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Levitation Obelisk

A redstone heart on a floating stem. It drinks the four ground Tier blocks slowly; last fuel sets its column. An Aether Chest in the cross or the air gap can feed it after the first raise.

Pattern​

Hover a tile to name it. Reading pattern diagrams explains the symbols.

3 × 3, 4 layers high. Drawn flat on the ground, facing any compass direction.

Layer 1 (bottom)
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Layer 2
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Layer 3
A
Layer 4 (top)
B
  • Optional cell × 6
    Leave it empty or place a block here; the rune wakes either way.
  • Air or a Tier 0 block × 28
    Leave these as air, or fill them with Tier 0 blocks such as dirt or stone.
  • Activation block
    The glowing cell is the one to click.

Keys

  • Any block with a Tier of 1 or more × 1
    Tier 1 or higher; a Tier 0 block reads as empty · may repeat the Tier block · stays after use
    Takes any of 1193 blocks
      /runic build places Acacia Log.
    • Redstone Block × 1
      stays after use

    How it works​

    The Levitation Obelisk lifts players up a tall column of air. Anyone inside its cylinder floats upward on vanilla Levitation, so the obelisk works as an elevator to a sky base or a high tower.

    • The fuel sits on the ground cross. Each block lasts seven and a half minutes per Tier, and the last fuel's Tier sets the column's radius and height.
    • The stem under the redstone heart sets how fast you rise.
    Tier1234567
    Radius (fuel)46811121323
    Height (fuel)326496128160192256
    Levitation (stem)IIIIIIIVVVIVII

    Right-click the redstone heart to raise it.

    Fuel and pausing​

    When time runs low, the obelisk draws a Qixsilver Reservoir in your Domain, then an Aether Chest on the cross or in the air gap under the stem, then the next Tier block on the cross, clockwise from north. The first raise always needs a real Tier block on the cross.

    Right-click the heart while the obelisk is up to pause it. Time and fuel wait until you click again.

    Good to know​

    • Where obelisk columns overlap, the strongest lifts you.
    • A Flight Ward cancels the lift inside it.
    • Aboard a Faith island, the column centres on the island.
    • It works alongside the Flight Field.

    Configuration​

    These are the defaults in plugins/Runic/runes/levitationobelisk.yml. Every rune file also carries the shared settings described in Rune files.

    SettingDefaultWhat it does
    ticks-per-tier9000Game ticks of levitation per consumed Tier (duration = this × Tier). Slower than other fueled fields by default.
    field-below2
    levitation-ticks40

    Settings by Tier​

    SettingTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Tier 5Tier 6Tier 7
    radii-by-tier
    Column radius in blocks per last-consumed fuel Tier.
    		46811121323
    heights-by-tier
    Column height in blocks per last-consumed fuel Tier.
    		326496128160192256
    amplifiers-by-tier
    Per-tier table (1 = lowest …).
    		0123456

    Messages​

    8 messages this rune can show
    KeyDefault text
    need-inkPlace a Tier block on the ground cross to raise the Levitation Obelisk. An Aether Chest will not start it.
    loweredThe Levitation Obelisk falls silent — time and fuel pause.
    resumedThe Levitation Obelisk returns ({seconds}s remaining, radius {radius}, height {height}, speed {speed}).
    raisedLevitation Obelisk raised (radius {radius}, height {height}, speed {speed}, {seconds}s).
    rechargedThe Levitation Obelisk drinks the offering (+{added}s, radius {radius}).
    chest-rechargedThe Aether Chest feeds the Levitation Obelisk (+{added}s, radius {radius}).
    persistence-failedThe Levitation Obelisk could not be raised safely; try again.
    registration-uncertainThe Levitation Obelisk outcome was uncertain; an administrator should inspect it.