Thaumonomicon

These strange humanoids can be found wherever the veil between worlds is at its thinnest. They seem drawn to the magical energies that abound in such places.
Don't let their small stature fool you. They have incredible strength and can carry many times their own bodyweight.
Pech are normally not aggressive, but when riled up they will band together and hunt down their attacker. Under normal conditions they avoid people at all costs.
Pechs are notoriously avaricious, and will loot anything not nailed

down, though they prefer precious things. It is said that if you feed this desire for material wealth it could be possible to befriend one. Once befriended they often carry wondrous objects that they might be willing to part with.
It should be noted that such 'friendships' seldom last long.

Greatwood Trees

These large and majestic trees can be found dotted all over the countryside.
Their wood is able to absorb impressive amounts of magic making it a popular component in the crafting of magical devices.

Silverwood Trees

These rare and magical trees are a wondrous sight. Their leaves shimmer with magical energy and their pale, soft wood is valued for its purifying properties.
The trees magical nature is such that aura nodes often form within their hearts - this feature alone makes a silverwood sapling a prize beyond measure.

Shimmerleaf

The strange, glowing flowers only grow in the shadow of Silverwood Trees. They can be harvested and pulped to produce quicksilver.

Cinderpearl

Found only in the hottest of climes, these plants burn with elemental fire. They can be harvested and ground to produce a fine powder akin to Blaze powder.

Mana Pod



This strange, pod like plant is only found growing on trees in magical forests. They grow very slowly and when harvested usually only yield one or two beans.

These beans, known as Mana Beans, contain concentrated amounts of essentia. They can also be consumed, though the results are often a bit unpredictable.
They can be replanted, but cultivation is difficult and time-consuming.
Wild mana pods usually only produce primal aspects, though it is said that planting beans adjacent to existing ones sometimes result in beans with compound aspects.

Thaumcraft adds several unique enchantments.
Haste
This enchantment can be applied to footwear of all types and increases the wearer's land speed. The higher the enchantment level, the greater the speed bonus granted.
Repair
This enchantment slowly repairs the durability of items by drawing vis from wands in your inventory. The vis cost is determined by the value of the item.

The higher the level of the enchantment, the quicker this takes place. This enchantment can only be applied to items made with Thaumcraft, and even then not all of them.

Infused Stone

On occasion there is so much primal energy in an aura that it will settle into solid stone to form Infused Ore. The magic forms crystals within the rock that can be harvested.

These crystals have various elemental properties and have many uses in Thaumaturgy.
There are six types of infused stone, one for each of the Primal Aspects.


They can be combined together to form crystal clusters. Crystal clusters have no special properties beyond adding a touch of class to any home. Breaking a crystal cluster causes it to shatter into its component crystals.

Cinnabar

This reddish ore is found deep underground and when smelted produces quicksilver.

Amber

This ore is found near the surface and when mined drops chunks of amber.

To craft the Thaumonomicon, you must simply use your wand on a bookshelf placed in the world.
The Thaumonomicon is a reference book of all things thaumaturgical. It lists all the discoveries you have made so far and gives you a general impression of how many there are still to be made.
Whenever you successfully research something and use the scroll, it will automatically be added to this book. You can then browse through the discoveries and click on them to be shown more detailed information regarding them as well as any crafting recipes associated with those discoveries.

In your travels you might happen upon fragments of ancient and lost knowledge. On their own they are only worth a few research points when used, but if you gather enough of them together you might gain unique research that you can pursue. Usually the research they reveal cannot be gained through normal means.
The fragments of knowledge can on occasion lead to a false theory, but this will be revealed when you attempt to research it. When this happens most of your knowledge fragments will be returned to you and it usually means you have exhausted all current avenues of research into lost knowledge.

The Aura is a field of magical energy prevalent throughout the world. Its origin is unclear. Some believe it is the accumulated life force of living beings, while others believe it to merely be another type of energy seeping in from some other place. The last theory seems to be most likely, as the aura is often found surrounding a node of concentrated mystical energy known as an Aura Node.
Each aura node has a base amount of magical energy it can contain and this energy is aligned to one or more aspects. It is usually aligned to Primal Aspects, but rarely a node may contain Compound Aspects.

The aspects within an aura node can be tapped by a thaumaturge for his own purposes. The simplest way to do so is with the use of a wand.
Energy that has been harvested in this manner is known as vis.
Aura nodes are hard to see with the naked eye, but faint glimmers of light often betray their presence. The Thaumometer makes nodes slightly easier to find, as looking through its lens makes them clearly visible.
Important: Caution must be taken when draining a node. There is a small chance that when a specific type of aspect within a node is completely drained, it may

disappear or harm the integrity of the node.
It is possible for the node to disappear completely if all the aspects are used up.
Fortunately most nodes replenish their aspects over time and if properly maintained can provide a clever thaumaturge with all the vis he could want.
Nodes react in interesting ways to other nearby nodes and bigger nodes tend to drain the vis out of their smaller neighbors to increase their own girth.

