Machina (Mechanism)
Machina, the aspect of mechanism, is a base Thaumcraft 4 compound made from Motus and Instrumentum. One point costs 13 primal points to synthesize from scratch.
Recipe
Machina = Motus + Instrumentum
Combine one point of each component at the research table to get one point of Machina. Counting all the way down to primals, a single point takes 13 primal points:
That total is the number the solver shows as craft cost when it places Machina in an empty cell. Cheapest routes avoid it unless the note leaves little choice.
What Machina connects to
Machina links to 3 aspects in this library (see the connection rule): its two components and the compounds that use it.
| Neighbor | Why it connects | Craft cost |
|---|---|---|
| Motus | Component of Machina | 2 |
| Instrumentum | Component of Machina | 11 |
| Electrum | Electrum = Potentia + Machina | 15 |
When Machina is printed on your note and you only need to leave it, Motus is the cheapest first step at cost 2.
Reaching Machina from each primal
These are the shortest valid chains in this dataset, using base Thaumcraft 4 aspects only. Where several chains tie on length, the one with the cheapest in-between aspects is listed. Cost counts only the aspects between the two ends, the cells you would have to fill.
| From | Chain | Cells to fill | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aer | Aer → Motus → Machina | 1 | 2 |
| Terra | Terra → Iter → Motus → Machina | 2 | 5 |
| Ignis | Ignis → Telum → Instrumentum → Machina | 2 | 23 |
| Aqua | Aqua → Tempestas → Aer → Motus → Machina | 3 | 5 |
| Ordo | Ordo → Motus → Machina | 1 | 2 |
| Perditio | Perditio → Vinculum → Motus → Machina | 2 | 5 |
A real note also has geometry: the chain has to fit the free hexes between your endpoints. If the gap is longer than the chain, pad it by stepping back and forth between two aspects that connect, or let the solver find a layout that fits.
Data source
Machina is in the base Thaumcraft 4 group. Its default commonness is 95 out of 100, an editable estimate used by the Common ranking. The component pair was compared with Azanor's Thaumcraft API, Minecraft 1.7.10 branch. The recipe table covers every component pair and the version limits.