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This guide will help you get started with Elemental Wizards, from choosing your elemental school to casting your first spells.

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Choose your elemental school

Elemental Wizards offers three distinct magical paths, each with unique spells and playstyles:

Water

Versatile healing and damage. Splash heals allies and damages enemies, while advanced spells like Hydro Beam apply the Soaked effect.

Earth

Powerful projectile damage and defense. Stone Throw deals area damage, while Stone Flesh provides armor and damage reduction.

Air

Crowd control and knockback. Gust pushes enemies away, while Tornado summons devastating cyclones that lift foes into the air.
You’re not locked into a single school—you can learn spells from multiple elements and even use the Elemental Staff to cast all three types!

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Craft your first spell book

To begin your elemental journey, you’ll need a Tome (spell book) for your chosen school.
1

Gather materials

Each tome requires:
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Lapis Lazuli
  • 2 element-specific items
Tome of Water requires:
  • Kelp
  • Prismarine Crystals
2

Craft the tome

Place all four ingredients in a crafting table using shapeless crafting. The order doesn’t matter.
3

Learn your spells

Right-click while holding the tome to learn all basic spells for that element. The tome will be consumed.

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Obtain a weapon

You’ll need a wand or staff to cast your spells. Each element has its own weapon progression.

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Starting weapons

Kelp Wand - Basic water weaponCraft with kelp and basic materials. Provides water spell power to cast your aqua spells.

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Weapon progression

As you advance, you can craft more powerful weapons:
  1. Wands (Tier 1) - Kelp, Clay, Feather
  2. Element Wands (Tier 2) - Aqua, Terra, Wind
  3. Netherite Wands (Tier 3) - Netherite variants
  4. Staves (Tier 2-4) - More powerful, two-handed weapons
  5. Special Staves - Crystal, Ruby, Aeternium variants with unique bonuses
The Elemental Staff provides spell power for all three elements, allowing you to cast water, earth, and air spells with a single weapon.

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Cast your first spell

Now that you have a spell book and weapon, you’re ready to cast spells!
1

Equip your weapon

Hold your wand or staff in your main hand. Your spell power will appear in your stats.
2

Open spell selection

Press the spell selection key (default: R) to open your spell wheel or list.
3

Select a spell

Choose one of your learned spells. Each school starts with basic tier 0 spells:
  • Water: Splash (heal/damage spell)
  • Earth: Stone Throw (projectile)
  • Air: Gust (knockback)
4

Cast the spell

Right-click (use item) while holding your weapon to cast the selected spell. Watch for the casting animation and particles!

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Spell costs

Most spells require elemental stones to cast:
  • Water spells use Aqua Stones
  • Earth spells use Terra Stones
  • Air spells use Storm Stones
Higher tier spells also have cooldowns and may cost exhaust (hunger).

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Learn advanced spells

Each elemental school has 6 spells ranging from tier 0 (basic) to tier 4 (expert).

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Water spells

  1. Splash (Tier 0) - Heal allies or damage enemies
  2. Water Whip (Tier 1) - Fast damage that soaks targets
  3. Bubble Beam (Tier 2) - Damage enemies and heal/protect allies
  4. Springwater (Tier 3) - Summon healing springs
  5. Hydro Beam (Tier 3) - Channeled high-pressure beam
  6. Explosive Bubbles (Tier 4) - Area damage and healing

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Earth spells

  1. Stone Throw (Tier 0) - Projectile with area damage
  2. Stone Spear (Tier 1) - Projectile that inflicts bleeding
  3. Stone Flesh (Tier 2) - Defensive buff with damage reduction
  4. Terra Circle (Tier 3) - Dripstone circles that damage and bleed
  5. Earthquake (Tier 3) - Area damage that throws enemies
  6. Shattering Stones (Tier 4) - Projectile that splits on impact

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Air spells

  1. Gust (Tier 0) - Basic wind damage
  2. Air Cutter (Tier 1) - Damage with knockback
  3. Aeroblast (Tier 2) - Knock enemies into the air
  4. Updraft (Tier 3) - Continuous damage, increased while airborne
  5. Tornado (Tier 3) - Summon a cyclone that pulls and damages
  6. Aeroburst (Tier 4) - Circular knockback burst

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How to learn advanced spells

Advanced spells can be obtained through:
  • Spell Scrolls - Found in loot chests (beginner, expert, and treasure variants)
  • Villager trading - Wizard villagers may offer spell scrolls
  • Crafting - Some spell scrolls can be crafted (check JEI/REI)
Advanced spells require higher spell power to be effective. Make sure to upgrade your weapon and armor as you progress!

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Craft elemental armor

Enhance your spell power and survivability with elemental armor sets.

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Armor tiers

  1. Elemental Apprentice (Tier 1) - Basic starting armor
  2. Element-specific (Tier 2) - Aqua, Terra, or Wind armor
  3. Netherite variants (Tier 3) - Enhanced durability and stats
  4. Elite sets (Tier 5) - Hurricane, Mountain, and Ocean sets
Each full armor set provides:
  • Increased spell power for your element
  • Armor and toughness stats
  • Set bonuses (for tier 5 sets)

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Tips for success

  • Combine elements: Use spells from multiple schools to adapt to different situations
  • Watch your resources: Keep a good supply of elemental stones for spell casting
  • Soaked synergy: Water spells deal bonus damage to fire mobs and apply Soaked, which makes targets vulnerable
  • Crowd control: Air spells excel at controlling groups—use Aeroburst or Tornado when surrounded
  • Defensive play: Earth’s Stone Flesh can save your life by reducing incoming damage by 50% at full health
  • Boss immunity: Some spell effects like knockup don’t work on bosses (entities tagged #c:bosses)

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Next steps

You’re now ready to explore the world as an elemental wizard! Consider:
  • Experimenting with spell combinations from different schools
  • Hunting for treasure spell scrolls in dungeons and structures
  • Crafting the Avatar’s Staff (Tier 5) for unique elemental passive effects
  • Installing compatible mods like Better Combat or Arsenal for expanded gameplay
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