Every item, object or creature is bound by varying mystical elements known as aspects. Aspects describe the object's makeup and bent towards the magical elements. A simple stone may possess the aspect of Terra while more complex items like trees or even creatures can be made up of various different aspects in varying amounts. There are close to 50 known aspects with more being discovered all the time.
There are two main types of aspects: Primal and Compound.

Primal Aspects are the most basic types of aspects and there are only 6 of them: Aer (air), Terra (earth), Ignis (fire), Aqua (Water), Ordo (order), Perditio (entropy).
These form the basic building blocks of all other aspects.
Compound Aspects are built from two other aspects. The simplest compound aspects are made from two primal aspects, but it is possible to have incredibly complex compound aspects made from successive layers of simpler aspects.
The simplest example of such a compound aspect, is the aspect of Victus (life), which is a combination of Terra and Aqua.

To view what aspects an item possesses, simply hover your cursor over the item and press sneak (shift), and you will see what aspects that item has and what amounts of each. You will first need to study the item however, until then the aspects will remain unknown.
Aspects that have somehow been separated from their object and purified is known as Vis and is very valuable: both as a crafting ingredient and as a subject for magical research.
Vis is most often bound into wands, but it is also possible to store it as a magical liquid. Vis stored as a liquid is known as Essentia.

Before you can build most thaumaturgical items and blocks, you first need to discover how to do so. There are several steps in this process:
(1) Exploring the world and examining blocks, items and creatures with a Thaumometer

(2) Taking the research points you gathered from the first step and expanding your aspect knowledge with the Research Table

(3) Using the aspects you know and discovering practical knowledge and recipes with the Research Table.

(1) Exploration

You cannot perform research without research points, and the best way to gain research points is by exploration and examining objects in the world.
The first thing you will need to do is construct a Thaumometer (see next page). By pointing the Thaumometer at objects or creatures and holding the right mouse button you will start examining them. The process does not take long, but your movement speed is reduced while it is occurring.
Once complete the Thaumometer will display what aspects the object contains. In the bottom right of the screen you will also see a summary of the aspects and research points

you discovered.You will initially not be able to examine all objects since you have not discovered their component aspects. For example, an object containing the Lux aspect can only be examined if you have previously discovered the Lux aspect, or know

the two aspects that combine to create it.
The very first time you discover an aspect by examining something you gain two more research points than you would have normally.
Objects and creatures can usually only ever be examined once.
Occasionally examining something will reveal additional clues and insights into thaumaturgical research, unlocking subjects that you can research further.
Research discovered in this fashion will have amber icons.

(2) Combining Aspects

Once you have gathered some research points you can attempt to combine them into compound aspects within a research table.
To craft a research table simply place two tables next to each other and click on them with a set of Scribing Tools. The recipe for tables is listed under the Artiface research category.
If you open the research tables inventory, you will see an interface as pictured on the right.
The scribing tools you used to craft the table will be located in slot 1.

You should see all the primal aspects (and possibly some compound aspects) listed in the area marked 3 with varying amounts attached to them. When you enter a world for the first time, every player is assigned a small pool of primal aspects to get them started.
If you had done some exploring with

the thaumometer beforehand then you might have a significant number of primal and compound aspects listed here.
You can now start combining aspects into more complex compound aspects but simply clicking on those you wish to combine or dragging it to the runic circles in area 4. The selected aspects will appear in area 4 and when you have two selected pressing the purple button will attempt to combine them. If successful you should see what was gained in the bottom right and it should appear in area 3.
The component aspects are consumed even if the combination did not result in valid compound aspect.

(3) Primary ResearchYou need to be carrying a set of scribing tools and paper for this step.
If you open your Thaumonomicon you will see all the knowledge have and also all the knowledge that you are now able to pursue.
Flashing square or round icons represent primary researches.

If you can read their title (instead of seeing strange runes) you are simply able to click on them. Paper and ink will be consumed from your inventory and you will gain a research note. You can now take this research note to the table to start researching it by placing it in slot 2.
Section 5 will now display a sheet of paper covered in hexagonal tiles with aspect icons around the outer edge. If you see question mark icons it means you do not know that aspect yet and you will need to learn it first.

To complete your research you simply need to connect and activate all the aspects. You do this by dragging an aspect to a hex adjacent to it that is either composed of the target aspect, or can be combined with another aspect to form the target aspect.Placing an aspect consumes one research point. If you make a mistake you can click on the aspect to remove it, but you will not regain the research point.

You continue doing this until you have formed a pattern connecting all the starting aspects. The outer aspects need not be connected to all the others, they simply need to form a connected whole.
Once this is done the research will complete and the research note will turn into a discovery.
NOTE: Placing and removing aspects from the hex grid consumes ink from your scribing tools. If it runs out you will not be able to proceed until you refill it.

Secondary Research
Hexagonal icons indicate Secondary research. Much like primary research you just need to click on them. However instead of gaining a research note, you will simply learn the research directly. Secondary research does have an aspect cost you need to pay, but they do not require you to be carrying scribing tools or paper.

