Abyssal Planet — Update 0.2.1

Minecraft 1.21.1 — NeoForge 21.1.244

This major update expands the Abyssal dimension with new biomes, structures, civilizations, bosses, legendary equipment, music, improved world generation, and many compatibility fixes.

New Boss — Hernia the Carrion

• Added Hernia the Carrion, a gigantic and terrifying airborne vulture boss.
• Hernia patrols high above the waters of the Abyss.
• Features 1,800 health points and never regenerates naturally.
• Focuses only one player at a time.
• Watches its target for 10 seconds before performing a deadly dive attack.
• Continues charging until it reaches its target.
• Players near the water surface can still be attacked.
• The attack is cancelled only when the target dives more than one block underwater.
• Hernia then returns to the sky and resumes patrolling.
• Added a dedicated boss bar.
• Added custom flight, observation, dive, landing, resting and take-off animations.
• Added a unique detailed 3D model and custom texture.
• Hernia can land and rest for several minutes on Carrion Perches.
• Defeating Hernia rewards the player with a Legendary Carrion Feather, delivered directly to their inventory.

New Structures

Carrion Perches

• Added enormous Abyssal towers rising above the ocean.
• Only four major towers are generated across the Decay Abyss:
  • Far North
  • Far South
  • Far East
  • Far West
• Hernia can land, rest and take off from these towers.
• The structure can be located with:

/locate structure abyssalplanet:carrion_perch

Drowned Shrine

• Added a new mysterious underwater Abyssal structure.
• The structure can be located with:

/locate structure abyssalplanet:drowned_shrine

New Biome — Decay Valley

• Added Decay Valley, a new region found beyond Decay Road.
• Introduced more varied terrain instead of large flat surfaces.
• Added red dunes of different sizes and shapes.
• Some enormous dunes rise completely above the Abyssal ocean.
• Large dunes may support complete Abyssal settlements.
• Improved terrain transitions between Abyssal biomes.
• Villages are positioned on sufficiently large terrain to prevent buildings from floating, clipping or spilling into the water.

Abyssal Villages

• Added large civilization-style villages to Decay Valley.
• Large village dunes have approximately a 15% generation chance.
• Added custom Abyssal villagers inspired by vanilla villagers.
• Villagers retain familiar behaviours while receiving:
  • Unique Abyssal clothing
  • Blue-gold ornaments
  • Detailed robes
  • Improved facial details
  • Correctly aligned eyes
• Added localized rain above Abyssal villages.
• Added a permanent grey cooling cloud above each village.
• Added a dedicated village theme.
• Music fades in when entering a village and fades out when leaving.
• Improved the music loop for smoother playback.

Blue-Gold Golem

• Added the Abyssal Blue-Gold Golem.
• Protects the inhabitants of Abyssal villages.
• Uses behaviour inspired by the vanilla Iron Golem.
• Added a completely redesigned 3D model.
• Added detailed blue-gold armour, decorative reliefs and Abyssal energy elements.
• Drops Blue-Gold Ingots when defeated.

New Boss — Rastard the Blacksmith

• Added Rastard the Blacksmith, master of the Abyssal forge.
• Rastard is larger and stronger than a normal villager.
• Added a unique professional 3D model and detailed texture.
• Added custom armour, blue-gold ornaments and forge-themed details.
• Rastard peacefully works at his anvil before combat.
• Added complete idle forging animations.
• Added synchronized hammer impact sounds.
• Rastard enters combat when:
  • He is attacked.
  • His anvil is destroyed.
• Added a dedicated boss bar.
• Attacks with powerful close-range hammer strikes.
• Summons one Blue-Gold Golem after approximately 30 seconds of combat.
• The golem can only be summoned once per fight.
• Balanced so that a properly equipped player wearing diamond armour can defeat him.
• Drops the Forged Hammer of the Abyss.

Forged Hammer of the Abyss

• Added a powerful legendary 3D hammer.
• Features a custom model, detailed texture and emissive Abyssal elements.
• Deals heavy melee damage.
• Right-clicking summons an allied Blue-Gold Golem.
• The summoning ability has a one-minute cooldown.
• Improved its inventory presentation.
• Corrected its upside-down orientation.
• Corrected its first-person positioning.
• Corrected its third-person positioning.
• The handle is now properly anchored inside the player’s hand instead of the wrist.
• Improved how Rastard holds and uses the hammer.

Abyssal Anvil

• Added the Abyssal Anvil.
• Uses a redesigned, darker version of the vanilla anvil shape.
• Features obsidian, blackened metal, blue gold and Abyssal energy.
• Has a 5% chance to replace Rastard’s normal anvil.
• Can be collected and placed inside a player’s base.
• Allows players to enchant compatible items using an Abyssal Egg.
• Place the item in the left slot and an Abyssal Egg in the right slot.
• Added a searchable enchantment selection interface.
• Each applied enchantment consumes one Abyssal Egg.
• Items enchanted through the Abyssal Anvil receive the Curse of the Abyss signature.
• Holding or wearing a cursed item applies the Darkness effect.
• Darkness is removed when the affected item is no longer held or equipped.

Book of the Abyss

• Added the Book of the Abyss.
• Crafted using:
  • One Legendary Carrion Feather
  • One Abyssal Ink
  • One Book
• Stores one target at a time.
• Accepts:
  • Player names
  • Entity names
  • Exact entity registry IDs
• The book’s bearer deals double damage to the selected target.
• Designed to recognize entities from other mods for improved modpack compatibility.

World Generation Improvements

• Improved the overall generation of Abyssal biomes.
• Added more natural terrain height variation.
• Added depressions, slopes, ridges and less predictable surfaces.
• Reduced excessively flat terrain in the Decay Abyss.
• Improved biome transitions and large-scale landscape readability.
• Improved placement rules for villages and structures.
• Reduced floating, buried or incorrectly placed structures.

Visual and Audio Improvements

• Improved Hernia’s animations to make the boss faster, heavier and less unnatural.
• Improved dive attack behaviour and transitions.
• Improved landing, resting and take-off sequences.
• Improved Rastard’s forging and combat animations.
• Better synchronized hammer animations and impact sounds.
• Improved the models and textures of Abyssal villagers.
• Corrected the misplaced villager eye.
• Improved the Blue-Gold Golem model and texture.
• Fixed the upper section of Abyssal algae rendering as a solid square.
• Improved several item models and inventory presentations.

Item Fixes

Fixed invisible inventory models for:

• Blue Zwoing
• Green Zwoing
• Red Zwoing
• Blinking Purple Zwoing

Compatibility and Stability

• Added full support for Minecraft 1.21.1.
• Updated the project to NeoForge 21.1.244.
• Improved compatibility with large modpacks.
• Fixed equipment synchronization packet encoding crashes.
• Fixed crashes caused by holding certain Abyssal Planet items.
• Fixed dedicated-server startup and loading problems.
• Improved compatibility with modded entities used by the Book of the Abyss.
• Improved client/server synchronization.
• Added several smaller stability and presentation fixes.

World-generation additions will primarily appear in newly generated chunks.