Liberty Gear: Evolution 1.1.0 — Essence & Ability Update

Available for Minecraft 1.21.1, 26.1.2, and 26.2 (Fabric).

Highlights

• Batch Essence Smithing: Shift-click the Smithing Table result to apply an entire useful stack of Essence at once. The system consumes only Essences that can still grant XP or repair the item.
• Essence Repairs: Every Essence now restores a balanced amount of durability:
  • Iron: 1% of maximum durability
  • Gold: 2%
  • Diamond: 4%
  • Netherite: 8%
• Blast Mining: Evolutionary Pickaxes can unlock an optional safe mining explosion from level 9.
• Silk Touch / Fortune Switching: From level 10, Shift + Right-click toggles the Pickaxe between Fortune and Silk Touch.
• Aegis Bubble: Evolutionary Shields can now create a short animated protective bubble when blocking.

Pickaxe: Blast Mining

• The optional unlock becomes available at level 9 and never blocks normal progression to level 10.
• Charge the Pickaxe through a Smithing Table with:
  • 20 TNT
  • 20 Fire Charges
  • 10 Blaze Powder
• Materials may be added over multiple visits or batch-loaded with Shift-click.
• The Pickaxe tooltip includes a 10-segment progress bar and exact material totals.
• Once charged, Right-click cycles into Blast Mining mode.
• The blast starts at the mining volume of one full TNT at level 9 and grows smoothly to twice that volume—the equivalent of two TNT—at level 20.
• Blast Mining is player-safe: it deals no entity damage, starts no fires, preserves block entities, ignores unbreakable blocks, and only mines blocks valid for the Pickaxe.
• A scaling block limit and cooldown keep the ability controlled and server-friendly.

Enchantment Progression

• Pickaxe Fortune now reaches:
  • Fortune III at level 9
  • Fortune IV at level 10
  • Fortune VII at level 20
• Sword Looting follows the same high-level curve:
  • Looting III at level 9
  • Looting IV at level 10
  • Looting VII at level 20
• Fortune and Silk Touch are synchronized safely when switching modes, so incompatible enchantments are never active together.

Shield Improvements

• Existing shield milestones are now described consistently:
  • Level 5: Unbreaking III
  • Level 9: Mending
  • Level 10: Fortified and Mirror
  • Level 12: Aegis Bubble
  • Level 15: Shield Bash
• Aegis Bubble has an 8% activation chance at level 12, scaling to 22% at level 20.
• Bubble duration scales from 3 to 5 seconds.
• The bubble grants temporary Absorption and Resistance, gently pushes nearby enemies away, and displays an animated rotating particle shell.
• Its cooldown scales from 12 seconds down to 6 seconds.

Quality & Compatibility

• Fixed the Smithing Table input filter so TNT, Fire Charges, and Blaze Powder can be inserted into the addition slot for Blast Mining charging.
• Added English and Hebrew text for all new modes, progress displays, and ability feedback.
• Added automated GameTests for batch Essence use, durability repair, Blast Mining charging, Fortune/Looting curves, and Aegis Bubble scaling.
• Existing items and worlds remain compatible; new data is initialized automatically on older Evolution gear.
• Built and server-startup tested on all three supported Minecraft versions.