Mana Spreader

The Mana Spreader is used to transport Mana in Botania. The direction of the mana bursts can be manipulated by shift-right clicking on it with the Wand of the Forest. Do note that this was initially supposed to be complicated to perform.

There is an alternative method of orientating the Mana Spreader, and that is to bind it to another block. To do so, the player must simply shift-right-click the Mana Spreader, then whilst holding shift the player can shift-right-click another block to automatically orient the Mana Spreader to direct its mana bursts to that block. It should be noted that this method is not perfect.

Mana Spreaders fire mana in discrete bursts rather than in a continuous stream.

While holding the Wand of the Forest, the player will see the Mana Spreader emit small pulses in the direction it is oriented. These show how far mana bursts will travel before some of the mana is lost. The Mana Spreader's bursts, like the Redstone Mana Spreader's, can only travel a distance of 12 blocks before suffering some loss. You can see mana bursts regardless of whether or not you are holding the Wand of the Forest. Please note that the actual burst of mana, are different from the pointing laser. Once the spreader is aimed at a item that can accept mana, it will shoot a large pulse which is longer and thicker than the aiming laser. It will not fire another burst, before the last one reaches its destination. An easy way to tell the difference between the two, is that the actual mana bursts are visible without holding the wand of the forest

There is an advanced version of the Mana Spreader, with improved features, called the Elven Mana Spreader. It is acquired in later mod progression.