Getting Started (Botania)

Botania is a mod all about flowers, but not in the traditional sense. There are two types of flora (besides the Pure Daisy and mystical flowers) functional and generating. The functional flora use Mana to do different things, and the generational flora use things to generate Mana. In this guide I will talk you through Botania until you are equipped to make the Agricarnation and get going somewhere.

Before Flowers
The very first thing you are going to want to do in Botania is get the 16 different Mystical Flowers. I recommend getting 16 of each type of flower.

Before you start making flowers though, you will need to make a Petal Apothecary. It would also be a good idea to have a decent source of seeds because each craft in the Petal Apothecary requires one seed.

Another important item for Botania is the Lexica Botania. This is the ultimate in-game documentation and can help you if you either use this as a guide, or if you are doing your own thing. It's a made with a book and sapling crafted together.

First Flowers
One of the important flowers you are going to want to make is the Pure Daisy. This is simply made by tossing four Mystical White Petals, which can be made by crafting Mystical White Flowers into a Petal Apothecary filled with water. Then, you must throw a seed into the Petal Apothecary to get the Pure Daisy.

The Pure Daisy can be used to make Livingwood and Livingrock simply by placing the flower on a patch of grass/dirt and by placing wood logs and/or stones around it in order to obtain their counterparts. I recommend getting 32 of each before moving on just to be safe.

Once you have done this, I recommend making a Wand of the Forest. (See "Messing with Mana" for more information.)

Next, you will need to create your first generational flower, the Daybloom if playing in the older versions. This flower produces mana with the power of the sun. It is also made in a Petal Apothecary filled with water. It is made with 2 Mystical Yellow Petals, 1 Mystical Light Blue Petal, and 1 Mystical Orange Petal in the Petal Apothecary along with one seed.

If playing in the newer versions you could use the Hydroangeas. The Hydroangeas consume water source blocks to generate Mana and are made with 2 Mystical Blue Petals and 2 Mystical Cyan Petals. All petals go into the Petal Apothecary, and again require one seed added as well. You could set up a 3x3 infinite water source for the Hydroangeas to use as their source of water.

With any of these flowers you will start on Mana manipulation. More flowers can be made using the guide, made from a book and a sapling, later in your mana making process.

Messing with Mana
Now that you have a form of Mana generation, you will want to make two things: the Mana Pool and Mana Spreader. These will be used to transport and store your Mana in a useable form. First, place down your Daybloom on dirt where it will have access to the sun. Then, place down your Mana Spreader near the flower. Next, place your Mana Pool where your Mana Spreader can see it. Now, click all of these with your Wand of the Forest. Lastly, take the Wand of the Forest and right-click while pressing "shift" in order to orient the Mana Spreader in the opposite direction. Remember, it is easier to remain holding on to these buttons as you move the Mana Spreader.You will want to orient it so it faces the Mana Pool. Now, switch to something other than your Wand of the Forest and every now and then so that a Mana burst will fire off as a green beam.

A nice test for the older versions would be that since you have some Mana now try to throw a Mystical Red Petal onto the Mana Pool. If you get back a Red Mana Petal you have succeeded in generating and storing Mana (. (Ts requires a small buildup of Mana to acquire).). This doesn't work in the newer versions as Mana Petals have been removed.

Better Mana Generation (Recommended)
Mana, as you may already have been able to tell, is slow to produce. You probably will want to get more of it!

If you are using the older versions and using Dayblooms or your using the newer versions and the Hydroangeas you many have noticed that the flowers wither after 3 minecraft days. A better flower to use would be the Endoflame as it doesn't wither and it creates a good amount of Mana. This is made with 2 Mystical Brown Petals, 1 Mystical Light Gray Petal and 1 Mystical Red Petal.

The Endoflame consumes combustibles to generate Mana. The time the flower generates Mana is proportional to the burn time of the combustible so as the burn time increases so does the time the Endoflame generates Mana.

I recommend getting a decent amount of Mana before moving on.

First Functional Flower (Optional)
The easiest functional flower to make is the Bellethorne. It will utilize Mana from a nearby Mana Pool or pools to hurt mobs but not the players around it. For this, you will need a Redstone Root, which is crafted with a piece of grass and a piece of redstone. In order to get the Bellethorne, one must throw 1 Redstone Root, 2 Mystical Cyan Petals, 1 Mystical Red Petal, and 2 Red Mana Petals into the Petal Apothecary along with a seed.

The Runic Altar
The Runic Altar is a key component in creating more advanced Botania flora. To obtain it, one must first obtain a Mana Pearl or Mana Diamond made by throwing their respective items in a Mana Pool with sufficient Mana. Now make the Runic Altar like so:

Place this down 1 block away from your Mana Pool. Afterwards, place a Mana Spreader while on the Runic Altar in the space between the two. You can then start crafting with Mana.

The Agricarnation
The runes required for this flower are 6 Manasteel Ingots. These are made by throwing iron ingots on a Mana Pool. The first rune you will need is the Rune of Water. To obtain the Rune of Water, one must right click the Runic Altar with the following materials to place them: 3 Manasteel Ingot, 1 bone meal, 1 sugar cane, and 1 fishing rod. Then, you must throw a piece of Livingrock on top of the Runic Altar and right click it with your Wand of the Forest. Once you see blue lightning coming from the altar, you must again right click it with the Wand of the Forest. One must do a similar procedure whilst creating all the runes, but they must change the materials used.

The next rune needed is the Rune of Fire. It is created using 3 Manasteel Ingot, 1 gunpowder, 1 nether brick, and 1 nether wart. The procedure is similar to the one used when creating the Rune of Water.

The last required rune is the Rune of Spring it is created using 1 Rune of Fire, 1 Rune of Water, 1 wheat, and 3 saplings of any kind. To finally create the Agricarnation one must throw 1 Rune of Spring, 2 Mystical Lime Petals, 1 Mystical Yellow Petal, 1 Lime Mana Petal, 1 Red Mana Petal, and 1 Green Mana Petal into the Petal Apothecary along with one seed.