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Blood Magic Guide for GTNH Modpack

Complex Mining Spell

Spell Type	Blocks Mined	LP per cast	Orb/Altar
Unstable	6	11	Tier 4
Standard	24	52	Tier 5
Reinforced	83	205	Tier 5
Imbued	289	756	Tier 6

Notes

Effect and cost of the Blood Magic complex spell combination (Projectile -> Earth -> Environment)
The questbook erroneously claims the Unstable tier only requires a T3 blood orb, but Power/Reduction/Potency Cores require at least a T4 blood orb
LP cost assumes the maximum amount of Spell Dampeners to reduce the LP cost
Minimum tier of Blood Orb (and Altar) required to craft this tier of complex spell

Blood Altar LP Generation

Tool	LP	(S)Sac. Bonus	Blood Rune	Speed Rune	(Self-)Sacrifice Rune	Augmented Capacity	Rune of the Orb	Superior Capacity	Dislocation	Acceleration	Quickness
Sacrificial Knife	125	15	40	168	668	5566.666667	908	7872	7856	668	22708	66108
Sacrificial Knife (Wood Ash)	360	43	13.88888889	58.33333333	231.9444444	1941.860465	315.2777778	2733.333333	2727.777778	231.9444444	7884.722222	22954.16667
Sacrificial Knife (Byrrus)	480	57	10.41666667	43.75	173.9583333	1464.912281	236.4583333	2050	2045.833333	173.9583333	5913.541667	17215.625
Sacrificial Knife (Livens)	660	79	7.575757576	31.81818182	126.5151515	1056.962025	171.969697	1490.909091	1487.878788	126.5151515	4300.757576	12520.45455
Sacrificial Knife (Viridis)	900	108	5.555555556	23.33333333	92.77777778	773.1481481	126.1111111	1093.333333	1091.111111	92.77777778	3153.888889	9181.666667
Sacrificial Knife (Purpura)	1200	144	4.166666667	17.5	69.58333333	579.8611111	94.58333333	820	818.3333333	69.58333333	2365.416667	6886.25
Glass Sacrificial Dagger	500	60	10	42	167	1391.666667	227	1968	1964	167	5677	16527
Dagger of Sacrifice (Animals)	250	30	20	84	334	2783.333333	454	3936	3928	334	11354	33054
Dagger of Sacrifice (Hostile mobs)	500	60	10	42	167	1391.666667	227	1968	1964	167	5677	16527
Dagger of Sacrifice (Villagers)	1000	120	5	21	83.5	695.8333333	113.5	984	982	83.5	2838.5	8263.5

Notes

LP received per heart/mob sacrificed (assumes zero Runes of (Self-)Sacrifice)
Incense Crucible reagents
- Must be activated in order
- Can be set up in a line
- Automatically trigger incenses
- Emit flame particles when activating
Incense causes high LP generation but leaves you with low health
LP listed is per heart sacrificed
Glass Sacrificial Dagger can inflict Blindness and Bleeding debuffs
Blood Rune shows hearts/mobs needed to craft runes
(Self-)Sacrifice Rune shows crafting and payback costs
Superior Capacity becomes more efficient at 15 runes
Approximate LP cost of crafting runes
Quickness Rune reduces Blood Altar crafting time delay by 20% per rune

Blood Magic Progression

The WoS (Will of Sacrifice) Rush

Blood Magic progression in GTNH can be summed up in two words: WoS Rush. The LP costs are incredibly high, so the only reasonable path is rushing automated LP generation.

Requirements for WoS Setup

T4 Blood Altar (Dusk inscription tool)
T3/Magician’s Blood Orb (50K LP network storage)
Weak Activation Crystal
Master Ritual Stone
36 Ritual Stones
Titanium Screws
Robust Thaumcraft infrastructure
Void Metal blocks (16 needed for T4 altar)

Total Setup Cost

Approximately 1,924,500 LP or 15,396 sacrificial dagger stabs.

