ClayGrounds v0.4.4

DAI 1.9.5 Compatibility

• Updated ClayGrounds for DAI 1.9.5
• Explicitly declared ClayGrounds as a DAI MAIN experience
• Updated pack identity for DAI's MAIN / ADDON lifecycle
• Preserved the existing ClayGrounds experience and save identity
• Updated compatibility metadata for Minecraft Java 26.2 / DAI 1.9.5
• Prepared ClayGrounds to pair with the new automatically managed companion resource pack

Articulated Custom Entities

• Preserved all v0.4.3 articulated entity rigs
• Preserved independently animated body parts
• Preserved per-entity animation loops
• Preserved custom model positioning and ground alignment
• Preserved native ClayGrounds entity identities
• Preserved custom hitboxes and gameplay carriers
• Preserved automatic rig-part recreation and cleanup

Current articulated enemies remain:

• Clayling
• Canopy Fang
• Vinecrawler
• Sunscorched
• Mossbound
• Claycrest Archer
• Ruins Sentinel
• Kilnbound
• Shorewarden

Gameplay

No gameplay-balance changes were made in this compatibility update.

The existing systems remain unchanged:

• Adventurer progression
• Fighter, Ranger, and Mystic classes
• Per-class levels and EXP
• Same-character subclassing
• Combat abilities
• Custom weapons
• Custom enemies
• Shorewarden boss encounter
• Story progression
• Gold and rewards
• World exploration
• Sunken Grotto progression
• Existing HUD and UI systems

World & Progression

• Preserved the complete authored ClayGrounds floating-island map
• Preserved Solmere
• Preserved Sunwash Strand
• Preserved Verdant Steps
• Preserved Claycrest Ruins
• Preserved Sunken Grotto
• Preserved class-altars and progression anchors
• Preserved the existing world-generation build system
• Preserved all established gameplay coordinates

Compatibility

• Built for Minecraft Java 26.2
• Built for DAI 1.9.5
• Pair with ClayGrounds Resource Pack v0.4.4
• Existing v0.4.3 entity presentation and gameplay are intentionally preserved