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Scholar: A book-crafting and Introspection Mod

This mod introduces simple book-crafting as a core and several new research about all major factions, with the goal to get some useful crafting perks, improved new weapons and new useful belt items. All of them using available lore books to unlock each stage.

New Craft Stations:

1. Slurry Machine: Turn hemp and water into Hemp pulp.
   
2. Paper Press: Turn hemp pulp to paper.
   
3. Paper Press (Automatic): Useful to automatize the process if you feel like it.
   
4. Parchment Machine: Turn animal skins to parchment.
   
5. Parchment Machine (Automatic): Useful to automatize the process if you feel like it.
   
6. Bookbinding Workbench: Craft ink; and paper to empty books; and bind several new books about the major factions and research material.
   
7. Book Salvaging Station (Book): Turn damaged books to research Books.
   
8. Book Salvaging Station (Ancient Science Book): Turn Half-Eaten Ancient Science Book to Ancient Science Books.
   
9. Writer Workbench: Write (craft) draft notes, conclusions, and essays about all the major factions. Turn those essays to new books at the Bookbinding Workbench.
   
10. Parchment to Paper: With the power of science turn parchment to paper,
    
11. Storage: Hemp pulp.
    
12. Storage: Paper.
    
13. Storage: Ink.
    
14. Storage: Parchment.
    
15. Storage: Damaged book.

Note: You need ‘Holy Flame Teachings - Lesson 1’ to unlock the Writer Workbench.


Use available lore books as material to research several new technologies related to The Holy Nation:

• Holy Flame Teachings - Lesson 1: Unlock several new items and your first book.
  
• Holy Flame Teachings - Lesson 2: Unlock your second book and improve research speed.
  
• Holy Flame Teachings - Lesson 3: Unlock your third book and a new improved weapon: Okran’s Cross.
  
• Holy Flame Teachings - Final: Unlock your final book and a new book belt item that improves your combat capabilities.

Research several new technologies related to the Hero Kral and sheks using available lore books.

• Kral’s Teachings - Lesson 1: Unlock several new items and your first book.
  
• Kral’s Teachings - Lesson 2: Unlock your second book and improve leather and heavy armor crafting speed.
  
• Kral’s Teachings - Lesson 3: Unlock your third book and a new improved weapon: Kral’s Glory.
  
• Kral’s Teachings - Final: Unlock your final book and a new book belt item that severely improves your capabilities to inflict damage at cost of defense.

• UC Teachings - Lesson 1: Unlock several new items and your first book.
  
• UC Teachings - Lesson 2: Unlock your second book and improve weapon crafting speed.
  
• UC Teachings - Lesson 3: Unlock your third book and a new improved weapon: Nodachi II.
  
• UC Teachings - Final: Unlock your final book and a new book belt item that severely improves your defense capabilities at cost of attack.

• Academic Research 1: Research Book. Cost 30 Books. Enable crafting Research Notes, Research Conclusions, Research Essays AND your own Research Books!
  
• Academic Research 2: Ancient Science Book. Cost 15 Ancient Science Books. Enable crafting Ancient Science Books.
  
• Academic Research 3: Engineering Research. Cost 10 Engineering Research. Enable crafting Engineering Research.

How do I get Carbon?

They're now available at Stone Camp shops, General Trade shops and Material shops.
If you want to craft carbon by yourself, you should get an extra mod that adds them to be mined, like GenMod, UWE or Genesis.

Can I craft AI cores with this mod?

Nope. There are other mods that let you do so. They should be compatible with this mod.

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