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Totem Rituals Datapack/Mod

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Introducing Rituals—a datapack that brings mystical totems and ritual magic into your world. Craft totems, display items, and trigger powerful effects through immersive rituals. Designed for builders, modpack creators, and lore lovers alike.

Features
• 8 Unique Rituals - From simple growth magic to complex multi-totem patterns
• 6 Totem Tiers - Wood to Netherite with increasing power and range
• Visual Pattern Guides - Redstone-powered particle markers for easy setup
• Fire Sacrifice System - Immersive activation requiring catalyst offerings
• Interactive Menu System - In-game totem browser and admin tools
• Custom Textures & Animations - Beautiful visual effects and smooth item displays
• Fully Configurable - Customize ranges, frequencies, and behavior
• Debug & Kiwi Modes - Developer tools and easy mode for testing

Built with care for the Minecraft community—open source, tweakable, and ready to enchant your next adventure.

Installation

Note: servers with performance modifications that combine drops from more than 1.5 blocks away will not be able to perform rituals that require catalysts dropped on the ground.

Getting Started

Quick Start Guide

This datapack adds a new item category called "Totems" which can be crafted and placed in your world. When you place totems with specific items displayed on them, you can activate powerful rituals. Single-totem mode is enabled by default!

Basic Workflow:

1. Craft totems (see Crafting Recipes)
2. Right-click on the ground to place a totem
3. Right-click a placed totem with an item to display it
4. Drop 4 catalyst items around the totem (N/S/E/W)
5. Light fire at the totem base - the ritual activates!

Note: Rituals now require a Fire Sacrifice to activate! See Ritual System below.

Available Rituals

🌟 Standard Single-Totem Rituals (6 Available)

These powerful rituals work with just 1 totem displaying the correct item. Perfect for beginners and small-scale magic!

1. Growth Ritual 🌱

• Required Item: Emerald
• Effect: Automatically bonemeals crops and plants in range
• Frequency: Every 15 seconds (Tier 1) → Every 3 seconds (Tier 6)
• Range: 2×2 to 7×7 horizontal area based on tier
• Visual: Green happy villager particles
• Perfect For: Farming automation, tree growth, crop acceleration

2. Strength Ritual 💪

• Required Item: Diamond
• Effect: Grants Strength and Resistance buffs to nearby players
• Duration: 10-30 seconds based on tier
• Frequency: Every 2 seconds to 0.75 seconds based on tier
• Range: Tier-based area effect
• Visual: Critical hit particles
• Perfect For: Combat preparation, mining expeditions, mob farms

3. Prosperity Ritual 💰

• Required Item: Netherite Block
• Effect: Attracts nearby items to the totem and grants Luck effect to players
• Pull Speed: 0.3 to 1.0 blocks/tick based on tier
• Luck Level: 0-2 based on tier (helps with loot drops)
• Range: Tier-based area effect
• Visual: Golden dust particles
• Perfect For: Item collection, loot farming, treasure hunting

4. Protection Ritual ⚔️

• Required Item: Iron Ingot
• Effect: Damages hostile mobs in range periodically
• Damage: 2-8 half-hearts per hit based on tier
• Frequency: Every 9 seconds to 1.5 seconds based on tier
• Range: Tier-based area effect
• Visual: Blue dust particles and magic damage
• Perfect For: Base defense, mob control, area protection

5. Healing Ritual 💖

• Required Item: Nether Star
• Effect: Applies regeneration to nearby players and animals
• Duration: 10-120 seconds based on tier
• Frequency: Every 3 seconds to 1.25 seconds based on tier
• Bonus: Absorption at tier 3+
• Range: Tier-based area effect
• Visual: Pink/purple dust particles
• Perfect For: Health regeneration, animal care, safe zones

6. Sentry Ritual 🏹

• Required Item: Arrow
• Effect: Fires homing magical projectiles at hostile mobs
• Damage: 1.5-12 half-hearts based on tier
• Fire Rate: Every 9 seconds to 1.5 seconds based on tier
• Projectile Speed: 0.4-1.2 blocks/tick based on tier
• Range: 2× the normal tier range
• Visual: Glowing projectile with trail particles
• Perfect For: Automated defense, mob farming, perimeter security

🎯 Advanced Multi-Totem Pattern Rituals (2 Available)

These complex rituals require specific geometric patterns with multiple totems. Each totem must display a specific item, and the pattern must be exact!

