Tuesday, October 6, 2015

The Oracle

In an open glade stood a carving,
A horse of oak hidden by daylight's fading
Adorned with hide and hooves and feathers,
It stared at me in silence, as if waiting.

I touched its forehead and saw it hollow'd,
And my pack grew heavy at my side,
Inside was the horn of a beast I'd follow'd,
And slain after yesterday's lonesome ride.

With shame I drew forth the bloodied horn,
And placed it in that hollowed head,
And lo!  It glowed, that piece of unicorn!
And hide and hoof and wings feather'ed!

I stroked it absently from tail to mane,
"What is your name?" I said, as an aside,
Creaked did those sticks, and rippled old wood grain,
"I am the Oracle," it replied.


The Oracle

Along with the Spirit Tree and the Hippocamp, version 1.2.5 of the The Ultimate Unicorn Mod introduced the Oracle.  The Oracle is a wooden horse that can be brought to life.

Creating an Oracle


An Oracle can be created only with the help of a Spirit Tree.  Place a stick in the Spirit Tree's hollow, and wait, and you will be rewarded with an Oracle item.  The Oracle item can be placed like a block.

Using the Oracle


When you right-click an Oracle, you can see its inventory.  It can be used as a chest, and it can also be outfitted like a magical horse.  In its inventory screen, you can see a disabled "Talk" button.  When you insert into the Oracle's equipment slots the four magical components of the magical horse purebreeds, the spirits of those creatures possess the Oracle and it comes alive.  The four magical components are placed as follows:

  • Put a unicorn horn in the horse helm or horn slot.
  • Put a pegasus feather in the wing tip slot.
  • Put a destrier hide in the armor slot.
  • Put a nightmare hoof in the horseshoes slot.


When the Oracle comes alive, you can talk to it, and you will know because the "Talk" button will become active.  It can answer your questions, tell you about the world, and also about the future.

An Activated Oracle
Talking to the Oracle

25 comments:

  1. Do you have any suggestions as to what should be asked? Or hints? The post/in-game Oracle does not offer much insight.

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    1. The oracle dialog is largely (though not completely) keyword based. You can ask it its name and job, different horse breeds, and also about other things in the mod. Sometimes things it says back to you contain keywords that you can talk to it about.

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    2. When I try to interact with the Oracle, my game crashes. (Mostly when I try to put the last item on.) Any suggestions or reasons?

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    3. Sounds like a bug. Which version of the mod and which version of minecraft? Also, are you running any other mods?

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    4. For the mod version, I am using 1.5.10, and for the Minecraft version, I am using 1.11. I am using Boimes o' Plenty and the Pet Bat mods along with this one.

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    5. hmmm thats weird cause with stacyplays in her series named mystic mesa wings horns and hooves works fine with biomes o' plenty for her

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  3. the oracle mentions the sermonde dimension or something. will that be an upcoming feature?

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  4. Could the Oracle ever be made to move? Aside from talking, its being "brought to life" is sadly very lifeless. D= ...I'd love if we could ride it- but not breed it, obviously.

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  5. I'm having an issue actually activating it. I have the items in all the right spot, the destrier hide in armor the nightmare hoofs in the horseshoes the Pegasus feather in the wing tip and the unnicorn horn in the horn spot. The horn would not go in the helm spot

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    1. not in the actual helm spot the one under the helm spot

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  6. i need this mod even more than ever!!!

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  7. this makes a pretty lit(get it nightmares?) rap xD

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  8. Did you remove the Oracle in the 1.12.2 version? I can't find it anywhere

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    1. no, they did not. this may be a bug. what you do is put a stick in a tree hollow in survival, once you find a spirit tree. as for creative mode, you'll find all of the Wings, Horns, and Hooves mod items in the miscellaneous tab.

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  9. Could you give us a list of the keywords for the oracle?

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    1. You can start by asking it its name and job, from there, you can ask it about things it tells you about. You can also ask it about different kinds of horses (like unicorns, or custom horses, or the unique horses).

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  11. Can there be a way to add your own questions keywords and answers to the oracle for the 1.12 version? I really wanna be able to use it to give people cryptic hints about what to do in a pack I'm making. I'll understand if you can't cause it looks like you're already moving on to later versions.

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    1. That is a super cool idea. I've been planning to add more content to the Oracle, especially as I'm starting to work on a new Adventure Mod that works with the Ultimate Unicorn Mod.

      I'll see if there's an easy way for me to add this kind of functionality soon.... I am still supporting the 1.12 version, too!

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  12. hello hello! it seems that the oracle has some issues in the latest version for 1.16.5, as every time i interact with it, it crashes! please fix this when you have the time!

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