Ad Astra: Adapted

Explore distant worlds, build your space base, and prepare for your next launch.

Ad Astra: Adapted is an unofficial adaptation of Ad Astra for Minecraft on NeoForge, maintained by BugsGify and based on the original Ad Astra mod.

The original mod was created by AlexNijjar, Terrarium Earth, and contributors. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original authors.

Explore beyond Earth

• Visit the Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Glacio.
• Build and launch four tiers of rockets.
• Explore planetary terrain in a rover.
• Use space suits and oxygen systems to survive hostile environments.
• Generate energy, refine fuel, and operate processing machines.
• Build planetary outposts and space stations.
• Follow the progression with the adapted Astrodux guidebook.

Important: original resources required

This public edition does not bundle the original Ad Astra artwork, models, sounds, translations, or guidebook content. It loads these resources locally from a supported, unmodified official Ad Astra JAR.

Installing this adaptation alone is not enough for complete visuals and sounds.

Resources are not downloaded automatically.

Installation

1. Install Minecraft and NeoForge versions supported by your chosen Ad Astra: Adapted release.
2. Install Resourceful Lib and Resourceful Config versions compatible with your Minecraft version and required by your chosen release.
3. Place the Ad Astra: Adapted public-external-assets JAR in your mods folder.
4. Obtain a supported, unmodified official Ad Astra JAR from the original project. Check the instructions for your chosen Ad Astra: Adapted release for the exact source version and supported loader editions.
5. Place that official JAR in config/ad-astra-adapted/external-assets/ inside your Minecraft instance.
6. Restart Minecraft.

Do not place the official Ad Astra resource-source JAR in mods. It is used only as a resource source; its mod code is not executed.

The adaptation verifies the original archive. Other Ad Astra versions or modified archives are not interchangeable with the supported files.

Spawn egg textures

Original spawn egg textures also require an official Minecraft client JAR. Use the exact source version specified in the instructions for your chosen Ad Astra: Adapted release.

With Prism Launcher, it is detected automatically in the shared library when the required Minecraft source version is installed.

If it is not detected, you can place the required official Minecraft client JAR in config/ad-astra-adapted/external-assets/.

Do not place the Minecraft client JAR in mods.

Dependencies

Install separately

• Resourceful Lib
• Resourceful Config

Use versions compatible with your Minecraft and NeoForge installation and required by your chosen Ad Astra: Adapted release.

Already included

Common Storage Lib is embedded through NeoForge Jar-in-Jar.

You do not need to install a separate Common Storage Lib JAR on either the client or server.

Optional integration

• REI — recipe integration is available.
• Patchouli is not required for the adapted Astrodux reader.

Multiplayer

Install Ad Astra: Adapted, Resourceful Lib, and Resourceful Config on both the client and server.

External artwork and the required Minecraft client JAR are needed only on clients. Dedicated servers do not require these client resources.

Development status

This is an unofficial adaptation under active testing. Bugs, compatibility issues, and differences from the original may remain.

The Astrodux guidebook uses an adapted standalone reader rather than the original Patchouli interface.

Back up your worlds before updating.

Bug reports

Please report adaptation-specific issues to this project, not to the original Ad Astra authors.

Include:

• Your Ad Astra: Adapted version.
• Your Minecraft and NeoForge versions.
• Relevant logs or a crash report.
• Steps to reproduce the issue.
• Screenshots when reporting visual problems.

Credits

• Original Ad Astra: AlexNijjar, Terrarium Earth, and contributors.
• Ad Astra: Adapted: BugsGify.
• Original Common Storage Lib: Terrarium Earth and contributors.

Original Ad Astra on CurseForge

Original Ad Astra source code

Original Common Storage Lib source code

License and resources

Original licensing and attribution notices are preserved.

Ad Astra is covered by the Terrarium License, which distinguishes code from non-code resources. Original non-code resources remain All Rights Reserved and are not redistributed in this public edition.

The embedded Common Storage Lib retains its MIT license and attribution.

This adaptation is not an official Ad Astra release and is not endorsed or maintained by the original authors.

Support the Project

Supporting the project is completely optional. All mod features are available for free, and donations do not provide exclusive content or benefits.

Donations support the maintenance of this unofficial Ad Astra adaptation only. They do not grant any rights to or access to the original Ad Astra assets. Donations are not affiliated with or endorsed by AlexNijjar, Terrarium Earth, or the original Ad Astra development team.