Runic Gods

[0.2.0] — 2026-09-05 — Major Boss & Visual Overhaul

Runic Gods has been rebuilt around a more flexible, data-driven boss system with improved encounters, persistence, visuals, loot, and datapack support.

Important: Worlds from the old 1.0.1 release are not compatible with 0.2.0. Network protocol is now 3.

Added

• Bosses now preserve their health, phase, and encounter state through chunk unloads and server restarts.
• Added a full encounter system with telegraphs, recovery phases, repositioning, enraging, multiplayer scaling, and domain-specific mechanics.
• Each god can now define its own combat style, abilities, spells, loot, behavior, and encounter rules through datapacks.
• All built-in gods have native fallback abilities, so boss fights work without Iron's Spells installed.
• First kills now guarantee each god's deity sigil and signature weapon, with repeat-kill drop chances and pity protection.
• Added safer and more flexible BrassAmber Battletowers integration.
• Added /runic_gods validate and expanded boss debugging commands.
• Added new boss animations, sounds, particles, visual effects, and configurable particle quality.
• Each of the 8 built-in gods now has its own dedicated model rig, skin, glow layer, and accessories.
• Custom datapack gods can specify their own boss rigs, with automatic fallback if assets are missing.

Improved

• God-specific balance and behavior settings now live in god JSON files, while the TOML config handles global rules.
• Boss visuals now support unique crowns, horns, wings, cloaks, tails, glowing eyes, runes, and other divine details.
• Improved rig and asset validation to catch missing or malformed boss resources.
• Updated several weapon IDs and combat styles to match their intended designs.
• God-related commands now support both built-in and namespaced datapack gods.

Fixed

• Battletower golems are now replaced only when a Runic Gods boss successfully spawns.
• Fixed several boss model, UV, limb, and accessory rendering issues.
• Missing custom rigs now safely fall back to the default boss model instead of breaking rendering.

Removed

• Removed the old legacy pantheon system. Runic Gods now focuses exclusively on the 8 Runecraft-native gods.
• Removed old per-god TOML settings that are now handled through datapack definitions.