Tensura: Gear Evolution

Tensura: Gear Evolution is an addon for Tensura on Minecraft 1.21.1 that adds EP-based evolution ladders for vanilla gear, selected Tensura weapon families, and several optional compatibility mods.

It does not replace Tensura's gear system. Tensura stays the source of truth for EP storage, repair, kill EP, and native evolution behavior. This addon mainly supplies progression data, mining EP for tools, optional compat ladders, operator diagnostics, and pack-friendly tuning.

How It Works

Use supported gear normally. Combat gear gains EP through Tensura's normal combat / kill EP behavior, while supported tools gain EP from mining blocks. When a supported item reaches its EP threshold, Tensura's evolution system handles the upgrade.

For backpack progression, hold the backpack in your main hand or off-hand for EP gain and evolution tracking.

Features

Vanilla gear bridges for armor, swords, axes, pickaxes, shovels, hoes, bows, crossbows, and tridents into Tensura-native progression.
Crafted Tensura weapon-family bridges for great swords, katanas, kodachi, long swords, short swords, odachi, tachi, scythes, sickles, and spears.
Gold / silver / mithril side branches for armor and the silver -> mithril -> low magisteel sword/axe line.
Mining EP for supported tools from block breaking.
Operator commands such as /gearevolution inspect and /gearevolution dump.
Datapack extensions through data/<namespace>/addon_chains/*.json.
Pack tuning through per-family toggles, mining/kill multipliers, threshold scaling, stat-scaling controls, and debug options.
Native Tensura tooltip source of truth - this addon no longer adds its own EP / next-tier tooltip overlay, so players read EP, cap, and next evolution directly from Tensura's own tooltip.

Built-In Baseline EP Thresholds

All EP numbers below are the default baseline before thresholdMultiplier.

Armor per piece: Leather -> Iron 550, Iron -> Chainmail 1350, Chainmail -> Diamond 3200, Diamond -> Netherite 7800, Netherite -> Low Magisteel 17500
Gold armor side branch: Golden -> Silver 500, Silver -> Mithril 3800
Swords and axes: Wooden -> Stone 200, Stone -> Iron 500, Iron -> Golden 1300, Golden -> Diamond 2600, Diamond -> Netherite 7000, Netherite -> Low Magisteel 13500
Pickaxes, shovels, and hoes: same thresholds as swords/axes, but they progress through mining EP
Crafted Tensura weapon families: same thresholds as swords/axes
Bow line: Bow -> Short Bow 700, Short Bow -> Long Bow 3600, Long Bow -> War Bow 12500
Spider bow line: Spider Bow -> Short Spider Bow 700, Short Spider Bow -> Long Spider Bow 3600, Long Spider Bow -> War Spider Bow 12500
Crossbow: Crossbow -> Ant Crossbow 7200
Trident: Trident -> Low Magisteel Spear 7200

Unless noted otherwise, bundled compat combat gear starts at 0 EP and uses base EP_GAIN 0.003. Mining tools use mining EP instead of combat EP.

Optional Compatibility

All compat listed below is optional. If a companion mod is not installed, it is not required.

Traveler's Backpack

Adds built-in progression for Traveler's Backpack tiers while preserving the backpack's actual skin / style.
Any Traveler's Backpack skin can use the tier ladder, including standard and themed backpacks.
Baseline tier thresholds:
- Standard / Leather -> Iron: 550
- Iron -> Gold: 1400
- Gold -> Diamond: 3200
- Diamond -> Netherite: 16800
- Netherite final cap: 19500
Config toggle: enableTravelersBackpackChains

Sophisticated Backpacks

Adds a built-in ladder for Sophisticated Backpacks:
- backpack -> copper_backpack at 550
- copper_backpack -> iron_backpack at 1400
- iron_backpack -> gold_backpack at 3200
- gold_backpack -> diamond_backpack at 7800
- diamond_backpack -> netherite_backpack at 16800
Without the companion mod, netherite is the final tier at 19500.
With the optional Tensura Neo Otherworld companion mod installed, the ladder continues past netherite.
Config toggle: enableSophisticatedBackpackChains

Simply Swords

Adds built-in ladders for bundled Simply Swords material weapon lines, including:
- longsword, twinblade, rapier, katana, sai, spear, glaive, warglaive, cutlass, claymore, greathammer, greataxe, chakram, scythe, and halberd
Material thresholds:
- Iron -> Gold: 1300
- Gold -> Diamond: 2600
- Diamond -> Netherite: 7000
- Netherite -> Runic: 13500
Runic tiers are terminal at 17500
Bundled unique / legendary Simply Swords weapons are also terminal at 17500
Config toggle: enableSimplySwordsChains

Ice and Fire CE

Adds built-in progression for selected Ice and Fire Community Edition tools, weapons, armor, bows, and unique items.
Main tool thresholds:
- Copper -> Silver: 1300
- Silver -> Dragonbone: 2600
- Dragonbone -> Dragonsteel path: 7000
- Dragonsteel terminal cap: 17500
Sword progression includes elemental / bloodied steps, with the late sword bridge using 13500
Armor thresholds:
- 550, 1400, 3200, 5600, 8800, 14800, final dragonsteel cap 19500
Dragonbone Bow terminal cap: 16000
Bundled Ice and Fire unique weapons / head accessories terminal cap: 16500
Config toggle: enableIceAndFireChains

Note: Ice and Fire paths are mostly fixed ladders. The main tool/sword path goes toward fire dragonsteel. Ice and lightning paths are side tracks for items that already start on those variants, such as ice/lightning dragonbone swords. There is currently no in-game branch picker.

Sengoku Jidai (Fabric only)

Adds built-in ladders for Sengoku Jidai weapons on Fabric:
- odachi, yari, naginata, tanto, tetsubo, and kanabo
Thresholds match the main melee ladder:
- Wooden -> Stone: 200
- Stone -> Iron: 500
- Iron -> Golden: 1300
- Golden -> Diamond: 2600
- Diamond -> Netherite: 7000
- Netherite -> matching Tensura low magisteel target: 13500
Sengoku Jidai is optional and only relevant on Fabric

Requirements

Minecraft 1.21.1
Java 21
Tensura
ManasCore matching your Tensura line
Architectury
NeoForge 21.1+ or Fabric with Fabric API and a supported Fabric Loader
Fabric users: Cloth Config may be required depending on your setup
Any compat mods listed above are optional, not required

Config

NeoForge: in-game mod config
Fabric: config/gearevolution-common.json and config/gearevolution-client.json
Restart after changing config files manually

Bug Reports

If something does not evolve correctly, please include:

Minecraft version
Loader: NeoForge or Fabric
Gear Evolution version
Tensura / ManasCore versions
The exact item name
What happened vs. what you expected
latest.log or crash report if the game crashed

License

MIT

Tensura Gear Evolution