Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks: Spells, Armor, and Imbuement
Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks is built around its spells and the gear that supports them. This guide covers the spell list and the equipment systems.
Over 100 spells
The mod features more than 100 upgradable spells, each configurable and levelable. You collect spells as scrolls — from loot, merchants and defeated casters — then inscribe and level the ones that fit your build, so no two wizards play the same.
Wizard armor
There are twelve wizard armor sets, each themed to a style of magic and offering bonuses that support casting. Because armor can be upgraded at the Arcane Anvil, a set grows with you rather than being replaced.
Imbuement and combat
The mod adds a Weapon Imbuement system, letting you imbue a weapon with a spell at the Arcane Anvil so your melee attacks carry magic. Combined with an Armor Upgrade system, upgradable spell books, and native compatibility with mods like Apotheosis and Tetra, Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks supports a full RPG caster build — spells for offense and utility, armor for survivability, and imbued weapons for when enemies close in.
Smithing carries the gear line
38 smithing transform recipes — identical on both versions — are where armour and weapon upgrades happen, against 139 crafting recipes for everything else. That ratio makes the smithing table, not the crafting grid, the workbench that matters for gear.
The cauldron loop
Potions and brews run through a four-part cycle on one block: Fill (16 recipes), Brew (15) and Empty (16), plus generic Filling and Emptying at 15 each. They describe one workflow rather than separate systems.
Where the materials come from
Nine structures supply what cannot be crafted, and their spacing decides how hard each is to reach:
- Mangrove Hut — 25, the common one
- Ancient Battleground — 35, underground
- Mountain Tower — 45
- Catacombs — 72, underground
- Impaled Icebreaker — 75, underground
- Evoker Fort, Ice Spider Den and Pyromancer Tower — 85
- Citadel — 100 with separation 80, the rarest
Version note
Both builds are 3.16.3 and nearly identical — the only differences are two crafting recipes, two blasting recipes and one cauldron brew.
Arcane Anvil
Spell Book
Scroll