Fiery Essence Altar

Fiery Essence Altar
Name	Fiery Essence Altar
Source Mod	Hardcore Ender Expansion
ID Name	Unknown
First Appearance	v. Pre1 for MC 1.6.4
Type	Block
Stackable	Yes (64)
Blast Resistance	20
Solid	Yes
Transparent	No
Affected by Gravity	No
Emits Light	No
Flammable	No
Required Tool

Fiery Essence Altar is a block added by the Hardcore Ender Expansion mod.

To create a Fiery Essence Altar, a player has to use Fiery Essence on the Basic Essence Altar (right-click the altar with the Essence). After that, the Altar will request 8 random items to be fed into it. Fiery Essence Altar may request the following items: Igneous Rock, Lava Bucket, Coal Block, Blaze Rod, Blaze Powder, Magma Cream, Furnace, Flint and Steel, Fire Charge and a Brewing Stand.

Mechanics

Fiery Altar increases the speed of smelting process in the nearby furnaces at a cost of Fiery Essence. Since the 1.3 update the altar also increases brewing speed in a Brewing Stand and Enhanced Brewing Stand. The speed increment depends on the amount of Fiery Essence stored inside the altar. Having 512 pieces of Fiery Essence in the altar makes the furnaces smelt things ~2.5 times faster.

The radius of Fiery Altar is 6 blocks on X/Z axis and 2 blocks on Y axis. The radius can be increased using range upgrades.

Upgrading

An altar can be upgraded using "sockets" - white areas in the 4 corners on the top side of the altar. Right-clicking those sockets with a metal block consumes the block and fills the socket. Right-clicking again will retrieve the block.

Any upgrade requires at least one "effect" block and one "boost" block. Boost blocks increase the efficiency of effects. It is important to choose the metal blocks for upgrading wisely as only 4 blocks can be used.

Effect Blocks

Block	Effect
Block of Redstone	Speed boost
Lapis Lazuli Block	Range increase
Block of Quartz	Lower essence cost

Boost Blocks

Block	Boost Amount
Block of Iron	1
Block of Gold	3
Block of Diamond	7
Block of Emerald	10