Magic

Introduction and overview of magic, gathered by beta testers. SPOILERS beware.

Disclaimer

The data for this was gathered during the Beta testing - so some things may change over time, it's an Early Access after all!

Be aware that this guide is all Spoilers! If you are looking for help but don't want spoilers, feel free to join the discord & ask specifically for a spoiler free assist :)

Thanks for checking the guide out, please don't hesitate to point out issues or simply add your own knowledge down in the comments!

Unlocking Magic

If you are playing with the "All Knowing" Trait or in Free Mode, Magic is automatically unlocked!

If you play on Quest or Research Mode, Fantasy Forest allows you to never come in contact with magic at all if you so wish - in fact the trait "Down to Earth" allows you to completely block out any chance of encountering it from the start.
This also means there are some steps needed to unlock magic and spirits in the first place - mainly, it requires the Insight skill to reach a certain treshhold - this can be archieved over time or specifically by spending time in an altered mind state.

Insight seems to raise by about 0.01% every 30-45min at an altered mind state over 17%.
In Quest Mode, to unlock the Basic Magic Quest, an Insight of 0.1% is required.
In Research Mode, an Insight of 0.05% is required to unlock Blessing and Enchanting actions at places of power or animal corpses. Summoning, predictably, requires far higher Insight to unlock (let us know in the comments if you know!).

Altered Mind State
To alter your mind state, a couple different methods can be used, such as meditating, interacting with places of power or focusing on an amulet. Additionally, you can consume certain herbs for quicker mind altering.
The following table assumes no mind alteration affecting traits were picked on character chreation. For medicines, the list assumes one dose (one herb or one tea).
(This list is not yet complete, missing spirit mushroom numbers).

Method	Alteration Progress	max Alteration
Sleep Deprivation	~1% every 45min	up to 34% with serious sleep deprivation
Dried Fairyweed Tea	0.35% per 15min	capped at 3%
Powdered Fairyweed Tea	0.35% per 15min	capped at 4,5%
Fresh Spirit Mushroom	??	capped at 30%

Unlock Magic Quest
To unlock an awareness of magic and the connected quest, an altered mind state of 25-32% has to be reached. If a shrine was visited before, 25-27% seem to be enough - without visiting a shrine, the quest triggers at around 30-32%.

Once unlocked, actual Magic can happen in three stages. Additionally, different spirits give different benefits, see the Places of Power and Animal Spirits lists for the details.

1. Blessing: a short time boost
   
2. Enchantment: a temporary blessing ankered to an amulet or clothing item
   
3. Summoning: letting a spirit possess you, which grants all blessings and additional benefits until the spirit leaves - however the spirit requires it's urges to be met or it will be unhappy

Places of Power

There are a couple of shrines and places of power that can be found scattered around the map. Here powerful spirits of the land can be found and asked for blessings, enchantments or even posession.
An exception for this is the fire spirit, which does not have a permanent dwelling but rather visits ritual pyres build by the player. Another is the darkness spirit, which only appears every ~15min in the Ominous Tunnel if you linger there with an altered mind and only offers possession, no blessing or enchantment.

Spirit	Location	Benefits
Fire	Ritual Pire (player build)	Warmth, Immune System Boost, Help with starting and keeping fires
Earth - Sacred Oak	Great Oak tile, far west of starting tile	Crop Care Boost, Heal Crops, Restore underbrush
Water - Sacred Spring	Greenfalls Cave, far north of starting tile	Slows Thirst, Heals hand/feet damage & rashes, ???
Darkness	Ominous Tunnel (with altered mind state), in the Fairy Hole following South and then SW tunnels	Darkness Vision, Stealth Boost, Blinding Attack
Flint - Flint Motherlode	Flint Sett, in the Fairy Hole following South and then SW tunnels past the Ominous Tunnel	Increased Knapping skill, Increase sharpness of flint weapons, Raise Flint Quality

Animal Spirits

Different Animals roam the map, and each of them houses a spirit that, upon successful hunt, can be asked for a blessing, enchantment or even possession.
Take care not to release the spirit - requirements for a successful interaction, apart from materials, are an altered mind state and a remaining spirit.

