Reality Shards

Somewhere, other realities broke apart. Their pieces still fall through ours.

Reality Shards adds rare crystal fragments of shattered worlds. Each one holds a single law of the world it came from: flight, gravity, endless hunger, the strength of the sea. Find them, study them, copy them, and ascend them from Tier I (Fragmented) to Tier V (Infinite). Then wear them in your Curios slots.

Getting Started

1. Find an Unidentified Reality Shard. Look for rare Reality Ore deep underground, loot chests, brush suspicious sand or gravel, or defeat bosses.
2. Build a Reality Analyzer from amethyst, glass, a book and obsidian.
3. Craft Basic Research Paper from 3 paper, lapis and coal.
4. Right-click the analyzer while holding the shard. It costs 1 paper and 5 levels, and the analyzer reveals which reality the shard came from.
5. Wear it in its Curios slot and enjoy its power.

Everything happens at the Reality Analyzer. If you are missing something, it tells you exactly what.

The Eleven Shards

Only one shard fits each slot. Two charms means choosing one, so build your loadout.

Research, Synthesis and Ascension

• Research Paper comes in five qualities: Basic, Refined, Advanced, Quantum and Genesis. Refine 4 papers into 1 of the next quality.
• Synthesis: sneak and right-click the analyzer with a Tier I shard, plus Refined Paper and matching materials, to make another copy. Your shard is kept.
• Ascension: combine 4 identical shards, the next quality of paper and some XP to reach the next tier.

The Reality Forge (new in 1.1)

Shards can be broken down into Reality Dust, and that dust can be bound to Netherite.

1. Get Reality Dust from Reality Ore, from Ex Deorum sieves, or by dismantling shards at the forge.
2. Research Realityforging Theory: hold dust and right-click a Reality Analyzer (8 dust, 1 Refined Paper, 10 levels).
3. Build the Reality Forge from dust, a smithing table, a Netherite ingot and crying obsidian.
4. Forge Genesis Armor: a Netherite piece plus 8 dust becomes Tier I. A live checklist shows exactly what you are missing, and nothing is used until everything is ready.
5. Ascend it from Tier I (Fragmented) to Tier V (Infinite) with dust, Research Paper and XP. Enchantments, names and trims carry over. Tier V is unbreakable.

Reality Resonance: wear all four pieces for set bonuses. The lowest tier decides the bonus.

• I: 10% less damage, steadier
• II: +2 hearts, regeneration
• III: 15% less damage, +2 Aegis hearts
• IV: +4 hearts, Last Stand: survive a fatal hit (5 minute cooldown)
• V: 20% less damage, Reality Anchor: fall into the void and get pulled back to solid ground (perfect for skyblock)

Where to Find Shards

• Reality Ore and Deepslate Reality Ore: rarer than diamond, mostly below y=16. Needs an iron pickaxe. Fortune helps, and Silk Touch keeps the ore.
• Chests: dungeons, mineshafts, temples, strongholds, bastions, end cities, ancient cities, woodland mansions and buried treasure.
• Archaeology: suspicious sand and gravel.
• Bosses: the Wither, Ender Dragon, Elder Guardian and Warden.
• Ex Deorum (if installed): very rarely from sieving gravel.

Features

• 11 shard types × 5 tiers, each tier with its own colour: gray, cyan, violet, gold and iridescent
• 5 qualities of Research Paper
• A flight timer above your hotbar while you use the Sky shard
• A Reality Shards advancement tab with 20 advancements
• 20 pieces of Genesis Armor across 5 tiers, with a glowing Reality Forge
• JEI support: every analyzer and forge action, cost and drop source
• Patchouli Field Guide (optional): craft a book and an amethyst shard
• Archivist messages that react to your research

For Modpack Makers

Everything is adjustable in config/realityshards-common.toml:

• Costs: shards per ascension, papers per refine, synthesis multiplier and every XP cost. For a hard pack, try 9 / 9 / 2.
• analyzerBlocks: any block can act as the analyzer, such as your own story block or altar.
• Per-tier numbers for Sky flight time, Gravity range, Renewal speed and Plenty speed.
• showFlightTimer turns the flight timer on or off.
• Forge costs and cooldowns: dust, paper and XP per tier, a dustMultiplier (try 3 for Kappa-style packs), and the Last Stand and Reality Anchor cooldowns.

Shard items are tagged by tier (realityshards:tier_1 … tier_5) and slot (Curios tags), which makes them easy to use in quests and recipes.

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.20.1, Forge 47+
• Curios API: required

Optional: JEI, Patchouli, Ex Deorum

Made by Mostly_Functional. Bug reports and ideas are welcome in the comments.