The Blighted Grove

A dark portal fragment dimension featuring inverted sinkhole terrain, toxic poison pools, dead twisted forests, and hostile void creatures beneath an eternal purple gloom.

File Details

BlightedGrove-v1.zip

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  • Apr 16, 2026
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  • Early Access

File Name

BlightedGrove-v1.zip

Supported Versions

  • Early Access

Here's the CHANGELOG.md ready for the CurseForge version upload:

```markdown
# Changelog

## v1 — Initial Release

First release of The Blighted Grove — a standalone portal fragment dimension for Hytale.

### Portal & Dimension
- New dimension accessible via a craftable **Portal Key** (1x Iron Bar at an Arcanebench, 45-minute cooldown)
- Fully isolated fragment instance — does not modify the main world
- Void Invasion enabled within the dimension

### Terrain
- **Inverted sinkhole landscape** — terrain dips into craters instead of rising into hills
- **Poison pools** fill the deepest craters, dealing damage on contact
- Layered geology: poisoned dirt surfaces, volcanic rock walls, slate deep layers
- Base height Y=110, sinkholes carve down to Y=80

### Atmosphere & Weather
- **4 weather types** on a 24-hour rotation:
  - **Gloom** — muted purple daytime sky with drifting violet particles
  - **Night** — deep darkness with green firefly-like particles
  - **Miasma** — extreme fog (~320 block visibility)
  - **Rain** — dark purple-tinted rainfall
- Sun never reaches full brightness — even midday feels like dusk
- Deep violet water tint throughout the dimension

### Flora
- **8 tree variants** — Poisoned (Stages 1/3/4), Burnt Dead (Stages 1/2), Burnt Roots Spider, Petrified Dead (Stages 1/2)
- **Deep trees** — massive Petrified Dead trees (Stages 3/5) spawn in major sinkholes
- Ground cover of dark mosses, withered bushes, and purple flowers
- Fern clusters (single and double-height) scattered across the landscape

### Structures
- **7 ruined structure types** spawn throughout the dimension:
  - Slothian Shrine, Well, Temple, Hunting Lodge, Merchant Stall
  - Slothian L-Shaped House
  - Slate Ruins

### Creatures
- **10 hostile creatures** on a day/night schedule — no peaceful wildlife
- **Daytime (5:00–19:00)**: Spider, Cave Spider, Void Crawler, Void Larva, Rat
- **Nighttime (19:00–5:00)**: Void Spectre, Void Eye, Void Spawn, Bat, Brown Owl
- Reduced spawn density (0.6) for atmospheric but survivable encounters

### Custom Blocks
- **Blighted Trunk** — dark emerald wood with purple veins; functions as normal wood (fuel, charcoal, crafting)
- **Blighted Leaves** — deep purple leaf blocks with a faint inner glow and wind animation

### Localization
- Full English (en-US) translations for all items, blocks, and portal tips
```

You can paste that directly into the CurseForge "Changelog" field when creating the file version. If the field supports markdown (most do), the headers and bullets will render correctly — if it's plain text, the formatting will still read fine thanks to the indentation.