Absolute Chaos And Tech

Absolute: Chaos & Tech — v1.6 Changelog
Final Release
- New Features
Enchanted Orb
Added the Enchanted Orb, a new item that can be used in a Smithing Table alongside any enchanted item.
Increases the level of the item's existing enchantments by 3 levels.
25 New Dominated Mobs Upgrades
Added 25 new upgrades for Dominated Mobs, greatly expanding their customization and power.
Upgrades range from increased health and damage to unique abilities, including a devastating sonic shockwave.
New Artifacts
Spectral Hook
Added the Spectral Hook, an artifact that marks the targeted entity and launches it toward the direction the user is looking.
Abyssal Hook
Added the Abyssal Hook, an upgraded version of the Spectral Hook.
Marks all entities within a 20-block radius of the player.
Launches affected entities with significantly greater force than the Spectral Hook.
New Mods
Added 5 new mods to the modpack:
Tiered Crystals
Modular Routers
Easy Villager
Easy Piglins
FTB Essentials
- Quests & Progression
New Quest Images
Added images to several quests, making the quest system more visual and easier to follow.
Dominated Mobs Upgrade Quests
Added new quests designed to teach players about the Dominated Mobs upgrade system.
These quests explain how the upgrades work and help guide players through the system.
- Localization
New Languages
Added translations for six new languages:
🇮🇹 Italian — it_it
🇨🇳 Simplified Chinese — zh_cn
🇩🇪 German — de_de
🇫🇷 French — fr_fr
🇷🇺 Russian — ru_ru
🇯🇵 Japanese — ja_jp
French, Russian & Japanese Translation Status
French (fr_fr), Russian (ru_ru), and Japanese (ja_jp) currently include translations for items only.
Quest translations are not yet available for these three languages.
- Integrations
Mystic Potion — Sophisticated Backpacks
Mystic Potions can now function inside Sophisticated Backpacks, allowing their effects to remain usable while stored in a backpack.
Mod Integration
Various changes throughout the modpack were made to improve integration between different mods, particularly through recipe adjustments and item compatibility.
- Tags & Compatibility
Added Tags to Exclusive Items
Added appropriate item tags to several items exclusive to the modpack.
This includes items such as Void Bars, Soul Steel, Absolute Alloy, and other custom materials.
These tags improve compatibility with mods and systems that rely on standardized item tags.
- Improvements & Balance Changes
Recipe Changes
Modified 107 recipes from various mods.
These changes were made to improve integration between mods and increase the difficulty of certain areas of progression.
The recipe adjustments help create a more cohesive progression throughout the modpack.
Advanced Time Wand
Restored the Advanced Time Wand's buff, which was originally present in version 1.4.
The buff was unintentionally removed during the optimization changes introduced in version 1.5 and has now been restored.
- Offensive Abilities & PvP
Modified all offensive abilities to prevent them from directly damaging Dominated Mobs and tamed mobs.
Exceptions
Some types of damage can still affect Dominated and tamed mobs:
Abilities involving explosions can still damage them through the explosion's normal damage.
Fire-based abilities can still set them on fire and deal fire damage.
Abilities involving projectiles or entities from Iron's Spells can still damage them, but their damage has been reduced to an extremely small amount, sometimes not even removing a full heart of health.
PvP
Offensive abilities can now also damage other players, enabling PvP interactions with these abilities.
PvP functionality has been added, but unfortunately remains somewhat difficult to test... apparently, the developer needs to acquire some friends first. 
- v1.6 — Summary
- New Content
Enchanted Orb
25 new Dominated Mobs upgrades
Spectral Hook
Abyssal Hook
5 new mods
- Quests
New quest images
New quests explaining the Dominated Mobs upgrade system
- Localization
Italian (it_it)
Simplified Chinese (zh_cn)
German (de_de)
French (fr_fr) — items only
Russian (ru_ru) — items only
Japanese (ja_jp) — items only
- Integration & Compatibility
Mystic Potion × Sophisticated Backpacks integration
New tags for several exclusive modpack items
107 recipes modified for better mod integration and progression balance
- Combat
Offensive abilities reworked to protect Dominated and tamed mobs
Exceptions implemented for explosions, fire, and Iron's Spells projectiles/entities
Offensive abilities now affect other players, enabling PvP
 - Other
Advanced Time Wand buff restored