Ranch 2.0: The Sauce & Sacrifice Update

Ranch 2.0 Changelog

The ranch has escaped the bottle.

Food was only the beginning. This release puts ranch on the ground, in cauldrons, into rituals, and eventually onto items that were never emotionally prepared to become dinner.

Added

Ground Ranch

• Added Ranch Trails and Ranch Puddles

• Ranch Bottles, Jugs of Ranch, and Universal Ranch can now place ranch on the ground

• Using ranch twice on the same spot upgrades a Trail into a Puddle

• Ranch Trails visually connect to nearby trails, including across one-block height changes

• Ranch Puddles act as destinations for connected trail networks

• Passive animals and villagers can follow Ranch Trails toward nearby connected Puddles

• Followers briefly settle at their destination before returning to normal behavior

Jug of Ranch

• Added the Jug of Ranch

• Crafted from 8 Ranch Bottles surrounding 1 Bucket

• Holds 256 uses

• Returns a Bucket when emptied

• Can fill a cauldron with ranch

• A Bucket can retrieve ranch from a filled cauldron and restore a full Jug of Ranch

Universal Ranch

• Added the Universal Ranch

• Can apply ranch to non-food items and make them edible

• Non-food items receive food values based on rarity

• Universal-ranched items use normal eating time and first-person eating animations

The Ritual

• Added the Universal Ranch ritual

• Uses Ranch Trails, Ranch Puddles, ranch-filled cauldrons, and a Nether Star

• Incorrect rituals show visual ghost hints for missing or misplaced pieces

• Failed attempts receive guidance from the Ranch Gods, who remain difficult but fair

• Successful rituals include:

  • A suspended Nether Star

  • Bubbling ranch cauldrons

  • Ranch-colored energy streams

  • Pulsing Trails and Puddles

  • Screen shake

  • A properly excessive final summon

Forbidden Recipe

• Added the Forbidden Recipe book

• Crafted from a Ranch Bottle and a Book

• Includes an illustrated guide to the Universal Ranch ritual

• Added custom item art for the Forbidden Recipe, Jug of Ranch, and Universal Ranch

Advancements

• Added new Ranch 2.0 advancements under the Hidden Valley tab

• Added custom Ranch advancement background art

Added Advancements

• Follow the Dressing

• You Can Lead a Cow to Ranch...

• ...Apparently You Can Lead a Villager Too

• Family Size

• Costco Behavior

• Slip Hazard

• A Reasonable Use of a Nether Star

• Forbidden Recipe

• Forbidden Dressing

• No Item Is Safe

• That Was Expensive

• Why Would You Do That?

• Everything Goes With Ranch

Changed

• Improved Ranch Trail and Puddle visuals for clearer connected networks and destinations

• Improved animal and villager pathing so followers stay on the ranch trail instead of cutting directly to the source

• Improved arrival behavior to prevent mobs from immediately re-entering the same trail network

• Changed the Universal Ranch ritual from instant completion into a staged summoning sequence

• Added rarity-based food tiers for Universal-ranched non-food items

• Improved Ranch Trail and Ranch Puddle breaking particles

• Improved advancement organization and progression layout

• Improved AppleSkin support where the matching loader and version API is available

• Updated 26.1 advancement backgrounds for the newer sprite-based format

Default Universal Food Tiers

By default:

• Common or unknown items become Snack tier

• Uncommon items become Meal tier

• Rare items become Feast tier

• Epic items become Legendary Feast tier