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Arcane Compendium


Arcane Compendium
Arcane Compendium

Name Arcane Compendium
Source Mod Ars Magica 2
ID Name Unknown
Type Item
Stackable Unknown

The Arcane Compendium contains information about Ars Magica 2, including spell creation, bosses, and items. It updates as the player creates or discovers new items.

Thaumcraft 4 research aspects in this item[edit]

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Creation[edit]

Place a Book in a Vanilla Item Frame near a source block of Liquid Essence. Runes will fly from the ground to the book until it transforms into an Arcane Compendium.

Usage[edit]

Upon attaining the Arcane Compendium you will unlock your Mana Bar and Burnout Bar. You will also get the ability to see into the Occulus. As you perform various tasks, such as crafting certain items, the Arcane Compendium will automatically update with new information.

Entries[edit]

Section Article How to Unlock
Guides Foreward
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
Using this Compendium
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
The Ars Magica UI
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
Your First Spell
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
A Few Recommended Spells
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
Spell Components 101
  • Use or obtain the Inscription Table
Obtaining Skill Points
  • Obtain the Arcane Compendium at Magic Level 0
  • Or use or obtain an Occulus
  • Or level up
The Etherium System
  • Use an Obelisk
Types of Etherium
  • Use an Obelisk
Mechanics Affinities
  • Cast a spell with an affinity
Armor XP Infusion
  • Reach Magic Level 10
Burnout
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
Enchantments
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
  • Or reach Magic Level 5
Infusion
  • Reach Magic Level 10
Magic Level
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
Mana
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
Spell Creation
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
Summoning Rituals
  • Reach Magic Level 15
Items AM Ores
  • Obtain an Ars Magica ore, such as Vinteum Dust
Affinity Tomes
  • Obtain an affinity tome
Air Sled
  • Obtain an Air Sled
  • Drops by the Air Guardian
Arcane Spellbook
  • Obtain an Arcane Spellbook
  • Drops by the Arcane Guardian
Battlemage Armor
  • Reach Magic Level 20
Crystal Phylactery
  • Obtain a Crystal Phylactery
Crystal Wrench
  • Obtain a Crystal Wrench
Earth Armor
  • Obtain the Earth Armor
  • Drops by the Earth Guardian
Essences / Essence Bag
  • Obtain an essence
Fire Antenna
  • Obtain a Fire Antenna
  • Drops by the Fire Guardian
Flicker Focus
  • Obtain a Flicker Focus
Flicker Jar
  • Obtain a Flicker Jar
Foci
  • Obtain a Focus
Journal
  • Reach Magic Level 10
  • Or use or obtain a Journal
Keystone
  • Obtain a Blank Rune
Life Ward
  • Obtain a Life Ward
  • Drops by the Life Guardian
Mage Armor
  • Reach Magic Level 10
  • Or obtain any piece of Mage Armor
Magic Broom
  • Obtain a Magic Broom
  • Or obtain Magitech's Goggles
  • Or obtain Magitech's Staff
Magitech's Goggles
  • Obtain Magitech's Goggles
  • Or obtain Magitech's Staff
Magitech's Staff
  • Obtain Magitech's Goggles
  • Or obtain Magitech's Staff
Mana Cake
  • Obtain a Mana Cake
Mana Potions
  • Obtain a mana potion
  • Or fail casting a spell from low mana
Nature's Scythe
  • Obtain a Nature's Scythe
  • Drops by the Nature Guardian
Runes
  • Obtain a Blank Rune
Spell Parchment
  • Use or obtain the Inscription Table
Warding Candle
  • Obtain a Warding Candle
Water Orbs
  • Obtain the Water Orbs
  • Drops by the Water Guardian
Winter's Grasp
  • Obtain a Winter's Grasp
  • Drops by the Winter Guardian
Wizard's Chalk
  • Obtain Wizard's Chalk
Workbench Grid Upgrade
  • Use or obtain a Workbench Grid upgrade
  • Or use or obtain a Magician's Workbench
Blocks Crafting Altar
  • Use or obtain the Inscription Table
Arcane Deconstructor
  • Use or obtain an Arcane Deconstructor
  • Or use or obtain an Arcane Reconstructor
Arcane Reconstructor
  • Use or obtain an Arcane Reconstructor
  • Or use or obtain an Arcane Deconstructor
Aum
  • Obtain an Aum flower
Calefactor
  • Obtain an Ars Magica ore, such as Vinteum Dust
Caster Blocks
  • Use an Obelisk
Cerublossom
  • Obtain a Cerublossom flower
Crystal Markers
  • Obtain a Flicker Focus
Desert Nova
  • Obtain a Desert Nova flower
Essence Refiner
  • Use or obtain an Essence Refiner
  • Or use an Obelisk
Etherium Conduit
  • Obtain an Etherium Conduit
  • Or use an Obelisk
Everstone
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
Flicker Habitat
  • Obtain a Flicker Focus
Flicker Lure
  • Obtain a focus
Inlays
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
  • Or reach Magic Level 15
  • Or obtain an inlay
Inscription Table
  • Obtain the Arcane Compendium at Magic Level 0
  • Or use or obtain an Inscription Table
  • Or use or obtain an Occulus
Keystone Doors
  • Obtain a Keystone Door
  • Or Obtain a Keystone Trapdoor
Lectern
  • Obtain the Arcane Compendium at Magic Level 0
  • Or obtain a Lectern
  • Or use or obtain an Occulus
Magician's Workbench
  • Use or obtain a Magician's Workbench
  • Or use or obtain an Inscription Table
Mana Battery
  • Obtain a Mana Battery
  • Or use an Obelisk
Obelisk
  • Use or obtain an Obelisk
Occulus
  • Obtain the Arcane Compendium at Magic Level 0
  • Or use or obtain an Occulus
Particle Emitter
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
Slipstream Generator
  • Use or obtain a Slipstream Generator
Chiseled Stone Blocks
  • Automatically unlocked on world creation
Summoner
  • Use or obtain a Summoner
Tarma Root
  • Obtain a Tarma Root plant