Usually the process of drawing vis from a node with a wand is quite slow... but not anymore.
You have discovered a more efficient way of tapping into aura nodes, resulting in a doubling of the vis draw rate.

You have become more efficient at performing research.
Whenever you remove an aspect that you placed in a hex, there is a 25% chance that you will regain the research point.
You are also able to see what aspects you need to combine to create an aspect you are hovering over.

You now have better control over the amount of vis you draw from nodes. You will always leave at least one vis of each aspect in the node, unless you are sneaking.
Be warned, this level of control is not possible when using wands crafted from normal wood and iron.

Warp
Many believe man was not meant to meddle with magic, and nothing gives more credence to this than the existence of Warp.
Researching forbidden magics or crafting objects of a questionable nature tends to distort a thaumaturge's view of reality, twisting both their minds and their bodies. This effect is called Warp.
While some warp gained is temporary and will fade over time, there is no known way to get rid of permanent Warp once it is gained and a thaumaturge who chooses to ignore the dangers in the pursuit of power

often finds himself on a slippery slope.
Warp usually manifests as minor lapses in concentration, physical pain or hallucinations.
These are more than merely mental though, as the visions sometimes impart useful knowledge or seeming hallucinations prove to be frighteningly real.

Flux
If Warp is the mental manifestation of magic gone wrong, then Flux is its physical manifestation.
Flux can manifest in three ways: a liquid, a gas and a physical malady. The first two manifestations are considered annoyances by most thaumaturges and is often the result of wasteful use of magic. It is not particularly hard to clean up, but coming into contact with it often causes the third manifestation: Flux Flu
Flux Flu is not particularly dangerous, but while a thaumaturge is suffering from it he finds it difficult to focus vis which often leads to increased vis usage to get something done.

There comes a point in any thaumaturge's career where he is unable to progress with research due to his lack of knowledge.
One possible recourse is the Deconstruction Table. The table allows you to break down objects into their simplest parts which you can examine. There are limits however - the table breaks compound aspects into their component aspects until only primal aspects remain. During this process much knowledge is lost and at best the thaumaturge can hope for is a single piece of primal knowledge.
For example iron (Metallum)

will be simplified into Terra and Ordo, only one of which will have a chance of being discovered.
It is also fairly slow and the fewer aspects and object has, the lower the chance to discover something.

You have added further refinements to the methods you use to tap aura nodes.
You are now able to draw vis three times faster than normal.

You have become even more efficient at performing research.
Whenever you remove an aspect that you placed in a hex, there is a 50% chance that you will regain the research point.
Additionally there is a 10% chance that whenever you place an aspect that it will not cost any research points to do so.
Lastly you are able to combine aspects in the research table by shift-clicking on the aspect you wish to create. If you have enough of the component aspects they will automatically combine to create the clicked aspect.

Warded jars have proven themselves capable of storing all manner of mundane and mystical things, and you believe you have discovered another use for them - trapping aura nodes.
By constructing a large version of a jar around a node and enacting the proper mystical formula with your wand, the node will become trapped inside the construct which will quickly shrink to a more manageable size. The jar can then be safely picked up and moved around, but the initial trapping spell does have a very good chance of damaging the node.
The node is also frozen at the state it was in when trapped, and will

never again be able to recharge any vis it was missing.
While trapped the node is kept suspended and will not regenerate vis, nor can vis be drawn from it.
It is possible to free the node from the jar by placing it in the world and clicking on it with a wand. The jar will be destroyed in the process.

Much of this book is written in a spidery and unintelligible script, but what you do understand offers some strange insights into the goals of the Crimson Cult.
Their origins are shrouded in mystery, but it seems their goal is the perfection of a ritual they refer to as "Apertis Oculis" - Opening the Eye. What it does is unclear, but you doubt it is anything good.
Interestingly enough, you think thaumaturgy might offer the missing pieces they have so long sought. Obviously only a madman would pursue this line of study...

You have discovered a way to copy completed research note.
When you complete research or place a completed research note in the research table you will see a star icon. Clicking this will create a copy of this research as long as you are carrying paper and ink and have enough aspects available.
The more copies are created of that research, the more expensive copying it will become.

Most of the time a single wand is more than enough for any thaumaturge, but there are occasions that the vis it stores just isn't enough. Carrying more than one wand would solve this, but experimentation has shown that there is another way.
By crafting an amulet capable of storing vis, you will be able to recharge wands and other items in the field while it is being worn.
Your success has been mixed however. You can only recharge wands while holding them in your own hand and even then the recharge rate is slow.

However the amulet is able to act as a good power source for other things like the Repair enchant or runic shielding.
The amulet can only be recharged in a wand pedestal or from nearby vis relays.

Wand foci are capable of amazing feats, but they aren't very flexible. A single focus is seldom capable of performing more than a single function.
You have discovered a way to upgrade basic foci to alter the way they manipulate magic. You simply need to place a focus in a Focal Manipulator and choose the upgrade you wish to apply to it. You also need to provide it with vis from relays and spend experience points to get the process started, but after that it is a simple matter of waiting.
Each focus can be upgraded up to five times,

but each rank is doubles the cost.
While some upgrades can be applied multiple times or at any rank, many foci have upgrades that can only be applied at certain ranks or only if certain requisite upgrades had been taken at lower ranks. Experimentation is encouraged.
Upgrades are permanent - you are not aware of any method to remove unwanted upgrades so care must be taken when choosing them.

