Roots Classic guide for All the Mods 10 4.6 to 8.1

Roots Classic is a nature magic mod built around rituals. All the Mods 10 8.1 includes it as version 1.21.1-1.5.7, and it has been in the pack since at least All the Mods 10 2.25.^[1]

Don't let its small footprint in JEI fool you. The pack's own quest promises there's a lot more to it than it looks. The core idea is using nature's gifts to perform rituals, so if you enjoy setting up altars and watching magic happen, this one's for you. Your starting point is the Verdant Sprig, which the quest says you'll find all over the place.^[2]

Where it fits in the pack

Roots Classic is part of the ATM Star path. It has its own quest, "Roots Classic" quest, in Chapter 3: The ATM Star. That quest asks for a Verdant Sprig, and the next one, a quest in "Chapter 3: The ATM Star", asks for a Crystal Staff.^[2]

The Crystal Staff is made with a ritual. You set up a Casting Altar and Standing Stones in the pattern shown in JEI, put the items into the altar, and surround it with lit Incense Blaziers. Then you shift right-click the altar to start the ritual.^[2]

Gear along the way

• The Basic Tools chapter includes the Engraved Blade (listed at 12 Attack Damage) and the Living Sword (listed at 6 Attack Damage).^[3]
• The Living Pickaxe appears in Basic Tools as a Tier 3 pickaxe option.^[3]
• "Sylvan Gear" quest is basic armor, the Sylvan Hood, Sylvan Robe, Sylvan Tunic and Sylvan Boots. You'll need a ritual to get it.^[4]
• "Wildwood Gear" quest is the mod's late game armor, the Wildwood Mask, Wildwood Plate, Wildwood Leggings and Wildwood Boots.^[4]

Unverified The sources show the Crystal Staff quest in the ATM Star chapter. They don't show exactly how the staff is used further along the ATM Star crafting chain.

Roots Classic might look tiny in JEI, but there's a lot packed into it. The whole mod is about using nature's gifts to perform rituals, and you'll find the ingredients all over the place once you start looking. In All the Mods 10, your entry point is the "Roots Classic" quest quest in the ATM Star chapter, which asks you to pick up a Verdant Sprig.^[2]

Unverified The sources don't say how to get a Verdant Sprig in this pack, so check JEI to see where it comes from. This site does hold All the Mods 10's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

Grab the Runic Tablet

Make the Runic Tablet before anything else. It's the mod's guidebook and explains every spell and ritual, and almost every Roots item tooltip points you to it. Keep an eye out for Old Root while you explore. It's a basic spell component that drops from tall grass.^[5]

Runic TabletMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Old Root	Empty slot
any wheat seed	any stone	any wheat seed
Empty slot	any wheat seed	Empty slot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:runic_tablet

Make a Bark Knife

Plenty of rituals use bark, and you get it with the Bark Knife. Right-click a log block with the knife to peel bark off it. Each use has a chance of breaking the log, so bring some spare wood. You'll collect different kinds of bark, such as Oak Bark, Birch Bark and Acacia Bark.^[5]

Bark KnifeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any sapling	any sapling
any sapling	any plank	any sapling
any wooden rod	any sapling	Empty slot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:bark_knife

Build your ritual setup

Rituals are cast from the Casting Altar, which is the centerpiece of every ritual. You place standing stones in a pattern around it. The Mundane Standing Stone is the basic ritual stone and the Attuned Standing Stone is the advanced one, and the Runic Tablet shows which pattern each ritual needs. You'll also need some Incense Brazier blocks, which hold the incense you burn during rituals.^[5]

Casting AltarMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Verdant Sprig	Poppy	Verdant Sprig
any stone	any gold storage block	any stone
Empty slot	Chiseled Stone Bricks	Empty slot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:altar

Mundane Standing StoneMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Stone Bricks	any stone
Stone Bricks	any lapi storage blocks	Stone Bricks
any stone	Stone Bricks	any stone

Recipe id: rootsclassic:mundane_standing_stone

Attuned Standing StoneMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Nether Brick	any stone
Nether Brick	any diamond gem	Nether Brick
any stone	Nether Brick	any stone

Recipe id: rootsclassic:attuned_standing_stone

Incense BrazierMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any string	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	Cauldron	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any wooden rod	any iron ingot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:brazier

