News
Runecraft 3.0 was released on October 31, 2015. Check out all the changes on Release Notes Runecraft 3 download on DevBukkit.
We're in the process of updating the wiki. Please do not revert changes made by any of the devs: Josiah42, Rivkiin, Amuxix, Hero5th.
About
Runecraft is a gameplay modification for Bukkit that adds magic to the game in the form of configurable block formations known as "runes" that can be constructed in the actual game world, creating short-term enchantments with a variety of functions. Unlike other Bukkit mods, it does not have any client-side interface such as the use of commands.
Runecraft was the third SMP mod ever developed and is still actively maintained by RivkiinShadows, Josiah42, Amuxix, lvletei. Old developers were SuperLlama, Ctri, Zeerix, and Der_niabs.
Rune System
The modification's functionality is handled with "runes" that players build as structures in the game world out of in-game resources. Runes are predefined patterns of blocks arranged in a square of odd dimensions (e.g. 5x5 blocks) which the modification will recognize and, when the central block is used with a tool, trigger the corresponding effect on the player, tool, or surrounding area.
Energy
Runes and items created by them (Shield Weapons / Fire Pick / Hell Maw / etc.) all require energy to use or activate. Energy is gained through the creation of runes that are consumed on use and by throwing items into lava or a fire within 10 Blocks of you. (Note: The closest person to the burning item will receive energy, regardless of who threw the item.)
Different items have different runic value energies. Common blocks such as dirt and cobblestone only grant one energy per block, whereas a single diamond grants hundreds. Consuming or incinerating the same item type gives diminishing returns; each time you incinerate a particular type of item, the runic energy reward is reduced by a certain percent. The energy reward cannot be reduced below 1.
The cost of using any given rune can vary depending on several factors - the number of blocks modified by a rune, the distance teleported, the tier of the blocks used to create the rune (if it uses tier blocks), et cetera.
Runecraft Servers
You can add your own server to this list if it runs runecraft.
The official server can be found at Igniculus, you can apply there to be white listed.
Here is a list of other Runecraft servers:
- CivilizationsMC
- Kepler Towny
- Minecraft Omega
- Anembra Minecraft
- Swisscraft
- Matecraft
- Titanium Gaming (Server of Runecraft developer Lvletei)
- MCTwitch
- Tribes Warfare
- PDX Minecraft
- Crimson Conquest
- Naturecraft
- WorldStone Origins
Building Runes
Runes are constructed as a pattern of odd dimensions (such as 3x3x3 or 5x5x1 blocks). Stone (but not cobblestone), dirt, and other "tier zero" blocks can be used to fill "blank" spaces in the pattern. The material the rune is constructed out of determines the rune's "tier". Higher tiers make the rune more powerful.
Note: Note not all runes can be affected by tier.
Runes are activated by using (right-click by default) the central block, or the floor below with any Tool. Different runes often have specific activation requirements. Shovel runes must be clicked on with a shovel, while teleporters can be activated with an empty hand.
Tiers
Most vanilla minecraft blocks may be used in the construction of runes. Each block has been assigned a tier value based on their rarity and difficulty to obtain, which affects the potency of the rune.
Consult tier block for a partial list of tiered materials.
Note: Server admins may change which tier a material is as of runecraft 2.11. See disabled-runes.txt for details.
Runes List
Here we have the layout of all known runes. For details, click the individual runes name.
