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Pedestal, books, tool conversion

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Tables for HBM’s rituals and books, and for converting blocks with a tool.

Type Machines Schema Picked by Rows in HBM
hbm:pedestal Pedestal rituals, revealed by clay tablets own first match in order 17
hbm:magic The Book of Boxcars own first match in order 7
hbm:lemegeton Lemegeton own first match in order 37
hbm:tool_conversion Blowtorch and Pneumatic Rivet Gun on convertible blocks own tool and block; last recipe id wins 4

A ritual on a 3 × 3 field of pedestals.

Field Type Required Default Meaning
output item id (string) yes The product. An id that is not registered makes a ritual that never completes.
count int no 1 Output count.
grid list of exactly 9 slots yes Row by row. A slot is an item id or #tag string, {"id", "count"} (that exact count on the pedestal), or "" for an empty pedestal.
extra condition name no none An extra condition (below).
set int no 0 Which clay tablet set reveals this ritual (taken modulo 2).
order int no after HBM’s Search order and tablet draw order.

Conditions: none, full_moon, new_moon (at night with that moon phase), sun (around noon), good_karma, bad_karma (a player within 20 blocks with reputation of at least 10, or at most -10). An addon may register more, named with its namespace.

data/hbm/recipe/pedestal/ammo_secret_folly_nuke.json (HBM)
{
"type": "hbm:pedestal",
"output": "hbm:ammo_secret_folly_nuke",
"grid": [
"#c:ingots/starmetal", "hbm:powder_magic", "#c:ingots/starmetal",
"hbm:powder_magic", { "id": "hbm:ammo_standard_nuke_high", "count": 4 }, "hbm:powder_magic",
"#c:ingots/starmetal", "hbm:powder_magic", "#c:ingots/starmetal"
],
"extra": "full_moon",
"set": 1,
"order": 14
}

Each pedestal must hold exactly the slot’s count (1 unless stated). The order matters twice: the pedestal uses the first ritual in order that matches, and a clay tablet’s seeded pick of rituals walks its set in order.

The Book of Boxcars’ extended crafting. The filled grid slots are read in slot order, without gaps, and must match the row’s ingredients one for one, in order.

Field Type Required Default Meaning
ingredients list of item ids or #tag strings yes In order.
result item id (string) yes One of that item.
order int no after HBM’s The first matching row in order wins.
data/hbm/recipe/magic/balefire_and_steel.json (HBM)
{
"type": "hbm:magic",
"ingredients": ["#c:ingots/steel", "hbm:egg_balefire_shard"],
"result": "hbm:balefire_and_steel",
"order": 2
}

The Lemegeton’s one-slot conversion: each ingot or gem into the next rung of its ladder.

Field Type Required Default Meaning
input item id or #tag (string) yes What is converted.
output item id (string) yes One of that item.
order int no after HBM’s The first matching row in order wins.
data/hbm/recipe/lemegeton/dusts_fluorite.json (HBM)
{
"type": "hbm:lemegeton",
"input": "#c:dusts/fluorite",
"output": "hbm:gem_sodalite",
"order": 31
}

Hitting a block with a tool, while carrying the materials, consumes the materials and replaces the block.

Field Type Required Default Meaning
tool tool type yes torch (Blowtorch) or bolt (Pneumatic Rivet Gun). The type list also has screwdriver, hand_drill, defuser and wrench.
from block id yes The block hit.
to block id yes The block it becomes.
materials list of ingredients no none Taken from the player’s inventory.
data/hbm/recipe/tool_conversion/watz_casing.json (HBM)
{
"type": "hbm:tool_conversion",
"tool": "bolt",
"from": "hbm:watz_casing",
"to": "hbm:watz_casing_tooled",
"materials": [{ "material": "dura_steel", "shape": "bolt", "count": 4 }]
}

Notes:

  • Only blocks built to be tool-convertible react to this table (HBM’s Watz casing, fusion coil and ICF parts). A row whose from is an ordinary block does nothing.
  • One conversion per tool and block; the row whose recipe id sorts last wins, and data rows win over conversions an addon registers in code.