The Lord of the Rings Mod: Renewed
"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish" - Samwise Gamgee, The Fellowship of the Ring
10th June 2021 - now with (the beginnings of) NPCs - and spawning!
Current version: Renewed-4.3 for Minecraft 1.16.5
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The Lord of the Rings Mod is a huge expansion for Minecraft that adds the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth into the game, including content from his magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, and from other related tales such as The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.
Renewed is a work-in-progress port to 1.16 of the original mod for 1.7.10, which is one of the most extensive mods ever created, beloved by Tolkien fans and Minecrafters alike. We have a close-knit and dedicated community, and now after many years we're updating to a modern Minecraft version to give the mod a fresh experience!
With features like:
- a new dimension that generates following the map of Middle-earth (with 100+ biomes)
- over a thousand new blocks and items, including faction block sets
- many new trees, flowers, and custom-modelled fallen leaves
- a night skybox, more pleasant rain, and the northern lights
- custom crafting and smelting stations
- vertical slabs, wood slabs/stairs/branches, and multiblock gates
- a fun drinks-brewing system
- map waypoints and fast travel
- custom waypoints as 'multiblock structures'
- generated roads that go ever on and on
- caracals (floppa cats),
the Renewed mod is already an adventure in its own right, but there's a lot still to come from the 1.7.10 version. Over the coming months we will be porting an extensive factions system, where your actions can earn or lose you alignment with many different groups; hundreds of NPCs and structures; the lands of Harad and Rhûn; mini-quests, loads of new weapons and armour, multiplayer features such as banner protection, and much, much more!
Renewed benefits greatly from datapacks - in the current version, not only are crafting, smelting, and keg-brewing recipes configurable, but the map generation can be fully customised via datapack, changing the scale of the world and even generating a completely different map based on your own .png image. You can customise the map's fast travel waypoints - renaming or moving them, or adding entirely new ones. Roads, too, are defined in data files, allowing you to change their routes or add new ones. NPCs' faction alignments can be customised, as can their alignment values. Going forward, we aim to make even more of the favourite mod features customisable in this way, all shaped to your liking as though you stood among the Valar themselves.
Requirements & Technical Stuff
The current version - Renewed-4.3 for 1.16.5 - requires Minecraft Forge version 36.1.0 or higher.
Help:
- Installation guides
- Report bugs on the #bug-reports Discord channel. Post crash reports and logs!
- General technical support is also available there.
Companion mods:
- LOTR JEI module by The_Ranger_Malvegil
Community
For more information on Renewed and the Legacy 1.7.10 mod (which remains fully playable, with an active community), visit the mod's official wiki. Anyone can edit the wiki to help document the mod.
Join the community Discord server to discuss the mod with other fans, alongside a hefty helping of Tolkien lore, plenty of building showcases, and a smattering of linguistics!
Development progress and previews of updates are posted on the mod's official Facebook page.
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hi, wanted to know if there is any way to remove the lotr map background from the menu? , since I want to place another background with my texture pack but the lotr background in the menu does not allow it. version 1.15.2
In reply to TheRedDylan:
A few things here. Firstly, there is a setting in-game to disable the full screen map, which removes the background that border the actual map, and instead just shows the game, similarly to how the crafting table GUI works.
Secondly, it is possible to change the map overlay texture, but since the background texture is created by applying that overlay to a base color, I don't believe it's possible to actually change the color of the background. Also, the overlay texture applies to both the background and the map itself, so it likely isn't very flexible.
Lastly, the 1.15.2 version of the mod is no longer supported. The Minecraft code base changes often significantly between the versions, so it's infeasible for a mod of this size to continue to support multiple Minecraft versions. This is the reason that the Legacy version was stuck on 1.7.10 for so long in the first place. The intent of the Renewed version is to port the Legacy mod to the latest Minecraft version. So, when the mod updated to 1.16.5, the 1.15.2 version was made obsolete, and the 1.16.5 version will be made obsolete when the mod gets the chance to update to 1.17 (or 1.18).
In reply to QuinStudios:
I think he meant the game main menu
In reply to aldantanneo:
Ah, yeah, that makes more sense.
Hello! For the Main Menu, Can you add support for the quark button, the language button and the accessibility button? It looks out-of-place having 6 buttons brownish and 3 buttons plain.
In reply to st1nger_____:
This mod is mostly designed to be stand-alone, so while mod conflicts and bugs still often do get patched, it's highly unlikely that the mod author will fix issues like this, since it doesn't affect the player's ability to experience this mod. If this kind of issue were to be fixed, it would likely have to be done by the author(s) of the quark mod.
In reply to st1nger_____:
you can easily make a small resource pack to fix this
Hi! I just found this mod, and am really excited to use it once it finishes getting updated to 1.16! I know nothing about making mods, and was wondering about how long it will take until this mod is finished getting updated to 1.16... is it going to be something like a few months, or a lot of months, or will it be closer to sometime next year?
Thanks!
In reply to cerchez8:
No current ETA or deadline for when the port will be completed, progress is steady but most likely a year or more, the legacy version is massive in size and scope, since we now have npcs, the mod becomes ever more playable, so you will probably not have to wait until everything is ported to have an enjoyable experience.
how do you get to the dimmension?
In reply to xiodos:
Throw a gold ring into fire/lava or select "middle-earth" when creating a new world in world options.
More info in these pages:
https://lotrminecraftmod.fandom.com/wiki/Ring_Portal
https://lotrminecraftmod.fandom.com/wiki/Middle-earth_World_Type
What is better the original lord of the rings mod or this in work in progress?
In reply to franciscofunari:
The original legacy version is a lot more complete in terms of gameplay and content so i would recommend you use that, Renewed is only really better for building.
I know you're probably super busy and not looking for recommendations, but the design of this mod is so good that I think it would translate really well to a Game of Thrones map. I don't know how coding works for mod creation but it seems like it would be easy to have a different map layout for Westeros (maybe also Essos) and have the factions be divided by the ruling house of each kingdom. Just an idea for a future project haha. Thanks so much for this amazing mod!
In reply to shellersle:
Other franchises and worlds aren't within the scope of the mod's development, so there's really no chance that the mod author will create anything not related to Middle-earth or Lord of the Rings within the mod. That said, the primary developer is putting a lot of focus into making the mod customizable via datapacks, so that the community can create projects like the one you're suggesting. I'd say that there's a decent to high chance that at least one person will make a datapack converting the mod to Game of Thrones as the mod starts to get more complete.
It is more than great. I liked touring the middle earth. Do you have any plans to integrate the structures one day?
In reply to atzelpool94:
Generated structures are planned to be implemented in the future.
In reply to DarlPielord:
seriously. Great I will wait anxiously when this will add it to my server, thanks
In reply to atzelpool94:
You could try out the 1.7.10 version of the mod which does include generated structures and can be found Here.
Seeing this slowly coming together is so exciting. Can't wait for when the modpacks start popping up :D