Ether Gems

In your world you will now find Ether Deposits, concentrated crystals of the World’s lifeblood. Pure Ether Deposits yield pure crystals which can be used to make a refining device known as an Ether Furnace. These crystals appear where high amounts of their respective elements are present. Normal Ether Deposits spawn in any biome, with no preference between elements, you just have to go mining. As you advance through the game, the crystals you find will be of increasingly higher quality, maxing out at level 5.

This is where it gets complicated. To get started, craft an Ether Furnace by surrounding a pure ether crystal of any type with cobblestone.

When you use an Ether Furnace, you will be shown your collection of crystals on the left, and some empty slots on the right.

In order to begin crafting, you need to put in at least two crystals (or cylinders, but we’ll get to that), and can add a maximum of: 1. 8 crystals; 2. 9 attributes; 3. 1 attribute that is over 100%. What these attributes do will be detailed later. Once you have confirmed the crystals you want to use, you will be taken to Turn, Shooter, and Engineer selection.

The Engineer you pick decides the probability of getting each type of flame on a given crafting turn. Gentle flames increase the Cylinder Gauge, which decides how many unrefined attributes you get to keep as cylinders. Medium flames increase the strength of all attributes in the furnace by a little, while Strong flames increase the strength of 1 attribute by a lot. The amount of crafting turns decides how many times you roll for flames. As you level up your crystals, you also increase the ranges of crafting turns you can choose from. Shooters all have special abilities that modify the crafting process (see below). After you confirm, the crafting process occurs with the parameters you selected.

 At the end of the crafting, any attributes with strength over 100% become gems. Attributes with strength of 200% become gems of the level above that of the crystals/cylinders used, and ones with 300% crack and become two gems with their attributes at the max for the level above that of the materials used. You can then use your cylinder gauge to save attributes with strength below 100%, using one charge of the gauge for each attribute. The crafting session ends with you being shown the cylinders and gems you have created with the option to discard the ones you don't want.

If you craft a lower level crystal with a higher level one, the resulting gem will be based on the lower crystal's level. For example, crafting a level three crystal and a level four crystal together, and getting heat in the crafting process results in a level four gem.

Your survival inventory now has a button that gives you access to your crystal/gem inventory. The tab at the top switches between the two. The gem inventory also has a window displaying your worn armor and held weapon, allowing you to apply gems to those which have slots.

Attributes have a maximum value that they can power up abilities by (ex. a level VI Strength Up gem gives 3.0 more damage, and the highest Strength Up each player can have is 4.5 more damage), which is displayed by the combined strength of gems worn turning green on the attribute display below the equipment window. When crafting, different materials have different chances of producing equipment with slots, with the following hierarchy of most > least likely: gold, diamond, stone/leather, wood, iron. Armor can have a maximum of 1 slot while weapons have a maximum of 3.

Bind Resist(A) - Chance to not be affect by Bind debuff.

Blaze Attack(W) - Chance that attacks inflict Blaze debuff(sets enemy on fire). All instances of an entity being on fire is the Blaze debuff.

Blaze Plus(W) - Damage from Blaze debuffs you apply is increased.

Buff Time Plus(A) - Lengthens duration of buffs, both from potions and gems.

Chill Defence(A) - Decreases duration of Chill debuff when applied to you.

EXP Up - Increases experience points dropped from enemies.

Slow Resist(A) - Chance to not be affect by Slow debuff.

Spike(A) - Damages enemies who attack you by a set value

Strength Down(W) - Chance that attacks inflict Strength Down debuff(decreases enemy damage by a set value).

Strength Up - Increases attack damage by a set value.

Weapon Power(W) - Increases the chance that weapon gem effects with a chance to apply are applied.

Aquatic Cloak - Decreases sight range of aquatic enemies.

Auto-Heal Up(A) - Increases saturation gained from food.

Damage Heal(A) - Chance that being damaged heals health by a set value.

Debuff Resist(A) - Chance to not be affected by debuffs, both from potions and gems.

HP Up - Increases maximum health.

HP Steal(W) - Chance that attacking heals health by a set value.

Poison Defence(A) - Decreases duration of Poison debuff when applied to you.

Recovery Up(A) - Move health received from Instant Health effect.

Spike Defence(A) - Decreases damage from Spike gems by a percentage.

Unbeatable(A) - Chance that a fatal attack instead drops you to half a heart. Does not work if you are already at half a heart.

Back Attack Plus(W) - Attacks from behind do a set value of increased damage.

Double Attack(W) - Chance that an attack gets applied to an enemy twice, with a separate chance for gem activation.

First Attack Plus(W) - Increases damage dealt to enemies at full health by a set value.

Phys Def Down(W) - Chance that attacks inflict Physical Defence Down debuff(decreases enemy resistance by a set value).

Bind(W) - Chance that attacks inflict Bind debuff(traps enemies in place).

Blaze Defence(A) - Decreases duration of Blaze debuff when applied to you.

Chill Attack(W) - Chance that attacks inflict Chill debuff(damages enemy over time with biting temperatures).

Chill Plus(W) - Damage from Chill debuffs you apply is increased.

Slow(W) - Chance that attacks inflict Slow debuff.

Aerial Cloak - Decrease sight range of flying enemies.

Bleed Attack(W) - Chance that attacks inflict Bleed debuff(causes enemies to bleed out over time).

Bleed Plus(W) - Damage from Bleed debuffs you apply is increased.

Fall Defence(A) - Reduces damage taken from falling by a percentage.

Good Footing(A) - Decreases knockback taken by a percentage.

Haste(W) - Increases attack speed.

Quick Step(A) - Increases movement speed.

Bleed Defence(A) - Decreases duration of Bleed debuff when applied to you.

Critical Up(W) - Chance that a normal attack will do the damage of a critical hit.

Debuff Plus(W) - Increases duration of debuffs you apply, both from potions and gems.

Earth Cloak - Decreases sight range of grounded enemies.

Muscle Up - Increases resistance.

Physical Protect(A) - Decreases damage from physical attack by a set value for 6sec when you make an attack. Has a 18sec cooldown.

Poison Attack(W) - Chance that attacks inflict Poison debuff.

Poison Plus(W) - Damage from Poison debuffs you apply is increased.

• Update to 1.16.5!
• Add a way to put slots on existing weapons.
• Enemies drop crystals, with specific attributes tied to specific enemies.
• Give pure crystals another use or two. ;)
• Party Supports.
• Implement an Ether damage type?
• Driver combos???