Ars Nouveau guide for FTB StoneBlock 4 1.1.1 to 1.22.0

Ars Nouveau is a magic mod inspired by Ars Magicka. You craft your own spells, make magical artifacts, perform rituals, and build automation around adorable magical servants. The pack ships version 5.13.1, and the mod's documentation lives in-game in a Patchouli guide, so you can look things up without leaving the world.^[1][2]

It's for you if you like designing your own spells instead of picking from a fixed list. It also suits you if you want magic-powered machines and helpers to run your base for you.^[1]

Where it fits in the pack's progression

The pack's quest book walks you through the mod as a chain, mostly in the world engine tier 1 chapter, then on into the general magic chapter. Here's the main path:^[3][4]

1. Start with the archwood quest "Magical Trees" quest. It asks for an archwood sapling (any of the Ars Nouveau ones, or the Ars Elemental yellow one) plus Archwood Planks.^[4]
2. Next comes "Infusing Magical Essence" quest, which asks for the Imbuement Chamber and a Source Gem.^[4]
3. Then "Creating Source" quest asks for a Source Jar and one of the sourcelinks, such as the Agronomic Sourcelink or Volcanic Sourcelink.^[4]
4. After that, "World Engine Source" quest asks for the Dominion Wand and Sourcestone.^[4]
5. Finally, a quest in "Magic" covers the Enchanting Apparatus, the Arcane Core and the Arcane Pedestal.^[3]

Several quests branch off from there. "Your First Spellbook" quest covers the Novice Spell Book, the Scribe's Table and the Glyph Amplify glyph. a quest in "Magic" is about rituals, with the Ritual Brazier and Summon Wilden. After the apparatus quest, you can pick up a familiar charm in a quest in "Magic", armor and the Alteration Table in "Ars Armor" quest, and Source relays in a quest in "Magic".^[3]

Ars Nouveau also shows up outside its own chain. The gearing up chapter has a quest for a spell book plus one of the mod's spell weapons or tools "Ars Tools" quest. The creative chapter has a quest for the Archmage Spell Book, which also asks for items from other mods "Creative Spellbook" quest.^[5][6]

Ars Nouveau in this pack is laid out as a quest chain, and following it gives you a sensible order for your first crafts. Here is the path the quests lead you down, with the in-pack recipes shown right below each step.^[3][4]

Step 1: Archwood

Everything starts with "Magical Trees" quest. It asks for an archwood sapling (Cascading Archwood Sapling, Blazing Archwood Sapling, Vexing Archwood Sapling or Flourishing Archwood Sapling) plus Archwood Planks. It comes first because the Imbuement Chamber quest and the spell book quest both come after it.^[3][4]

4× Archwood PlanksMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any archwood log

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:archwood_planks

Step 2: Imbuement Chamber and Source Gems

Next, "Infusing Magical Essence" quest wants an Imbuement Chamber and a Source Gem. The Source Gem recipe is an imbuement-type recipe, so it belongs with the chamber.^[4][7]

Imbuement ChamberMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Archwood Planks	any gold ingot	Archwood Planks
Archwood Planks	Empty slot	Archwood Planks
Archwood Planks	any gold ingot	Archwood Planks

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:imbuement_chamber

Source GemMod recipe

Imbuement (ars_nouveau)

• Amethyst Shard

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:imbuement_amethyst

Source gems are worth stockpiling, because many of the recipes below use them.^[7]

Step 3: Source Jar and a Sourcelink

"Creating Source" quest asks for a Source Jar and one sourcelink. Any of these counts: Agronomic Sourcelink, Volcanic Sourcelink, Alchemical Sourcelink, Vitalic Sourcelink or Mycelial Sourcelink. The recipes for the Agronomic and Alchemical ones are shown here.^[4][7]

Agronomic SourcelinkMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any source gem	Empty slot
any gold ingot	Wheat	any gold ingot
Empty slot	any source gem	Empty slot

