Kaucja v2.0.0 – "The Recycling Revolution"

Release Date: [18.06.2026]
Minecraft: 1.20.1
Forge: Latest recommended

🎉 A New Beginning

Kaucja has grown from a simple bottle deposit mod into a full recycling ecosystem. To mark this transformation, we're jumping to v2.0.0 — a complete re-launch with everything rebuilt, rebalanced, and polished to a shine. This is the version you've been waiting for.

✨ What's New in v2.0.0

🏗️ Massive Content Expansion

• 70+ Unique Drinks — From classic cola to bubble tea, protein shakes, and seasonal specials. Every drink has its own sip count, material, effects, and hand-crafted texture.

• 20+ Machine Blocks — Deposit Machine, Shop, Bottle Washer, Label Forger, Electronics Workbench, Bottle Compactor, Bottle-Powered Furnace, Soda Machine, Coin Mint, Bottle Sorter, Crusher, Auto-Depositor, Advanced Crusher, Sorting Chest, Global Market Board, Recycling Leaderboard, Eco-Beacon, and more.

• Recycled Armor Set — Three visual variants (glass, aluminium, plastic) with iron-tier stats and a 20% shop discount when wearing the full set.

• 15 Decorative Building Blocks — Glass Bottle Panes, Aluminium Sheet Blocks, Plastic Tiles, Compressed Cube pillars/stairs/slabs, Recycled Lamps — build an entire base from recycled materials.

• 5 New Mobs — Recycler Corgi (tamable bottle-finding companion), Litterbug (hostile trash thief), Police Officer, Kaucja Clerk, and Recycling Engineer, each with unique trades and behaviors.

• 3 New Village Structures — Kaucja Shop & Deposit Center (in every village), Recycling Center (large building with advanced machines), and Hidden Hacker Den (rare underground lair).

• Bottle Rockets — Launch empty bottles into the sky for colorful firework displays.

• Shopping Cart & Delivery Drones — Haul bottles in style or let drones automate deliveries.

♻️ Deep Crime & Economy

• Dirty Deposit System — Counterfeit labels on bottles to scam deposit machines, but risk police confiscation. Wash bottles clean or bribe officers to clear your record.

• Hacking Devices — Signal Jammer, Credit Duplicator, and Shop Terminal Override — expensive, rare, and highly illegal. Use at your own peril.

• Eco‑Beacon — A multiblock beacon that grants deposit bonuses and reduces suspicion in a large radius.

• Player‑Owned Shops — Set up your own store, stock it, and sell to other players. Prices adjust with the global market.

• Global Market Board — Real‑time price tracking for bottle materials across the server. Supply and demand affect refund values.

• Recycling Sprints & Daily Quests — Compete in bottle‑collection minigames or complete Clerk requests for bonus rewards.

• Insurance Policies — Protect your hard‑earned cash from death. Consumable, bought at the shop.

📖 Tutorials & Guidance

• Ponder Integration (Create) — Interactive 3D tutorials for every major machine. Learn by watching, not reading. Fully translated into English and Polish.

• Kaucja Manual — An in‑game book covering every mechanic, recipe, and tip. Updated to include all v2.0.0 content.

• 40+ Advancements — A full progression tree guiding you from your first deposit to becoming a Kaucja Legend, with XP rewards and challenge frames.

• Extended Tooltips — Hold Ctrl while hovering over any Kaucja item to see detailed usage info, recipes, and stats.

🎨 Visual & Audio Overhaul

• Unified 256×256 Textures — Every block, item, and mob has been re-textured with high resolution, proper lighting, and material‑accurate details. Glass looks like glass, metal shines, plastic crinkles. No more blurry icons.

• Consistent Machine Aesthetics — All machines share the same premium visual quality. The Deposit Machine, Shop, Eco‑Beacon, Compactor, and others all match perfectly.

• Custom Sounds — Bottle clinks, can crushes, machine hums, rocket whistles, corgi barks — all procedurally generated for a satisfying audio experience.

• Polish Translation — Every string, Ponder scene, advancement, and book page is now available in fluent Polish (język polski). Switch languages automatically.

⚙️ Create Integration (Optional)

• Full Automation Support — Manufacture bottles, brew drinks, sort materials, crush recyclables, mint coins, and auto‑deposit with Create's mechanical components.

• Fluid‑Based Brewing — Mix drink bases in heated basins and fill bottles with spouts.

• Conveyor‑Compatible Machines — All Kaucja blocks interact with belts, funnels, and mechanical arms.

• Auto‑Depositor & Advanced Crusher — Create‑powered machines that automatically return bottles or crush them with bonus outputs.

• Conditional Loading — If Create isn't installed, the mod works perfectly without it. No crashes, no missing features.

🛠️ Fixes & Stability

• Deposit Machine no longer eats bottles — Items are properly refunded with money.

• Village structures now spawn in every village — Shops, parks, trash cans, and hacker dens appear as intended.

• Clerk, Police, and Engineer professions work correctly — Villagers claim their workstations and offer trades from day one.

• Ponder text displays readable English/Polish — No more raw translation keys in tutorial scenes.

• Recycler Corgi spawns, can be tamed, and finds bottles reliably — No more pink‑black checkerboard or broken AI.

• Empty and full bottles now share identical texture quality — No more mismatched visuals.

• Backward compatible — All existing Kaucja worlds load without issues.

📦 Requirements

• Minecraft 1.20.1

• Forge (latest recommended)

• Create (optional, for automation and Ponder)

No other mods required. Works on client and server.

Kaucja v2.0.0 — Every bottle counts. Build your empire.