Shards, Rituals, and Progression

Class Shards and Ritual Blocks

The core progression in Alshanex's Familiars runs through class-themed shards. Each shard corresponds to a familiar class, and the mod's ritual blocks — Ritual Core, Familiar Idol, and the class statues — are the structures you interact with to put those shards to use. The exact recipes are best learned in-game, but the pattern is consistent: gather a shard, bring it to the ritual setup, and work toward the matching familiar.

Supporting materials feed this loop. Essence items, Bottled Familiar Soul, Dragon Tear, Draconic Life Fruit, Crystal Berry, Frostbloom, and Contaminated Cheese are the mod's consumable and crafting ingredients. Blessed Calyx, Conjurer's Candlestick, Cracked Hourglass, Chain of the Hunter, Emblem of Electricity, Forgotten Crown, and Ice Surface round out the item and block list.

Statues (Archmage, Cleric, Druid, Hunter) and the Familiar House and Familiar Bed give your collection a home. The Shrinkinator handles companion management once you have familiars. Expect the mod to be a self-contained collection and ritual system rather than a large tech tree.