Gaze (A Malum Addon) guide for FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 to 1.6.1
Gaze (A Malum Addon) guide for FTB Skies 2
Last verified for FTB Skies 2 v1.6.1 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026
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- Sections
- 6
- Recipes shown
- 20
- Items named
- 31
- Quests covered
- 4
2 sections are written for this pack; 4 are shared from another pack's guide.
Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Skies 2 1.6.1's own files.
What is Gaze (A Malum Addon)?
2 parts
Gaze is an expansion addon for Malum, the dark-magic-themed mod. It builds on Malum's themes and adds new progression, systems and content for players who want to keep going deeper into the Arcane once they've explored what Malum offers.[1]
This pack includes Gaze (A Malum Addon) version 1.1.6.1. The mod has been in the pack since version 1.0.1 or earlier, so it's a long-standing part of the mod list.[2]
Who it's for
Gaze is for players who already enjoy Malum and want more to do with it. It's a fan project for Malum, and it's intended for use in the Malice modpacks. Compatibility with other 1.21.1 mods is planned.[1]
Where it fits in the pack
Unverified The sources I have don't say where Gaze sits in this pack's progression, and they don't show any quests or an ATM Star path involving it. I won't guess at a recommended order. Treat it as an optional Malum extension and check in-game what it adds.
How do you get started with Gaze (A Malum Addon)?
4 parts
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.10.2 guide
Gaze is an addon for Malum, so everything you craft here is built through Malum's own machines. In this pack, the Gaze items you need first are laid out in the Malum quest chapter, and that chapter gives you a clear order to follow. Keep in mind that the addon is still in active development, so features can change.[1][3][4]
First: Veil's Edge
Your first Gaze goal is Veil's Edge. The quest a quest in "?" asks you to hand in an umbral spirit together with the dagger. It is the gate for the rest of the Gaze quests, so make it first. It comes from a Malum spirit infusion recipe.[3][4]
Next: pick up the following quests
Once the dagger quest is done, three quests open up at the same time. You can do them in any order, so start with whichever you like.[3]
- a quest in "?" wants any one rune from a set of eight, so you only need to craft a single one. The set is Rune of Mimir, Rune of Svalinn, Rune of Hodr, Rune of Nott, Rune of Ymir, Rune of Gymir, Rune of Eir and Rune of Fafnir. The recipes are shown below.[3][4]
- a quest in "?" asks for Encyclopedia Unveiled, which is a spirit infusion upgrade of Malum's Encyclopedia Esoterica.[3][4]
- a quest in "?" asks for both Splintered World and Replica Dharmachakra. Check both recipes before you commit to them, because they are the most demanding in this set.[3][4]
Crafting a rune
Each rune is made from a single input through runeworking. The in-game Malum book describes the Rune of Revealing as "the impulse to watch", for example. Here is that one as a reference for how the recipes look.[4][5]
The encyclopedia
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/encyclopedia_unveiled
Before you chase the big items, a quick check: the Splintered World and Replica Artifact Wheel recipes are also spirit infusions. Look at them early so you know what to gather.[4]
Spirit Infusion (malum)
8× Auric Embers
8× Blightpearl
Complete Design
8× Hallowed Gold Ingot
8× Malignant Pewter Ingot
32× Malignant Pewter Plating
Dragon Egg
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/splintered_world
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Fused Consciousness
Large Strange Crystal
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/adaptive_wheel
How does Gaze (A Malum Addon) work?
4 parts
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.10.2 guide
Gaze is an expansion addon for Malum that adds new progression, systems and content on top of Malum's own. The project page says it is still in active development, so some features are unfinished and it can change a lot between updates.[1]
How Gaze items are made
Everything Gaze adds in this pack is crafted through Malum's own crafting types, and the recipe blocks below show the exact in-pack recipes. Runes such as Rune of Eir and Rune of Gymir use Malum's runeworking. Weapons such as Veil's Edge, Soul Rapier and Spirit Saber use Malum's spirit infusion.[4]
Runes like this one are made through Malum's runeworking.
