If your Minecraft gameplay feels too perfect and dandy, maybe itâs time to spice things up.
The Minecraft Blood Magic mod might be your gameplayâs missing piece. This mod mixes magic with action and gore, delivering a unique âbloodyâ experience.
Even if playing Minecraft with mods isnât your cup of tea, the stuff in Blood Magic will spark your curiosity. The mod feels highly complete and organized; as some gamers say, it feels like a âDLC modâ.
Still, the modâs content stretches a lot, and you might struggle to make heads or tails out of some things that happen. The mod involves rituals, alchemy, auras, altars, and a bunch of cool-looking stuff that can feel confusing.
For this reason, weâve created this Minecraft Blood Magic Guide to make the modâs content feel like a breeze. Youâll learn all the essentials to start and progress in the gameplay.
Blood Magic Mod
The main plot of this mod is the use of blood to practice specific magic skills. The mod explores Arcane arts and expands much of Minecraftâs combat with powerful sorcerous attacks.
Developed by âWayOfTime,â âBBoldt,â âCyanideX,â âTehNut,â and âYulife,â the blood magic mod has massive pages of content and receives yearly updates. You can download the mod for free through this link.
This mod is similar to the Astral Sorcery one; both are tier-based. So, youâll need to acquire some stuff and craft a few items to progress to the next chapters.
The Basics of Blood Magic
To progress in the mod, youâll need to grasp its basics. First, since itâs a magic-centered playstyle, youâll need some âoccultâ elements to get started. In Blood Magic, the most important item youâll need to help you get the ball rolling is the âDemonic Willâ.
You can also crack the âSanguine Sentiemâ, an in-mod ancient book that covers all of the modâs content.
Demonic Will
The demonic will is an element in the Blood Magic mod that goes into most recipes. Itâs a bit of a pain to get, though.
To get the demonic will, youâll need to hit enemy mobs with a âSoul Snareâ. The rudimentary snare, when striking enemies, makes them stay under a âbubbleâ effect. Then, youâll need to slay them with any weapon.
In earlier versions of this mod, the soul snare was called âRudimentary Snareâ.
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After killing the mob in the conditions above, theyâll drop the demon will; loot it.
The demonic will contain quality values that impact the crafting on the hellfire forge. So, by resting the cursor above the item, youâll see its quality value, which will be a number. The higher the number, the better.
Hellfire Forge
The hellfire forge is sort of this modâs crafting table. But, instead of using typical items in its panels, it requires magical ingredients as fuel, such as the demonic will.
One of the first things youâll craft with the hellfire forge is the âPetty Tartaric Gemâ, which is essential to progress further. To craft it, youâll need one of each: lapis lazuli, gold ingot, Redstone dust, and glass. Place the items on the forgeâs corners and wait a few seconds.
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Tartaric Gem
The tartaric gem is a type of container for demonic will. The amount you can store depends on the gemâs type; if petty, normal, etc.
You can use the gem as fuel in the hellfire forge. This way, the forge will run for longer and will be able to craft more will-demanding items.
Sentient Sword
The sentient sword is a weapon type in Minecraftâs Blood Magic that youâll need to have. To craft it, youâll need one fully-charged tartaric gem and an iron sword; put the items in the hellfire forge, and voilĂ .
An extra perk of this sword is its ability to gather demonic will from enemies. You can slay monsters with the sentient sword, granting you demonic will. This method is pretty quicker than using the âRudimentary Snareâ item.
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The sword itself is not particularly strong at first and wonât strike more damage than a diamond sword. But, funny enough, if you drop it from your inventory and pick it up again, itâll have a new damage score of 7.5.
This damage value is higher than that of diamond swords.
You can also enchant this sword with all the vanilla enchantments available. So, you can make this sword hold the best enchantments available for close-range weapons.
Blood Altar
This block is fundamental to progress in the mod.
The blood altar is a transmutation table that uses âLife Essenceâ to transmute items. The altar has a âlife essence tankâ and you need to refuel it from time to time. The maximum capacity this âtankâ holds is 1.000 life essence.
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You can expand this block as you progress in the gameâs lore. This type of progression happens similarly to the lunar tables on Astral Sorcery mod and uses tier levels. Currently, Blood Magic features six tiers of the blood altar, with only five available in survival mode.
Sacrificial Dagger
This is where the fun begins. The sacrificial dagger is an item youâll use to gather âlife essenceâ. To use it, approach a blood altar and press the âuseâ button. Then, your character will cut themselves and pour some blood on the altarâs center.
This action will harm your character in survival mode, making them lose a few health points.
Life Essence
Life essence is essentially blood; itâs blood with a fancy name. So, itâs red and youâll need it for the blood altar. You can acquire it through different methods. Apart from the sacrificial dagger method, letâs see a few more below:
- Coat of Arms â This item is a chest plate that you can use to store life essence from enemies. So, youâll start filling the coat when wearing it and slaying any mob.
- Blood Letterâs Pack â This item, which is also a chest plate, works similarly to the âCoat of Armsâ. But, itâll convert any health points you lose into life essence.
Blood Orbs
Blood orbs are essential items from the Blood Magic mod that youâll need for crafting and transferring life essence into soul networks.
To craft a blood orb, head towards the blood altar and, with a diamond in hand, use the altar. As a result, the diamond will hover on the altar and consume some of the blood in it. After a few seconds, itâll turn into a blood orb.
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Pick up the orb and use it on your hand; this will bind it to your character. From then on, the orb will behave as âstorageâ for life essence points.
