Ancient Aether

I recommend making a back-up of your world before updating due to some of the big changes made

Additions

• Added Sky Grass
• Added Carved Tiles
• Added Carved Tile Stairs, Slabs and Walls
• Added Locked and Trapped Carved Tiles
• Added Pink Cape
• Added Crystal Skyroot Grove
• Added Crystal Skyroot Forest
• Added Golden Skyroot Grove
• Added Golden Skyroot Forest
• Added Golden Thicket
• Added recipes for crafting Anvils and Shears out of Zanite
• Added some new biome and structure tags for modpack creators

Changes

• Aether Grass Blocks now use different Block States instead of Biome Tints
• Aether Grass Block Blockstates now also change in some Overworld Biomes (e.g. it switches to Wyndcaps State in a Snowy Biome)
• Renamed Wyndcaps Ice to Wynd Ice
• Renamed Frosted Highsproot Leaves/Saplings to just Highsproot Leaves/Saplings and removed the other Variant
• Renamed Divine Skyroot Leaves/Saplings to Enchanted Skyroot Leaves/Saplings
• Renamed Frosted Holystone Vase to Frozen Holystone Vase
• Renamed Skyroot Forest Ruins to Holystone Ruins
• Gave Aether Biomes a new Water Color
• Updated Wyndcaps Water Color
• Gave Sakura Jungles a new Water Color
• Windblowers are now crafted with Blue or Violet Aerclouds
• Cracked Sliders can now be found in the Aether Functional Blocks Tab
• Renamed "ancient_structure" Structure Type to "advanced_jigsaw_structure"
• The Minimal Generation Height of Advanced Jigsaw Structures is now modifyable by datapacks
• Cosmetic Capes can now spawn in Bronze Dungeon Chests
• Slight Bronze Dungeon Chest Loot Table rebalances
• Ancient Aether no longer overwrites the Base Mod Bronze Dungeon Loot Tables, instead the new Loot Tables are safed under the Ancient Aether namespace
• Passive Mobs now spawn more frequently in Grove Biomes
• Highland Buffalos are now the only animal in the Wyndcap Peaks spawn pool
• Added some more Blocks to the Aether Portal Block Blacklist to prevent them from spawning inside certain Structures
• Ferns now drop seeds again in the Aether since they no longer naturally generate
• Cleaned-up Config file and removed non working configs
• Major code-base rewrites

Worldgen

• Reworked Sakura Jungle Generation
• Elevated Islands now only generate 10 blocks instead of 20 blocks higher than other Island Types
• Elevated Base Islands are now a lot flatter and also a bit bigger
• Added a second island layer to Elevated Islands called "Upper Isles that generates above the Base Elevated Islands
• Elevated Islands are now a lot more frequent and also larger
• Reworked Cave Generation
• Completely reworked Bronze Dungeon with new Rooms, multiple layers, etc
• Bronze Dungeon Entrance are now found on the Surface but you can still sometimes see parts of the Dungeon sticking on the side of the Islands
• Temporarely disabled Bronze Dungeon Spawning in Elevated Islands and Sakura Jungles
• Made Bronze Dungeons that generate in Wyndcaps a sepperate variant to assure better spawning
• Rebalanced Bronze Dungeon Spawnrate
• Completely reworked Holystone Ruin Generation
• Made Holystone Ruins and Mysterious Henges more frequent
• Added more Variation the tents in Valkyrie Camps
• Valkyrie Camps now generate with Aether Dirt Paths
• Valkyrie Camps now have a chance to spawn with a decoration like e.g a pile of logs, a well, etc
• Bronze and Silver Dungeons no longer generate in a grid
• Rebalanced Valkyrie Settlement and Camp Generation
• Rebalanced Sentry Laboratory Spawning
• Rebalanced Sub-Biome Generation
• Introduced the "weirdness" parameter for all the new Skyroot Sub-Biomes
• Reworked Grass Vegetation
• Rebalanced Flower Generation
• Reworked Skyroot Grove, Forest and Meadow Tree Vegetation
• Made Golden Oak Trees more rare in Skyroot Woodlands
• Highsproot Trees now exclusively generate in Wyndcaps
• Crystal Skyroot Trees can now generate in the Wyndcaps
• Elevated Islands now use regular Ore Spawning Heights again
• Skyroot Jungles now also have Bonus Ambrosium Ore like Sakura Jungles
• Sakura Jungles Bonus Ambrosium Ore now generates below y96 instead of y80
• Gravitite Ore can now be rarely found on higher y-levels in Elevated Islands
• Aether Water Springs can now generate below y256 instead of y128
• Zanite and Aether Quartz Ore now actually generate more frequently (I accidently made them more rare in the last patch)
• Underground Aether Dirt Patches now generate a lot less frequently

Compatibility

A the moment the mod crashes with Aether Redux due to an issue on Redux' Side. This issue will be resolved in one of Redux' upcoming updates.