Your first ritual: the Crystal Staff

The quest after Roots Classic is a quest in "Chapter 3: The ATM Star", where you craft the Crystal Staff with a ritual. The pack changed this ritual, so follow the in-pack recipe below instead of older guides. The quest walks you through it like this:^[2][6]

1. Place the Casting Altar and the Standing Stones in the pattern shown in JEI.^[2]
2. Put the altar ingredients into the Casting Altar.^[2]
3. Place 4 Incense Braziers around the altar and put one incense ingredient in each.^[2]
4. Light all the braziers with Flint and Steel.^[2]
5. Shift-right-click the altar to start the ritual.^[2]

Crystal StaffChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Blaze Powder
• Coal Block
• Stick
• Acacia Bark
• Birch Bark
• Verdant Sprig
• any diamond storage block

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/crystal_staff

Changed by the pack

Living tools and Sylvan armor

Once your altar works, the same setup gets you some great early gear. The Living Pickaxe and Living Sword are self-repairing tools made by ritual, and they count for the Basic Tools quests a quest in "Basic Tools" and a quest in "Basic Tools". The pack changed both of these rituals.^[3][5][6]

Living PickaxeChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Wooden Pickaxe
• 2× Oak Bark
• Verdant Sprig
• any gold nugget

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/living_pickaxe

Changed by the pack

Living SwordChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Wooden Sword
• 2× Oak Bark
• Verdant Sprig
• any gold nugget

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/living_sword

Changed by the pack

For armor, the "Sylvan Gear" quest quest covers the mod's basic armor set, and every piece is made by ritual. The pack changed all four Sylvan rituals, so check each recipe below. Later on, "Wildwood Gear" quest is the mod's late-game armor.^[4][5][6]

Sylvan HoodChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Golden Apple
• Leather Helmet
• Poppy
• Vine
• 2× Birch Bark
• any diamond gem

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/sylvan_hood

Changed by the pack

Sylvan RobeChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Golden Apple
• Leather Chestplate
• Poppy
• Vine
• 2× Birch Bark
• any diamond gem

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/sylvan_robe

Changed by the pack

Sylvan TunicChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Golden Apple
• Leather Leggings
• Poppy
• Vine
• 2× Birch Bark
• any diamond gem

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/sylvan_tunic

Changed by the pack

Sylvan BootsChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Golden Apple
• Leather Boots
• Poppy
• Vine
• 2× Birch Bark
• any diamond gem

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/sylvan_boots

Changed by the pack

Roots Classic is a nature magic mod, and nearly everything in it points back to one book: the Runic Tablet. It's the mod's guidebook, and it explains all the spells and rituals. The tooltips for almost every block and item tell you to check it for the details, so craft it early and keep it handy.^[5]

Runic TabletMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Old Root	Empty slot
any wheat seed	any stone	any wheat seed
Empty slot	any wheat seed	Empty slot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:runic_tablet

The mod has two big systems. You grind ingredients into Spell Powder to make spells, and you build rituals around an altar using standing stones and incense.^[5]

Gathering magical materials

Trees matter a lot in this mod. The Bark Knife peels bark off logs for use in recipes and rituals. Right-click a log block to harvest its bark, but be aware that each harvest has a chance of breaking the log.^[5]

Bark KnifeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any sapling	any sapling
any sapling	any plank	any sapling
any wooden rod	any sapling	Empty slot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:bark_knife

When you break leaves by hand, you'll sometimes get a random berry. There are five kinds, each with different properties, and some are used in spells or rituals. Different berries can heal you, clear potion effects or poison you when eaten, so check the tooltip before you snack.^[5]

• Old Root drops at a 1/40 chance when you break tall grass. You need it for a lot of early magic, because it's required for spells without modifiers. You can also eat it for a tiny bit of hunger.^[5]
• Verdant Sprig drops at a 1/30 chance when you harvest fully-grown crops of any kind. Its uses usually relate to bringing life to things.^[5]
• Infernal Bulbs drop at a 1/20 chance from grown nether wart. They're useful when a spell needs a lot of energy. They also work as furnace fuel and can be given to skeletons to make them withered.^[5]
• Dragon's Eyes drop at a 1/10 chance from chorus flowers. Besides their spell uses, you can eat them for a stronger chorus fruit effect or smelt one into an ender pearl.^[5]
• Flare Orchid and Midnight Bloom are advanced spell components.^[5]

