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v0.13:Commands

2018-09-27T21:11:12Z

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'''Commands''' in ''Mystcraft'' are advanced features activated by typing certain strings of text into the console. Their use is usually restricted to Ops of some level.

== /myst-agebook ==

<pre>Usage: /myst-agebook [Dimension-ID] </pre>
spawns a [[Descriptive Book]] for the specified [[v0.13:Ages|Age]], if a Mystcraft age already exists with that Dimension ID. Note that in vanilla Minecraft, the Overworld is Dim 0, The Nether is Dim -1 and The End is Dim 1, so assuming you have no other mods creating ages for you, your first age should be Age 2.

If you're not certain which ages you have, your ages can be found in your /.minecraft/saves/<world name>/data/ folder, in the style of 'agedata_<x>.dat', where <x> is your age's Dimension ID.

If no age is specified, it attempts to create a descriptive book for the dimension you're currently in.

==/myst-create==
<pre>Usage: /myst-create <Dimension ID> </pre>

Creates a new, completely randomised Mystcraft age in the specified dimension. if a dimension already exists for that ID (that is, if Mystcraft or any other mod has registered a dimension there) then it will error out with the warning "Failed to register dimension for id <x>, One is already registered".

==/myst-permissions==

<pre>Usage: /myst-permissions <player> <restrict|permit> <entry|depart> <all|dimid> </pre>

Used to specify whether a given player can enter or leave a given dimension. For example, using the command '/myst-permissions <your name> restrict entry all' will make you unable to use any linking books - their panels will appear greyed out. Similarly, using /myst-permissions <your name> restrict depart 0' will make you unable to use linking books in the Overworld - but if you take them to The Nether or The End, they'll work just fine.

This can be used to create prison ages - if you restrict departure from an age, then unless they have another way out such as a star fissure or another mod's teleporter, that player will be stuck there.

==/myst-regenchunk==

<pre>Usage: /myst-regenchunk <radius> <dimension id> <chunk x, chunk z></pre>

resets a chunk to its original state when the dimension was first created. Defaults to the chunk you're standing in, with a radius of 3.

'radius' is how many chunks in each direction get regenerated.

Dimension is which dimension or age to regenerate chunks in.

Note: This command will not work unless the age is currently loaded - that is, if there's someone standing in it. (Does it work with chunkloaders? Some testing may be needed)

chunk x/chunk z - the coordinates of the chunk you wish to regenerate. Defaults to the chunk you're standing in. To find out the chunk-coordinates, take the coordinates of the chunk you wish to regenerate and divide them by 16.

==/myst-reprofile==

<pre>usage: /myst-reprofile [dimension ID]</pre>

(re)Profiles the instability level of the specified mystcraft dimension. If you've changed the instability levels in the configuration files for Mystcraft, and the instability levels don't seem to have changed to match, you'll want to run this command. If no Dimension ID is given, it attempts to reprofile the age you're currently in.

==/myst-toggleworldinstability==

An alias of ''/myst-twi''.

<pre>Usage: /myst-toggleworldinstability [Dimension ID] </pre>

turns on or off all instability effects for a given dimension, or if no dimension is specified, it attempts to do it for the dimension you're currently standing in.

== /tpx ==

'''/tpx''' is works identically to the ''/tp'' command in vanilla Minecraft, except it permits teleportation between dimensions.

<pre>Usage: /tpx [subject:player] <target:player | target:dim [x y z]></pre>

''subject:player'' is the player who will be teleported. It defaults to yourself if left blank. Must be specified if ''target:player'' is specified.

''target:player'' is the player to which ''subject:player'' will be teleported. May only be used if ''subject:player'' is specified.

''target:dim'' is the dimension ID of the dimension you will be teleporting to.

''x y z'' are the x, y, and z coordinates you will be teleporting to.

== /myst-dbg ==

'''/myst-dbg''' is used for many useful commands, including marking an age for deletion, reading and editing instability values, and more.

=== Mark Age for Deletion ===
<pre>Usage: /myst-dbg run ages agedata_# experimental mark_dead</pre>

''#'' is the dimension ID of the Age you would like to overwrite, and you must be present in that Age in order for this command to work. The Age will be marked "dead" and will be overwritten when a new Age is created.

=== Check Instability Values ===
<pre>Usage: /myst-dbg read ages agedata_# instability <blocks_total | bonus_total | book | debug | symbols | total></pre>

''#'' is the dimension ID of the Age you would like to check. Choose only one instability source from within the brackets, and the instability contributed by that source will be printed in the command console.

=== Check Instability Sources ===
<pre>Usage: /myst-dbg read ages agedata_# instability <blocks | bonus></pre>

''#'' is the dimension ID of the Age you would like to check. Choose only one instability source from within the brackets, and all of the instability sources in that category that are present in the Age will be printed in the command console.
=== Other usage ===
It is possible to "explore" what the debug command can provide using the tab completion. Pressing tab will automatically complete the current step with the next best match. Pressing it again will cycle to the next possible match, eventually looping around. If multiple matches are available, they will be displayed in the chat box.
However, the autocompletion does not take into account if the read, set, or run instruction is valid for the item.

{|class="wikitable"
! entry
! Type
! Description
|-
!global
|
|Global information not pertaining to any specific age
|-
!global profiler file_output
|bool (read, set)
|If true, profiler results for ages will be written to file (<code>logs/profiling/</code>)
|-
!global profilerqueue size
|number (read)
|Provides the current number of chunks to be profiled
|-
!data
|
| Stored data and baseline information
|-
! data instability_calc freevals <block name>
|number (read)
| Amount of instability score from specific blocks which is ignored
|-
! data instability_calc profiled <block name>
|number (read)
|Average density profiled for block in baseline profiler
|-
! data instability_calc profiled_chunks
|number (read)
|Number of chunks profiled in baseline profiler
|-
! ages
|
|Section for age-related information (only appears when ages are loaded)
|-
! ages <agedata_#> experimental mark_dead
|verb (run)
|Flags the dimension as to be recycled. Cannot be undone. Dead dimensions are recycled when a new dimension needs to be created.
|-
! <nowiki>ages <agedata_#> instability <blocks_total | bonus_total | book | symbols | total></nowiki>
|number (read)
|Instability numbers
|-
! <nowiki>ages <agedata_#> instability <blocks | bonus> <name></nowiki>
|number (read)
|Instability numbers for specific items
|-
! ages <agedata_#> instability debug
|number (read, set)
|Artificial instability (can be negative; is not saved)
|-
! ages <agedata_#> profiled_chunks
|number (read)
|Total number of chunks profiled in this age
|}

v0.13:Commands

2018-09-27T20:56:02Z

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'''Commands''' in ''Mystcraft'' are advanced features activated by typing certain strings of text into the console. Their use is usually restricted to Ops of some level.

== /myst-agebook ==

<pre>Usage: /myst-agebook [Dimension-ID] </pre>
spawns a [[Descriptive Book]] for the specified [[v0.13:Ages|Age]], if a Mystcraft age already exists with that Dimension ID. Note that in vanilla Minecraft, the Overworld is Dim 0, The Nether is Dim -1 and The End is Dim 1, so assuming you have no other mods creating ages for you, your first age should be Age 2.

If you're not certain which ages you have, your ages can be found in your /.minecraft/saves/<world name>/data/ folder, in the style of 'agedata_<x>.dat', where <x> is your age's Dimension ID.

If no age is specified, it attempts to create a descriptive book for the dimension you're currently in.

==/myst-create==
<pre>Usage: /myst-create <Dimension ID> </pre>

Creates a new, completely randomised Mystcraft age in the specified dimension. if a dimension already exists for that ID (that is, if Mystcraft or any other mod has registered a dimension there) then it will error out with the warning "Failed to register dimension for id <x>, One is already registered".

==/myst-permissions==

<pre>Usage: /myst-permissions <player> <restrict|permit> <entry|depart> <all|dimid> </pre>

Used to specify whether a given player can enter or leave a given dimension. For example, using the command '/myst-permissions <your name> restrict entry all' will make you unable to use any linking books - their panels will appear greyed out. Similarly, using /myst-permissions <your name> restrict depart 0' will make you unable to use linking books in the Overworld - but if you take them to The Nether or The End, they'll work just fine.

This can be used to create prison ages - if you restrict departure from an age, then unless they have another way out such as a star fissure or another mod's teleporter, that player will be stuck there.

==/myst-regenchunk==

<pre>Usage: /myst-regenchunk <radius> <dimension id> <chunk x, chunk z></pre>

resets a chunk to its original state when the dimension was first created. Defaults to the chunk you're standing in, with a radius of 3.

'radius' is how many chunks in each direction get regenerated.

Dimension is which dimension or age to regenerate chunks in.

Note: This command will not work unless the age is currently loaded - that is, if there's someone standing in it. (Does it work with chunkloaders? Some testing may be needed)

chunk x/chunk z - the coordinates of the chunk you wish to regenerate. Defaults to the chunk you're standing in. To find out the chunk-coordinates, take the coordinates of the chunk you wish to regenerate and divide them by 16.

==/myst-reprofile==

<pre>usage: /myst-reprofile [dimension ID]</pre>

(re)Profiles the instability level of the specified mystcraft dimension. If you've changed the instability levels in the configuration files for Mystcraft, and the instability levels don't seem to have changed to match, you'll want to run this command. If no Dimension ID is given, it attempts to reprofile the age you're currently in.

==/myst-toggleworldinstability==

An alias of ''/myst-twi''.

<pre>Usage: /myst-toggleworldinstability [Dimension ID] </pre>

turns on or off all instability effects for a given dimension, or if no dimension is specified, it attempts to do it for the dimension you're currently standing in.

== /tpx ==

'''/tpx''' is works identically to the ''/tp'' command in vanilla Minecraft, except it permits teleportation between dimensions.

<pre>Usage: /tpx [subject:player] <target:player | target:dim [x y z]></pre>

''subject:player'' is the player who will be teleported. It defaults to yourself if left blank. Must be specified if ''target:player'' is specified.

''target:player'' is the player to which ''subject:player'' will be teleported. May only be used if ''subject:player'' is specified.

''target:dim'' is the dimension ID of the dimension you will be teleporting to.

''x y z'' are the x, y, and z coordinates you will be teleporting to.

== /myst-dbg ==

'''/myst-dbg''' is used for many useful commands, including marking an age for deletion, reading and editing instability values, and more.

=== Mark Age for Deletion ===
<pre>Usage: /myst-dbg run ages agedata_# experimental mark_dead</pre>

''#'' is the dimension ID of the Age you would like to overwrite, and you must be present in that Age in order for this command to work. The Age will be marked "dead" and will be overwritten when a new Age is created.

=== Check Instability Values ===
<pre>Usage: /myst-dbg read ages agedata_# instability <blocks_total | bonus_total | book | debug | symbols | total></pre>

''#'' is the dimension ID of the Age you would like to check. Choose only one instability source from within the brackets, and the instability contributed by that source will be printed in the command console.

=== Check Instability Sources ===
<pre>Usage: /myst-dbg read ages agedata_# instability <blocks | bonus></pre>

''#'' is the dimension ID of the Age you would like to check. Choose only one instability source from within the brackets, and all of the instability sources in that category that are present in the Age will be printed in the command console.
=== Other usage ===
It is possible to "explore" what the debug command can provide using the tab completion. Pressing tab will automatically complete the current step with the next best match. Pressing it again will cycle to the next possible match, eventually looping around. If multiple matches are available, they will be displayed in the chat box.
However, the autocompletion does not take into account if the read, set, or run instruction is valid for the item.