Animal	Benefits
Badger	Foraging Aid, Immune System Boost, Wound Healing
Fox	Ambushing Aid, Tracking Aid, ???
Doe/Stag	Alertness Boost, Immune System Boost, Wound Healing
Boar	Foraging Aid, Immune System Boost, ???
Wolf	Tracking Aid, Combat Efficiency Boost, ???
Flintclaw	Badger, Flint and Darkness Benefits: Foraging Aid, Immune System Boost; Increase sharpness of flint weapons, Raise Knapping Skill; Darkness Vision, Stealth Boost, Blinding Attack

The Flintclaw, specifically, is basically a boss fight in the tunnels under the fairy hole - it will respawn every 20-30 days. Also be aware there is no corpse - it's a spirit, not an animal - the Flintclaw will simply ask you to bind it once beaten by you.

Blessings

Darkness and Flintclaw both can only posses you, and while there are no associated blessings for darkness, Flintclaw can bless you with both the Flint and Badger benefits while bound to you.

Land Spirit	Requirement	Effect
Fire	1x Dry Reeds	Perceived Temperature Boost, Immune System Boost
Earth	1x fertilizer (any kind)	Fertility Boon: 21% Care, heal crops, restore underbrusch
Water	0.8 Units of sacred water	???
Flint	1x Flint, 1x hammering tool	Increased Knapping skill (higher durability and quality of flint tools), higher sharpness
Animal Spirit	Requirement	Effect
Badger	1x Bugs	Foraging Aid, Immune System Boost
Fox	1x small mammal (raw or cooked)	Tracking Aid, Ambush Aid
Doe/Stag	1x clover or meadowgrass	Alertness Aid, Immune System Boost
Boar	1x forest cap or turnroot	Foraging Aid, Immune System Boost
Wolf	1x bone	Tracking Aid, Chasing Aid, Combat Efficiency Boost

Enchantments

Darkness and Flintclaw both can only posses you, and while there are no associated enchants for darkness, Flintclaw can enchant items with both the Flint and Badger benefits while bound to you.

All enchantments require Fairyweed in fresh, dried or powdered form.

Land Spirit	Requirement	Effect
Fire	1x dry reeds, 1x heated tar, 1x fairyweed	Perceived Temperature Boost, Immune System Boost
Earth	6x fertilizer (any kind), 1x fairyweed	Fertility Boon: 21% Care, heal crops, restore underbrusch
Water	5.8 Units of sacred water, 1x fairyweed	Calming flow: 12% (less thirst, heals rashes & hand/feet damage)
Flint	3x Flint, 1x hammering tool, 1x fairyweed	Increased Knapping skill (higher durability and quality of flint tools), higher sharpness
Animal Spirit	Requirement	Effect
Badger	3x Bugs, 1x fairyweed	Foraging Aid, Immune System Boost
Fox	1x partridge, 1x fairyweed	Tracking Aid, Ambush Aid
Doe/Stag	4x clover or meadowgrass, 1x fairyweed	Alertness Aid, Immune System Boost
Boar	3x forest cap or turnroot, 1x fairyweed	Foraging Aid, Immune System Boost
Wolf	3x bone, 1x fairyweed	Tracking Aid, Chasing Aid, Combat Efficiency Boost

Summoning

Summoning a spirit to posses you gives you all their blessings for as long as it stays with you. Additionally it allows you to:
Cast spells via a Focus, cast spells in combat, cast spells while you're running around via the magic tab (character screen) and also enables you to enchant several things without needing to kill the same animal multiple times.

Spells can be cast by draging the focus onto the spirit, that fills the focus, then drag it on the interactable of that spell, in the case of a beast spirit for instance, a wound.
All Beast spirits have a spell to increased wound healing factor.

Summoning a spirit can fail, and a failure can have consequences, listed under "Failure Effect" below.

Spirits may approach you outside of their place of power if you have high affinity with them, a highly altered mind and perform some tasks connected to the spirit - these other summoning possibilities are listed under "Alternatives" in the table below.