Making spells: Mortar, Pestle and Spell Powder

Spells start at the Mortar. You use it together with the Pestle to combine ingredients into Spell Powder, and that combination is what defines the spell.^[5]

MortarMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

5 × any stone

Recipe id: rootsclassic:mortar

PestleMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

5 × Diorite

Recipe id: rootsclassic:pestle

Every Spell Powder recipe is a mod-specific component recipe with a flower or plant at its heart, such as dandelion, lilac, allium or chorus fruit. These recipes use their own recipe type rather than the normal crafting table.^[6]

Spell PowderMod recipe

Component (rootsclassic)

• Dandelion
• Feather
• String
• Whitecurrant

Recipe id: rootsclassic:component/dandelion

Spell PowderChanged by the pack

Component (rootsclassic)

• Azure Bluet
• Spruce Sapling
• Whitecurrant
• any iron ingot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:component/azure_bluet

Spell PowderChanged by the pack

Component (rootsclassic)

• Blue Orchid
• Prismarine Shard
• Vine
• any lapi gems

Recipe id: rootsclassic:component/blue_orchid

Spell PowderChanged by the pack

Component (rootsclassic)

• Dragon Breath
• Obsidian
• 2× Midnight Bloom
• any diamond gem

Recipe id: rootsclassic:component/midnight_bloom

Spell PowderChanged by the pack

Component (rootsclassic)

• End Stone
• Oxeye Daisy
• Sugar
• any gold ingot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:component/oxeye_daisy

Once you have Spell Powder, take it to the Imbuer. Using Spell Powder on the Imbuer creates a magical staff that carries that spell. A regular staff only has a limited number of uses.^[5]

ImbuerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any wooden rod	Empty slot	any wooden rod
any log	Chiseled Stone Bricks	any log

Recipe id: rootsclassic:imbuer

Rituals

Rituals are the mod's multiblock system. The Casting Altar is the center piece for casting rituals. The Incense Brazier holds incense to burn during a ritual.^[5]

Casting AltarMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Verdant Sprig	Poppy	Verdant Sprig
any stone	any gold storage block	any stone
Empty slot	Chiseled Stone Bricks	Empty slot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:altar

Incense BrazierMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any string	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	Cauldron	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any wooden rod	any iron ingot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:brazier

Standing stones form the ritual pattern around the altar. The Mundane Standing Stone is the basic ritual stone and the Attuned Standing Stone is the advanced one. The Runic Tablet shows which pattern each ritual needs. Runic Focus items store energy for rituals.^[5]

Mundane Standing StoneMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Stone Bricks	any stone
Stone Bricks	any lapi storage blocks	Stone Bricks
any stone	Stone Bricks	any stone

Recipe id: rootsclassic:mundane_standing_stone

Attuned Standing StoneMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Nether Brick	any stone
Nether Brick	any diamond gem	Nether Brick
any stone	Nether Brick	any stone

Recipe id: rootsclassic:attuned_standing_stone

Rituals give you some of the mod's best rewards:^[5]

• Living tools: an axe, hoe, pickaxe, shovel and sword that repair themselves.^[5]
• Sylvan and Wildwood armor sets.^[5]
• Functional standing stones that work like beacons: speed (Accelerator), slowness (Entangler), plant growth (Grower), regeneration (Healer), burning enemies (Igniter), pushing things away (Repulsor) and pulling nearby stuff in (Vacuum).^[5]
• Animal summoning: give the ritual the flesh and bones of a passive mob and it brings that mob back to life on top of the altar.^[5]

The Crystal Staff

The crystal staff fixes the limited uses of a regular staff. It stores spells indefinitely and can hold up to four at a time. Loading spells onto it takes a separate ritual. On top of that ritual's normal components, you can add up to four more Spell Powders as incense, and each one is added to the staff, overwriting older spells if needed. Sneak and right-click to cycle through the stored spells.^[5]

Powders

Growth Powder grows grass on dirt. Right-click to throw it at a block within 4 blocks of you, and grass grows in a small area there.^[5]