This upgrade changes the summoned bats into vampire bats. Not only will they suck the life out of their target to replenish their own, but some of the stolen life force is given to their summoner.

In your travels you have discovered several nodes that contain compound aspects, but as yet there has been no way to tap this rich source of vis. Until now.
This focus can be placed on top of a wand recharge pedestal which will allow any wand it contains to siphon off the compound vis from nearby nodes. Unfortunately each point of compound vis is broken down into a single point of primal vis and all the excess energy is lost. However it is a good start and you are sure you will discover better ways to access this resource.

Your trips onto the Nether have taught you to fear the tiny terrors known as Hellbats. Now you have discovered a way to summon the little terrors and send them after your enemies. Excellent.

Traveling around the countryside to recharge your wand is all good and well, but an automatic way of doing it would be much better.
This specially crafted pedestal does just that - any wand placed in it will automatically draw vis from nearby nodes.
Nodes will not be fully drained unless it is a poor quality wand crafted from iron or sticks.

An annoyance for any thaumaturge that performs regular arcane crafting is to constantly keep his wand charged.
Now that you have found a way to draw vis directly from nodes you are able to craft a Vis Charging Relay. This functions like a normal relay, but is designed to be placed on top of an arcane crafting table. It will draw vis from the relay and recharge wands placed in the table.
The only drawback is that it recharges much slower than it would from a wand recharging pedestal or doing it by hand.

Without vis nodes thaumaturges would not even be able to perform the simplest of tasks, but the nodes themselves have several limitations that make their use impractical for extensive operations. Foremost amongst these limitations is the fact that they are easily depleted and it takes quite some time for them to once again gather energy from mystical source they are connected to.
You think you may have found a way around that limitation. In effect nodes are tiny gateways to a mysterious font of mystical energy around which the energy slowly accumulates in the form of Vis. The gateway is so small that only a tiny

amount of energy leaks into our reality. By levering open this doorway you can cause vis to pour forth in a torrent.
This is even more dangerous than it sounds however and careful steps must be taken during the entire process.
Firstly the node needs to be stabilized during the entire process. Once that is done you need to craft and place a Node Transducer above the node. When you apply a redstone signal to the transducer the node will begin converting to an energized node and quickly lose its stored vis in the process.
The process takes some time, but when it is done the node will

change into an energized node. Caution should be taken to keep both the stabilizer and transducer active from now on.
Energized nodes no longer store or recharge vis, nor can vis be drawn from them with a wand or other means. Instead they produce a steady supply of CV (centi-vis, or a hundredth of a vis) each tick. This energy can be tapped by placing vis relays near the energized node.
Each relay acts as a conduit for CV and any number of relays can be placed within 8 blocks of an energized node. Relays also transfer energy to each other allowing you to create a network that transports vis to

anything that needs it, like the Infernal Furnace.
Relays use a branching system, so each relay can have only one source (either another relay, or an energized node), but may have multiple child relays that branch off it.
You can also 'tune' a relay to one of the primal aspects by using an appropriate vis shard on it. Clicking on it with a wand will also cycle through the possible attunements. This does not limit what vis can flow through that relay, but does prevent it from connecting to any other relay except untuned ones or ones tuned to the same primal.

The amount of energy a node produces per tick is finite so attaching too many devices to a single source might exceed the amount of CV it can produce.
It is possible to turn an energized node back into a normal node. Simply cut the redstone signal to the transducer and it slowly turn it back into a normal node. Caution should be taken however since the node will be completely drained of vis and thus runs the risk of being damaged.

This focus is capable of hurling chunks of ice.
Care must be taken when aiming, as the ice chunks tend to bounce off solid objects. This can be used to your advantage however as you can bounce the shards around corners, or even hit multiple foes.

This focus is capable of focusing elemental energy into bolts of lightning that you can hurl at your enemies.

This handy device has several beneficial effects if placed below a node.
Firstly it prevents the node from draining vis from other nodes, or being drained in turn. Secondly it prevents unstable nodes from losing their vis and it has a tiny chance of eventually removing the unstable condition completely. Lastly it has a very, very small chance of turning fading nodes into pale nodes.
This requires power however and the Node Stabilizer draws this from the node itself. It does not draw enough to reduce the vis of the node, but it does halve its normal recharge rate.

Applying a redstone signal will switch the stabilizer off.

This powerful focus has a very interesting ability. When used on a block it will create an invisible, protective barrier around that block. From that point on the block will not be able to be removed or destroyed until you once again use the wand on it.
The focus can be used on most simple blocks and they will retain many of their normal properties, though while warded those blocks will effectively become frozen in time.
While holding a wand with this focus you will be able to see all blocks that you (and only you) have warded.

