Thaumcraft Wands
There are quite a few Thaumcraft wands and caps to choose from. This page shows the stats for each one to help you choose.
Caps
The wand cap affects the discount you get for channeling vis. A negative discount increases the amount of vis required to use foci or arcane crafting. Some cores also have special abilities, as noted.
| Cap | Discount | Mod | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrasteel | -80% | Forbidden Magic | |
| Iron | -10% | Thaumcraft | Will fully drain nodes even with Node Preserver research |
| Copper | -10% aer/aqua/ignis/terra
0% ordo/perditio |
Thaumcraft | |
| Gold | 0% | Thaumcraft | |
| Silver | 0% aer/aqua/ignis/terra
5% ordo/perditio |
Thaumcraft | |
| Sojourner's | 5% | Thaumic Exploration | Passively drains from nearby nodes |
| Mechanist's | 5% | Thaumic Exploration | Drains nodes faster than other caps |
| Enchanted Cloth | 5% | Tainted Magic | |
| Thaumium | 10% | Thaumcraft | |
| Manasteel | 10% | Forbidden Magic | |
| Vinteum | 10% | Forbidden Magic | |
| Shadow-Imbued Cloth | 15% | Tainted Magic | |
| Thauminite | 15% | Thaumic Bases | |
| Alchemical | 20% aqua
10% all others |
Forbidden Magic | When added to bloody wand core, decreases the amount of LP consumed by the wand |
| Blood Infused Iron | 20% aqua
15% all others |
Blood Arsenal | When added to blood-infused wand core, decreases the amount of LP consumed by the wand |
| Void metal | 20% | Thaumcraft | |
| Elementium | 20% | Forbidden Magic | |
| Crimson-Stained Cloth | 20% | Tainted Magic | |
| Shadowmetal | 30% | Tainted Magic | |
| Ichorium | 30% | Thaumic Tinkerer |
Wand Cores
The wand core directly affects the vis capacity of your wand. In general, you can mix and match wand caps with cores to your heart's desire.
There are four different variations of the wand:
- Wand - the basic wand can do everything: store vis, equip foci, do arcane crafts. Requires 2 caps to craft.
- Scepter - have more capacity than wands but cannot equip foci. Useful for arcane crafts. Requires 3 caps to craft.
- Staff - cannot be used for arcane crafting. Useful for foci. Requires 2 caps to craft.
- Staffter - a cross between a staff and a scepter, at least capacity-wise. Cannot be used for arcane crafting and cannot equip foci. Useful for... being a vis battery? Requires 3 caps to craft.
| Material | Mod | Wand
Capacity |
Scepter
Capacity |
Staff
Capacity |
Staffter
Capacity |
Material
Tier - Wand |
Material
Tier - Staff |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood | Thaumcraft | 25 | 37 | 1 | Will fully drain nodes even with Node Preserver research | |||
| Greatwood | Thaumcraft | 50 | 75 | 125 | 187 | 2 | 2.5 | |
| Reed | Thaumcraft | 75 | 112 | 175 | 262 | 2.5 | 3 | Slowly regenerates up to 10% aer |
| Blazing | Thaumcraft | 75 | 112 | 175 | 262 | 2.5 | 3 | Slowly regenerates up to 10% ignis |
| Obsidian | Thaumcraft | 75 | 112 | 175 | 262 | 2.5 | 3 | Slowly regenerates up to 10% terra |
| Icy | Thaumcraft | 75 | 112 | 175 | 262 | 2.5 | 3 | Slowly regenerates up to 10% aqua |
| Quartz | Thaumcraft | 75 | 112 | 175 | 262 | 2.5 | 3 | Slowly regenerates up to 10% ordo |
| Bone | Thaumcraft | 75 | 112 | 175 | 262 | 2.5 | 3 | Slowly regenerates up to 10% perditio |
| Silverwood | Thaumcraft | 100 | 150 | 250 | 375 | 3 | 4 | |
| Primal | Thaumcraft | 375 | 4 | Slowly regenerates up to 10% of all aspects; increases potency of any foci by 1 | ||||
| Profane | Forbidden Magic | 50 | Only obtainable by trading with villagers; rapidly restores vis by consuming contract points; adds warp when contract points are consumed | |||||
| Tainted | Forbidden Magic | 150 | 225 | 4 | Slowly regenerates up to 10% of all aspects while in tainted lands; restores vis when taking damage from flux taint | |||
| Blood Wood | Forbidden Magic | 100 | 150 | 50 | 75 | 3 | 4 | Regenerates vis at the cost of LP (Blood Magic); staff will regenerate 4x as fast as wand and can kill you if you don't have enough LP |
| Infernal | Forbidden Magic | 150 | 225 | 4 | Slowly regenerates up to 20% ignis; also regenerates all aspects to 10% while in Nether | |||
| Livingwood | Forbidden Magic | 100 | 150 | 3 | Regenerates vis from mana in inventory | |||
| Dreamwood | Forbidden Magic | 150 | 375 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Witchwood | Forbidden Magic | 100 | 150 | 50 | 75 | 3 | 4 | |
| Ichor Woven Silverwood | Thaumic Tinkerer | 1000 | 1500 | 6 | ||||
| Blood Infused Wood | Blood Arsenal | 100 | 150 | 60 | 90 | 3 | 4 | Regenerates vis at the cost of LP (Blood Magic) at twice the speed as a Blood wand; staff will regenerate 4x as fast as wand and can kill you if you don't have enough LP |
| Warpwood | Tainted Magic | 250 | 375 | 500 | 750 | 5 | 5.5 | Regenerates vis based on your warp; higher warp regenerates more quickly |
| Thaumium | Thaumic Bases | 80 | 120 | 2.5 | ||||
| Void | Thaumic Bases | 160 | 240 | 3 | ||||
| Amber | Thaumic Exploration | 10 | 15 | 25 | 37 | 2 | 2.5 | Quickly regenerates all aspects |
| Transmutative | Thaumic Exploration | 75 | 112 | 175 | 262 | 2.5 | 3 | Any aspects over 90% will slowly convert to other aspects |
| Tier | Twilight Forest drop | Screw material |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naga Scale | Aluminium |
| 2 | Lich Bone | Stainless Steel |
| 2.5 | Lich Bone | Energetic Alloy |
| 3 | Fiery Blood | Vibrant Alloy |
| 4 | Fiery Tears | Tungstensteel |
| 5 | Carminite | Enderium |
| 5.5 | Carminite | Oriharukon |
| 6 | Snow Queen Blood | Osmiridium |
External Links
- Wand Info - Also has Vis crafting costs
- TheShadowofX and Threefold Spreadsheet - Wand Info