OREBOUND Core 0.2.2

OREBOUND Core 0.2.2 is a major systems update focused on underground exploration, optional boss encounters, multiplayer support, progression reliability, and server play.

Underground Dungeon Expansion

• Expanded the underground dungeon system across all eight major underground zones.
• Added three dungeon layouts:
  • Open Vault
  • Split Gallery
  • Crossworks
• Combined with the eight underground zones, this creates 24 natural dungeon variations.
• Added depth-scaled dungeon rewards.
• Miner’s Caches can provide useful progression and mining support items.
• Added dungeon utility rewards including:
  • Excavator’s Tonic
  • Mining Overdrive Capsule
  • Fortune Catalyst
  • Geological Fragment
  • Geological Core
  • Ancient Tool Kit
  • Reinforced Tool Kit
• Removed the previously planned Seam Stabilizer from dungeon rewards.
• Existing worlds remain supported, but newly generated chunks are required for newly generated dungeon structures.

ProjectE Progression Fixes

• Corrected the ProjectE progression lock introduced during earlier development.
• ProjectE EMC and Transmutation progression remains locked until the intended late-game point.
• Normal left-click mining and combat are no longer affected by the ProjectE restriction.
• ProjectE tools can now be used normally when otherwise obtainable.
• Prevented the progression lock from interfering with unrelated gameplay systems.

Excavation Overseer

• Added OREBOUND’s first major optional boss: the Excavation Overseer.
• Added dedicated Overseer Stations distributed through the Deep Strata.
• Added the Overseer Signal Locator.
• Added persistent boss arena state and deliberate encounter activation.
• Added multiplayer health scaling and participant tracking.
• Added unique charge, slam, debris, stun, and Thermal Overload mechanics.
• Added first-kill progression rewards and repeat-fight rewards.
• Added arena reset and recovery handling.
• Added /orebound locateoverseer for development/admin use.

Abyssal Warden

• Added the Abyssal Warden as OREBOUND’s second optional boss.
• Added its dedicated underground arena and locator system.
• Added movement-heavy attacks including slams, leaps, gravitational pulls, shards, eruptions, and Abyssal Collapse.
• Added personal first-kill reward handling and repeat encounter support.
• Rebalanced the final encounter to:
  • 420 base HP
  • +45% max HP per additional nearby Survival player
• Reduced attack pressure, pull strength, eruption frequency, Collapse hazards, and overall damage.
• Increased breathing room between major attacks.

Corebound Sentinel

• Added the Corebound Sentinel as OREBOUND’s third optional boss.
• Added dedicated Corebound Security Vaults.
• Added the Core Security Console encounter activation system.
• Added four attackable Core Anchors.
• While Anchors remain active, the Sentinel is heavily shielded.
• Anchor destruction progressively reduces shield stability until the Core Shield goes offline.
• Added:
  • Energy Lance
  • Sentinel Slam
  • Rush
  • Core Barrage
  • Repulsion Pulse
  • Core Integrity Failure phase
• Final balance:
  • 560 base HP
  • +45% HP per additional nearby Survival player
  • 70 HP per Core Anchor
  • +25% Anchor HP per additional player
  • 90% damage absorption while Anchors remain
• Reduced attack damage, knockback, movement escalation, and channel damage compared with the original encounter.

Worldheart Guardian

• Added the Worldheart Guardian as OREBOUND’s fourth major optional boss.
• Added the 41×41 Heart Vault in the World Core Expanse.
• Added the Worldheart Signal Locator.
• Added four World Core Stabilizers as the encounter’s opening mechanic.
• During the opening phase, normal attacks only partially penetrate the Guardian’s protection.
• Players must bait the Guardian’s Core Lance through each Stabilizer to overload it.
• Destroying all four Stabilizers fully exposes the Guardian.
• Added multiple combat phases:
  • Stabilized
  • Unbound
  • Worldheart Resonance
  • Terminal Defense
• Added Core Lance, Resonance Slam, Core Barrage, Repulsion Pulse, resonant ring attacks, and energized floor channels.
• Base health is 1,100 HP with +35% maximum HP per additional nearby Survival participant.
• First qualified kill grants Worldheart Essence.
• Repeat encounters award endgame mining materials and caches.

Boss Progression Simplification

• Boss progression is now controlled by the Quest Book rather than hard-coded progression checks.
• Right-clicking a boss activation block directly starts the encounter.
• Removed boss activation requirements tied to:
  • advancements
  • Worldheart completion flags
  • other mod progression states
  • summon keys
  • repeat-fight keys
  • cooldown timers
• Boss locators no longer require progression flags before functioning.
• The only remaining protection prevents a second boss from spawning while that arena already has a living active boss.

