I have trouble crafting a dig spell in Ars Magica 2

I want to create as my first spell the following recipe: Shape is 'Touch' + dig and its stored in the 'Book and Quill' item. I used my blue points so level it up from the occulus. My crafting altar is build up correctly as my main blocks are cobblestone and cap pieces are redstone blocks. Every tutorial I read and watched starts with either of the following statements:

1) Throw a blank rune in the crafting altar.

2) Put the recipe book on the lectern.

No matter what I do, I cannot put the 'Book and Quill' with the recipe on the lectern. When I first throw on a blank rune, the crafting altar starts swirling with symbols and the lectern has a transparent red book shape on top of it, but I still cannot place it. I can place my 'Arcane Compendium' in but it does nothing. I tried connecting the crafting altar with an obelisk, powered up with vintium dust, by using the crystal wrench. It said that its connected, but had no effect.

I searched a lot around the net, but I could not find an answer to my problem.

So why my lectern book slot is red and I cannot place my 'Book and Quill' containing the recipe on it to continue the spell crafting process?

EDIT: Replacing the crafting altar's cobblestone with witchwood did not help either.

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Best Answer

If your Book and Quill item is still named "Book and Quill" and not whatever name you have given your spell, then you have not properly crafted a spell recipe. What you need to do is place it in the Inscription Table, select the runes you want, and then pull it out of the table.

If your spell recipe has been properly crafted, then you need to place the book on the lectern by right-clicking. If there is already a book on the lectern, you can remove it by sneak right-clicking (SHIFT + Right-click). After that, you follow the recipe as described in the book.

There is a chance that you (or someone else if you're in multiplayer) were in the process of making another spell. In this case, you need to clear the crafting altar. To do this, right-click on the crafting altar block (should be the top-most middle block in the structure). This will refund all the items used so far in spellcrafting, minus any Etherium and the initial blank rune.

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How do you get the dig spell in Ars Magica?

Dig is a spell from Ars Magica 2. It will instantly mine targeted block(s) that can be mined with a Iron Pickaxe, such as Wood, Stone, and Ores. Dig is found in the Occulus's Utility tab and is unlocked by using a Blue Skill Point....Raise a Floppa - The Loop.Ars Magica 2 InformationSkill PointBlueAffinityModifier5 more rows

How do you create a spell in Ars Magica 2?

The Obelisk is crafted with four Vinteum Dust in the corners of a crafting grid, four stone blocks on the top, bottom, and sides, and a chiselled stone block in the middle.

How do you get an Obelisk in Ars Magica 2?

It is similar to the interface of an anvil. Put a spell staff in the left slot and a spell ingredient in the middle slot. Then, take the powered spell staff out of the right slot. To cast a spell, right-click on any block while holding a powered spell staff.

Ars Magica 2 Spell Making Tutorial

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