Early on you will not see much danger in it, the taint is currently set to spread at a 1/800th chance per block update. It also makes AM2 superior late game in terms of damage from the multiplicative nature. The damage is buffed in order to give players an alternative to the hack and slash feeling that can become minecraft combat. It is no secret that AM2 suffers from a lack of incentive when weapons do its job better in 99% of the cases until the player is heavily invested into it. The artifacts mod provides a unique experience in monster slaying, with a chance of mobs dropping random statted armor as well as finding it in dungeon chests or wizard towers! Slain mobs(only hit by the player) have a 10% chance of dropping a common treasure bag from thaumcraft. This is to encourage the combat exploration theme as the dungeons provide extreme amounts of loot. This is to restrict players from going on a single mining trip and being able to breeze through the early game.

If you intend on streaming or making a let's play of this series, please message me so that I can link you here! I love watching people play(more than actually playing). You will find yourself mastering the three schools of magic, Thaumcraft, Botania and Ars Magica, each balanced as a viable alternative to filling the equipment slots that are usually filled with tech and tinkers. Not only that, but technology will not help you outside of the magical arts. There are over seven different dungeon-type instances to explore and conquer providing mid and late game content when you 'think' you are ready.

You have over 270 quests to complete, all pushing you to the end of the magic mods until their final integration. Without giving too much of it away, this pack will challenge your combat and creative thinking as opposed to raw strength and gear. You can still access the pack with pack code Hubris.

One unique download averaged 423.79 minutes played or 7 hours.

Translated to 505,827.35 hours, making up 21,076.1 days which finally filled up 57.74 years!

The pack has been launched 291,206 times.

Top three most downloaded countries: 28,880 from the United States, 5,854 from Germany and 5,260 from the United Kingdom. Thank you to everyone who played this pack! 7 months on the launcher has accumulated some staggering statistics! As of 12/15/15:

Aether 2 mod servers