{|class="wikitable"
! entry
! Type
! Description
|-
!global
|
|Global information not pertaining to any specific age
|-
!global profiler file_output
|bool (read, set)
|If true, profiler results for ages will be written to file (<code>logs/profiling/</code>)
|-
!global profilerqueue size
|number (read)
|Provides the current number of chunks to be profiled
|-
!data
|
| Stored data and baseline information
|-
! data instability_calc freevals <block name>
|number (read)
| Amount of instability score from specific blocks which is ignored
|-
! data instability_calc profiled <block name>
|number (read)
|Average density profiled for block in baseline profiler
|-
! data instability_calc profiled_chunks
|number (read)
|Number of chunks profiled in baseline profiler
|-
! ages
|
|Section for age-related information (only appears when ages are loaded)
|-
! ages <agedata_#> experimental mark_dead
|verb (run)
|Flags the dimension as to be recycled. Cannot be undone. Dead dimensions are recycled when a new dimension needs to be created.
|-
! <nowiki>ages <agedata_#> instability <blocks_total | bonus_total | book | symbols | total></nowiki>
|number (read)
|Instability numbers
|-
! <nowiki>ages <agedata_#> instability <blocks | bonus> <name></nowiki>
|number (read)
|Instability numbers for specific items
|-
! ages <agedata_#> instability debug
|number (read, set)
|Artificial instability
|-
! ages <agedata_#> profiled_chunks
|number (read)
|Total number of chunks profiled in this age
|}

Mystcraft:Community portal

2018-08-27T15:21:40Z

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Right now, the main thing we need is to cover all of the concepts at least roughly. Details are easy to add and correct once the bones are in place.

Check out the [[help:wiki structure|wiki structure]] so you can get the basic idea of how the wiki is organized, and then feel free to edit and add anything you know.

== How to ask Questions on a Wiki ==
If something is missing or unclear, you can use the Talk page for any topic in order to ask other users. If you have a question on a topic that doesn't currently exist in the wiki, just [[Help:Starting_a_new_page|create it]] and fill in whatever you do know. This gives you a talk page to ask on. When creating pages, be sure to check out the [[help:wiki structure|wiki structure]], as ours is a bit fancy.

== Discord ==
We have a Discord channel where we discuss the mod and the wiki. https://discord.gg/pRGH45W

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v0.13:Items

2018-07-26T21:22:37Z

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Mystcraft adds several [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Item Items], mostly related to [[Writing]] and [[Linking]] to [[Ages]].

== Books ==

[[#Linking_Book|Linking Books]] and [[#Descriptive_Book|Descriptive Books]] allow for transport across (and sometimes within) dimensions (( see talk page )). They will take damage if dropped on the ground, can be protected from this damage with a [[#Book_Stand|Book Stand]] or [[#Lectern|Lectern]], and does not follow the user linking with it.

Linking and Descriptive Books can be opened by right-clicking while holding one in the Player's hand. The [[Ages|Age]] the book links to can be entered by clicking on the [[Linking#Linking_Panel|Linking Panel]] inside the book, however, the book will drop from the Player's inventory when they teleport. As a book lays on the ground, it will slowly accumulate damage that cannot be repaired. This can be avoided by placing the book inside a Book Stand. The Book Stand can be right-clicked with a book to place the book inside, and an occupied Book Stand can be right-clicked to open the book to click the Linking Panel.

=== Descriptive Books ===
Descriptive books are created by binding a [[Link Panel Page]], a piece of leather and any [[Pages]] the player chooses to add in if any. These items may be bound together using the [[Items#Book_Binder|Book Binder]]. When used the player will be sent into the [[Ages|Age]] and if not previously used by another player, the [[Ages|Age]] will generate. Information on creating [[Ages]] according to the player's specifications can be found [[Writing|here]].

=== Book Binder ===

An item used to make [[Items#Descriptive_Books|Descriptive Books]] by binding a [[Link Panel Page]] and potential [[Pages]] using a piece of leather.

=== Linking Book ===

Linking books are created by holding an Unlinked Link Book in the hand and right-clicking with it. The link created permanently captures both the link location and the direction the user is facing when the link is created.

[[File:Unlinked_link_book_recipe.png|thumb|Crafting Recipe for Unlinked Link books.]]

== Ink ==

Ink is a key element of mystcraft that allows for the duplication of discovered [[Pages]] and the creation of [[Link Panel Page]]s for usage in descriptive books and linking books.

=== Ink Vial ===

Ink vials are used in both the [[Items#Ink_Mixer|Ink Mixer]] and [[Items#Writing_Desk|Writing Desk]].

[[File:Ink_vial.png|thumb|Crafting Recipe for Ink Vials.]]

=== Ink Mixer ===

The ink mixer is used to make [[Link Panel Page]]s by adding an [[Items#Ink_Vial|Ink Vial]] and paper.

[[File:Ink_mixer.png|thumb|Crafting Recipe for the Ink Mixer.]]

=== Black Ink ===

The liquid form of ink that can be created through the use of other mods or cleaver age writing to be bottled into [[Items#Ink_Vial|ink vials]] for use.

== Folders ==

Folders are items that hold and organize [[Pages]]. Pages stored in any type of folder can be searched using the search bar and sorted alphabetically. Folders can be stored in a writing desk for convenience.

=== Collation Folder ===

The basic folder that can hold pages

[[File:Collation_folder_recipe.png|thumb|Crafting Recipe for the Collation Folder.]]

=== Symbol Portfolio ===

A slightly more expensive version of the Collation Folder, however unlike the Collation Folder, duplicate [[Pages]] inside a symbol portfolio will stack.

[[File:Portfolio_recipe.png|thumb|Crafting Recipe for the Portfolio.]]

== Stands ==

Book Stands and lecterns are blocks used to hold [[#Linking_Book|Linking Books]] and [[#Descriptive_Book|Descriptive Books]] to display them and keep them from degrading.

=== Book Stand ===

A simple Book Stand

[[File:Book_stand_recipe.png|thumb|Crafting Recipe for the Book Stand.]]

=== Lectern ===

A nicer, sleeker, more professional looking Book Stand

[[File:Lectern_recipe.png|thumb|Crafting Recipe for the Lectern.]]

v0.13:Ages

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{{av}}An Age is a separate dimension accessed by creating a [[Items#Descriptive_Book|Descriptive Book]].

Using a [[Book Binder]], an [[Items#Ink_Mixer|Ink Mixer]], some leather, paper, and [[Items#Ink|Ink]], you can create an empty Descriptive Book.

By including [[Symbols]] in the Book Binder, you can decide which features you want in the new Age. This allows you to reduce [[Instability]] significantly.

v0.13:Link Panel Page

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A link panel page is made by adding paper and an [[Items#Ink_Vial|Ink Vial]] into an [[Items#Ink_Mixer|Ink Mixer]]. Additional [[Modifiers]] may be added during the creation of the link panel page in the [[Items#Ink_Mixer|Ink Mixer]], or post creation and usage in a book through the use of the creative-only [[Items#Link_Modifier|Link Modifier]].

v0.13:Getting Started

2018-07-26T21:14:24Z

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'''Mystcraft''' is a mod based on the universe introduced by Cyan's groundbreaking 1993 game, ''Myst.'' It allows you to create and travel to dimensions, called Ages, by "writing" books with symbol pages that describe aspects you wish the Age to have. A [[Descriptive Book]], when completed, has a panel that will transport the player into the Age it describes.

Be warned: Mystcraft-based transportation between vanilla dimensions, dimension from other mods, and Mystcraft Ages are one-way. A [[Linking Book]] or two will allow you to return. It is possible to get stuck in a dying Age, unable to return to the Overworld.

'''Any book used (Linking or descriptive) will stay behind.''' Returning requires either another book, or some tool from another mod. Finding and jumping into a [[Star Fissure]] will also return you to the overworld.

===Resources Needed===
The three most frequently used resources are: sugar cane, leather, and ink sacs. Setting up cane and cow farms near a squid-spawning body of water is helpful, though not strictly required. A wheat farm will help with increasing your herd.

Other resources required for a minimal setup:
* 5 smooth stone
* 12 planks
* 3 iron ingots
* 3 sand, smelted into glass, and crafted into glass bottles
* 1 feather

Some extra wood and a piece of string will allow you to make a [[Items#Book_Stand|Book Stand]] or [[Items#Lectern|Lectern]], and the useful [[Items#Symbol_Portfolio|Symbol Portfolio]]

===Equipment===
To write custom Ages, craft and place:
* [[Ink Mixer]]
* [[Book Binder]]
* [[Writing Desk]] (2 blocks wide)

The Writing Desk has two primary functions: organizing symbols, and making duplicates/copies of them. It is NOT necessary, but the balance of available symbols might not be sufficient if you do not have a way to make duplicates of them.

Craft at least one [[Ink Vial]] and put it in the upper-left box in the ink mixer's interface. The ink itself will go into the center of the mixer, making a black circle, and depositing the emptied vial in the upper-right box. Put paper in the lower-left box and, provided ink is available, a [[Link Panel Page]] will appear in the lower-right box.

Put leather in the book binder, in the square slot on the left side of the interface.

===Create and Travel to a Random Age===
Take a Link Panel Page from the ink mixer and put it in the wide grey space of the book binder. The "Missing Link Panel" warning will go away. In the text box at the top of the book binder interface, type the name you give to this Age. (In ''Myst: The Book of Atrus,'' the title character named his first Age ''Inception.'') If you have additional symbol pages, they would be added after the link panel in the grey box to narrow down the specifics of your Age; however, the minimum requirement for creating a descriptive book is just a name, a piece of leather for the cover, and a linking panel.

Take your descriptive book out of the book binder. Right click with it in your hand and it will open to the linking panel.

'''Note:''' Clicking on the link panel will take you to this new Age with no way back!

Craft a [[Linking Book]] by combining a link panel page with a piece of leather in any crafting grid. It will begin as a grey, unlinked book. Right-clicking on the ground (or other nearby object) with an unlinked linking book in your hand will forever link it to that place. Doing this in the Overworld will allow you to get back. The standard link panel page can only be used to travel across Ages/dimensions. (Intra-demension linking is possible by making different ink in the ink mixer.)

It's best to bring a few book stands or lecterns with you as well. Linking transports ''you,'' but not the book that remains behind as you travel to the new Age. Books on the ground lose durability, especially if they get wet. Book stands and lecterns protect the books from this damage.

Once you have a descriptive book, one or more linked linking books, and a book stand or two, you're ready to travel. Place down a book stand/lectern and put your Age descriptive book on it. Open the book and click the linking panel on the first page. Once you arrive in the new Age, place another book stand in a safe place and put your return linking book on it.

Now you're thinking with Mystcraft!

===Next Steps===
What to do next is up to you. Some ideas:
* Quickly link back to the Overworld because this Age is hazardous!
* Explore this Age because it's not too hazardous (maybe even quite pleasant)
* Seek out symbol pages in either the Overworld or your new Age so that you can be more specific about your Age design next time
* Set up a transportation hub with a collection of linking books to useful points of interest in the universe
* Trick your enemies into linking to Ages with no return book to trap them
* Link yourself into an Age with no linking book to see if you can find a way back to the Overworld (there are a few possibilities with a little luck)
* Learn about [[Instability]] or [[Writing]] by reading these articles (spoilers!), or try to figure those things out in-game

=== External links ===
Tutorial (detailed) playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFYVR-tqmunWjoBJydHMNdeHC6PDjh7ns
(Written for an older version, but still 98%+ accurate.)','utf-8'),(218,'The '''descriptive book''' is an object crafted in the [[Book Binder]]. It creates and allows travel to a new custom dimension, known as an "Age." The Ages can be random, or crafted carefully by [[Writing|writing]] a description of the desired Age with [[Pages|symbol pages]].

