Occultism

The next step in your journey will be to find Iesnium. Normally, you would have to go spelunking in the Nether, but this is a Skyblock modpack! Instead, try using an Atomic Reconstructor on Ancient Debris.

Asks for: Iesnium Ore

Welcome to Occultism! This mod aims to help the player in many different ways by enlisting the help of Demons Spirits! Don't worry, most of them are friendly. Most. To get started, you'll need to get some Demon's Dream Seeds. Break some grass to get it.

Asks for: Demon's Dream Seeds

Demon's Dream Fruit is perfectly healthy for you. There might be some side effects you should know about. When you consume one, you have a chance to get the effect of the Third Eye, allowing you to see into the The Otherworld. Certain items in the world might not be what they seem, and you'll need this "vision" to find certain items for progression. Or you can set it on fire and skip finding most of them. That's up to you.

Asks for: Demon's Dream

Once you've gathered a few Raw Iesnium Ores, you'll probably want to use the first few ingots to make an Iesnium Pickaxe. This not only mines Iesnium like the Infused Pickaxe, but lasts a lot longer too. Do yourself a favor and make one of these!

Asks for: Iesnium Pickaxe

With our ability to harvest Iesnium, we can call upon the Demons to do our bidding in the mines... I mean.... help us gather ores. Definitely not exploiting Demons or anything. For this, we'll need to create a Dimensional Mineshaft to access the Demon Mining World. You'll also need a Mining Demon confined to a lamp, which you'll place inside of the Mineshaft for it to work. While any tier will complete this quest, higher tiers work faster and have a higher chance at mining Iesnium for you. The Mineshafts do not auto-export on their own. You will need to extract the items out using either Hoppers, Transporting Demons, or some other method like Item Pipes. It will void any items over its storage limit.

Asks for: Dimensional Mineshaft

The Dictionary Of Spirits serves as the Guide Book for Occultism. You'll absolutely need to make this if you want to continue with the mod! The Dictionary has a quest-style guide inside of it if you'd rather read it instead of doing these quests! You'll also need the book to craft several things in the pack, so you kind of have to make it. :)

Asks for: Dictionary Of Spirits

What if I told you that the Demon's Fruit is flammable? Throwing our Demon's Dream Fruit down and setting it on fire will create Spiritfire. This is how we'll convert some overworld items into Otherworld materials. It's also pretty.

Asks for: Flint And Steel

Using Spiritfire, we can convert several Overworld mats into their Otherworld variants. You can also find several Otherworld mats by going under the effects of the Third Eye and adventuring into the world. You might be surprised what you find. To make it easier, there are crafting recipes for the basic materials by throwing them into Spiritfire. Andesite converts to Otherstone, which can be used to light a permanent Spiritfire. Oak Saplings convert to Oak Saplings but they are not the same. When grown, these will look exactly like a regular Oak tree. However, under the effects of the Third Eye, you will be able to harvest the Otherworld variant. If you have trouble collecting the logs (if they turn into regular Oak Logs even with Third Eye), try collecting them from the top. Diamonds will turn into Spirit Attuned Gems which are used in several recipes we'll need later on.

Asks for: Otherstone, Unstable Otherworld Sapling, Spirit Attuned Gem

This is the main source of information on Rituals. Here's the basics: Tiers of Rituals: Rituals have (basically) four tiers based on how powerful the Demon that you're invoking is. The first tier is Foliot, then Dijini, Afrit, and Marid. Some rituals fall into in-between tiers, such as the Unbound Afrit tier. Types of Rituals: There are five main types of rituals, but we'll only need four for progression. The main three are Summoning Rituals, Possession Rituals, and Infusion Rituals. Each one will be explained the first time that they appear in these quests. The fourth type of ritual is a sort of Demon-less Ritual, meaning that it uses bits and pieces from all three types to preform a special action without the direct usage of a Demon. The fifth type, Familiar Rituals, are not needed for progression. But they can still be summon some useful friends to help you out! Chalks: There are two types of Chalks: Foundation Chalks, and Colored Chalks. Foundation chalks are used in every single ritual, and each tier higher gets a shade darker, starting with White Chalk and ending with Black Chalk. Colored Chalks are the most commonly used, but the color of the Chalk doesn't directly correlate to its power the same as Foundation Chalks.