4× Growth PowderMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any wheat seed
• Short Grass
• any redstone dust
• Pestle

Recipe id: rootsclassic:growth_powder

Mutating Powder is made with the power of a nether star and mutates flora into new kinds. You only use it in very specific situations, which the Runic Tablet lists in its spell components section.^[5]

Mutating PowderMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Growth Powder
• Growth Powder
• Growth Powder
• Growth Powder
• any nether star
• any nether wart crop
• Pestle

Recipe id: rootsclassic:mutating_powder

Unverified Exact ritual layouts, how many standing stones or incenses each ritual needs, how Runic Foci get charged, and whether any of this can be automated with pipes or other mods' machines aren't covered by the available sources. Check the in-game Runic Tablet for these details.

Roots Classic might look small in JEI, but there's a lot to it! The whole mod is about using nature's gifts to perform rituals. In this pack, your starting point is the "Roots Classic" quest quest in Chapter 3: The ATM Star, which asks you to grab a Verdant Sprig. The quest promises you'll find these items everywhere.^[2]

Building your ritual setup

Nearly everything in Roots Classic comes from rituals, so first you need the hardware. The Casting Altar, the Incense Brazier, the Mundane Standing Stone and the Attuned Standing Stone are all normal crafting table recipes.^[6]

Casting AltarMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Verdant Sprig	Poppy	Verdant Sprig
any stone	any gold storage block	any stone
Empty slot	Chiseled Stone Bricks	Empty slot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:altar

Incense BrazierMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any string	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	Cauldron	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any wooden rod	any iron ingot

Recipe id: rootsclassic:brazier

Mundane Standing StoneMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Stone Bricks	any stone
Stone Bricks	any lapi storage blocks	Stone Bricks
any stone	Stone Bricks	any stone

Recipe id: rootsclassic:mundane_standing_stone

Attuned Standing StoneMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Nether Brick	any stone
Nether Brick	any diamond gem	Nether Brick
any stone	Nether Brick	any stone

Recipe id: rootsclassic:attuned_standing_stone

Your first ritual: the Crystal Staff

The quest a quest in "Chapter 3: The ATM Star" unlocks after the Roots Classic quest. It walks you through your first ritual, which makes the Crystal Staff. The pack has changed this ritual recipe, so go by the in-pack version shown below.^[2][6]

1. Place the Casting Altar and Standing Stones in the pattern shown in JEI.^[2]
2. Put the ritual's altar items into the Casting Altar.^[2]
3. Place 4 Incense Braziers around the Altar and put one of the remaining ritual items in each.^[2]
4. Light all the braziers with Flint and Steel.^[2]
5. Shift Right Click the Altar to start the ritual.^[2]

Crystal StaffChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Blaze Powder
• Coal Block
• Stick
• Acacia Bark
• Birch Bark
• Verdant Sprig
• any diamond storage block

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/crystal_staff

Changed by the pack

Living tools

The Basic Tools chapter includes a quest for the Living Sword, labelled 6 Attack Damage (a quest in "Basic Tools"), and one for the Living Pickaxe, labelled Tier: 3 (a quest in "Basic Tools").^[3]

Every living tool is a ritual recipe, and the pack has changed all of them. Besides the sword and pickaxe, you can make the Living Axe, Living Shovel and Living Hoe.^[6]

Living SwordChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Wooden Sword
• 2× Oak Bark
• Verdant Sprig
• any gold nugget

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/living_sword

Changed by the pack

Living PickaxeChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Wooden Pickaxe
• 2× Oak Bark
• Verdant Sprig
• any gold nugget

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/living_pickaxe

Changed by the pack

Armor: Sylvan, then Wildwood

In the Basic Armor chapter, the "Sylvan Gear" quest quest describes Sylvan armor as the basic armor added by Roots Classic, and you'll need a ritual to get it. The quest asks for the full set: Sylvan Hood, Sylvan Robe, Sylvan Tunic and Sylvan Boots.^[4]

Each Sylvan piece has its own ritual recipe, and the pack has changed every one of them.^[6]

Sylvan HoodChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Golden Apple
• Leather Helmet
• Poppy
• Vine
• 2× Birch Bark
• any diamond gem

