🧪 The Alchemist’s Touch

A Fabric mod that reinvents alchemy in Minecraft.

New potions, effects, alchemical stones, imbued weapons, rituals, and immersive mechanics — alchemy becomes strategic, expanding far beyond simple brewing.

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🧭 Overview

The Alchemist is no longer just a potion brewer,
but a craftsman capable of shaping matter, life, and death.
Explore a complex potion system where every ingredient has meaning,
and your creations can change the world… literally.

Main Features

• 30+ new potions with unique gameplay effects.
• New status effects.
• Alternative recipes for some potions.
• Alchemical Stones: apply effects to the terrain.
• Imbued Weapons: apply a potion effect for a number of hits based on the effect’s duration.
• Potion-infused food: consuming the food directly applies the effect.
• Stackable potions up to 16 units, with an internal cooldown.
• Rituals: perform blood-based transmutations through the Ritual Circle.

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Early Game Potions

• Two new toxic crops: the Poisoned Carrot and Poisoned Beetroot, rare variants of their edible counterparts.
• Lava buckets can now fuel brewing stands, though they provide much less fuel than blaze powder.
• The Alchemist’s Core, a powerful craftable item, acts as a substitute for Nether Wart in brewing — though it’s much harder to obtain.

Modified Potion Recipes

🔥 Fire Resistance – Can now be brewed with a Magma Block and a Magma Cream

🍎 Regeneration – Can now be brewed with a Golden Apple and a Ghast Tear

💪 Strength – Can now be brewed with a Firework Star and Blaze Powder

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🧪 Potions

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Available Variants:

• Long → add Redstone
• Strong → add Glowstone Dust

Effect	Base	Ingredient	Duration	Variant
Levitation	Slow Falling	Feather	0:10	Long
Glowing	Night Vision	Glow Berries	1:00	Long
Alcohol	Awkward	Sweet Berries	1:00	Long, Strong
Darkness	Awkward	Ink Sac	0:45	Long
Long Leg	Awkward	Bamboo	3:00	Long
Liquid Walker	Awkward	Lily Pad	3:00	Long
Ore Sense	Night Vision	Iron Ore	3:00	Long, Strong
Resonance	Awkward	Echo Shard	3:00	Long, Strong
Reactivation	Short Cooldown	Sunflower	3:00	Long, Strong
Purification	Awkward	Milk Bucket	3:00	Long
Petrification	Turtle Master	Obsidian	0:30	Long
Acid	Awkward	Rotten Flesh	0:45	Long, Strong
Ignition	Fire Resistance	Fermented Spider Eye	0:45	Long
Teleportation	Awkward	Ender Pearl	Instantaneous	Strong
Thorns	Awkward	Cactus	3:00	Long, Strong
Brain Washing	Awkward	Zombie Brain	3:00	Long
Frost	Awkward	Snowball	0:45	Long
Alchemist	Awkward	Copper Ingot	Instantaneous	None
Death	Resurrection	Wither Rose	Instantaneous	None
Saturation	Awkward	Beetroot	0:45	Long, Strong
Double Health	Strong Healing	Golden Apple	Instantaneous	Strong
Resurrection	Awkward	Totem of Undying	Infinite	None
Haste	Awkward	Claw	3:00	Long
Mining Fatigue	Haste	Fermented Spider Eye	3:00	Long, Strong
Short Cooldown	Awkward	Sunflower	3:00	Long
Long Cooldown	Short Cooldown	Fermented Spider Eye	3:00	Long
Masking	Invisibility	Fermented Spider Eye	Instantaneous	None
Vampirism	Awkward	Blood Bag	3:00	Long, Strong
Stun	Awkward	Charged Copper	0:10	Long
Giant	Awkward	Bone Meal	3:00	Long, Strong
Dwarf	Giant	Fermented Spider Eye	3:00	Long, Strong
Photosynthesis	Awkward	Leaf	3:00	Long, Strong
Oblivion	Awkward	Pitcher Plant	Instantaneous	None
Rust	Awkward	Oxidation Fragment	0:45	Long
Adhesion	Awkward	Resin Clump	3:00	Long
No Interaction	Brain Washing	Rabbit Foot	3:00	Long
Berserk	Awkward	Torchflower	0:45	Long, Strong
Ghost Walk	Awkward	Ghast Tear	0:05	Long
Unstable	Non brewable	Non brewable	Instantaneous	Strong
Permanent Health	Non brewable	Non brewable	Instantaneous	None
Permanent Strength	Non brewable	Non brewable	Instantaneous	None
Permanent Speed	Non brewable	Non brewable	Instantaneous	None
Infinity	Non brewable	Non brewable	Instantaneous	None

