Arcane Lense

This mod adds:
Core spellcasting

• Magic Lens — the central item; equip up to 5 spells at once, cast/cycle with keybinds

• Mana system with a capacity that grows through merging lenses (up to 5x merge tier)

• 17 unique spells across offense, utility, and support: Fireball, Frost Bolt, Lightning Strike, Chain Lightning, Meteor Shower, Poison Bolt, Life Drain, Shockwave, Arrow Volley, Heal, Blink, Arcane Shield, Haste Surge, Gravity Pull, Summon Ally, Invisibility, Pocket Dimension

• Ancient Spell Books (dungeon loot) to learn new spells

• Diamond Engraver + Inscription Workbench for duplicating/customizing a lens's spell loadout

• Lens Combiner to merge two lenses into one, raising max mana and slot count

• Mana infrastructure

• Soul Pedestal — burns soul sand + items to generate mana

• Lens Pedestal — charges a placed lens automatically, links to nearby Soul Pedestals

• Soul Feeder — auto-feeds items into a linked Soul Pedestal, no manual restocking

Exploration

• A library with an entrance to a multi-room dungeon with tunnels, treasure rooms, and dangers

• A Faith Shrine structure, separate from the main dungeon

• A sunken boss chamber holding The One Who Sleeps

• The boss fight

• The One Who Sleeps — a boss with its own arena

• Sleeping God armor set (fire-immune) that grants temporary flight, scaled by accumulated Faith

• The Faith economy

• Faith Altars — burn items in soul fire for Faith, with diminishing returns to discourage bulk-farming one item

• Weird Amulet — private Faith readout on right-click

The Hunger (post-boss meta-progression)

• A watching presence that starts after defeating the boss, scaling with Faith and repeat kills
• Random blessing/burden moments with visible apparitions and status effects
• A semi-permanent one-way "eyes revealed" milestone that changes the sun and moon's appearance (per-player, not server-wide)
• Sun and Moon Ward — reversible toggle to hide the changed sky
• Tokens of the Hunger, spent on a choice between The Hunger's Boon (extends blessing duration) or The Hunger's Bindings (burn to shift blessing/burden odds, with bonus effects at high levels)
• The Hunger Tower — a landmark that rises once the eyes are revealed, with a permanent idol on top offering cryptic teaser dialogue

Skill Tree & Arcane Ink

• The Hunger Idol atop the Hunger Tower trades Tokens of the Hunger, then Arcane Ink, for The Hunger's Pact — a reusable key that opens the Skill Tree screen
• Arcane Ink — a new rare currency (dungeon loot, or an expensive Nether Star recipe as a backup) spent on every node in the tree
• Mana Boost — raises max mana on every Magic Lens you own, the tree's root node
• Cost Reduction / Cooldown Reduction — cut spell mana costs and cooldowns by up to 25% each at max level
• Pocket Dimension / Pocket Dimension Expansion — unlocks the Pocket Dimension spell, then grows your personal room from 9x9 up to 15x15
• Storage System / Storage Network Expansion — unlocks crafting Living Chests and Living Terminals, then raises the per-network storage cap above the base 15
• Arcane Assembler / Assembler Speed / Assembler Fuel Efficiency — unlocks crafting the Arcane Assembler, then speeds up its crafting and stretches its fuel further

Pocket Dimension

• A skill-tree-only 17th spell (never found in Ancient Spell Books) that teleports you into your own personal room in a private dimension
• Casting it again while inside teleports you back to exactly where, and which way, you left from
• Each player gets an isolated room in the shared Pocket Dimension level, upgradeable via the Skill Tree from 9x9 up to 15x15

Networked Storage

• Living Chest — a 5-slot storage cube that auto-merges into one shared pool with any other Living Chest it's placed touching
• Storage Connector — bridges two separate Living Chest clusters into a single network without adding storage of its own
• Living Terminal — browses an entire connected cluster as one scrollable grid, with a search box and a sort button (Default / Name / Count)
• Compactor Upgrade / Slot Upgrade — Terminal upgrade-slot items that raise per-item stack size or add bonus pool slots
• Requires the Storage System skill unlock to craft Living Chests and Living Terminals

Arcane Assembler

• Auto-crafts real crafting-table recipes from its own 3x3 grid — anything craftable by hand works, not a fixed list
• Powered by crop and meat "fuel" instead of redstone, so it only burns food while a valid recipe is actually sitting in the grid
• Sticky recipe memory: right-click a grid slot with an item to set what belongs there, or with an empty hand to clear it
• Auto-refills its grid from its own internal buffer first, then from an adjacent Living Chest cluster if it's built touching one
• Requires its own Skill Tree unlock to craft

Accessories

• Charm slot (via Curios): Magnet Charm, Faith Charm, Mana Orb Charm, Burning Charcoal Charm, Antivenom Charm, Preserved Wither Rose Charm
• Bracelet slot (via Curios): Iron/Gold/Netherite Bracelets, each granting bonus Charm slots while worn

Guide book

• A full in-game Arcane Guide (Patchouli-based) covering every system above, including dedicated chapters for Networked Storage and the Arcane Assembler, and an entry on what The Hunger's Pact opens

Advancements

• A progression tree from crafting your first lens through defeating the boss and mastering all 16 spells, extending on through the Skill Tree, Pocket Dimension, Networked Storage, Arcane Assembler, and accessories