For us to specify which Demon Friend we want to summon, we'll need to make a specific Book of Binding. To make this, you'll need to purify some Black Dye in Spiritfire to get Purified Ink. With this, we're going to make our first Book of Binding which will summon a Foliot Demon. Alternatively, you can make an Empty Book of Binding, which can be dyed later to fit whatever tier of ritual you need.

Asks for: Book of Binding: Foliot, Purified Ink

Before we start enlisting the help of our Demon friends, we will need to create the most important item needed for Rituals: Chalk. There are several colors of chalk needed, with higher level Rituals requiring several to activate. To start with, White Chalk is the easiest to get. Start by tossing Otherstone in a furnace, and tossing Otherworld Logs into Spiritfire. With the items you create, you'll be able to make the Impure White Chalk. To purify any piece of Chalk, simply throw it into Spiritfire to cleanse it. Using the Purified Chalk on the ground will draw demonic pretty symbols on the ground. These are a pain to remove, unless of course, you make yourself the Chalk Brush. Do it, it's worth it.

Asks for: Chalk Brush, White Chalk, Impure White Chalk

Demons like Candles. I think. For almost every Ritual to summon our friends, you'll need some Candles. You can create the Butcher Knife and kill some pigs, cows, sheep, horses, or even the Trader Llamas to get some Tallow to make them. Matter of fact, you should definitely find the Trader Llamas. I hear they make good candles. I totally didn't just make that up. Otherwise, Vanilla Candles can also work! Spirit Attuned Crystals are also used in several Rituals, so might as well make some now!

Asks for: Spirit Attuned Crystal

While you can get most of the Otherworld materials using Spiritfire, you can also use Divination Rods to locate these materials. First, you'll need to attune the Rod to the material you are looking for. For example, if you are on the hunt for Otherstone, you can use the Rod on Andesite to help locate the Otherstone in the world. Once attuned to a material, you can hold right click with the Rod in hand, and a particle will shoot off in the direction of the nearest material it is attuned to. You will still need to be under the effects of the Third Eye to be able to harvest the Otherworld block.

Asks for: Divination Rod

What is a Demonic Ritual without a Sacrifice! :D Most of the time, Demons just like items so don't be too afraid yet. However, if you have a favorite Cow, you might need to be worried. Sorry Betsy. Sacrificial Bowls are used to place items needed for Rituals. These can be placed anywhere within the Ritual, as long as it isn't convering up any of the required Chalk. For now, you'll only need four, but later on you'll need upwards of ten bowls for each ritual! The Golden Ritual Bowl is used in the middle of the Ritual to activate it, and also usually needs a Book of Binding for the Ritual in it.

Asks for: Dark Golden Ritual Bowl, Dark Sacrificial Bowl, Golden Ritual Bowl, Sacrificial Bowl

The first type of ritual we'll be performing is the Summoning Ritual. These rituals are used to summon different types of useful Demons to assist you in crushing, smelting, and more as you get to higher tiers of rituals. For our first ritual, we want to summon a Foliot Crusher Demon. This Demon will crush items for us, which is something we'll need to make some of the higher level Chalks! To start with, combine your Unbound Book with your Dictionary of Spirits in a crafting grid. This will bind a Demon to the Book, which is what we'll need for the ritual. Speaking about your Dictionary of Spirits, it's time to open it up! On the left, click on the Pentacles tab and click on Aviar's Circle. You might have to advance through it by reading a little bit. There is also a way to click \"Mark All As Read\" so it unlocks everything in the Book. This is what we're going to use to summon our new friend. On the right side, you can click the eye in the bottom-left corner of the image to build an outline of the ritual for you in the world. This is super helpful! Once you've completed the multi-block ritual, place down 4 (or more for future rituals) Sacrificial Bowls anywhere within 8 block horizontal radius from the center Sacrificial Bowl and use the required items on them. Once you place your Bound Book in the Golden Sacrificial Bowl, the ritual will start! This is what the ritual will look like.

