Peaks & Talons Core

First public beta (0.4.1-beta.35)

• Mountain Eagles: Hunt or Bond routes, Vengeance Eagles, Golden Eagle Harness flight and pack
• Eagle flight reworked to match Dragon Mounts: Jump to take off, steer with the camera, climb and dive, Sneak to descend, double-tap Sneak to dismount
• Windburst: a flight-only dash for harnessed eagles (default key R, 5-second cooldown)
• Whaleborne x Create: a befriended hullback grows a two-floor ship. Whaleborne's deck, sails, masts and helm move to floor 2; floor 1 is an empty plank deck for Create machines, a bed and storage
• Four water-wheel mounts on the whale: +10% swim speed each, and they power machines while the anchor is down
• Build on floor 1 while the whale swims; machines run once you drop anchor; outside ladders to floor 2
• Relics of the Summit chain and talon processing (Create / Mekanism)
• Talon weapons and the soulbound Last Call battle axe
• 21 socketed necklaces (Curios)
• Orduk's Hollow: one-per-world coastal cavern with marina, tavern, arena and guardian eagles
• Orduk boss: Dash Plow, Beer Mug Smash, Stank Breath (double breath every third cycle)
• Soundtrack support: vanilla music replaced, ambient menu music, boss score in fights, music starts at 30%
• Cave-scene menu backgrounds and an F8 360-degree background capture key
• Orduk's guardian eagles circle the intruder and dive one at a time, each from its own side; only the diving eagle can strike
• The eagles stay in the fight anywhere in the hall (back corners, under the gallery, up on it) and only return to their perches once you leave through the archway
• Orduk keeps fighting anyone inside his hall, even behind a pillar or under the gallery; boss music now stays on for the whole fight
• Dedicated servers: the one-time search for Orduk's cave site on a new world no longer trips the server watchdog (first start no longer crashes and loops)
• Dedicated servers: befriending a hullback and growing the two-floor whale ship no longer crashes the server
• Orduk now drops one random Simply Swords unique weapon when defeated
• Eagle Feather replaces the stick for eagle orders: Stay, Follow, Defend, Wander and Perch
• Perch: near a Hullback's mast, your eagle flies up to the crow's nest and rides with the ship; right-click the feather within 64 blocks to call it back
• Eagle scouting: a perched eagle cries a rough bearing and distance to Orduk's Dock every 20 seconds, and spots the lanterns when the Dock is close
• Orduk's Cave and Dock must be found by travel: in survival the Explorer's Compass cannot search for or point at them while flying (eagle, elytra or Dragon Mounts dragon). It works on foot, on a ship's helm, and for every other target in flight; Creative is unrestricted
• Defend order: your eagle follows you and, once a mob hurts you, dives in with light pecks (no knockback) to help you finish it (never creepers or friendly pets)
• Eagle armor (iron, gold, diamond): fastens to the Golden Eagle Harness and plates only the head and neck, so the harness stays visible. +5 / +7 / +11 armor like horse armor; shears take it off
• Taming reworked: the bond ride is a wild, random flight no higher than 8 blocks. Keep facing where the eagle flies to fill the Trust bar; look away too long and it may throw you off for 2-3.5 hearts (never fatal, slow falling on the way down). The eagle keeps its trust in you between attempts