History VideoGame / Botania

** The single hardest-to-get easter egg in the whole mod is [[spoiler:the Flügel Tiara's "The One" wings, a.k.a. [[MatrixRainingCode Matrix wings]]. To unlock them, you need to give any such tiara a very specific name on an anvil. Only way to figure out said name on your own is to guess, [[DevelopersForesight even if you look at the game's code]] ''[[UpToEleven and try to use an off-the-shelf hash bruteforcer]]'', as the name is hidden behind a hash made with a combination of SHA-256 and a custom text scrambler known in the code as ''dontRainbowTableMeOrMySonEverAgain'', and the code checks whether the name's hash matches the stored one. The wings may have been once meant as a prize for a giveaway where the winner would get the code, but the giveaway never happened.]] For those willing to take hints, [[spoiler:it's 30-ish characters long but it's a proper sentence in Japanese romaji, related to Vazkii's interests]]. For those unwilling to go through the trouble of guessing away at that, [[spoiler:the required name is ''[[Franchise/LoveLive Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru Kai?]]'']]

** The Lexica is not omniscient, but it describes every non-secret feature of the mod. It comes closer to this trope when it is given to the Elves to fill out via an Alfheim Portal, as then it describes almost every single thing ''Botania'' provides. Being hidden until a fair bit through the mod (Terrasteel is a prerequisite for the Portal), a lot of Elven Knowledge can be considered spoilers, including what makes this trope straighter in the Elven Tier - the Myth/NorseMythology-inspired backstory, as described in detail by the entry "Elven Lore: The Shattering".

** The ''Complex Brews'' entry details a special set of Brews. These have more varied ingredients and provide more complex effects. A comprehensive list of all the brews that the Lexica Botania describes: Brew of Overload[[labelnote:effect]]somewhat cheap, provides a set of buffs and a set of debuffs; cause for latter implied to be due to [[HeroicRROD the drinker's body being overexerted]][[/labelnote]], Brew of [[LifeDrain Crossed Souls]], Brew of Feather Feet[[labelnote:effect]]complete FallingDamage immunity[[/labelnote]], Brew of [[EncounterBait Crimson Shade]][[labelnote:effect]]makes hostile mobs spawn regardless of conditions such as light level in a 64 block radius[[/labelnote]], Brew of [[EncounterRepellant Vanity's Emptiness]][[labelnote:effect]]opposite of the Brew of Bloodthirst: prevents hostile mob spawns in a 64 block radius[[/labelnote]], Brew of [[GoodLuckCharm Marine Allure]][[labelnote:effect]]modifies chances in [[FishingMinigame fishing]], decreasing [[FishingForSole junk chances]] and increasing treasure chances; in more recent versions, it instead doubles the tick rate of fishing, making them bite twice as often[[/labelnote]], Brew of Absolution[[labelnote:effect]]removes all potion effects on the player, similarly to Milk, [[StatusBuffDispel including positive effects]], so be careful[[/labelnote]], Brew of [[SanityStrengthening Sane Thought]][[labelnote:effect]]provides ''VideoGame/{{Thaumcraft}}'' compatibility by applying the Warp Ward effect, requires Purifying Bath Salts from the mod[[/labelnote]].

** Can be pushed [[spoiler:''even one tier beyond that'' with the Ring of Thor, one of the Relics of Aesir available from the [[{{Superboss}} Gaia Guardian II]], which increases a held Terra Shatterer's range tier by 1 and allows it to dig in ''three'' dimensions. If held with a Rank SS Terra Shatterer, this increases the area to '''11x11x11'''.]]

* HurricaneOfPuns: Many of the flower names consist of an actual flower name and a reference to the flower's purpose, e.g. the Rannuncarpus[[note]]''Ranunculus'' + ''carpus'' (wrist)[[/note]], the Hydroangeas[[note]]hydrangea + "hydro"[[/note]] generate Mana from water, the Narslimmus[[note]]narcissus + slime[[/note]] needs to be placed in a slime chunk to generate Mana and the Orechids create ores in their respective stone type if provided with lots of Mana.

As of 2020/10/19, the mod's most recent version is r409, written for ''Minecraft'' 1.16.3. More info and downloads can be found at http://botaniamod.net.