Weapons like the Veil's Edge are made through Malum's spirit infusion.
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/compromise_ring
Spirit infusion also makes the accessories Necklace of Arcane Charge, Ring of Mage Ethics, Ring of Idle Meditation and Sloth Brooch. It makes Encyclopedia Unveiled too.[4]
Spirit Infusion (malum)
8× Mnemonic Fragment
16× Null Slate
Ring of Echoing Arcana
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/meditation_ring
Rites
Gaze adds a lesser rite for each of Malum's elements (aerial, aqueous, arcane, earthen, infernal, sacred and wicked), plus a corrupt version of each. Their book entries are subtitled things like Manipulating Attraction for the aerial rite, Manipulating the Weather for the aqueous rite and Manipulating the Undead for the wicked rite.[5]
The lore entry for Gaze's rites says they open up a way to pull creatures into traps and items into containers. The in-game text frames it as a solution for collecting and storing the resources that spirit-harvesting contraptions produce.[5]
If you don't want any of this, disableGazeRites turns Gaze rites off entirely. This pack leaves it set to false, so the rites are enabled.[6]
Umbral Spirits and the Veil Dagger
Killing with the Veil's Edge can drop Umbral Spirits. umbralDropEntities is the list of entity ids that can drop them, and players are always on that list. This pack lists only villagers.[4][6]
umbralDropChance sets the drop chance for the listed entities. This pack uses 0.1, which is the mod default, and the allowed range is 0.0 to 1.0. For players the chance is always 100%. In multiplayer, villagers only drop Umbral Spirits if doVillagerUmbralsOnServer is true. This pack sets it to false, and singleplayer is always allowed.[6]
Soul Ward Integrity
integrityRatio controls how much Soul Ward Integrity you get per point of Armour Toughness. This pack uses 5, which matches the mod default, and the allowed range is 1.0 to 10.0.[6]
How do you progress through Gaze (A Malum Addon)?
4 parts
Gaze has no crafting chain of its own in this pack. Every item comes from a Malum crafting method, either runeworking or spirit infusion, so your progression is really about how far you've got in Malum. The stages below are my own grouping, based on how demanding each in-pack recipe looks.[7]
Unverified The sources here show no quests for this mod, so there is no quest chapter to follow for its progression. The order below comes only from the recipes.
Runes
Each rune is a runeworking recipe with just one input.[7]
- Rune of Eir and Rune of Gymir use a vanilla Minecraft item as their input.[7]
- Rune of Ymir, Rune of Mimir and Rune of Hodr start from Malum wood materials.[7]
- Rune of Fafnir, Rune of Nott and Rune of Svalinn start from other Malum materials, so you need some Malum progress first.[7]
Early spirit infusion
Next come the spirit infusion recipes with the shortest ingredient lists: Encyclopedia Unveiled, Sloth Brooch and Veil's Edge. The cards below show exactly what each one needs.[7]
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/encyclopedia_unveiled
Mid-tier weapons and trinkets
These recipes ask for more. Soul Rapier builds on a Soulstained Steel sword. Spirit Saber and Swift Spiral both use Malignant Pewter Plating. Necklace of Arcane Charge and Ring of Idle Meditation build on other Malum accessories.[7]
Spirit Infusion (malum)
8× Natural Quartz
Soulstained Steel Sword
8× Tainted Rock
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/soul_rapier
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Zephyr Impetus
8× Nautilus Shell
8× Prismarine Crystals
Trident
2× Wind Charge
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/swift_spiral
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/charge_necklace
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/meditation_ring
Late-game pieces
I'd leave Replica Dharmachakra, Seidhr, Splintered World and Ring of Mage Ethics for last. The cards below show what each one asks for.[7]
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/adaptive_wheel
Spirit Infusion (malum)
8× Blazing Quartz
Tyrving
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/seidhr
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/splintered_world
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/compromise_ring
How does Gaze (A Malum Addon) work with other mods?