• [Aether Genesis] Aether Genesis Stuff should now spawn properly in Ancient Aether Biomes
• [Aether Genesis] Ancient Aether Log Walls are now placed correctly in the Creative Inventory
• [Deep Aether] Highland Buffalos now no longer spawn in Blue Aerglow Forests
• [Aether Redux] Golden Vines now spawn again on Golden Oak Trees with Ancient Aether installed (Of course this will only work once the crash has been resolved)

Art

Ancient Aether Textures

• Updated Crystal Skyroot Leaves Texture
• Updated Crystal Skyroot Sapling Texture
• Updated Enchanted Skyroot Leaves Texture
• Updated Enchanted Skyroot Sapling Texture
• Updated Highsproot Sapling Texture
• Updated Sakura Sapling Texture
• Updated Highland Viola Textures
• Updated Aether Quartz Ore Texture
• Updated Valkyrum Ore Texture
• Updated Carved Stone Mosaic Top Texture
• Updated Frozen Holystone Vase Texture
• Updated Ambrosium Campfire Icon Texture
• Updated Hellfire Lantern Texture
• Updated Aeronautic Lantern Texture
• Updated Gale Lantern Texture
• Updated Mosaic Armor Trim Smithing Template Texture

Aether Textures

• Updated Skyroot Sapling Texture
• Updated Golden Oak Leaves Texture
• Updated Golden Oak Sapling Texture
• Updated Gravitite Pickaxe Texture
• Updated Lightning Knife Texture
• Reverted Ancient Aether's Texture Changes to Flaming, Lightning and Holy Swords
• Updated Valkyrie Music Disc Texture
• Updated Valkyrie Cape Model Texture

Fixes

• Fixed Compatibility Datapacks not working
• Fixed Ancient Aether Tweaks in-built Resource Pack only applying after a Pack reload
• Fixed Ambrosium Campfire crashing Multiplayer Servers under certain conditions
• Fixed Ambrosium Campfire only dropping a single piece of Ambrosium instead of two
• Fixed Silk Touch not working on Ambrosium Campfires
• Fixed Flowers and Sakura Blossoms not generating in Sakura Jungles
• Fixed Valkyrum Ore being a lot more frequent in Elevated Islands
• Fixed Enchanted Skyroot Leaves not having a Lore Entry
• Fixed Aether Grass Block breaking particles being tinted
• Fixed Moa Eggs not being ordered correctly in the Aether Equipment and Utilities Tab
• Fixed Skyroot Pine Leaves not being ordered correctly in the Creative Inventory

Removals

• Removed Crystal Aercloud
• Removed Skyroot Grassland
• Removed Wyndcaps Ruins

Release Notes: I originally uploaded the wrong file resulting in crash This issue has been resolved now

Additions

• Added Festive Swets (A new mob that roams around Festive Wyndcap Taigas and drops Present Loot)
• Added Festive Gummy Swets
• Added Turquoise Moa
• Added Teal Moa
• Added Sky Blue Moa
• Added Lavender Moa
• Added Violet Moa
• Added Burgundy Moa
• Added Turquoise Moa Egg
• Added Teal Moa Egg
• Added Sky Blue Moa Egg
• Added Lavender Moa Egg
• Added Violet Moa Egg
• Added Burgundy Moa Egg
• Added a recipe for freezing Frosted Highsproot Leaves into Holiday Leaves

Changes

• Sakura Moas now have 12 mid-air jumps but a slower speed
• Sakura Moas now spawn naturally
• Festive Gummy Swets now spawn in Sentry Laboratory Chests
• Made Music Discs a lot more rare in Silver Dungeon Chests
• Moa Eggs now have Tooltips displaying their mid-air jumps and speed
• Reorganized placement of Moa Eggs in the Creative Inventory
• Aether Portals can now spawn on Gravity Gravel again

Worldgen

• Islands now extend a lot further down to make mining properly possible
• Coasts are now 2 blocks deep
• Made Zanite Ore more common
• Made Gravitite Ore more common
• Made Valkyrum Ore less common
• Made Valkyrie Settlements and Camps less common

Advancements

• Added a new secret advancement for collecting all the new moa eggs
• The "Let's Ride" Advancement now requires a player to ride a Sakura Moa instead of a Black Moa

Art

• Moa Eggs no longer use tints and are sepperate textures now

Ancient Aether Textures

• Updated Highsproot Log Texture
• Updated Stripped Highsproot Log Texture
• Updated Highsproot Planks Texture
• Updated Highsproot Bookshelf Texture
• Updated Highsproot Sign Texture
• Updated Highsproot Hanging Sign Texture
• Updated Highsproot Door Texture
• Updated Highsproot Trapdoor Texture
• Updated Highsproot Boat Texture
• Updated Sakura Log Texture
• Updated Stripped Sakura Log Texture
• Updated Sakura Planks Texture
• Updated Sakura Bookshelf Texture
• Updated Sakura Sign Texture
• Updated Sakura Hanging Sign Texture
• Updated Sakura Door Texture
• Updated Sakura Trapdoor Texture
• Updated Sakura Boat Texture
• Updated Sakura Moa Egg Texture
• Updated Sakura Moa Texture

Aether Textures

• Updated Blue Moa Egg Texture
• Updated White Moa Egg Texture
• Updated Black Moa Egg Texture