Advanced Node Stabilizers perform all the functions of the lesser versions with a few major differences.
Firstly they still prevent lesser nodes from having their vis drained, but it does allow stabilized nodes to drain the vis from lesser ones.
Secondly it has a higher chance to improve unstable and fading nodes.
Unfortunately this costs a lot more power from the stabilized node - still not enough to drain vis from it, but even the brightest node will have its recharge rate almost completely negated.

This focus turns your wand into a tool capable of moving vast amounts of earth and stone with little effort.
Simply point it at what you want to excavate and the magic does the rest. Tougher materials take longer to mine, and anything other than earth, stone or similar materials will take much longer to mine.

You can use this focus to trade dozens of blocks in the world with some you are carrying.
You must first choose the block you wish to change other blocks into by sneaking and right clicking on the desired block. When you then left-click on another block it will turn into the target block. Right clicking will transform a whole swathe of blocks.
You must be carrying enough target blocks, and the transformed blocks will replace them in your inventory. Only blocks with at least one face adjacent to open air or non-solid blocks will be transformed.

A staff core crafted from reeds can store 175 vis of each type.
Like the wand core it will slowly replenish its vis stores.

Some careful experimentation has shown you a way to expand the abilities of even the most basic wand.
By combining crystalline vis shards with quartz crystals and infusing them with magic, you are able to align the crystals into a mystical matrix.
If the proper types and amounts of vis is focused through this matrix, it will reshape the raw magical energies into something useful, controlled, and geared to a specific task.

Adding a focus to your wand is a simple task - simply press F while holding the wand, and any foci you a carrying will show up in a radial menu allowing you to choose from any of the ones you are carrying with a simple click.
Your initial experiments involved the shaping of fire, and the resulting focus proved to be a simple, but useful tool.
It is capable of sending forth a cone of elemental fire, burning all in its wake.

You have succeeded in using vis to create extra dimensional spaces. Using this focus on a wall or other surface will create an extra dimensional passage leading to the other side.
This 'hole' only remains open for a few seconds and drains vis from the wand depending on its depth.
Extra dimensional holes cannot be created through certain kinds of matter or particularly complex objects.

A staff core crafted from blaze rods can store 175 vis of each type.

A wand core made from reeds has slightly greater storage potential than greatwood cores. What makes it superior to greatwood cores however is that if the level of Aer stored inside it drops below 10%, it will slowly replenish without the use of a node.

A staff core carved from bone can store 175 vis of each type.
Like the wand core it will slowly replenish its vis stores.

Once you have gathered a sizable collection of foci it is quite annoying to carry them all with you. This pouch solves that problem.
Whenever you change the focus on your wand, it will check this pouch first and any foci that get removed will be placed inside it first. You can also right-click the pouch to place or remove foci by hand.
It can also be carried in your belt bauble slot.

Blaze rods used as wand cores has slightly greater storage potential than greatwood cores. What makes it superior to greatwood cores however is that if the level of Ignis stored inside it drops below 10%, its fiery nature will slowly replenish it.

A bone used as a wand core has slightly greater storage potential than greatwood cores. What makes it superior to greatwood cores however is that if the level of Perditio stored inside it drops below 10%, it will slowly replenish without the use of a node.

The casting wand is your most basic, but also your most important tool. It is what you use to craft objects, activate blocks like the crucible, and countless other tasks.
The most basic wand stores a very limited amount of magical energy (called vis) that it uses to perform its tasks. The replenish the energy in a wand, you must right-click and hold to draw vis from an aura node.
While holding a wand you will see a indicator on the top left of the screen that shows how much vis is stored within the wand.

Holding shift will display exact numbers held by the wand and any possible discounts you have to performing magical tasks.
Wands are always constructed by the combination of a rod and two end-caps. As you progress with your studies, you are sure you will discover different materials that you can use to craft rods and caps to make powerful wands. Only the basic wand can be put together in a normal crafting table. All other wands require the Arcane Workbench and will cost vis to construct.
The basic wand is constructed from mundane wood and iron, both of which make poor materials for working magic.

Copper has similar properties to iron when used as a wand cap, but is as efficient as gold when used to channel Ordo or Perditio vis.

Silver has similar properties to gold when used as a wand cap, but it slightly more efficient at channeling the four elemental primals (fire, earth, air and water).
Crafting these wand caps in an arcane worktable is not sufficient - they need to be infused with additional magical energy to make them usable.

A staff core chiseled from obsidian can store 175 vis of each type.
Like the wand core it will slowly replenish its vis stores.

A wand core chiseled from obsidian has slightly greater storage potential than greatwood cores. What makes it superior to greatwood cores however is that if the level of Terra stored inside it drops below 10%, it will slowly replenish without the use of a node.

Carved from greatwood logs, this rod has double the vis storage potential of mundane wood, being able to store up to 50 vis of each type.

Gold is a far superior focusing agent than iron, and wands capped with this material takes no penalty when used to channel vis.

Wand cores crafted from ice can store slightly more vis than greatwood cores. What makes it superior to greatwood cores however is that if the level of Aqua stored inside it drops below 10%, its icy nature will slowly replenish it.

