Mana can be fed with Mana Bursts or with a Spark over the enchanter's core the latter way working much faster. To use it, sneak-right click the astrolabe on a block to choose the block to be placed, and sneak-right click the astrolabe in the air to choose the number of blocks to be placed. This block, when placed in the world and given some water by right-clicking or throwing in a Water Bucket , will accept any Mystical Petals thrown into it, absorbing their energies. Lastly, take the Wand of the Forest and right-click while pressing sneak default key "shift" in order to orient the Mana Spreader in the opposite direction. Tossing certain resources into a Mana Pool will infuse them with Mana from the pool, turning them into more magically-useful forms, like Manasteel Ingots or Mana Pearls.
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