==Use==
The safest way to use a descriptive book is to place it on a [[Lectern|lectern]] or [[Book Stand|book stand]] first. To use a book displayed in this way, right click to open the book to the first page, then left-click the linking panel to travel to the Age described.

The same process is used with a book held in the hand, but at the risk of damaging or destroying the book itself (see Warnings:Dropped Books, below).

With books that have been written with symbols, opening the book and then clicking on the folded page corners allow you to turn the pages and review which symbols were used, and in what order. This is useful to learn about the grammar of writing, or to figure out why an Age is not what you expected.

A book on the ground is picked up by sneak-right-clicking with an empty hand.

==Warnings==
===One Way Trip===
All links to new Ages are one-way. It is highly recommended that you carry one or more [[Linking Book|linking books]] with you. Without a return linking book, you may become trapped in the new Age if there is not a [[Star Fissure|star fissure]] to jump into. Otherwise, hope that the materials necessary to create ink, paper, and other supplies are available on this Age in order to write new Ages in search of a star fissure.

===Dropped Books===
A descriptive book used to link to an Age does not follow the user. If protected by a lectern or book stand, it remains safe. However, if the book was held in the user's hand when they linked, it will drop to the ground and begin taking damage which cannot be repaired. The rate of damage is faster when exposed to liquid, such as during rain or if dropped into a lake or other body of water. Books dropped into lava are almost instantly destroyed.

===Instability===
Main Page: [[Instability]] 
Sometimes Ages are written poorly. Common writing problems include an insufficiently specific description, greed (an Age made entirely of diamond ore, for example), including contradictory elements, or simply not following the grammar used by the special form of the D'ni language known as "The Skill" or "The Art." When writing errors are made, Ages can exhibit features known collectively as ''[[Instability|instability]].''

Instability can manifest subtle ways, such as the occasional unexpected onset of undesirable potion effects, or in more spectacular and highly hazardous ways, such as a rain of destructive meteors. A particularly insidious form of instability is [[Decay]], which as its name suggests, causes the very substance of the Age itself to decay, eventually leading to its complete destruction over time. Being trapped in a decaying Age is problematic.

==Crafting==
In a [[Book Binder|book binder]], put leather in the square slot on the left side of the interface and a [[Linking Panel Page|link panel page]] plus, optionally, any desired symbol pages in the wide dark field underneath. Right-clicking on the dark field with a [[Collation Folder|collation folder]] will empty the contents of the folder, in order, into the book binder for ease of composition and binding.

Name the Age in the text box at the top, and the bound descriptive book will appear in the square box at the right of the interface.

Main Page

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* [[Getting Started|Getting Started with Mystcraft]]
* [[Ages|What is an Age?]]
* [[Writing|Writing Ages]]
* [[Linking|Linking to Ages]]
* [[Instability|Instability Effects in an Age]]
* [[Items|Mystcraft added Items]]
* [[help:wiki structure|Having trouble following the wiki?]]
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Mystcraft is a mod for Minecraft, inspired by the computer games and lore of the Myst series. In Myst canon, special books could be written which allowed travel to new worlds called Ages, chosen according to the written contents of the books. Many such worlds are beautiful, but not all of them are safe. 
The mod is written and maintained by [http://xcompwiz.com XCompWiz] and HellFirePvP.

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== Grammar and Stable Writing ==

In order to better control the results of your writing, you will need to understand the Grammar. It’s best to plan out what kind of world you want in advance and make sure you satisfy as much of the grammar as possible.

Incomplete age descriptions will be parsed by the universe (following the grammar) and then further expanded. This is similar to if you provided the words "red" "dog" "ball" and a sentence generator expanded it to "The red dog plays with the ball". The grammar expansion is random, and may form different expansions: "The red car narrowly missed the dog chasing the green ball" is an equally valid expansion. These expansions are done similar to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parse_tree sentence tree structures].

The more detail provided initially, the less the universe will inject new variations to what has been written. Writing "The red dog plays with the ball" leaves far fewer options for expansion; usually the remaining expansions take the form of modifiers. "The big, red dog plays with the ball" or "The red dog plays with the ball in the yard" would be valid expansions of the English sentence.

Making mistakes, including conflicting or paradoxical passages, or attempting to write an Age with overabundant resources or advantages will result in an Age with [[Instability]]. Additionally, if the grammar is unsatisfied, symbols may be added to the age which may add instability.

''Modifier Pages'' come before the '''Modified Page''' in the symbol order; similar to ''Adjectives'' and '''Nouns''' in English.
*"''Red'' '''Ball'''" is correct, whereas "'''Ball''' ''Red''" would be grammatically incorrect.

== Standard Age ==

A "Standard Age" layout and recommend page order example is given below. For ease of identifying which pages modify others, ''Modifier Pages will be in Italics'', '''Modified Pages shown in Bold''' and finally pages that both ''Modify'' and can be '''Modified''' will be in both '''''Bold and Italics''''':

=== Link Panel ===

Link Panel Page,
*(May have additional properties added via the [[Ink Mixer]])

=== Terrain and World Type ===

''Biome Pages'', '''Biome Distribution Page'''

''Block Page''
*(Generates Terrain, replaces Stone/Dirt),

''Block Page or No Seas Page''
*(Generates Seas, replaces Water),

'''World Type Page'''

=== Weather Type and Light Level ===

Weather Page,
*(or replace with "No Weather" Page)

Lighting Page

=== Celestials ===

(Optional: Color Pages, Sunset Color Page)
'''''Length Pages, Direction Pages, Phase Pages,''''' '''Normal Sun''',
*(If no Sun, replace entire with Dark Sun)

(Optional: '''''Color Pages''''', '''''Sunset Color Page''''')
Length Pages, Direction Pages, Phase Pages, Normal Moon,
*(If no Moon, replace line with Dark Moon)

(Optional: '''''Length''''' and '''''Direction Pages''''')
'''''Color Pages''''', '''Star Page'''
*(If no stars, replace line with Dark Stars)

=== Visuals ===

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Sky Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Sky Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Night Sky Color'''
*(For Default Night Sky, use Black Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Fog Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Fog Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Cloud Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Cloud Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Water Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Water Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Foliage Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Foliage Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Grass Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Grass Color)

(Optional: Boundless Sky and/or Rainbow Pages)

=== World Features and Structures ===

'''Large Feature, Medium Feature, Small Feature,'''
*(Or replace with Lacking X Feature, however Lacking Small/Meduim Features will result in some instability)
**(Features will sometimes accept ''Block Pages'' to generate the material, '''Floating Islands''' also accepts a ''Biome Page'')

=== Effects ===

(Optional: Effects Pages)

'''Clear Modifiers Page''' 
'''Clear Modifiers''' is optional but reduces the chances of the age being violently unstable due to unused modifiers. It generates a small amount of instability for every “dangling” or “unused” ''Modifier'' page it accepts. This can be used as a “safety net” at the end of complex passages to clear all modifiers if you are unsure of your grammar.

In practice, unused modifiers are assigned usages by the grammar, so there are rarely unused modifiers by the time this symbol is applied.

=== Gradients ===

Gradients can be used to change Sunset, Stars, Sky, Night Sky, Fog, and Cloud color, and have them shift between colors over a certain length of time.

Example format with three alternating colors in the sky:

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 1)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 2)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 3)

'''Sky Color Page'''

Length determines how long a color will last before it's completely faded to the next color, and color page mixing are standard Mystcraft rules. You must have at least two colors to alternate between but you may add as many as needed.
*Length seems to be half as long as Celestial lengths for gradients, if you wanted to sync a color shift to a celestial, you can include the same Length pages for both.
**(Example: ''''Red Color''''', '''''Full Length''''', '''Gradient Page''' would sync to a Celestial also using only "Full Length" for it's movement.)

=== Additional Notes ===

* '''"Replace line"''' in the above example means '''"Remove that page and all its modifier pages, the replacement page accepts 0 modifiers"'''

* Additional Celestials, Features and Effects can be added, as long as they remain in the correct format.

* Native Biome Distribution, Natural X Color pages, and Dark Celestials accept no modifiers.

* Any optional sections you decide to leave out may be randomized for you, the Grammar will not be satisfied for those sections, the more specific you are the less is left to chance.
** For an age to be “stable” it must have all grammar elements satisfied, and use no pages that generate base instability.
*** It is possible to have “pseudo-stable” ages with some instability, but not enough for decay, usually by balancing the “unstable” pages with ones that reduce instability.

*Effects will not be added randomly unless the age is unstable due to either greedy pages like Dense Ores or grammar errors.
**There are pages that will add instability, anything that adds ores or other rare resources, or give some form of advantage to the player will generally cause instability.
***Pages like Dense Ores, Diamond Ore Block, Accelerated, etc. will create a lot of instability.
****Ages with Acceleration will cause instability, because it makes farms more efficient.
****Ages with Bright Lighting will cause instability, because they are easier to mine in.
****Ages with Dense Ores will cause instability, because they have more abundant ore generation.

*All of these things will cause [[Instability]] (via Greed), and possibly lead to Decay.
*However, pages that intentionally make the age more dangerous actually add some base stability to the Age. Examples of these pages are “Lightning” “Scorched Surface” or “Random Explosions”, some mods will even add materials that are dangerous enough to qualify for this effect.

== XComp's Notes ==
* "Some symbols function as modifiers for other modifiers" (ex. Red Color can mix with other colors, Half Length with other lengths, North Direction with other directions, etc).
* "Modifiers come before the symbol they modify"
* "Incomplete age descriptions will be parsed by the universe (following the grammar) and then further expanded"
** "This is similar to if you provided the words "red" "dog" "ball" and the universe expanded it to "The red dog plays with the ball". The grammar expansion is random, and may take different expansions: "The red car narrowly missed the dog chasing the green ball" is an equally valid expansion."
* "Not fully satisfying the grammar won't produce instability directly. The symbols added by the grammar might, however."

== Version Compatibility ==
*The grammar system above is current for Mystcraft Versions 0.12 through 0.13.4.04 [https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/mystcraft/files/2581192 (Latest Build)]

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== Grammar and Stable Writing ==

In order to write a stable age you will need to satisfy the Grammar when writing an Age. It’s best to plan out what kind of world you want in advance and make sure you satisfy as much of the grammar as possible.

Making mistakes, including conflicting or paradoxical passages, or attempting to write an Age with overabundant resources or advantages will result in an Age with [[Instability]]. Additionally, if the grammar is unsatisfied, symbols may be added to the age which may add instability.

''Modifier Pages'' come before the '''Modified Page''' in the page order; similar to ''Adjectives'' and '''Nouns''' in English.
*"''Red'' '''Ball'''" is correct, whereas "'''Ball''' ''Red''" would be grammatically incorrect.

