Wildborne 1.1.0 — The Living Wilderness Update

The wilderness is growing, changing, and revealing its secrets.

Wildborne 1.1.0 is a major content and ecosystem update, introducing new wildlife, redesigned woodland creatures, corrupted environments, additional structures, and improvements to existing animations and behaviors.

New Wildlife

• Lichen Tortoise: A peaceful, moss-covered creature that blends into damp environments, retreats into its shell, and interacts with the natural world.
• Stoneback: A rare, stone-armored creature with territorial behavior, distinctive animations, and defensive reactions.
• Expanded natural spawning conditions and habitats for woodland wildlife.

The Woodland Comes Alive

• Redesigned the Tocon family with new models, textures, animations, and visual identities for their different professions.
• Expanded Tocon behaviors, interactions, and ecological roles.
• Added new forest-related interactions involving resin, guardians, and woodland communities.
• Improved existing creature behavior, including deer hiding routines and Rainwalker observation.

Corruption and Restoration

• Introduced Cinderwood, a corrupted woodland environment with new vegetation and terrain materials.
• Added corrupted creatures, including Cinder Tocons and Cinder Guardians.
• Added corrupted wood building variants, terrain blocks, and crafting recipes.
• Introduced restoration-related blocks, resin lanterns, and new environmental interactions.

New Structures and Encounters

• Added Tocon Groves and Ruined Groves.
• Added new ritual structures and woodland guardian content.
• Introduced experimental Primordial Bastion and Tide Bastion encounters.

Elemental bosses and their sanctuaries are disabled by default in this release while their systems undergo further refinement.

Visual and Animation Improvements

• Improved animations and transitions for existing creatures.
• Added more expressive creature eye movement and blinking.
• Improved emissive eye rendering, including jade-green eye effects.
• Refined creature models, materials, and textures while preserving Wildborne's Minecraft-inspired visual style.
• Redesigned spawn eggs with distinctive creature-inspired details.
• Added new woodland atmosphere and environmental visual effects.

Gameplay and Technical Improvements

• Improved Lantern Snail natural spawning, including additional suitable forest habitats.
• Refined ground checks for snails and tortoises.
• Improved Stoneback attack timing, territorial behavior, and animation synchronization.
• Improved resin compatibility using vanilla resin materials.
• Expanded configuration options and compatibility handling for existing Wildborne content.
• Added automated regression tests and internal rendering checks.

Compatibility

• Minecraft: Java Edition 26.3
• Mod Loader: Fabric 0.19.5+
• Fabric API: 0.162.0+26.3
• GeckoLib: 5.5.7 (below 5.6)
• Java: 25+

Before updating: Back up your world and replace the previous Wildborne JAR. Do not install multiple Wildborne versions simultaneously.

Thank you for exploring Wildborne. Every update brings us closer to a world where nature feels truly alive. 🌿