Most elements in the mod, such as the alchemy table, lava crystal, incense altar, and more, require at least one blood orb. For this reason, always keep them in your pockets.
Runes
Runes are elements in the mod that you can use to customize the blood altar and even add a few extra functions.
The blood altar is necessary to craft runes.
So, the altar kind of âboilsâ the required ingredients, which are polished stones. After the boil, the stones turn into blank slates; gather about 16 to create a single blank rune.
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Mixing the blank rune with specific ingredients on a crafting table gives you a functional rune. For example, youâll craft a speed rune if you use sugar as an ingredient with a blank rune.
Youâll need to dig a 1-block deep hole on the altarâs surrounding blocks to apply the runesâ bonus to it. Then, place the runes inside the holes.
There are seven types of runes available in Blood Magic; they are:
- Rune of Augmented Capacity â Increases life essence capacity by 2.000.
- Rune of Dislocation â Increase life essence transfer speed by 20%.
- Rune of Sacrifice â Increase life essence from sacrificing mods by 10%.
- Rune of Self-sacrifice â Increases life essence from offering own blood by 10%.
- Rune of Superior Capacity â Increases life essence capacity by 10%.
- Rune of the Orb â Increases soul network life essence storage capacity by 2%.
- Speed Rune â Speeds up transmutation processes by 20%.
Lava Crystal
The lava crystal is a craftable item that behaves as an âinfiniteâ fuel source for the furnace.
So, after crafting it you must bind the crystal to yourself. From then on, the crystal will use life essence from your soul network to gather âstrengthâ.
Placing the crystal on the furnace fuel slot will have the same effect as if you were to put coal. But, the crystal wonât stop burning; itâs an ever-lasting heat source.
Divination Sigil
The divination sigil â to summarize â shows how many life essence points you have.
But, to craft the divination sigil, youâll need to follow a few steps. First, craft some arcane ashes; youâll use them for ritual purposes.
With the arcane ashes in hand, interact with the floor; youâll notice that a circular white marking appears. Next, youâll need to change the marking pattern by right-clicking it with Redstone dust.
Now, the marking will display a specific pattern; two circles, kind of like a full moon and half moon figure. Then, interact with it while holding a blank slate unit. Consequently, the marking will disappear, and the slate will turn into a âDivination Sigilâ.
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Hold the sigil in your characterâs hand and interact to check the number of life essence points you have. Then, an âLPâ amount will appear in the chat bar, revealing how much you have in your Soul Network.
You can also use this sigil to track the blood altarâs progression status. To do so, hold the sigil in the characterâs hand and interact directly with the altar.
Apart from the divination sigil, Blood Magic also has a bunch of other sigils; they are:
- Air
- Divination
- Ender
- Harvest Goddess
- Lava
- Augmented Holding
- Compression
- Divinity
- Elemental Affinity
- Ender Severance
- Haste
- Holding
- Magnetism
- Sight
- Suppression
- Swimming
- Blood Lamp
- Fast Miner
- Green Grove
- Phantom Bridge
- Whirlwind
- Void
- Water
Incense Altar
The incense altar is a block that boosts the sacrificial daggerâs life essence production.
The altar acts within a certain radius. So, pulling out the dagger while standing a few feet from the altar, youâll notice an enchantment-like effect on the weapon. This effect is the incense buff.
Donât go jumping head first, though.
Be careful; using the dagger while under the incense effect makes 90% of your health go down the drain. But, in contrast, youâll receive 20% life essence points.
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You can increase the incense altarâs efficiency by upgrading the blood altar to higher tiers.
Alchemy Table
The alchemy table is a vital element in Minecraft Blood Magic. This block is a crafting tool for alchemy-related items exclusive to the mod. This table behaves similarly to the vanilla brewing stand; you can use it to make potions and ingredients.
In the âfuelâ panel, youâll need to place a blood orb; the table uses LP to work. There are plenty of recipes that you can make on the alchemy table initially. Plus, as you progress in the mod, youâll be able to upgrade the table, stretching the number of recipes you can do.
Rituals
Now, letâs jump into action. Rituals are this modâs superstar; there are about 18 of them, and performing them is exciting.
In most cases, youâll need a ritual stone. You can craft a ritual stone with four obsidian blocks, four reinforced slates, and an apprentice blood orb. Place these items on a crafting table following the setting below:
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For rituals to happen, you must stage a physical setting, with ritual stones adjacent to different blocks in a specific formation. There are plenty of displays, and they depend on the ritual.
After arranging the scene, interact with a ritual stone, and the obscure stuff will happen.
Early Game
Now that weâve chewed the fat out of Blood Magicâs basics letâs discuss a bit of the actual in-game progression.
First of all, if you think that youâll be diving deep into the modâs content in a few minutes of gameplay, keep your shirt on. Youâll need a good amount of diamonds, iron, gold, and other high-value ores just to set your first foot on the door.
Typically, players on a late-game status can progress more smoothly through Blood Magic.
After getting enough items, you can begin by crafting and pursuing everything weâve discussed in the basics above. So, start by getting demonic wills, craft the hellfire forge, gather blood orbs, etc.
Then, evolve your blood altar with runes. Keep progressing to higher tiers by expanding the runes around the altar.
A bit further down the road, youâll meet something new: aura. The aura is a will-based energy force that whirls around the player. To understand it better, craft the demon crucible and demon crystallizer.
After completing the initial steps above, your journey in Minecraft Blood Magic will sail smoothly. Still, ensure youâre gathering enough demonic wills and blood orbs. Life essence is essential to progress and enter higher tiers.