== Standard Age ==

A "Standard Age" layout and recommend page order example is given below. For ease of identifying which pages modify others, ''Modifier Pages will be in Italics'', '''Modified Pages shown in Bold''' and finally pages that both ''Modify'' and can be '''Modified''' will be in both '''''Bold and Italics''''':

=== Link Panel ===

Link Panel Page,
*(May have additional properties added via the [[Ink Mixer]])

=== Terrain and World Type ===

''Biome Pages'', '''Biome Distribution Page'''

''Block Page''
*(Generates Terrain, replaces Stone/Dirt),

''Block Page or No Seas Page''
*(Generates Seas, replaces Water),

'''World Type Page'''

=== Weather Type and Light Level ===

Weather Page,
*(or replace with "No Weather" Page)

Lighting Page

=== Celestials ===

(Optional: Color Pages, Sunset Color Page)
'''''Length Pages, Direction Pages, Phase Pages,''''' '''Normal Sun''',
*(If no Sun, replace entire with Dark Sun)

(Optional: '''''Color Pages''''', '''''Sunset Color Page''''')
Length Pages, Direction Pages, Phase Pages, Normal Moon,
*(If no Moon, replace line with Dark Moon)

(Optional: '''''Length''''' and '''''Direction Pages''''')
'''''Color Pages''''', '''Star Page'''
*(If no stars, replace line with Dark Stars)

=== Visuals ===

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Sky Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Sky Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Night Sky Color'''
*(For Default Night Sky, use Black Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Fog Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Fog Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Cloud Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Cloud Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Water Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Water Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Foliage Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Foliage Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Grass Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Grass Color)

(Optional: Boundless Sky and/or Rainbow Pages)

=== World Features and Structures ===

'''Large Feature, Medium Feature, Small Feature,'''
*(Or replace with Lacking X Feature, however Lacking Small/Meduim Features will result in some instability)
**(Features will sometimes accept ''Block Pages'' to generate the material, '''Floating Islands''' also accepts a ''Biome Page'')

=== Effects ===

(Optional: Effects Pages)

'''Clear Modifiers Page''' 
'''Clear Modifiers''' is optional but reduces the chances of the age being violently unstable due to unused modifiers. It generates a small amount of instability for every “dangling” or “unused” ''Modifier'' page it accepts. This can be used as a “safety net” at the end of complex passages to clear all modifiers if you are unsure of your grammar.

In practice, unused modifiers are assigned usages by the grammar, so there are rarely unused modifiers by the time this symbol is applied.

=== Gradients ===

Gradients can be used to change Sunset, Stars, Sky, Night Sky, Fog, and Cloud color, and have them shift between colors over a certain length of time.

Example format with three alternating colors in the sky:

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 1)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 2)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 3)

'''Sky Color Page'''

Length determines how long a color will last before it's completely faded to the next color, and color page mixing are standard Mystcraft rules. You must have at least two colors to alternate between but you may add as many as needed.
*Length seems to be half as long as Celestial lengths for gradients, if you wanted to sync a color shift to a celestial, you can include the same Length pages for both.
**(Example: ''''Red Color''''', '''''Full Length''''', '''Gradient Page''' would sync to a Celestial also using only "Full Length" for it's movement.)

=== Additional Notes ===

* '''"Replace line"''' in the above example means '''"Remove that page and all its modifier pages, the replacement page accepts 0 modifiers"'''

* Additional Celestials, Features and Effects can be added, as long as they remain in the correct format.

* Native Biome Distribution, Natural X Color pages, and Dark Celestials accept no modifiers.

* Any optional sections you decide to leave out may be randomized for you, the Grammar will not be satisfied for those sections, the more specific you are the less is left to chance.
** For an age to be “stable” it must have all grammar elements satisfied, and use no pages that generate base instability.
*** It is possible to have “pseudo-stable” ages with some instability, but not enough for decay, usually by balancing the “unstable” pages with ones that reduce instability.

*Effects will not be added randomly unless the age is unstable due to either greedy pages like Dense Ores or grammar errors.
**There are pages that will add instability, anything that adds ores or other rare resources, or give some form of advantage to the player will generally cause instability.
***Pages like Dense Ores, Diamond Ore Block, Accelerated, etc. will create a lot of instability.
****Ages with Acceleration will cause instability, because it makes farms more efficient.
****Ages with Bright Lighting will cause instability, because they are easier to mine in.
****Ages with Dense Ores will cause instability, because they have more abundant ore generation.

*All of these things will cause [[Instability]] (via Greed), and possibly lead to Decay.
*However, pages that intentionally make the age more dangerous actually add some base stability to the Age. Examples of these pages are “Lightning” “Scorched Surface” or “Random Explosions”, some mods will even add materials that are dangerous enough to qualify for this effect.

== XComp's Notes ==
* "Some symbols function as modifiers for other modifiers" (ex. Red Color can mix with other colors, Half Length with other lengths, North Direction with other directions, etc).
* "Modifiers come before the symbol they modify"
* "Incomplete age descriptions will be parsed by the universe (following the grammar) and then further expanded"
** "This is similar to if you provided the words "red" "dog" "ball" and the universe expanded it to "The red dog plays with the ball". The grammar expansion is random, and may take different expansions: "The red car narrowly missed the dog chasing the green ball" is an equally valid expansion."
* "Not fully satisfying the grammar won't produce instability directly. The symbols added by the grammar might, however."

== Version Compatibility ==
*The grammar system above is current for Mystcraft Versions 0.12 through 0.13.4.04 [https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/mystcraft/files/2581192 (Latest Build)]

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2018-07-10T23:21:14Z

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{{av}}

== Grammar and Stable Writing ==

In order to write a stable age you will need to satisfy the Grammar when writing an Age. It’s best to plan out what kind of world you want in advance and make sure you satisfy as much of the grammar as possible.

Failing to satisfy the grammar, making mistakes, including conflicting or paradoxical passages, or attempting to write an Age with overabundant resources or advantages will result in an Age with [[Instability]].

The simplest explanation of the grammar is simply: ''Modifier Pages'' come before the '''Modified Page''' in the page order; similar to ''Adjectives'' and '''Nouns''' in English.

*"''Red'' '''Ball'''" is correct, whereas "'''Ball''' ''Red''" would be grammatically incorrect.

== Standard Age ==

A "Standard Age" layout and recommend page order example is given below. For ease of identifying which pages modify others, ''Modifier Pages will be in Italics'', '''Modified Pages shown in Bold''' and finally pages that both ''Modify'' and can be '''Modified''' will be in both '''''Bold and Italics''''':

=== Link Panel ===

Link Panel Page,
*(May have additional properties added via the [[Ink Mixer]])

=== Terrain and World Type ===

''Biome Pages'', '''Biome Distribution Page'''

''Block Page''
*(Generates Terrain, replaces Stone/Dirt),

''Block Page or No Seas Page''
*(Generates Seas, replaces Water),

'''World Type Page'''

=== Weather Type and Light Level ===

Weather Page,
*(or replace with "No Weather" Page)

Lighting Page

=== Celestials ===

(Optional: Color Pages, Sunset Color Page)
'''''Length Pages, Direction Pages, Phase Pages,''''' '''Normal Sun''',
*(If no Sun, replace entire with Dark Sun)

(Optional: '''''Color Pages''''', '''''Sunset Color Page''''')
Length Pages, Direction Pages, Phase Pages, Normal Moon,
*(If no Moon, replace line with Dark Moon)

(Optional: '''''Length''''' and '''''Direction Pages''''')
'''''Color Pages''''', '''Star Page'''
*(If no stars, replace line with Dark Stars)

=== Visuals ===

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Sky Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Sky Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Night Sky Color'''
*(For Default Night Sky, use Black Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Fog Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Fog Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Cloud Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Cloud Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Water Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Water Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Foliage Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Foliage Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Grass Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Grass Color)

(Optional: Boundless Sky and/or Rainbow Pages)

=== World Features and Structures ===

'''Large Feature, Medium Feature, Small Feature,'''
*(Or replace with Lacking X Feature, however Lacking Small/Meduim Features will result in some instability)
**(Features will sometimes accept ''Block Pages'' to generate the material, '''Floating Islands''' also accepts a ''Biome Page'')

=== Effects ===

(Optional: Effects Pages)

'''Clear Modifiers Page''' 
'''Clear Modifiers''' is optional but reduces the chances of the age being violently unstable due to unused modifiers. It generates a small amount of instability for every “dangling” or “unused” ''Modifier'' page it accepts. This can be used as a “safety net” at the end of complex passages to clear all modifiers if you are unsure of your grammar.

In practice, unused modifiers are assigned usages by the grammar, so there are rarely unused modifiers by the time this symbol is applied.

=== Gradients ===

Gradients can be used to change Sunset, Stars, Sky, Night Sky, Fog, and Cloud color, and have them shift between colors over a certain length of time.

Example format with three alternating colors in the sky:

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 1)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 2)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 3)

'''Sky Color Page'''

Length determines how long a color will last before it's completely faded to the next color, and color page mixing are standard Mystcraft rules. You must have at least two colors to alternate between but you may add as many as needed.
*Length seems to be half as long as Celestial lengths for gradients, if you wanted to sync a color shift to a celestial, you can include the same Length pages for both.
**(Example: ''''Red Color''''', '''''Full Length''''', '''Gradient Page''' would sync to a Celestial also using only "Full Length" for it's movement.)

=== Additional Notes ===

* '''"Replace line"''' in the above example means '''"Remove that page and all its modifier pages, the replacement page accepts 0 modifiers"'''

* Additional Celestials, Features and Effects can be added, as long as they remain in the correct format.

* Native Biome Distribution, Natural X Color pages, and Dark Celestials accept no modifiers.

* Any optional sections you decide to leave out may be randomized for you, the Grammar will not be satisfied for those sections, the more specific you are the less is left to chance.
** For an age to be “stable” it must have all grammar elements satisfied, and use no pages that generate base instability.
*** It is possible to have “pseudo-stable” ages with some instability, but not enough for decay, usually by balancing the “unstable” pages with ones that reduce instability.

*Effects will not be added randomly unless the age is unstable due to either greedy pages like Dense Ores or grammar errors.
**There are pages that will add instability, anything that adds ores or other rare resources, or give some form of advantage to the player will generally cause instability.
***Pages like Dense Ores, Diamond Ore Block, Accelerated, etc. will create a lot of instability.
****Ages with Acceleration will cause instability, because it makes farms more efficient.
****Ages with Bright Lighting will cause instability, because they are easier to mine in.
****Ages with Dense Ores will cause instability, because they have more abundant ore generation.

*All of these things will cause [[Instability]] (via Greed), and possibly lead to Decay.
*However, pages that intentionally make the age more dangerous actually add some base stability to the Age. Examples of these pages are “Lightning” “Scorched Surface” or “Random Explosions”, some mods will even add materials that are dangerous enough to qualify for this effect.

== XComp's Notes ==
* "Some symbols function as modifiers for other modifiers" (ex. Red Color can mix with other colors, Half Length with other lengths, North Direction with other directions, etc).
* "Modifiers come before the symbol they modify"
* "Incomplete age descriptions will be parsed by the universe (following the grammar) and then further expanded"
** "This is similar to if you provided the words "red" "dog" "ball" and the universe expanded it to "The red dog plays with the ball". The grammar expansion is random, and may take different expansions: "The red car narrowly missed the dog chasing the green ball" is an equally valid expansion."
* "Not fully satisfying the grammar won't produce instability directly. The symbols added by the grammar might, however."

== Version Compatibility ==
*The grammar system above is current for Mystcraft Versions 0.12 through 0.13.4.04 [https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/mystcraft/files/2581192 (Latest Build)]

v0.13:Writing

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== Grammar and Stable Writing ==

In order to write a stable age you will need to satisfy the Grammar when writing an Age. It’s best to plan out what kind of world you want in advance and make sure you satisfy as much of the grammar as possible.

Failing to satisfy the grammar, making mistakes, including conflicting or paradoxical passages, or attempting to write an Age with overabundant resources or advantages will result in an Age with [[Instability]].

The simplest explanation of the grammar is simply: ''Modifier Pages'' come before the '''Modified Page''' in the page order; similar to ''Adjectives'' and '''Nouns''' in English.

*"''Red'' '''Ball'''" is correct, whereas "'''Ball''' ''Red''" would be grammatically incorrect.

