Lord Craft 3 sees a new spell crafting system added in with many options for focus and effect as well as modifiers there are many combinations to play with.
In Lord Craft 3 there are a number of powerful passive abilities that you can spend your Void Pips on.
Lord Craft 3 sees the return of the Arcane Furnace from Shadow Legacy, powered by Void Crystals you can automatically perform furnace recipes, and even with some research improve it such that it doubles ore and food cooked in it!
In Lord Craft 3 we see the return of the Arcane Basin with an all new hud to tell you exactly what you are crafting.
In Lord Craft 3 the Arcane Workbench can be used to perform crafting recipes that require research. The workbench can be attuned to different elements using rituals to allow for some more advanced recipes. The table also keeps it's inventory.
In Lord Craft 3 the research options are divided between multiple tabs allowing for better sorting. There are over 100 researches available in Lord Craft 3
Lord Craft 3 also features various ritual recipes that can be performed using the ritual circle block placed by Arcane Chalk.
Lord Craft 3 features a number of returning blocks and items from both Lord Craft 2 and Shadow Legacy. Most notably Multi-coloured blocks, the Translocation Matrix, the staves and runestones!
In Lord Craft 3 you pick a primary element near the start of the game, the display is used also in the elemental research tab to filter between elemental researches.
Lordcraft 3 borrows the research mechanic from my test mod Shadow Legacy with some minor improvements to make it more user friendly.