Thaumcraft 6

Thaumcraft 6 is a yet-to-be-released version of Thaumcraft for the 1.10 version of Minecraft. The mod is currently in beta for 1.10.2, with plans to port the mod to the 1.12 version

As expected of the mod, Thaumcraft 6 is yet another rewrite of the Thaumcraft system, with most of the concepts from Thaumcraft 4.2 mixed with the chunk-based aura system from Thaumcraft 2.

Changes from Thaumcraft 4.2 and 5
Thaumcraft 6 finally removes the well-known tool and weapon for Thaumaturges, the Wand (including Scepters and Staves). Instead, Thaumaturges in Thaumcraft 6 would use the Caster's Gauntlet, a glove-like tool that adopts most of the functionalities of the wands of old, particularly tweaking Essentia Tube systems and the usage of foci. However, Caster's Gauntlets won't build multiblock structures and early-game Thaumcraft blocks like Crucible and Research Table.

Also, in Thaumcraft 6, elemental shards and the Essentia Crystallization mechanic from Thaumcraft 4.2 is combined into the Vis Crystal feature. Primal Crystal Clusters like those in Thaumcraft 5 can be found in the world instead of Infused Stone, and these can drop Vis Crystals of one of six Primal Aspects. Early-game essentia crystallization is also possible without an essentia system by using a Quartz Shard (one Nether Quartz crafts into nine pieces) on a Crucible that has any essentia in it. This makes a lossy way of crystallizing essentia, creating a Vis Crystal, which is worth one of the corresponding aspect, for every two of an aspect.

Aura no longer works the same way as in Thaumcraft 4.2 where finding and tinkering with nodes are necessary for mid-game content. Like in Thaumcraft 5, aura exists per chunk and is consumed when crafting items that require Vis.

Getting Started
Without a wand to begin early-game, aspiring Thaumaturges will have to rely on mining curious-looking crystals and the "first dream" to begin Thaumcraft 6. After sleeping, the player will receive a book that documents a "weird dream" involving mixing Vis Crystals (any three unique pieces) with Redstone Dust in a Wooden Bowl using a piece of Flint. Doing so will create Salis Mundus, which is an item that's used to transform a Cauldron into Crucible and a Bookshelf into the Thaumonomicon.

After getting the Thaumonomicon, the player is recommended to get more Vis Crystals. After acquiring one of the six Vis Crystals that generate in the Overworld (Water, Fire, Earth, Air, Order and Entropy), craft a Thaumometer by surrounding a Glass Pane with four Gold Ingots in a cross pattern. Like in other versions, the Thaumometer scans blocks, and certain entities and blocks can unlock the research for other Thaumcraft items.