Art of Alchemy

An alchemical mod for Minecraft 1.16.x / Fabric.

Mod Requirements & Acknowledgments

To use this mod, you will need:

• Minecraft 1.16
• The Fabric mod loader
• The Fabric API

This project uses CottonMC's LibGUI library. You do not need to install it seperately to play the mod.

The World of Alchemy

At the heart of alchemy is the practice of transmutation. The ability to transmute substances into other, more useful substances is a valuable skill for any would-be crafter, and it starts with understanding the world around us. Our world is fundamentally made of two things: materia and essentia.

Materia is the physical material that all objects are made from. Although in principle all matter is interchangeable, in practice an alchemist will obtain poorer-quality materia from more common items, and richer materia from rare items. Thus, materia comes in seven grades, from F rank through to A and S rank. There are rumors of an eighth "omega" rank, but no concrete evidence of such a thing has ever surfaced.

Essentia, on the other hand, is the metaphysical essence of an object. You can't interact with it directly; when not bound within an object, it must be dissolved into solution. There are thirteen known types of essentia in this world, which have been named after the eight planets, plus Apollo (the Sun), Diana (the Moon), the dwarf planets Ceres and Pluto, and the mysterious Void.

Materia gives essentia substance, and essentia gives materia form. By breaking substances down into these two elements and recombining them in different ways, new substances can be formed.

Alchemical Machinery

There are three core devices that alchemists make heavy use of in their work. They are the Calcination Furnace, Dissolution Chamber, and Synthesis Table. The Calcination Furnace uses solid fuel (the same sort you'd use in a regular furnace) to burn off the essentia within a substance, leaving behind only materia. The Dissolution Chamber does the reverse, using alkahest (the universal solvent) to break down the materia of a substance and leave its essentia in solution. Finally, the materia and essentia can be recombined in a Synthesis Table with a small sample of a desired substance to create more of the catalyst substance.

Questions & Answers

What sort of state is the mod in?
Art of Alchemy is currently on release candidates, meaning that the mod is in a comfortable enough state to consider it "done," but I haven't rigorously tested enough to release 1.0.0. This milestone should be reached soon!

Can you port this to Forge or an older Minecraft version?
No. I work on this mod in my spare time for fun; writing a port and maintaining multiple versions of the mod just doesn't interest me. However, this project is licensed under MIT, so you are welcome to do it yourself.

Can you update the mod to the latest version?
If the mod isn't up to date already, I'll update it when I get to it. In some cases, I have to wait for dependencies to update before updating Art of Alchemy. Other times, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. If you're impatient, you're welcome to update it yourself and submit a pull request.

Can you add this cool feature I thought of?
Maybe! Submit an issue and I'll think about adding it. Bear in mind, however, that I will likely prioritize finishing the core functionality over feature requests, and I reserve the right to deny any suggestions. And if you're feeling especially enthusiastic, why not make a fork of the mod with your dream feature, or submit a pull request?

I found a bug! Can you fix it?
Oh no! Submit an issue here and hopefully I can get it fixed soon. Please include any relevant crash reports, what you were doing, expected behavior, and other context.