Research Tree Overview

Research Tree Overview

Main category: THAUMICFOREVER

Central research and rare discoveries

The center of the THAUMICFOREVER tab is not a single linear progression. It contains several discoveries that connect the main branches or introduce content found through exploration.

ORB represents a collection of rare magical orbs: the Orbs of Taint, Crimson, Dark and Soul. These are valuable trophies obtained from powerful, unusual or otherwise rare enemies and encounters. For example, giant taint creatures can drop the Orb of Taint, while the Watcher drops the Orb of Soul.

An orb should be scanned with a Thaumometer when it is first obtained. Scanning unlocks its corresponding !orb_* research and adds more information to the central ORB entry. The items themselves are not merely collectibles: they are consumed by advanced recipes for specialized weapons, equipment and other rare magical devices. The Orb of Soul is used by the Potion Gun recipe, while the Orb of Taint is a component of the Taint Amulet.

Other central entries provide utility or connect progression:

• TFSCRIBINGTOOLS unlocks larger-capacity Scribing Tools with a much greater ink supply. They are useful for Old Research notes, standard Thaumcraft research and other recipes or devices that consume ink from Scribing Tools.
• FOOD unlocks Thaumic Forever consumables.
• OREAQUA records discoveries of unusual ores.
• RESEARCHPRIMAL is the bridge to the separate PRIMAL category.

Branch	Research keys	Unlocks
Alchemy	NEWALKIMIA, PERMUTATIOALKIMIA, AQUAALKIMIA, TERRAALKIMIA, VICTUSALKIMIA, HERBAALKIMIA, SEED, IGNISALKIMIA, PRAECANTATIOALKIMIA, ELDRITCHALKIMIA, ELDRITCHAMULET	Crucible conversions, plants, resources and eldritch products
Auromancy	NEWAUROMANCY, FOCUSCALM, MINDCONTROL, FOCUSCLEANSE, EXPLOSIONCAST, CHAINFLIGHT, FLIGHT, CHAINLIGHTNING, BLINK, TIMEBOMB, FOCUSBEAM, GREAT_ARO	Focus effects, media and modifiers
Infusion	NEWINFUSION, NEWRUNICS, CLOAK	Baubles, cloak and infusion enchantments
Artifice	NEWARTIFICE, ADVARTIFICE, COMPRESSOR, DECONSTRUCTIONTABLE, DUPLICATOR, FLUXSCRUBBER, UNSTONE, TIMESTONE, VOIDCHEST, REDSTONEGENETATOR, DECOYMANNEQUIN, ARCANETURRET	Machines, storage, defenses and time devices
Golemancy	NEWGOLEMANCY, SEALTRADE, SEALARCANECASTER, GOLEMSCORE, GOLEM_CORE_FISH, SEAL_GOLEM_CORE_ESSENTIA, GREATRESEARCHTABLE	New seals and golem upgrades
Aura nodes	VISAURA, AURANODE, STABILIZER, BUFFSTABILIZER, NODEJAR, NODEMAGNET, TRANSDUCER, PRIMALNODE	Node creation, transport, stabilization and primal aura
Wands	BASETHAUMATURGY, cap/rod entries, STAFF, SCEPTER, core entries, material expansions, WANDCHARGE, AURATOTEMS, converters	Complete wand ecosystem
Utility	FOOD, TFSCRIBINGTOOLS, OREAQUA, DECORATION	Research, food, ore and building content
Integrations	ADDITIONALALKIMIA, BOTANIAALKIMIA, IMMERALKIMIA, IUALKIMIA	Recipes requiring optional mods

Entries beginning with !, such as !GUARD and !VAMPIRE_BAT, are scanning researches. They are unlocked by scanning the corresponding entity or object with a Thaumometer and may act as prerequisites for later research.

Primal category: PRIMAL

The root PRIMAL entry is reached from RESEARCHPRIMAL.

Route	Purpose
ETERNAL_BLADE	High-tier melee weapon
POTION_GUN	Configurable ranged potion delivery
TELEPORT	Void/teleport utility
STUFF	Purifying Bottle, Vis Bottle and Primal Charm
PRIMALTIMESTONE	Temporal Accelerator
PRIMALTOOLS	Primal Pickaxe and Primal Blade
TAINT_AMULET	Taint-oriented protection/equipment
PRIMAL_FOCI	Chaos focus effect that prepares and releases unpredictable focus chains
PRIMAL_ELEMENT	Primal Elements focus effect with a sequence of elemental attacks
PRIMAL_RUPTURE	Primal Rupture focus effect that tears directly at a target's vitality

Dynamic research

Pack authors can append research IDs through Research List in thaumicforever.cfg. Dynamic entries complement the fixed list defined by the mod.