diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/ActionUtils.kt b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/ActionUtils.kt
index c6dda37c9..a6943a4b6 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/ActionUtils.kt
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/ActionUtils.kt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fun List<Iota>.getVec3(idx: Int, argc: Int = 0): Vec3 {
     if (x is Vec3Iota) {
         return x.vec3
     } else {
-        throw MishapInvalidIota.ofType(x, if (argc == 0) idx else argc - (idx + 1), "vector")
+        throw MishapInvalidIota.ofType(x, if (argc == 0) idx else argc - (idx + 1), "vec3")
     }
 }
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ fun List<Iota>.getBlockPos(idx: Int, argc: Int = 0): BlockPos {
         return BlockPos.containing(x.vec3)
     }
 
-    throw MishapInvalidIota.ofType(x, if (argc == 0) idx else argc - (idx + 1), "vector")
+    throw MishapInvalidIota.ofType(x, if (argc == 0) idx else argc - (idx + 1), "vec3")
 }
 
 fun List<Iota>.getNumOrVec(idx: Int, argc: Int = 0): Either<Double, Vec3> {
diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/iota/PatternIota.java b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/iota/PatternIota.java
index b86e8541c..74db0a95f 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/iota/PatternIota.java
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/iota/PatternIota.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public boolean toleratesOther(Iota that) {
                 castedName = special.handler::getName;
                 action = special.handler.act();
             } else if (lookup instanceof PatternShapeMatch.Nothing) {
-                throw new MishapInvalidPattern();
+                throw new MishapInvalidPattern(this.getPattern());
             } else throw new IllegalStateException();
 
             // do the actual calculation!!
diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/mishaps/MishapInvalidIota.kt b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/mishaps/MishapInvalidIota.kt
index 17e71d604..49414441c 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/mishaps/MishapInvalidIota.kt
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/mishaps/MishapInvalidIota.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.casting.iota.GarbageIota
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.casting.iota.Iota
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.pigment.FrozenPigment
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.utils.asTranslatedComponent
+import at.petrak.hexcasting.common.lib.hex.HexIotaTypes
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component
 import net.minecraft.world.item.DyeColor
 
@@ -23,11 +24,14 @@ class MishapInvalidIota(
         stack[stack.size - 1 - reverseIdx] = GarbageIota();
     }
 
-    override fun errorMessage(ctx: CastingEnvironment, errorCtx: Context) =
-        error(
+    override fun errorMessage(ctx: CastingEnvironment, errorCtx: Context): Component? {
+        val typeStr = HexIotaTypes.REGISTRY.getKey(perpetrator.getType())?.getPath();
+        val typeComp = Component.translatable("hexcasting.mishap.invalid_value.class.${typeStr}")
+        return error(
             "invalid_value", expected, reverseIdx,
-            perpetrator.display()
+            typeComp, perpetrator.display()
         )
+    }
 
     companion object {
         @JvmStatic
diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/mishaps/MishapInvalidPattern.kt b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/mishaps/MishapInvalidPattern.kt
index 20fbd31fb..6bb9955fe 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/mishaps/MishapInvalidPattern.kt
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/api/casting/mishaps/MishapInvalidPattern.kt
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.casting.eval.CastingEnvironment
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.casting.eval.ResolvedPatternType
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.casting.iota.GarbageIota
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.casting.iota.Iota
+import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.casting.iota.PatternIota
+import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.casting.math.HexPattern
 import at.petrak.hexcasting.api.pigment.FrozenPigment
 import net.minecraft.world.item.DyeColor
 
-class MishapInvalidPattern : Mishap() {
+class MishapInvalidPattern(val pattern: HexPattern) : Mishap() {
     override fun accentColor(ctx: CastingEnvironment, errorCtx: Context): FrozenPigment =
         dyeColor(DyeColor.YELLOW)
 
@@ -18,5 +20,5 @@ class MishapInvalidPattern : Mishap() {
     }
 
     override fun errorMessage(ctx: CastingEnvironment, errorCtx: Context) =
-        error("invalid_pattern")
+        error("invalid_pattern", PatternIota.display(pattern))
 }
diff --git a/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.flatten.json5 b/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.flatten.json5
index 331a15840..995da7a06 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.flatten.json5
+++ b/Common/src/main/resources/assets/hexcasting/lang/en_us.flatten.json5
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
     mishap: {
       "": "%s: %s",
       
-      invalid_pattern: "That pattern isn't associated with any action",
+      invalid_pattern: "The pattern %s isn't associated with any action",
       unescaped: "Expected to evaluate a pattern, but evaluated %s instead",
       
       not_enough_args: "expected %s or more arguments but the stack was only %s tall",
@@ -1025,15 +1025,17 @@
       bad_caster: "Tried to execute a pattern that requires a greater mind",
       
       invalid_value: {
-        "": "expected %s at index %s of the stack, but got %s",
+        "": "expected %s at index %s of the stack, but got %s: %s",
         
         class: {
           double: "a number",
           boolean: "a boolean",
-          vector: "a vector",
+          vec3: "a vector",
           list: "a list",
-          widget: "an influence",
           pattern: "a pattern",
+          continuation: "a jump iota",
+          garbage: "garbage",
+          null: "null",
           
           entity: {
             "": "an entity",