3 parts
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.10.2 guide
Gaze is an expansion addon for Malum, so nearly everything it connects to in this pack is Malum content. The recipes and quests below show how the mods are tied together.[1][4]
Runeworking
Several Gaze runes are made through Malum's runeworking recipes, and each one starts from a Malum item. For example, Rune of Fafnir comes from Blighted Gunk, and Rune of Nott comes from Void Salts. Rune of Ymir comes from Azure Runewood Sapling. Rune of Svalinn comes from Astral Weave. The Soulwood-themed runes, Rune of Mimir and Rune of Hodr, come from Revealed Soulwood Log and Blighted Soulwood.[4]
Spirit Infusion gear
Gaze's trinkets and weapons are crafted with Malum's spirit infusion. They are built from Malum materials such as Fused Consciousness, Malignant Pewter Plating and Hallowed Gold Ingot. Encyclopedia Unveiled is made from Malum's Encyclopedia Esoterica.[4]
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/encyclopedia_unveiled
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/meditation_ring
Builds on Malum's Ring of Echoing Arcana.
A few of these recipes also use vanilla items alongside the Malum materials, such as the nether star, dragon egg, trident and nautilus shell. These are the ones to check before you start gathering.[4]
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/compromise_ring
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/swift_spiral
Spirit Infusion (malum)
Recipe id: malum:spirit_infusion/splintered_world
Quests
Gaze items appear in the pack's Malum quest chapter. The Gaze quest that comes first there asks for Veil's Edge together with Umbral Spirit. Quests that follow from it ask for Splintered World and Replica Dharmachakra, for Encyclopedia Unveiled, and for any one of the Gaze runes.[3]
Which Gaze (A Malum Addon) config options matter?
2 parts
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.10.2 guide
Gaze keeps everything in one file, config/gaze-common.toml. It only has a handful of options, and they mostly control how Umbral Spirits drop and how the Soul Ward scales. Here is exactly how this pack sets them.[6]
Umbral Spirit drops
- umbralDropChance is set to 0.1, which is the same as the mod default. It is the chance for configured entities to drop Umbral Spirits when killed with a Veil Dagger. The allowed range is 0.0 to 1.0, and players always drop them 100% of the time.[6]
- umbralDropEntities is set to ["minecraft:villager"]. This is the list of entity IDs that can drop Umbral Spirits when killed with a Veil Dagger. Players are always on the list, even though they are not written in it.[6]
- doVillagerUmbralsOnServer is false in this pack. Villagers will not drop Umbral Spirits on a multiplayer server. Singleplayer is always allowed.[6]
Soul Ward and rites
- integrityRatio is set to 5, the same as the mod default. It decides how much Soul Ward Integrity you get for each point of Armour Toughness. The allowed range is 1.0 to 10.0.[6]
- disableGazeRites is false, so Gaze rites are enabled. Setting it to true would turn them off entirely.[6]
Unverified The pack's config only lists mod defaults for integrityRatio and umbralDropChance, and both match. Whether disableGazeRites, doVillagerUmbralsOnServer and umbralDropEntities differ from the mod defaults can't be confirmed from the available sources.
Sources
- Gaze (A Malum Addon) project page (modrinth) · official mod data
- FTB Skies 2 1.6.1 mod list · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.10.2 quests: "malum" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.10.2 recipe dump: recipes making Gaze (A Malum Addon) items · pack recipe dump
- gaze tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- FTB Skies 2 1.10.2 config: config/gaze-common.toml · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.6.1 recipe dump: recipes making Gaze (A Malum Addon) items · pack recipe dump
Where this guide comes from
Written from what FTB Skies 2 itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.
Guide last verified Oct 17, 2026.
Guides for other versions: 1.11.0 to 1.24.0 · 1.7.0 to 1.10.2