Fixes

• Fixed the game crashing when going into the Aether with Deep Aether and Aether Redux
• Fixed Valkyrum Gloves not being craftable
• Fixed Boss Doorway Corrupted Light Aerogetic Stone not having a texture
• Fixed a bunch of tags not working
• Fixed Blue Music Disc and Valkyrie Music Disc not having the proper names displayed
• Fixed Sepia and Super Music Discs still having a blue name
• Fixed Ancient Angelic Vase not dropping accessories
• Fixed Elevated Biomes not having a Display Name

Removals

• Removed Unused Ancient Core Mob
• Removed "Seasonal" Loot Tier
• Removed Recipe for Freezing Highsproot Leaves & Saplings into Frosted Highsproot Leaves & Saplings

Changes

• Renamed Crystal Oasis to Crystal Grotto (it still doesn't generate though)
• Updated Mimic Loot Table to better match Ancient Aether's Loot Table rework

Worldgen

• Updated Ore and Cave Gen in Elevated Islands to better match the increased height these biomes have
• Reworked Generation of Skyroot Sub-Biomes
• Made Bronze Dungeons more rare

Art

Ancient Aether Texture

• Updated Sentry Vase Texture
• Updated Sky Blues Texture

Fixes

• Fixed Gravitite being rarer in Ancient Aether Biomes

Additions

• Added Wynd Armor Trim + Smithing Template
• Added Whale Armor Trim + Smithing Template
• Added Ascended Armor Trim + Smithing Template
• Added Mysterious Armor Trim + Smithing Template
• Added Mechanical Armor Trim + Smithing Template
• Added Mosaic Armor Trim + Smithing Template
• Added Royal Armor Trim + Smithing Template
• Added Solar Armor Trim + Smithing Template
• Added Ancient Armor Trim + Smithing Template
• Added Mossy Holystone Vase
• Added Frosted Holystone Vase
• Added Sentry Vase
• Added Angelic Vase
• Added Hellfire Vase
• Added Aerogetic Vase
• Added Ancient Mossy Holystone Vase
• Added Ancient Frosted Holystone Vase
• Added Ancient Sentry Vase
• Added Ancient Angelic Vase
• Added Ancient Hellfire Vase
• Added Ancient Aerogetic Vase
• Added Holystone, Mossy Holystone, Sentry, Angelic, Hellfire and Aerogetic Vases can now be crafted in the Stonecutter
• Frosted Holystone Vases are crafted by freezing regular Holystone Vases
• Added Recipes for crafting Stonecutters and Smithing Tables out of Zanite

Changes

• Reworked Vase System: Ancient Vases now drop the loot when being broken instead of by being right-clicked with Ambrosium
• Ancient Vases now play a different breaking sound
• Rebalanced Ancient Vase Loot Table and each variant now has a different one
• Replaced the Holystone Vases in Mysterious Henges with Mossy Holystone Vases
• Rebalanced Sentry Lab Loot Table
• Updated Lore Entries for Vases
• Cleaned-Up Block Model Code
• Removed Ancient Rune from the Aether Ingredients Creative Tab since it's not an ingredient
• Moved Ancient Vases to the Aether Dungeon Blocks Tab
• Carved Stone can no longer spawn in the Bronze Dungeon Boss Loot Table

Worldgen

• Tweaked Coast Gen to be less messy
• Elevated Islands now have more magnificent overhangs and cliffs
• Made Crystal Skyroot Trees more common in Skyroot Groves

Art

Aether Textures

• The Cockatrice Texture is now the original one again

Ancient Aether Textures

• Tweaked Holystone Vase Texture

Compatibility

• [Deep Aether] Added Compatibility with Deep Aether's Trim Materials

Fixes

• Fixed Vases not working
• Fixed Valkyrie Lance sometimes still rarely appearing in Bronze Dungeon Loot Tables
• Fixed Cracked Slider having a missing texture inside
• Fixed Ancient Obelisks not having a breaking particle texture
• Fixed snow spawning in the Wyndcaps when it rained in the overworld
• Fixed a lot of Ancient Aether Recipes being saved under the "aether" id
• Fixed certain Saplings not growing properly with Ancient Aether installed
• Fixed Minecrafts "Find a tree tutorial" not working with Ancient Aether installed

Changes

• Updated the Loot Tables of regular Bronze and Silver Dungeon Chests to be less bloaty and include more rare items
• Updated the Boss Treasure Chest Loot Tables to feel more rewarding and balanced
• Renamed Gravitite Dartshooter to Aeronautic Dartshooter
• Nerfed Hermes Ring and Hermes Pendant Speed Effect
• Updated Credits Image
• Reverted Ancient Aether's Music changes since they never worked properly and caused some Aether Tracks playing at the same time as another

Worldgen

• Made Skyroot Forests more common
• Made Skyroot Groves less common

Art

Ancient Aether Textures

• Updated Strength Stone Texture
• Updated Aeronautic Dartshooter Texture

Aether Textures

• Updated Victory Medal Texture
• Updated Cloud Staff Texture

Fixes

• Fixed Victory Medals being called "Blue Swet Gummy"
• Fixed Aeronautic Darts not having a translation file