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/sylvan_hood

Changed by the pack; the robe, tunic and boots have their own rituals

The "Wildwood Gear" quest quest calls Wildwood the late game armor for Roots Classic. It also asks for a full set: Wildwood Mask, Wildwood Plate, Wildwood Leggings and Wildwood Boots.^[4]

Like the Sylvan set, every Wildwood piece is a ritual recipe that the pack has changed.^[6]

Wildwood PlateChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Iron Chestplate
• Oak Planks
• Oak Sapling
• Wheat
• 2× Oak Bark
• any diamond gem

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/wildwood_plate

Changed by the pack; the mask, leggings and boots have their own rituals

Runic Focus and the Engraved Blade

The Runic Focus comes from a ritual that the pack has changed. It's a key stepping stone, because the rituals for both the Engraved Blade and the Charged Runic Focus use it.^[6]

Runic FocusChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Stone
• Acacia Bark
• Jungle Bark
• Oak Bark
• Spruce Bark
• Verdant Sprig
• any diamond gem

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/runic_focus

Changed by the pack

Engraved BladeMod recipe

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Glowstone Dust
• Golden Apple
• Golden Carrot
• Stone Sword
• Runic Focus

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/engraved_crafting

The Engraved Blade has its own quest in the Basic Tools chapter, labelled 12 Attack Damage (a quest in "Basic Tools"). That's double the 6 listed on the Living Sword quest.^[3]

Charged Runic FocusChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Glowstone Dust
• Wheat
• Infernal Bulb
• Runic Focus
• any redstone dust

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/charged_runic_focus

Changed by the pack

Upgraded Standing Stones

The Attuned Standing Stone is also the base for a set of ritual-made stones: Accelerating Standing Stone, Entangling Standing Stone, Growing Standing Stone, Healing Standing Stone, Igniting Standing Stone, Repulsing Standing Stone, Vacuum Standing Stone and the plain Standing Stone. The pack has changed the Healing and Igniting recipes.^[6]

Healing Standing StoneChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Chiseled Stone Bricks
• Ghast Tear
• Wheat
• Attuned Standing Stone
• Infernal Bulb
• Verdant Sprig
• any redstone dust

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/healer_standing_stone

Changed by the pack

Igniting Standing StoneChanged by the pack

Ritual (rootsclassic)

• Cracked Stone Bricks
• Wheat
• Acacia Bark
• Attuned Standing Stone
• Infernal Bulb
• Verdant Sprig
• any redstone dust

Recipe id: rootsclassic:ritual/crafting/igniter_standing_stone

Changed by the pack

Unverified The available sources don't confirm what each upgraded Standing Stone does, the exact Standing Stone pattern each ritual needs, or what the numbers on the Sylvan Gear and Wildwood Gear quests represent.

Roots Classic is a fairly self-contained nature magic mod, but in All the Mods 10 it does tie into the rest of the pack in a few places. The biggest link is an endgame crafting recipe the pack adds itself. The other links come from quest chapters that group Roots gear alongside gear from other mods.^[3][4][6]

The Crystal Staff and the Pulsating Black Hole

The pack adds a custom recipe for the Pulsating Black Hole. That recipe takes a Crystal Staff together with parts from a whole bunch of other mods: the ME Quantum Ring, Lightning Bomb, Explosive Mycelial Generator, Paradox Machine, Stable Wormhole, Manhattan Module, Micromissiles and Pocket Storage Unit Tier: 4. So even if you aren't planning to go deep into Roots, you'll want to make at least one Crystal Staff for this recipe.^[6]

Pulsating Black HoleAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

Manhattan Module	ME Quantum Ring	Micromissiles
Paradox Machine	Pocket Storage Unit Tier: 4	Stable Wormhole
Crystal Staff	Explosive Mycelial Generator	Lightning Bomb

Recipe id: allthemods:pressure/allthetweaks/pulsating_black_hole

Pack-added recipe that uses the Crystal Staff

The Crystal Staff also has its own quest in the Chapter 3: The ATM Star questline, right after the "Roots Classic" quest intro quest. That quest walks you through the ritual that makes the staff: you set up the Casting Altar and Standing Stones in the pattern shown in JEI, load the altar and the Incense Blaziers, light them, then Shift Right Click the altar. If the ritual fails, check the Standing Stones pattern first.^[2]

