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A Hytale Mod by Ionforge Labs

Arcane Industries

Build a magical production empire. Automate with golems. Ascend beyond mortal limits.

A fantasy factory simulation sandbox. You are an arcane industrialist building toward personal ascension, rank by rank, pushing further than anyone before you.

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The Core Loop

Every session follows the same satisfying cycle, growing in scale and complexity.

Explore
Gather
Process
Automate
Ascend
Repeat

Manual Phase

Hand-craft every item. Learn resource chains, discover blueprints, and build your first conduit network from scratch.

Early Automation

Deploy your first golems. Route mana through conduit grids. Production begins to run while you explore further.

Industrial Phase

Factories hum autonomously. Multi-chain production feeds ascension rituals. Push toward the final rank.

Core Systems

Four interlocking systems drive everything you build.

Mana Grid

Design leyline conduit networks to channel raw mana from taps to machines. Optimize flow, split conduits, and tier up for higher throughput.

Ley Tap Output: 24 mana/sec
Conduit Tiers: 3

Golem Automation

Craft and deploy golems to haul, mine, and process materials. Manage durability, assign tasks, and expand your golem fleet as you ascend.

Golem Types (Rank 1): 2
Durability: Degrades

Blueprint Discovery

Find Blueprint Tablets in ruins and workshops. Unlock permanent recipes that persist across ascension runs, building an ever-growing crafting library.

Blueprint Tiers: 3
Permanents: Cross-run

Ascension System

Gather catalysts, complete rituals, and ascend to the next rank. Each rank unlocks new machines, golems, and expands the world. Your Factory Core is permanent.

Ascension Ranks: 5
Factory Core: Permanent

The Verdant Rift

An ancient rift valley where magic bleeds through fractured leylines. Three biomes, each with unique resources and dangers.

Thornwood Groves

Dense magical forests with towering thornwood trees. The canopy hums with ambient mana, and collapsed workshops hide within the undergrowth.

Thornwood LogsBlueprint Tablets

Ley Flats

Open crystalline plains where leylines surface. Raw mana pools in shallow basins, and ancient ritual circles mark points of power.

Leystone OreAscension Catalysts

Ashbed Ravines

Scorched canyons of volcanic rock and heat-fused minerals. Dangerous terrain with the richest ore deposits in the Rift.

Scorchite ChunksRare Ores

Exploration Points

Crumbled Workshops

Collapsed artificer labs. Source of Blueprint Tablets. Found in Thornwood.

Collapsed Ritual Sites

Ancient ascension circles. Contain Ascension Catalysts. Found on Ley Flats.

The Verdant Scar

Central rift. Highest ley concentration. End-game exploration target.

Ascension Ranks

Five ranks of mastery. Each one transforms how you play.

1

Apprentice Forger

The foundation. Hand tools, basic smelting, first conduits.

Where every industrialist begins. Learn the craft, build your first machines, and tap into the ley network.

Key Unlocks
Basic CrucibleLey TapHauler Golem
2

Conduit Architect

Grid mastery. Multi-chain production begins.

The conduit network becomes your canvas. Split, route, and optimize mana flow across multiple production lines.

Key Unlocks
Conduit SplitterMiner GolemBlueprint Tablets
3

Golem Commander

Full automation. Golem fleet management.

Your golems do the heavy lifting. Manage an army of specialized workers and watch your factory run itself.

Key Unlocks
Golem ForgeAdvanced ConduitsFactory Templates
4

Rift Walker

Interdimensional industry. New resource planes.

Step beyond the Verdant Rift. Access exotic materials from parallel planes and build conduit networks that span realities.

Key Unlocks
Rift PortalExotic MaterialsCross-Rift Conduits
5

Arcane Sovereign

Transcendence. The factory runs itself.

You have transcended mortal industry. Shape reality itself, command infinite production, and stand as the sovereign of the Rift.

Key Unlocks
Sovereign ForgeReality ShapingInfinite Ascension

Production Chains

Multi-step crafting transforms raw materials into powerful components.

Refined Ingots

4 steps

Scorchite Ore
Crucible
Scorchite Ingot
Arcane Forge
Refined Ingot

Golem Core

3 steps

Leystone + Clay
Golem Mold
Mana Infuser
Golem Core

Conduit Segment

2 steps

Copper Ingot + Leystone Dust
Conduit Press
Conduit Segment