Progression Tips

Follow the Questbook
- Yields coins and lootbags
- 10 Vampire coins can save ~9000 LP on Blank slates
Patience is Key
- Don’t rush
- Build Thaumcraft infrastructure
- Gain more hearts
Sacrifice Strategy
- Upgrade to Dagger of Sacrifice ASAP
- Set up Alien Villager spawner
- Avoid self-sacrifice if possible
If Self-Sacrificing
- Use Incense
- Rush Glass Dagger of Sacrifice
- Minimize health loss
Rune Optimization
- Runes of (Self-)Sacrifice can pay off
- Consider their crafting cost
Thaumcraft Infusion
- Ritual Stones have two recipes
- Arcane Workbench: 109,500 LP/stone
- Infusion: 25,000 LP/stone
- Recommended: Use Infusion recipe

Alchemical Reagent Routing

Tools for Ritual Boosting

Alchemic Calcinator
- Furnace-type block
- Converts solid reagents into ritual booster fuel
- Requires bound blood orb and LP
- Can receive reagents manually or via pipes
Alchemic Cleanser
- Removes destinations from senders
- Works across all reagent types
- Right-click senders to clear linked receivers
Alchemy Relay
- Can receive reagents from 16+ senders
- Can send to up to 5 receivers
- Limited to 2 reagent tanks
Alchemic Router
- Designates senders and receivers
- Shift-right click to bind reagent types
- Right-click to set sender/receiver connections
Alchemic Segmenter
- Limits reagent “tanks” for specific reagent types
- Shift-right click to bind reagent type
- Right-click to cycle through tank numbers
Crystal Belljar
- Stores prepared reagents
- Holds 16K worth of prepared reagent
- Retains inventory when broken

Routing Setup Process

Set up Alchemic Calcinator with bound Blood Orb
Feed solid reagents (manually or via hopper)
Use Alchemic Router:
- Shift-right click air to clear prior connections
- Shift-right click Alchemic Calcinator to bind reagent type
- Right-click Alchemic Calcinator to set as sender
- Right-click Master Ritual Stone or Belljar to set as receiver
- Shift-right click air again to clear connections

Pro Tip: Orbis Terrae is the best reagent for boosting Mark of the Falling Tower ritual, providing +2 radius to summoned meteors.

Blood Money: External LP Storage

Functionality

Available with T3 altar
Can be compressed into 4x, 16x, and 64x versions
Right-click to add LP to network
- 10K per sheet (10K, 40K, 160K, or 640K depending on compression)

Strategic Use

Instantly adds LP to network
Prevents wasting excess LP generation
Allows storing LP outside primary network
Useful for preparing for high-LP rituals like meteor summoning

Optimizing Blood Flow

Rune Configuration

T5 Altar Setup

16 Orb Runes
2 Augmented Capacity Runes
43 Sacrifice Runes
47 Speed Runes
Produces/consumes 15,400 LP per WoS tick

T5 Altar with HV World Accelerator

16 Orb Runes
6 Augmented Capacity Runes
86 Sacrifice Runes
Produces/consumes 28,300 LP per WoS tick

Crafting Configurations

30 Sacrifice Runes
60 Speed Runes
Can use Transvector Dislocators to swap rune configurations

T6 Altar Strategies

Individual altars with separate WoS rituals
Centralized control with single altar
Dedicated LP generation altar feeding other altars

Sample T6 Generation Altar

19 Acceleration Runes
11 Augmented Capacity Runes
12 Dislocation Runes
142 Sacrifice Runes
Produces 45,100 LP per WoS tick (≈1,804 LP/t)

Early Blood Shards

Weak Blood Shard Acquisition

Use Bound Blades
- Apply Weakness IV debuff
- Killing debuffed enemy has chance to drop shard
- Looting increases drop chance

Alternative Methods

Thaumcraft Pech’s Curse
- Requires Potency IV
- Nightshade upgrade ensures Weakness IV
Witchery Weakness Potion
- Complex brewing system
- Requires Attuned Stone (Charged)
- Recommended to buff duration and extent

Brewing Recipe:

Nether Wart
Fermented Spider Eye
Glowstone Dust
Blaze Rod
Attuned Stone (Charged)
Redstone Dust
Obsidian
Blaze Powder
Wood Ash
Cocoa Beans
Gunpowder

Runes of the Orb

LP Capacity Considerations

Blood Orb	LP Capacity	LP per Rune	Meteor LP Cost	Runes Needed
Archmage (T5)	10M	400K	12.5M	7
Transcendent (T6)	30M	1.2M	44M	12
Eldritch (T7?)	80M	3.2M	90M	4

Note: Minimum runes shown. More runes can be added for additional LP storage and meteor summoning flexibility.