== Standard Age ==

A "Standard Age" layout and recommend page order example is given below. For ease of identifying which pages modify others, ''Modifier Pages will be in Italics'', '''Modified Pages shown in Bold''' and finally pages that both ''Modify'' and can be '''Modified''' will be in both '''''Bold and Italics''''':

=== Link Panel ===

Link Panel Page,
*(May have additional properties added via the [[Ink Mixer]])

=== Terrain and World Type ===

''Biome Pages'', '''Biome Distribution Page'''

''Block Page''
*(Generates Terrain, replaces Stone/Dirt),

''Block Page or No Seas Page''
*(Generates Seas, replaces Water),

'''World Type Page'''

=== Weather Type and Light Level ===

Weather Page,
*(or replace with "No Weather" Page)

Lighting Page

=== Celestials ===

(Optional: Color Pages, Sunset Color Page)
'''''Length Pages, Direction Pages, Phase Pages,''''' '''Normal Sun''',
*(If no Sun, replace entire with Dark Sun)

(Optional: '''''Color Pages''''', '''''Sunset Color Page''''')
Length Pages, Direction Pages, Phase Pages, Normal Moon,
*(If no Moon, replace line with Dark Moon)

(Optional: '''''Length''''' and '''''Direction Pages''''')
'''''Color Pages''''', '''Star Page'''
*(If no stars, replace line with Dark Stars)

=== Visuals ===

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Sky Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Sky Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Night Sky Color'''
*(For Default Night Sky, use Black Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Fog Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Fog Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Cloud Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Cloud Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Water Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Water Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Foliage Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Foliage Color)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''Grass Color'''
*(Or replace line with Natural Grass Color)

(Optional: Boundless Sky and/or Rainbow Pages)

=== World Features and Structures ===

'''Large Feature, Medium Feature, Small Feature,'''
*(Or replace with Lacking X Feature, however Lacking Small/Meduim Features will result in some instability)
**(Features will sometimes accept ''Block Pages'' to generate the material, '''Floating Islands''' also accepts a ''Biome Page'')

=== Effects ===

(Optional: Effects Pages)

'''Clear Modifiers Page'''
*('''Clear Modifiers''' is optional but reduces the chances of the age being violently unstable due to grammar errors, it generates a small amount of instability for every “dangling” or “unused” ''Modifier'' page it accepts, can also be used as a “safety net” at the end of complex passages if you’re unsure of your grammar.)

=== Gradients ===

Gradients can be used to change Sunset, Stars, Sky, Night Sky, Fog, and Cloud color, and have them shift between colors over a certain length of time.

Example format with three alternating colors in the sky:

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 1)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 2)

'''''Color Pages''''', '''''Length Pages''''', '''Gradient Page''' (Color 3)

'''Sky Color Page'''

Length determines how long a color will last before it's completely faded to the next color, and color page mixing are standard Mystcraft rules. You must have at least two colors to alternate between but you may add as many as needed.
*Length seems to be half as long as Celestial lengths for gradients, if you wanted to sync a color shift to a celestial, you can include the same Length pages for both.
**(Example: ''''Red Color''''', '''''Full Length''''', '''Gradient Page''' would sync to a Celestial also using only "Full Length" for it's movement.)

=== Additional Notes ===

* '''"Replace line"''' in the above example means '''"Remove that page and all its modifier pages, the replacement page accepts 0 modifiers"'''

* Additional Celestials, Features and Effects can be added, as long as they remain in the correct format.

* Native Biome Distribution, Natural X Color pages, and Dark Celestials accept no modifiers.

* Any optional sections you decide to leave out may be randomized for you, the Grammar will not be satisfied for those sections, the more specific you are the less is left to chance.
** For an age to be “stable” it must have all grammar elements satisfied, and use no pages that generate base instability.
*** It is possible to have “pseudo-stable” ages with some instability, but not enough for decay, usually by balancing the “unstable” pages with ones that reduce instability.

*Effects will not be added randomly unless the age is unstable due to either greedy pages like Dense Ores or grammar errors.
**There are pages that will add instability, anything that adds ores or other rare resources, or give some form of advantage to the player will generally cause instability.
***Pages like Dense Ores, Diamond Ore Block, Accelerated, etc. will create a lot of instability.
****Ages with Acceleration will cause instability, because it makes farms more efficient.
****Ages with Bright Lighting will cause instability, because they are easier to mine in.
****Ages with Dense Ores will cause instability, because they have more abundant ore generation.

*All of these things will cause [[Instability]] (via Greed), and possibly lead to Decay.
*However, pages that intentionally make the age more dangerous actually add some base stability to the Age. Examples of these pages are “Lightning” “Scorched Surface” or “Random Explosions”, some mods will even add materials that are dangerous enough to qualify for this effect.

== XComp's Notes ==
* "Some symbols function as modifiers for other modifiers" (ex. Red Color can mix with other colors, Half Length with other lengths, North Direction with other directions, etc).
* "Modifiers come before the symbol they modify"
* "Incomplete age descriptions will be parsed by the universe (following the grammar) and then further expanded"
** "This is similar to if you provided the words "red" "dog" "ball" and the universe expanded it to "The red dog plays with the ball". The grammar expansion is random, and may take different expansions: "The red car narrowly missed the dog chasing the green ball" is an equally valid expansion."
* "Not fully satisfying the grammar won't produce instability directly. The symbols added by the grammar might, however."

== Version Compatibility ==
*The grammar system above is current for Mystcraft Versions 0.12 through 0.13.4.04 [https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/mystcraft/files/2581192 (Latest Build)]

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{{av}}

== XComp's Facts ==
* Some symbols function as modifiers for other symbols (ex. Red Color, Stone Block).
* Modifiers come before the symbol they modify
* Incomplete age descriptions will be parsed by the universe (following a grammar) and then further expanded
** This is similar to if you provided the words "red" "dog" "ball" and the universe expanded it to "The red dog plays with the ball". The grammar expansion is random, and may take different expansions: "The red car narrowly missed the dog chasing the ball" is an equally valid expansion.

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"I do stuff"

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# This list affects only this wiki; refer also to the global blacklist.
# For documentation see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist
#
# Syntax is as follows:
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# * Every non-blank line is a regex fragment which will only match hosts inside email addresses

(bangkok|thailand)\-mega\.com
(bali|bangkok|thailand)\-traveller\.com

banglatvshow\.com
bestwrinklecreamnow\.com
brainboostingsupplements\.org
captcha(?:dealer|eu|ocr|s)\.org
circlebpo\.com
coloncleanse\.club
dietingadvise\.club
get\-bitcoins\.online
gsacaptchabreaker(?:discount|help|socialser)\.com
gsasearchengineranker(?:discount|help|socialser)\.com
infoteraktual\.com
maildeluxehost\.com
ramankaur\.com
typers\.biz
wp\-viralclick\.com

s0ny\.flu\.cc
nazwamoj\.co\.pl
moon\.freog\.com

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# Email addresses matching this list will be blocked from registering or sending emails
# This list affects only this wiki; refer also to the global blacklist.
# For documentation see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist
#
# Syntax is as follows:
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# * Every non-blank line is a regex fragment which will only match hosts inside email addresses

(bangkok|thailand)\-mega\.com
(bali|bangkok|thailand)\-traveller\.com

banglatvshow\.com
bestwrinklecreamnow\.com
brainboostingsupplements\.org
captcha(?:ocr|s|eu)\.org
circlebpo\.com
coloncleanse\.club
dietingadvise\.club
get\-bitcoins\.online
gsacaptchabreaker(?:discount|socialser|help)\.com
gsasearchengineranker(?:discount|socialser|help)\.com
infoteraktual\.com
maildeluxehost\.com
ramankaur\.com
typers\.biz
wp\-viralclick\.com

s0ny\.flu\.cc
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moon\.freog\.com

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# For documentation see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist
#
# Syntax is as follows:
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# * Every non-blank line is a regex fragment which will only match hosts inside email addresses

(bangkok|thailand)\-mega\.com
(bali|bangkok|thailand)\-traveller\.com

banglatvshow\.com
bestwrinklecreamnow\.com
brainboostingsupplements\.org
captcha(?:ocr|s|eu)\.org
circlebpo\.com
coloncleanse\.club
dietingadvise\.club
get\-bitcoins\.online
gsacaptchabreaker(?:discount|socialser|help)\.com
gsasearchengineranker(?:discount|socialser|help)\.com
infoteraktual\.com
maildeluxehost\.com
typers\.biz
wp\-viralclick\.com

s0ny\.flu\.cc
nazwamoj\.co\.pl
moon\.freog\.com

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# Email addresses matching this list will be blocked from registering or sending emails
# This list affects only this wiki; refer also to the global blacklist.
# For documentation see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist
#
# Syntax is as follows:
# * Everything from a "#" character to the end of the line is a comment
# * Every non-blank line is a regex fragment which will only match hosts inside email addresses

(bangkok|thailand)\-mega\.com
(bali|bangkok|thailand)\-traveller\.com

banglatvshow\.com
bestwrinklecreamnow\.com
brainboostingsupplements\.org
captcha(?:ocr|s|eu)\.org
circlebpo\.com
coloncleanse\.club
dietingadvise\.club
get\-bitcoins\.online
gsasearchengineranker(?:discount|socialser|help)\.com
infoteraktual\.com
maildeluxehost\.com
typers\.biz
wp\-viralclick\.com

s0ny\.flu\.cc
nazwamoj\.co\.pl
moon\.freog\.com

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v0.13:Instability

2018-06-26T19:49:03Z

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'''Instability''' refers to dangerous, destructive, or unpleasant features in an age. Instability can be caused by conflicts in an [[Writing|age's description]] or by an overabundance of rare resources—intentional or not.

In [http://dni.wikia.com/wiki/Myst_(Game) Myst lore], the [http://dni.wikia.com/wiki/Art Art] of writing ages was primarily focused on avoiding [http://dni.wikia.com/wiki/Art#Restrictions contradictions that would cause instability]. Mystcraft builds on that by also making it a balance mechanic.

== Levels of Instability ==
Instability comes in several degrees of severity. The weakest form a world that is vaguely inhospitable to outsiders. These are worlds that inflict potion-style debuffs on you, or that give mobs in the world a benefit/positive buff. The weakest form of these only affect you when you are "outdoors" (exposed to the sky); stronger forms affect you when you are inside/underground.

The middle severity form worlds that are generally dangerous. Worlds that are so close to the sun that you (and mobs in the world) take damage from the environment. Etc.

The final severity are worlds that will be destroyed given enough time. This can range from meteors, to decay blocks, to runaway erosion.

=== Severity Mechanics ===
Internally, instability can be generated (or reduced) based on factors of writing. Some symbols, such as "lacking medium features", directly add; others, typically that duplicate an instability affect, directly reduce. Explicitly writing inconsistencies will add, as will using "clear modifiers" to remove dangling modifiers.
Other factors include mod behavior (other mods can add or subtract instability) and general luck/variation as the world is explored (approximately every 100 chunks the instability level is recalculated based on what blocks the world contains).

Each type of instability can be individually disabled in the config file; if the nausea effect (for example) is a problem, one can disable only that and leave the others. On a server, the server must disable the unwanted effects.

Because instability levels can change over time, the current version of Mystcraft does not put block-based instability into the chunks at world gen, but alters the chunk during play.

Internally, there are 5 categories of instability levels. However, there is overlap at different levels of probability. World destruction is only found in the last 2 categories, for example, but different forms of world destruction are found at different probabilities in those 2 categories. Harmful environment can be found in the last 3 categories. Potion effects are found in at least the first 3 categories, can happen multiple times (will stack to a stronger potion effect level), and in later categories will affect you when you are not exposed to the sky (global/affecting the underground as well). These are managed internally using card deck mechanics.

== Status Effects ==

Instability can manifest as [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect status effects] on players and other [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Mob mobs] when inside an Age. Depending on how unstable the Age is, some effects may only show up on the surface of the Age, or they may be present regardless of location.

Status effects may appear at any level of instability, Ages with only surface status effects can still be quite livable.