Crafting scepters are specialized wands made to be used to craft mystical objects and nothing else. Foci cannot be attached to them, but they have several features that still make them worthwhile using.
Firstly, they have an additional 10% vis discount above and beyond what their caps would normally grant.
Secondly they are able to hold 50% more vis than their cores would normally allow.
Like other wands they can be crafted using most combinations of rods and caps - just a few examples are given on the next page.

Thaumium is known for its ability to store and absorb magic, so using it to craft wand caps is a logical choice. It is very efficient at focusing vis of all types.
Crafting these wand caps in an arcane worktable is not sufficient - they need to be infused with additional magical energy to make them usable.

A staff core crafted from ice can store 175 vis of each type.
Like the wand core it will slowly replenish its vis stores.

A wand core chiseled from nether quartz has slightly greater storage potential than greatwood cores. What makes it superior to greatwood cores however is that if the level of Ordo stored inside it drops below 10%, it will slowly replenish without the use of a node.

Silverwood has proved to be an excellent repository of magical energy, and wand cores crafted from it can store up to 100 vis of each type.

Staff cores crafted from silverwood can store up to 250 vis of each type.

A staff core chiseled from quartz can store 175 vis of each type.
Like the wand core it will slowly replenish its vis stores.

Wands are the stock and trade of the thaumaturge, but sometimes you want more bang for your buck. Magical staves are basically just bigger wands. They are able to store more vis.
Since they are physically larger and sturdier than a wand, they can actually be used as weapons in an emergency.
Unfortunately this also makes it unsuitable for the intricate workmanship and fine control required by an arcane workbench or similar crafting.

A staff made from greatwood has more than double the vis storage potential of a greatwood wand, being able to store up to 125 vis of each type.
Note: You still need to add caps to a stave rod, just like you would for a wand.

The dawn machine is an amazing piece of machinery, but it is hard to move. For this reason, you have invented the Dawn Offering, a piece of obsidian infused with teleportation magic that can call the dawn machine to its location. To use it, right click the center of your dawn machine with a wand. Then, place the dawn offering block in the world. Right-click the dawn offering with the same wand to teleport the dawn machine. For convenience, all connected jars, tubing, and RF cells in a 5x5 area centered on the dawn machine will teleport as well. The dawn offering is destroyed in the process; it cannot be reused.

You have done it. You have created the most effective (and most needlessly complex) taint killing machine that will likely ever exist. It is a fusion of Homeworld's technical mastery and the recently discovered alien magitechnology. You will call it the Dawn Machine.
You begin by taking a dawn totem and agumenting it with gears, wires, and processors. Infusing it with essentia is a key part of this process. This grants you the core of the dawn machine: The cyber totem.

To create the dawn machine, take the cyber totem and place it between two silverwood logs, each three blocks high, as shown in the following picture. Right click the totem with a wand charged with ordo to finish the construction.

At its most basic, the Dawn Machine functions like a totem of dawn with a slightly longer range that acts slightly more reliably. It also acts as a chunkloader, which is good for the cleanup process. However, the machine can be upgraded by providing it with essentia. There are ten different ports on the Dawn Machine. Each accepts a different type of essentia. Each type of essentia will upgrade the machine in a different way.
If given sano essentia, any tainted villagers, chickens, cows, pigs, and creepers in the area cleansed by the dawn totem will be healed of their infection.

If given aer essentia, the Dawn Machine's cleansing area will increase to 128 squares (from 64 squares). It will still load all the affected chunks. Keep in mind this means the chance of any given square being cleansed will be lower.
If given ignis essentia, the Dawn Machine will burn away tainted blocks as it cleans, purifying dirt, liquifying crusted taint, and eradicating fibers (as though a purity focus was used on the area). This ensures the area stays clean, and prevents immediate re-infection.

If also given vacuous essentia, (in addition to ignis) then the goo created by destroyed crusted taint will be vacuumed up. Because flux goo can also create taint, this can also help prevent an area from becoming reinfected.
If also given arbor essentia (in addition to vaccuous and ignis) then a sapling will be planted anywhere there used to be a tree. (The dawn machine can tell where a tree used to be by detecting crusted taint blocks stacked on top of each other.)

If given auram essentia, tainted aura nodes in the cleansed area will be cured of their taint, becoming normal nodes. (This is expensive! 16 auram essentia will be required per node cleared.)
If given herba essentia, grass will be immediately replanted anywhere dirt is exposed to direct sunlight.
If given ordoLocation essentia, the Dawn Machine will cleanse consecutive squares instead of random squares. This makes it less likely that you will 'miss a spot', which will speed cleaning.

If given cogito essentia, the dawn machine will be smart enough to skip over any previously cured land; if the spot it attempts to clean is already clean, it will immediately pick a new spot to clean instead.
If given mechanus essentia, the Dawn Machine will work three times as quickly, activating five times per second!