Shapes

AoE
  • Unlock Frost Damage and Lightning Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Beam
  • Unlock AoE in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Binding
  • Unlock Light in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Chain
  • Unlock Grow in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Channeled
  • Unlock Attract and Telekinesis in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
  • Spell part is named Channel
Contingency: Damage
  • Unlock Healing in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Contingency: Death
  • Unlock Ender Intervention in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Contingency: Fall
  • Unlock Gravity Well in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Contingency: Fire
  • Unlock Ignition in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Contingency: Health
  • Unlock Shield in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Projectile
  • First unlockable in Offense in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Rune
  • Unlock Accelerate and Entangle in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Self
  • First unlockable in Defense in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Touch
  • First unlockable in Utility in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Wall
  • Unlock Repel in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Wave
  • Unlock Beam and Fling in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Zone
  • Unlock Dispel in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend

Components

Accelerate
  • Unlock Swift Swim in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Appropriation
  • Unlock Entangle in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Astral Distortion
  • Unlock Frost Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Attract
  • Unlock Rift in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Banish Rain
  • Unlock Drought in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Blind
  • Unlock Lightning Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Blink
  • Unlock Random Teleport in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Blizzard *
Charm
  • Unlock Binding in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Chrono Anchor
  • Unlock Reflect in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Create Water
  • Unlock Binding in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Daylight *
Dig
  • Unlock Touch in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Disarm
  • Unlock Binding in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Dispel
  • Unlock Heal in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Divine Intervention
  • Unlock Mark and Recall in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Drought
  • Unlock Binding in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Drown
  • Unlock Magic Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Ender Intervention
  • Unlock Mark and Recall in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Entangle
  • Unlock Repel in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Fire Damage
  • Unlock Physical Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Firestorm *
Flight
  • Unlock Levitate in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Fling
  • Unlock Knockback in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Forge
  • Unlock Ignition in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Freeze
  • Unlock Frost Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Frost Damage
  • Unlock Magic Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Fury
  • Unlock Beam and Storm in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Gravity Well
  • Unlock Slowfall in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Grow
  • Unlock Create Water, Drought, Harvest Plants, Plant, and Plow in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Harvest
  • Unlock Binding in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
  • Spell part is named Harvest Plants
Haste
  • Unlock Slowfall in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Heal
  • Unlock Regeneration in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Ignition
  • Unlock Fire Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Invisibility
  • Unlock True Sight in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Knockback
  • Unlock Magic Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Leap
  • Unlock Self in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Levitation
  • Unlock Gravity Well in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
  • Spell part is named "Levitate"
Life Drain
  • Unlock Life Tap in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Life Tap
  • Unlock Heal in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Light
  • Unlock Dig in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Lightning Damage
  • Unlock Fire Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Magic Damage
  • Unlock Physical Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Mana Drain
  • Unlock Life Drain in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Mana Link *
Mana Shield *
Mark
  • Unlock Transplace in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Moonrise *
Night Vision
  • Unlock Light in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Physical Damage
  • Unlock Projectile in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Place Block
  • Unlock Dig in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Plant
  • Unlock Binding in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Plow
  • Unlock Binding in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Random Teleport
  • Unlock Invisibility in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Recall
  • Unlock Transplace in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Reflect
  • Unlock Shield in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Regeneration
  • Unlock Self in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Repel
  • Unlock Slow in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Rift Storage
  • Unlock Binding in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
  • Spell part is named Rift
Shield
  • Unlock Zone in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Shrink
  • Unlock regeneration in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Silence
  • Unlock Astral Distortion in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Slow
  • Unlock Slowfall in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Slowfall
  • Unlock Leap in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Starstrike *
Summon
  • Unlock Life Tap in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Swift Swim
  • Unlock Haste in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Telekinesis
  • Unlock Rift in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Thunderstorm
  • Unlock Lightning Damage in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
  • Spell part is named Storm
Transplace
  • Unlock Blink in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
True Sight
  • Unlock Night Vision in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Water Breathing
  • Unlock Drought in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Watery Grave
  • Unlock Drown in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Wizard's Autumn
  • Unlock Dig in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend

