Ars 'n Spells

Ars 'n' Spells

Ars 'n' Spells bridges Ars Nouveau and Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks into one seamless magic experience. Unify your mana, share progression between spell systems, scale your power across both mods — and even weave Ars spells into real Iron's spellbooks, cast straight from Iron's native spell wheel. All fully configurable.

Works with Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge.

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Requirements

| Mod | Required? | |-----|-----------| | Ars Nouveau (4.12.7+) | Yes | | Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks (3.15.0 – 3.x) | No — falls back to native Ars behavior if absent. Tested against both 3.15.0 and 3.16.2. | | Covenant of the Seven (Sanctified Legacy) | No — enables LP and aura ring systems (2.2.6 recommended for the aura HUD) | | Blood Magic | No — optional LP source for Ring of Seven Curses | | Apotheosis + Apothic Curios | No — lets affix/socket mana stats on curios feed the unified pool | | Ars Elemental / Too Many Glyphs | No — supported and covered by the automated test suite | | JEI / EMI | No — internal proxy entries are hidden from both when present |

(Curios is required by Ars Nouveau, so it is always present.)

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Mana Unification

The core of Ars 'n' Spells: five configurable modes that control how the two mana pools interact.

| Mode | How it works | |------|-------------| | ISS Primary (default) | Iron's mana is the single source of truth. Ars reads and drains from Iron's pool. | | Ars Primary | Ars mana is authoritative. Iron's spells drain from Ars mana. | | Hybrid | Shared bidirectional pool. Choose which HUD bar to display. | | Separate | Independent pools. Cross-mod casts split costs between both (configurable split). | | Disabled | No integration — each mod uses its own pool. |

Conversion rates between the two mana systems are fully configurable, and cross-system mana regen is unit-converted properly (Iron's percentage regen vs Ars flat regen) so stacked regen gear never spirals out of control.

The mod automatically hides the redundant mana bar so your HUD stays clean.

Changing the mode (applied live, no restart): in singleplayer, open Mods → Ars 'n' Spells → Config and click the Mana Mode row to cycle it; server operators can run /ans mode set <mode>; or edit the config file directly. Confirm the active mode with /ans mode.

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Gear & Spell Integration

• Gear perks cross over — Ars armor bonuses apply to Iron's mana pool (and vice versa), depending on your active mode.
• Curios & Apotheosis affixes — Mana stats on worn curios (rings, amulets, belts) cross over too, including those rolled by Apotheosis / Apothic Curios affixes and sockets (and by Magical Jewelry, Jewelcraft, and similar). The read is generic — no hard Apotheosis dependency — and can be turned off with the read_curio_attribute_modifiers config. (Combat-only stats like crit or armor pierce are not mana/spell-power and are not bridged.)
• Spell scaling — Ars spell potency scales with Iron's spell power attributes using additive stacking (not multiplicative). Elemental bonuses are applied based on your first glyph. A configurable spell_power_cap (default 3.0) prevents extreme values.
• Enchantments — Mana-related enchantments from both mods are respected regardless of which pool is active.

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Resonance

When your mana is nearly full (above 95% by default), you gain a Resonance bonus that boosts spell damage. A reward for mana-efficient play. Configurable per mod, with adjustable strength, linger duration, and a damage cap.

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Source Jar Synergy

Standing near Ars Nouveau Source Jars passively boosts your mana regeneration. The bonus is configurable via source_jar_synergy_multiplier (default 5.0), with tunable scan interval and radius plus a dedicated off switch (enable_source_jar_synergy). The scan is position-cached for performance and never force-loads chunks.

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Cross-Mod Progression & Affinity

• Progression sharing — Casting Ars spells grants Iron's school progression, and vice versa.
• Affinity tracking — The mod tracks your spell school usage over time, with optional decay for unused schools.

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Cross-Spell Inscription

Cast spells from either mod using items from the other mod through a tablet-driven inscribe / uninscribe ritual flow. Both ritual tablets are crafted at the Enchanting Apparatus and are fully datapack-defined, so pack authors can retune ingredients without code.

Spell Transcription — bind a foreign spell onto an item

1. Craft the Spell Transcription tablet. Reagent: a novice Ars Nouveau spellbook. Pedestals: any tiered Iron's spellbook, an archwood log, and a source gem block. Costs 2000 source.
2. Set up the brazier. Place the tablet on a Ritual Brazier and drop two items within ~3 blocks:

• exactly one source — a filled Ars Nouveau spell parchment, focus, or spellbook, or an Iron's Spellbooks scroll
• exactly one blank target item to receive the inscription

1. Activate. Strict disambiguation: more than one of either category, or any already-inscribed item in range, fails the ritual with a chat message that names the items it saw and the rule. Items that already carry an Ars Nouveau spell at root NBT are rejected as targets so right-click resolution stays unambiguous. On success the source is consumed, the target gains the cross-cast inscription, and a binding theme of enchantment-glyph particles + the enchantment-table sound marks the inscribe.
2. Cast. Right-click the target. Sneak-right-click cycles between multiple inscriptions on the same item.