Asks for: Silver Ingot, Copper Ingot, Gold Ingot, Iron Ingot, Book of Binding: Foliot (Bound)

You might be wondering: Why is an Ars Nouveau item in the Occultism chapter? That's because we have Ars Ocultas, to bridge the two mods. Particularly, Spirits, like our Foliot Crusher, can work in these jars. You can even pipe items into the jars for the spirits to interact with, and they will output it to adjacent inventories (I found the bottom side of the jar to be the most reliable place they output to). If they cannot output to an inventory, they'll output the items into the world.

Asks for: Containment Jar, Ritual Brazier, Containment

Before we proceed with Occultism, it's time we learn about upgrading each type of Pentacle. Each pentacle builds off of the previous of that type. This means that rather than building separate Pentacles for each tier of Ritual (I.E. a separate pentacle for summoning Djinnis and for summoning Foliots), you can have one pentacle handle multiple tiers of Rituals. For example, Fatma's Incentivized Attraction builds off of all previous Summoning pentacles. Because of this, I suggest setting up 4 19x19 areas for each Pentacle. One for Summoning, one for Infusion, one for Possession, one for the Miscellaneous rituals (Wild and Eldritch).

Now that we have a Foliot Crusher, we can use politely ask it to crush down some End Stone, Obsidian and Calcite for us. We'll use these to make some new Chalk!

Asks for: Impure Light Gray Chalk, Impure Purple Chalk, Impure Yellow Chalk

You can also use Copper Sacrificial Bowls and Silver Sacrificial Bowls! While these are purely for decoration and change nothing functionally, they do look much nicer!

Asks for: Copper Sacrificial Bowl, Silver Sacrificial Bowl

Our next step is a foray into Infusion Rituals. These rituals are used to imbue items with the magic of demons. The first tier of Infusion Rituals is Eziveus' Spectral Compulsion. We'll be using this ritual to create several items that you'll need throughout this mod. It is recommended to create this ritual in a separate area from your first one, because the three main types of rituals build off each previous tier.

Asks for: Experience Bottle

Using Eziveus' Spectral Compulsion, we can imbue a myriad of different nature blocks to form some Nature Paste. Combine this Paste with some Impure White Chalk to create Green Chalk.

Asks for: Impure Green Chalk, Nature Paste

There are more Otherworld items you will need to gather, and eating Demon's Dream Fruit every time you need the Third Eye effect gets annoying. This is what the Otherworld Goggles are for! When equipped (even in your Curios slot), it gives the Third Eye effect!

Asks for: Otherworld Goggles

The first and most important item to make using Eziveus' Spectral Compulsion is the Research Fragment Dust. This is used in combination with some crushed Emeralds to create Lime Chalk!

Asks for: Impure Lime Chalk, Research Fragment Dust

With Lime Chalk, it's time to delve into Possession Rituals. These rituals are slightly different from the others because they all require a live sacrifice, usually small mobs such as Chickens, Bees, Bats, etc. However, as rituals get more complicated, they will require larger and larger sacrifices. Even if you've placed all of the items needed and the Book of Binding into the Golden Sacrificial Bowl, the Ritual will not begin until you kill the sacrifice on top of the runes. It is recommended that you make some sort of mob capture item such as an Empty Soul Gem, Jar, Mob Imprisonment Tool, or Quantum Catcher! The first tier of Possession rituals is Heidryn's Lure, which is only used to get mundane items like Skeleton Skulls and End Stone. Because of this, you can skip straight to the second tier of ritual, Ihagan's Enthrallment.

Asks for: Honey Block, Honey Bottle, Honeycomb, Honeycomb Block

Strigeor's Higher Binding is the second tier of Infusion Rituals. It's used for many different things, but the main things we'll need are the Infused Pickaxe and Gray Paste.

Asks for: Clay Ball, Gray Dye, Gunpowder, Phantom Membrane

The Sacrificial Altar is another tool Ars Ocultas offers, this time, focusing on the automation of Sacrifices. This Altar goes under your central bowl, and will allow for Sacrifices to be substituted with Source from a nearby Source Jar, if a Containment Jar containing the would-be sacrifice is also nearby

Asks for: Sacrificial Altar

Don't want to get a Marid Crusher for Light Blue Chalk? Then you can settle for a Djinni Crusher instead. Ophyx' Calling is used for summoning Djinnis. This includes a Demonic Wife/Husband. Djinnis are able to crush ores more efficiently than Foliots, but not as efficiently as Afrits or Marids. They're also capable of crushing ice without melting it.

