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Summary[]
The Quaesitum is used to research objects that are not immediately available. It is possible to insert anything into the quaesitum but the best things to use are artifacts.
Crafting[]
Research Interface
Description of Interface[]
The interface of the Quaesitum consists of 4 main input/output boxes.
The slot at the top left is the slot for the primary research item.
The two slots below it are for additional items with which you can boost the research success chance.
The three bars in the area indicate, from top to bottom: the success chance of the current research endeavor, the chance of losing a progress point when researching a theory, and finally, the chance to lose the item that is currently being researched.
The large bar with symbols under the three small bars is the progress bar.
The slot at the top right is for paper. It is highly recommended that you stockpile large amounts of paper as every time the quaesitum produces a knowledge fragment, a theory or a discovery, one piece of paper is consumed.
As a theory is researched, a bar will appear to the left of the top left slot. There are 5 stages to completing a research. Each stage will highlight the left bar with a light blue colour until it is full. The harder a theory is to research, the longer it takes to complete one cycle. Finally, the 3x3 grid the knowledge fragments, theories and discoveries the quaesitum has produced so far.
Mechanics[]
The research mechanics are fairly simple. The more valuable the object, the better chance of success. That also applies to supplementary items. The higher this research value is, the higher the chance for a research success gets if you use it as primary research material or as a booster.
Once your Quaesitum starts researching, it will make a quill scratching noise and will start it's progress bar. What can be derived will change based on what you put in. Mundane objects will only give you Lost Knowledge. Forbidden Objects will give you Forbidden Knowledge, Tainted objects will give you Tainted Knowledge and Eldrich objects will give you Eldritch Knowledge. These knowledge fragements are the first part of the research stage of Thaumcraft. After you've gotten your first fragment, feel free to take whatever object is in the top slot out and place the fragment within.
Increasing Efficiency[]
The Quaesitum works better when surrounded by bookcases, and more so with Brain-In-A-Jars. There is no upgrade slot for upgrades such as Quicksilver Core.
Placing items in the booster slots is optional, but highly recommended to maximize efficiency. There are plenty of artifacts within Battle Towers found throughout the world.
Books make a very useful booster, so consider a very large scale paper farm to ensure you have enough books on hand.
Vis Valvesare an even better research booster than books, as they are rather cheap to craft and have an extraordinarily high research value of 15, which is three times as much as a book (5), and almost double as much as a diamond (8). You only need glass panes, some wood and some Redstone for the Vis Conduits, and some more wood and cobblestone for the levers. Efficient research boosters don't get any cheaper than this. It is a good idea to not use the vis valve to pump vis, but instead to put it in the box to be researched.
Research exceptions[]
Zombie Brain and any Vis Crystal have specific outcomes from research; you should only research these until you get Theory: Brain-In-A-Jar and Theory: Crystalline Bell. Vanilla blocks, even Cobblestone, yield Fragment of Lost Knowledge, with Book being a highly productive source of these. Zombie Flesh, Bone and Netherrack are plentiful options for Forbidden knowledge.
It should be noted, Researching a Knowledge Fragment of an area of research where you don't have anything left to find will yield only another knowledge fragment. Keeping track of discoveries within a certain sector or knowledge (eg Eldritch) is highly recommended as to not waste resources
Notes[]
Many of the links to external webpages cover content from the latest Thaumcraft 2 version (version 2.1.6d) so some items from those webpages may not exist in Yogbox(yogbox uses version 2.0.2).