	5 ticks
CV conversion	100 CV per charge point
Direct CV buffer	200 CV per aspect

Right-click the pedestal with a compatible item to place it. Right-click again to retrieve it.

Storage and containers

Block	Capacity or function
Void Chest	72-slot inventory shared between linked Void Chests.
Big Jar	Stores brains, experience
Jarred Node	Contains a captured aura node for transportation.

Void Chest

The Void Chest stores its contents inside a shared magical network rather than inside the individual block.

Property	Value
Inventory size	72 slots
Maximum linked chests	Unlimited
Cross-dimensional linking	Supported

Linking Void Chests

1. Use an unbound Name Tag on the first Void Chest.
2. The Name Tag stores that chest's network and coordinates.
3. Use the bound Name Tag on another Void Chest.
4. Both chests will now display the same inventory.

A bound Name Tag is not consumed and can be used to connect additional chests.

Sneak and use an unbound Name Tag on a linked chest to restore that chest to its original private inventory.

Breaking a Void Chest does not destroy the network inventory. The contents remain available through another chest connected to the same network.

Big Jar

The Big Jar is a 2×2×2 multiblock that stores Brain in a Jar content, Cognitio essentia and experience.

Property	Per brain	Maximum with 6 brains
Experience capacity	2,000 XP	12,000 XP

A newly placed Big Jar begins with one brain. Additional Brain in a Jar blocks can be inserted by right-clicking the structure.

The Big Jar attracts nearby experience orbs and stores their XP.

Its contents are preserved when the structure is broken and placed again.

Golem mutiny

Brains stored inside the jar may occasionally influence a nearby owned golem.

Property	Value
Golem detection range	6 blocks
Incitement time	3 seconds
Maximum mutiny duration	20 seconds
Maximum pursuit range	16 blocks

An affected golem temporarily turns against its owner.

Jarred Node

The Jarred Node contains a captured physical aura node.

Placing the block restores the jar structure. Using a caster on it releases the stored node into the world.

Capturing a node may reduce some of its stored aspects, so valuable nodes should be transported carefully.

More information is available in Aura Nodes and Primal Aura.

Machines and utility blocks

Block	Main function
Compressor	Presses compatible ingots into plates.
Mattery Duplicator	Replicates crafting and Arcane Crafting results without consuming the pattern items.
Crystallizer	Produces vis crystals from CV or surplus Primal Aura.
Primal Aura Converter	Converts supplied CV into local Primal Aura.
Flux Scraper	Periodically drains a small amount of Flux or Vis.
Void Beacon	Uses Flux Rifts and essentia to produce resources.
Redstone Ticker	Produces randomly changing redstone power.
Time Stone	Accelerates nearby machines.
Temporal Accelerator	Extremely powerful endgame machine accelerator.
Flight Stone	Grants flight within its area.
Unflight Stone	Prevents non-creative flight within its area.
CV Defender	Creates a protective dome powered by CV and Praemunio.
Void Singularity	Detonates after placement and damages nearby living entities.

Compressor

The Compressor converts one compatible ingot into one matching plate.

When multiple plate variants exist for the same ingot, the desired result can be selected through its interface.

Property	Without essentia	With Mechanism essentia
Processing time	4 seconds	1 second
Ingot cost	1	1
Plate output	1	1

Essentia property	Value
Mechanism cost per plate	10
Internal capacity	100

It supports Ore Dictionary ingots and matching plates. Thauminite plates are also supported when Thaumic Bases is installed.

Mattery Duplicator

The Mattery Duplicator contains a reusable 3×3 crafting pattern.

Items placed in the pattern are not consumed. Instead, the machine creates copies of the matching result using Mattery essentia.

Property	Value
Pattern slots	9
Mattery cost per output	100
Mattery capacity	500

It supports:

• normal crafting recipes;
• Arcane Crafting recipes;
• player research requirements;
• Vis discounts.

Arcane recipes additionally consume:

• the normal Vis cost of the recipe;
• matching primal aspects from local Primal Aura.

The player using the machine must know the required research before an Arcane Crafting result becomes available.

Crystallizer

The Crystallizer creates vis crystals from supplied CV or surplus local Primal Aura.