Asks for: Copper Dust, Gold Dust, Iron Dust, Silver Dust

Tired of lugging around Chalks, Candles, Skulls, and Crystals? Just make a Ritual Satchel! By sneak + right-clicking with the Ritual Satchel in your hand, you can fill it with all the materials you need to draw a ritual circle. Once you've loaded up the Satchel, simply right-click any preview block to begin (slowly) automatically placing all the runes for the selected ritual. If a piece of chalk inside the bag falls under 40% durability, the enchantment glint on this item will disappear to signal that it may be time to repair or replace some of your Chalks.

Asks for: Apprentice Ritual Satchel

If you haven't noticed already, making and re-making rituals over and over again is very taxing on the durability of your Chalks. If you're worried about your Chalk breaking, but don't feel like doing the entire ritual to create a new chalk over again, then this ritual is for you! Using the power of a Dijinni, you can repair any color of Chalk to it's maximum! Alternatively, you could use something like the Eternal Stella from the Forbidden Arcanus mod to permanently preserve your Chalks!

This item is used to capture mobs for transport or storage. It's also needed for the ATM Star.

Asks for: Soul Gem

You're bound to have too many items playing this modpack. It's just it works, and if you haven't figured out your storage situation yet, Dimensional Storage might just be right for you! To get started with this magical storage solution, you'll need to craft the Dimensional Storage Actuator and place it down into the world. This acts just like a Shulker Box, meaning if you break it, it won't lose any of the items stored inside. By default, this has 128 storage slots with each slot holding up to 16 stacks of an item, except for items with NBT data. These will not stack and will take up an entire slot, so make sure to leave those items out! If you aren't sure what items have NBT data on them, you can always check out the quest "NBT and You" in the Storage questline for more info on NBT!

Asks for: Dimensional Crystal Matrix, Dimensional Storage Actuator, Storage Actuator Base, Dark Storage Actuator Base, Dark Dimensional Storage Actuator

To upgrade the amount of stacks your magical storage can hold, you'll need to make Storage Stabilizers. Once made, these must point directly at the Dimensional Matrix part of your Storage Actuator, not the base. These can be up to 5 blocks away, but must have a clear line of sight to the Matrix. Whenever you want to upgrade to a higher tier Stabilizer, breaking it won't destroy the items inside. However, you will not be able to add any more items to your storage until it is either replaced or upgraded. Below is an example of a simple setup!

Asks for: Tier 1 Dimensional Storage Stabilizer, Tier 1 Dark Dimensional Storage Stabilizer, Tier 2 Dimensional Storage Stabilizer, Tier 2 Dark Dimensional Storage Stabilizer, Tier 3 Dimensional Storage Stabilizer, Tier 3 Dark Dimensional Storage Stabilizer

Want to access your storage remotely? This can be done with either the Stable Wormhole or the Storage Accessor. To use the Stable Wormhole, shift-click a Storage Actuator to link it. You can then place the Wormhole to act as another storage location. The Storage Accessor is linked in the same way, but acts as a wireless remote that can even work across dimensions!

Asks for: Stable Wormhole, Dark Stable Wormhole, Storage Accessor

Using Strigeor's Higher Binding, you can create Gray Paste. Smear this on a piece of Impure White Chalk to create Gray Chalk.

Asks for: Impure Gray Chalk, Gray Paste

Using Ihagan's Enthrallment, you can sacrifice an Allay, Bat, Bee, or Parrot to summon a Possessed Bee. Upon defeating one, it will drop Cursed Honey, the main ingredient for making Orange Chalk!

Asks for: Impure Orange Chalk, Cursed Honey

No, not that kind. Afrit Demons are Demons of Fire. They are more advanced Demons, which some are friends and some are... not. It all depends on how strongly the ritual can control the Afrit. Because we don't have access to Red Chalk yet, all we can summon is an Unbound Demon, meaning it cannot be controlled and will be violent.

Asks for: Flint And Steel, Gunpowder, Netherrack, Iesnium Ingot

If we want to collect all of the Chalks, we'll need to summon and kill aa not-so friendly Afrit. Even though this isn't a Possession Ritual, you'll need a live sacrifice for this ritual. In this instance, we'll be sacrificing a Cow. Sorry Betsy!

