The Sift

The Sift is a mysterious adventure dimension built around exploration, dangerous creatures, strange artifacts, powerful weapons, and a world shaped by an ancient silence.

Long ago, the Choir sorted souls from silence. Then the First Cantor stole the Choir's song and became the Unsung.

Now a scar of silence known as the Wound is spreading from the Hollow Heart, corrupting the Sift from within.

Your goal is simple:

Enter the Sift. Survive it. Find the Wound. Silence the Unsung.

But getting there is only the beginning.

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 ENTERING THE SIFT

The entrance to the Sift is hidden inside the depths of an Ancient City.

First, you'll need to face the Warden.

Defeating a Warden gives you a Fractured Lens, which can be combined with an Echo Shard and Amethyst Shard to create the Sift Resonator.

Use the Resonator on the strange reinforced-deepslate gateway in the center of an Ancient City and begin your journey into the Sift.

The gateway itself has its own mechanics, including the ability to seal and unseal it.

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 EXPLORE A COMPLETELY NEW DIMENSION

The Sift contains a wide variety of environments, each with its own creatures, resources, structures, and dangers.

Explore:

• Soul Meadows

• Elder Grove

• Singing Steppe

• Carapace Wastes

• Silt Dunes

• Veilmire

• Lumen Weald

• Shardsong Reach

• Echoing Hollows

• The Wound

• Blighted Fringe

• Hollow Heart

The Sift also contains enormous oceans of gloamwater, home to creatures that are much better suited to the depths than you are.

Every biome has something different to discover, from giant glowcap forests and crystal formations to drowned forests, enormous shells, underground reliquaries, and ancient Choir structures.

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A WORLD FULL OF PLACES TO DISCOVER

The Sift isn't just empty terrain.

Scattered throughout the dimension are structures and landmarks containing resources, lore, equipment, enemies, and secrets.

Discover locations such as:

• Wanderer Camps

• Choir Ruins

• Resonance Obelisks

• Hollow Shrines

• Buried Reliquaries

• Choir Sanctums

• Hushed Catacombs

• Sunken Cantoriums

• Hollow Colossi

• The Calyx

• Hymnways

• Spore Hermitages

• Resonant Geodes

• Threnody Vaults

Some are easy to spot.

Others are buried deep underground or hidden throughout the Sift.

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 CREATURES OF THE SIFT

The Sift has its own ecosystem filled with creatures that have unique behaviors rather than simply copying ordinary Minecraft mobs.

Meet peaceful and neutral creatures such as:

Blubs
Small, easily startled creatures that can be tamed. A tamed Blub may even dig up gifts.

Bramblehorns
Flower-antlered creatures that travel in herds. They can be tamed and ridden, and holding jump allows them to charge a leap.

Canopy Gliders
Flying squirrels that can become useful companions and help turn falls into controlled glides.

Soul Wisps
Strange wisps that can be captured in bottles and used to cure the effects of the Sift's Hush.

And many more creatures inhabit the Sift, including Glimmerfins, Capstriders, Chime Crawlers, and Lanthorn Wends.

But not everything in the Sift is friendly.

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 DANGEROUS CREATURES

The Sift's hostile creatures each have their own ways of fighting.

Shellbacks can curl into a defensive shell before rolling toward their targets.

Chitterlings become especially dangerous when their prey is already weakened.

Spine Spitters attack from a distance and protect themselves with their shells.

Silt Lurkers hunt beneath the dunes by listening for movement.

Driftrays attack creatures gliding through the sky.

Bogmaws hide in the mud and strike when you get too close.

Veilgars stalk the deep water.

Hushed creatures behave strangely, freezing while watched and moving when you're not looking.

Gnashers hunt in packs, with one attacking while the others circle.

Precentors empower their allies.

Rootcallers attack by erupting roots beneath their targets.

And guarding the Choir Sanctums are the formidable Choir Wardens.

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 THE HUSH

The Sift has its own environmental danger: the Hush.

While exploring areas such as the Wound, Hollow Heart, or locations affected by seeping soil, your Hush meter gradually increases.