Worldgen

• Completely reworked the Worldgen in Skyroot Biomes and Elevated Islands to feature cliffs, bays, valleys and a lot more variation
• Fixed Islands sometimes conecting into way to big Islands that could span over thousands of blocks
• Made Elevated Islands more common

Fixes

• Fixed Zanite Block Texture being bugged without the Ancient Aether Tweaks texture pack being active

Additions

• Added Buffalo Wool
• Added Buffalo Carpet
• Added Aerogel Glass
• Added Aerogel Glass Pane
• Added Aerogel Glass Door
• Added Aerogel Glass Trapdoor
• Added Wyndcaps Ice
• Added Skyroot Pine Leaves
• Added Skyroot Pine Sapling
• Added Crystal Skyroot Leaves
• Added Crystal Skyroot Sapling
• Added Crystal Aercloud (Use not implemented)
• Added Windblower (Use not implemented)
• Added Holystone Vase
• Added Ancient Holystone Vase
• Added Hermes Ring
• Added Hermes Pendant
• Added Arkenium Ring
• Added Arkenium Pendant
• Added Pickaxe of Arkzenus (Found in Silver Dungeons and is used to mine Valkyrum Ore)
• Added Valkyrum Ore
• Added Valkyrum (A replacement to the original Valkyrie Stuff)
• Added Valkyrum Sword
• Added Valkyrum Lance
• Added Valkyrum Tools
• Added Valkyrum Armor (which is trimmable unlike the original Valkyrie Armor)
• Added Valkyrum Ring
• Added Valkyrum Pendant
• Added Valkyrum as a trimming Material
• Added Skyroot Grassland Biome
• Added Ancient Ruins
• Added Wyndcaps Ruin
• Added Skyroot Valkyrie Camp
• Added Wyndcaps Valkyrie Camp
• Added a Custom Loot Tier System consisting out of 5 Tiers: Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Seasonal
• Blue Aerclouds can now be enchanted into Violet Aerclouds
• Added more Biome Tags which should be useful for Modpack Creators and Add-On Compatibility

Changes

• Renamed Aerotic Stone to Aerogetic Stone
• Renamed Divine Gravel to Gravity Gravel and it now increases your jump height
• The Day-Night Cycle is now automatically enabled
• Disabled the old Creative Mode Dungeon Tooltips and Green Names due to the new System
• The Base Mod Music Disc now have a White Name instead of a Blue Name
• Hermes Ring & Pendants can now be found in the Bronze Dungeon Treasure Chests
• Health Rings & Pendants, Arkenium Ring & Pendants, Pickaxe of Arkzenus and Strength Stones can now be found inside of the Silver Dungeon Treasure Chests
• Removed Valkyrie Stuff from Bronze and Silver Dungeon Treasure Chests
• Rebalanced Bronze and Silver Dungeon Treasure Chests
• Highland Buffalos now drop 1-3 Buffalo Wool & 1-3 Raw Beef instead of 0-2 Leather & 1-3 Raw Buffalo Ribs
• Renamed Mythical Forests to Elevated Forests
• Renamed Mythical Clearings to Elevated Clearings
• Renamed Crystal Hollows to Crystal Oasis
• Valkyrie Settlements have been renamed to Skyroot Valkyrie Settlement (there will be more variants in the future)
• Crystal Hollows has been disabled for now until it gets a rework
• Revisited some of the Old Book of Lore Entries to make them more accurate
• Aerogel can now be found in the Aether Natural Blocks Tab
• Gravity Gravel is now placed after Quicksoil instead of Aether Dirt in the Creative Inventory
• Reworked the order of the Aether Equipment & Utilities Tab and the Aether Armor and Accessories Tab
• Sakura Leaves now have Cherry Leaves Sounds instead of regular Leaves
• Sky Blues now generate in all biomes
• Highland Buffalos can no longer be bred using Sky Blues
• Reworked Passive Mob Spawning
• Reworked Cockatrice Spawning (they can now spawn in groups and also a little more frequent to fit Ancient Aether's new Worldgen)
• Aerogel can no longer be enchanted into Obsidian
• Paper can no longer be crafted from Aechor Petals
• Removed Redstone from the Sentry Lab Loot Table
• Reworked Valkyrie Settlement Loot Tables
• Merged the 2 Ancient Aether Worldgen Datapacks into One
• Huge Code Clean-Up
• Updated Credits
• White Apples have been reenabled again and now drop from Crystal Skyroot Leaves
• Reverted the renaming changes for the original Skyroot Stuff (but it is still only obtainable through commands)
• Disabled the old Valkyrie Stuff
• Aether Portals can now spawn on coasts again
• All Aercloud Clusters are now equally sized