7. Auto-Farming Ritual 🚜

• Central Item: Diamond Hoe
• Pattern: Square (4 diagonal corners)
• Layout: 4 totems at corners, 5 blocks diagonal from center
• Required Items:
  • NE Corner (+5,+5): Wheat
  • SE Corner (+5,-5): Carrot
  • SW Corner (-5,-5): Potato
  • NW Corner (-5,+5): Beetroot
• Effect: Automatically harvests and replants fully grown crops every 5 seconds
• Supported Crops: Wheat, Carrots, Potatoes, Beetroots, Nether Wart, Pumpkins, Melons, Sweet Berries, Cocoa Beans
• Range: Tier-based from center
• Min Totems: 5 (1 center + 4 corners)
• Perfect For: Large-scale farming, AFK crop production

8. Auto-Breeding Ritual 🐄

• Central Item: Wheat
• Pattern: Star (4 cardinal directions)
• Layout: 4 totems at cardinal directions, 5 blocks from center
• Required Items:
  • North (0,5): Seeds
  • East (5,0): Carrot
  • South (0,-5): Potato
  • West (-5,0): Beetroot Seeds
• Effect: Automatically breeds animals in range when breeding conditions are met
• Range: Tier-based from center
• Min Totems: 5 (1 center + 4 cardinals)
• Perfect For: Animal farms, livestock management, passive mob breeding

🎨 Visual Pattern Guides

Power your central totem with redstone (place redstone block/torch/lever next to it) to see:

• Colored particle markers showing where each surrounding totem should be placed
• Different colors for each position indicating the required item
• Enchanting particle effects to indicate the pattern type
• Real-time updates when you change items or totem positions

This makes setup MUCH easier - you don't need to memorize coordinates!

Ritual System

Rituals now require a fire sacrifice to activate, making them more immersive and balanced.

How It Works

1. Place your totem and add a ritual item (Diamond, Emerald, etc.)
2. Drop 4 catalyst items on the ground around your totem (North, South, East, West)
3. Light a fire at the totem's base using flint & steel
4. The offerings are consumed and your ritual begins!

Catalyst Costs by Tier

• Wood: 4× Coal
• Copper: 4× Copper Ingot
• Iron: 4× Iron Ingot
• Gold: 4× Gold Ingot
• Diamond: 4× Diamond
• Netherite: 4× Netherite Ingot

Why this system?

• Makes rituals feel more magical and intentional
• Balanced resource cost encourages totem upgrades
• Prevents "set and forget" infinite rituals
• You control when rituals activate

📖 See FIRE_SACRIFICE_GUIDE.md for complete instructions!

/data modify storage rituals:config require_fire_sacrifice set value false
/function rituals:config/reload

/function rituals:admin/enable_kiwi_mode

Totem Tiers

      [item]  ← Item display on top
        |     ← Totem pole (fence post)
    ███████   ← 5×5×6 effect zone
    ███████     (3 blocks up, 3 down)
    ███████

How to Use Totems

Placing a Totem

1. Hold a totem item in your hand
2. Look at the ground where you want to place it
3. Right-click on the ground
4. The totem will appear as a vertical pole

Adding Items to Totems

1. Hold the item you want to display
2. Right-click the totem
3. The item will appear floating above the totem
4. Only one item can be displayed per totem

Removing Items from Totems

1. Break the totem with the corresponding tool.
2. Re-place the totem if desired.

Breaking Totems

1. Punch (left-click or attack) the totem
2. The totem and any displayed item will drop
3. All visual effects will be removed

Interactive Menu System

Crafting Recipes

All totems come in two variants: Tall (2 blocks high) and Short (1 block high, walkable). Short variants use the same recipe but without the top ingredient.

Tip: Higher tier totems provide larger ranges and more powerful effects!

Commands

Technical Details