At higher levels, the world itself begins to change.

At 40 Hush, you become Hushed.

At higher levels, the effects become increasingly severe.

Fortunately, there are ways to fight back.

You can reduce Hush using:

• Bottled Wisps

• Wardstone

• The Bloom Totem

• Hymnal Pages

• Attuned Pylons

The Sift isn't just dangerous because of its monsters. Sometimes the environment itself is the threat.

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 RIFTS, SEEP & BLIGHT

An open, unwarded gateway can slowly build pressure in the Overworld.

When that pressure reaches its peak, strange things can begin happening.

Rifts can briefly appear nearby, allowing creatures from the Sift to cross into the Overworld.

Ignore the problem for too long and a Blight Heart may appear.

Destroying it cleanses the surrounding area and provides a Blight Core, which can be used to create Wardstone.

Wardstone helps stop the spread of Seep and protect gateways.

Seal the gateway completely and the pressure stops.

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ENCHANTED CREATURES

Not every encounter is the same.

Some hostile Sift creatures can become Enchanted, marked by purple runes swirling around them.

These creatures are considerably stronger, with:

• More health

• More armor

• Increased damage

• Increased speed

But greater danger comes with greater rewards.

Enchanted creatures can drop extra experience and resonite, with a chance of dropping powerful artifacts such as the Soul Censer, Bloom Totem, or Gloam Horn.

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 UNIQUE WEAPONS

The Sift contains an arsenal of weapons designed around unique mechanics rather than simple damage upgrades.

Resonant Blade

Every third hit against the same target creates a powerful slash arc and shatter burst that damages nearby enemies.

Hushbane

Deals bonus damage to Hushed creatures and can be used to cleanse seeping soil.

Requiem

An endgame weapon capable of releasing a massive song pillar and shockwave that damages enemies, throws them back, heals and attunes allies, and cleanses the ground.

Maelstrom Maw

The reward for defeating the Leviathan.

Hold the weapon to Inhale, creating a current that drags creatures and items toward you, swallows projectiles, and can even consume weaker mobs.

The more it consumes, the more Pressure it builds.

Release to Spew a powerful water jet. At high Pressure, the attack can leave behind a whirlpool that pulls enemies inward.

Chainreaper

Chains victims together and slows and weakens nearby enemies.

Gravemaul

Pulls nearby enemies toward your target before unleashing a gravity collapse.

Chitin Glaive

Charge the weapon and release it to perform a powerful lunge through enemies.

Packfang

Build Frenzy through rapid attacks and use the accumulated Frenzy to perform a powerful lunge.

Shellbreaker Maul

Charge and slam the ground, creating a cracking shockwave that is especially effective against shelled creatures.

Quillsling

Load spines before firing them. Sneaking allows for a tighter volley.

Shardcaller

Fires a fan of prism shards that shatter on impact, with a focused volley available while sneaking.

Gyreglass

A thrown crystal disc that cuts through enemies before returning to you, even through walls.

Snare Bola

Roots targets in place and can ground flying creatures.

Silt Hook

A grappling hook that lets you reel yourself in, hang from surfaces, and vault upward.

Dirge Bell

Reflects projectiles and staggers enemies. Time it correctly for a perfect parry.

Rootwright Crook

Tears roots from the ground in a line, or creates a burst around you while sneaking.

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 ARMOR, TOOLS & CHARMS

The Sift also introduces equipment designed around its unique mechanics.

Carapace Armor

Chitin-based armor with a full-set ability that lets you roll through enemies while shrugging off attacks.

Cantor Armor

The strongest armor set found within the Sift.

Silkwing Mantle

A glider with its own movement mechanics. Hold jump while falling, use heat below you to gain lift, and dive or flare by looking down or up.

Resonite Tools

A complete tool set faster than iron.

Echo Pick

Mine an entire ore vein at once, or sneak to mine a single block normally.

Gill Charm

Breathe and swim underwater while revealing Veilgars.

Riftstep Charm

Blink up to 9 blocks toward where you're looking while also preventing fall damage.