Shared tool and armor quests

In the Basic Tools chapter, some quests accept a Roots item or an item from another mod. For a quest in "Basic Tools" (Tier: 3), you can hand in either the Living Pickaxe or Botanist's Pickaxe. For a quest in "Basic Tools" (6 Attack Damage), you can hand in either the Living Sword or Botanist's Blade. The Engraved Blade has its own quest in the same chapter, a quest in "Basic Tools", listed at 12 Attack Damage.^[3]

Roots armor also appears in the pack's Basic Armor chapter. The "Sylvan Gear" quest quest asks for the Sylvan Hood, Sylvan Robe, Sylvan Tunic and Sylvan Boots, and it notes that you'll need a ritual to get this set. The "Wildwood Gear" quest quest covers the late game set: the Wildwood Mask, Wildwood Plate, Wildwood Leggings and Wildwood Boots.^[4]

Unverified Whether the Pulsating Black Hole is itself used later in the ATM Star crafting chain is not confirmed by the available sources.

Roots Classic appears in three quest chapters in All the Mods 10 8.1. Its main line is in Chapter 3: The ATM Star, and its weapons, tools and armor also show up in the Basic Tools and Basic Armor chapters.^[2][3][4]

Chapter 3: The ATM Star

This is the mod's starting point. The quest "Roots Classic" quest only asks you for a Verdant Sprig. The quest text says that Roots is all about using nature's gifts to make rituals, and that you'll find its items everywhere, so this one should come quickly.^[2]

After that, a quest in "Chapter 3: The ATM Star" asks for a Crystal Staff, and this is where you do your first ritual. The quest text lists exactly which items go into the altar and into each brazier, so keep it open while you build.^[2]

1. Place the Casting Altar and Standing Stones in the pattern shown in JEI.^[2]
2. Put the three items listed in the quest text into the Altar.^[2]
3. Place 4 Incense Blaziers around the Altar and put one of the items listed in the quest into each of them.^[2]
4. Light all the braziers with a Flint and Steel.^[2]
5. Shift Right Click the Altar to start the ritual.^[2]

Basic Tools

Three Roots Classic quests sit in the Basic Tools chapter. All three unlock after the chapter's Basic Tools! quest.^[3]

• a quest in "Basic Tools" asks for the Engraved Blade and is labelled 12 Attack Damage.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Tools" is labelled Tier: 3. It accepts either the Living Pickaxe or the Botanist's Pickaxe. The quest text notes that the Botanist's Pickaxe turns blocks it interacts with into their mossy variants, if they have one.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Tools" is labelled 6 Attack Damage. It accepts either the Living Sword or the Botanist's Blade.^[3]

Basic Armor

The Basic Armor chapter has two full armor sets from the mod. "Sylvan Gear" quest asks for all four pieces: the Sylvan Hood, Sylvan Robe, Sylvan Tunic and Sylvan Boots. Its text calls this the mod's basic armor and warns that you'll need a ritual to get it.^[4]

"Wildwood Gear" quest is described as late game armor for Roots Classic. It asks for the Wildwood Mask, Wildwood Plate, Wildwood Leggings and Wildwood Boots.^[4]

Unverified The quest files don't show any links between these three chapters, so the order to do them in isn't confirmed. Learning rituals in Chapter 3 first seems sensible, since the Sylvan Gear quest says its armor needs a ritual.

Roots Classic has been part of All the Mods 10 for a long time: it was first included in version 2.25 or earlier. In All the Mods 10 8.1 you're running Roots Classic 1.21.1-1.5.7, shipped as the file RootsClassic-1.21.1-1.5.7.jar.^[1]

Updates across pack releases

• All the Mods 10 5.2 updated Roots Classic from 1.21.1-1.5.5 to 1.21.1-1.5.6.^[7]
• All the Mods 10 6.5 updated Roots Classic from 1.21.1-1.5.6 to 1.21.1-1.5.7, which is the version still included in 8.1.^[1][8]

Unverified The pack changelogs only record the version bumps, and no mod changelogs are available for these jars, so what actually changed in each Roots Classic update (bug fixes, balance tweaks or new content) can't be confirmed here.