Ancient Aether

• Updated to 1.20.4
• Updated to Aether Version 1.5

Content

• Added Locked Aerogel
• Implemented Ancient Dungeon Loot Table (do not generate naturally yet)
• Tweaked Sun Spirit Dialogue
• Refactored Blending System to now use Splines resulting in a much smoother and less performance heavy result
• Reworked Highsproot Tree Shape
• Rewrote a large chunk of the mods code base to allow the mod to port to newer versions
• Updated Menu Button Texture
• Fixed Valkyrie Cape not generating
• Temporarily removed compatibility Datapacks

Fixes

• Fixed a bunch of Biome and Structure related issues appearing with Aether Redux installed

Additions

• Added Stonecutter Recipes for Valkyrie Blocks

Changes

• Mosaic, Tile and Corner Brick Block Variants can no longer be crafted back into their original form inside the Stonecutter

Fixes

• Fixed Aerogetic Stone Mosaic not being craftable via Stonecutter
• Fixed Deep Aether's Golden Heights Biome not generating with Ancient Aether installed
• Fixed Aether Redux' Blight Biome not generating with Ancient Aether installed
• Fixed Sky Grass not spawning in Deep Aether's Aerglow Biome
• Small Tag Fix or Aether Redux' Compatibility Datapack

Fixes

• Fixed crash with Lost Content

Additions

• Added Valkyrie Clay
• Added Valkyrie Clay Ball
• Added Valkyrie Bricks (+ Variants)
• Added Valkyrie Tiles (+ Variants)
• Added Valkyrie Brick
• Added Angelic Corner Brick

Changes

• Renamed Pillar to Valkyrie Pillar
• Renamed Pillar Top to Valkyrie Pillar Top
• Valkyrie Pillars and Pillar Tops are now craftable from Valkyrie Bricks
• Vases are now crafted with Valkyrie Brick and their Material instead of using the Stonecutter
• Slightly increased mining speed and explosion resistance of Valkyrum Ore
• Ancient Vases now spawn Dust Particles when broken
• Windblowers now emit a Comparator Value of 7 when in their puffed state

Worldgen

• Added Noise Caves to the Underground of the Skyroot, Elevated and Wyndcaps Biomes

• Make for a much more interesting Cave Generation with more variation and a more natural look
• Carvers are now being used to form cave entrances to Noise Caves instead
• Sakura Jungles still have a Carver Gen but it has been altered

• Adjusted the Generation of the Island Underground to work better with the new Noise Caves
• Valkyrie Clay Patches now generate inside of shallow areas of lakes
• Some Minor Improvements to Valkyrie Camp Generation

Fixes

• Fixed small chunks of land sometimes spawning above lakes
• Fixed Ancient Aether non wooden stairs and slabs not being in the #minecraft:stairs and #minecraft:slabs tags
• Fixed some typos in lore descriptions

Changes

• Aerogel Glass Blocks can now be broken faster and drop themselves when mined with a Pickaxe
• Increased amount of Enchanted Gravitite found in Sentry Laboratory Treasure Chests

Worldgen

• Made Gravitite Ore more common
• Made Valkyrum Ore more rare

Sounds

• The Mutated Aechor Plant now has its own unique hurt sound
• The Mutated Aechor Plant now plays a different sound when it shoots a Spore Bomb instead of a Poison Needle

Worldgen

• Tweaked Skyroot Jungle Generation

Datapacks

• The Configured Feature placed on top of Configurable Crystal Island Features can now be changed via datapack
• Renamed "surface_block" field inside of Configurable Crystal Island Features to "top_block"
• Renamed "radius" field inside of Coast Features to "radius_top"
• Renamed "lower_radius" field inside of Coast Features to "radius_bottom"

Fixes

• Fixed Swet Balls not changing the Type of the Aether Grass ro the one from the biome it's used in

Changes

• Changed the minium required Aether Version to 1.4.2

Config

• Added a sepperate client config for just the Main Menu Override called "Titlescreen Override"

Fixes

• Fixed Atmosine Crystals being the only accepted Altar Fuel
• Fixed Atmosine Crystals being usable as Altar Fuel even with Experimental Content disabled
• Fixed regular Aechor Plants found inside Sentry Laboratory Rooms being able to despawn

