Glyphs

Glyphs are the pieces that spells are made from in Ars Nouveau, and every spell you cast is a line of them put together in your spell book. Each glyph does one thing, like firing a projectile, breaking a block or making the spell stronger, so the more glyphs you know, the more spells you’re able to make.

There’s 85 glyphs in the 1.21.1 version of the mod, split into three tiers, and you’ll need a better spell book before you’re able to use the higher tier ones. This page covers how glyphs work, how to get them and a full list of every glyph, along with how much mana each one costs and what it does.

How Glyphs Work

There are three kinds of glyph, which are forms, effects and augments. A form decides how the spell is cast, like Projectile firing it or Touch casting it on whatever you’re looking at, and every spell has to start with one. Effects are what the spell actually does, such as Harm or Break, and a spell can have more than one of them.

Augments change the glyph that comes right before them, so putting Amplify after Harm makes it do more damage, and putting AOE after Break makes it break a bigger area. A spell costs the mana of all of its glyphs added together, which is shown in the tables below, so bigger spells get expensive fairly quickly.

Getting Glyphs

Every new spell book comes with the five starter glyphs, which are Projectile, Touch, Self, Break and Harm. Every other glyph is crafted at the Scribe’s Table, by placing your spell book on it and picking the glyph you’d like, and then adding the items it needs. Crafting a glyph gives you an item like the Glyph of Ignite, which you’ll need to use to learn it.

Each glyph also costs experience when you pick it at the Scribe’s Table, and the cost depends on its tier. The Scribe’s Table page goes through the whole process in more detail, including how to get the table to pull items out of nearby chests for you.

Tier	Experience cost	Spell book needed
Tier 1	27 points, about 3 levels	Novice Spell Book
Tier 2	55 points, about 5 levels	Mage’s Spell Book
Tier 3	160 points, about 10 levels	Archmage Spell Book

You’re able to craft and learn a glyph of any tier with any spell book, but you won’t be able to add it to a spell until your book is a high enough tier. Learning glyphs is still worth doing early though, as every glyph you know raises your maximum mana by 15 and your mana regeneration a little, even if you never use it.

Forms

Forms are the first glyph in every spell, and they decide where the spell goes. All of them are tier 1, and Projectile, Touch and Self are the ones most spells use.

Glyph	Mana	What it does
Projectile	10	Fires a projectile that casts the spell on whatever it hits
Touch	5	Casts the spell on the block or mob you’re looking at, up close
Glyph of Self	10	Casts the spell on yourself
Glyph of Underfoot	5	Casts the spell on the block you’re standing on
Glyph of Pantomime	5	Casts the spell on the nearest block in your line of sight, with Amplify for more range (1.21.1 only)

Augments

Augments go after the glyph they change, and most of them can be stacked more than once, so two Amplify glyphs make a spell even stronger. A few of them do different things depending on which glyph they’re after, which the Scribe’s Table shows when you hover over them.

Glyph	Tier	Mana	What it does
Amplify	1	20	Makes most effects stronger, and lets Break mine harder blocks
Glyph of Randomize	1	0	Randomizes some effects, like placing a random block from your hotbar
Glyph of Sensitive	1	10	Lets forms target things they usually can’t, like grass, fluids and air
Glyph of AOE	2	35	Makes the spell affect a bigger area
Glyph of Accelerate	2	10	Makes projectiles faster
Glyph of Decelerate	2	5	Makes projectiles slower
Glyph of Dampen	2	0	Makes most effects weaker
Glyph of Extend Time	2	10	Makes effects, summons and buffs last longer
Glyph of Reduce Time	2	15	Makes effects like Delay and potion effects shorter
Glyph of Extract	2	30	Gives Break a Silk Touch effect, can’t be used with Luck
Glyph of Luck	2	80	Adds Fortune to Break and Looting to damage, can’t be used with Extract
Glyph of Pierce	2	40	Lets projectiles go through an extra target, and makes Break go deeper
Glyph of Split	3	20	Fires more than one projectile at once

Tier 1 Effects

Tier 1 effects cover most of the basics, from damage and mining to lighting and moving things around. Harm, Break, Ignite and Conjure Magelight are the ones that most players end up using the most early on.

