Blood Altar

The Blood Altar is a block added by Blood Magic. It is used to transmute various items using Life Essence (LP). The Blood Altar has an internal storage buffer of 1,000 LP that must be filled before crafting can occur. The altar can be expanded into a multiblock structure in order to access more powerful tiers of transmutation. Currently there are five tiers of Blood Altars.

Tiers
The Blood Altar is used to transmute various items using Life Essence. The transmuted items can then be used in the creation of much of Blood Magic's content. A non-upgraded Altar can store a maximum of 10,000 Life Essence (LP). The maximum storage per tier for an altar crafted with only Runes of Augmented Capacity is listed below for each tier.

Much like a Beacon, the Blood Altar increases in tier in a pyramid-like fashion. That is, each successive new tier is added by building downward and out from the previous layer. Unlike the Beacon, the inside of the layers and any gaps in the structure can be left empty. The only required blocks are the Blood Altar, the various types of Blood Runes, and any other block specifically designated in the construction of each tier.

Tier 1
The Tier 1 Altar simply consists of the Altar itself. It is capable of storing 10,000 LP.



Tier 2
An Altar can be upgraded to a Tier 2 Altar by placing 8 of any type of Blood Rune around the base of the altar.



Tier 3
The Tier 3 altar requires a new and larger ring of Blood Runes beneath the initial eight runes of a Tier 2 altar. Additionally, you must construct a 2-block tall pillar on each of the four corners of the new outer ring, capped with a Glowstone block.



Tier 4
Upgrading an altar to its fourth tier will require an additional 28 runes and introduces a new block, Large Bloodstone Brick. You will need to craft a 4-tall pillar on the new outer ring, capped with a Large Bloodstone Brick.



Tier 5
The fifth and final tier of your Blood Magic altar will require 56 additional Blood Runes, and 4 beacons. Only the beacon block is required for the altar to correctly form; the base for each beacon is not required, but is recommended. The Tier 5 Altar allows you to unlock the full potential of your Blood Magic endeavors by way of unlocking even more and more powerful transfusion recipes.

Unlike previous tiers, the fifth ring of runes requires a two-block gap outward from the previous ring.