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✨ Added Effects

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Effect	Instant	Category	Description
Long Leg	No	Beneficial	Lets you step over higher blocks without jumping.
Liquid Walker	No	Neutral	Allows walking on water and lava.
Ore Sense	No	Beneficial	Highlights nearby ores.
Resonance	No	Neutral	Spreads active effects to nearby entities.
Reactivation	No	Beneficial	Reactivates expired effects on the player when drinking a new potion.
Purification	No	Beneficial	Removes all negative effects currently applied.
Petrification	No	Harmful	Immobilizes the target and makes them invulnerable.
Acid	No	Harmful	Deals continuous damage.
Ignition	No	Harmful	Set the entity on fire.
Teleportation	Yes	Neutral	Instantly teleports the player to a new position depending on the amplifier.
Thorns	No	Beneficial	Reflects part of the damage taken back to the attacker.
Brain Washing	No	Harmful	Disorients living entities and alters their behavior (Reduces villagers prices and disable mob attack).
Frost	No	Harmful	Slows movement and deals frost damage.
Alchemist	No	Beneficial	Turn coal into gold.
Death	Yes	Harmful	Instantly kills the target (only deal 50% of a boss max health).
Saturation	No	Beneficial	Slowly reduces the player’s exhaustion over time, making their hunger decrease much more slowly.
Double Health	Yes	Beneficial	This effect instantly grants the target a large amount of absorption hearts—effectively doubling their health for a long duration.
Resurrection	Yes	Beneficial	Saves the player from death, like a Totem of Undying.
Infinity	Yes	Beneficial	Makes certain effects permanent at the cost of max health.
Long Cooldown	No	Harmful	Increases the delay between potion uses.
Short Cooldown	No	Beneficial	Reduces the delay between potion uses.
Masking	Yes	Neutral	Hides visible effects on an item or entity.
Unstable	Yes	Neutral	Causes unpredictable or unstable reactions.
Vampirism	No	Beneficial	Restores health on successful attacks.
Stun	No	Harmful	Briefly immobilizes the target.
No Interaction	No	Harmful	Prevents all block or entity interaction.
Aftermath	No	Neutral	Kill the entity when the effect ends if their health is below 50% of their maximum health.
Berserk	No	Neutral	Greatly increases speed, strength and making you unkillable during the effect — but once it ends, you’ll face the Aftermath.
Ghost Walk	No	Beneficial	Allows walking through certain blocks temporarily.
Giant	No	Beneficial	Enlarges the player.
Dwarf	No	Neutral	Shrinks the player.
Photosynthesis	No	Beneficial	Regenerates nutrition under sunlight.
Oblivion	Yes	Neutral	Drop 25% of your loot.
Adhesion	No	Beneficial	Lets you climb vertical walls.
Rust	No	Harmful	Gradually wears down armor.
Permanent Health	Yes	Beneficial	Adds a permanent extra heart.
Permanent Strength	Yes	Beneficial	Grants a permanent attack boost.
Permanent Speed	Yes	Beneficial	Grants a permanent speed boost.

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🔮 Rituals

Rituals are the pinnacle of alchemical mastery — the moment where blood, essence, and will converge to shape reality itself.
Unlike potions, which merely channel existing energy, rituals rewrite the flow of life, granting permanent power… or invoking deadly consequences.

Each ritual requires:

• A specific ingredient placed upon the ritual circle.
• A clear set of conditions (time, weather, health, ...).
• A blood cost and XP sacrifice to fuel the transmutation.

To begin a ritual, the alchemist must first create the Ritual Circle by using a Blood Bag on the ground.
The blood within the bag seeps into the soil, forming the sacred symbol that binds life and death.
Without this offering, no ritual can take shape — the circle simply cannot exist.