Asks for: Afrit Essence, Impure Red Chalk

Sevira's Permanent Confinement is the third tier of Infusion Rituals. It's mainly used to create the next level of foundation Chalk, Black Chalk. It's also used to create a couple of items that can speed up ritual making and performing by a significant amount.

Asks for: Wither Rose, Crushed Blackstone

Similar to the Chalk Repairing function of Strigeor's Higher Binding, Sevira's Permanent Confinement can be used to repair items using the power of an Afrit Demon. This ritual can repair just about anything, so Demon Miners, tools, and armor can all be restored to their original durability! All items that are repaired using this ritual retain their original properties (affixes, enchantments, etc), so don't worry about your precious enchantments!

Using Sevira's Permanent Confinement, we can combine several different Wither materials and some Netherite to create three Witherite Dust. With these, we can create ourselves the highest form of Foundation Chalk, Black Chalk.

Asks for: Impure Black Chalk, Witherite Dust

Abras' Open Commanding Conjure is used to bring an Afrit demon into a Pig. Because this ritual is performed without the use of Red Chalk, it's only powerful enough to summon an unbound demon. In particular, this ritual will create an Afrit-possessed Zombified Piglin, which will drop some Demonic Meat, which is used to craft Pink Chalk WARNING: YOU MAY HAVE TO DO THIS ONE MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET ENOUGH DEMONIC MEAT.

Asks for: Crimson Fungus, Gilded Blackstone, Quartz, Warped Fungus

After fighting through a few Demon Possessed Zombified Piglins summoned by Abras' Open Commanding Conjure, you can use the Demonic Meat dropped by them to craft some Pink Chalk.

Asks for: Impure Pink Chalk, Demonic Meat

The Ritual Satchel is nice, but it takes a long time to place all the blocks. Now that you can perform the Sevira's Permanent Confinement ritual, you can create the Artisanal Ritual Satchel! The Artisanal Ritual Satchel functions nearly identically to the regular Ritual Satchel, except it instantly places all the necessary items for the ritual, and has the added ability to right-click on Golden Bowl to erase all the Chalk Runes and collect all the other items (Skulls, Candles, and Crystals) and return them to the Satchel. No, it doesn't restore the durability of the Chalk.

Asks for: Artisanal Ritual Satchel

Don't worry, this is the last of the Abras series of rituals. It is used to summon a Marid demon, but even though it uses Red Chalk, it's not powerful enough to bind the Demon. This means that, unfortunately, you're going to have to fight it. This ritual uses a Trident as a sacrifice, which is confusing because most sacrifices are living creatures. So instead of killing a mob on top of the completed ritual circle, you simply throw the Trident at the center bowl to start the ritual.

Asks for: Conduit, Ghast Tear, Prismarine Crystals, Prismarine Shard, Trident

After you've successfully slain the Unbound Marid Demon that you summoned with Tibira's Attraction, you can use the Marid Essence that it drops to craft the "highest" colored Chalk, Blue Chalk.

Asks for: Impure Blue Chalk, Marid Essence

That first Foliot Crusher was cool, but what if I told you that you could summon a demon that gives you 6 dusts per raw ore it crushes? The Marid Crusher does exactly that. To summon one, you'll need to use Fatma's Incentivized Attraction.

Asks for: Diamond Block, Emerald Block, Ghast Tear, Block of Iesnium

With your freshly summoned Marid Crusher, you can break down an Echo Shard and an Iesnium Ingot, which when combined with a Glow Ink Sac creates Cyan Chalk.

Asks for: Impure Cyan Chalk, Echo Dust

After using either Fatma's Incentivized Attraction to summon a Marid Crusher or Ophyx' Calling to summon a Djinni Crusher, you can turn Ice, Packed Ice, and Blue Ice into their crushed forms, and use these to create Light Blue Chalk.

Asks for: Impure Light Blue Chalk, Crushed Blue Ice, Crushed Ice, Crushed Packed Ice

Uphyxes' Inverted Tower is the maximum tier of Infusion Rituals. It doesn't have as many uses as the other three tiers, but it's still necessary for the "endgame" of Occultism. Mainly, it's used to create Dragonyst Dust, which is the main ingredient for Magenta Chalk.

