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Bits and Balance is a mod focused on new features, game-balance, and smoother gameplay. Enemies scale in difficulty as you delve deeper into the world, and players gain new stances like sitting, crawling, and stance toggling. Combat is refined with anti one-shot protection and a reworked snowball. The mod adds numerous quality-of-life features that implement improved double door, ladders, and shields. The mod also adds new potions and several client-side improvements, creating a more polished and balanced Minecraft experience.

This mod will be expanding over time - adding new features within the world, more potions, recipes, and compatibility between other mods.

Feature List

Blocks & World Generation

Azalea Woodset - Full azalea wood set (blocks + items) with recipes/loot tables and tag integration; optionally swaps naturally generated + sapling-grown azalea trees to generate with azalea logs instead of vanilla oak (configurable)
Dog Music Disc - Adds the Dog music disc with the C418 - Dog track; it appears with the other music discs in creative menus, shows up in the Bits and Balance creative tab, drops from the vanilla creeper music-disc pool, and can generate in simple dungeons, woodland mansions, and ancient cities
Coal Veins (Mojang-Style / OreVeinifier) - Large multi-chunk coal vein generation with two variants (independently toggleable):
- Coal + Andesite - Overworld coal veins in andesite from Y 24 to 90
- Coal + Tuff - Deep underground coal+tuff veins (tuff + deepslate coal ore with occasional coal block pockets)
Nether Gold Veins - Mojang-style nether “vein” deposits (noise-driven) with configurable per-chunk rarity; generates from Y 8 to 100 and can include rare raw gold blocks depending on settings (new chunks only)
Nether Quartz Veins - Mojang-style nether “vein” deposits (noise-driven) with configurable per-chunk rarity; generates from Y 8 to 100 (new chunks only)
Block of Raw Quartz - Adds a compact decorative bitsandbalance:raw_quartz_block crafted from Nether Quartz (analogous to Raw Iron/Gold blocks); generates as small pockets within Nether Quartz veins (configurable / disableable)
Ore Variants - Adds andesite/diorite/granite/tuff variants for vanilla ores and replaces matching vanilla ore placements during worldgen when they generate against those host stones (includes high-elevation surface ores); also supports Create zinc replacement when Create is installed (configurable)
Nether Lava Spring Suppression - Optional toggle to suppress vanilla random single-source lava springs in Nether terrain generation (new chunks only; off by default)

Client-Side Features

Auto Walk - Automatic walking functionality with keybind toggle
Biome-Tinted Foliage Items - Biome-tinted foliage/grass items in-hand and in-inventory match the tint they would have when placed
Biome Titles - Display a title/subtitle when entering a new biome with configurable timing, position/scale, and ignore list
Chat Heads – Player head icons render before chat messages with configurable sizing and positioning
Custom Splash Text - Custom splash texts randomly appear on the title screen with configurable frequency
Elder Guardian Appearance Suppression - Disable the Elder Guardian jumpscare effect when Mining Fatigue is inflicted, with a separate toggle to keep or silence the normal Mining Fatigue sound
Leaf Litter Biome Tint - Tint leaf litter and leaf pile blocks using biome colors (supports biome tags like #minecraft:is_overworld)
Level 30 Old Sound - Plays the long/old level-up sound when reaching level 30
Log Filtering - Optional client-side log filtering to suppress specific worldgen-related error spam (for example "setBlock in a far chunk")
Night Vision Fade - Smooth night vision transitions instead of vanilla blinking, while infinite-duration Night Vision stays steady at full strength
Recovery Compass - Distance/coordinate display for recovery compass with enhanced UI
Screenshots to Clipboard - After taking an in-game screenshot, automatically copy the saved screenshot image to the system clipboard and show a client-only chat message confirming it was copied (configurable)
See Held Item When Riding - Show your held item in first-person while riding entities
Soul Fire Visuals - When burning from Soul Fire / Soul Campfire, render the on-screen fire overlay and burning-entity flames with the blue soul-fire sprites; lit candles on soul sand or soul soil can also use small blue soul-fire flames with their own client toggle
Suppress Experimental Settings Warning - Suppress experimental settings warnings when creating/loading worlds
Usage Ticker - Visual item usage progress for held items only, with mirrored offhand support and configurable positioning

