Wand Caps are one of the two main components of making wands (including staves and scepters), the other being the wand core.
All wand caps begin with 5 nuggets of some metal, crafted in the "helmet" arrangement (iron shown). However, advanced caps require progressively more complex magic to complete them, and the more advanced the caps, the more expensive it is to attach them to a wand.
The choice of wand cap does not affect the storage capacity of a wand, but can provide a bonus or penalty to all vis costs when using the wand. The bonuses or penalties from caps combine with any other adjustments provided by equipment or other factors.
Two of the cap types depend on metals from other mods: the Copper and Silver caps will only be available (or researchable) if nuggets of those metals are present in the game, and Thaumcraft itself does not provide them.
Types of Wand Caps
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| Name | Material | Crafting | Vis Cost | Infusion Cost | Vis Usage |
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Iron Cap | Iron Nugget | Shapeless | 110% | ||
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| Copper Nugget | Arcane Worktable | 2 Ordo, 2 Ignis, 2 Aer | 100% (Ordo, Perditio) 110% (Other) | |
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Gold Cap | Gold Nugget | Arcane Worktable | 3 Ordo, 3 Ignis, 3 Aer | 100% | |
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| Silver Nugget | Arcane Worktable | 4 Ordo, 4 Ignis, 4 Aer | Cannot be used in wands. | |
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| Silver Nugget | Arcane Infusion | 4 Auram, 4 Potentia | Inert Silver Cap, 2 Salis Mundus | 90% (Aer, Ignis, Aqua, Terra) 100% (Other) |
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Inert Thaumium Cap | Thaumium Nugget | Arcane Worktable | 6 Ordo, 6 Ignis, 6 Aer | Cannot be used in wands. | |
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Charged Thaumium Cap | Thaumium Nugget | Arcane Infusion | 6 Auram, 12 Potentia | Inert Thaumium Cap, 3 Salis Mundus | 90% |
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Inert Void metal Cap | Void metal Nugget | Arcane Worktable | 27 Perditio, 27 Ordo, 18 Ignis, 18 Aer | Cannot be used in wands. | |
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Charged Void metal Cap | Void metal Nugget | Arcane Infusion | 6 Auram, 12 Potentia | Inert Void metal Cap, 4 Salis Mundus | 80% |
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Void Metal Wand Caps
