F3VS Arena: Endless Waves

# F3VS Arena: Endless Waves - Arena Stability & Protection Update

## Major Changes

### Arena Wand Rework

- Reworked the Arena Wand system to make arena setup cleaner and easier.

- Arena Wand is now used only for arena area selection.

- Left-click sets Position 1.

- Right-click sets Position 2.

- Sneak + Right-click on the Arena Core saves the selected arena area.

- Removed chest-linking behavior from the Arena Wand to prevent conflicts.

### Added Arena Chest Wand

- Added a new tool: Arena Chest Wand.

- Arena Chest Wand is used only for linking an Arena Reward Chest to an Arena Core.

- Sneak + Right-click on a Reward Chest selects it.

- Sneak + Right-click on an Arena Core links the selected chest to that arena.

- This separates arena selection and reward chest linking into two different tools for a cleaner setup flow.

## Arena Core & Edit Mode

### Fixed Edit Mode

- Fixed Edit Mode not actually allowing the arena owner to modify the arena.

- Edit Mode now properly controls whether the arena can be edited.

- When Edit Mode is OFF, arena protection remains active.

- When Edit Mode is ON, the Arena Core owner can build and break blocks inside the arena.

- Fixed old saved Arena Core data interfering with new arenas.

### Old Arena Core Cleanup

- Fixed an issue where deleted or broken Arena Cores could still protect old areas.

- The protection system now ignores arena data if the Arena Core no longer exists in the world.

- This prevents old arenas from blocking building or breaking in unrelated areas.

### Arena Core Removal Cleanup

- Arena Core removal now properly clears its saved arena data.

- When an Arena Core is removed correctly, the related arena protection and stored data are cleared.

- This prevents duplicated or outdated arena data from causing conflicts.

## Arena Protection

### Improved Arena Protection

- Improved arena protection behavior around arena boundaries.

- Protection now covers the arena area plus the extra safe border around it.

- This helps protect arena walls, floors, ceilings, and nearby structure blocks.

### Mob Explosion Protection

- Fixed Creepers and other mob explosions damaging arena walls.

- Mob explosions can still damage players normally.

- Mob explosions no longer destroy arena blocks or the protected border area.

- This protection is separate from player building and breaking settings.

## Arena Rules

### Improved Building and Breaking Rules

- Improved Arena Core rule handling for building, breaking, and placing blocks.

- Placing blocks during waves no longer incorrectly enables block breaking.

- Breaking blocks is now controlled separately by the breaking rule.

- Arena rule behavior is now more consistent and easier to understand.

### Arena Restore System

- Added arena restore behavior during active runs.

- The arena can now restore itself back to its original state.

- The arena restores after waves and when the run ends.

- The arena also restores after death, failure, or completion.

- This helps keep arena builds clean even when block placing or combat damage happens during a run.

## Mob Drops & Item Safety

### Cleaner Arena Mob Drops

- Improved mob drop cleanup inside active arena runs.

- Arena mobs no longer drop unwanted items from other mods.

- Fixed modded drops such as Chitin appearing from arena mobs when mob loot is disabled.

- Mob drops are now cleaned in a more targeted way.

### Player-Dropped Items Are Safer

- Reworked item cleanup so player-dropped items are no longer globally deleted inside the arena.

- Players can now drop tools, weapons, or important items without them being instantly removed by the arena cleanup system.

- The cleanup now targets mob drops instead of deleting every item inside the arena.

## Item Visuals

### Last Stand Hourglass Icon Update

- Added a new purple 16x16 transparent item texture for the Last Stand Hourglass.

- The icon is now more suitable for Minecraft item texture sizing.

- This gives the emergency arena item a cleaner visual identity.

## Fixes

- Fixed Arena Wand conflicting with reward chest selection.

- Fixed Arena Core Edit Mode not applying properly.

- Fixed old Arena Core data staying active after the core was removed.

- Fixed arena regions being protected by deleted cores.

- Fixed mob explosions damaging protected arena structures.

- Fixed unwanted modded mob drops appearing inside the arena.

- Fixed arena item cleanup deleting player-dropped items.

- Improved protection behavior around arena boundaries.

- Improved arena restore behavior after waves and run endings.

## Notes

This update focuses on arena stability, cleaner setup tools, stronger protection, safer item handling, and better long-term world safety.

The main goal of this update is to make arenas easier to manage, safer to edit, and more reliable during long survival or multiplayer runs.