Crop & Flora Mutation

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Crop and flora mutation allows herbalists to transmute common overworld flowers, saplings, and geological blocks into rare magical cultivars without needing to search distant biomes. By applying herbal catalytic compounds like mutavis or conducting ritual exposure, wild botanical varieties can be cultivated directly within home gardens.

Compounding the Mutavis Catalyst

The universal botanical catalyst for inducing mutations is Mutavis, an active herbal paste:

To compound Mutavis, place one Tree Resin, one Slimeball, and one Spirit Powder into a Mortar and Pestle. Grinding the mixture produces one unit of Mutavis. Applying this potent paste to growing plants or foundational stones destabilizes their structure, inducing spontaneous transmutations.

Botanical Flora Mutations

Applying mutation treatments to standard flora yields rare magical herbs:

Mutating an Orange Tulip transforms the blossom into a radiant Celestial Bloom.
Mutating a Blue Orchid shifts the flower into a mystical Spirit Bloom.
An Azure Bluet transmutes into potent Witchweed.
Common woodland Fern mutates into spectral Ghost Fern.
A standard Brown Mushroom warps into a glowing Dreamshroom.
A Lily Pad floating on water mutates into a fragrant Lotus Flower.
Common ocean Kelp alters into hypnotic Siren Kelp.
A desert Cactus transforms into salt-tolerant Saltsprout.
Standard tree saplings also respond to botanical mutation: mutating an Oak Sapling produces a Cottonwood Sapling, while mutating a Birch Sapling yields a weeping Willow Sapling.

Geological Block Transmutations

In addition to living plants, mutation catalysts can rearrange the crystalline structure of stone and sedimentary blocks:

Mutating Granite transforms it into Andesite.
Mutating Andesite converts the stone into Diorite.
Mutating Diorite cycles back into Granite.
Mutating Netherrack alters the volcanic stone into dark Blackstone.
Mutating Dripstone Block compresses it into Tuff.
Common Sand mutates into crimson Red Sand.
Common Dirt shifts into fibrous Rooted Dirt, which can be further mutated into fertile Podzol.
Wet Clay transforms into soft Mud.
Cold Snow Block compresses into Packed Ice, which can be mutated once more into dense Blue Ice.

Harvesting Wild Crops

For herbalists gathering wild plants, several specialty crops provide seeds and fruits:

Wild Mandrake plants yield Mandrake roots and Mandrake Seeds upon harvest.
Wild Sunfire Tomato vines yield fiery Sunfire Tomato produce and Sunfire Tomato Seeds.
Chillberry bushes yield cold Chillberries upon harvest, providing fresh fruit and brewing materials.

Cultivating these harvested seeds on garden soil while keeping a supply of mutavis paste ensures endless access to every mystical flower in the botanical catalog.