Astral Sorcery Progression

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Getting Started
To get started with Astral Sorcery, you will need to craft an Astral Tome. The present article will follow the chapters describe within the Astral Tome. The crafting recipe for the Astral Tome is shown to the right, you will need to craft this if acquiring the Astral Tome automatically is not enabled on the server. Of note: You will need Aquamarine to craft the Astral Tome.

Chapter 1: Discovery
The Discovery Chapter will be your entrance point into Astral Sorcery! Here you will acquire the basic items which will be required for further progression within the mod.

Aquamarine
Aquamarine is an essential gem required for progression within Astral Sorcery. It is required for many different crafting recipes. It can be found within chests in Academy Shrines (explained below) or found as part of Aquamarine Shale, usually in riverbeds.

Marble
Marble is an essential building block in Astral Sorcery. They can be found as regular ores ( need another word for this, they are technichally not ores? ), spawning in the world as veins, at Y-heights ( need values ). There are many varieties of Marble, all crafted from the same base material. The Marble article provides more details.

Resonating Wand
The Resonating Wand is the key item to activate all interactions within Astral Sorcery. The crafting recipe for the Resonating Wand is show to the right, it includes Marble and Aquamarine. The crafting wand is utilized by right-clicking on an Astral Sorcery block that allows for interactions.

Rock Crystals
Once you have acquired your Resonating Wand you will be able to find Rock Crystal Ores, which yield Rock Crystals, an essential item for many Astral Sorcery crafting recipes. In order to find Rock Crystal Ores, you will need to hold your Resonating Wand in your main hand or off-hand and travel around the world, until you notice white particle effects coming off the ground (shown to the right). Digging down on this location (careful with lava!) until bedrock level will allow you to find Rock Crystal Ores. While digging, the white particle effects will continue to guide you towards the location of the Rock Crystal Ore. Mining the Rock Crystal Ore with an Iron Pickaxe or better will finally yield Rock Crystals, which will be used for numerous crafting recipes later on in your progression. More details can be found on the Rock Crystal article. ''' FORTUNE, SILK TOUCH: works? '''

Academy Shrines
Academy Shrines are structure within Astral Sorcery. They will contain useful items as well as Collector Crystals (for Large Academy Shrines), essential for your progression with the mod.

Small Academy Shrines
Small Academy Shrines can be found in ( X biome, more details ). An image for a Small Academy Shrine is shown below. These will contain treasure chests, located beneath the Marble Pillars. Possible treasures include: ( X treasures ).



Large Academy Shrines
Large Academy Shrines can be found both in (Y biome, more details) and buried underneath deserts. Images of both a ground-level Large Academy Shrine and a buried Large Academy Shrine are shown to the right. Large Academy Shrines contain Collector Crystals inside, essential for progression within the mod. For now, however, their uses are limited to the creation of the Luminous Crafting Table. One can access the interior of a Large Academy Shrine by digging down in the middle of the structure.





Constellation Papers
Constellation Papers are found within chests in Academy Shrines. They contain information about distinct Constellations in-game, necessary for further progression within the mod. More information can be found in the Constellations article.

Luminous Crafting Table
Luminous Crafting Table (Crafting Altars article, including: Y-height graph, Fosic Fields, Relays (cannibalization), Collector Crystals as sources of Starlight)....