Worldgen

• Completely reworked the Worldgen
• Islands Sizes have been rebalanced to not be extreme anymore (still a lot bigger than the Islands in the original gen)
• Greatly Improved Coast Generation
• The Gaps between Islands are no longer as huge as before
• There is now a Cloudbed at y80
• Improved Terrain Generation on top of Islands to have a lot more flatter areas and the mountains now only generate up to y180 in the regular biomes
• Added more Overhangs and Cliffs to the Base Gen
• The Different Regions can no longer generate on the same Island
• Each region now has unique Terrain Generation
• The Wyndcaps has epic Mountain Scapes that go up to y256 and valleys between them for players to build
• Sakura Jungles have a very amplified terrain generation with lot of overhangs, smaller Islands and terrain that even goes underneath the Cloudbed
• Elevated Islands generate 20 Blocks higher than regular Islands
• Completely rebalanced Biome Gen
• Reworked Tree and Flower Placement
• Skyroot Meadows are now very flowery like Vanilla Meadows
• Skyroot Grasslands are now like the original Skyroot Meadows
• Skyroot Forests now have a lot of fancy Skyroot Trees aswell as Golden Oak Trees and are generally denser
• Skyroot Groves are less dense Skyroot Forests with less big trees
• Highsproot Trees now only generate in Skyroot Meadows and Skyroot Woodlands. They have been replaced with Crystal Skyroot Trees in the other Biomes
• Tweaked Tree and Flower Placement in general
• Reworked Cave Gen (Caves are now wider but less tall, and also rebalanced the generation of caves)
• Added Small Lakes to the Underground
• Rebalanced Holiday Tree Generation to fit better with Ancient Aether's new Terrain
• Rebalanced Gravite Generation
• Removed Extra Gravite on Mountains
• Made Valkyrie Settlements more frequent
• Reworked Valkyrie Settlement Generation with more House Variants, updating the original ones, street lanterns, more secret rooms and also allowed to be bigger and having winding paths
• The Ancient Dungeon Gen has been temporarely removed until I rework it and has been replaced with a new entrance as a placeholder for now
• Quicksoil Coasts no longer generate in Skyroot Jungles
• Wyndcaps Biomes now have Wyndcaps Coasts

Advancements

• Reworked the Advancement Tree
• The Advancement Tree Background is now Holystone
• Added a Advancement for finding all Aether Biomes instead of each region having one individually called "Aersospace Traveller"
• Added an Advancement for obtaining the Vampire Blade called "Bloodlust"
• Added an Advancement for obtaining the Pickaxe of Arkzenus called "The Pickaxe of Gods"
• Added an Advancement for obtaining Valkyrum called "What Cloud are made of"
• Added an Advancement for obtaining the Valkyrum Lance called "Lancin' and Dancin'"
• The Advancement "Earning your Wings" now requires Valkyrum Armor instead of a piece of Valkyrie Equipment
• The Advancement "Out of Order" is now marked as a Goal
• The Advancement "Shut Down" has been temporarely disabled
• Removed Advancement "Plunderers Remorse" but I plan on bringing it back in the future
• Removed Advancement "A well earned rest"
• Removed Advancement "Challenger to the Throne"

Art

• Ancient Aether's Base Mod Retextures have now been turned into a pre-installed Resourcepack called Ancient Aether Tweaks
• Ancient Aether's built-in Resourcepacks now have Icons

Ancient Aether Texture Updates

• Updated Gravity Gravel Texture
• Updated Ancient Rune Texture
• Updated Highsproot Leaves Texture
• Updated Sakura Leaves Texture
• Updated Sakura Log Texture
• Updated Highlands Viola Texture
• Updated Sky Blues Texture
• Updated Divine Skyroot Sapling Texture
• Updated Highsproot Sapling Texture
• Updated Frosted Highsproot Sapling Texture
• Updated Sakura Sapling Texture
• Updated Sakura Blossoms Texture
• Trapped Sakura Blossoms now have a slightly different texture -Updated Roothyrn Texture
• Updated Strength Stone Texture
• Updated Health Ring + Pendant Textures
• Updated Ancient Sword Texture
• Updated Ancient Ring Texture
• Updated Gravitite Dartshooter Texture
• Updated Sakura Door Icon Texture
• Updated Sentry Lantern Texture
• Updated Angelic Lantern Texture

Aether Texture Updates

• Updated Cockatrice Texture
• Updated Zanite Ore Texture
• Updated Zanite Gemstone Texture
• Updated Zanite Block Texture
• Zanite Blocks now have a unique top and bottom texture
• Updated Zanite Sword Texture
• Updated Zanite Tools Textures
• Updated Zanite Armor Textures
• Updated Zanite Accessory Textures
• Updated Zanite Trim Material Texture
• Updated Skyroot Sword Texture
• Updated Skyroot Tool Texture
• Updated Holystone Sword Texture
• Updated Holystone Tool Textures
• Updated Gravitite Sword Texture
• Updated Gravitite Tool Textures
• Updated Regeneration Stone Texture
• Updated Flaming, Holy & Lightning Sword Texture (These 3 Swords currentely use the same shape because of an upcoming addition, so stay tuned)
• Updated Lightning Knife Texture
• Updated Pig Slayer Texture
• Updated Vampire Blade Texture
• Updated Skyroot Sapling Texture
• Updated Golden Oak Sapling Texture
• Updated Valkyrie Cape Texture
• Updated Golden Feather Texture

Translations

• Added a Chinese translation

Compatibility

• [Lost Content] The Crystal Trees on top of the Golden Dungeon have been replaced with Crystal Skyroot Trees
• [Lost Content] Lost Content Items now use Ancient Aether's Loot System