Property	Value
Processing time	2 seconds
CV cost per crystal	200
CV capacity per aspect	2,000
Primal Aura cost per crystal	4

When CV is supplied through a Port, the machine creates a crystal matching the stored aspect.

If no usable CV is available, it switches to local Primal Aura. It selects the strongest primal aspect above the chunk's natural level and converts part of that surplus into a matching primal crystal.

Crystals are inserted into an inventory in front of the machine. If no valid inventory is available, they are dropped into the world.

Primal Aura Converter

The Primal Aura Converter turns CV into Primal Aura in its current chunk.

Property	Value
Conversion rate	100 CV per 1 Primal Aura
Maximum conversion speed	2 aura per tick for each primal aspect
CV capacity	4,000 per primal aspect

Compound aspects are decomposed into their six primal components before conversion.

The converter is useful for maintaining Primal Aura around bases and machines that consume it continuously.

Flux Scraper

The Flux Scraper interacts with the ordinary Thaumcraft aura.

Every 20 seconds, it randomly drains:

• 0.5 Flux; or * 0.5 Vis.

Because the result is random, the Flux Scraper can slowly clean polluted chunks but may also reduce their available Vis.

Void Beacon

The Void Beacon drains nearby Flux Rifts and uses the collected energy to produce resources based on the supplied essentia.

Property	Value
Flux Rift range	16 blocks
Essentia capacity	100
Base progress required per output	200
Redstone behavior	Powered beacon is disabled
Sky requirement	Must have open sky

The beacon must have a clear line of sight to the Flux Rift.

Produced items are inserted into inventories touching any side of the beacon. Production stops when no adjacent inventory has an empty slot.

Void Metal pyramid

The beacon can operate without a pyramid, but layers of Void Metal Blocks beneath it greatly reduce its essentia consumption.

Complete layers	Platform size	Essentia per output
0	None	20
1	3×3	10
2	5×5	5
3	7×7	2
4	9×9	1

Each layer is placed one block lower and must be completely filled with Void Metal Blocks.

The type of supplied essentia influences the possible output. Default outputs include ores, terrain blocks, plants, Thaumcraft resources and other world materials.

Sneak and right-click the beacon with an empty hand to clear its stored essentia. Cleared essentia is released as Flux.

Redstone Ticker

The Redstone Ticker produces an irregular redstone signal.

Property	Value
Output strength	0–15
Time between changes	2–30 ticks
Time in seconds	0.1–1.5 seconds
Chance to output 0	25%

When active, all sides provide the same redstone power.

Time Stone

The Time Stone accelerates ticking machines and other compatible block entities inside a small area.

Property	Value
Radius	3 blocks
Area	7×7×7
Extra updates per tick	3
Approximate total speed	4×

It does not accelerate players, creatures or ordinary random block ticks.

Time Stones cannot be stacked. Two Time Stones whose areas overlap disable one another.

Temporal Accelerator

The Temporal Accelerator is an extremely powerful endgame version of the Time Stone.

Property	Value
Radius	5 blocks
Area	11×11×11
Extra updates per tick	300
Approximate total speed	301×

It does not require fuel, but accelerating complex machines at this rate can cause severe server lag or unintended machine behavior.

Overlapping Temporal Accelerators disable one another. Time Stones and Temporal Accelerators do not accelerate each other.

Flight Stone

The Flight Stone grants survival flight to players inside its area.

Property	Value
Range	48 blocks
Player check interval	10 ticks
Flight-effect duration	40 ticks

The effect is continuously refreshed while the player remains inside the area. Flight is removed after the player leaves the field or the stone is broken.

Creative and spectator players are unaffected.

Unflight Stone

The Unflight Stone prevents non-creative players from flying inside its area.

Property	Value
Range	48 blocks
Player check interval	10 ticks

It disables both active flight and the ability to begin flying. Creative and spectator players are unaffected.

CV Defender

The CV Defender creates a spherical barrier around itself.

It requires:

• a continuous CV supply;
• Praemunio essentia from containers within 4 blocks;
• Impetus when Thaumic Augmentation is installed.

