Forbidden and Arcanus in All the Mods 11

Forbidden & Arcanus adds magical themed content in a style that could fit into vanilla Minecraft. If you want your modded world to feel mystical without looking out of place next to normal blocks, that is what this mod is going for.^[1]

On top of the magic content, it adds many new building related blocks, which open up new possibilities for decorating and designing your base.^[1]

The pack ships a beta build of the mod, so what you read in this guide describes that build and not necessarily what other releases offer.^[2]

The mod's developers say it gets regularly updated with new content and improvements. They also point to a video tutorial that covers most things in the mod, which is a good place to start for a full walkthrough.^[1]

Forbidden & Arcanus adds magical themed content and a lot of new building blocks. The sources here don't give a confirmed progression order, so I won't invent a fixed first-steps ladder. What I can do is point you at real in-pack recipes to look at right away.^[1]

Recipes worth checking first

These are all crafting recipes that exist in the pack, so open them in the recipe viewer. Edelwood Planks is a good first stop for building: the pack has recipes for edelwood stairs, slabs, doors, fences and a ladder too.^[3]

2× Edelwood PlanksMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any edelwood log

Recipe id: forbidden_arcanus:edelwood_planks

Darkstone has its own recipes for a pedestal, slab, stairs and wall. The pack also has a decompression recipe that produces darkstone.^[3]

Darkstone PedestalMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Arcane Polished Darkstone Slab	Arcane Polished Darkstone Slab	Arcane Polished Darkstone Slab
Empty slot	Arcane Polished Darkstone Pillar	Empty slot
Polished Darkstone	Polished Darkstone	Polished Darkstone

Recipe id: forbidden_arcanus:darkstone_pedestal

DarkstoneMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Darkstone 1x

Recipe id: allthecompressed:decompress/darkstone_1x

Deorum Ingot can be crafted from nuggets and from a Deorum Block, and the pack has deorum recipes for items like doors, glass, chains and lanterns.^[3]

Deorum IngotMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

9 × Deorum Nugget

Recipe id: forbidden_arcanus:deorum_ingot_from_deorum_nugget

Things to know

• The recipe viewer has a category called Hephaestus Forge Upgrading, so that is where to look for forge upgrade recipes.^[4]
• The mod has a darkstone upgrade smithing template, whose base slot description reads: Add armor, weapon, or tool.^[4]

Unverified A recommended crafting order, what each item is used for, and how the Hephaestus Forge and smithing upgrades work in this pack are not shown by the sources here. There is no in-game guidebook or quest chapter for this mod that the sources cover.

I'll be upfront with you: the sources I have for this mod only cover a small slice of how its systems work. The mod is described as adding magical-themed content in a vanilla-friendly style, plus a lot of building blocks. That's all the sources say at a high level, so this section stays short and sticks to what they confirm.^[1]

What the sources confirm

• JEI has a recipe category called Hephaestus Forge Upgrading, so upgrading at the Hephaestus Forge is a recipe type you can look up in JEI.^[4]
• The mod has a darkstone upgrade smithing template. Its base slot description reads "Add armor, weapon, or tool", so that slot takes armor, weapons or tools.^[4]
• Some items show a tooltip line saying they can be used as a wand material, with the material name filled in.^[4]

Unverified The sources don't explain how the Hephaestus Forge is built or operated, what its upgrades cost or do, how wands work, or whether any of it can be automated with pipes or hoppers. The pack has no config files for this mod and no in-jar guidebook was found, so none of that can be confirmed here.

I can't give you a full step-by-step tier ladder for this mod in the pack, because the data I have only lists which crafting recipes exist. It doesn't show their ingredients, progression order or any gating. What I can confirm is which material families the pack has recipes for.^[3]

What the pack's recipes cover

• Deorum: there are recipes for Deorum Ingot (from nuggets and from blocks), plus Deorum Block, Deorum Nugget, Deorum Glass, Deorum Lantern and Deorum Soul Lantern.^[3]
• Blacksmith gavels: the Iron Blacksmith Gavel, Golden Blacksmith Gavel and Diamond Blacksmith Gavel, along with the Blacksmith Gavel Head.^[3]
• Arcane crystal: recipes exist for Arcane Crystal, Arcane Crystal Block, Arcane Crystal Dust and the corrupted versions, such as Corrupted Arcane Crystal.^[3]
• Darkstone and building blocks: Darkstone Pedestal, Arcane Polished Darkstone and Chiseled Polished Darkstone. Darkstone itself also comes out of an All the Compressed decompression.^[3]
• Utility and combat items: Clibano Core, Dark Nether Star, Soul Extractor (shown in the pack as Soul Extractor), Aureal Bottle and Boom Arrow are all obtainable in the pack.^[3]

Recipes you can check in-game

Here are the exact in-pack recipes for the Deorum ingot and the gavel pieces, so you can see what the pack asks for.^[3]

Deorum IngotMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

9 × Deorum Nugget

Recipe id: forbidden_arcanus:deorum_ingot_from_deorum_nugget

Blacksmith Gavel HeadMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Clay Ball

Recipe id: forbidden_arcanus:blacksmith_gavel_head

Iron Blacksmith GavelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	Blacksmith Gavel Head	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any wooden rod	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any wooden rod	Empty slot

Recipe id: forbidden_arcanus:iron_blacksmith_gavel

Diamond Blacksmith GavelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any diamond gem	Blacksmith Gavel Head	any diamond gem
any diamond gem	any wooden rod	any diamond gem
Empty slot	any wooden rod	Empty slot

Recipe id: forbidden_arcanus:diamond_blacksmith_gavel

Unverified Which tier comes first, how the pack gates this mod's content, and whether any quests guide you through it are not confirmed by the data available for this section. The recipe dump also truncates its list, so some recipes aren't shown here.