* BoringButPractical: The Endoflame is a somewhat early-game generating flower that uses combustible fuel to produce Mana. Thanks to the ubiquity, scalability, output and easy maintenance of tree farms in numerous mods including ''Botania'' itself, players of this mod, especially on large modpacks, will find themselves spamming Endoflames and supplying them charcoal whenever a larger task is to be done, such as bulk Terrasteel making, supplying automatic Botanical Breweries for Incense Sticks or [[ThatOneAchievement unlocking the Terra Shatterer]]. Their potential for abuse is even lampshaded by the Endoflames' FlavorText, which says "Squirting Lag".
** Endoflames are so popular due to a number of factors. They're easy to make - 2 brown petals, gray petal, red petal, Mana Powder. They've got reasonable output, providing 2 Mana units per tick[[labelnote:Mana units?]]A Mana Pool holds 1 million Mana units, the lowest possible distinguishable amount of Mana - which is imposed by the code, as Mana is handled as integers.[[/labelnote]] through half of the fuel item's furnace burn time, so a charcoal piece burns for 40 seconds and makes 1600 Mana units. 8 Endoflames with Charcoal dropped in the middle every 5 seconds or so provide the maximum Mana throughput that a single basic Mana Spreader can handle, so it's easy to put 32 Endoflames down and rig them to a Mana Pool, providing 64 Mana units per tick and filling a whole Pool in just over 13 minutes while consuming a reasonably low anount of charcoal.

* CommonplaceRare: Elven Knowledge uses this as an explanation for why Elven Trade is possible. Though Elven Trade resources are more powerful, Elves value Minecraftian resources very much for aesthetic purposes and because they're at least equally important for magic.[[note]][[GameplayAndStoryIntegration As can be attested to]] by how necessary materials like manasteel and livingwood are to making even the most basic of mana equipment.[[/note]]

** In the ''Miscellanous'' section, there is an italicized entry called "Numerical Mana". If the player clicks on it, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} the Annoying Dog absorbs the entry!]]]]

** In the Lexica Botania, use your keyboard to type in the KonamiCode. [[spoiler:It used to play a snippet of "Before My Body is Dry", Ryuko's theme from ''Anime/KillLaKill''. Later on, it plays a snippet of "[[Wrestling/JohnCena The Time Is Now]]".]]

* GameplayAutomation: As with a good chunk of Minecraft mods - Botania automation, however, rather than providing "magic blocks" like many tech mods, requires a lot of design skill, ingenuity and Redstone. For example, a Drum of the Gathering wired to a weighted pressure plate and a set of Hopperhocks can be used to make a milk farm, useful for providing cake to the Kekimurus, an Elven-tier flower that generates Mana from cake, while later-game, a Bore spreader lens, Hopperhocks, Rannuncarpi, optimally with a Warp lens (Elven tier) added to the Bore lens and Force Relays laid out, optionally sped up with an Agricarnation can be used to make an effective tree farm, which can be combined with Endoflames to provide renewable power.
* GeniusBonus: The multitude of references throughout the game takes someone very well-versed in pop culture, including Japanese culture, to fully appreciate. There are also science jokes, including the FlavorText "Full of C₉H₁₃NO₃" under the Brew of Adrenaline (applies Haste effect, thus increases mining and attack speed) - C₉H₁₃NO₃ is the chemical formula for the hormone epinephrine a.k.a. adrenaline.

* HurricaneOfPuns: Many of the flower names consist of an actual flower name and a reference to the flower's purpose, e.g. the Nightshade generates Mana from moonlight, the Hydroangeas generate Mana from water, the Narslimmus needs to be placed in a slime chunk to generate Mana and the Orechids create ores in their respective stone type if provided with lots of Mana.
* InterfaceSpoiler: Not by itself, but if Not/Just Enough Items or any such mod is installed, all later-game items can be seen and the flowers' purposes can be guessed, due to [[HurricaneOfPuns how the flowers]] [[MeaningfulName are named]]. In recent versions of Botania, even one-sentence summaries of the Lexica Botania entries can be seen via NEI.

* MagicalAccessory: The different belts, rods and amulets. Ostensibly called Baubles, which is not a botanurgist term, but rather a name taken from the prerequisite [[https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/baubles Baubles API]] made by Azanor, the creator of ''VideoGame/{{Thaumcraft}}''. Rings range from the simple Bands of Mana, which store Mana, to the [[ArtificialGill Ring of Chordata]], which boosts the OxygenMeter and also gives the wearer SuperSwimmingSkills until taken off. Amulets are slightly less common, but a powerful one appears far into late-game - [[spoiler:the [[VideoGameFlight Flügel Tiara]]]]. There are also the belts, such as the [[SprintShoes Sojourner's Sash]].

* {{Magitek}}: Despite Botania seeming like a magic mod, it provides a lot of functions usually seen in tech mods, such as various forms of farming automation, wireless linking between inventories, or even remote requesting of items from distant inventories and requests for items to be crafted using the Corporea Index, similarly to mods like ''Applied Energistics 2''.