Property	Value
Activation time	2 seconds
Minimum radius	4 blocks
CV input for maximum radius	10 CV per tick
CV capacity	100,000
Praemunio conversion	1 essentia provides 100 reserve units

The shield radius grows with the rate of incoming CV.

Shield costs

Blocked effect	CV cost	Praemunio cost
Projectile	100	3
Magical attack	250	5
Block-changing effect	200	4
Explosion	1,000	20

While active, the shield also consumes a small amount of CV and Praemunio continuously. Its consumption increases temporarily after it blocks an attack.

The dome blocks effects crossing its boundary, including:

• projectiles;
• magical attacks and beams;
• harmful magical clouds;
• explosions;
• fire, fluids and supported block-changing effects.

Attacks and projectiles already entirely inside the dome are not stopped unless they cross its boundary.

Void Singularity

The Void Singularity is a placeable destructive block that automatically detonates shortly after placement.

Property	Value
Fuse	2 seconds
Effect radius	30 blocks
Damage	115
Damage type	True damage
Terrain damage	None

The blast affects living creatures inside the radius, including the player who placed it.

Its damage bypasses armor, absorption and most protective effects, but it does not destroy surrounding blocks.

More information is available in Combat and Tools.

Aura and node infrastructure

Block	Function
Aura Totem: Push	Moves a selected primal aspect away from its inner area.
Aura Totem: Pull	Draws a selected primal aspect into its inner area.
Aura Totem: Inner Pole	Expands the inner working area.
Aura Totem: Outer Pole	Expands the outer working area and increases transfer speed.
Aura Totem: Pure Pole	Reduces the chance of Flux being created.
Port	Transfers CV between linked devices.
Node Stabilizer	Holds one aura node safely above itself.
Advanced Node Stabilizer	Stabilizes a node and transfers aspects from nearby nodes into it.
Node Transducer	Converts a stabilized node into an energized CV source.

Aura Totems

An Aura Totem transfers one selected primal aspect between chunks.

Place a Push or Pull Totem on top of up to five Aura Totem Poles.

Property	Value
Maximum poles	5
Aspect transferred per pulse	1 Primal Aura
Pulses provided by one crystal	500
Accepted fuel	Six primal vis crystals only

Use a primal vis crystal on any part of the Totem to insert it. Sneak and right-click with an empty hand to remove one stored crystal.

Totem types

• Push moves aura from the inner area into the surrounding outer area.
• Pull moves aura from the surrounding outer area into the inner area.

Pole types

Pole	Effect
Inner Pole	Increases the radius of the inner area by one chunk.
Outer Pole	Increases the outer radius by one chunk.
Pure Pole	Reduces the chance that a transfer releases Flux.

Inner and Outer Poles also reduce the delay between transfer pulses. Larger and faster Totems have a greater Flux risk unless Pure Poles are included.

Port

Ports transport CV between aura nodes and compatible devices.

They can be linked using the Port Linking Wand.

Property	Value
Maximum link-chain length	32 Ports
Maximum transfer through one link	50 CV per tick
CV capacity per aspect	2,000
Line of sight between linked Ports	Required

Ports can supply:

• Crystallizers;
• Primal Aura Converters;
• CV Defenders;
• Wand Recharge Pedestals;
• Arcane Wand Workbench Chargers;
• other linked Ports.

They can also receive CV from energized aura nodes.

Node Stabilizer

The Node Stabilizer holds one aura node directly above itself.

While active, it:

• keeps the node centered;
• prevents normal movement;
• prevents dangerous node interactions.

A redstone signal disables the stabilizer and releases the node.

Advanced Node Stabilizer

The Advanced Node Stabilizer provides stronger control over the node above it.

In addition to normal stabilization, it:

• keeps the node tightly centered;
• drains one aspect at a time from nearby unstabilized nodes;
• transfers those aspects into the stabilized node;
• can completely consume a donor node;
• can slowly improve a Fading node into a Pale node;
• can normalize the regeneration of an Unstable node.

Property	Value
Donor-node range	4.5 blocks
Aspect transferred per pulse	1
Transfer interval	3 seconds

A redstone signal disables the stabilizer.

Node Transducer

The Node Transducer is placed above a stabilized aura node and activated with redstone.