Land Spirit	Requirement	Alternatives	Spells	Failure Effect
Fire	24x dry reeds, 3x heated tar, 1x fairyweed	gaze into the pyre	refuel fire for 25% of wand, lits tinder for 50% of wand	burn injury
Earth	12x fertilizer (specifically), 3x fairyweed, 3x spirit acorns	???	Add Care to plants, ???	???
Water	47.8 Units of sacred water, 1x fairyweed	???	???	???
Darkness	spend time in Ominous Tunnel	???	Darkness Vision, ???	???
Flint	???	???	50%of wand to raise flint quality to 100%	???
Animal Spirit	Requirement	Alternatives	Spells	Failure Effect
Badger	3x Bugs, 1x fairyweed	???	Foraging Aid, Immune System Boost, Increased Wound Healing Factor	??? Wound
Fox	1x partridge, 1x fairyweed	???	Tracking Aid, Ambush Aid, Increased Wound Healing Factor	Bite Wound
Doe/Stag	12x clover or meadowgrass, 1x fairyweed	???	Alertness Aid, Immune System Boost, Increased Wound Healing Factor	Bite Wound
Boar	???	???	Foraging Aid, Immune System Boost, Increased Wound Healing Factor	???
Wolf	1x large animal, 1x fairyweed	???	Tracking Aid, Chasing Aid, Combat Efficiency Boost. Increased Wound Healing Factor	??? Wound
Flintclaw	Defeat the Flintclaw	-	Darkness Vision, 50%of wand to raise flint quality to 100%	??? Wound

General tips for magic

• you can equip up to 2 amulets
  
• Enchantments on clothing seems to drop faster than on amulets
  
• Boni from different spirit's blessings (like Immune system from badger, deer and fire) stack
  
• summoning can fail and injure you (conditions unclear)
  
• a chance to summon a spirit can occur randomly when mind is altered and doing an activity that raises the affinity (conditions unclear)

Affinity & Urges

To even consider getting assitance from a spirit, a certain affinity has to be reached with them. Different elements and spirits require different actions to raise affinity.

Spirits possessing the player have an urge that fits their nature.
This urge can be appeased with certain actions - failing to do so will have the spirit unhappy, influencing your wellbeing and morale.

The Flintclaw itself has no specific affinity but success may be influenced by darkness, beast and flint affinities - or the summoning success relies entirely on your ability to kill it.
While the Flintclaw offers many benefits, it also has more severe urges - while possessed by the Flintclaw, the player will have to take care of three different urges at the same time - they have separate meters and therefore need to be taken care of individually with their relevant actions.

Land Spirit	Affinity	Urge
Fire	turn on campfire, warm up/wait at fire stay in area with pyre	warm up or wait at fire, light something on fire
Earth	spend time at & commune with the Sacred Oak, inspect gardens	???
Water	being wet, spend time in the waterfall cave, gaze at water	???
Darkness	spend time in darkness	spend time in darkness
Flint	mine Flint Motherload, spend time at Flint Motherload	knap/ craft tools with flint, mine flint, spend time at Flint Motherload
Animal Spirit	Affinity	Urge
Badger	Release Animal Soul, hunt animals	forage, dig, spend time underground
Fox	Release Animal Soul, hunt animals	hunt small animals, butcher small animals, eat meat
Doe/ Stag	Release Animal Soul, hunt animals	travel through the forest, meet deer, eat vegetables
Boar	Release Animal Soul, hunt animals	???
Wolf	Release Animal Soul, hunt animals	probably : hunt large animals, butcher large animals, eat meat
Flintclaw	-	all the urges of darkness, badger and flint - simultaniously

Acknowledgments

Data was gathered with help of brave Beta testers such as:
BlackOkamie. Ciuli, Daddy Dankmeme, Emaster, Lana, Oscar, Seeamoebe, Starwarsskier

And other players, such as ThePettyOctopus.

[Serpentarius]

The calming flow from a single enchanted amulet tops off at 12%

[fuyuneko]

@小瞎 With free mode or the "All Knowing" trait, you have magic unlocked automatically. If you are using Quest mode but skipping the tutorial, you unlock it as mentioned in the guide :)

[小瞎]

Thanks for sharing! But idk if skipped the quests, how to unlock the magic? Interact with one of the shrines with altered mind?

[Serpentarius]

The Water Enchantment gives you the Calming Flow buff: Ingame Description says it 'Calms you down, slows down your thirst and heals rashes and hand and foot damage.'

The actual effect gives you a down arrow on Calming Flow (doens't seem to be strong enough to stop it from growing) Up arrows on Thirst and Wellbeing, and down arrows on Stress, Rashes, Hand Damage and Foot Damage.

All of these are constant.