=== Possible Statuses ===

* [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect#Blindness Blindness]
* [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect#Hunger Hunger]
* [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect#Mining_Fatigue Mining Fatigue]
* [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect#Nausea Nausea]
* [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect#Poison Poison]
* [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect#Regeneration Regeneration]†
* [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect#Resistance Resistance]†
* [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect#Slowness Slowness]
* [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect#Weakness Weakness]
* [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Status_effect#Wither Wither]

† Applied to all mobs except players.

=== Notes ===

Surface effects will apply when standing on any block exposed to the sky. Transparent blocks such as [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Glass Glass] do not prevent exposure. {{verify}}

Some blocks from other mods may be transparent despite appearing solid, meaning they will not prevent exposure to surface level effects.

== Harmful environment ==
=== Random Explosions ===
Explosions are created randomly. These explosions can light blocks on fire, deal damage to the player and knock the player off the world if it is a Void, End, or Skylands world, but they are generally incapable of destroying blocks such as Stone.

=== Scorched Surface ===
Mobs and players can be set on fire. The fire damage is done in short bursts at approximately 5 second intervals that tick for 4-5 points of damage to mobs, but less than half a heart damage to unarmoured players. {{Verify}}

=== Charged ===
Lightning strikes will occur at random in the world.
All the normal effects of lightning will happen (creepers charge, trees catch on fire, etc.)

== World Destroying ==

Left unchecked, these will ultimately result in the destruction of everything in the Age.

=== Meteors ===

[[File:Craters.jpg|thumb|Example of the craters left by meteors.]]
Meteors will fall randomly from the sky and destroy large sections of the world. Meteors can destroy the entire world if given enough time. Meteors may leave some ores around the crater.

=== Decay Blocks ===
Several types of Colored Decay exist.

==== Black Decay ====

Time to break with diamond shovel: "fast" (Needs better testing.) {{verify}} 
Speed: Low. 
Unique feature: Causes ground to collapse. 
 
It only {{verify}} spreads to existing blocks, and it spreads faster up and down than it does to the sides{{verify}} (( this seems really wrong; in 1.4.7 my memory is that it would only spread down and sideways, not up, and would spread faster sideways. I have not seen black decay in modern Mystcraft )). It also has the unique trait when two blocks form on top of each other, they will merge into one block of decay and cause every block above it to fall, even blocks that are normally unaffected by gravity. It can be blown up with TNT.

Black decay will spread through bedrock. If it reaches the bottom of the world, then the entire column of blocks above it will fall out of the world.

Black decay collapsing will stop at air blocks; because of the presence of caves, or even a manually placed/carved airgap, black decay will leave scattered islands, at least temporarily. Because new decay blocks will be placed over time, eventually those platforms will go as well.

When a column collapses, the 4 neighboring columns can have air gaps collapse if the collapsing column goes up to the top of the air.

Any water on top of a collapsing column is deleted (replaced with air) {{verify}} the effect on other liquids such as lava.

==== Blue Decay ====

Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 2 seconds. {{Verify}} 
Speed: Medium. 
Unique feature: Spreads based on mining hardness. 
 
Blue decay travels through blocks at a speed based on the mining hardness; blocks that are easier to mine will spread faster. It will not spread through bedrock.

It can be blown up with TNT.

==== Red Decay ====

Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 3 seconds. {{Verify}} 
Speed: Medium. 
Unique feature: Spreads based on TNT resistance. 
 
Blue decay travels through blocks at a speed based on the explosion resistance; blocks that are easier to blow up with TNT will spread faster. It will not spread through bedrock.

It can be blown up with TNT.

==== Purple Decay ====

Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 10 seconds.{{Verify}} 
Speed: Medium. 
Unique feature: Spreads through liquids, other decay blocks, and air. 
 

It breaks around as fast as obsidian {{verify}}. If you are in the air, it's even worse than the feared White Decay.{{verify}}
It spreads rapidly through liquids, a little slower through other decay blocks, slower yet through air (but faster than red or blue spread through air), and very slow through ground blocks.

It has an 85% chance to spawn in a Dense Ores World{{verify}}. It can NOT be blown up with TNT. {{verify}}

Purple decay will not spread through bedrock.

==== White Decay ====

Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 10 seconds. 
Speed: fast. 
Unique feature: Can damage player. 
 
[[File:White decay 20min.png|thumbnail|right|White decay after 20 minutes of instability, beginning to grow over meteor craters.]]
White Decay acts like the other colored decays, but eats through everything much quicker. It will eat through other decay blocks (tested in 1.4.7; even a black decay heavy world was calmed down. {{verify}} for current Mystcraft), and slowly grows into the air. It is also the only decay that can physically harm the player. It deals an armor-penetrating half-heart of damage per second, but only if the player is moving. It can NOT be blown up with TNT.

=== Crumble ===

An erosion effect; will cause blocks to break down. Diamond ore will turn into coal ore. Smooth stone will turn into cobblestone. Gravel will turn into sand. Logs into planks. Etc.

Given enough time, this will result in a world that is entirely sand.

In the most extreme form, bedrock will also erode, and the outcome will be a void world.

== Configuration ==

=== Disabling Effects ===

Instability configuration can be found in your [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/.minecraft .minecraft] folder, inside <code>config/mystcraft/instabilities.cfg</code>.

Each instability effect can be disabled as desired by changing <code>true</code> to <code>false</code>.

Lines containing a [[#Status Effect|Status Effect]] followed by <code>,g</code> (such as <code>B:"hunger,g.enabled"=true</code>) refer to the global version of that effect. All other lines containing a status effect refer to the surface-level version of that effect.

=== Disabling All Instability ===

A shortcut to disable all instability is to set the <code>global.enabled</code> flag to false in the <code>instability</code> section of <code>config/mystcraft/balance.cfg</code>.

=== Profiling ===

When starting a new world with Mystcraft installed, a profiling process will begin in the background. This process is used to determine the rarity of the various blocks and liquids in the game. If an Age contains a significant amount of rare materials, instability will be added to compensate for balance.

If profiling degrades performance significantly and waiting for it to complete is not an option, it can be disabled in the configuration. See the comments in the <code>baselining</code> section of <code>config/mystcraft/core.cfg</code> for more details.

Advanced users can provide their own values for each block instead of profiling, by filling out <code>config/mystcraft/balance.cfg</code> and fully disabling profiling.

== Admin Commands ==
It is possible to try to determine why an age is unstable using the Mystcraft debug command (<code>/myst-dbg</code>). This command will automatically complete entries when you press tab, and will cycle to the next possible option on another tab press.

In order to read the current instability score values in an age, the <code>read</code> instruction should be used. Here we want to read from <code>ages</code>, followed by specifying the target age (currently loaded ages are available). The instability values are under <code>instability</code>, and split into multiple sections. The <code>total</code> gives the absolute instability score of the age.

==== Example Commands ====
<code>/myst-dbg read ages agedata_2 instability total

/myst-dbg read ages agedata_2 instability blocks_total

/myst-dbg read ages agedata_2 instability bonus_total

</code>

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*=v0.13.4, v0.13.2, v0.12, v0.11
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*User = User
*User talk = User

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User talk:XCompWiz

2018-06-20T19:08:28Z

XCompWiz:

Hi there! I have a request, is it possible for you to turn on image uploading for the wiki? It would be useful for crafting recipes and the such. --[[User:Nawor3565|Nawor3565]] ([[User talk:Nawor3565|talk]]) 12:54, 11 June 2018 (EDT)
: Should be working now. :) Sorry for the delay. [[User:XCompWiz|XCompWiz]] ([[User talk:XCompWiz|talk]]) 15:02, 18 June 2018 (EDT)
:: Thanks! Although it looks like only linking to images is enabled, it says that uploading them is restricted to administrators. When you have a chance, could you enable uploading images as well? :) --[[User:Nawor3565|Nawor3565]] ([[User talk:Nawor3565|talk]]) 12:34, 19 June 2018 (EDT)
::: In order to prevent abuse, I've added a role to handle this. Easy to give, and I'll give it to everyone, but I don't want it to be automatic to prevent spam bots from uploading junk. :P [[User:XCompWiz|XCompWiz]] ([[User talk:XCompWiz|talk]]) 15:08, 20 June 2018 (EDT)

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2018-06-18T19:27:29Z

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== XComp's Facts ==
* Some symbols function as modifiers for other symbols (ex. Red Color, Stone Block).
* Modifiers come before the symbol they modify
* Incomplete age descriptions will be parsed by the universe (following a grammar) and then further expanded
** This is similar to if you provided the words "red" "dog" "ball" and the universe expanded it to "The red dog plays with the ball". The grammar expansion is random, and may take different expansions: "The red car narrowly missed the dog chasing the ball" is an equally valid expansion.

v0.13:Descriptive Book

2018-06-18T19:20:42Z

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The '''descriptive book''' is an object crafted in the [[Book Binder]]. It creates and allows travel to a new custom dimension, known as an "[[Ages|Age]]." Ages can be random, or crafted carefully by [[Writing|writing]] a description of the desired Age with [[Symbols|symbol pages]].

==Use==
The safest way to use a descriptive book is to place it on a [[Lectern|lectern]] or [[Book Stand|book stand]] first. To use a book displayed in this way, right click to open the book to the first page, then left-click the linking panel to travel to the Age described.

The same process is used with a book held in the hand, but at the risk of damaging or destroying the book itself (see Warnings:Dropped Books, below).

With books that have been written with symbols, opening the book and then clicking on the folded page corners allow you to turn the pages and review which symbols were used, and in what order. This is useful to learn about the grammar of writing, or to figure out why an Age is not what you expected.

A book on the ground is picked up by sneak-right-clicking with an empty hand.

==Warnings==
===One Way Trip===
All links to new Ages are one-way. It is highly recommended that you carry one or more [[Linking Book|linking books]] with you. Without a return linking book, you may become trapped in the new Age if there is not a [[Star Fissure|star fissure]] to jump into. Otherwise, hope that the materials necessary to create ink, paper, and other supplies are available on this Age in order to write new Ages in search of a star fissure.

===Dropped Books===
A descriptive book used to link to an Age does not follow the user. If protected by a lectern or book stand, it remains safe. However, if the book was held in the user's hand when they linked, it will drop to the ground and begin taking damage which cannot be repaired. The rate of damage is faster when exposed to liquid, such as during rain or if dropped into a lake or other body of water. Books dropped into lava are almost instantly destroyed.

===Instability===
Sometimes Ages are written poorly. Common writing problems include an insufficiently specific description, greed (an Age made entirely of diamond ore, for example), including contradictory elements, or simply not following the grammar used by the special form of the D'ni language known as "The Skill" or "The Art." When writing errors are made, Ages can exhibit features known collectively as ''[[Instability|instability]].''

Instability can manifest subtle ways, such as the occasional unexpected onset of undesirable potion effects, or in more spectacular and highly hazardous ways, such as a rain of destructive meteors. A particularly insidious form of instability is [[Decay]], which as its name suggests, causes the very substance of the Age itself to decay, eventually leading to its complete destruction over time. Being trapped in a decaying Age is problematic.

==Crafting==
In a [[Book Binder|book binder]], put leather in the square slot on the left side of the interface and a [[Linking Panel Page|link panel page]] plus, optionally, any desired symbol pages in the wide dark field underneath. Right-clicking on the dark field with a [[Collation Folder|collation folder]] will empty the contents of the folder, in order, into the book binder for ease of composition and binding.

Name the Age in the text box at the top, and the bound descriptive book will appear in the square box at the right of the interface.

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A ''linking book'' allows for transport across, and sometimes within, dimensions. Like a [[Descriptive Book|descriptive book]], it takes damage if dropped on the ground, can be protected from this damage with a [[Book Stand|book stand]] or [[Lectern|lectern]], and does not follow the user linking with it.

