Getting Started Guide

Follow these steps to set yourself on the path towards realizing your full potential in Amethyst Imbuement! Start with the first steps... first... in order to set up the basic infrastructure you'll need. Then look into the next steps to learn about the more advanced concepts you'll need to explore.

## First Steps

Take these first steps when you are starting out to get a solid foundation under you for further progression.

### Gather Base Items

There are certain important items that come up time and again in base crafting recipes. Make sure to secure a good supply!

* Amethyst Shards: find these in geodes, in ancient city chests, or rarely by mining nether quarts ore.
* Nether Quartz: Base ingredient in many recipes. Mine, loot, or barter for it in the Nether.
* Crying Obsidian: You will need this to build the tables for the mod. Find this at ruined portals, in bastion chests, or by bartering with Piglins.
* Flowers: Many base crystal recipes need flowers. Find in various biomes, chests, or trade for them from Crystal Witch villagers. Of particular interest are **Lilacs** and **Rose Bushes**. Remember that using bone meal on grass will spawn an area of grass and flowers. An automated flower production system such as the one in this video may be useful.

### Imbuing Table

The imbuing table is the heart of Amethyst Imbuement. Crafting one should be top priority. The imbuing table also functions as an enhanced enchanting table, allowing enchants up to double the max level of vanilla enchanting.

### Experience Farm

Amethyst Imbuement is an experience-driven mod. Imbuing recipes and other activities all have experience costs. As such, it is important to have a reliable experience source so you can keep up with the costs.

* Experience Bushes: these useful plants grow bottles-o'-enchanting for you, allowing you to set up a literal experience farm! Unlike sweet berry bushes, these don't prick you.
* Insight Enchantment: enchant your weapon with Insight to increase the XP dropped by slain mobs. Pairs well with a traditional mob grinder XP farm
* Mob Farm: set up a traditional XP grinder. There are many tutorials online on how to do this.

## Next Steps

Now that you have your feet under you, find out some of the advanced features that Amethyst Imbuement offers.

### Scepter Spellcasting

Scepters are one of the biggest and best features of the mod! They are magical focuses from which you can cast many offensive, defensive, and utility spells. they can be upgraded to cast more powerful spells and also level up as you use them, improving the power of the spells cast.

Read up more about scepters in the Scepter Guide.

Want to upgrade and specialize your scepter? Follow the Upgrade Guide to get started down a scepter upgrade path. Think of it like picking a class for your scepter!

### Trinket Imbuing

You can adorn yourself with magical jewelry, and even craft a special totem, that provide you with status effect bonuses and other powerful abilities.

Read up about trinket crafting and augmenting in the Trinket Guide.

### Equipment Upgrading

There is a wide variety of new gear to craft, as well as upgrades available for new and existing items to check out!

* Equipment Augments
* Ametrine Armor
* Garnet Tools
* Glowing Tools
* Glistering Trident
* Sniper Bow