GHOSTPUNK

The lanterns have gone cold. The moon is grinning. Welcome to the hollows.

A gothic horror survival RPG where the overworld has drowned in violet fog and the dead have learned to walk again. Earn your power, carve gates to other worlds, and try to keep your sanity while something out in the mist keeps yours in its sights.

At a glance


Edition	Minecraft 1.21.1
Mod loader	NeoForge 21.1.233
Type	Gothic horror, survival, RPG, exploration
Players	Singleplayer and dedicated multiplayer
Recommended RAM	8 GB (client and server)
Java	21
Shaders	Optional (lightweight pack bundled, Complementary supported)
Difficulty	Punishing, by design

The three realms

The hollows are not the only world, only the worst one. Pry a Moonstone from a dead werewolf and you can carve a gate to somewhere else.

Realm	What it is	What waits there
Sleepy Hollows	The home overworld, one endless cursed biome under a bruised purple sky	All of it. Ghosts, vampires, witches, raids, bosses, and the Intruder
The Waking World	A normal multi biome world reached by gate, the closest thing to peace	Quiet by day, but a werewolf hunts you every night and always returns
The Nether	Reached by its own gate of embers	The old hell, untouched and waiting

You will return to the hollows. They always do. And by then you may even miss the chaos.

How the gates work

Step	What you do
1. Hunt	Kill a werewolf. It drops Moonstone, the only source
2. Craft	Forge a Gate Stone, a Sigil of the Waking World, and a Sigil of Embers, all gated behind Moonstone
3. Open	Place a Gate Stone and right click it while holding a Sigil to warp
4. Return	Right click a Gate Stone in the far realm with the same Sigil to come home

Bestiary

Night in Sleepy Hollows is alive.

Threat	Behavior
Vampires	Rise at dusk. Led by the Vampire Baron, and rarely, Dracula himself
Werewolves	Brutal and hard to kill. Stalk you through the Waking World and never give up
Flying witches	Streak across the moon on brooms, by day and by night
Witch huts	A coin flip: a hostile crone who wants you dead, or a glowing White Witch who trades potions and reagents
Wraiths and spirits	Drift over black water, including ghostly oarsmen in boats no one is steering
Raid bosses	Rare, distant, and discoverable. You find them, they do not ambush you
The Intruder	Always watching. Drains the sanity you cannot afford to lose

Carve your legend

Power is earned, never handed over.

System	Detail
Seven skill trees	Each a path to a distinct class with its own armor set and abilities
Real combat	Weapon movesets, spell casting, and dodge rolls, not just left click
Skill gated gear	Class equipment is craftable only once you have earned the skills
Quest spine	An FTB Quests storyline guides you deeper into the curse
Sanity	A resource like any other, and it is always running out

Explore the dead world

Feature	What it adds
Structures	Sprawling dungeons, gothic ruins, shipwrecks, and very frequent witch huts
Navigation	Explorer's and Nature's compasses point you toward distant structures and biomes
Fast travel	A waystone network ties the realms together
Discovery	The map is meant to be hunted across, clue by clue

Quality of life

Comfort	Why it matters
Whole tree chopping	One cut fells the whole tree, with no extra wear on your axe
Land claims and parties	Protect your builds and team up on the server
Rich storage	Sophisticated backpacks and storage keep the haul manageable
Performance core	Sodium, Lithium, FerriteCore, ModernFix, C2ME, and EntityCulling keep it smooth

Atmosphere first

GHOSTPUNK is dressed from the title screen inward.

Layer	What you get
Interface	Custom gothic menus, key art, and a hand picked eerie font
Sky	A living grinning sun and moon overhead
Air	Ambient neon fog that bleeds color into the dark
Light	Tuned shaders that make the hollows glow
Sound	Layered horror ambience and 3D audio

Getting started


Spawn	You wake in the hollows with a starter kit. It will have to be enough
First goal	Survive a night, then start a skill tree
First gate	Hunt a werewolf, gather Moonstone, and open the road out
Server	A matching dedicated server build ships with the pack

Light a lantern. Keep your sanity. The hollows are hungry.

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