It is created by holding an [[Unlinked Link Book]] in the hand and right-clicking with it. The link created permanently captures both the link location and the direction the user is facing when the link is created.

v0.13:Star Fissure

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A '''Star Fissure''' is a rift in time and space in Mystcraft [[Ages]] which tears a hole from the surface of the world through bedrock. At the bottom of this rift is a starry expanse, and anything that passes through will end up on the surface of the Overworld.

Star Fissures are the only non-cheating option for trapped players to return to the Overworld, though they are relatively rare. Only ages that have the Star Fissure symbol will contain them.

== Location within an Age ==
In any age that has one, the Star Fissure will show up near the age's spawn point. Using a minimap, fissures appear as transparent holes on the map, making locating a fissure very easy. However, since players often cannot see the stars at the bottom of a fissure from the surface, Star Fissures can be difficult to identify and find in Skylands ages.

== Mechanics ==
A Star Fissure will usually return the player to within a few hundred blocks of the Overworld spawn point. After falling through a Star Fissure, the player drops from the top of the world, often dying from the fall unless they fall into water, are capable of flying, or are otherwise protected from fall damage. On normal difficulty, this death should return the player to the nearby Overworld spawn point. If the difficulty setting is set to Peaceful then the Star Fissure will return the player to the Overworld spawn point without dropping the player from the top of the world.

== Generating an Age with a Fissure ==
A player who has lost access to the Overworld can attempt to write or randomly find an age that has a Star Fissure. One can generate random ages by finding Sugar Cane, wood, and Feathers somewhere in their current age in order to make another [[Descriptive Book]] in an attempt to move to an age that does have a Star Fissure. When doing this, it is generally a good idea to stock up on supplies before moving as some ages do not have these materials readily available. Using an age with resources as a hub and keeping linking books to it can greatly aid the search.

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* {{tl|av}} - This template should be included at the top of all pages in the version namespaces, as it provides the version switching information.
* {{tl|version}} - Useful for tagging information related to specific versions, or indicating a change occurred at a specific version.
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v0.13:Getting Started

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'''Mystcraft''' is a mod based on the universe introduced by Cyan's groundbreaking 1993 game, ''Myst.'' It allows you to create and travel to dimensions, called Ages, by "writing" books with symbol pages that describe aspects you wish the Age to have. A [[Descriptive Book]], when completed, has a panel that will transport the player into the Age it describes.

Be warned: Mystcraft-based transportation between vanilla dimensions, dimension from other mods, and Mystcraft Ages are one-way. A [[Linking Book]] or two will allow you to return. It is possible to get stuck in a dying Age, unable to return to the Overworld.

'''Any book used (Linking or descriptive) will stay behind.''' Returning requires either another book, or some tool from another mod. Finding and jumping into a [[Star Fissure]] will also return you to the overworld.

===Resources Needed===
The three most frequently used resources are: sugar cane, leather, and ink sacs. Setting up cane and cow farms near a squid-spawning body of water is helpful, though not strictly required. A wheat farm will help with increasing your herd.

Other resources required for a minimal setup:
* 5 smooth stone
* 12 planks
* 3 iron ingots
* 3 sand, smelted into glass, and crafted into glass bottles
* 1 feather

Some extra wood and a piece of string will allow you to make a [[Book Stand]] or [[Lectern]], and the useful [[Symbol Portfolio]]

===Equipment===
To write custom Ages, craft and place:
* [[Ink Mixer]]
* [[Book Binder]]
* [[Writing Desk]] (2 blocks wide)

The Writing Desk has two primary functions: organizing symbols, and making duplicates/copies of them. It is NOT necessary, but the balance of available symbols might not be sufficient if you do not have a way to make duplicates of them.

Craft at least one [[Ink Vial]] and put it in the upper-left box in the ink mixer's interface. The ink itself will go into the center of the mixer, making a black circle, and depositing the emptied vial in the upper-right box. Put paper in the lower-left box and, provided ink is available, a [[Link Panel Page]] will appear in the lower-right box.

Put leather in the book binder, in the square slot on the left side of the interface.

===Create and Travel to a Random Age===
Take a Link Panel Page from the ink mixer and put it in the wide grey space of the book binder. The "Missing Link Panel" warning will go away. In the text box at the top of the book binder interface, type the name you give to this Age. (In ''Myst: The Book of Atrus,'' the title character named his first Age ''Inception.'') If you have additional symbol pages, they would be added after the link panel in the grey box to narrow down the specifics of your Age; however, the minimum requirement for creating a descriptive book is just a name, a piece of leather for the cover, and a linking panel.

Take your descriptive book out of the book binder. Right click with it in your hand and it will open to the linking panel.

'''Note:''' Clicking on the link panel will take you to this new Age with no way back!

Craft a [[Linking Book]] by combining a link panel page with a piece of leather in any crafting grid. It will begin as a grey, unlinked book. Right-clicking on the ground (or other nearby object) with an unlinked linking book in your hand will forever link it to that place. Doing this in the Overworld will allow you to get back. The standard link panel page can only be used to travel across Ages/dimensions. (Intra-demension linking is possible by making different ink in the ink mixer.)

It's best to bring a few book stands or lecterns with you as well. Linking transports ''you,'' but not the book that remains behind as you travel to the new Age. Books on the ground lose durability, especially if they get wet. Book stands and lecterns protect the books from this damage.

Once you have a descriptive book, one or more linked linking books, and a book stand or two, you're ready to travel. Place down a book stand/lectern and put your Age descriptive book on it. Open the book and click the linking panel on the first page. Once you arrive in the new Age, place another book stand in a safe place and put your return linking book on it.

Now you're thinking with Mystcraft!

===Next Steps===
What to do next is up to you. Some ideas:
* Quickly link back to the Overworld because this Age is hazardous!
* Explore this Age because it's not too hazardous (maybe even quite pleasant)
* Seek out symbol pages in either the Overworld or your new Age so that you can be more specific about your Age design next time
* Set up a transportation hub with a collection of linking books to useful points of interest in the universe
* Trick your enemies into linking to Ages with no return book to trap them
* Link yourself into an Age with no linking book to see if you can find a way back to the Overworld (there are a few possibilities with a little luck)
* Learn about [[Instability]] or [[Writing]] by reading these articles (spoilers!), or try to figure those things out in-game

=== External links ===
Tutorial (detailed) playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFYVR-tqmunWjoBJydHMNdeHC6PDjh7ns
(Written for an older version, but still 98%+ accurate.)','utf-8'),(218,'The '''descriptive book''' is an object crafted in the [[Book Binder]]. It creates and allows travel to a new custom dimension, known as an "Age." The Ages can be random, or crafted carefully by [[Writing|writing]] a description of the desired Age with [[Pages|symbol pages]].

==Use==
The safest way to use a descriptive book is to place it on a [[Lectern|lectern]] or [[Book Stand|book stand]] first. To use a book displayed in this way, right click to open the book to the first page, then left-click the linking panel to travel to the Age described.

The same process is used with a book held in the hand, but at the risk of damaging or destroying the book itself (see Warnings:Dropped Books, below).

With books that have been written with symbols, opening the book and then clicking on the folded page corners allow you to turn the pages and review which symbols were used, and in what order. This is useful to learn about the grammar of writing, or to figure out why an Age is not what you expected.

A book on the ground is picked up by sneak-right-clicking with an empty hand.

==Warnings==
===One Way Trip===
All links to new Ages are one-way. It is highly recommended that you carry one or more [[Linking Book|linking books]] with you. Without a return linking book, you may become trapped in the new Age if there is not a [[Star Fissure|star fissure]] to jump into. Otherwise, hope that the materials necessary to create ink, paper, and other supplies are available on this Age in order to write new Ages in search of a star fissure.

===Dropped Books===
A descriptive book used to link to an Age does not follow the user. If protected by a lectern or book stand, it remains safe. However, if the book was held in the user's hand when they linked, it will drop to the ground and begin taking damage which cannot be repaired. The rate of damage is faster when exposed to liquid, such as during rain or if dropped into a lake or other body of water. Books dropped into lava are almost instantly destroyed.

===Instability===
Main Page: [[Instability]] 
Sometimes Ages are written poorly. Common writing problems include an insufficiently specific description, greed (an Age made entirely of diamond ore, for example), including contradictory elements, or simply not following the grammar used by the special form of the D'ni language known as "The Skill" or "The Art." When writing errors are made, Ages can exhibit features known collectively as ''[[Instability|instability]].''

Instability can manifest subtle ways, such as the occasional unexpected onset of undesirable potion effects, or in more spectacular and highly hazardous ways, such as a rain of destructive meteors. A particularly insidious form of instability is [[Decay]], which as its name suggests, causes the very substance of the Age itself to decay, eventually leading to its complete destruction over time. Being trapped in a decaying Age is problematic.

==Crafting==
In a [[Book Binder|book binder]], put leather in the square slot on the left side of the interface and a [[Linking Panel Page|link panel page]] plus, optionally, any desired symbol pages in the wide dark field underneath. Right-clicking on the dark field with a [[Collation Folder|collation folder]] will empty the contents of the folder, in order, into the book binder for ease of composition and binding.

Name the Age in the text box at the top, and the bound descriptive book will appear in the square box at the right of the interface.

v0.13:Ages

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{{av}}An Age is a separate dimension created by [[Descriptive Book]].

Using a [[Book Binder]], an [[Ink Mixer]], some leather, paper, and [[Ink]], you can create an empty Descriptive Book.

By including [[Symbols]] in the Book Binder, you can decide which features you want in the new Age. This allows you to reduce [[Instability]] significantly.

v0.13 talk:Instability

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v0.13:Instability

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[[File:White decay.png|thumb|Example of some white decay.]]

'''Instability''' is a balance mechanic in Mystcraft which is a result of poor or greedy writing.

== Levels of Instability ==
Instability comes in several degrees of severity. The weakest form a world that is vaguely inhospitable to outsiders. These are worlds that inflict potion-style debuffs on you, or that give mobs in the world a benefit/positive buff. The weakest form of these only affect you when you are "outdoors" (exposed to the sky); stronger forms affect you when you are inside/underground.

The middle severity form worlds that are generally dangerous. Worlds that are so close to the sun that you (and mobs in the world) take damage from the environment. Etc.

The final severity are worlds that will be destroyed given enough time. This can range from meteors, to decay blocks, to runaway erosion.

=== Severity Mechanics ===
Internally, instability can be generated (or reduced) based on factors of writing. Some symbols, such as "lacking medium features", directly add; others, typically that duplicate an instability affect, directly reduce. Explicitly writing inconsistencies will add, as will using "clear modifiers" to remove dangling modifiers.
Other factors include mod behavior (other mods can add or subtract instability) and general luck/variation as the world is explored (approximately every 100 chunks the instability level is recalculated based on what blocks the world contains).

Each type of instability can be individually disabled in the config file; if the nausea effect (for example) is a problem, one can disable only that and leave the others. On a server, the server must disable the unwanted effects.

Because instability levels can change over time, the current version of Mystcraft does not put block-based instability into the chunks at world gen, but alters the chunk during play.

Internally, there are 5 categories of instability levels. However, there is overlap at different levels of probability. World destruction is only found in the last 2 categories, for example, but different forms of world destruction are found at different probabilities in those 2 categories. Harmful environment can be found in the last 3 categories. Potion effects are found in at least the first 3 categories, can happen multiple times (will stack to a stronger potion effect level), and in later categories will affect you when you are not exposed to the sky (global/affecting the underground as well). These are managed internally using card deck mechanics.

== Buffs and Debuffs ==

Negative potion effects sometimes occur in a Mystcraft Age. These can either be ambient, where they are unchanging, or due to sky exposure, where they can be counteracted by simply going underground (Note: To count as being underground, there simply needs to be at least 1 solid block separating you and the sky). Known potion effects caused by instability include:

* Mining Fatigue
* Slowness
* Poison
* Nausea
* Hunger
* Blindness
* Weakness

-note that glass block doesnt count as a block that separating you from the sky {{verify}}

There are also at least 2 things that give benefits to non-player mobs in the world.