Multiplayer Boss Framework

• Boss health scaling is calculated once when the encounter starts.
• Boss health no longer changes dynamically when players join or leave mid-fight.
• Creative and Spectator players no longer count toward reward contribution.
• Reward recipients must be valid participating Survival players near the arena when the boss dies.
• Objective participation such as destroying Sentinel Anchors or overloading Guardian Stabilizers counts toward encounter credit.
• Added stale-arena recovery.
• If another mod, command, or unusual event removes a boss without triggering normal death handling, the arena now detects the missing entity and recovers on the next activation.
• Lingering Anchors and Stabilizers are cleaned up during recovery.
• Prevented permanently stuck ACTIVE boss arenas.

Boss Rewards

• Added unique boss progression components from all four encounters.
• Added Worldheart Essence.
• Added the Master Excavation Core as the combined endgame boss reward.
• The Master Excavation Core grants:
  • +35% mining speed
  • +0.25 knockback resistance
  • +0.30 explosion knockback resistance
  • Night Vision
  • Fire Resistance
  • 20% chance to preserve tool durability while mining
• The Master Excavation Core does not grant Mining Power.
• Its recipe accepts either earlier boss first-kill components or the already-crafted corresponding Curio, preventing existing players from being locked out.

Respawn Fixes

• Fixed vanilla occasionally choosing the upper bedrock shell as a safe death-respawn position.
• Players without a valid bed/custom spawn now return to the underground Origin at:
  • X=0
  • Y=128
  • Z=0
• Valid beds and custom respawn points continue to work normally.
• Added additional protection against death respawns appearing on the upper bedrock roof.

Multiplayer Start System

• Added the new /startorebound multiplayer setup system.
• Added support for 1–16 multiplayer start rooms.
• Added a hidden server start lobby at approximately X=0, Y=311, Z=0.
• New players can wait safely in the lobby before multiplayer setup is configured.
• Added automatic player assignment and teleporting once start rooms are available.
• Added persistent room assignments between server restarts.
• Added room-specific no-bed respawn handling.
• Valid beds still override the assigned-room fallback.

Equal Multiplayer Start Suites

• Rebuilt multiplayer rooms so every assigned room is a complete playable OREBOUND start.
• Rooms 2–16 now receive the same functional survival setup as Room 1:
  • full starter room
  • full 17×17 Growth Chamber
  • hydrated farming plots
  • tree planters
  • guaranteed wood
  • starter supply barrel
  • Ecology Cache
  • exposed Coal, Copper, and Iron starter resources
• Players no longer have to share Room 1’s Growth Chamber or starter resources.
• Extra rooms deliberately do not create additional logical Origin Markers.
• OREBOUND geology, Seam distance calculations, structures, bosses, and World Core systems continue using one canonical world Origin.
• Start suites were spaced farther apart horizontally and vertically to prevent overlap.
• Removed the earlier shared ladder/service-room dependency.

/startorebound Administration

Added multiplayer/server management commands including:

• /startorebound <1-16>
• /startorebound join
• /startorebound join <player>
• /startorebound lobby
• /startorebound status
• /startorebound rooms
• /startorebound room <number>
• /startorebound assign <player> <room>
• /startorebound unassign <player>
• /startorebound reset
• /startorebound reset cleanup
• /startorebound remove rooms
• /startorebound remove lobby
• /startorebound remove all
• /startorebound lobby build

Start Room Reliability

• Added physical verification of every configured start suite before teleporting players into it.
• Missing or damaged generated rooms automatically rebuild when necessary.
• Added persistent layout versioning and automatic migration from earlier /startorebound test layouts.
• Room assignments are preserved during migration.
• Reducing the configured number of rooms removes unused generated suites.
• Added lobby and room instruction signs.
• Fixed generated room corridors interfering with the earlier ladder shaft design.
• Fixed starter container contents being dropped into the world during room migration/removal.
• Generated container inventories are now cleared safely before structure cleanup.
• Existing loose items from older builds are intentionally not automatically deleted.

Mining Tool Compatibility

• Audited the OREBOUND Steel Pickaxe.
• Confirmed correct Mining Power 3 progression.
• Confirmed Steel repair material and common steel-tag compatibility.
• Confirmed Osmium Drill Pick upgrade path.
• Retained its diamond-class vanilla harvest capability intentionally so Dense Stone drops correctly.
• OREBOUND Mining Power restrictions still prevent the Steel Pickaxe from bypassing MP4+ progression.

General Stability

• Improved persistent boss arena cleanup.
• Improved multiplayer encounter recovery.
• Improved room generation verification.
• Improved old-layout migration safety.
• Improved container cleanup behavior.
• Numerous internal progression and multiplayer consistency fixes.