Forbidden and Arcanus adds magical content and building blocks. In this pack, the in-pack recipes link it to Productive Trees and Productive Bees. Here is what each one does with the mod's items.^[1][3]

Productive Trees: planks from sawdust

The pack adds sawmill recipes that turn Sawdust into Forbidden and Arcanus planks: Aurum Planks, Edelwood Planks and Fungyss Planks. These recipes are pack additions, not mod defaults.^[3]

6× Aurum PlanksAdded by the pack

Sawmill (productivetrees)

• 2× Sawdust

Recipe id: allthemods:productivetrees/sawing/forbidden_arcanus/aurum_planks

6× Edelwood PlanksAdded by the pack

Sawmill (productivetrees)

• 2× Sawdust

Recipe id: allthemods:productivetrees/sawing/forbidden_arcanus/edelwood_planks

6× Fungyss PlanksAdded by the pack

Sawmill (productivetrees)

• 2× Sawdust

Recipe id: allthemods:productivetrees/sawing/forbidden_arcanus/fungyss_planks

Productive Bees: bee conversion

Productive Bees has conversion recipes that use Forbidden and Arcanus blocks. Arcane Crystal Block leads to the Arcane Crystal bee, and Rune Block leads to the Rune bee. Both are standard Productive Bees recipes, not pack changes.^[3]

Productive Bees: centrifuge outputs

Productive Bees centrifuge recipes also give you Forbidden and Arcanus items, and each one comes with Wax as well. They are standard mod recipes, not pack changes. The outputs are:^[3]

• Arcane Crystal^[3]
• Deorum Nugget^[3]
• Rune^[3]
• Condensed Experience and Stellarite Piece together, from the same recipe^[3]

Arcane Crystal, WaxMod recipe

Centrifuge (productivebees)

Recipe id: productivebees:centrifuge/forbidden_arcanus/honeycomb_arcane_crystal

Deorum Nugget, WaxMod recipe

Centrifuge (productivebees)

Recipe id: productivebees:centrifuge/forbidden_arcanus/honeycomb_deorum

Rune, WaxMod recipe

Centrifuge (productivebees)

Recipe id: productivebees:centrifuge/forbidden_arcanus/honeycomb_rune

Condensed Experience, Stellarite Piece, WaxMod recipe

Centrifuge (productivebees)

Recipe id: productivebees:centrifuge/forbidden_arcanus/honeycomb_stellarite

All the Mods 11 0.8.0-beta ships Forbidden and Arcanus 2.8.0-beta.2, and the mod was first included in the pack in 0.0.12 or earlier. There are no pack changelog entries for this mod, so everything below comes from the mod's own changelogs. Most of the action is around the Clibano, so that's where we'll spend our time.^[2][5]

2.8.0-beta.2 (the version in this pack)

• Obsidiansteel was replaced with Stygian Steel, and Stygian Steel Ingots can be made in the Clibano through an alloying recipe.^[6]
• The Arcane Crystal molten material type in the Clibano was replaced with Arcane Crystal Dust.^[6]
• Clibano alloying recipes now require a duration field, which matters if you write your own recipes.^[6]
• The Clibano UI now supports quick move, so shift-clicking items works.^[6]
• Fixed being able to start an alloying recipe while the result slot was occupied.^[6]
• Removed the unused recipe advancement from Clibano alloying and melting recipes.^[6]

First 2.8.0 beta

• Added a new Clibano alloying recipe type, used to create Netherite Ingots and Deorum Ingots.^[5]
• Removed the Deorum Ingot crafting recipe.^[5]
• Improved the Clibano melting JEI category.^[5]

2.7.2

• Added Clibano JEI integration and an Asterite Ingot Clibano recipe.^[7]
• Renamed the "clibano_combustion" recipe type to "clibano_melting" and removed the experience value from Clibano melting recipes.^[7]
• Black Hole now calculates essence value correctly for item stacks, and can extract experience from voided essence storage items such as Experience Utrem Jars.^[7]
• Fixed the Clibano Core missing its loot table, improved Arcane Crystal Obelisk textures, and refactored the essence input system.^[7]

2.7.1

• Fixed the Aureal Bottle not being craftable.^[8]
• Fixed Arcane Crystal Block and Corrupted Arcane Crystal Block missing the mineable/pickaxe tag.^[8]
• Fixed a few issues with Quantum Injectors and Essence Utrem Jars.^[8]
• The max capacity for a stored molten material type in a Clibano can now be changed through datapacks.^[8]

2.7.0

• Added Asterite, a new material. The changelog describes it as currently only required to craft the Clibano Core.^[9]
• Added Darkstone Meteorites, which generate rarely in the overworld and contain Asterite Debris.^[9]
• Enabled the Clibano Core block again so it can be placed, and reworked the Clibano to have an internal material storage.^[9]
• Reworked the Clibano UI to be more immersive, updated its block textures, and fixed a crash when collecting Blood with Test Tubes in newer NeoForge versions.^[9]