Success is never guaranteed: your health, experience, and faith determine the outcome.
Perform them wisely — for failure can be as dangerous as the power you seek.

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Ritual	Ingredient	Conditions	Cost	Result	Success Chance	Failure Effect
Health Ritual	Golden Apple	- Daytime - Clear weather - The player must have the Resurrection effect	60 Blood, 12 XP	Creates a Permanent Health potion by consuming 50% of the player’s health and their Resurrection effect	Increases with the player’s current health (10–90%)	Removes Resurrection, deals 3 hearts of magic damage, applies Wither II (6 s), and spawns flames and smoke
Strength Ritual	Iron Sword	- Nighttime - Clear weather - Health > 50%	75 Blood, 15 XP	Creates a Permanent Strength potion and deals 2 hearts of damage	Increases with the player’s experience level (65–90%)	Deals 3 hearts of damage, applies Weakness I (10 s) and Nausea (5 s), and spawns smoke and lava
Speed Ritual	Feather	- Daytime - Clear weather	50 Blood, 12 XP	Creates a Permanent Speed potion	Increases with the player’s experience level (75–95%)	Deals 2 hearts of damage, applies Slowness II (10 s) and Fatigue I (10 s), and spawns smoke and spores
Infinity Ritual	Nether Star	- Deep night - Clear weather - Health ≤ 50%	250 Blood, 40 XP	Creates an Infinity potion, dealing 75% of the player’s max health as damage	Slightly increases with the player’s experience level (20–50%)	Causes an explosion (power 4), applies Wither II (15 s), Blindness (10 s), and Slowness II (20 s)
Summoning Ritual	Rotten Flesh	No special conditions	1 Blood, 1 XP	Summons a loyal zombie servant for 1 minute	Increases when the player’s health is low (50–100%)	Summons a hostile zombie instead

The player must remain near the ritual circle for it to take effect.

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⚗️ Special Items

Alchemical Stones

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Effect	Description	Affected Blocks	Base
Acid	Destroys most weak blocks upon contact, mimicking acid corrosion.	Low-hardness blocks (dirt, wood, sand, etc.)	Acid Potion
Acid II	Same as normal version, but with greater radius and destruction power.	Blocks with resistance < 6	Acid II Potion
Petrification	Converts blocks into cobblestone.	All	Petrification Potion
Petrification II	Converts blocks into bedrock.	All	Petrification II Potion
Alchemist	Transmutes coal blocks into gold.	Coal blocks	Alchemist Potion
Ignition	Transforms blocks as a furnace would (smelting, burning, etc.).	Sand, Red Sand, Cobblestone, Stone, Netherrack, Clay, Wet Sponge, Raw Metal Blocks, Grass	Ignition Potion
Resurrection	Grant the resurrection effect, when the effect save you from death, you teleport back to the spot.	All	Resurrection Potion

Items capable of storing potion essences and applying the effect to the terrain (e.g. acidification, petrification…).

Imbued Weapons

Weapons can be charged with a potion effect.
Each effect lasts for a number of hits based on the potion’s duration, with a minimum of 10 hits.

Syringes

• Allow collecting blood by using them or hitting entities.
• Can store an entity’s effects or inject them into another.
• 20 uses

Ingredients

• Blood Bag: stores collected blood (different blood types exist).
• Alchemist Core: replaces Nether Wart in recipes, rarer.
• Witch’s Finger, Zombie Brain, Claw, Leaf

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💰 Loot

New Drops

Creature	Item	Quantity	Chance
Zombie	Zombie Brain	1	50%
Witch	Witch’s Finger	1–5	70%
Cat	Claw	1–5	50%
Ocelot	Claw	1–5	100%
Wolf	Claw	1–5	30%

These rates may vary depending on the Looting enchantment.

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🧩 Compatibility

ModMenu:

• Access a configuration menu directly from ModMenu.
• Allows enabling/disabling each potion individually.

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🛠️ Planned

• Updates will cover the two latest Minecraft versions; if you want an older version updated, contact me by email.
• More potions & new alchemical interactions.
• Balance adjustments for late-game effects.

A smarter and more immersive way to craft and use potions in Minecraft.

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Got feedback or ideas for the mod? Let me know!

• Email: [email protected]