Glyph	Mana	What it does
Harm	15	Damages the target, or poisons it with Extend Time
Break	10	Breaks blocks, with Amplify for harder blocks
Glyph of Ignite	15	Sets blocks and mobs on fire
Glyph of Freeze	15	Freezes water and lava, or slows the target
Glyph of Snare	100	Stops the target from moving or jumping
Glyph of Knockback	15	Knocks the target away from you
Glyph of Pull	15	Pulls the target towards you
Glyph of Launch	30	Launches the target up into the air
Glyph of Leap	25	Throws the target in the direction they’re looking
Glyph of Wind Burst	30	Sets off a wind charge that knocks things back (1.21.1 only)
Glyph of Bounce	50	Makes the target bounce when they land instead of taking fall damage
Glyph of Bubble	20	Traps mobs in a floating bubble that pops for extra damage (1.21.1 only)
Glyph of Conjure Magelight	25	Places a permanent light, or gives Night Vision when cast on yourself
Glyph of Conjure Mageblock	5	Places a temporary block, made permanent with Amplify
Glyph of Prestidigitation	0	Places an invisible block that gives off particles (1.21.1 only)
Glyph of Harvest	10	Harvests fully grown crops without breaking the plant
Glyph of Fell	150	Cuts down whole trees, mushrooms and cactus
Glyph of Cut	0	Uses Shears on the target, or an Axe with Amplify
Glyph of Evaporate	50	Removes fluids in an area
Glyph of Interact	10	Right clicks the block or mob, like a Lever or a Chest
Glyph of Place Block	10	Places blocks from your hotbar
Glyph of Item Pickup	10	Picks up nearby items
Glyph of Toss	10	Throws an item from your inventory, or puts it into a container
Glyph of Craft	50	Opens a crafting grid
Glyph of Rotate	10	Rotates a block or mob
Glyph of Redstone Signal	0	Places a temporary redstone signal
Glyph of Rune	30	Places a temporary rune that casts the rest of the spell on whatever touches it
Glyph of Delay	0	Waits a moment before casting the rest of the spell
Glyph of Reset	0	Sends the rest of the spell back to the original target
Glyph of Dispel	30	Removes potion effects, and turns tamed creatures back into charms
Glyph of Wololo	30	Changes the color of a mob or block to the spell’s color
Glyph of Summon Steed	100	Summons a saddled Horse for a few minutes
Glyph of Summon Wolves	100	Summons two Wolves that fight for you

Tier 2 Effects

Tier 2 effects need a Mage’s Spell Book, and they include a lot of the glyphs that make spells really useful, like Grow, Smelt and Heal. Explosion and Animate Block are also here, although they’re both quite expensive to cast.

Glyph	Mana	What it does
Glyph of Heal	50	Heals the target, but damages undead mobs instead
Glyph of Grow	70	Grows plants, like using Bone Meal
Glyph of Smelt	100	Smelts blocks and items where the spell lands
Glyph of Crush	30	Crushes Stone into Gravel and Gravel into Sand, and damages mobs
Glyph of Explosion	200	Causes an explosion, bigger with AOE
Glyph of Cold Snap	30	Deals a burst of damage to wet, slowed or freezing mobs
Glyph of Flare	40	Explodes into Cinders around a target that’s on fire
Glyph of Firework	50	Launches a Firework Rocket from the target
Glyph of Conjure Water	80	Places water, or puts out burning mobs
Glyph of Gravity	15	Makes blocks and mobs fall, and stops players flying with Extend Time
Glyph of Slowfall	30	Gives Slow Falling
Glyph of Wind Shear	50	Damages mobs in the air, more the higher up they are
Glyph of Invisibility	30	Makes the target invisible
Glyph of Sense Magic	50	Makes magical mobs within 75 blocks glow
Glyph of Exchange	50	Swaps blocks with the ones in your hotbar, or swaps places with a mob
Glyph of Access Ender Inventory	50	Opens your Ender Chest from anywhere
Glyph of Name	25	Names a mob or item after the spell’s name
Glyph of Infuse	30	Applies a potion from your inventory to the target
Glyph of Animate Block	200	Brings a block to life to fight for you

Tier 3 Effects

Tier 3 effects need an Archmage Spell Book, and they’re the most powerful glyphs in the mod. Burst, Linger and Wall are especially useful, as they cast the rest of the spell over a whole area, which is how a lot of the best spells are made.

Glyph	Mana	What it does
Glyph of Burst	500	Casts the rest of the spell in a sphere around the target
Glyph of Linger	500	Leaves a field that keeps casting the spell on anything inside it
Glyph of Wall	500	Leaves a wall that keeps casting the spell on anything inside it
Glyph of Orbit	50	Summons three orbs that circle the target and cast the spell on whatever they hit
Glyph of Blink	50	Teleports you to where the spell lands
Glyph of Lightning	100	Strikes the target with lightning
Glyph of Fangs	35	Summons Evoker Fangs towards the target
Glyph of Hex	100	Makes the target take more damage and heal half as much
Glyph of Wither	100	Gives the target Wither
Glyph of Glide	100	Lets you glide like you’re wearing an Elytra
Glyph of Intangible	30	Turns blocks into air for a short time
Glyph of Rewind	100	Sends a mob back to where it was a few seconds ago, health and all
Glyph of Summon Vex	150	Summons three Vexes that fight for you
Glyph of Summon Undead	150	Summons Skeletons that fight for you
Glyph of Summon Decoy	200	Summons a copy of you that mobs attack instead

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