Property	Value
Conversion time	10 seconds
CV output scale	Based on the node's decomposed primal aspects
Required output Port	Beneath the stabilizer setup

During conversion, the node's compound aspects are decomposed into primal aspects. The energized node then produces CV while the Transducer remains powered.

Turning off redstone returns the node to a normal non-energized state.

Detailed setup and safety information is available in Aura Nodes and Primal Aura.

Building and decorative blocks

Block	Description
Primal Block	Durable endgame building and crafting block made from Primal Ingots.
Ruby Block	Ruby storage and decorative block.
Nether Star Block	Compact high-tier crafting and decorative block.
Matterya Block	Compact high-tier crafting block containing a large amount of the aspect.
Copper Block	Metal storage block available with standard ore generation.
Tin Block	Metal storage block available with standard ore generation.
Lead Block	Metal storage block available with standard ore generation.
Silver Block	Metal storage block available with standard ore generation.
Smooth Stone	Building block used by Thaumic Forever structures.
Obsidian Totem	Decorative block used by naturally generated Obsidian Totems.
Greatwood Door	Wooden Greatwood-style door.
Silverwood Door	Wooden Silverwood-style door.
Arcane Door	Reinforced metal door controlled by redstone.
Greatwood Trapdoor	Wooden Greatwood-style trapdoor.
Silverwood Trapdoor	Wooden Silverwood-style trapdoor.
Red Rose	Common decorative flower.
Blue Rose	Rare decorative flower.
Vis Plant	Thaumic decorative and crafting plant.

Storage and material blocks

Block	Hardness	Blast resistance	Required tool
Primal Block	15	40	Pickaxe
Ruby Block	5	10	Pickaxe level 2
Nether Star Block	5	10	Pickaxe level 2
Matterya Block	5	10	Pickaxe level 2
Copper Block	5	10	Pickaxe level 2
Tin Block	5	10	Pickaxe level 2
Lead Block	5	10	Pickaxe level 2
Silver Block	5	10	Pickaxe level 2
Smooth Stone	2	3	Pickaxe level 2
Obsidian Totem	5	10	Pickaxe level 2

The Copper, Tin, Lead and Silver blocks are registered only when Enable Standard Ore Generation is enabled.

Doors and trapdoors

Block	Material	Hardness	Blast resistance
Greatwood Door	Wood	3	5
Silverwood Door	Wood	3	5
Arcane Door	Metal	3	5
Greatwood Trapdoor	Wood	3	5
Silverwood Trapdoor	Wood	3	5

The Arcane Door behaves like an iron door and is intended to be controlled through redstone.

Plants

Red Rose, Blue Rose and Vis Plant

The Blue Rose is marked as a Rare Bloom and generates much less frequently than the Red Rose.

Generation information is available in World Generation and Structures.

Ores

Ore	Dimension	Harvest level	Drop
Aquareia Ore	Overworld	2	Aquareia Ore
Ancient Amber	Overworld	2	Ancient Amber
Ancient Cinnabar	Overworld	2	Ancient Cinnabar
Ancient Coal	Overworld	2	Ancient Coal
Ancient Gold	Overworld	2	Ancient Gold
Ancient Iron	Overworld	2	Ancient Iron
Copper Ore	Overworld	2	Copper Ore
Tin Ore	Overworld	2	Tin Ore
Lead Ore	Overworld	2	Lead Ore
Silver Ore	Overworld	2	Silver Ore
Ruby Ore	Nether	2	1–2 Ruby Gems
End Ore	End	3	1–2 End Dust

Aquareia Ore produces light with a light level of 8.

Ruby Ore produces light with a light level of 7.

Detailed generation heights, biome requirements and frequency are available in World Generation and Structures.

Optional integration block

Primordial Guardian

The Primordial Guardian is available only when Thaumic Additions is installed.

It stores Caeles essentia and uses Primordial Pearls to grant one-use protection from death.

Property	Value
Caeles capacity	1,000
Caeles required to charge a player	500
Caeles consumed when protection triggers	500

Use a Primordial Pearl on a charged Guardian to bind its protection to the activating player.

When that player would die:

• the death is prevented;
• the protection is consumed.

The Guardian can also be activated through golem automation. In this case, it attempts to apply the protection to the owner of a golem.