Combat Features

Maintain Experience - Players lose percentage of XP on death instead of most (configurable percentage)
Second Chance - Anti-one-shot mechanic with cooldown, resistance, and nausea effects (excludes fall damage by default)
Snowball Rework - Snowballs deal damage and apply freezing effects with a special Nether entity damage multiplier, without leaving hit mobs stuck with powder-snow movement behavior
Source Dependent Invulnerability Frames - Allow damage within i-frames if the incoming damage type differs (with configurable blacklist)

Enchantments

Aerodynamic - Treasure enchantment for Elytra that reduces horizontal drag based on altitude; caps max flight speed
- Loot Source: Rarely found as an enchanted book in End City Treasure loot (~1/100)
- Implementation: Data-driven enchantment (data/bitsandbalance/enchantment/aerodynamic.json) + elytra flight physics mixin

Potions & Effects

Glow Goo - Throwable blob crafted from glow ink that splats into Goo Splatter: a bright, waterloggable, face-hugging light source with 4-way placement rotation, ambient glow particles, underwater-friendly projectile travel, and separate toggles for the 2-ink and 4-ink recipes
Glowing Potion - Brewable from Glow Berries, with long-duration, splash, lingering, and tipped-arrow variants
Bioluminescence Potion - Brewable from Glow Goo; makes entities emit light while active, with long-duration, splash, lingering, and tipped-arrow variants
Displacement Potion - Random teleportation within 100-block radius (Recipe: Awkward Potion + Ender Eye)
Haste Potion - Brewable haste effect (Recipe: Speed Potion + Quartz, upgradeable with Redstone/Glowstone)
Levitation Potion - Brewable levitation effect (Recipe: Slow Falling Potion + Shulker Shell, upgradeable with Redstone/Glowstone)
Resurfacing Potion - Teleports player to surface (currently no brewing recipe)
Returning Potion - Teleports to latest death location (Recipe: Displacement Potion + Echo Shard)
Withering Potion - Brewable wither effect potion (Recipe: Poison/Harming Potion + Wither Rose, upgradeable with Redstone/Glowstone)

Loot Table Modifications

Custom Loot Tables - Add custom potions to various structure chests:
- Mineshafts - Resurfacing, Returning, Haste (regular and strong)
- Strongholds - Resurfacing, Returning
- Ancient Cities - Resurfacing, Returning
- End Cities - Returning
- Simple Dungeons - (various custom potions)
- Trial Chambers - (various custom potions)

Mechanics Features

Campfires Ignite - Campfires cook entities standing on them
Chat Mentions - Highlight and optionally ping on name mentions in chat, plus @mention input highlighting, username tab completion, and live suggestion overlays while typing
Cozy Campfire - Regeneration effect near lit campfires with configurable range, duration, and amplifier (affects bees too)
Coyote Time Jump - Jump after falling off blocks without jumping first with configurable duration and fall distance
Crawling - Explicit crawling stance mechanic with keybind integration
Dismount Entities - Crouch+right-click to eject vehicle passengers; ejection is forward-biased and collision-safe with configurable velocity
Door Knocking - Knock on doors with left-click, plays material-appropriate sound
Friendly Fire Friendlies (Tamed Pets) - Prevents accidentally melee-attacking your own tamed pets
Item Sharing - Shift+chat while hovering items to share in chat with hoverable links
- Shared items preserve enchantment glint when applicable
Leashed Teleport - Leashed mobs follow through all teleportation (commands, chorus fruit, ender pearls, portals) with cross-dimension support, safe placement, and configurable limits
Navigator Compass - Right-click compass to set custom coordinates with distance and coordinate display
Pistons Move Tile Entities - Allow pistons to push and pull supported block entities such as chests and furnaces while preserving their stored data (configurable)
Quick Harvesting - Right-click harvest that behaves like breaking with your current tool (enchant/loot-context compatible):
- Hoes - 3x3 area harvest for mature crops; ignores melon/pumpkin stems/attached stems
- Axes - Harvest pumpkins, melons, cocoa, and compatible modded crops
- Drops - Quick-harvested drops can briefly home back to the player, with a config toggle to disable the homing behavior
Rapid Fire Jump - Hold jump key for continuous jumping within 2-block tall gaps with configurable interval
Respawn Anchor Anywhere - Use Respawn Anchors in any dimension, not just the Nether
Sitting - Toggle or hold-to-sit with synced third-person visuals (proper seated pose + grounded render offset)
Speedy Wolves - Tamed wolves move faster to keep up with owner; reliably reapplies speed scaling on NeoForge
Toggle Stance - Keybind to switch between standing/sneaking/crawling with full stance integration
Villagers Follow Emeralds - Villagers follow players holding emeralds/emerald blocks with configurable speed and particle effects, and stay focused on the active lure instead of immediately snapping back toward workstation pathing