Additions

• Added Grape Vines
• Added Sunset Rose
• Added Elevetia
• Added Wynd Sentry Stone
• Added Wynd Sentry Stone Dungeon Block Variants
• Added Wynd Lantern
• Added Mutated Aechor Plant Boss

• Found in Sentry Laboratories
• Has 500 HP and a unique Bossbar Design
• Shoots Needles that give the Inebriation Effect to targets aswell as removing the Remedy Effect if active
• Shoots Spore Bombs that spawn a cloud of poisonous Spores
• Grows bigger when it has less than 50% HP
• Spawn Cockatrice when it has less than 50% HP
• Frequently spawns Remedy Crystals that grant the player the Remedy Effect when they manage to hit them

• Added Laboratory Dungeon Key
• Added a Boss Doorway Carved Stone for the Mutated Aechor Plant
• Added Shield of Inebriation

• Has a 25% chance to give attackers the Inebriation Effect

• Added Shield of Remediation

• Makes the wearer immune to Inebriation

• Added Divine Toolset

• Found in Silver Dungeons
• Replaces Pickaxe of Arkenzus
• Grants the player the Divine Protection Potion Effect when a block is mined, the effect duration stack the more blocks that are mined

• Added Slammroot Plant

• Replaces Trapped Sakura Blossoms

• Added Slammberry

• Launches the player in the air when eaten
• Grants Nature's Boost Potion Effect

• Added Divine Protection Potion Effect

• Gives the player +2 Armor Toughness when active

• Added Nature's Boost Potion Effect

• "Bonemeals" the blocks, the player is standing on when activate

• Added a recipe for crafting Armor Stand with Holystone Slabs
• Readded recipe for crafting Paper out of Aechor Petals
• Added Sun Forest Biome
• Added Sky Lake Biome
• Added Holystone Caverns Biome
• Added Elevated Caverns Biome
• Added Sun Well Structure

• A decorative structure sometimes generating in Sun Forests

• Added a new Wine Yard House Variant to Valkyrie Settlements
• Added a new Ancient Aether Title Screen

Changes

• Renamed Holystone Lantern to Ambrosium Lantern
• Renamed Hellfire Lantern to Sun Lantern
• Renamed Light Aerogetic Stone to Aeronautic Stone
• Renamed Corrupted Light Aerogetic Stone to Corrupted Aeronautic Stone
• Renamed Unpowered Ancient Obelisk to Ancient Obelisk
• Renamed Ancient Obelisk to Powered Obelisk
• Renamed Cracked Slider to Slider Prototype
• Renamed Arkenium Ring/Pendant to Warrior Ring/Pendant
• Renamed Health Ring/Pendant to Ring/Pendant of Growth
• Renamed Roothyrns to Slammroots
• Renamed Legendary Loot Tier to Mythic
• Reenabled original Crystal Trees
• Aether Music now plays a lot more frequently agaon (this time without of overlapping)
• Advancements now display if they are added/modified by Ancient Aether in their description
• Grapes can now be used to place Grape Vines
• Rebalanced Grape Nutrition and Saturation
• Different lengths of Sky Grass now have different Hitboxes
• Vases are now waterloggable
• Slider Prototype no longer light up when powered, instead it will turn red/critical
• Slider Prototype now lights up for a short amount of time every once in a while
• Obelisk Activation Advancement Trigger is no longer hardcoded
• Adjusted Obelisk Activation Radius to fit the current Ancient Dungeon Placeholder Structure
• Windblower Functionality

• Windblowers will now "puff" and change their texture when activated by Redstone
• They will also now spawn a Windblow that pushes Entities when activated
• If this Windblow hits another Windblower it will also activate and cause a chain reaction of Windblows
• Windblows will dissappear after a while when they don't hit a block or entity Wind Blowers now use their Bottom Texture for Particles

• Accessories that buff the players attributes will now display their ability as a tool tip
• Valkyrum Axes can now harvest Golden Amber from Golden Oak Logs
• Windblowers can now be mined faster with Hoes
• Rebalanced Hermes Accessories