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:agronomic_sourcelink

Alchemical SourcelinkMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any source gem	Empty slot
any gold ingot	Brewing Stand	any gold ingot
Empty slot	any source gem	Empty slot

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:alchemical_sourcelink

Step 4: Dominion Wand and Sourcestone

"World Engine Source" quest asks for the Dominion Wand and some Sourcestone.^[4]

Dominion WandMod recipe

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• Stick
• 2× any source gem
• any gold ingot

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:dominion_wand

Step 5: Enchanting Apparatus

a quest in "Magic" wants the Enchanting Apparatus, an Arcane Core and an Arcane Pedestal. The core and the pedestal both use sourcestone and source gems.^[3][7]

Arcane CoreMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Sourcestone	Sourcestone	Sourcestone
any gold ingot	any source gem	any gold ingot
Sourcestone	Sourcestone	Sourcestone

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:arcane_core

Arcane PedestalMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Sourcestone	any source gem	Sourcestone
any gold nugget	Sourcestone	any gold nugget
any gold nugget	Sourcestone	any gold nugget

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:arcane_pedestal

Where to go next

After the apparatus, the quest book branches out. You can take these in whatever order you like:^[3]

• "Your First Spellbook" quest: the Novice Spell Book, the Scribe's Table and the Glyph Amplify glyph. It unlocks after the archwood quest, so you can start spellcasting early.^[3]
• "Ars Armor" quest: a Magebloom Seed, the Alteration Table and a piece from each armor set (Arcanist, Sorcerer and Battlemage).^[3]
• a quest in "Magic": one familiar charm, such as the Starbuncle Charm, plus an Orange Magebloom Bed.^[3]
• a quest in "Magic": any Source relay, for moving Source around.^[3]
• a quest in "Magic": the Ritual Brazier and the Summon Wilden. It unlocks after the Imbuement Chamber quest.^[3]

Glyph AmplifyMod recipe

Glyph (ars_nouveau)

• Diamond Pickaxe

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:glyph_amplify

Alteration TableMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Magebloom Fiber	Empty slot
Magebloom Fiber	Scribe's Table	Magebloom Fiber
Empty slot	Magebloom Fiber	Empty slot

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:alteration_table

Ars Nouveau documents itself in-game with Patchouli, and that is where the mod explains its machines. In the sources I was given, though, most of those guide pages only come through as untranslated keys. So this section only covers what the pack's configs, recipes and the readable guide entries actually confirm.^[1]

Source generation and the casting hardware

Source power comes from sourcelinks. The pack includes recipes for the Agronomic Sourcelink and the Alchemical Sourcelink. The sources don't explain what fuels either one, so I won't guess.^[7]

Agronomic SourcelinkMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any source gem	Empty slot
any gold ingot	Wheat	any gold ingot
Empty slot	any source gem	Empty slot

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:agronomic_sourcelink

Alchemical SourcelinkMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any source gem	Empty slot
any gold ingot	Brewing Stand	any gold ingot
Empty slot	any source gem	Empty slot

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:alchemical_sourcelink

For multi-block crafting setups you will use the Arcane Pedestal and the Arcane Core, both crafted from Sourcestone. The Arcane Platform is a variant you get by crafting a pedestal on its own. It can be placed in any direction and can be used in place of a pedestal.^[7][8]

Arcane PedestalMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Sourcestone	any source gem	Sourcestone
any gold nugget	Sourcestone	any gold nugget
any gold nugget	Sourcestone	any gold nugget

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:arcane_pedestal

Arcane CoreMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Sourcestone	Sourcestone	Sourcestone
any gold ingot	any source gem	any gold ingot
Sourcestone	Sourcestone	Sourcestone

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:arcane_core

Arcane PlatformMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Arcane Pedestal

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:arcane_platform

Magical helpers and their costs

The mod's helper creatures do the automation work, and the pack's common config sets how fast they work and what they cost. Every value below is identical to the mod default. The pack hasn't changed any of them.^[9]