Mob Modifications

Cave Spider Spawning - Cave spiders have a configurable chance to replace spiders in caves
Depth Scaling Enemies - Depth-based scaling for hostile mob equipment spawns; chestplates are the most common piece, surface-tier weights favor leather, copper gear is included in the equipment pools, and each tier (surface/mid/deep) can be toggled independently. Surface tier is disabled by default.
Disable Nitwits - Prevent nitwit villagers from spawning
Improved Phantoms - Multiple enhancements:
- Pickup Mechanics - Phantoms can pick up and carry players with configurable chance and minimum delay
- Slowness Stacking - Stacking slowness effect when hit by phantoms with configurable duration and max level
- Double Damage When Carried - Deal double damage when hitting a phantom while being carried
- Carry Counterplay - Allows damaging the carrying phantom while being carried, with optional hit-triggered forced drops
- Carry Recovery - Optional auto-drop timer and optional Slow Falling on hit-earned carry endings
Iron Golems vs Creepers - Iron Golems target Creepers; Creepers won’t retaliate/ignite when attacked by Iron Golems (prevents explosions)

Recipe Modifications

Alternative Map Recipe - Craft maps using paper and black dye (ink sac) instead of compass
Alternative Repeater Recipe - Craft repeaters with redstone, sticks, and stone
Chest from Logs - Craft chests from logs (4 chests per recipe)
Dynamic Stair Recipe System – Override ALL stair recipes (vanilla, modded, custom) to output 8x stairs plus compact 2x2 stair recipes (3 blocks in corner = 4 stairs) for all stair types
Ender Eye Recipe - Alternative ender eye crafting using echo shard, wind charge, blaze powder, and ender pearl
Raw Block Smelting - Smelt/blast raw iron/gold/copper blocks into their respective metal blocks
Recovery Compass Recipe - Improved recipe using echo shards and compass
Steps - Craft steps from 2 slabs in a horizontal row to output 4 steps; matching placements can merge into a quad-step block for up to 4 quarter-block steps in one space; 2 matching steps convert back into 1 slab; dyed/tinted variants preserve their color in drops and conversions
Stonecutter Depth - The stonecutter accepts all wood types (including modded wood) for dynamic shortcut recipes: Planks -> 1 stair, 2 slabs, 4 pressure plates, or 4 buttons; Logs/Wood/Stems -> 1 stripped variant, 4 planks, 4 stairs, 8 slabs, 16 pressure plates, or 16 buttons. Recipes are generated dynamically at world load.
Torch Fuel - Use torches as furnace fuel with configurable burn time
Vertical Steps - Craft vertical steps from 2 vertical slabs in a vertical column to output 4 vertical steps; matching placements can merge into a quad vertical-step block for up to 4 quarter-block vertical steps in one space; 2 matching vertical steps convert back into 1 vertical slab; dyed/tinted variants preserve their color in drops and conversions