* MirrorBoss: [[spoiler:The Gaia Guardian, who copies the summoner's skin, but highly darkened and with noise. Also a [[ThatOneBoss difficult and necessary boss]].]]
* Myth/NorseMythology: Draws upon this throughout the mod, most notably in ''Elven Lore - The Shattering'', an Elven Knowledge entry that describes the backstory of the world and how the Minecraftian realm was split from the Elven realm.
* ObviousRulePatch: In earlier verisons, players tended to not use the GameplayAutomation aspect of Botania and instead spam Dayblooms and Nightshades, which passively generated power. In later versions, these flowers were nerfed to decay after a while, and eventually were removed completely.
** [[spoiler:The Gaia Guardian disables creative mode flight, and confines you to a specfic area, making it harder to cheese than most bosses.]]
* OurElvesAreDifferent: Little information is given on the elves. They live in their own separate world, called Alfheim. According to the Lexicon entry "Elven Lore - The Shattering", a massive event occurred a few millenia before the game's events, where worlds completely separated and got imbued with Mana. They are implied to be creative and artistically skilled. Their world's unique items are notably pastel and rainbow in coloration, most notably the pink metal Elementium.

** Can be pushed [[spoiler:''even one tier beyond that'' with the Ring of Thor, one of the Relics of Aesir available from the [[BonusBoss Gaia Guardian II]], which increases a held Terra Shatterer's range tier by 1 and allows it to dig in ''three'' dimensions. If held with a Rank SS Terra Shatterer, this increases the area to '''11x11x11'''.]]

* SummoningRitual: Exactly one, in two flavors, needed for late-game: [[spoiler:the two-tier Ritual of Gaia. It needs a lot of Elven trade to perform and [[ThatOneBoss a combination of planning, great equipment and reflexes]] to fight. Summoned is the Gaia Guardian, who [[MirrorBoss looks like the summoner with a much darker skin]]. It can [[GetBackHereBoss and will teleport]], leaving behind Gaia Traps, gas clouds that inflict [[StatusEffects Blindness]] and [[MakeThemRot fourth level Wither]]. It can also lift and drop the player to inflict large amounts of FallingDamage, as well as [[FlunkyBoss spawn gray Pixies to attack the player]]. It is frequently recommended that players summon the stronger [[BonusBoss Gaia Guardian II]] after their first Guardian kill, which is [[LightningBruiser even faster and stronger]], as the stronger boss's summoning takes 4 Gaia Spirits, but the upgraded boss drops 8 more Spirits and also drops [[RandomlyGeneratedLoot the Relics]].]]

** The final tier, home to almost every InfinityPlusOneSword in the mod, is the Gaia tier, unlocked by [[spoiler:performing the Elven-tier [[SummoningRitual Ritual of Gaia]], slaying the Gaia Guardian and gathering Gaia Spirits. This unlocks items such as the [[VideoGameFlight Flügel Tiara]], the elusive Shard of Laputa [[FloatingContinent used to lift big amounts of landmass into the air]], top-tier Mana Spreaders and the most powerful generating flower, the Dandelifeon which can fill whole Mana Pools in a short time, but needs a [[ViewersAreGeniuses very, very]] [[UnconventionalLearningExperience brainy]] [[PuzzleGame player]] to be used effectively.]] Even further down this road, [[spoiler:performing the second-tier Ritual of Gaia allows getting the Relics, very powerful items that [[RandomlyGeneratedLoot drop by chance]] from the Gaia Guardian II, such as the Pinkinator (a gun that turns Withers pink and makes their stars easily harvestable, [[MythologyGag in reference to]] [[AprilFoolsDay Minecraft 2.0]]) and various rings named after Myth/NorseMythology gods that give the player lots and lots of abilities.]]

* ViewersAreGeniuses: [[InvokedTrope Invoked very well]] in a later-game flower (being Gaia-tier, it's a spoiler). [[spoiler:In the Gaia tech tier, the Dandelifeon is accessible. It is a powerful generating flower acknowledged by Vazkii as a GameBreaker. The flower's mechanics are based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Conway's Game of Life]]. Cells are represented by the very fragile Cell Blocks that only the flower can move once placed. Modified rules are used where cells have a set age based on idle time and parents' age. Cells that hit the 3x3 center die, making Mana - the older the cell, the bigger the payout. It's perfectly possible to find patterns on the Internet, but the flower is supposed to be practically restricted to players with the free time and knowledge to solve a complex cellular automaton problem.]]

** [[CreatorCameo Vazkii's player head]] can be crafted by combining sixteen pink mystical petals in an apothecary.