Modifiers

Bounce
  • Unlock Projectile in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Buff Power *
Damage
  • Unlock Beam in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Dismembering *
Duration
  • Unlock Chrono Anchor in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Feather Touch
  • Unlock Dig in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Gravity
  • Unlock Projectile in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Healing
  • Unlock Heal in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Lunar
  • Unlock True Sight in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Mining Power
  • Unlock Feather Touch in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Piercing
  • Unlock Freeze in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Prosperity *
Radius
  • Unlock Channel in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Range
  • Unlock Blink in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Rune Procs
  • Unlock Rune in the Occulus
  • Have a Green point to spend
Solar
  • Unlock Blind in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Speed
  • Unlock Accelerate and Flight in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Target Non-Solid Blocks
  • Unlock Touch in the Occulus
  • Have a Blue point to spend
Velocity Added
  • Unlock Fling in the Occulus
  • Have a Red point to spend
Talents Affinity Gains Boost
  • Reach Magic Level 5
Augmented Casting
  • Reach Magic Level 5
Colour
  • Reach Magic Level 5
Extra Summon
  • Reach Magic Level 5
Mage Posse I
  • Reach Magic Level 5
Mage Posse II
  • Reach Magic Level 5
Mana Regen Boost I
  • Reach Magic Level 5
Mana Regen Boost II
  • Reach Magic Level 5
Mana Regen Boost III
  • Reach Magic Level 5
Spell Movement
  • Reach Magic Level 5
Mobs Flickers
  • Obtain a Flicker Focus
Structures Black Aurem
  • Use or obtain an Obelisk
Celestial Prism
  • Use or obtain an Obelisk
Crafting Altar
  • Use or obtain the Inscription Table
Inlay Rings
  • Reach Magic Level 15
Obelisk
  • Use or obtain an Obelisk
Bosses Air Guardian
  • Reach Magic Level 25
Arcane Guardian
  • Reach Magic Level 25
Earth Guardian
  • Reach Magic Level 15
Ender Guardian
  • Reach Magic Level 35
Fire Guardian
  • Reach Magic Level 35
Life Guardian
  • Reach Magic Level 25
Lightning Guardian
  • Reach Magic Level 35
Nature Guardian
  • Reach Magic Level 35
Water Guardian
  • Reach Magic Level 15
Winter Guardian
  • Reach Magic Level 35

This table is incomplete.

  • Shapes, Components, and Modifiers will become locked again if you no longer meet the requirements and have not either unlocked the spell part or read the corresponding entry in the compendium.
    • These only become available when the spell part is available to be unlocked. Unlocking the related spell part when the compendium has the article available to read or reading the article (without unlocking the spell part) permanently unlocks the entry.
  • Unlocking spell parts by commands will not unlock their entries in the compendium.
    • This can permanently lock away the entries unless you use commands to remove access to the spell parts and unlock them through the Occulus.
  • Using commands to set your magic level will not instantly unlock the entries that come at those levels.
  • All Compendium entry can be unlock through AM2 config file, set "Staged Compendium" to false in AM2.cfg