Tweaks & Quality of Life

Armed Armor Stands - Armor stands spawn with arms and can hold items
Automatic Block Restock - When you run out of blocks in your selected hotbar slot while building, automatically restock from your inventory; strongly prefers exact matches (custom data / custom names)
Automatic Tool Restock - When a tool breaks in your selected hotbar slot, automatically restock from your inventory; strongly prefers similar enchantments (Fortune/Silk Touch, plus Mending/Unbreaking/Efficiency)
Bottle o' Cloud - Obtain a Bottle o' Cloud by right-clicking a Glass Bottle at cloud height (Y ≥ 192); place it to create Cloud Blocks, and pick those blocks back up again with an empty bottle
Brushing XP Rewards - XP from finishing brushable blocks with configurable min/max values
Candle Bundles (Mixed Candles) - Allows bundling different candle items into the same multi-candle block; each candle keeps its own color visuals and drops back correctly, mixed bundles orient toward the placer, and both regular and soul-fire particles follow the stored bundle orientation (configurable)
Compostable Items - Rotten flesh (30% chance) and poisonous potatoes (65% chance) can be composted
Creeper Sunlight Burn - Creepers burn in sunlight like zombies and skeletons
Curse Uses - Hide pumpkin overlay with Curse of Vanishing on pumpkins
Despawn With Master - Vex despawn with Evoker, Shulker bullets despawn with Shulker
Double Door Opening - Double doors open together with redstone mirroring support, crouch for single door, and chain trapdoors up to 5; same-block pairing is on by default and compatible hand-openable modded trapdoors can join the chain behavior
Enhanced Slab Behavior (Mixed Slabs + Slab QoL) - A bundle of slab improvements (configurable):
- Mixed Slabs - Placing a different slab onto an existing slab forms a mixed slab (instead of a vanilla double slab); each half retains its own block type/textures/sounds and can be mined independently, with per-half mining sounds and piston movement/restoration support
- Hang-Below Support - Top slabs and double slabs provide a sturdy downward face, allowing lanterns, chains, hanging signs, and other hangable items to be placed beneath them
- Knee Slab Mining - Independently mine each half of a vanilla double slab (or mixed slab) in survival mode; mining speed, crack animation, and particles are locked to the targeted half
- Material Inheritance - Generated vertical slabs, steps, vertical steps, and quad variants inherit wood fuel/flammability plus copper waxing, unwaxing, scraping, and oxidation from their source slab families
Vertical Slabs (Crafting Recipes) - Craft and convert vertical slabs (dynamic; applies to supported slab types, including runtime-generated vertical slabs):
- 3 planks vertically (crafting table) -> 6 vertical slabs
- 1 slab ↔ 1 vertical slab conversion in any crafting grid
Enderdragon Egg Always - Every Ender Dragon kill spawns a dragon egg with configurable placement (random or vanilla location) and particle effects
Glowing Glowberries - Glowberries give glowing effect when consumed (15 seconds for players, 5 seconds for foxes)
Improved Climbing - Adds chain placement support on climbables and configurable faster climbing up or down on climbable blocks, using separate speed and look-angle thresholds for ascending and descending
Improved Recovery Compass - Keep on death, show distance/coords, right-click to toggle display, and shift-right-click to send a soul-and-soul-fire trail toward your latest death location
Keybind Modifier System – Global Shift/Alt/Ctrl modifier support for mod keybinds (used by Item Sharing)
More Mining XP - Increased XP from mining ores (vanilla + variants), configurable per ore type (coal, diamond, emerald, lapis, redstone)
Responsive Shields - Remove shield blocking delay with configurable raise time (0 = instant blocking)
Return to Killer - Airborne kills tag nearby drops/XP to home toward the killer (15s); item homing speed is capped (5 m/s)
Sophisticated Scaffolding - All drops appear at player location when breaking scaffolding
Speedy Happy Ghasts - Happy Ghasts are affected by Swiftness and Slowness (applied to flying speed).
Sugarcane Sand Growth – Sugarcane grows 25% faster on sand or red sand
Tipped Arrows Lingering Clouds - Tipped arrows spawn a lingering-potion-style area effect cloud immediately on impact (block hit and entity hit); cloud behavior matches lingering potions; afterwards, the arrow becomes a normal arrow
Treasure Enchantment Gold Color - Beneficial treasure enchantments (Mending, Frost Walker, Soul Speed, Swift Sneak) display in gold color instead of purple
Unbreakable Trial Spawners - Trial Spawners are completely indestructible in survival (immune to mining, explosions, and all other damage sources); creative mode can still break them, and the feature can be disabled via config
Unbreakable Vaults - Vaults are completely indestructible in survival (immune to mining, explosions, and all other damage sources); creative mode can still break them, and the feature can be disabled via config

Balance Changes

Balanced Elytra - Elytras lose extra durability when flying at high speeds (on top of vanilla durability loss)
Full Ender Dragon XP - Ender Dragon drops full XP every time it's killed, not just the first time
Food Always Edible - Allow eating food at full hunger (toggleable)
Nerfed Mending - Increase the XP cost per point of durability repaired by Mending (configurable multiplier)
Nerfed Discounts - Remove zombie curing discounts (optional) and cap maximum villager trade discounts

Note: This list may not be 100% complete - there might be a feature or two that slipped through the cracks…if someone wants to help me make a Wiki and such, please let me know!