Aspect Alchemy

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Aspect Alchemy adds a deep, customizable potion-making system using a special Aspect Cauldron. Combine ingredients based on their hidden "aspects" (status effects) to create powerful elixirs — then collect them in bottles of different sizes, infuse arrows, or just bathe in the brew directly.

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### Every ingredient has hidden aspects which can be discovered through experimentation.

• Aspect Cauldron — the main block of the mod. Holds up to 3 water levels (just like vanilla), tracks a `boiling` state, and stores up to 3 ingredients. Breaking it drops an empty cauldron.
• Aspect Empty Cauldron — the base form; fill it with water to get started.

### Heating & Boiling

Place the cauldron over a Campfire, Fire, Soul Fire, Lava, or Magma Block to heat it up. Heating takes 10 seconds (200 ticks). Remove the heat source and the cauldron cools down instantly.

• While boiling, the cauldron emits bubble particles and plays ambient lava sounds.
• ⚠️ Entities standing inside a boiling cauldron take 1 damage per second unless fire-immune.

### Adding Ingredients

Add up to 3 unique ingredients by right-clicking with them in hand or throwing them in with Q. Duplicate ingredient types are not accepted.

Each ingredient carries a list of status effects (its aspects). The system works like this:

• An effect must appear across 2 or more ingredients to be included in the final potion.
• Amplifier = number of occurrences minus 1, capped at level V.

### Living Water Visuals

• Water color dynamically changes based on added ingredients — it shows the average blend of all active effects' colors.
• Empty cauldron resets to classic vanilla blue.
• Visual feedback lets you see the brew's composition at a glance.

Stand inside a cauldron with a brewed potion to absorb its effects — 1 second of exposure = 3 seconds of effects, refreshed every tick. Great for a quick heal before exploration or combat without consuming a bottle.

• Fire on the entity is extinguished while standing inside.
• ⚠️ Instant Damage in the brew deals extraordinary damage.

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• ### Bottle Sizes & Multi-Use Bottles

Each scoop of the cauldron lowers the water level by 1. At level 1, the cauldron empties and reverts to its empty form.

Vanilla Bottle: 1 sip

Small Bottle: 2 sips

Medium Bottle: 3 sips

Large Bottle: 4 sips

Multi-use bottles (MultiUsePotionItem) can be refilled from the cauldr