Beginning
Initiation — enable runecrafting
Divination
Chrono Trigger — control time of day
Compass — show north
Depth Note — show floor thickness
Identifier — show active runecraft effects
Oracle — show block tier
Transportation
Freight Teleporter — teleport items out of a chest
Freightpoint — receiver for a Freight Teleporter
Personal Teleport — a cheap, single-use teleporter
Recall — teleport yourself or others to the marked location
Teleporter — teleport players to a receiver
Master Teleporter — a reconfigurable teleporter
Warp — teleport through floors or ceilings
Waypoint — receiver for a player teleport
Faith
Doubt — un-Faith an island
Faith — raise the land to make a floating island
Faith Transfer Portal — teleport an entire faith island
Faith Wrencher — adjust an island's center
Faithpoint — receiver for a Transfer Portal
Pegasus — move an island through the sky
Rubrik — create a copy of a faith island
Building
Lock Block — lock or down toggle blocks
Mineshaft — instantly dig a vertical mineshaft
Mound — create a shelter
Reality Anchor — record a structure for duplication
Reality Master — create a copy of a Reality Mastered structure
Solar Flare — vaporize a large volume of blocks
Spleef Block — for flooring a Spleef arena
Toggle Blocks — blocks that can be toggled with another block (or air)
Topsy Turvy — vertically invert an area
Transmutation — replace blocks in place
Utility
Accelerator — fling players through the air
Bottomless Cauldron — a compact water source
Flotilla — stackable boats
Force Field — an invisible defensive wall
Freezer — freeze water and create snow
Inheritance — retain items on death
Immersion — blind yourself
Levitation Obelisk — negate gravity in a large area
Magic Cake — bake a cake without milk or eggs
Magic Lasso — pull distant creatures towards you
Magma Gel — harvest netherrack into stackable lava sources
Phantom Torch — a torch that follows you
Prometheus — creates runic armor
Runic Radio — talk to other players with the same radio
Spring — leap forwards on command
Surface Tension — harvest ice into stackable water sources
Zeerix Chest — create a chest you can summon and unsummon at will
Tempest — raise or dispel a storm
Armor
Cold Feet — freeze water under your feet
Diver's Helmet — breathe underwater
Endurance — extend mercy invulnerability after taking damage
Tool
Some tool effects can be stacked.
Farmer's Charm — plant seeds while hoeing
Fire Pick — smelt blocks as you mine them
Leaf Blower — destroy leaves in bulk
Light Pick — place torches with your pickaxe
Power Drill — dig long, narrow holes
Power Hoe — till large areas of dirt
Power Pick — mine large volumes of rock and ore
Containment — make dangerous terrain safe when mining nearby
Weapon
Some weapon effects can be stacked. (Multishot + Siege bow, for example)
Bow of Light — place torches with your arrows
Bow of Translocation — teleport to where the arrow lands
Hell Maw — arrows open fissures to the void
Multishot — shoot multiple arrows at once
Shield — create a small force field with your shield
Siege bow — upgrade your arrows with TNT
Meta
Dispel — remove runecraft effects
Permanence — make a temporary tool enchantment permanent
Genesis — create a personal void dimension
Ward
All Ward runes block the creation of certain types of runes, or disable existing rune effects, within a given area.
Aether Ward — disable all rune creation
Danger Ward — disable terrain modifying runes
Flight Ward — disable flight
Tool Ward — disable rune-enhanced tools
Teleport Ward — disable teleportation
True Name Ward — disable use of True Names
Void Ward — disable curses
True Name
True Name — let someone else use runes as if they were you
True Name Altar — teleport to a player's location
Automation
Automation Designator — prepare a rune for remote activation via sensors
Block Sensor — activates when a block is placed on it
Damage Sensor — activates when it takes damage
Pressure Sensor — activates when stepped on
Redstone Sensor — activates on receiving a redstone signal
Admin
These runes are intended for use by administrators only; as such, all of them require bedrock to make.
Admin Pick — delete bedrock
Altar of Judgement — edit disabled-runes.txt from in game
Admin Initiation — version of Initiation only admins can make
Redemption — load a previously saved Faith island
Salvation — save a Faith island to a file
Removed Runes
Looking for a rune you're sure you remember from an earlier version of Runecraft? Some runes get removed between versions. The list of removed runes now has its own page.
Configuration
The mod configuration information is on Configuration
Version History
Version History can be found Here
Editing This Page
If you want to edit this page with any new information please try to follow the 'template' being used on the rest of the runecraft pages.
Here is a small tutorial on how to use the templates for runes.