Spellbooks¶
Book lineup
Most Axo Tales books still cast on RMB, but the current lineup is much broader than the old early-book phase. There are now dedicated support, utility, mining, summon, burst, terrain-control, and lantern roles.
Global rules
Spellbooks are crafted in the Arcanist's Workbench Spellblades tab. Most of the real gameplay logic is packet-driven on the server, while the item assets mainly carry visuals, sounds, and cast animation feel. Mining also uses a real hold-to-charge flow with shape cycling on LMB.
Support and utility books¶
Healing Book
LMB fires a Healing Bolt that fully heals what it hits. RMB fully heals you. Default mana cost is 25.
Craft: 2 Arcane Crystal Shards, 2 Arcane Matter, 4 Azure Fruit.
Teleport Book
Blinks you to the solid block you are targeting. Current defaults are 100-block range, 10 mana, and a 0.5-second cast delay.
Craft: 2 Arcane Crystal Shards, 2 Arcane Matter, 2 Blue Crystal Shards.
Mining Book
LMB cycles shapes between 1x1, 3x3, and Cross. RMB charges a tunnel spell that scales from 1 block up to 10 blocks by hold time.
Craft: 2 Arcane Crystal Shards, 2 Arcane Matter, 10 Volcanic Cobble.
Immunity Book
Applies a short 3-second damage-immunity window and the vanilla Immune status effect. Default mana cost is 15.
Craft: 2 Arcane Crystal Shards, 2 Arcane Matter, 1 Cobalt Shield.
Light Book
Launches a harmless moving lantern that slows into a warm cruise, lasts up to 2 minutes, and stops after 100 blocks or on contact. Default mana cost is 15.
Craft: 2 Arcane Crystal Shards, 2 Arcane Matter, 6 Cyan Crystal Shards.
Summon and control books¶
Horde Book
Summons three short-lived Outlander Brutes that fight for you, retarget attackers, and persist for 30 seconds by default. Mana cost is 25.
Craft: 2 Arcane Crystal Shards, 2 Arcane Matter, 3 Feran Candles.
Morph Book
RMB steals the struck target's model. LMB restores your baseline form. Default mana cost is 25.
Craft: 2 Arcane Crystal Shards, 2 Arcane Matter, 2 Dark Feathers.
Frost Book
Launches a frost shard that slows enemies and converts hit terrain to Snow Brick. Default mana cost is 20.
Craft: 2 Arcane Crystal Shards, 2 Arcane Matter, 20 Ice Essence.
Flame Book
Throws a faster fire bolt that burns enemies and converts terrain to Volcanic Rock. Current defaults are 20 mana and a 0.2-second projectile delay.
Craft: 2 Arcane Crystal Shards, 2 Arcane Matter, 20 Fire Essence.
Impact and burst books¶
Taunt Book
Launches you upward, grants a short fall-immunity window, then slams on landing for area damage. Mid-air recasts stack by 1.5x up to 2000 damage, deepen the crater, and now clear breakable surface clutter as well as the ground itself.
Shipped defaults: 25 mana, 10-block launch, 6 seconds of fall immunity, 40 base slam damage, 7-block damage radius.
Book of Doom
Fires a Doom Ball that explodes for 50 damage in a 5-block radius and reads as the heaviest burst spell in the current lineup. Default mana cost is 25.
Craft: 2 Arcane Crystal Shards, 2 Arcane Matter, 4 Voidhearts.
Quick feel notes¶
- Healing, Morph, and Mining all use LMB for an extra function, so they play differently from the standard pure-RMB books.
- Light Book is utility-only. It is there to light space and travel with you, not to deal damage.
- Teleport and Taunt both care a lot about cast timing, so if they feel "off," grab
spellbooks-debug.logbefore retuning numbers.