Asks for: Dragon Breath, End Crystal, Amethyst Dust, Crushed End Stone

Arguably the most useful item that you can create in Occultism, the Iesnium Anvil is a super-powerful version of the Vanilla Anvil. Created using Uphyxes' Inverted Tower, it: - Is unbreakable. - Increases the maximum level of all enchants for anything combined on it by one level. - Costs half as much xp as the estimate says (rounded down, so if it says 25, it'll cost 12). - Has a smaller experience requirement increase for repeated edits on the same item. - Increases the maximum xp level at which you can edit items (the point at which it says "Too Expensive!").

Asks for: Iesnium Anvil

To create Dragonyst Dust, you'll need to perform Uphyxes' Inverted Tower. However, to create Magenta Chalk, you'll also need some materials that you can only get through the Marid Crusher.

Asks for: Impure Magenta Chalk, Dragonyst Dust

Xeovrenth Adjure is the maximum tier of Possession Rituals. It only has two uses: creating Cruelty Essence, the main ingredient in Brown Chalk, and creating an Iesnium Golem, which is basically just an Iron Golem that's immortal and does more damage.

Asks for: Armadillo Scute, Pointed Dripstone, Rabbit Foot

Osorin's Unbound Calling is the second tier of Demon-less rituals. The first tier isn't useful for progression at all, it's only used for reviving Familiars and turning Vexes into Allays. This ritual is used to create a ton of rare-ish blocks, items, and materials that you might not be able to (or it's hard to) get otherwise.

As you've probably noticed, rituals tend to be... a little slow. But not anymore! Using Sevira's Permanent Confinement, you can create the Iesnium Ritual Bowl. When using this in place of a Golden Ritual Bowl, it greatly reduces how long it takes to perform a ritual, taking it down to one fourth of its original time!

Asks for: Dark Iesnium Ritual Bowl, Iesnium Ritual Bowl

After slaying the Goat of Mercy summoned from Xeovrenth Adjure, you'll find yourself one Cruelty Essence richer. Combine this with some Cocao Beans to create Brown Chalk.

Asks for: Impure Brown Chalk, Cruelty Essence

Once you've gathered every single colored Chalk and Foundation Chalk, you can perform the second Demon-less type ritual, Ronaza's Contact. This is the ultimate ritual, using everything you've learned so far! It has limited uses, but everything created with this ritual is super powerful!

Asks for: Impure Black Chalk, Impure Blue Chalk, Impure Brown Chalk, Impure Cyan Chalk, Impure Gray Chalk, Impure Green Chalk

With Ronaza's Contact, you can upgrade your Iesnium Sacrificial Bowl to the Eldritch Chalice. When used in a ritual, reduces the time it takes to complete... entirely. Yes, the Eldritch Chalice makes it so that all rituals complete instantly!

Asks for: Celestial Chalice, Eldritch Chalice

Using Ronaza's Contact, you can upgrade your Soul Gem to create a Trinity Gem. It's basically just a beefed up version of the Soul Gem that can capture larger enemies, although it still can't contain most bosses.

Asks for: Trinity Gem

Grab your chalks, draw your Ronaza's Contact ritual, and get ready to create the ULTIMATE CHALK! Instead of having to lug around a full set of 16 chalks, you can use the Rainbow Chalk to paint a color-changing Rune that counts as any of them!

Asks for: Rainbow Chalk

An alternative to the Rainbow Chalk, for those who prefer the colors of Foundation Chalk. Has the same function as the Rainbow Chalk, except all the runes will cycle between Foundation Chalk colors.

Asks for: Void Chalk

Now that you've come this far, you may be asking yourself, what's next? Well, there are so many more things to explore in Occultism! You can see a comprehensive list of every single ritual and item in your Dictionary of Spirits, you could try going through all the rituals' outcomes to see if you can find something that piques your interest! If you haven't already, you could lay out and decorate three separate ritual areas, one for Summons, one for Possessions, and one for Infusions. There's always new ways to use each and every seemingly mundane feature to maximize your experience with the modpack. Happy ritual crafting!

Occultism provides more than just Demons to crush your ores! There are Demons that can move stuff for you, chop down wood, and more!! There are also ways to summon cool friends known as Familiars that give special buffs and even fight for you! Make sure to check out the Familiar Rituals in your guide book!