The amount of essentia this machine consumes is astounding. There is a way to lessen it, however. Providing RF to the dawn machine, through the plug directly under the cyber totem, halves the amount of essentia this machine requires. A half jar of each essentia, augmented with RF, should in most cases be enough to completely terraform a 128x128 block area back to a pristine, natural state in under an hour, during which time you are completely free to be elsewhere. Now that you have the research to do so, your final task will be to come up with ways to provide the needed essentia...

This setup is hard to move, but there is at least one way you know will work: Archimedes' Ships The whole Dawn Machine setup (including warded jars, essentia tubing, and energy cells, but NOT fluxducts) can be placed on a flying ship and carried around. The dawn machine or its tubing may be deactivated in transit and may need to be sorted out upon arrival; to prevent this from happening, try to always park facing the same direction and you made the ship to begin with.
To keep it from consuming essentia when not in use, a redstone current may be applied to the center block to deactivate it.

Cleaning the body is easy enough, but once warp becomes a nuisance you need something that can clean the mind as well.
This soap cleans the flesh, but the effects it has on your psyche is what truly makes it special. When used it has a small chance of reducing non-permanent warp and will remove all temporary warp.
Using it while under the effects of a Warp Ward or while standing in Purifying Fluid will increase your odds.

By infusing ethereal blooms into a silverwood log, you have created the totem of dawn. It is the greatest magical protection against taint you have yet devised. Boasting an area much larger than a bloom, this totem also excels in keeping the edges of its area free of taint. It may take slightly longer to completely clean an area, however.

Pouring bath salts into water is a bit of a chore, but luckily one easily solved with a bit of magic.
You have created a handy machine that when filled with water and bath salts will automatically mix them and pump the liquid into an area above it. The liquid will fill a 5x5 area above the location where the machine is placed.
Additionally, you have found that it can be used to pump nearly any liquid you can fill it with. You can fill it with automation, or by clicking on the block with the appropriate container. Applying a redstone signal will disable it.

Void jars function much the same as normal warded jars with one important difference - even when full they are still able to accept essentia, but the excess essentia is simply lost. This allows you to always have some essentia of that type available, but get rid of any excess that may build up.
Like normal jars, void jars can accept labels, but their suction with a label is less than that of a normal labeled jar (about halfway between unlabeled and labeled jar).

Warp is a danger for even the most careful of thaumaturges. For those that have done a bit too much dabbling Warp effects are probably more than just an annoyance. Purifying Bath Salts help with that.
Simply tossing these salts into water will turn the water into a silvery, purifying liquid that sooths away the stresses of the day and brings temporary relief from the effects of Warp. It should be noted however the more warp a thaumaturge suffers from, the shorter the duration of this protection.
The salts are quite fragile and will soon dissolve if tossed around haphazardly.

You have found a way to infuse the properties of an ethereal bloom into a wand focus. When you right click on a block, that block and all blocks above and below it will immediately be cured of taint. The enlarge enchantment is especially useful on this focus, increasing the radius of the cleansing to 3, 5, 7, or 9, depending on the level. Beware rapidly spawning thaumic slimes when working near crusted taint. Also beware the high vis cost, especially when enlarge is applied. On the plus side, you can heal tainted creatures simply by right-clicking them with this wand.

You could always use more silverwood trees, but you are loathe to chop down the ones you have, because you cannot guarantee that they give you a sapling. Instead, you have developed a way to infuse oak saplings with magic, transforming them into silverwood saplings.

Ethereal blooms are wonderful, but if you plant them too far apart, you can miss spots, especially in the corners. This potion, made from silverwood leaves, will cure blighted land in a 5 block radius. It doesn't eradicate tainted blocks besides those it hits directly, but any remaining blocks will not survive long on cured land. Unlike a bloom, this potion does not offer continuous protection, meaning it's possible for the land to become reinfected, sometimes quite quickly.

Shimmerleaf is often overshadowed by its mystical neighbor the Silverwood tree, but it has magical properties of its own.
Like the Silverwood, Shimmerleaf flowers have purifying properties that lie dormant. You have found a way to awaken these properties and turn it into an Ethereal Bloom.
Ethereal blooms slowly, but surely, restores land corrupted by mystical means to its former glory - this includes the blight known as Taint. While it cannot combat Taint directly, few tainted growths can survive outside their native environment for long and tend to die back.

The flower only purifies the land bathed in its light out to a range of about 8 blocks.

Essentia can be stored in Warded Jars.
Warded jars can be placed in world and is able to store essentia virtually indefinitely. The enchantment placed on the jars also makes adding or extracting essentia a breeze.
Jars can be filled from an alembic by clicking with the jar directly on the alembic. They can also be filled and emptied using phials.
What is more they make an excellent storage medium for jams and preserves.

Shift clicking on jars and alembics with an empty hand will empty them.
As long as a jar contains some essentia, you can attach a Jar Label to it.
This label will 'lock' the jar to that type of essentia and it will not be able to accept any other kind of essentia.
You can remove a label by shift clicking with an empty hand on the side of the jar containing the label. Take care not to shift click on any other side as it will empty the jar as normal.

