Build a Spell

A component-based spell creation system for NeoForge: design your own spells from delivery methods, effects, and modifiers, unlock them through a rune-and-essence progression, and discover powerful multi-component combos.

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Start here

  • New players: read Getting Started to install the mod, open the Spell Builder, and cast your first spell.
  • Spell crafters: browse the Spell Components Reference for every delivery, effect, modifier, and combo.
  • Server admins: see Configuration for the per-category config files and what you can tune or disable.
  • Mod developers: the Cross-Mod API shows how to read and modify mana, spell power, and casting from another mod.

Reference

   
Spell Components Every delivery method, effect, modifier, and combo: costs, formulas, interactions.
Cross-Mod API Read/modify the attribute system and cast spells from another mod.
Configuration Per-category config files; tuning and disabling components.

How spells work

Spells are assembled from three kinds of components:

  • Delivery method: how the spell is cast (self, line of sight, projectile, homing projectile, touch, a timed ground rune, or a proximity trap).
  • Effects: what the spell does (damage, status effects, terrain manipulation, summons, utility).
  • Modifiers: how the effects behave (more power, larger area, longer duration, chaining, piercing, and shape modifiers).

Mana cost is the sum of every component, scaled by your Spell Power. Certain combinations form combos that override their individual behavior to produce a single, more powerful spell: black holes, tornadoes, Void Rifts (dialable, linkable portals), summon swarms, and more.

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