* Regeneration
* Resistance

Because these are the first level of instability, it is possible for an age to show no outward sign of anything being unusual yet still have effects making mobs harder to kill.

=== Bugs ===
Some modded blocks seem to not count as "solid" blocks, even though they are, and do not block Sky Exposure effects

== Harmful environment ==
=== Random Explosions ===
Explosions are created randomly. These explosions can light blocks on fire, deal damage to the player and knock the player off the world if it is a Void, End, or Skylands world, but they are generally incapable of destroying blocks such as Stone.

=== Burning Effect ===
Mobs and players can be set on fire. The fire damage is done in short bursts at approximately 5 second intervals that tick for 4-5 points of damage to mobs, but less than half a heart damage to unarmoured players. {{Verify}}

== World Destroying ==
Any of these will, unless countered by some sort of mod power, will ultimately result in the destruction of everything in the age, and potentially even leaving a void age in the case of meteors and black decay.

=== Meteors ===
Meteors will fall randomly from the sky and destroy large sections of the world. Meteors can destroy the entire world if given enough time. Meteors may leave some ores around the crater.

=== Decay Blocks ===
Several types of Colored Decay exist.

==== Black Decay ====

Time to break with diamond shovel: "fast" (Needs better testing.) {{verify}} 
Speed: Low. 
Unique feature: Causes ground to collapse. 
 
It only {{verify}} spreads to existing blocks, and it spreads faster up and down than it does to the sides{{verify}} (( this seems really wrong; in 1.4.7 my memory is that it would only spread down and sideways, not up, and would spread faster sideways. I have not seen black decay in modern Mystcraft )). It also has the unique trait when two blocks form on top of each other, they will merge into one block of decay and cause every block above it to fall, even blocks that are normally unaffected by gravity. It can be blown up with TNT.

Black decay will spread through bedrock. If it reaches the bottom of the world, then the entire column of blocks above it will fall out of the world.

Black decay collapsing will stop at air blocks; because of the presence of caves, or even a manually placed/carved airgap, black decay will leave scattered islands, at least temporarily. Because new decay blocks will be placed over time, eventually those platforms will go as well.

When a column collapses, the 4 neighboring columns can have air gaps collapse if the collapsing column goes up to the top of the air.

Any water on top of a collapsing column is deleted (replaced with air) {{verify}} the effect on other liquids such as lava.

==== Blue Decay ====

[[File:Colored Decay.png|thumb|Example of some colored decay.]]
Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 2 seconds. {{Verify}} 
Speed: Medium. 
Unique feature: Spreads based on mining hardness. 
 
Blue decay travels through blocks at a speed based on the mining hardness; blocks that are easier to mine will spread faster. It will not spread through bedrock.

It can be blown up with TNT.

==== Red Decay ====

Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 3 seconds. {{Verify}} 
Speed: Medium. 
Unique feature: Spreads based on TNT resistance. 
 
Blue decay travels through blocks at a speed based on the explosion resistance; blocks that are easier to blow up with TNT will spread faster. It will not spread through bedrock.

It can be blown up with TNT.

==== Purple Decay ====

Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 10 seconds.{{Verify}} 
Speed: Medium. 
Unique feature: Spreads through liquids, other decay blocks, and air. 
 

It breaks around as fast as obsidian {{verify}}. If you are in the air, it's even worse than the feared White Decay.{{verify}}
It spreads rapidly through liquids, a little slower through other decay blocks, slower yet through air (but faster than red or blue spread through air), and very slow through ground blocks.

It has an 85% chance to spawn in a Dense Ores World{{verify}}. It can NOT be blown up with TNT. {{verify}}

Purple decay will not spread through bedrock.

==== White Decay ====

Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 10 seconds. 
Speed: fast. 
Unique feature: Can damage player. 
 
[[File:White decay 20min.png|thumbnail|right|White decay after 20 minutes of instability, beginning to grow over meteor craters.]]
White Decay acts like the other colored decays, but eats through everything much quicker. It will eat through other decay blocks (tested in 1.4.7; even a black decay heavy world was calmed down. {{verify}} for current Mystcraft), and slowly grows into the air. It is also the only decay that can physically harm the player. It deals an armor-penetrating half-heart of damage per second, but only if the player is moving. It can NOT be blown up with TNT.

=== Erosion ===

"Crumble" will cause blocks to break down. Diamond ore will turn into coal ore. Smooth stone will turn into cobblestone. Gravel will turn into sand. Etc.

Given enough time, this will result in a world that is entirely sand.

In the most extreme form, bedrock will also erode, and the outcome will be a void world.

v0.13:Instability

2018-06-18T18:24:02Z

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[[File:White decay.png|thumb|Example of some white decay.]]

'''Instability''' is a balance mechanic in Mystcraft which is a result of poor or greedy writing.

== Levels of Instability ==
Instability comes in several degrees of severity. The weakest form a world that is vaguely inhospitable to outsiders. These are worlds that inflict potion-style debuffs on you, or that give mobs in the world a benefit/positive buff. The weakest form of these only affect you when you are "outdoors" (exposed to the sky); stronger forms affect you when you are inside/underground.

The middle severity form worlds that are generally dangerous. Worlds that are so close to the sun that you (and mobs in the world) take damage from the environment. Etc.

The final severity are worlds that will be destroyed given enough time. This can range from meteors, to decay blocks, to runaway erosion.

=== Severity Mechanics ===
Internally, instability can be generated (or reduced) based on factors of writing. Some symbols, such as "lacking medium features", directly add; others, typically that duplicate an instability affect, directly reduce. Explicitly writing inconsistencies will add, as will using "clear modifiers" to remove dangling modifiers.
Other factors include mod behavior (other mods can add or subtract instability) and general luck/variation as the world is explored (approximately every 100 chunks the instability level is recalculated based on what blocks the world contains).

Each type of instability can be individually disabled in the config file; if the nausea effect (for example) is a problem, one can disable only that and leave the others. On a server, the server must disable the unwanted effects.

Because instability levels can change over time, the current version of Mystcraft does not put block-based instability into the chunks at world gen, but alters the chunk during play.

Internally, there are 5 categories of instability levels. However, there is overlap at different levels of probability. World destruction is only found in the last 2 categories, for example, but different forms of world destruction are found at different probabilities in those 2 categories. Harmful environment can be found in the last 3 categories. Potion effects are found in at least the first 3 categories, can happen multiple times (will stack to a stronger potion effect level), and in later categories will affect you when you are not exposed to the sky (global/affecting the underground as well). These are managed internally using card deck mechanics.

== Buffs and Debuffs ==

Negative potion effects sometimes occur in a Mystcraft Age. These can either be ambient, where they are unchanging, or due to sky exposure, where they can be counteracted by simply going underground (Note: To count as being underground, there simply needs to be at least 1 solid block separating you and the sky). Known potion effects caused by instability include:

* Mining Fatigue
* Slowness
* Poison
* Nausea
* Hunger
* Blindness
* Weakness

-note that glass block doesnt count as a block that separating you from the sky {{verify}}

There are also at least 2 things that give benefits to non-player mobs in the world.

* Regeneration
* Resistance

Because these are the first level of instability, it is possible for an age to show no outward sign of anything being unusual yet still have effects making mobs harder to kill.

=== Bugs ===
Some modded blocks seem to not count as "solid" blocks, even though they are, and do not block Sky Exposure effects

== Harmful environment ==
=== Random Explosions ===
Explosions are created randomly. These explosions can light blocks on fire, deal damage to the player and knock the player off the world if it is a Void, End, or Skylands world, but they are generally incapable of destroying blocks such as Stone.

=== Burning Effect ===
Mobs and players can be set on fire. The fire damage is done in short bursts at approximately 5 second intervals that tick for 4-5 points of damage to mobs, but less than half a heart damage to unarmoured players. {{Verify}}

== World Destroying ==
Any of these will, unless countered by some sort of mod power, will ultimately result in the destruction of everything in the age, and potentially even leaving a void age in the case of meteors and black decay.

=== Meteors ===
Meteors will fall randomly from the sky and destroy large sections of the world. Meteors can destroy the entire world if given enough time. Meteors may leave some ores around the crater.

=== Decay Blocks ===
Several types of Colored Decay exist.

==== Black Decay ====

Time to break with diamond shovel: "fast" (Needs better testing.) 
Speed: Low. 
Unique feature: Causes ground to collapse. 
 
It only {{verify}} spreads to existing blocks, and it spreads faster up and down than it does to the sides{{verify}} (( this seems really wrong; in 1.4.7 my memory is that it would only spread down and sideways, not up, and would spread faster sideways. I have not seen black decay in modern Mystcraft )). It also has the unique trait when two blocks form on top of each other, they will merge into one block of decay and cause every block above it to fall, even blocks that are normally unaffected by gravity. It can be blown up with TNT.

Black decay will spread through bedrock. If it reaches the bottom of the world, then the entire column of blocks above it will fall out of the world.

Black decay collapsing will stop at air blocks; because of the presence of caves, or even a manually placed/carved airgap, black decay will leave scattered islands, at least temporarily. Because new decay blocks will be placed over time, eventually those platforms will go as well.

When a column collapses, the 4 neighboring columns can have air gaps collapse if the collapsing column goes up to the top of the air.

Any water on top of a collapsing column is deleted (replaced with air) {{verify}} the effect on other liquids such as lava.

==== Blue Decay ====

[[File:Colored Decay.png|thumb|Example of some colored decay.]]
Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 2 seconds. {{Verify}} 
Speed: Medium. 
Unique feature: Spreads based on mining hardness. 
 
Blue decay travels through blocks at a speed based on the mining hardness; blocks that are easier to mine will spread faster. It will not spread through bedrock.

It can be blown up with TNT.

==== Red Decay ====

Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 3 seconds. {{Verify}} 
Speed: Medium. 
Unique feature: Spreads based on TNT resistance. 
 
Blue decay travels through blocks at a speed based on the explosion resistance; blocks that are easier to blow up with TNT will spread faster. It will not spread through bedrock.

It can be blown up with TNT.

==== Purple Decay ====

Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 10 seconds.{{Verify}} 
Speed: Medium. 
Unique feature: Spreads through liquids, other decay blocks, and air. 
 

It breaks around as fast as obsidian {{verify}}. If you are in the air, it's even worse than the feared White Decay.{{verify}}
It spreads rapidly through liquids, a little slower through other decay blocks, slower yet through air (but faster than red or blue spread through air), and very slow through ground blocks.

It has an 85% chance to spawn in a Dense Ores World{{verify}}. It can NOT be blown up with TNT. {{verify}}

Purple decay will not spread through bedrock.

==== White Decay ====

Time to break with diamond pick: aprox. 10 seconds. 
Speed: fast. 
Unique feature: Can damage player. 
 
[[File:White decay 20min.png|thumbnail|right|White decay after 20 minutes of instability, beginning to grow over meteor craters.]]
White Decay acts like the other colored decays, but eats through everything much quicker. It will eat through other decay blocks (tested in 1.4.7; even a black decay heavy world was calmed down. {{verify}} for current Mystcraft), and slowly grows into the air. It is also the only decay that can physically harm the player. It deals an armor-penetrating half-heart of damage per second, but only if the player is moving. It can NOT be blown up with TNT.

=== Erosion ===

"Crumble" will cause blocks to break down. Diamond ore will turn into coal ore. Smooth stone will turn into cobblestone. Gravel will turn into sand. Etc.

Given enough time, this will result in a world that is entirely sand.

In the most extreme form, bedrock will also erode, and the outcome will be a void world.