Shadows of Aethro Update - May 20th, 2026

Hey everyone,

First off, sorry for the delay in getting this update out. Life hit pretty hard over the last couple of weeks, and between my son’s birthday, my own birthday, and everything else happening at once, things got a little chaotic.

That said, we are finally here with a major Shadows of Aethro modpack update, and there are a lot of fixes, improvements, and new goodies included.

Major Mod Updates

A large number of mods have been updated in this release, with several focusing on world generation, compatibility, bug fixes, structures, and gameplay improvements.

Athena

Improved loading compatibility with other mods that try to inject into the top of reload listeners.

BCLib: Remastered

Updated.

BetterEnd: Remastered and BetterNether: Remastered

Received a batch of updates focused on world generation improvements and bug fixes.

Cobblemon: Simple Pokecenter

Loot tables have been changed.

Cobblemon Raid Dens

Some fixes have been added.

Cobblemon: Mega Showdown

Max Mushrooms, arch sites, and Wishing Weald are now less rare.

Some battle UI fixes were also included.

Cobblemon: Poke Labs

Received behind-the-scenes updates involving structure NBT.

Cobblemore Lib

Updated.

NPC System Improvements

Our Easy NPC system has been updated, making it easier for us to create more NPCs around the world.

So yes, expect even more NPCs to annoy, assist, confuse, or possibly judge you silently while you adventure.

Eternal Starlight Updates

Eternal Starlight received a pretty large update with new content, balance changes, and fixes.

This update includes:

• Added Nocturnal Millet, a new crop related to the ether.
• Added the Oblivion effect, which allows players to pass through walls.
• Added Shining Mushrooms.
• Added the Etheric Eye, an item that can teleport the user to the world surface.
• Added several new decorative natural blocks.
• Added more biomes.
• Abyssal Fire can now cook meat from mob drops.
• Tangled now drops Soul Dew.
• Frozen Tube and Permafrost Spit can now freeze lava into obsidian.
• Dagger of Hunger can no longer bypass invulnerability time.
• Additional fixes were also included.

Fixes and Quality-of-Life Updates

Field Guide

Received fixes related to scanning.

Immersive Overlays

Received several fixes.

Lootr

Updated with fixes.

Simple Storage

Fixed an issue where every mod block was breaking without dropping an item.

Waystones

Fixed an issue where distance was displaying incorrectly in the waystone selection menu.

Final Notes

This is a pretty big maintenance and content update, especially for world generation, Cobblemon-related systems, Eternal Starlight, storage, and travel.

As always, thank you all for your patience and for continuing to be part of Shadows of Aethro. Updates may sometimes get delayed, but we are still here, still working, and still trying to make the server better every step of the way.