• Rings now give a 3% Total Movement Speed increase
• Pendant a 5% Total Movement Speed increase -Strength Stones now give 12% Total Attack Damage increase instead of 25%

• Changed Ambrosium Lantern Recipe to require 6 Sticks, 2 Holystone and 1 Ambrosium Torch
• Changed Sun Lantern Texture to require 1 Light Hellfire Stone and 1 Ambrosium Lantern
• Rebalanced the effects that are given by Suspicious Stews crafted from Ancient Aether Flowers
• Fluffalos can now walk on Powder Snow
• Fluffalos no longer take Freezing Damage
• Reworked Slammroot Behaviour

• Instead of running around, they now bounce towards the player
• When they touch the floor, they "bonemeal" it
• Increased their Attack Damage
• Slammroots no longer take fall damage

• Slammroots now have a chance to spawn in dark areas or at night inside of Sakura Jungles
• Slammroots now drop 1-3 Slammberries and 0-1 Aerogel instead of 2-4 Sticks and 0-1 Sakura Blossoms
• Decreased Shadow Radius of Slammrots
• Tweaked Aeronautic Leaper AI
• Aeronautic Leapers now drop 1-3 Corrupted Aeronautic Stone instead of regular Aerogetic Stone and Aerogel
• Skyroot Saplings can now grow into Fancy Skyroot Trees
• Cockatrice can no longer spawn on Aerogetic Blocks
• Trapped Dungeon Blocks will now display as a tooltip what mob they will spawn
• Boss Doorway Dungeon Blocks will now display as a tooltip what mob they require to be unlocked
• Rebalanced Valkyrie Settlement and Valkyrie Camp Loot Tables
• Rebalanced Bronze Dungeon Loot Tables
• Rebalanced Sentry Laboratory Loot Tables
• Rebalanced Ancient Holystone Vase Loot Table
• Rebalanced Ancient Sentry Vase Loot Table
• Rebalanced Ancient Frozen Sentry Vase Loot Table
• Candy Cane Swords are now in the "Rare" Loot Tier
• Music Discs no longer have Loot Tiers
• Wynd Ice is now placed after Gravity Gravel instead of Aerogel in the Creative Inventory
• Ancient Aether's lang file is automatically alphabetically ordered
• Updated some lore descriptions to be more accurate
• Improved how the Aether Tool Debuff is handled on Ancient Aether blocks, items and entities
• Updated Mod Banner
• Updated Mod Description
• Improved the Mods Tag layout
• Added Ancient Aether Items to Forge Tags
• Reworked the Mod Folder Structure
• Rewrote most of Ancient Aether's Codebase

Worldgen

• Rewrote Worldgen to be a lot more optimized
• Completely reworked Coast Gen

• Generate in a more continuous disk like generation on island edges
• Generate on multiple y-levels
• Don't cover all parts of Island Edges

• Reworked Worldgen with a lot more variation

• Islands can now have a lot more dramatic Overhangs
• There's also a lot more flat areas for a player to settle on Rebalanced Island Sizes

• Islands can now have Underground Overhangs which have Holystone on the Surface
• Sky Lakes now generate in Skyroot Biome Islands
• Improved Elevated Islands Upper Isles Generation
• Reworked Wyndcaps Mountain Gen to feel more natural
• Sakura Jungle Islands now have more "cracks" inside them to make the Islands less massive
• Wyndcap Peaks no longer have a layer of Aether Dirt below the Snow Layer
• Wyndcap Peaks Powder Snow Patches are now multiple Blocks deep
• Removed Large Icestone Veins from Wyndcaps Biomes
• Reduced Biome Scale
• Reworked Skyroot Sub-Biome Generation
• "Cavern Biomes" now generate in the Island Underground > - This allow Underground Overhangs to have Holystone on the Surface

• These biomes are also used for better Underground Structure Spawning

• Sun Forests are a replacement to the Old Golden Skyroot Biomes
• Green Skyroot Trees now have a 10% chance to spawn covered in Grape Vines
• Completely rebalanced Aether Flower Generation