Meteor Summoning Tips

Placement Strategy

Place Master Ritual Stone at chunk border for optimal mining
Use 4x Multiblock Miners (16-block range)
Allows efficient meteor mining
Consider mining fluid, item output, and mining pipe logistics

Additional Considerations

Mining time varies (6.5+ hours for large meteors)
Multiblock Miners auto-disable when out of blocks
Use Warding Focus to protect stopper block
Balance investment in miners and mining speed

Spell of the Diligent Tinkerer

Adds modifier slot to Tinker’s tools
Requires Dusk runes
Consumes 100K LP per tool
Each tool can only go through ritual once
Questionable value with Tungstensteel tools

Meteor Catalysts Overview

Detailed Meteor Catalysts Table

Catalyst	LP Cost	Base Radius	Stone	Notable Output
Melon	123,456	8	Yes	16 different Stained Glass colors
Emitter (LV)	300,000	16	Yes	Pre-space ores (Tantalite, Copper)
Sensor (LV)	300,000	18	Yes	Oilsand
Exquisite Diamond	420,000	13	Yes	Large Graphite, Coal, Diamond
End Stone	500,000	12	Yes	HEE ores (including Stardust Ore)
Firestone Lens	500,000	12	Yes	Various gemstone ores
Sensor (HV)	500,000	13	No	T1/T2 ores (Bastnasite, Molybdenum, etc.)
Heavy Duty Alloy Ingot T1	500,000	20	Yes	Moon Rock and related materials
Field Generator (LV)	600,000	20	No	Mica and Sodalite ores
Cheese	650,000	15	Yes	Unique ores (Cassiterite Sand, Diatomine, etc.)
Nether Star	750,000	9	No	Rutile ore
Heavy Duty Alloy Ingot T2	750,000	20	Yes	Mars, Deimos, Phobos rocks
TNT	775,000	20	Yes	Marble, Basalt, Granite varieties
Sanitizing Soap	800,000	15	Yes	Rare Thaumcraft and Shadow Metal ores
Heavy Duty Alloy Ingot T3	1,000,000	20	Yes	Callisto Ice, Ledox, Chrome, Iridium ores
Field Generator (HV)	1,000,000	18	Yes	Tricalcium Phosphate, Apatite, Tantalite
Heavy Duty Plate	1,000,000	20	Yes	T3 planet stones
Advanced Replicator	1,200,000	18	No	Nether ores, Firestone
Field Generator (IV)	1,500,000	16	Yes	T3 ores, Adamantium, Ardite
Advanced Assembling Machine III	2,000,000	9	No	End versions of Galena, Lead, Silver ores
Emitter (HV)	2,000,000	16	No	Moon ores
Advanced Mass Fabricator IV	2,500,000	12	No	Endstone Thorium, Uranium ores
Advanced Circuit Assembler II	3,250,000	18	Yes	Various pre-space to T3 ores
Soul Sand	5,000,000	16	Yes	Soul Sand only
Advanced Mass Fabricator II	6,000,000	24	No	T1 and T2 ores (Titanium, Tungsten, Indium)
Pufferfish	6,666,666	16	Yes	Saltpeter Ore
Heavy Duty Plate Tier 4	7,500,000	20	Yes	T4 planet stones
Boxinator	10,000,000	18	No	Ross128b Bartworks ores
Heavy Duty Plate Tier 5	10,000,000	20	Yes	T5 planet stones
Advanced Scanner IV	12,500,000	14	No	Platline-related ores
Heavy Duty Plate Tier 6	15,000,000	20	Yes	T6 planet stones (moons)
Crystalprocessor Mainframe	25,000,000	16	No	Naquadah and related ores
Heavy Duty Plate Tier 7	30,000,000	20	Yes	T7 planet stones
Elite Recycler	44,000,000	16	Yes	Enceladus Snow, Mysterious Crystal Dust
Wetware Supercomputer	50,000,000	14	No	Endstone Galena and Sphalerite ores
Heavy Duty Plate Tier 8	50,000,000	20	Yes	T8 planet stones
Advanced Circuit Assembler VI	80,000,000	16	No	Rare Earth and advanced chemical ores
Bloody Ichorium Fusion Casing	90,000,000	32	No	Endstone gem-type ores
Elite Mass Fabricator II	100,000,000	22	No	T3-ish materials, Cosmic Neutronium
Advanced Crop Synthesiser VII	125,000,000	18	No	Endstone precious materials
Ion Thruster Jet	1,000,000,001	16	No	Raw Tengam Ore, Salt
Space Mining Module MK-III	1,000,000,001	16	No	Tartarite Ore

Note: LP costs and outputs are subject to game balance and may change with modpack updates.