• Drygmy: it consumes 1,000 source per generation (drygmy_production.drygmyManaCost) and needs 20 channels before it produces loot (drygmy_production.drygmyMaxProgress).^[9]
• Drygmy output: it makes a base of 1 item per cycle (drygmy_production.drygmyBaseItems). Each unique mob adds a bonus of 2 (drygmy_production.drygmyUniqueBonus). Nearby entities add 1 item each, up to a cap of 5 (drygmy_production.drygmyQuantityCap).^[9]
• Whirlisprig: it consumes 250 mana per generation (general.sylphManaCost) and must accumulate 250 progress before creating resources (general.whirlisprigProgress).^[9]
• Alakarkinos: it consumes 1,000 mana per generation (alakarkinos.alakarkinosSourceCost).^[9]
• Bookwyrm: each one can support up to 8 inventories on a lectern (general.bookwyrmLimit).^[9]

Potion handling

The Potion Melder has three config values, and in each of them 100 equals 1 potion. It takes 200 from each input jar (block.melderInputCost), outputs 100 per cycle (block.melderOutput) and takes 300 source per cycle (block.melderSourceCost). All three are the mod defaults. The enchanted flask caps the potion level at 255 (block.enchantedFlaskCap), also the default.^[9]

Spirit Jars (Occultism integration)

The in-game guide has an Occultism integration entry for containment jars. Spirits inside a jar keep their normal behaviour and don't decay, which makes them handy for automation. A jar automatically picks up any item in a 7x7 area around it that matches the spirit's filter. A crushing spirit picks up any ore it can process.^[10]

You can also feed a jar with a hopper or Starbuncles, and any pipe should work too. Or you can right-click an item onto it. A Crusher Spirit processes items and flings the output out in one of the directions.^[10]

Janitor Spirits in a jar are special. They try to pick up nearby items and push them into an inventory next to the jar.^[10]

Unverified Source relays, ritual setups, the Enchanting Apparatus and Starbuncle item-transport rules are not explained in the sources available for this section, so they are not covered here. Check the in-game Worn Notebook for those.

Ars Nouveau in this pack is a quest-guided mod. The quest book walks you from your first Archwood to the Enchanting Apparatus, then branches into familiars, armor and Source logistics. The quest names are blank in the pack files, so I'll point to them by ID.^[3][4]

Tier 1: Archwood, Source and the Imbuement Chamber

Your first Ars quest "Magical Trees" quest asks for an Archwood sapling and Archwood Planks. It accepts any of the four Ars Nouveau saplings, such as the Flourishing Archwood Sapling, or the Yellow Archwood Sapling from Ars Elemental. Archwood logs turn into planks with a plain shapeless craft.^[4][7]

4× Archwood PlanksMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any archwood log

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:archwood_planks

Next, "Infusing Magical Essence" quest wants an Imbuement Chamber and a Source Gem. The chamber is a normal crafting-table recipe. You make Source Gems by imbuing either an amethyst shard or a lapis gem.^[4][7]

Imbuement ChamberMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Archwood Planks	any gold ingot	Archwood Planks
Archwood Planks	Empty slot	Archwood Planks
Archwood Planks	any gold ingot	Archwood Planks

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:imbuement_chamber

Source GemMod recipe

Imbuement (ars_nouveau)

• Amethyst Shard

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:imbuement_amethyst

Source GemMod recipe

Imbuement (ars_nouveau)

• any lapi gems

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:imbuement_lapis

The quest after that, "Creating Source" quest, is your first power setup. You need a Source Jar and one Sourcelink of your choice: Agronomic Sourcelink, Volcanic Sourcelink, Alchemical Sourcelink, Vitalic Sourcelink or Mycelial Sourcelink. Then "World Engine Source" quest asks for a Dominion Wand and Sourcestone. The wand is made at the Enchanting Apparatus.^[4][7]