You can place a label in a crafting bench with a phial of essentia to assign an aspect to it and when placed on an empty jar it will automatically lock the jar to that aspect. The essentia used in the recipe is not consumed.
Placing it on a filled jar will change the label to the jar's essentia type.
A label can be made blank again by simply placing it by itself in a crafting grid.

You have mastered the basics of alchemy and alchemical duplication and are now ready to try creating more complex substances from scratch.
You have formulated several recipes that create normally hard to get substances and items via alchemy.

Glass phials are capable of holding all manner of liquids and substances, but their most important use to a thaumaturge is their ability to hold Essentia.

You have nearly mastered the art of turning concrete objects into liquid essentia, so doing the reverse is a simple matter.
The essentia crystallizer draws in liquid essentia from a pipe network and slowly converts it into small shards of crystalline essentia. Crystalline essentia is safe to handle and very stable.
The Crystallizer either ejects the crystals into the world or into a container. It can be disabled with a redstone signal.
Supplying it with terra vis will greatly increase its speed.

Up to now alchemy has been somewhat of a hit and miss affair - miscounted aspects, degrading essentia and ingredients that require manual labor to mix. This is finally a thing of the past.
The Thaumatorium is a marvelous invention that allows a thaumaturge to select which formula to use and what catalysts to add. It then automatically draws essentia from available sources using tubes. As long as there is a supply of catalyst it produces the required object perfectly, every time.
The crucible that forms its base does not require water, but a heat source is still needed.

When you access this device you will see several slots. The top-left slot is where you place the catalyst. Once you have done this you will be able to choose which recipe you wish to craft with that catalyst from a list of possibilities in the top right slot.
The bottom bar shows the essentia required in the order they will be required. It will also display progress bars once the machine is in operation.
The created object is ejected out the front of the device or into an inventory placed in front of the ejection port.

Normally a Thaumatorium can only have one active formula, but by attaching a Mnemonic Matrix to its side you can increase the number of formulas it can keep track.
Each matrix increases the number of formulas by 2.

The lack of nether strongholds would normally make summoning withers hard. That being said, the ambient magic of this planet might make it possible to wither a normal skeleton skull, bypassing the need for the nether altogether. Now all you need to do is find normal skeletons. That... might also be a challenge, come to think of it.

This flame seems to be fuelled by magic itself. The number of uses for an ever burning flame seems endless, but unfortunately it seems to produce much more light than heat. Despite that it could still prove to be a steady source of energy.
Nitor can also be placed in the world to act as a magical light source.

In the future you will definitely need to have ready access to multiple different kinds of aspects - not just primal aspects drawn from your wand.
Using basic alchemical principles you have devised a way to break down objects and convert them into essentia.
The first step in this process requires an Alchemical Furnace. The alchemical furnace works much like a normal furnace by burning coal to produce heat, but instead of smelting ore into metal, it breaks down objects into a slurry of raw, unprocessed essentia.

The next step in the process is to take the essentia slurry and distill it using an Arcane Alembic.
To work, arcane alembics need to be placed on top of an alchemical furnace. The essentia slurry will slowly be drawn into the alembic and the individual aspected essentia separated out.
If the alchemical furnace is being powered by alumentum, this distillation process is much faster.
You can stack up to 5 different alembics on top of a single furnace.
The essentia can then be extracted out of an alembic using phials.

There are many substances in the world that are alchemical in nature.
By carefully adding the proper aspects to these substances you should be able to make more of them.

By processing and heating flesh in a crucible, you can create a mystical tallow suited for many arcane uses.
This tallow can be used to craft candles. It is also possible to craft different colored candles by combining a candle with a dye in an arcane workbench.

To craft the Crucible, you must simply use your wand on a cauldron placed in the world.
The crucible is an important tool for any thaumaturge. It allows him to render physical objects into their component Essentia and recombine it again as he wishes.
The crucible needs to be placed over a source of constant heat and filled with water. Once the water starts boiling you simply throw any items you wish into the crucible and they will be broken down into their component Essentia.
If you know the proper formula and the mix of essentia within the

crucible is correct, you can then drop a special item into the crucible known as a Catalyst. The catalyst draws the essentia into itself and transforms into a whole new item that the crucible then ejects.
Any leftover Essentia remains within the crucible for further use, but it is not a good idea to leave essentia within a crucible for too long.
Crafting also uses some of the water within the crucible and you will eventually need to refill it.
Essentia within the crucible is constantly degrading. Compound essentia degrades into one of its component aspects, and Primal essentia simply evaporates.

Beyond the waste of resources, evaporating and degrading essentia can cause many strange side-effects.
You can empty a crucible by shift right-clicking on it with a wand. All the essentia is dumped into the atmosphere... not something you would want to do too often.

There are some basic alchemical recipes that anyone can perform. See the following pages for their recipes.
Balanced Vis Shards

These are normal vis shards that have been alchemically infused with the five primal elements they do not already possess. This results in a shard of crystal that is perfectly resonating with primal energy.
Smelting a balanced vis shard in a furnace creates Salis Mundus (see following pages).