A Distant Journey - Story of Architects' Prism

Huge update!

First off, improved stability and performance (I think). I fixed many random crash bugs and obscure bugs.

Secondarily, new features! Even more mod integrations and such, completely new mods, etc. etc. Everything you'd expect from a modpack update.

Biggest change is to Hardcore mode - removed permadeath, but increased overall threat level, with mobs getting smarter and having better AI and world generation being less friendly overall. This is part one of many features I planned for Hardcore mode in ADJ, which at some point will include Hardcore-mode exclusive content. The idea for the mode is to be a higher risk higher reward mode, as opposed to high risk no reward mode it is in vanilla (and every single modpack by extension).

[Mod changes]

• Added Hey Berry! SHUT UP.
• Added Naming Unconvention.
• Added Enhanced Mushrooms.
• Added Simply Swords and Simply Swords Overhaul. Unique weapons were disabled until future updates due to time constraints.
• Added Zombie Awareness (applies only to Hardcore worlds and doesn't do anything outside of them).
• Removed Smooth Swapping, fixing several random crash bugs.
• Replaced Immersive Damage Indicators with a better implementation (fixed 0 spam on dedicated servers).
• All items now appear in the recipe browser from the start (names hidden until unlocked).
• Some item sorting improvements in the recipe browser.
• Added two new wood sets — Ashen and Blossom (from Quark, previously unused).
• Blue and Harvest Moons now decrease monster spawn rates (−60% and −85% respectively).
• Added Ender Moon (boosts Enderman spawns).
• Blood Moons reworked — lower spawn rate multiplier (3.5x → 1.75x), and some mobs now Blood Moon-exclusive.
• Hardcore mode tweaks: Mutant Monsters can spawn in early chapters with reduced chance.
• Hardcore mode now has more surface lava lakes and restored Nether lava pockets.
• Removed Hardcore permadeath (now instead doubles respawn time).
• Candles now craft into 4.
• Changed Botania rune and Ars Nouveau essence recipes (more complex at higher tiers).
• Adjusted Botania flower recipes.
• Enabled Quark’s chest variants for wood sets.
• Orechids can now spawn modded ores.
• Vanilla chests in world gen replaced with Quark’s Oak Chests.
• Added way to revisit the welcome screen message.
• Replaced naturally generated Nexus Warps with Waystones.
• Turned off morning mist particles (rain mist retained but less frequent).
• Made fishing easier.

[Balance changes]

• Reduced Harm glyph damage and Amplify scaling (mana cost also reduced).
• Harm can only be used 3 times per spell.
• Increased early-game mob stats slightly (mainly damage).
• Palladium armor: replaced knockback resistance with on-hit regeneration (+2/s for short time).
• Prometheum armor: standing in sunlight restores health.
• Dark Metal Armor no longer increases spell damage.
• Decreased punch damage with no weapon equipped (back to 1).
• Reduced base Midas Gold weapon damage (24 → 17).
• Zombies drop Feathers less often.
• Removed “More Sniffer Flowers” (fixed secret inventory slot issue).
• Reduced bow and arrow damage across most tiers.
• Reduced ranged damage of Pillagers, Wither Skeletons, and Illusioners.
• Buffed Artificer’s Armor durability (1200 → 1800).

[Other]

• Fixed animal models being distorted.
• Fixed Skylands generation issues (dimension should now load correctly).
• Possibly fixed a random crash bug in the Aether.
• Fixed Nightmare Robes having no set bonus.
• Fixed Deepslate Furnaces being craftable with Deepslate instead of Cobbled Deepslate.
• Fixed Metallurgium and Celestium gear incorrectly using Diamond or Netherite in their recipes (now correctly use Enderium).
• Fixed animals sometimes not spawning at all; increased cap (15 → 20) and spawn rate.
• Fixed recipe viewer display issues.
• Fixed Atlas map count display (showed 9 empty maps when it actually had 0, now it properly has 9 empty maps when crafted).
• Fixed Diamond Upgrade Smithing Template missing texture (CurseForge export issue).
• Fixed Crimson and Warped Drawers showing up in EMI.
• Fixed celestium-tier mage armor sets having default durability (should be 8000).