• Skyroot Meadows now have simple patches of White and Purple Flowers instead of using a flower noise
• Reduced Flower Spawnrate in Skyroot Meadow to not be excessive as before
• Skyroot Meadows now also only have simple patches of White and Purple Flowers but with a slightly higher Flower Spawnrate than before
• Skyroot Forests and Skyroot Woodlands now have mixed flower patches of Purple Flowers, White Flowers and Sunset Roses with a slightly increased flower spawnrate
• Sky Blues now exclusively generate in mixed Patches with Purple and White Flowers near Sky Lakes or inside of Wyndcaps Biomes
• Sun Forests have a simple Purple and White Flower patch generation with the frequency of the Forest Biomes
• Increased Flower Spawnrate inside of Wyndcaps Biomes
• Skyroot Jungles now have a simple patch generation of Purple and White Flowers aswell as Sunset Roses
• Sakura Jungles have the same flower generation as Skyroot Jungles with the exception of Slammroot Plant patches sometimes generating instead of flowers
• Elevated Islands now have a mixed flower patch generation of Purple and White Flowers aswell as Elevetias

• Skyroot Groves now have a lot more colorful tree vegetation
• Made Golden Oaks slightly more common in Skyroot Forests
• Increased average Height of Skyroot Pine Trees
• Made Crystal Skyroot Trees slightly more common in Skyroot Woodlands
• Made Skyroot and Sakura Jungle Tree Vegetation a lot denser
• Aerogel Blobs are now in the Underground Decoration instead of the Underground Ores Generation Step for Vanilla consistency
• Aether Dirt Patches now only generates in on higher y-levels
• Blue, Violet and Golden Aerclouds now use a size of 8 instead of 16
• Rebalanced Crystal Island Spawnrate
• Crystal Island Surface Block now changes according to the Biome it generates in
• Crystal Islands now use a new, more configurable Feature Type
• Reworked Bronze Dungeon Generation again

• Bronze Dungeons now have an inner and outer part
• The Inner Part consists of rooms, libraries and the boss room in the middle
• The Outer Part is made up of Holystone Tunnels
• Removed all of the previous room variants and replaced them with new ones
• Bronze Dungeon Entrances now spawn in random locations of the Dungeon instead of always at the boss room
• A Bronze Dungeon can now have multiple or no Surface Entrance
• Bronze Dungeons now have entrances on the sides of islands again
• Bronze Dungeons generation now starts in the Underground instead of at a Surface Entrances, this allows for a much better of structure generation
• Bronze Dungeons now have a Fallback Structure that is wall of Carved Tiles that will generate when a Dungeon Piece Fails to generate instead of generating nothing

• Reworked Sentry Laboratory Generation

• Sentry Laboratories are now an underground Wyndcaps Structure
• Sentry Laboratories now consistent of tall procedurally generated corridors, that sometimes have room entrances
• In the middle of Sentry Laboratories is the Mutated Aechor Plant Boss Room
• Shafts that generated below the surface entrance before, now sometimes generate in the corridors and can lead to another floor of the dungeon

• Rebalanced Valkyrie Settlement Spawnrate
• Rebalanced Bronze Dungeon and Sentry Laboratory Spawnrate
• Bronze Dungeons now generate in Sakura Jungles and Elevated Islands again
• Sentry Laboratories now generate instead of Bronze Dungeons in Wyndcaps Biomes
• Silver and Gold Dungeons now generate more frequently
• Tweaked Cloudbed Generation
• Cloudbed Features are now more configurable via datapacks
• Renamed "advanced_jigsaw_structure" to "jigsaw_skylands"
• Renamed "min_spawn_height" field in Skylands Jigsaw Structures to "above_bottom"
• Added a "jigsaw_buried" Structure Type for Bronze Dungeons and Sentry Laboratories

• Mainly controlled by "above_bottom" and "below_top" fields
• Still has an optional Height Provider

• Renamed "ancient_aether_pine_foliage_placer" to just "pine_foliage_placer"
• Ancient Aether now makes more use of Biome Modifiers

Advancements

• Added an Advancement for finding the Sentry Laboratory called "A White Apple keeps the Cockatrice away"
• Added an Advancement for defeating the Mutated Aechor Plant called "Peace, Love and Houseplants"
• Added an Advancement for obtaining the Sentry Laboratory Shield Accessories called "In perfect Balance"
• The "Pickaxe of Gods" Advancement now uses a Divine Pickaxe instead of the Pickaxe of Arkenzus
• Reenabled the "Plunderer's Remorse" Advancement which now uses a Divine Hoe
• Tweaked Advancement Tree layout

