History VideoGame / AstralSorcery

Astral Sorcery is a GameMod for ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' themed around drawing power from the stars and constellations. This mod adds shrines that spawn in the world, as well as two new ores that can be collected: Aquamarine, which normally spawns in sand underwater, and Rock Crystal, which spawns near bedrock in small clusters.

* MagicWand: There is the Resonating Wand that is needed to start the mod and mainly serves as a tool for dowsing for Rock Crystals and crafting things. Later on, you can make the Wand of Impulsion (which serves somewhat like a GrapplingHookPistol in wand form), the Wand of Formation (places many blocks at once in a line), the Wand of Conversion (same as wand of Formation but instead changes blocks into other blocks), and later the Wand of Illumination (can be used to place light sources). Even later, you can attune your Resonating wand to a constellation to give it additional properties, such as being an impromptu shield or giving a buff to your damage based on how many consecutive attacks you make. However, unlike many other fellow magic mods like ''VideoGame/{{Thaumcraft}}'' or ''{{VideoGame/Botania}}'', there aren't any wands with a pure offensive use.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: The Celestial Gateway is a multiblock structure that can let the player teleport to any other celestial gateway, including those in other dimensions.

* BreakableWeapons: Averted with the Crystal Equipment - their stats degrade with use, but will never outright break.
* {{Constellations}}: The mod has its own unique set of constellations, which the player can learn the looks of through constellation papers. There are actually three sets of constellations that can be learned as you progress: The bright constellations can be found by anyone, dim constellations need a telescope to be discovered and can only be found by attuned players, and faint constellations need an observatory to be found.

The mod has a focus on building large multiblock structures for a variety of purposes, and overall looks very nice.

* FantasyMetals: Starmetal. Ingots made from it have a dark blue color to them, and don't spawn naturally, instead created when you direct starlight onto Iron Ore. It cannot be used in tools, however, unless if the Tinker's Construct addon PlusTic is also installed.

* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Starlight transmutation's main use is transmuting iron ore into starmetal ore, but it can change a few select blocks into other blocks, one of which being turning pumpkins into cake. While this is a fairly novel way of getting food, it isn't the most useful thing. However, [[VideoGame/{{Botania}}]] has a generating flower which generates Mana using cake, making using starlight in this manner incredibly powerful if both mods are installed at once.

* EncounterRepellent: The Lucerna ritual prevents hostile mobs from spawning in its radius.

* HardLight: Downplayed, you can aquire Liquid Starlight. It functions similarly to water, but going inside will give temporary night vision to the player, emits light, and creates ice on contact with water, and sand on contact with lava. It is also an important crafting ingredient.

* EncounterBait: The Pelotrio ritual increases the spawn rate of all entities, including hostiles, in its radius.

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* GeoEffects: At night, starlight is much more available, and more starlight is available at higher altitudes.

Astral Sorcery is a GameMod for ''VideoGame/Minecraft'' themed around drawing power from the stars and constellations. This mod adds shrines that spawn in the world, as well as two new ores that can be collected: Aquamarine, which normally spawns in sand underwater, and Rock Crystal, which spawns near bedrock in small clusters.

* MagicWand: There is the Resonating Wand that is needed to start the mod and mainly serves as a tool for dowsing for Rock Crystals and crafting things. Later on, you can make the Wand of Impulsion (which serves somewhat like a GrapplingHookPistol in wand form), the Wand of Formation (places many blocks at once in a line), the Wand of Conversion (same as wand of Formation but instead changes blocks into other blocks), and later the Wand of Illumination (can be used to place light sources). Even later, you can attune your Resonating wand to a constellation to give it additional properties, such as being an impromptu shield or giving a buff to your damage based on how many consecutive attacks you make. However, unlike many other fellow magic mods like ''VideoGame/Thaumcraft'' or ''VideoGame/Botania'', there aren't any wands with a pure offensive use.