Gruesome? Probably. Worth it? Definitely! 
Have you ever picked up a magic mod for Minecraft, and thought that it was too tame? Was there not enough danger involved when creating your next high-tech gadget? Bored with all of those peaceful animals just staring at you without a care in the world? Well then, I am glad you came here!
Blood Magic is an arcane art that is practiced by mages who attempt to gather a vast amount of power through utilizing a forbidden material: blood. Even though it does grant a huge amount of power, every single action that is performed with this volatile magic can prove deadly. You have been warned.
For the best experience, you should install JustEnoughItems to find your way through the recipes.
Contact
Have discord? We now have a server if you want to come chat with us! Here's the link.
Getting Started
Getting started in Blood Magic has changed slightly since 1.7.10. Rather than finding a Diamond to craft a Blood Altar, you need to obtain some Demonic Will. To get your first bit of Will, you'll need to craft some Soul Trumpets Snares and toss them at enemies. If you're lucky, this will snare the enemy. When killed, snared enemies will drop a small amount of their Will. I'll let you take it from there.
For a more comprehensive, web-based guide, see this document. Big thanks to Tiyth at MinecraftGuides for putting it together.
Documentation
Documentation is provided via an in-game book managed by Guide API under the name "Sanguine Scientiem".
In 1.16.3+, the in-game book is instead managed by Patchouli! Can confirm, it's naisu.
Art
You may notice the mod has an entirely different look than you may remember. These textures were graciously provided by the Unity team.
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Team
WayofTime
Way works on all the cool content you get to play around with. Can usually be found making a mess for Nut to clean up.
TehNut
Nut is essentially a maid. He primarily works behind the scenes, making sure the codebase itself stays as clean and optimized as it can. He's also in charge of most of the work involved in porting to new Minecraft versions. Can usually be found committing code in the wrong bracing style.
Yulife
One of the art people. Currently on an extended vacation.
CyanideX
Another art person. Currently on sporadic vacations.
BBoldt
Our third art person. Currently on a permanent vacation.
For additional information, see the MinecraftForum thread or the images tab.
VT-14
One of the new members of the team. Works on the fancy rendering in the in-game guide, which makes the user's life a lot easier.
Wrince
The other new member! Works on the content of the in-game guide and constantly updates it when I make arbitrary changes.
I'm running BloodMagic-1.16.4-3.1.0-15 on a server right now, and some of the rituals aren't quite behaving the way they should be wrt some ores, so I want to take a peek at the config file to see if I can fix that, but as far as I can tell, this mod has no config file whatsoever. Has the existence of a config file just not been implemented yet?
I would love to see this mod get a fabric port!
Your "files" tab is broken. on top It shows current version as 1.7, when I go into the tab only 1.12 are shown (I don't have any active filters), and 1.16 (my version) only shows on the right sidebar.
In reply to TuhrSan:
No, it's not broken it just only shows one version at a time. This is an intended Curseforge feature.
There is a "View All" button
is there like a fabric version of this if not ok thanks
Is the gore of?
If not is it the why is blood.
So, why isn't there a common config? I've got this on a modpack for a private server and the sentient armor is WAY too powerful, and I need to nerf it.
Problem is, I can't remove the mod without resetting the world.
In reply to TheBartenders:
I'm trying to nerf the levels it can gain down, because if I didn't, it'd be WAY too powerful, and would be stronger than the other mods that you can delve into. Trying to create something where theres not that big of a meta.
the update to the latest version of forge is missing.
is it just a bug with the recent alpha release, or are there any know mod conflicts with Blood Magic that cause randomized loot chests from being accessible? (as in you can right click on them all day but they will not open)
just curious because it seems that player made chests work fine still, just anything that world generated chests that normally spawn randomized loot can't open with the newest 1.16.5 alpha installed.
Would haver posted this in the bug section If i knew a better way to recreate the issue outside of the modpack i'm working on - so far removing the alpha seems to be the only fix i could find on my end for said issue.
How do i make arcane ashes i googled it but that recipe doesn't work
I was wondering why the bound armor from 1.7.10 hasn't been included in the mod since then? I also wish to ask will it ever be reintroduced, if not why? One last thing great mod this has been my favorite for years!
In reply to BlazingDragon87:
Bound Armour [and bound weapons] were stupidly overpowered, outclassing nearly every other armour set in every way, and frankly that wasn't the direction Way wanted the mod to go in. We probably won't see Bound Armour again, and if we do, expect it to be heavily changed.
In reply to wrincewind:
Exactly how OP is "stupidly overpowered"? When compared to what, Vanilla standards? Without a base line to work with we have to compare everything against vanilla minecraft, in which case nearly ever mods that add new equipment or tools/weapons tends to be OP/Stupidly OP by vanilla's standards.
Now if you gave us something to compare the tools/weapons and armor added by mods to other mods like such as Dragonic Evolution, Ice and Fire Dragons, Botania, PSi, Mekanism, Immersive Engineering, Project E, ect. Then we might have a better idea of exactly how OP "Stupidly Overpowered" was.
Case and point, i think they will make a come back after the newer features that the mod author is working on are hashed out completely. because why rework the same old thing when you have fresh and bright new ideas that could possibly overshadow an older feature right?
Only time will tell really'
In reply to White_Blaze:
I can assure you that they will not be returning. Period.
Also, look at the name of who you replied to and then read the very end of the description.
Now it looks like a Mekanism addon
When is the next update for 1.16.3?
Please, update for 1.16 fabric
Fabric is a cute modloader with good optimization, better graphics and easier coding. Its already more popular than forge (cause sodium mod).
In reply to k4dj1t:
I like fabric, but none of what you said is true. "Easier coding" is debatable only because it requires less boilerplate.
Either way, there are no plans to spend the several weeks worth of porting work to do it.
In reply to TehNut:
But optimization and graphics are really better...
I've been comparing it to a forge all day today.
Anyway, thanks for the response.