Fixes

• Fixed Violet Aerclouds not being mineable faster using a hoe
• Fixed Ancient Sword being ineffective in the Aether
• Fixed Ancient Aether Double Slabs only dropping one Slab
• Fixed the Mod Banner in the Credits being to small
• Fixed the Names of the in-built datapacks being bugged
• Fixed Ancient Aether Potted Plants not having a display name
• Fixed Aether Portal being able to spawn on Violet Aerclouds
• Tag Fixes

Removals

• Removed Raw and Cooked Buffalo Ribs
• Removed Buffalo Rib
• Removed Wynd Zephyr
• Removed Cold Skyroot Forest
• Removed Aerogel Bottle
• Removed Valkyrie Wine
• Removed Drift Weed
• Removed Ancient Aether Crystal Leaves
• Removed Ancient Aether Crystal Sapling
• Removed Growing Crystal Fruit
• Removed Crystal Fruit
• Removed Divine Crystal

Ancient Aether is now compatible with Aether b1.4

Additions

• Added Violet Aerclouds, the opposite to Blue Aerclouds

Worldgen

• Fixed Terrain sometimes generating below coasts resulting in some very ugly Worldgen
• Fixed Golden Aerclouds spawning very low down

Changes

• Made Ancient Guardians invincible for now
• Valkyrie Settlement Market Stalls can now have Violet Aerclouds as their Roofs

Fixes

• Fixed Double Drops not working on Divine Gravel

Worldgen

• Improved Coast Gen
• Fixed Giant Void Gaps still accuring between Islands

Changes

• Updated Logo in the Credits Gui

Fixes

• Fixed Roothyrns not having sounds
• Fixed some Items not appearing in the Creative Inventory Search Tab

Additions

• Added Crystal Hollows Biome
• Added Mythical Forest Biome
• Added Mythical Clearing Biome
• Added Cold Skyroot Forest Biome
• Added Drift Weed
• Added Divine Gravel
• Added Divine Skyroot Leaves
• Added Divine Skyroot Sapling
• Added a Japanese Translation, Credit goes to taizazanek
• Added a new Type of Crystal Leaves that replace the old ones
• Added Crystal Fruits
• Added Crystal Saplings
• Added Divine Crystal (Creative only atm)
• Added the Ancient Core, the Ancient Guardians second phase though this one doesn't have AI yet like the Ancient Guardian
• Added a custom name generator for the Ancient Core and Ancient Guardian

Worldgen

• Completely rewrote the Worldgen System
• There are no longer different island types for variation
• Instead there is now a Steep Noise for the Bottoms of Islands and a Noise with a lot of Variantion in Islands Heights and Stuff like Overhangs
• Mountains are now able to go up to y256
• Increased Build Limit to 320
• Islands now have Quicksoil Coasts
• Moved Coast Height from y88 to y112
• Reduced distances between Islands
• Rebalanced Island Sizes
• Rebalanced Structure Spawning
• Structure now blend better with the terrain
• Moved the previous Skyroot Woodland Vegetation to the Skyroot Grove
• Moved the previous Skyroot Pine Forest Vegetation to the Skyroot Woodland
• Completely rewrote the Biome Gen System
• Aerogel Blobs now generate in the Underground of any biome instead of being bound to the now removed Aerogel Caves
• Bonus Ambrosium Ore and Leaf Vines can now generate anywhere in the Sakura Jungle instead of being bound to the now removed Overgrown Caverns
• Tweaked Large Aercloud Gen
• Aerclouds are now bigger
• Overhauled Cave Gen
• Mountain Bonus Gravitite Ore now generates above y180 instead of y144
• Zanite now generates below y160 but is less frequent now
• Overhauled Wyndcaps Tree Vegetation
• Added an Erosion Value for Caves [Technical]

Changes

• Disabled old Crystal Stuff
• Crystal Trees no longer generate in the Sky
• The Ancient Guardian can now spawn in Ancient Dungeons but they have no AI
• The Advancement for finding all Sakura Jungle Sub-Biome now requires the Skyroot Jungle
• Advancement for killing the Ancient Guardian now requires its second phase to be killed
• Highland Buffalos now deal more Knockback
• Updated Credits

Art

• Updated Skyroot Sapling Texture
• Updated Golden Oak Leaves Texture
• Updated Golden Oak Sapling Texture
• Updated Skyroot Bookshelf Texture
• Updated Purple Flower Texture
• Updated Aether Portal Texture
• Updated Aether Portal Frame Texture
• Updated Highsproot Log Texture
• Updated Frosted Highsproot Leaves Texture
• Updated Frosted Highsproot Sapling Texture
• Updated Highsproot Sapling Texture
• Updated Sakura Leaves Texture
• Updated Sakura Sapling Texture
• Updated Ancient Guardian Texture
• Updated Ancient Guardian Model

Dependencies

• Ancient Aether now requires Aeroblender 1.20.1-v1.0.1
• There should now be a Warning in the Title Screen if you don't have the correct dependencies installed