Dominion WandMod recipe

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• Stick
• 2× any source gem
• any gold ingot

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:dominion_wand

Spellcasting and the Enchanting Apparatus

Once Archwood is done, "Your First Spellbook" quest starts your spellcasting. It asks for a Novice Spell Book, a Scribe's Table and the Amplify glyph. You can craft the book from a regular book plus iron tools, or from a Tattered Tome plus the same iron tools. The Amplify glyph has its own recipe.^[3][7]

Novice Spell BookMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Book
• Iron Shovel
• Iron Pickaxe
• Iron Axe
• Iron Sword

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:novice_spell_book

Novice Spell BookMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Tattered Tome
• Iron Shovel
• Iron Pickaxe
• Iron Axe
• Iron Sword

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:novice_spellbook_alt

Glyph AmplifyMod recipe

Glyph (ars_nouveau)

• Diamond Pickaxe

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:glyph_amplify

The big gate is a quest in "Magic": the Enchanting Apparatus, the Arcane Core and the Arcane Pedestal. Both the core and the pedestal use Sourcestone, a Source Gem and gold. Several quests that follow it ask for items crafted at the Apparatus.^[3][7]

Arcane CoreMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Sourcestone	Sourcestone	Sourcestone
any gold ingot	any source gem	any gold ingot
Sourcestone	Sourcestone	Sourcestone

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:arcane_core

Arcane PedestalMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Sourcestone	any source gem	Sourcestone
any gold nugget	Sourcestone	any gold nugget
any gold nugget	Sourcestone	any gold nugget

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:arcane_pedestal

Branching out after the Apparatus

Three quests unlock once you have the Apparatus. Pick whichever suits your base.^[3]

• Familiars, a quest in "Magic": craft any one familiar charm (Amethyst Golem, Whirlisprig, Drygmy, Bookwyrm, Wixie or Starbuncle) and an Orange Magebloom Bed.^[3][7]
• Armor, "Ars Armor" quest: a Magebloom Seed, an Alteration Table, and one piece each from the Arcanist, Sorcerer and Battlemage sets.^[3][7]
• Source logistics, a quest in "Magic": any one special relay, either the Source Relay: Splitter, Source Relay: Depositor, Source Relay: Warper or Source Relay: Collector. Each is made at the Apparatus from a base Source Relay.^[3][7]

For the armor quest, the Arcanist and Battlemage pieces are upgrades made at the Apparatus. The Arcanist's Treads is one example.^[7]

Arcanist's TreadsMod recipe

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• 4× Magebloom Fiber
• Iron Boots

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:arcanist_boots

Battlemage's BootsMod recipe

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• 4× Magebloom Fiber
• Diamond Boots

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:battlemage_boots

The Battlemage pieces are also made at the Apparatus, following the same pattern.

Separately, a quest in "Magic" unlocks after the Imbuement Chamber quest. It asks for the Ritual Brazier and the Summon Wilden ritual.^[3][4]

Spell book upgrades

The gearing-up chapter has a quest, "Ars Tools" quest, that accepts a Novice, Mage's or Archmage spell book together with one Ars casting tool. The tools it accepts are the Enchanter's Wand, Enchanter's Bow, Enchanter's Sword, Enchanter's Shield, Enchanter's Crossbow, Enchanter's Gauntlet and Enchanter's Fishing Rod.^[5]

Books level up through upgrade recipes. Your Novice book becomes the Mage's Spell Book first.^[7]

Mage's Spell BookMod recipe

Book Upgrade (ars_nouveau)

• Novice Spell Book
• 2× Quartz Block
• 3× any diamond gem
• any obsidian
• 2× any blaze rod

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:apprentice_book_upgrade

The Archmage Spell Book needs a Wilden Tribute, and the bounty board has a quest for that item: "Kill The Wilden Chimera" quest.^[7][11]

Archmage Spell BookMod recipe

Book Upgrade (ars_nouveau)

