Wands of Combat: Crafting the Five Elemental and Utility Wands

Wands of Combat centers its arsenal around five craftable staves built from a shared diamond-and-obsidian core, spanning elemental offense, crowd control, and spectral flight. Before assembling any wand, you need to mine down to diamond level and secure Obsidian for the base handle.

Forging the Magical Stick Core

Every recipe in the mod begins with the Magical Stick, a reinforced magical shaft that replaces ordinary wood handles. Crafting one unlocks the root "Wands of Combat" advancement and requires:

• Stick x2 + Diamond x2 + Obsidian -> Magical Stick

Most staves consume two Magical Stick cores per craft, meaning a single wand typically asks for four Diamond gems and two Obsidian blocks before counting its elemental catalyst. Stockpiling extra Diamond and Obsidian early lets you assemble several staves at once rather than returning to the mines between builds.

Early Metal and Magma Staves

Two wands only ask for common Overworld or Nether storage blocks alongside your pair of Magical Stick handles, making them the most accessible starting options:

• Block of Iron + Magical Stick x2 -> Magnet Wand
• Magma Block + Magical Stick x2 -> Magma Wand
• Block of Copper x2 + Lightning Rod + Magical Stick x2 -> Electric Wand

The Magnet Wand draws on polar attraction to pull or latch onto targets and grants the "Magnetic Superpower" advancement alongside a Block of Iron. If you have already gathered a Magma Block from ocean ruins, ruined portals, or the Nether, the Magma Wand brings heat-based defense and offense tied to the "Burning Shield" advancement. Stepping up to copper work, smelting enough ore for two Block of Copper cubes and a Lightning Rod unlocks the "Electrifying!" advancement and lets you assemble the Electric Wand to call down storm strikes.

Cold-Biome and Spectral Wands

The remaining two wands ask for rarer exploration materials from frozen regions, trial chambers, or bartering:

• Blue Ice x3 + Breeze Rod + Magical Stick -> Ice Wand
• Crying Obsidian + Magical Stick x2 -> Phantom Wand

Unlike the other four staves, the Ice Wand uses only a single Magical Stick, trading the second diamond-obsidian shaft for a Breeze Rod and three Blue Ice blocks. Collecting Blue Ice completes "Frozen In Time" and gives you a freezing crowd-control option against approaching mobs. For vertical mobility and haunting maneuvers, pair Crying Obsidian from ruined portals or piglin trades with two Magical Stick cores to craft the Phantom Wand, earning the "Ghostly Powers" advancement so you can take to the air at will.