Essence Odyssey - 本源远征

English

Welcome to the world of Essence Odyssey!

This is a modpack built around technology, magic, and adventure. Explore six dimensions, unravel the six primary aspects, establish cross-mod production lines, and progress toward the endgame through rituals and automation. Embark on an odyssey across worlds, and seek the origin of the world.

Story

You are an ordinary person in the world of Minecraft. One day you find a note — the world it describes is not quite the one you know: amethyst shards react to something, and the world seems to be responding. You don't know why. But you want to know why. You follow that note and keep walking.

You walk through six dimensions and gather six primary aspects. You find a meteorite. Hidden inside it is a record that belongs to no civilization you know of. You decipher it, and for the first time see how this world works.

Later you begin using technology and magic to turn aspects into other forms, mass-producing them, and combining primary aspects into secondary ones — step by step closing in on the question you could not answer at first: why is the world responding to you?

No one tells you where to go. You have only a note, and a path you walked for yourself.

Core Gameplay

1. Six dimensions, six primary aspects

Overworld = Water ｜ Nether = Fire ｜ Twilight Forest = Earth ｜ The Aether = Air ｜ The End = Chaos ｜ Eternal Starlight = Order

Each dimension has its own way of obtaining aspects. Interact with a dimension using amethyst shards to obtain the matching aspect crystals.

2. Aspect forms run through the entire progression

From solid crystals to liquid fluids, and on to gaseous quintessence — with Nature's Aura tokens, Ars Nouveau essences, and Neo Vitae inscription tools appearing in between. Each form has its own way of being obtained and its own uses, opening up layer by layer rather than all at once.

3. Secondary aspect crafting

15 combinations, multiple production routes — you can choose a different production method depending on your tech line (not yet complete).

4. AE2

AE2 is part of the progression from early on, rather than something unlocked later.

5. Three threads, interwoven

Technology, magic, and adventure run in parallel and interweave, rather than standing apart.

Development Status

This modpack is in early development. Progress currently stands at Chapter 2; the main questline and the endgame are not finished yet. You may run into placeholder content — or the occasional "Intentional Game Design".

If you run into problems while playing, feedback is very welcome.

During development, the pack ships complete Chinese content and basic English content (English support began with version 0.2.2 and is being expanded over time). English translation and localization will be filled in more thoroughly once the main content and systems are largely complete.

Credits

Inspiration

Parts of Essence Odyssey's worldbuilding, magical systems, and gameplay design were inspired by my appreciation and study of Thaumcraft. This modpack is not intended to recreate Thaumcraft's content; instead, it is an attempt to combine technology, magic, adventure, and a world shaped by six primary aspects in its own way.

Special thanks to the developers and community of Thaumcraft for their lasting contributions to Minecraft's modding ecosystem and for creating such an imaginative magical experience.

Botania will join Essence Odyssey once its 1.21.1 release is available. For now, the pack contains some placeholder content that imitates or recreates parts of Botania's progression — runes and the Runic Altar, for example — which will be taken over and replaced once Botania itself is added.

Textures & materials

Some item textures are used or adapted from other mods — notably the rune textures of Botania by Vazkii, along with Mekanism and Neo Vitae. For the complete list of sources, how they are used, and their licenses, see THIRD-PARTY.md in the repository.

Non-CurseForge mods

This modpack uses the following non-CurseForge mods. Special thanks to the original authors:

Aether's Delight by zjjohn121110 —— Modrinth Project Page

Chinese localization

Part of this pack's Chinese localization is based on and adapted from All the Mods 10 汉化补丁 —— 绿油油版 by 星野夢華 (Hoshino Yumeka) (GitHub), whose translation content also includes contributions from the CFPA community (Minecraft-Mod-Language-Package). Those translation files are provided under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Thanks to the author and to all contributors for bringing such quality localization to the Chinese Minecraft modding community.

Also

This credits list is compiled from the author's own records and may still be incomplete. If you are the author of an asset, translation or piece of code used in this pack and are not listed above — or if you would prefer a different treatment of your work — please reach out through the project page or the official QQ group (1077071243), and I will add the credit or adjust / remove it accordingly. The complete list of assets and translations is in THIRD-PARTY.md in the repository. Thanks also to everyone who contributes to the Minecraft modding and localization community.

License

Everything in this pack, except the original KubeJS scripts, is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International): you may copy, redistribute and adapt it for non-commercial purposes as long as you give attribution and release your adaptation under the same license. Original scripts under kubejs/ are additionally available under the MIT License. Third-party content (mods, community translations, adapted textures) remains under its own license.

