Born Below
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Survive as a mole! Years underground have made sunlight deadly. Hide in caves, travel by night, seek shade, and beware the monsters lurking in the darkness.
Curse Maven Snippet
What's new
Born Below — v1.3 Beta (Changelog)
🔄 What Has Changed (Reworked Mechanics)
- Helmet Insulation System: Completely replaced the old carved pumpkin mechanic. Now, all helmets protect players from direct sunlight, allowing you to use actual armor pieces to survive on the surface.
- Sunlight Balance Overhaul: Instead of breaking instantly, helmets now lose durability at a controlled speed that slows down dynamically based on your custom enchantment levels.
🆕 New Features & Additions
- Tiered Sun Protection Leak: Leather helmets now provide weaker insulation. They let a small, manageable fraction of heat damage leak through while your helmet absorbs the majority of the sun's rays. Higher-tier armor like Netherite provides total immunity.
- Subterranean Adaptations: Cave exploration has been overhauled. Players now gain permanent Night Vision and Haste modifiers automatically while standing in underground coordinates.
- Healing Mushroom Stew: Added a custom food item crafted from cave mushrooms that grants Regeneration upon consumption to help heal sun or combat damage.
- Frost Armor Mending & Combat Reflection: Helmets holding your custom frost enchantment will now automatically slow and damage attackers, while instantly repairing 1 durability point upon being struck.
- Night Sky Repair: Standing outside under an open sky at night allows your frost helmet to passively absorb the cold and repair its durability for free. If you walk under a roof or into a cave, the repair stops.
- Audio-Visual Durability Warnings: Helmets now emit custom particle streams and sounds that change based on their condition (Green, Orange, and Red tiers). Entering the critical red tier (<20% durability) applies a freezing vignette to your screen borders to warn you that your protection is about to break.
❌ What Has Been Removed From The Update
- Carved Pumpkin Protection: Removed the mechanic where carved pumpkins protect you from sunlight. You can no longer wear a pumpkin to shield yourself from the sun.
- Fire Protection Sun Resistance: Removed the old mechanic where the vanilla Fire Protection enchantment increased a helmet's resistance to sunlight. This is now handled entirely by the new Frost system.
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