OREBOUND Core 0.1.5

Major Update

OREBOUND Core 0.1.5 is a major progression, mining, automation, endgame, and quality of life update. This release expands the Resource Seam system, improves compatibility with Create and other major mods, overhauls the Quantum Bore and Worldheart, and introduces the final Worldbreaker endgame.

Resource Seams

• Added finite Resource Seam reserves
• Poor Seams contain 12000 resources
• Standard Seams contain 24000 resources
• Rich Seams contain 48000 resources
• Pristine Seams contain 96000 resources
• Exceptional Seams provide infinite resources by default
• Added configurable Resource Seam depletion
• Added configurable Exceptional Seam infinite behavior
• Miners now consume the actual reserve of a Resource Seam
• Miners stop with Deposit Depleted when a finite Seam is exhausted
• Final partial mining cycles correctly extract the remaining resources
• Scanner and Surveyor results now report remaining Seam reserves
• Mining Control now reports depleted deposits
• Cardboard Box relocation preserves the exact remaining Seam reserve
• Moving or replacing a Seam can no longer refill it
• Added reserve information when interacting with Resource Seams

New Resource Seams

• Added Lapis Resource Seams
• Added Amethyst Resource Seams
• Added Soulstone Resource Seams
• Added Soulium Resource Seams
• Soulstone and Soulium Seams generate in Dense Strata
• Soulstone and Soulium require Mining Power 3
• Soulstone Seams produce Soulstone Cobble
• Soulium Seams produce Soulium Dust
• Soulium Seams are rarer than Soulstone
• All new Seams support all five grades and the full reserve system

Resource Generation

• Improved Lapis availability
• Added finite Lapis generation around the normal OREBOUND working elevation
• Added Soulstone and Soulium ore generation to Dense Strata
• Added additional progression resource safety for underground worlds
• Expanded support for resources normally dependent on surface world generation or other dimensions

Mechanical Miner

• Mechanical Miner can now reuse Coal it mines as fuel
• Added mechanicalMinerReuseMinedFuel config option
• Self fueling remains enabled by default
• Mechanical Miner still requires initial fuel before becoming self sustaining
• Copper and higher Miner behavior remains unchanged

Create Integration

• Create Mechanical Drills now respect OREBOUND Mining Power progression
• Supports both stationary Mechanical Drills and drills mounted on moving contraptions
• Create drills begin at Mining Power 1
• Create drill Mining Power unlocks as players legitimately reach deeper geology zones
• Create drills cannot unlock deeper zones by drilling into them themselves
• Corestone and Worldstone remain protected from progression bypasses
• Added configuration option for Create drill progression integration

Quantum Bore

• Reworked Quantum Bore structure orientation detection
• Existing backward facing Controllers can automatically resolve the correct orientation
• Quantum Drill Assembly is now the primary structure orientation anchor
• World Core Deposit directly below the Drill Assembly is the authoritative alignment check
• World Core Expanse zone reporting is informational and no longer falsely causes Misaligned
• Energy and Coolant ports can be placed on either side midpoint in either order
• Output remains opposite the Controller
• Improved FE capability handling on the Energy Interface
• Improved fluid capability handling on the Coolant Port
• Improved item capability handling on the Output Port
• Cables and pipes no longer need to connect directly to the Controller
• Improved incomplete structure diagnostics
• Reworked Bore Controller GUI for smaller displays

Worldheart Engine

• Reworked Worldheart structure orientation detection
• Existing Worldheart structures can resolve their orientation without being rebuilt
• Core Chamber is used as the primary structure anchor
• Energy and Coolant ports can be placed on either side midpoint
• Input Port remains opposite the Controller
• Improved FE routing through the Energy Interface
• Improved coolant routing through the Coolant Port
• Worldheart Seeds can be inserted through the dedicated Input Port
• Pipes and cables no longer need to connect directly to the Controller
• Reworked Worldheart Controller GUI for smaller displays
• Existing Worldheart power coolant and activation balance remains unchanged

New Player Onboarding

• Added OREBOUND Descent Protocol first world introduction
• Explains the Origin
• Explains radial geology progression
• Explains all major geology zones
• Explains Mining Power
• Explains prospecting and automation
• Explains the long term World Core objective
• Intro appears once per player per world
• Added config option to disable the first join intro
• Improved Compact Stone guidance for new players
• Fixed Minecraft background blur affecting the custom title screen and intro
• Improved intro layout to prevent overlapping text

JEI And JER

• OREBOUND now suppresses the misleading JER World Gen category at runtime
• Prevents vanilla Redstone Lapis and other ore height graphs from misleading players
• Other useful JER categories remain available
• Added configuration option for JER worldgen suppression

Steel Compatibility

• Improved Steel compatibility between Mekanism and Immersive Engineering
• Added reliable Steel Blend fallback crafting
• Steel Blend can be made from Iron plus Coal or Charcoal
• Mekanism remains the preferred unified Steel variant
• OREBOUND progression no longer relies on one exact Steel item implementation

Mastery System

• Added ten new OREBOUND Mastery Core items
• Create Mastery Core
• Powah Mastery Core
• Mekanism Mastery Core
• Applied Energistics 2 Mastery Core
• Industrial Foregoing Mastery Core
• Ars Nouveau Mastery Core
• Occultism Mastery Core
• Mystical Agriculture Mastery Core
• Twilight Forest Mastery Core
• Draconic Evolution Mastery Core

Worldbreaker Endgame

• Added Worldbreaker Core
• Added final Worldbreaker Drill
• Worldbreaker Drill has Mining Power 6
• Built in Corestone and Worldstone calibration
• Stores up to 1 billion FE
• Uses FE instead of durability
• Supports 1 by 1 3 by 3 5 by 5 and 7 by 7 mining modes
• Shift right click cycles mining modes
• Area mining protects Resource Seams block entities and unbreakable blocks
• Added Geological Pulse ability
• Geological Pulse can locate the nearest active Resource Seam
• Holding a supported resource in the offhand targets that specific resource
• Reports resource grade direction distance Y level and remaining reserve
• Geological Pulse searches the persistent Seam registry without generating new chunks
• Added Worldbreaker completion advancements
• Added final Extended Crafting Worldbreaker recipe

General

• Added new item models and textures for Mastery Cores and Worldbreaker equipment
• Added additional Resource Seam textures and models
• Improved creative inventory Resource Seam support
• Expanded Field Manual documentation
• Added additional configuration controls
• Multiple progression compatibility and stability fixes