Runecraft Core

[0.9.3] — 2026-06-15

Audit pass aligning the mod with the current Runecraft pack: prunes patches for mods that have left the pack, repairs treasure-bag rewards that pointed at removed mods, re-balances bag drop sources, expands rewards to cover signature modern mods, and adds a startup loot-reference validator.

Removed

• 28 obsolete patch-manifest entries and their bundled override files for mods no longer in the pack: nichirin_dynasty (16), samurai_dynasty (7, incl. the lone additive_asset handheld shim), stalwart_dungeons (3), and miners_delight (2). The manifest is now 27 entries; the validator no longer logs [ABSENT] lines for these. Deleted assets/nichirin_dynasty/, assets/samurai_dynasty/, assets/stalwart_dungeons/, data/miners_delight/.

Fixed (treasure bags)

• Blood Mage's Sack (all 4 rarities) and one alchemists_sack_epic entry referenced Blood Magic, which was removed from the pack. Re-themed to Iron's Spellbooks blood/eldritch content (blood_vial, bloody_vellum, blood_rune, blood_upgrade_orb, blood_staff, eldritch_manuscript, cursed_doll_spell_book, necronomicon_spell_book, …).
• Healer's Sack (common + uncommon) referenced First Aid (firstaid:bandage/plaster), also removed. Re-themed to vanilla healing potions/foods + an Iron's Spellbooks support elixir.
• Result: zero bloodmagic:/firstaid: references remain; all 949 reward references resolve to installed mods.

Changed (balance)

• Drop-source policy made consistent by rarity. The common tier no longer drops from peaceful/player/boss (was ["player","boss","hostile","peaceful"]) — now ["hostile"]. The rare tier gains a boss source (["hostile","boss"]) to differentiate it from uncommon. Uncommon (["hostile"]) and epic (["boss"]) unchanged. No bag lists peaceful.

Added

• 5 new profession sacks (4 rarities each), themed on under-represented signature mods: Relic Hunter (Apotheosis), Merchant (DotCoin "Crown & Coin" economy), Collector (Jewelcraft / Magical Jewelry / Apotheosis trinkets), Beastmaster (Alex's Mobs), Wayfarer (Deeper & Darker / Undergarden / Galosphere exploration). Group: runecraft_sacks.
• Modern items injected into existing sacks at higher rarities: Magical Jewelry into Jeweler's; Apotheosis gems/sigils (and a forge:gems tag entry) into Enchanter's; Galosphere / Undergarden / Map Atlases into Explorer's; Galosphere / Undergarden / Deeper & Darker into Miner's.
• Loot reference validator. At FMLCommonSetupEvent, LootReferenceValidator resolves every bundled bag reward id against the live item registry and logs a mod-aware report — WARN when an item's mod is loaded but the item is gone (real rot), INFO when the owning mod is simply absent (expected). Driven by a bundled runic_loot_reference_index.json; new strictLoot config escalates rot to ERROR. Never blocks startup.

Notes

• Still contains no FTB Quests / ExtraQuests / quest dependency of any kind; treasure bags are distributed solely by the Treasure Bags mod's dropsFromGroups mechanic, independent of the pack's questbook.