• Mage's Spell Book
• Wilden Tribute
• Nether Star
• Totem Of Undying
• 3× any ender pearl
• 2× any emerald gem

Recipe id: ars_nouveau:archmage_book_upgrade

Endgame quests

The creative chapter holds the Archmage Spell Book quest, "Creative Spellbook" quest. It also asks for items from other mods, Ars Elemental's Mark of Mastery and Avaritia's Amethyst Singularity, and it has prerequisite quests of its own.^[6]

Another creative-chapter quest, "Creative Source Jar" quest, asks for a set of essences, including Abjuration Essence, Conjuration Essence and Manipulation Essence, plus a Source Gem Block. The Creative Source Jar appears in a quest that comes after it.^[6]

There is also a standalone exploration quest, "Warp Scrolls" quest, for the Warp Scroll and Stabilized Warp Scroll. It has no prerequisite listed.^[12]

Ars Nouveau's biggest connection in this pack is with the items in the ars_elemental namespace. Many of those recipes are built on Ars Nouveau's essences, armor, relays and turrets. A few also use vanilla Minecraft items.^[7]

Elemental armor

The Arcanist, Sorceror and Battlemage armor lines each have elemental versions in ars_elemental, made through the sauce:armor_upgrade recipe type with a Mark of Mastery. The Arcanist line leads to pieces like the Aethermancer's Boots, while the Battlemage line leads to the heavy sets, such as the Thunderguard's Boots. The water, earth and fire sets follow the same pattern. The recipe below shows it for the air boots.^[7]

Aethermancer's BootsMod recipe

Armor Upgrade (sauce)

• Mark of Mastery
• 2× Air Essence
• Arcanist's Treads
• Netherite Ingot

Recipe id: ars_elemental:air_boots

One example of the armor upgrade pattern, a mod recipe that the pack has not changed.

The Mark of Mastery also appears in the creative chapter of the quest book. Quest "Creative Spellbook" quest asks for it together with the Archmage Spell Book and an item from Avaritia.^[6]

Relays, turrets and lenses

Several ars_elemental blocks are elemental versions of Ars Nouveau's logistics and defense blocks. The Wind Warper Relay, Deep Depositor Relay and Fiery Collector Relay build on the Source Relay: Warper, Source Relay: Depositor and Source Relay: Collector. The elemental turrets, such as the Air Infused Turret, build on the Enchanted Spell Turret.^[7]

Wind Warper RelayMod recipe

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• 2× Air Essence
• Source Relay: Warper
• 2× any diamond gem

Recipe id: ars_elemental:air_relay

Air Infused TurretMod recipe

Imbuement (ars_nouveau)

• Focus of Air
• 3× Air Essence
• Enchanted Spell Turret

Recipe id: ars_elemental:air_turret

The prism lenses, such as the Acceleration Prism Lens, and the Advanced Spell Prism are built around Ars Nouveau parts: its glyphs, Manipulation Essence and the Spell Prism. The recipes below show the details.^[7]

Acceleration Prism LensMod recipe

Imbuement (ars_nouveau)

• Glyph Accelerate
• Manipulation Essence
• any quartz gem

Recipe id: ars_elemental:acceleration_prism_lens

Advanced Spell PrismMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Quartz	any source gem	Quartz
any source gem	Spell Prism	any source gem
Quartz	any source gem	Quartz

Recipe id: ars_elemental:advanced_prism

Recipes the pack changed

Some recipes that run through Ars Nouveau's Enchanting Apparatus are marked as changed by the pack: the Enchanter's Bangle, the Spellcaster Bag, the Flashjack Charm and the Slipstream Current Elevator. Don't rely on the mod's default recipes for these. The in-pack recipes below are the ones that count.^[7]

Enchanter's BangleChanged by the pack

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• Ring of Potential
• End Crystal
• 2× any gold storage block
• any source storage block