Stillbell

Hold it up to make nearby projectiles fall out of the air.

Tuning Fork

Reveal nearby mobs, ores, and Choir Sanctums.

Wound Compass

Track the Wound while inside the Sift, or locate the nearest gateway elsewhere.

Threnody Lodestar

Follow the strange song leading toward a hidden Threnody Vault.

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 ARTIFACTS & CONSUMABLES

The Sift also contains artifacts with powerful utility effects.

Soul Censer
Collect souls from your kills and release them in a powerful soul burst.

Bloom Totem
Create a magical flower bloom that grants Regeneration II and Attuned to everyone inside for 12 seconds.

Gloam Horn
Release an ancient blast that throws back and slows hostile creatures nearby.

Glowspore Jar
Reveal hostile creatures through walls while slowing them.

Hymnal Pages
Read one to receive one of five different buffs alongside a short period of Attunement.

Bottled Wisp
A reliable way to cure Hush.

Requiem Key
Used to open the mysterious Choir altars.

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 THE UNSUNG

At the center of the Sift lies the Hollow Heart.

There, the First Cantor waits.

Now known only as the Unsung, it is the source of the silence spreading throughout the dimension.

To challenge it, you'll need to:

1. Explore the Wound.

2. Discover Choir Sanctums.

3. Collect Choir Sigils.

4. Craft Cantor equipment.

5. Create a Requiem Key.

6. Reach the altar inside the Hollow Heart.

7. Face the Unsung.

The battle has multiple phases.

The Unsung can corrupt its Resonance Pylons, fire devastating attacks, teleport around the arena, create silence zones, and unleash powerful Choir Lances.

In its final phase, its mask breaks and it begins charging its devastating Crescendo.

Defeat it to obtain the Unsung Heart, an essential component for completing the Requiem.

 THE LEVIATHAN

Far from shore, beneath the dark waters of the Sift's oceans, something enormous waits.

The Leviathan is a ship-sized sea monster with 240 HP that lives only in deep gloamwater.

It cannot simply follow you onto land or into shallow water.

When it rises beneath the surface, the water itself gives you a warning.

Its attacks include:

Lunge
A massive straight charge preceded by the creature opening its enormous jaws.

Breach
A ring appears on the surface before the Leviathan erupts from the water.

Roar
Pulls creatures near the surface toward its mouth before attempting to swallow them.

Whirlpool
The Leviathan circles its target faster and faster beneath a massive vortex, dragging players and boats toward the center before surging upward.

Swallowed
Get caught inside its jaws and you'll have a limited opportunity to fight your way back out.

Defeating the Leviathan rewards the Tidal Core, which is used to forge the Maelstrom Maw.

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 BUILDING & DECORATION

The Sift isn't only about combat.

Build with new block families including:

• Siftstone

• Hushrock

• Chitin

• Carapace masonry

• Gloam Wood

• Hushwood

• Siltglass

• Resonite

• Wisp Lanterns

Most major block families include stairs, slabs, and walls, giving you plenty of options for building Sift-themed bases and structures.

The dimension also contains dozens of unique plants, including:

• Soulbell

• Songbloom

• Glowcaps

• Echo Lily

• Glowpod Vine

• And many more

The Sift also introduces two unique fluids:

Gloamwater and Icor.

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 BUILT-IN GUIDEBOOK

You don't need to memorize everything.

The Sift includes a full in-game guidebook with dedicated sections for:

• Biomes

• Creatures

• Bosses

• Structures

• Items

• Recipes

• Drops

• Locations

• Gameplay mechanics

The guidebook is designed to function as an in-game encyclopedia for the entire mod.

Every mob also has its own spawn egg, organized into the Sift's Creative tabs alongside the mod's items, blocks, and other content.

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 ENTER THE SILENCE

The Sift is a dimension about exploration, progression, strange creatures, powerful equipment, and uncovering what happened to the Choir.

From the first steps through the Ancient City gateway to the depths of the Wound, every part of the journey leads toward the same question:

What happened to the song?

Enter the Sift.

Explore what remains.

And silence the Unsung.