Compatibilty

• Tweaked Spawning of Pink Aerclouds
• Aether Redux Grass can no longer spawn in Ancient Aether Biomes
• The Old Crystal Stuff is reenabled when Lost Content is installed and has been renamed to old Crystal (they will only generate at the Platinum Dungeon though)

Fixes

• Fixed Structures generating inside of eachother
• Fixed Structures sometimes generating in the void
• Fixed Grapes not being compostable
• Fixed some Saplings and Leaves not having the correct Map Colors

Removed

• Removed Quickstone
• Removed Quickstone Stairs
• Removed Quickstone Slab
• Removed Crystal Gold Coin
• Removed Skyroot Pine Forest
• Removed Aerogel Caves
• Removed Overgrown Caverns

New Worldgen Datapack

• Made Worldgen more interesting
• Made giant gaps between Islands less frequent

Changes

• Improved Aeronautic Leaper AI
• Updated Crystal Gold Coin Texture
• Made Wynd Zephyrs exclusive to the Wyndcaps

Fixes

• Fixed Aeronautic Leapers not dealing any damage

Fixes

• Fixed Aether Portal Black List being broken

Additions

• Added Aeronautic Leapers (The replacement for Leaping Sentries)
• Added Wynd Zephyrs (When a Snowball of this Zephyr hits a block it spawns a Whirlwind)
• Added Configs to disable in-built Datapacks
• Added Programmer Art Textures to Wynd Thistles, Sky Blue, Aether Grass Side Texture, Aerotic and Light Aerotic Stone
• Added an Advancement for finding all Sakura Jungle Sub-Biomes
• Added an Advancement for finding all Wyndcaps Sub-Biomes
• Added an Advancement for killing the Ancient Guardian

New Worldgen Datapack

• Moved Islands generate a little bit closer
• Made Islands less flat
• Overhauled Mountain Gen
• Tweaked Cloudbed Generation

Changes

• Overhauled Advancement Tree
• Highland Violas are now placed after the Purple Flower instead of the White Flower in the Creative Inventory
• Updated Sakura Moa Texture
• Powder Snow now spawns in Wyndcap Peaks Biomes
• Highland Buffalos can spawn on Snow
• Updated some Advancement Descriptions and Names

Fixes

• Fixed Ambrosium Campfires not rendering Food
• Fixed Ambrosium Campfires not cooking Food
• Fixed Ambrosium Campfires not emmitting particles
• Fixed regular Sentries sometimes spawning in the Ancient Dungeon
• Fixed Advancement for unlocking the Ancient Dungeon not being obtainable
• Fixed Ancient and Health Pendants not rendering when worn
• Fixed Sakura Moa Texture being bugged

Removed

• Removed Leaping Sentries
• Removed Advancement for finding all Ancient Aether Biomes
• Removed Advancment for finding the Sentry Lab

Additions

• Added a Programmer Art Texture for Highland Violas

Changes

• Improved Ancient Obelisk unlocking range
• Ancient Dungeons now require the player to have beaten the Sun Spirit instead of the Valkyrie Queen
• Updated Credits
• Updated Logo displayed in the Credits

Fixes

• Fixed Aether Music playing double
• Fixed Quickstone not making the correct sound
• Fixed Treasure Chests in Ancient Dungeons being empty
• Fixed Treasure Chests in Ancient Dungeons requiring a Bronze Key instead of an Ancient Key
• Fixed Treasure Doorway Aerotic Stones being breakable
• Fixed Random Blocks sometimes generating in the Ancient Dungeon Boss Room Doorway

• Ported to NeoForge 1.20.1

Additions

• Added Sakura and Highsproot Bookshelves
• Added Sakura and Highsproot Hanging Signs
• Added Biome Tint to Aether Grass
• Added Aerogel Shelves to the Wyndcaps

Changes

• The Wyndcaps now have a new Grass Color
• Completely rebalanced Biome Spawning
• Passive Mob Spawning Rebalancing
• Made Sky Blues more frequent
• Made Flowers in Wyndcap Highland more frequent
• Updated Sakura Log Texture
• Updated Stripped Sakura and Highsproot Log Textures
• Updated Highland Viola Texture
• Flying Cows can no longer be found in Wyndcaps Biomes

Fixes

• Fixed some Blocks and Items not having a lore entry

Additions

• Added Highland Viola
• Added Wynd Thistle
• Added Sky Blues

New Worldgen Datapack

• Improved Coast Generation
• Larger Gaps between Islands
• Fixed The Bottoms of Islands sometimes merging with the Void
• Made Islands less massive

Changes

• Rebalanced Flower Spawning
• Rebalanced Passive Mob Spawning
• Changed Quicksoil Coast Generation
• Updated Highsproot and Sakura Plank Textures
• Updated Highsproot and Sakura Sign Textures
• Updated Highsproot and Sakura Door Textures
• Updated Highsproot Trapdoor Texture
• Updated Sakura Leaves Texture
• Updated Dungeon Lantern Textures
• Life Shards now have the Ancient Dungeon Tool Tip
• New Golden Oak Generation
• Rebalanced Mob Spawns and Constant Aether Music is now part of the Default Biomes Improvements Pack
• Updated some Datapack Descriptions