Recipe id: ars_elemental:base_bangle

Spellcaster BagChanged by the pack

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• Trinkets Pouch
• 2× Manipulation Essence
• 2× Blaze Powder
• 2× any gold storage block

Recipe id: ars_elemental:caster_bag

Flashjack CharmChanged by the pack

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• Flashjack Token
• 2× Air Essence
• 2× any gold ingot

Recipe id: ars_elemental:flashjack_charm

Slipstream Current ElevatorChanged by the pack

Enchanting Apparatus (ars_nouveau)

• 4× Air Essence
• Wilden Wing
• 2× Shulker Shell
• any gold storage block

Recipe id: ars_elemental:air_upstream

The element bangles, like the Fire Bangle, are made from the base bangle at the Enchanting Apparatus. Those recipes are listed as plain mod recipes, not as changed by the pack.^[7]

Archwood and flight

The Flashing Archwood Sapling is crafted from the four Ars Nouveau archwood sapling types plus Air Essence. The early World Engine quest "Magical Trees" quest accepts it as one of its sapling options, alongside the Ars Nouveau ones.^[4][7]

Flashing Archwood SaplingMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Cascading Archwood Sapling or Flourishing Archwood Sapling or Blazing Archwood Sapling or Vexing Archwood Sapling
• Air Essence

Recipe id: ars_elemental:flashing_sapling

There is also an alternative recipe for the Ars Nouveau Flight ritual, which uses the Flashing Archwood Log.^[7]

FlightMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Flashing Archwood Log
• Wilden Wing
• any diamond gem
• any diamond gem
• Feather

Recipe id: ars_elemental:flight_alt

Quests that mix mods

Quest "Creative Source Jar" quest in the creative chapter asks for the Ars Nouveau essences and the Source Gem Block, plus sauce:anima_essence. The creative quests "Ascension Tier 2 - Transcendent" quest and a quest in "Backstage" list the Creative Source Jar alongside creative items from several other mods, including create, mffs and mekanism_lasers.^[6][13]

Ars Nouveau shows up in several quest chapters in this pack. None of these quests has a title, so you'll find them by the items they ask for. The main progression starts in the World Engine tier 1 chapter and then continues into the General Magic chapter.^[3][4]

The main path: World Engine tier 1

1. "Magical Trees" quest is the first Ars Nouveau quest. It asks for one of the archwood saplings (Cascading, Blazing, Vexing or Flourishing, or a yellow archwood sapling from Ars Elemental) plus Archwood Planks. It unlocks after quests that aren't Ars Nouveau quests.^[4]
2. "Infusing Magical Essence" quest asks for an Imbuement Chamber and a Source Gem. It comes after the archwood quest and one other quest that isn't an Ars Nouveau quest.^[4]
3. "Creating Source" quest wants a Source Jar and any one sourcelink: Agronomic, Volcanic, Alchemical, Vitalic or Mycelial.^[4]
4. "World Engine Source" quest asks for the Dominion Wand and Sourcestone.^[4]

There's also "Auto-Build The Source Upgrade" quest, a second Sourcestone quest in the same chapter. It follows a quest that isn't an Ars Nouveau quest.^[4]

General Magic

This chapter branches off the quests above. Some of its quests unlock early. "Your First Spellbook" quest follows the archwood quest and asks for the Novice Spell Book, the Scribe's Table and the Amplify glyph (Glyph Amplify). a quest in "Magic" follows the imbuement chamber quest and asks for the Ritual Brazier and the Summon Wilden ritual.^[3][4]

The bigger step is a quest in "Magic", which comes after the Dominion Wand quest. It asks for the Enchanting Apparatus, the Arcane Core and the Arcane Pedestal. Three quests then open up after it:^[3][4]

