Zombie Village 5.0.2 — release notes

What's new

• Zombie Village is now available for Minecraft 26.1.2 on NeoForge — the complete feature set from the 1.21.1 line (4.57.331), ported and fully re-tested.
• The 26.1 line starts fresh at 5.0.x. The 1.21.1 line stays at 4.57.x and keeps receiving its own files — pick the file matching your Minecraft version.
• Requires Java 25 (what current 26.1 launchers ship with).

Fixed

• Horse armor is salvageable again on 26.1 — material detection rebuilt for the new item component format, so gold/iron/diamond horse armor returns the right materials.

Under the hood

• Full test suite runs natively on 26.1's data-driven GameTest framework: 147 GameTests plus 999 unit tests, all green.

Requires / compatible with

• Minecraft 26.1.2
• NeoForge 26.1+ (built and tested on 26.1.2.99)
• Freedom Lib 1.0.0+ (26.1 build)
• ZV-Houses 1.0.4+ (26.1 build)
• Spells & Spellcrafting 2.12.74+ (26.1 build)

Migration notes

• 26.1 worlds only: worlds from the 1.21.1 line can NOT be loaded on this build. Keep running 4.57.331 for existing 1.21.1 worlds — this release does not replace it.
• JEI recipe integration is temporarily absent on the 26.1 line (returns in an upcoming build). Everything crafts normally; JEI just won't list ZV-specific recipe helpers yet.