Botania

Botania is a mod by Vazkii based around the magical energies created by flowers and other natural plant life. It is inspired by other magic-based mods like Handicraft 4 and Blood Magic.

There is an in-game documentation book that explains nearly everything within Botania, it is called the Lexica Botania (commonly referred to as the "lexicon"), and has many possibilities and features. The Lexica Botania is crafted using any mystical flower and a piece of paper.

Mana is the energy system Botania features, used for powering magical utilities. It is created very easily but mostly in small amounts, but through mod progression the player can acquire and build more beneficial and larger amounts of Mana. Transporting Mana requires manual and automatic aiming and coordination, it can be transported using Mana Spreaders and their variations.

This mod also implements a new feature called 'Natural Shedding', this is where Skeletons, Chickens, Ghasts and certain other mobs shall occasionally drop something associated to them. For example, a Skeleton would drop a Bone now and then. This is also documented about in the Lexica Botania.

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In the later versions for Minecraft 1.7, Botania introduces a new boss, the Gaia Guardian, summoned by performing the Ritual of Gaia. When killed, it shall drop 8 Gaia Spirits, vital for many crafting recipes the mod includes. This boss is predicted to be an mid-game to end-game goal, seeing as the ritual requires end-game content and the boss is very difficult to defeat without the correct equipment and approach.

Some text on this page has been taken from http://ftb.gamepedia.com/Botania and modified to ensure relevance and accuracy for the Regrowth pack.