• a quest in "Magic": any one familiar charm (Amethyst Golem, Whirlisprig, Drygmy, Bookwyrm, Wixie or Starbuncle) plus the Orange Magebloom Bed.^[3]
• "Ars Armor" quest: a Magebloom Seed, the Alteration Table, and one piece each from the Arcanist, Sorceror and Battlemage armor sets.^[3]
• a quest in "Magic": any one Source Relay, whether Splitter, Depositor, Warper or Collector.^[3]

Other chapters

• Gearing up: "Ars Tools" quest asks for any one of the Novice, Mage's or Archmage spell books, plus any one casting tool. The options are the Enchanter's Wand, Enchanter's Bow, Enchanter's Sword, Enchanter's Shield, Enchanter's Crossbow, Enchanter's Gauntlet and Enchanter's Fishing Rod. No prerequisite is listed for it.^[5]
• Exploration and combat: "Warp Scrolls" quest wants a Warp Scroll and a Stabilized Warp Scroll. No prerequisite is listed for it.^[12]
• Bounty board: "Kill The Wilden Chimera" quest asks for the Wilden Tribute. It follows two quests that aren't Ars Nouveau quests.^[11]

Late-game and creative quests

In the creative chapter, "Creative Source Jar" quest asks for the Ars Nouveau essences (Abjuration, Conjuration, Air, Earth, Fire, Manipulation and Water), a Source Gem Block, and an Anima Essence from another mod. "Creative Spellbook" quest asks for the Archmage Spell Book along with items from two other mods.^[6]

"Ascension Tier 2 - Transcendent" quest in the creative chapter and a quest in "Backstage" in the thebackrooms chapter both list the Creative Source Jar among a set of creative items from several mods. The creative chapter version also depends on the essences quest.^[6][13]

Good news: the pack's Ars Nouveau configs are very close to stock. Every numeric option that lists a mod default in this pack's files is set to exactly that default, so nothing is retuned there. Here are the options you're most likely to care about and what they're set to.^{[9][14][15][16]}

Mana

• mana.baseMax is 100 and mana.baseRegen is 5.^[15]
• Each glyph adds mana through mana.glyphmax (15) and mana.glyphRegen (0.33).^[15]
• Book tier adds mana.tierMax (50) and mana.tierRegen (1).^[15]
• mana.manaBoost is 25 per level, and mana.manaRegenEnchantment is 2 per second per level.^[15]
• mana.potionRegen is 10 per potion level.^[16]
• mana.updateInterval is 5 ticks. The config recommends keeping base regen at least that high.^[15]

Spell limits

Both spell_casting.enforceCapOnCast and spell_casting.enforceGlyphLimitOnCast are true, so augment caps and glyph limits are enforced when you cast. spell_length.infiniteSpells is false. Its companion spell_length.infiniteSpellLimit (30) only matters if you turn it on.^[15]

Most glyphs have no real per-spell limit. For example, general.per_spell_limit is 2,147,483,647.^[17]

Burst is the exception: general.per_spell_limit is 1, so it can appear only once in a spell.^[18]

Burst also has a cost of 500 in general.cost, and general.invalid_combos stops it sharing a spell with the Wall or Linger glyphs. Several glyphs also cap augments through their augment limits:^[18]

• Break: Fortune up to 4 and Sensitive 1 (general.augment_limits).^[19]
• Cold Snap: Amplify 2 and AOE 1 (general.augment_limits).^[20]
• Crush: Sensitive 1 and Amplify 2 (general.augment_limits).^[21]
• Cut: Amplify 2 (general.augment_limits).^[22]
• Conjure Water and Burst: Sensitive 1 each (general.augment_limits and general.augment_limits).^[18][23]

