Thaumcraft Research and the Thaumonomicon

Knowledge in Thaumcraft is gated behind research. Scanning blocks, mobs, and items with the Thaumometer earns observation points and reveals aspects. At the Research Table, players spend these points on a theorycraft minigame, connecting aspects to complete research notes and unlock new entries.

Unlocked knowledge is recorded in the Thaumonomicon, which is divided into branches such as:

• Fundamentals - basic tools, scanning, and vis crystals.
• Auromancy - channeling vis directly through the Caster's Gauntlet and its foci.
• Alchemy - distilling essentia and producing items like Nitor and alchemical salts.
• Artifice - enchanted equipment, baubles, and magical devices.
• Arcane Infusion - high-tier crafting using the Infusion Altar.
• Golemancy - constructing and commanding golems.
• Eldritch - dangerous, warp-gated knowledge involving flux, taint, and cultists.

Research must generally be unlocked in order, so players progress from simple scanning toward advanced infusion and eldritch magic.