Addons

Ars Nouveau has a lot of addons, and they add everything from new glyphs and elemental armor to structures, Create machines and links to other mods like Applied Energistics 2 and Occultism. Most of them are made for both 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, although a few only work on one version.

A lot of players end up here looking for one item in particular, like the Tablet of Locate Structure or the Sirens, and don’t realise it comes from an addon rather than Ars Nouveau itself. So below you’ll find what the popular ones add, and which version of Minecraft you’ll need for each of them.

Ars Elemental

Ars Elemental is the biggest addon, and it’s built around the four elemental schools of magic, which are Fire, Water, Earth and Air. It adds spell foci like the Lesser Focus of Fire, which make one school stronger and give its glyphs extra effects, along with elemental mage armor and a set of new glyphs, such as Homing Projectile, Arc Projectile, Charm and Life Link.

It also adds the Siren, a sea creature that lives in warm oceans near coral and often follows boats. Giving a wild Siren a Sea Pickle makes it jump and leave a few Siren Tokens behind, which are made into a Siren Charm. Using the charm on Prismarine makes a Siren Shrine, which slowly produces fishing loot for some Source, and it makes more when there are lots of different fish and plants nearby.

Ars Elemental also adds a fifth kind of Archwood, the Flashing Archwood, which has gold leaves and grows Flashpine. It brews into a Potion of Static Charge that brings down lightning on the target when it runs out, and it has its own Weald Walker that throws enemies up into the air.

Ars Additions

Ars Additions adds a few new structures and a lot of smaller quality of life features. Nexus Towers are wizard towers with a Warp Nexus inside, which holds up to nine Warp Scrolls and teleports you to any of them, even across dimensions. Arcane Libraries are rare structures in Archwood Forests with Wilden inside, and Ruined Warp Portals come with a chest holding an Explorer’s Warp Scroll.

It also adds the Ender Source Jar, which works like an Ender Chest for Source, so every Ender Source Jar you place shares the same Source. There’s also a Warp Index for reaching your Storage Lectern from anywhere, a Wixie version of the Enchanting Apparatus that automates it, and three new glyphs called Retaliate, Mark and Recall.

Tablet of Locate Structure

The Tablet of Locate Structure is a ritual from Ars Additions, and it finds the nearest structure of whatever kind you ask for. You’ll need a Vexing Archwood Log, a Compass, a Source Gem and a Wayfinder to craft it, and the Wayfinder itself is just four Gold Ingots around an Amethyst Shard.

It goes on a Ritual Brazier like any other ritual, but before you start it you’ll want to add the item for the structure you’re after, which are listed below. Once it’s done, a Wayfinder pops out that points towards that structure like a Lodestone Compass does, and hovering over it tells you how far away it is. If it can’t find anything, or you used the wrong item, you just get everything back.

Structure	Item to add
Ancient City	Deepslate Bricks
Arcane Library	Mage’s Spell Book
Bastion Remnant	Polished Blackstone Bricks
Desert Pyramid	Sandstone
End City	Purpur Block
Nether Fortress	Nether Brick
Igloo	Ice
Jungle Pyramid	Mossy Cobblestone
Ocean Monument	Any fish
Pillager Outpost	Emerald
Stronghold	12 Eyes of Ender
Trail Ruins	Terracotta
Trial Chambers	Ominous Bottle
Wilden Den	Source Gem
Woodland Mansion	A Brown Mushroom and a Red Mushroom

The Stronghold is the most expensive one to find, as it needs 12 Eyes of Ender, which is enough to fill the End Portal once you get there. The 1.20.1 version of Ars Additions has a shorter list, without the Stronghold, the Woodland Mansion or Trial Chambers, which don’t exist in 1.20.1 anyway.

Addons for Create

Ars Creo lets Ars Nouveau work with Create contraptions. It adds the Starbuncle Wheel, which makes Stress Units from a Starbuncle running inside it, and it lets Spell Turrets and Source Jars be part of moving contraptions, so a turret on a drill or a train is able to cast spells as it moves.

Ars Technica builds on that with glyphs that do Create’s processing jobs on the spot, like Pack, Carve and Polish, along with a new armor set and a Source Motor that turns Source into rotational power. It needs Ars Elemental on 1.20.1, but it’s optional on 1.21.1.

Addons for Other Mods

Ars Énergistique connects Ars Nouveau to Applied Energistics 2, so Source is able to be stored in an ME network and turned into power for it. Ars Ocultas does the same for Occultism, letting spirits work from inside a Containment Jar, where they pull in and process items around them.

StarbuncleMania gives Starbuncles new jobs, like carrying fluids, energy and Mekanism gases, and it adds a liquid form of Source that works with tanks from other mods. Reliquified Ars Nouveau adds relics from the Relics mod that are built around Ars Nouveau’s mechanics, and they’re found in structures from Ars Nouveau and its addons.

More Glyphs and Gear

Too Many Glyphs adds a lot of extra glyphs, such as filters that stop a spell from hitting the wrong target, but it only goes up to 1.20.1. On 1.21.1, Adam’s Ars Plus adds stronger versions of augments like AOE II and Extend Time II, along with a Spell Efficiency glyph that makes spells cheaper.

For late game gear, All The Arcanist Gear adds mage armor made from Allthemodium, Vibranium and Unobtanium, and Ars Elemancy adds armor that mixes two or all four of Ars Elemental’s schools. Ars Nouveau’s Flavors & Delight adds over 50 foods made from Ars Nouveau ingredients in the style of Farmer’s Delight.

Which Versions Each Addon Supports

Addon	What it adds	1.20.1	1.21.1
Ars Elemental	Elemental foci, armor, glyphs and Sirens	Yes	Yes
Ars Additions	Structures, Tablet of Locate Structure, Ender Source Jar	Yes	Yes
Ars Creo	Create contraptions and the Starbuncle Wheel	Yes	Yes
Ars Technica	Create processing glyphs and a Source Motor	Yes	Yes
Ars Énergistique	Applied Energistics 2 support	Yes	Yes
Ars Ocultas	Occultism spirits in Containment Jars	Yes	Yes
StarbuncleMania	New Starbuncle jobs and liquid Source	Yes	Yes
All The Arcanist Gear	Allthemodium mage armor	Yes	Yes
Ars Controle	Warping Spell Prism, Scryer’s Linkage and a Remote	Yes	Yes
Too Many Glyphs	Filter and control glyphs	Yes	No
Tome of Blood: Rebirth	Blood Magic spell books and armor	Yes	No
Ars Elemancy	Dual and quad element armor	No	Yes
Reliquified Ars Nouveau	Ars themed relics	No	Yes
Adam’s Ars Plus	Stronger augments and Spell Efficiency	Yes	Yes
Ars Nouveau’s Flavors & Delight	Farmer’s Delight style foods	Yes	Yes

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