What is Botania?
Botania is a nature-magic-themed tech mod. Instead of gears, it uses flowers, mana, and elves for automation. Core concept: functional flowers consume mana to produce effects, generating flowers produce mana. Mana transmits via mana spreaders/pools between flowers. Mystical white flower + bone meal -> colored petals -> petals + runes = functional flower.
Core Functional Flowers
Endoflame: burns fuel for mana (5/5 basic power). Hydroangeas: water+mana, very low (2/5 early game). Munchdew: eats leaves for mana (3/5 tree combo). Gourmaryllis: eats food for mana (4/5 food combo). Hopperhock: collects dropped items (5/5 essential). Agricarnation: auto-harvests crops (5/5 auto farm core). Rannuncarpus: places items ahead (3/5). Daffomill: right-click effect (4/5).
Mana Transport & Storage
Mana pools store mana (crafted with livingrock). Mana spreaders transmit between generating flowers and pools. Mana distributors split mana to functional flowers. Multiple pools connect into a mana network. The Terrestrial Agglomeration Plate requires 5 pools simultaneously transmitting massive mana for terrasteel and advanced crafting.