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Custom Crystallarieum Recipes

DaFuqs edited this page Sep 8, 2026 · 21 revisions

The Crystallarieum can be best described as a player created, ink-powered artificial Budding Block. In contrast to normal Budding Blocks, this one can only grow Resources on it's top, but it can grow a a wide range of crystal materials (chemically speaking, refined metals are crystals, too!)

Crystallarieum Growing

Properties

Entry Type Default Description
group string empty A string that represents a recipe group. Recipes with a common group will only trigger a single unlock popup, if multiple are unlocked at once. Add a localization string "recipeGroup.spectrum.<>" so the toast popup is properly localized
required_advancement advancement_identifier empty The advancement a player needs to have to be able to see this recipe. Spectrum will automatically show a toast to the player when this advancement has been unlocked
reveal_secret_advancement advancement_identifier empty If set, the recipe shows up as a secret in recipe viewers at first, until the player has the set advancement. You can set a hint by adding a lang key recipe.spectrum.<recipe_type_id>.secret.<recipe_id>.hint
additional_recipe_viewer_results itemstack list empty Items that will be considered an "output" of the recipe for recipe viewers when pressing "R". Has no gameplay relevance, but is a nice QoL thing for your players, if your recipe does something funky.
ingredient ingredient The ingredient that has to be thrown onto the Crystallarieum to start the recipe
growth_stage_states block state list When a valid ingredient is found on top of the Crystallarieum, the first block state is getting placed. This block state is advanced every time seconds_per_growth_stage has elapsed, until the last state is reached and the recipe deemed finished
seconds_per_growth_stage int How long each block state should persist until it get's advanced to the next
ink_color color identifier The Ink Color needed to grow this recipe
ink_cost_tier int Defines how much Ink is consumed every second. Higher the more valuable a resources is. From 1 (coal) to 4 (endgame resources). 0 means no ink is required. The total Ink required for your recipe will be ink_cost_tier*ink_cost_tier*seconds_per_growth_stage*ink_consumption_mod
grows_without_additive false If true, the player is not required to supply an Additive for this recipe to work
additives crystallarieum additive list A list of Additives that will modify this recipes properties, when supplied; see below
fluid fluid ingredient The fluid that needs to be in the Crystallarieum
additional_recipe_manager_results ItemStack list empty A list of ItemStacks, that shows up as outputs in recipe managers. If the recipe handles crystal cluster blocks, for example, you want to add the drops of the grown cluster blocks in here so the users can find them with their "how can I get that block" keybind in the recipe viewers. This has no gameplay relevance, but is a nice QoL thing for your players.

Crystallarieum Additives

Entry Type Default Description
ingredient ingredient The ingredient that is used as catalyst
growth_acceleration_mod float 1.0 How much faster/slower the growing should be compared to using no catalyst (default: 1.0)
ink_consumption_mod float 1.0 How much Ink the growing should use compared to using no catalyst (default: 1.0)
consume_chance_per_second float 1.0 The chance for the catalyst to get used up (0.0: never; 1.0: 100 % every second)

Example: Growing Iron Clusters/Pure Iron from Raw Iron

To grow Iron in the Crystallarieum, the player has to either throw raw iron on top (the crystallarieum decrements that item stack by 1 and plants a Small Iron Bud on top of it), or place any block state listed in the recipes growth_stage_states. The Crystallarieum will slowly grow through all possible stages until the last one is reached.

The player can optionally supply Iron Nuggets to make this growth process 4x as fast (growth_acceleration_mod) and since ink_consumption_mod is 0.5 it will only use half the usual amount of Ink.

{
  "type": "spectrum:crystallarieum_growing",
  "fluid": {
    "fluid": "spectrum:liquid_crystal"
  },
  "additional_recipe_manager_results": [
    {
      "count": 1,
      "id": "spectrum:pure_iron"
    }
  ],
  "additives": [
    {
      "consume_chance_per_second": 0.2,
      "growth_acceleration_mod": 4.0,
      "ingredient": {
        "item": "minecraft:iron_nugget"
      },
      "ink_consumption_mod": 0.5
    }
  ],
  "growth_stage_states": [
    {
      "Name": "spectrum:small_iron_bud",
      "Properties": {
        "facing": "up",
        "waterlogged": "false"
      }
    },
    {
      "Name": "spectrum:large_iron_bud",
      "Properties": {
        "facing": "up",
        "waterlogged": "false"
      }
    },
    {
      "Name": "spectrum:iron_cluster",
      "Properties": {
        "facing": "up",
        "waterlogged": "false"
      }
    }
  ],
  "ingredient": {
    "item": "minecraft:raw_iron"
  },
  "ink_color": "spectrum:brown",
  "ink_cost_tier": 2,
  "seconds_per_growth_stage": 60
}

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