Helpers, machines and world

• Drygmies need drygmy_production.drygmyMaxProgress (20) channels per loot cycle. They produce drygmy_production.drygmyBaseItems (1) base item, up to drygmy_production.drygmyQuantityCap (5) bonus items from nearby entities, and drygmy_production.drygmyUniqueBonus (2) per unique mob. The source cost is drygmy_production.drygmyManaCost (1,000).^[9]
• Alakarkinos cost 1,000 per generation (alakarkinos.alakarkinosSourceCost). Whirlisprigs use general.sylphManaCost (250) and need general.whirlisprigProgress (250) progress.^[9]
• The Melder takes 200 from each input jar (block.melderInputCost), where 100 equals 1 potion.^[9]
• The Melder outputs 100 per cycle (block.melderOutput) and takes 300 source per cycle (block.melderSourceCost).^[9]
• Storage Lectern link range is 30 (blocks.lecternLinkRange).^[15]
• Each bookwyrm supports 8 inventories (general.bookwyrmLimit).^[9]
• general.spawnBook is false, so you don't get a book on login. item.spawnTomes is true, so Caster Tomes can appear in dungeon loot.^[9]
• Warp portals are enabled (warp_portals.enableWarpPortals), and shady villagers can be converted (mana.shadyVillagerEnabled).^[15][16]
• The Wilden Chimera dive bomb destroys blocks (general.destructiveDiveBomb is true). Wilden Hunter, Stalker and Defender don't attack animals.^[9]

Client options

Dynamic lights are off (lights.lightsEnabled is false). The spell tooltips show glyph icons (misc.glyphTooltips is true).^[14]

If you switch dynamic lights on, the pack already has held-item light levels set in lights.item_lights, for example Torch at 14 and Lava Bucket at 15.^[14]

The touch light lasts 8 ticks (lights.touchLightDuration) at a luminance of 8 (lights.touchLightLuminance). Both match the mod defaults.^[14]

Your copy of FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 ships with Ars Nouveau 5.13.1, and the mod has been in the pack since 1.0.0 or earlier.^[2]

I don't have any pack changelog entries for this mod, so everything below comes from the mod's own changelogs, from 5.10.6 up to the version you have. The pack's own changes to the mod are not covered here.^{[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]}

5.13.0 and 5.13.1 (the current line)

• 5.13.1: projectiles now keep their momentum when they interact with spell prisms, and caster tome names and flavor text are translatable.^[24]
• 5.13.1: fixes a crash when glyph recipes have more than 10 items, and fixes abjuration essence not clearing prestidigitation.^[24]
• 5.13.0: a preview button on the spell particles screen lets you see your selected effects and sounds. It also adds Drygmy and Starbuncle painting blocks and improves performance with the automated enchanting apparatus.^[25]
• 5.13.0: fixes world loading with Biolith, bubbles targeting Create contraptions, and warp portal particles spawning in the wrong place.^[25]

5.12.1

This release improves repository and lectern caching performance. It also fixes a dupe involving interact and buckets, and tomes having their discount applied multiple times.^[26]

5.11.1 to 5.11.7

• 5.11.7: Amethyst Golems get a smaller hitbox and no longer collide or get pushed, like starbuncles, which should stop them getting stuck on corners. Runes now check player claims before being placed.^[27]
• 5.11.6: fixes a client memory leak with portals, and mana values not updating after you learn a new glyph until you used a spell book.^[28]
• 5.11.4: fixes a Planarium memory leak and batches Planarium updates with a configurable value to reduce lag. Warp portals also now load the destination dimension instead of the origin.^[29]
• 5.11.3: weather and time rituals can now work in other dimensions, and there is a new config to disable the conversion of Shady Villagers (existing ones are not removed). Several spell arrow bugs with pierce were fixed too.^[30]
• 5.11.2: adds the Archwood Boat, and source jars can now be linked to Turrets to direct source consumption. Bundle interactions were added to the Bookwyrm Lectern UI.^[31]
• 5.11.1: adds an info icon to the spell crafting UI, covering importing and exporting spells and keybinds for moving glyphs between slots, plus a Clear button in the particle effects UI.^[32]

5.10.6

Adds a config to invert lectern scrolling, particle timeline support for caster tomes and a blacklist for Intangible. It also fixes Intangible applying to blocks it shouldn't when used with AOE.^[33]