Compatibility

These following changes only apply when the mod inside the brackets is installed

• Biome Generation of other Add-On Biomes is now handled by Ancient Aether
• Ancient Aether Features now properly generate in other Add-On Biomes
• Compatibility Recipes now give Recipe Book Pop-Ups
• Compatibility Recipes are now saved under the Ancient Aether's namespace
• [Aether Emissivity] Added compatibility Aether Emissivity
• [Deep Aether] Rebalanced Biome Generation to better work with Ancient Aether's Worldgen
• [Deep Aether] Rebalanced Sky Jade Spawnheight to better work with Ancient Aether's Worldgen
• [Deep Aether] Rebalanced Golden Heights Bonus Golden Aercloud Spawnheight to better work with Ancient Aether's Worldgen
• [Deep Aether] Aerlavender Fields now generate with Sky Grass instead of regular Grass
• [Deep Aether] Spooky Rings are now inside the Epic Loot Tier
• [Aether Redux] Rebalanced Biome Generation to better work with Ancient Aether's Worldgen
• [Aether Redux] Added Compatibility Textures for some Redux Blocks and Items
• [Aether Redux] Updated Ancient Aether's Compatibility Pack to use Redux new Pack Config System
• [Aether Redux] Rebalanced Veredium Ore Spawnheight to better work with Ancient Aether's Worldgen
• [Aether Redux] Rebalanced Blighted Aercloud Spawnheight to better work with Ancient Aether's Worldgen
• [Aether Redux] Redux' Cloud Layer and Caves no longer generate
• [Lost Content] Added Ancient and regular Gale Vases
• [Lost Content] Lost Content Moa Eggs now also have Ancient Aether styled textures aswell as stat tool tips
• [Lost Content] Item Rarities are now properly applied to Lost Content Items
• [Aether Genesis] Added Blue Skyroot Pine Leaves and Blue Skyroot Pine Saplings
• [Aether Genesis] Blue Skyroot Pine Trees now use Ancient Aether's new Blue Skyroot Pine Blocks
• [Aether Genesis] Rebalanced Biome Generation to better work with Ancient Aether's Worldgen
• [Aether Genesis] Rebalanced Continuum Spawnheight to better work with Ancient Aether's Worldgen
• [Aether Genesis] Reworked Vegetation of Aether Genesis Biomes to better match the ones of Ancient Aether Biomes
• [Aether Genesis] Violet Aerclouds are now disabled when Aether Genesis is installed
• [Aether Genesis] Skyroot Chests and Mimics now generate in Structures instead of regular ones
• [Aether Genesis] Aether Genesis Bronze Dungeon Loot now spawns in Ancient Aether Bronze Dungeons
• [Aether Genesis] Valkyrie Settlement Shops can now spawn with Aether Genesis Aerclouds
• [Aether Genesis] Purple, Green and Golden Aerclouds can be used to craft Windblowers
• [Aether Genesis] Rebalanced Aether Genesis Aercloud Spawnheight to better work with Ancient Aether's Worldgen
• [Aether Genesis] Removed Pink Capes from the Creative Inventory when Aether Genesis is installed

Config

• Added a client config for the Rarity Tooltip System
• Added a client config for Moa Egg Tooltips
• Added a client config for Dungeon Block Tooltips
• Added a client config for Mutated Aechor Plant using a Custom Bossbar
• Added a client config for using the Aether Mods logo instead of Ancient Aether's in the Ancient Aether Menu
• Added a client config for Ancient Aether overriding client and common configs on start-up
• Added a common config for the duration that a Windblower Windblow lasts until it dissappears in ticks
• Added a common config for Experimental Content+
• Added a server config for Ancient Aether overriding server configs on start-up
• Configs now have proper descriptions

Experimental Content

This content will only appear in game when the "Experimental Content" Config is set to true

• Added Atmosine Crystals

• Atmosine Crystals float upwards similar to Gravitite
• They give of a dim light
• Atmosine Crystals can be used as an Altar Fuel
• Atmosine Crystals can be used as an Armor Trim
• They don't generate naturally yet

