Ore-Processing (Thaumcraft 4)

Ore-processing in Thaumcraft 4 makes heavy use of essentia, specifically Ordo and Metallum. The process will use on of each essentia per operation and will yield a Native Ore Cluster. If using an Infernal Furnace, the Native Ore Cluster will have a high chance to yield extra nuggets of the ore as well as the two ingots it will give normally, resulting in a more than double system for ore processing.

Process
The process beings with both Ordo and Metallum essentia being produced and fed into an Alchemical Construct. The Alchemical Construct is created by placing two Alchemical Constructs on top of a crucible with a heat source and tapping one of the Constructs with the player's wand of choice. Note that 30 Ordo, 30 Aqua, and 15 Ignis vis are required for this process.

The Alchemical Construct can only retain knowledge of one type of ore to double, making it alone extremely inefficient for automated ore-processing. However, it can be upgraded by adding Mnemonic Matrices (Mnemonic Matrix) onto the sides of it, allowing for two more ore recipes per matrix.

After choosing which ores to process and giving a supply of metallum and ordo to the Construct, the player simply needs to find a way to collect the Clusters if the process is to be automated. Luckily, Thaumcraft provides such an option.


 * Not all ores can be processed using Thaumcraft, even with AOBD installed. Make sure the ore you want to smelt can be processed by looking it up in NEI.