So I have a problem.

[Zivel]

The story goes that I have being doing a bunch of Thaumcraft, research all of it and golems running everywhere, you know the bizz. So I need a wand of Thaumaturge, so I dig a hole and set up a filler to clear a big room for a wither killing zone. Problem occurs when I go back to see how the filler is doing and get this.....

I remembered that I had my node buried underground and had not thought much of having massive, and I mean massive flux for a long time. I poked my nose in a got really hurt so ran away and there must be about 20-30 of the little mofos in there.......

 

[eculc]

Nuke them from orbit?

Alternatively, seal off the room and clear out another area for a witherboss arena. if you encase the room, the wisps won't be able to escape.

 

[EternalDensity]

I recommend you switch off your computer and hide under your bed.

 

[Zmaster27]

got a wand of fire handy? i'd go hit and run..

 

[Zivel]

So an update...

The thing that worries me the most is that I cannot see my node.... I wonder how many more of these f*(&%ers there are.... this screen shot almost killed me.... sigh.....

 

[Zmaster27]

Aoe weapons if you want to kill them, the purple and red ones are the really hostile ones but i am sure you know that by now

 

[Zivel]

Aoe weapons if you want to kill them, the purple and red ones are the really hostile ones but i am sure you know that by now

Like TnT? I dont want to blow the place up... this is my future wither killing room, it has to look spiffing and stuff.

 

[ItharianEngineering]

You could put a bunch of lava at the top and let them burn to death... assuming they can burn to death. Also flooding it would work to, but if they are spawning in there you may want to rethink your wither killing room, since it is likely to continue spawning wisps as long as you increase the flux level.

 

[SpitefulFox]

You could slowly grind down the wisp population with hit and run attacks using some sort of ranged weapon, but there's no saying how many will keep spawning from the remaining flux. You should just wall the whole area off and write it off as a lost cause.

 

[OmegaPython]

You could slowly grind down the wisp population with hit and run attacks using some sort of ranged weapon, but there's no saying how many will keep spawning from the remaining flux. You should just wall the whole area off and write it off as a lost cause.

That place is a lost cause. This is why should should NOT make your Thaumic base near anything else.

 

[jnads]

Option 1
Go into the Twilight Forest and punch the Lich in the junk and steal his Sceptre.

Then have a truly epic magic battle.


Option 2
Turtles. Attacking Turtles. Lots of Attacking Turtles.

Turtles are always the answer.


Option 3
If you plan to give up..... build an IC2 Nuke. Just to be safe. Maybe 2. Or 3.

If you line the walls with Xychorium Shield, you might be able to salvage it.

 

[EternalDensity]

Dig out a space above so the ceiling is one block thick, then build a frame machine to gradually push the ceiling down until you suffocate them. Then raise it in case more spawn and you need to do it again.

 

[Abdiel]

Just summon the wither. It will attack any nearby mobs - hopefully that includes wisps. You'll either end up with a clear wither battle arena, or a free nether star. (Free as in pop an invisibility potion and run.)

 

[jnads]

Just summon the wither. It will attack any nearby mobs - hopefully that includes wisps. You'll either end up with a clear wither battle arena, or a free nether star. (Free as in pop an invisibility potion and run.)

Genius!

 

[Zmaster27]

Just summon the wither. It will attack any nearby mobs - hopefully that includes wisps. You'll either end up with a clear wither battle arena, or a free nether star. (Free as in pop an invisibility potion and run.)

That is brilliant!

 

[EternalDensity]

Ultimate showdown of absolute destiny: 30 wisps vs. the wither. Who will win? Is this a viable netherstar farm? Stay tuned.

 

[KirinDave]

That place is a lost cause. This is why should should NOT make your Thaumic base near anything else.

I don't mean to toot my own horn, but people make flux out to be a much bigger problem than it actually is. I've made 6 arcane bellows, 12 golems, an infernal furnace, 2 sets of goggles, a portable hole, boots of the traveller, robes for everyone I know, a wand of lightning, a wand of fire, a few pickaxes of the core, and probably some other stuff at my base?

What's my flux at?

Spoiler

Minimal. And I've processed hundreds of items in the infernal furnace now.

The trick is to not let flux escape as you conjure and then you will never have much flux. Just using Vis causes almost none. Figure out what you need in advance and how to bottle it safely as a setup step to your actual creation. My only real fear is that I'll run out of clay from making so many phials.

And that's with exactly the resources you see in that room (because the cobbler's child seldom has shoes, although he did make a special exception to give himself a portable hole).[DOUBLEPOST=1360025783][/DOUBLEPOST]What you should do with this room is make awesome machinima. Re-enact every cosmos scene from Katamari Damacy.

 

[Mobott]

Just summon the wither. It will attack any nearby mobs - hopefully that includes wisps. You'll either end up with a clear wither battle arena, or a free nether star. (Free as in pop an invisibility potion and run.)

I really want to know how this turns out.

 

[TheMikeste1]

Ultimate showdown of absolute destiny: 30 wisps vs. the wither. Who will win? Is this a viable netherstar farm? Stay tuned.

Just tested.. I enclosed the Wither and wisps in a 16x8x8 of XY Shields.. The Wither killed all the wisps in one shot.

 

[EternalDensity]

Well that was decisive. So all you need to protect against wisps is a pet Wither.