Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks: Casting Your First Spells

Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks brings classic RPG spellcasting to Minecraft, with over 100 upgradable spells. This guide covers how to start casting.

Scrolls: your first magic

Scrolls are your first taste of magic. A scroll can be consumed to cast the spell it holds once, but it is better to save scrolls until you can inscribe them into a spell book for repeated use.

Spell books and inscription

To cast spells repeatedly you need a Spell Book. Using the Inscription Table, you inscribe a scroll's spell into the book, and the scroll can be retrieved later. From then on you cast that spell from the book, spending mana rather than the scroll.

Inks and spell tiers

Crafting spells uses inks graded by rarity — Common Ink makes the lowest-level spells, with uncommon, rare, epic and legendary inks unlocking progressively more powerful ones. Rare and higher inks are found in magic treasure chests or dropped by spellcasting mobs, so hunting wizards is part of building your spell list. The progression guide covers upgrading spells and gear at the Arcane Anvil.

The alchemist cauldron is four separate systems

The recipe list makes the cauldron look bigger than it is because it is split across four categories that all describe the same block:

• Alchemist Cauldron Fill — 16 recipes
• Alchemist Cauldron Empty — 16
• Alchemist Cauldron Brew — 15 on both
• Plus generic Filling and Emptying at 15 each

Fill, brew, empty is one loop, not three unrelated mechanics.

Nine structures, and a wide rarity spread

The mod places nine structures with very different densities:

• Mangrove Hut — spacing 25, separation 18, the most common
• Ancient Battleground — spacing 35, underground
• Mountain Tower — spacing 45
• Catacombs — spacing 72, underground
• Impaled Icebreaker — spacing 75, underground
• Evoker Fort, Ice Spider Den, Pyromancer Tower — spacing 85
• Citadel — spacing 100, separation 80, the rarest by a clear margin

Five of the nine are underground decoration, so caving finds as much of this mod as travelling does.

Scale

238 pages, 217 items, 21 blocks — an item mod, built on 139 crafting recipes and 38 smithing transforms.

Related pages

Alchemist Cauldron EmptyAlchemist Cauldron BrewAlchemist Cauldron FillAlchemist CauldronSmithing TransformInscription TableLegendary InkArcane AnvilCommon InkSpell BookCraftingEmptying