Repository: https://github.com/hydrogenfluoride233/Essence-Odyssey

中文

欢迎踏足本源远征的世界！

这是一个围绕科技、魔法与冒险构建的整合包。探索六大维度，解析六大元始要素，建立跨模组生产线，并通过仪式与自动化逐步迈向终局。踏上这场跨越世界的远征，寻找世界的本源。

故事线

你是方块世界的一个普通人。某天，你发现了一本笔记，里面描述的世界和你熟悉的不太一样——紫水晶会对某些东西有反应，世界似乎在回应着什么。你不知道为什么，但你想知道为什么。你跟着这本笔记走了下去。

你走过六个维度，收集六种元始要素。你发现了一颗陨石，里面藏着一段不属于任何已知文明的记录。你破译了它，第一次看清这个世界是怎么运转的。

后来你开始用科技与魔法把要素转化成不同形态，量产要素，组合元始要素为二级要素，一步步接近那个你最初无法理解的问题——世界为什么在回应你。

没有人告诉你该往哪走。你只有一份笔记，和一条你自己走出来的路。

核心玩法

1. 六大维度，六种元始要素

主世界 = 水 ｜ 下界 = 火 ｜ 暮色森林 = 地 ｜ 天境 = 风 ｜ 末地 = 混沌 ｜ 永恒星光 = 秩序

每个维度都有独特的要素获取方式。用紫水晶碎片与维度互动，即可获得对应的要素结晶。

2. 要素形态贯穿全程

从固态结晶到液态流体，再到气态精粹，中间穿插自然灵气（Nature's Aura）印记、新生魔艺（Ars Nouveau）魔法精华、命血术（Neo Vitae）铭文工具等衍生物。各种形态各有获取方式与用途，层层递进，而非一次性开放。

3. 二级要素合成体系

15 种组合，多种生产路线，你可以根据自己的科技线选择不同的生产方式（尚未完成）。

4. AE2

AE2 从游戏早期就融入进度，而非后期解锁。

5. 三条线交织

科技、魔法、冒险三条线并行，彼此交织，而非各自独立。

开发状态

本整合包目前处于早期开发阶段，目前开发进度在第二章，主线任务和终局内容尚未完成。你可能会遇到占位内容或“刻意的游戏设计”。

如果游玩过程中发现了问题，欢迎提供反馈。

由于作者目前的开发与本地化限制，本整合包在开发期间仅提供完整的中文游戏内容与基本的英文内容（英文内容自 0.2.2 版本起提供，并在后续版本中持续补充）。当主要内容与系统基本完成后，会逐步完善英文翻译与本地化。

Credits｜致谢

灵感来源

本源远征的部分世界观设定、魔法体系设计与玩法灵感，来源于对神秘时代的喜爱与学习。本整合包并非对神秘时代内容的复刻，而是尝试以自己的方式，将科技、魔法、冒险与六大元始要素的世界观结合起来。

感谢神秘时代的开发者及社区，为 Minecraft 模组生态带来如此富有想象力的魔法体验。

植物魔法将在其 1.21.1 稳定版发布后加入本源远征。本整合包暂时包含部分模仿或复刻植物魔法发展路线的占位内容（符文与符文祭坛等），待植物魔法正式加入后，这些内容将由其承接并替换。

素材致谢

整合包中部分物品贴图使用或改编自其他模组。主要涉及 植物魔法（Botania，作者 Vazkii） 的符文贴图、通用机械（Mekanism）、命血术（Neo Vitae） 等模组；完整的素材来源、使用方式与许可，见仓库中的 THIRD-PARTY.md。

非 CurseForge 模组

本整合包使用了以下非 CurseForge 托管的模组，特此感谢原作者的辛勤付出：

Aether's Delight by zjjohn121110 —— Modrinth 链接

汉化致谢

整合包中部分模组的汉化来自并改编自星野夢華 (Hoshino Yumeka) 制作的 All the Mods 10 汉化补丁 —— 绿油油版 GitHub 链接，该作品的译文部分亦含 CFPA 社区翻译（Minecraft-Mod-Language-Package）的成分，以 CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 授权；本整合包中的相关译文亦以相同协议提供。感谢原作者与汉化组的各位成员，为 Minecraft 中文模组社区带来如此优质的汉化内容。

其他致谢

以上致谢基于作者自己的记录整理，可能仍有遗漏。若你是本整合包中某个素材、译文或代码的作者而未被列入，或希望以别的方式处理你的作品，请通过项目页或官方 QQ 群（1077071243）联系我，我会补充署名，或按你的意愿调整、移除。素材与译文的完整清单见仓库中的 THIRD-PARTY.md。同时也一并感谢所有为 Minecraft 模组与汉化社区付出的作者与贡献者。

授权

除 kubejs/ 目录下作者原创的 KubeJS 脚本（另按 MIT 授权）外，本整合包的全部内容采用 CC BY-NC-SA 4.0（署名—非商业性使用—相同方式共享） 许可：你可以自由复制、分发与改编，但必须署名、不得用于商业用途，且改编后的作品需以相同协议发布。仓库中的各模组、社区汉化与部分贴图等第三方内容版权归各自作者，不在此授权范围内。

仓库地址：https://github.com/hydrogenfluoride233/Essence-Odyssey