Art

Ancient Aether

• Updated Gravity Gravel Texture
• Updated Sky Blues Texture
• Updated Crystal Skyroot Leaves Texture
• Updated Crystal Skyroot Sapling Texture
• Updated Skyroot Pine Leaves Texture
• Updated Skyroot Pine Sapling Texture
• Updated Highsproot Sapling Texture
• Updated Sakura Sapling Texture
• Updated Aerogel Glass Texture
• Updated Aerogel Glass Door Texture
• Updated Aerogel Glass Trapdoor Texture
• Updated Aerogetic Stone Texture
• Updated Aeronautic Stone Texture
• Updated Corrupted Aeronautic Stone Texture
• Updated Sun Lantern Texture
• Updated Sentry Vase Texture
• Updated Angelic Vase Texture
• Updated Hellfire Vase Texture
• Updated Windblower Texture
• Updated Slider Prototype Texture
• Updated Slider Prototype Model to be less confusing to place
• Updated Ancient Obelisk Texture
• Updated Powered Obelisk Texture
• Updated Ancient Sword Texture
• Updated Grapes Texture
• Updated Ring of Growth Texture
• Updated Pendant of Growth Texture
• Updated Strength Stone Texture
• Updated Mosaic Armor Trim Smithing Template Texture
• Updated Solar Armor Trim Smithing Template Texture
• Updated Slammroot Texture
• Updated Slammroot Model
• Updated Violet Moa Texture
• Updated Royal Armor Trim Model Texture
• Updated Fluffalo Spawn Egg Colors
• Updated Slammroot Spawn Egg Colors
• Updated Aeronautic Leaper Spawn Egg Colors

Ancient Aether Tweaks Pack

• Updated Zanite Gemstone Texture
• Updated Victory Medal Texture
• Updated Lightning Knife Texture
• Updated Flaming Sword Texture
• Updated Lightning Sword Texture
• Updated Holy Sword Texture
• Updated Regeneration Stone Texture
• Reverted Vampire Sword Texture

Ancient Aether Programmer Art Pack

• Removed or reworked most of the old Programmer Art Textures
• Updated Golden Oak Log Texture to better fit Ancient Aether's Golden Oak Gen
• Ancient Aether Moa Eggs now use tinted Textures with the Programmer Art Pack active

Fixes

• Fixed Ancient Aether Accessories not stacking when you have multiple of the same one equipped
• Fixed Valkyrum Gloves having a missing texture when a Trim is applyed to them
• Fixed Slammroots not spawning properly
• Fixed Sky Grass not being compostable
• Fixed Slider Prototype having inside faces
• Fixed Ancient Obelisks playing the activation sound even when the activation wasn't sucessful
• Fixed Ambrosium Campfire spawning Lava Particles
• Fixed Valkyrum Lance not being held correctly by the player Fixed Ancient Aether Sign Recipes not being in the correct Recipe Book Group
• Fixed bonemealing Sky Grass on other types of Aether Grass spawning it in the default type
• Fixed the max lenth of Sky Grass still consuming Bonemeal when used
• Fixed Sky Grass not being flammable
• Fixed Sky Grass generating in Deep Aether's Golden Biomes
• Fixed the trapdoors found in the Bronze Dungeon Boss Room after defeating the Slider not being properly rotated
• Fixed Bronze Dungeon Rooms sometimes not aligning properly
• Fixed Bronze Dungeons sometimes having bugged chests
• Fixed Mimic Chests not keeping the rotation of the chests they replace inside of Bronze Dungeons
• Fixed some blocks inside of Ancient Aether Dungeons being waterlogged when generating in a body of water
• Fixed "Aerospace Traveller" Advancement not working properly
• Fixed Slammroots Sounds being a lot more quiet then the ones of other mobs
• Fixed Ancient Aerogetic Vases not appearing in the Creative Inventory when Lost Content is installed
• Fixed broken Tags

