Gearbound Colonies

Gearbound Colonies v4.0.0

Major 1.21.1 Update

Gearbound Colonies has received a major platform upgrade from Minecraft 1.20.1 to Minecraft 1.21.1, alongside the move from Forge to NeoForge.

This release focuses on bringing the modpack onto the newer Minecraft ecosystem while updating and replacing incompatible mods and ensuring required dependencies are present.

What Changed

• Updated Minecraft from 1.20.1 to 1.21.1

• Migrated from Forge 47.3.7 to NeoForge 21.1.249

• Updated the modpack version from v3.3.7 to v4.0.0

• Updated and migrated the existing mod collection for Minecraft 1.21.1 compatibility

• Added 56 new mod projects

• Removed or replaced 46 projects that were no longer required or compatible

• Increased the final mod count from 273 to 283 mods

• Updated Create and the surrounding Create addon ecosystem for 1.21.1

• Updated MineColonies and its supporting libraries/addons

• Updated major technology, storage, building, exploration, food and quality-of-life mods

• Updated required library and API mods for NeoForge compatibility

Dependency & Pack Maintenance

• Audited all 283 mod entries against their exact CurseForge versions

• Checked required CurseForge dependencies recursively

• Dependency validation completed with 0 failures

• Refreshed the Packwiz index after migration

• Rebuilt the CurseForge manifest

• Verified the final CurseForge export successfully

Technical Information

Minecraft: 1.21.1

Mod Loader: NeoForge 21.1.249

Modpack Version: 4.0.0

Previous Version: 3.3.7

Total Mods: 283

This is a major version upgrade. Existing v3.3.7 worlds should be backed up before attempting to load them in v4.0.0 due to the Minecraft version change and the number of mods that have been updated, removed or replaced.

Welcome to Gearbound Colonies v4.0.0!