Witchery help needed

[ZTB23]

Playing with witchery for the first time ever in Regrowth 1.7.10. I was able to make ritual chalk just fine, but following the recipe in NEI to make golden chalk isn't working. It calls for mandrake root, a gold nugget and ritual chalk, in that order, in a witch's cauldron. I do as it says and it does nothing. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Linda Hartlen]

and you got a fire going under the cauldron so it is boiling?

 

[ZTB23]

Yes. It's also 2 blocks away from my altar if that matters any.

 

[ZTB23]

I also have 2500 altar power available which should be enough to make the recipe.

 

[thephoenixlodge]

Definitely got all three buckets of water in there?

 

[ZTB23]

I think I got it figured out to some degree. I don't know how much altar power it actually takes, but after drawing 2 circles around the cauldron, it dropped the power requirement and it allowed the recipe to be crafted.

 

[Linda Hartlen]

I was about to say I think the gold chalk uses more then 2.5k. (not sure if it was 3 or 4k) been a while since I fiddled in witchery. Glad you got it to work though, it really is a fun mod

 

[ZTB23]

Actually I only got into Witchery a little tiny bit so that I could get into Blood Magic. Needed to charge an attuned stone to make the altar. Doesn't mean I don't plan on doing witchery though.