You start on a floating island a few blocks wide. Use of the wine making mod Rustic, and a couple of others, allows you to slowly expand this island. As you do so, the story will lead you through a number of magic mods (including Wizardry, Arcane Archives, Embers, Roots, Thaumcraft and Astral Sorcery) and some of 1.12’s best dimension mods (the Betweenlands, the Aether and the underrated Misty World). It culminates in a fight with Botania’s Gaia Guardian, and the modpack’s final act was never finished – it was made by the same creator who made the also unfinished (yet fantastic) Regrowth.

All the same, what is there is well-done, and it’s honestly worth experiencing just for the Misty World, which is a very different, very real feeling dimension mod. Also just building a wizard tower on a magical floating sky island is a real vibe, and there are a lot of beautiful blocks in this pack.

If you like magic mods, and you want to try a skyblock, this is a solid place to start.