• This issue should no longer appear since Tags are now handled via Datagen

• Fixed some blocks and items not having a lore description
• Fixed Ancient Aether Flower Pots not having a lang entry
• Fixed Ancient Aether generating an empty Config Folder
• Fixed Disabled Advancement sending errors in the log
• Fixed Deep Aether Armor Trim Compat flooding the log with errors
• Fixed Ancient Aether Version not properly displaying in the Mod Menu
• Fixed a "missing character" at the end of the Mod Menu description

Removals

• Removed Highland Viola
• Removed Sakura Blossoms
• Removed Sentry Lantern
• Removed Angelic Lantern
• Removed Gale Lantern
• Removed Unused Ancient Guardian Mob
• Removed Crystal Skyroot Grove Biome
• Removed Crystal Skyroot Forest Biome
• Removed Golden Skyroot Grove Biome
• Removed Golden Skyroot Forest Biome
• Removed Golden Thicket Biome
• Removed Unused Crystal Grotto Biome

This should now really be the final Hotfix before the release of 0.9.0

Fixes

• Fixed Sentry Laboratory Loot Chests being empty
• Fixed Bronze Dungeons spawning to close to other Structures

This should hopefully be the last Hotfix before the release of 0.9.0

Compatibility

• [Aether Redux] Fixed the Golden Vine Config not working with Ancient Aether installed

Fixes

• Fixed the Log Stripping Crash still sometimes happening due to Log Walls
• Fixed Crystal Skyroot Leaves not being mineable faster with Hoes

A few more critical issues were found, that weren't adressed in the last Hotfix so I'm releasing another one.

Fixes

• Fixed Skyroot Jungles not being in the #aether:is_aether tag causing a variety of issues inside of the biome
• Fixed Neptune Armor not spawning in Bronze Dungeon Treasure Chests
• Fixed some Programmer Art Assets not working anymore due to renames in recent updates

Originally I wasn't planning on releasing this patch since I'm currently working on 0.9.0 which will hopefully release soon, but a bunch of critical issues appeared which is why I'm releasing this Hotfix

Fixes

• Fixed a stripping logs or using bonemeal causing the game to crash under certain circumstances
• Fixed Highsproot Leaves dropping themselves instead of Highsproot Saplings
• Fixed Fluffalos not being milkable with Skyroot Buckets
• Fixed #minecraft:potted_plants tag being broken

Changes

• Fluffalos are now shearable
• Fluffalos now sometimes eat Aether Grass
• Ancient Aether Boats can now be dispensed by dispensers

Compatibility

• [Lost Content] Galestone Mosaic Recipe is now consistent with other Mosaic Recipes
• [Aether Genesis] Fixed some Aether Genesis Compatibility Stuff being loaded while the add-on itself wasn't

Additions

• Added a new Library Variant to Bronze Dungeons

Changes

• Renamed Highland Buffalos to Fluffalos
• Renamed Buffalo Wool/Carpets to Fluffalo Wool/Carpets
• Rebalanced Loot Tables of Ancient Vases
• Aeronautic Leapers now have their own Subtitles
• Fluffalos now drop 2-4 Beef instead of 1-3
• Festive Swets now always drop at least one piece of Sugar
• Festive Swets no longer drop Candy Cane Swords
• Currently unused Ancient Guardian Mob now has a placeholder Loot Table
• Substantial Code Clean-Up

Worldgen

• Extended Elevated Islands Underground 10 blocks further down to be consistent with other biomes
• Made Coast Generation less resource intensive
• Icestone Forest Rocks no longer generate in Wyndcaps Biomes
• Sakura Jungle Bushes no longer generate in Sakura Jungles
• Vines no longer generate on lower y-levels of Sakura Jungles

Art

Ancient Aether Assets

• Updated Fluffalo Texture
• Updated Fluffalo Model
• Updated Fluffalo Spawn Egg Colors

Compatibility

• Added Biomes of other Add-Ons into Ancient Aether Tags so Ancient Aether Features can spawn there
• [Deep Aether] Aerglow Forests now use Elevated Islands Aether Grass Blocks

Fixes

• Fixed some tinting Issues with regular Grass in the Aether
• Fixed Aeronautic Leaper Loot Table being broken
• Fixed Aether Tool Debuff not working
• Fixed Bronze Dungeon Tunnels sometimes being wrongly offset

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