Compatibility

• The Aerwhale King now drops Crystal Gold Coins

Fixes

• Fixed Sakura Blossoms crafting Blue Dye
• Fixed Aether Bosses still breaking Blocks

Removed

• Removed Moolit Waterlily
• Removed Highland Tulip
• Removed Edelweiss

New Worldgen Datapack

• Terrain now has three different types:
• Flat Islands
• Hilly Islands
• High Islands
• Islands now have a lot more variation

Changes

• Made Aether Quartz and Aerogel less common
• Updated Sakura Leaves and Sapling Textures
• Adjusted Bronze Dungeon Spawn Height

Fixes

• Fixed Sliders, Valkyrie Queens, Withers and Ender Dragons being able to destroy any Blocks
• Fixed not being able to craft Dye from White and Purple Flowers

This Version of Ancient Aether is compatible with Aether Beta 6

Additions

• Added Aerotic Stone + Variants
• Added Aerotic Stone Mosaic + Variants
• Added Light Aerotic Stone + Variants
• Added Corrupted Light Aerotic Stone + Variants
• Added Aerotic Lantern
• Added Gravitite Dart Shooter (Creative-only at the moment)
• Added Crystal Gold Coin (Currently useless)
• Added more House Variants to the Valkyrie Settlements
• Added Frosted Highsproot Leaves
• Added Frosted Highsproot Sapling
• Added more Textures to the Programmer Art Pack

Changes

• Overhauled Ancient Dungeon Generation
• Overhauled Wyndcaps Vegetation
• Made Ancient Aether Structures more rare
• Aether Music now plays more frequently
• Rebalanced Slider Loot
• The Ruined Portal Datapack and the Icestone Accessory Datapack are now enabled by default when Ancient Aether is installed
• Updated Highland Buffalo Texture
• Updated Obelisk Textures and Models
• Updated Raw Buffalo Ribs Texture
• Updated Ancient Dungeon Key Texture
• Aether Bosses now drop Crystal Gold Coins
• Adjusted Spawn Heights of Aether Dungeons
• Made Aerogel Caves less frequent
• Tweaked Wyndcap Biome Spawnrates
• Flying Cows can now spawn in Wyndcap Biomes
• Changed the ID of Raw Buffalo Ribs from raw_buffalo_ribs to buffalo_ribs for Vanilla Parity
• Nerfed Ancient Aether Loot Tables
• Zanite now generates below y96 instead of y128
• Updated Sapling Textures from the Programmer Art Pack to be more consistent
• Increased Cockatrice Spawnrate to makes Caves more dangerous
• Adjusted Gravitite Ore Rate to be more like the new Aether Beta 6 Gravitite Spawnrate

Fixes

• Fixed Highland Buffalo Spawning
• Fixed Ancient Aether Leaves having the Stone Breaking Sound
• Fixed Quails from Deep Aether not spawning when Ancient Aether is installed
• Tag related Fixes

Removed

• Removed Ancient Sentry Stone
• Removed Locked Ancient Sentry Stone

Changes

• Grapes can now be used as Fox Food
• Grapes can now be used to breed Aether Animals
• Sakura Moa Eggs can now be used to craft Pumpkin Pie and Cake
• Ancient Guardians can no longer be hooked with Fishing Rods
• Ancient Guardians are no longer affected by Whirlwinds

Fixes

• Fixed Pickaxes not working
• Fixed Walls not connecting
• Fixed Aether Tool Debuff not working
• Fixed World Build Limit starting at y-16 instead of y0
• Fixed a lot of other tag related issues

Additions

• Added Ravines to the Aether
• Added Fancy Skyroot Trees

Changes

• Worldgen Tweaks
• Rebalanced Biome Spawning
• Tweaked Skyroot Woodland Trees
• Valkyrie Wine can now only be stacked up to 16
• Replaced Quicksoil Bricks with Quickstone
• Updated Highsproot Sapling Texture
• Updated Aerogel Bottle Texture
• Updated Valkyrie Wine Texture
• Highland Buffalos are now milk-able
• Highland Buffalos now eat Highland Tulips and Edelweiss instead of Blueberries
• Updated Leaf Textures in Programmer Pack
• Map Colors of Ancient Aether Leaves now match the Leaves
• Ocelots can now spawn on Ancient Aether Leaves
• Gave Wyndcap Biomes a new Water Color
• Updated Mod Description
• Edelweiss will now no longer generate in Sakura Jungles
• Added Skyroot Bushes to Skyroot Jungles
• Reduced amount of Sugar found in Settlement Chests

Dependencies

• Removed Gecko Lib Dependency

Fixes

• Fixed Highland Buffalos being able to spawn on any Block
• Fixed Aether Music sometimes playing double
• Fixed Highland Buffalo and Roothyrn Walking Animations being stuttery
• Fixed Ancient Aether Spawn Eggs, Aerogel Bottles and Valkyrie Wine not appearing in the Creative Inventory Search Tab
• Fixed Players consuming the Bottle when drinking Valkyrie Wine

Removed

• Removed Quicksoil Brick Wall
• Removed unused Files to reduce File Size