Tetra revolves around modular items and attemps to blend it together with other concepts such as adventure and technology.
Note: Tetra for 1.14+ uses the mGui library, if you're not using the curse client you'll have to install that manually.
Getting Started
- 1. Craft a mallet using two sticks and two planks
2. Craft and place a vanilla crafting table
3. Right click the table with the mallet to upgrade it into a workbench
4. Craft a vanilla weapon, tool shield or a bow and place it in the workbench - Check the advancements window to learn how to progress further
Modular Items
Tetra allows you to replace parts of items with different parts of different types and materials, some parts can also be improved. Which parts you may use is limited by the items capacity, called integrity. Some parts increase an items integrity while some parts has an integrity cost. Some parts require tools of differing quality to craft.
Currently the following modular items are available:
- swords
- toolbelts
- double headed implements (axes, pickaxes, hammers etc)
- single headed implements (shovels, tridents, spears etc)
- bows
- shields
- crossbows (WIP)
Configuration
Most content in tetra can be configured, go here for more information: https://github.com/mickelus/tetra/wiki/Configuration
Mod compatibility
Tetra supports usage of a few materials added by other mods, since tetra uses item tags (or the ore dictionary before 1.14) it's difficult to say exactly which mods are supported. Enchantments from several mods are also supported from 1.14 and forward.
The following non-vanilla materials are supported in 1.16:
bone
* dragon_bone
* wither_bone
fibre
* hemp
* mana_string
gem
* agate
* amethyst
* certus_quartz
* citrine
* ruby
* sapphire
* serendibite
metal
* bronze
* copper
* electrum
* elementium
* infused_iron
* lead
* manasteel
* nickel
* osmium
* silver
* sky
* steel
* terrasteel
* tin
wood
* ancient_wood
* baobab
* cherry
* dreamwood
* livingwood
* maple
* treated_wood
Any mod that adds one of those and tags them correctly would make them available for use in tetra. In 1.12 tetra also supports some materials from thaumcraft and twilight forest.
Discord
I've set up a discord server to talk about tetra: https://discord.gg/MyjK4Fx, jump on if you have questions, need some help, want talk about datapacks or to get sneak-peeks at upcoming features.
Support and Contributions
I develop and maintain tetra in my spare time, if you enjoy what you've seen so far and want to help me make it better please consider supporting me on patreon.
I've got some stuff that I could use some help with. If you're good with pixel art or would like to help out with some programming, please poke me on discord!
Spotlight
Vallen has a nice bit-by-bit series on tetra available on youtube, check it out!
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does the ancient ruins spawn in biomes from Biomes O' Plenty?
Yes.
- How do I get a tier [5, 6, 7] hammer?
You need to find a structure that generates in the world, check your advancements.
- I found a forge hammer but it doesn't have the button on the side?
Forge hammers changed in 1.16, you need to find two hammer upgrades (of any kind) and two fueled thermal cells and plug all of those into the hammer. Check the advancements for more info.
- How do I get a tier 2 cutting implement?
Shortblades typically provider tier 2 cutting.
- Will new features be added to the 1.12 version?
I work on tetra in my spare time and currently I don't have time to both support 1.12 and to work on new things. You can help me find the time by supporting me on patreon.
I've found some Chthonic Extractors and I've found some Seeping Bedrock, but I can't figure out how the "Extraction" works.
I can place a Cthonic Extractor like a fence post, but the hammer doesn't interact with it particularly - right click doesn't do anything, and left click just breaks it (eventually).
I tried holding the hammer in my left hand while placing an Extractor, and vice versa, I'm quite puzzled.
Fabric? Please?
Fire and ice support when
In reply to sonic_eclipse:
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/tetranomicon
nice mod it looks like tinkers construct
Love this mod!
Not sure what you were going for, but the "holosphere" and it's navigation are horrible examples of http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/mysterymeatnavigation.html and you almost don't want to use the holosphere because what it says on the tin has no indication that it isn't some weird consumable, but instead is the supposed manual.
The Wiki for 1.16 version is broken
I wanted to like this mod, I really did. I tried and tried and was excited to use it at first, but the fact that inventory management is already so crowded in minecraft led me to constantly juggling stuff, only to get items that were worse than I can get within the first 20 minutes of minecraft.
Now, granted - I never found a dwarf stronghold or whatever this game adds to the snowy biomes - but it also seemed like enhancements to the items were just soooooo tedious that it wasn't worth the time to build them.
can this work with spartan weaponry
I'm currently on 1.12 and I don't know if this is a problem in more recent versions, but when I have YUNG's better caves installed the forged ruins spawn much more frequently due to the increased amount of exposed blocks. Could you maybe add a config option to adjust the spawn rates of these structures?
I really wanted to like this mod because it has a great concept, but it's very poorly executed. Most of the materials make your weapons and tools worse, You can only enchant using books and you are allowed less enchants, and the unique dungeons required to visit for mod progression are difficult to find even with the scanner. All that combined makes this mod tedious and difficult to enjoy. Plus, the bow attachment that increases projectile speed also breaks the visual of the arrows.
Is there a written guide to Tetra? I appreciate Vallen's videos, but I have difficulty understanding audio and would love an alternative. (even better, an in-game guidebook?) Seems like a cool mod, but having to figure it out without a decent guide is tough.
Probably the coolest tool crafting mod to date. Makes Tinker's Construct look like minor league stuff by comparison. Fantastic work mickelus, keep it up!
EDIT: I did have one qualm, it would be nice if you could use a hammer to upgrade itself, rather than needing two hammers. Not sure if there's already a workaround for that, but it did kinda bother me...
armor support planned?
Fabric? Please?
Can there be support to add more weapon types like great sword(Not swords with those small little "great blades". I talking very long and large blades), pole arm weapons like spears and halbirds, etc.
Is this mod comparable with Spartan weaponry? And is it with the dragon blood swords from ice and fire?
do you think you’ll make a compatibility config for the epic fight mod??
how do I upgrade my hammer past blackstone?