Hives & Colonies v0.0.3.Beta1

First public Veta build of Hives & Colonies. This version establishes the foundation of the modpack: a magical colony progression centered around MineColonies, Ars Nouveau, Productive Bees, Create, and supporting exploration, utility, and quality-of-life mods.

Added * Initial Minecraft 1.21.1

NeoForge modpack setup. * Core colony progression built around MineColonies. * Early Ars Nouveau progression with Source Gems, Novice Spell Book, glyphs, and Source Jar. * Productive Bees progression focused on beehives, Honey Treats, bee housing, centrifuges, and early apiculture economy. * Create progression chapter introducing shafts, cogwheels, water wheels, presses, millstones, and mixers. * Corail Tombstone progression chapter focused on death recovery, soulbound items, recall tablets, and late-game death utility. * Initial FTB Quests structure with guided early-game chapters. * English/Spanish quest localization groundwork. * Initial configuration files for major mods. * Initial worldgen and structure balance configuration. * Initial blueprint/config structure for future colony and world integration.

Progression & Balance

• Source Jar crafting now requires a Source Gem to slow down early Ars Nouveau automation. * Waystones now require Source Gem and Ender Pearl materials, making teleportation less immediate. * Higher-tier backpacks now require Source-based materials, making storage upgrades part of magical progression. * Pipez Advanced and Ultimate upgrades are more expensive. * Create automation tools now require cross-progression with Ars Nouveau and Productive Bees: * Mechanical Arm now requires Source Gem and Honey Treat. * Rotation Speed Controller now requires Source Gems. * Mechanical Crafter now requires Honey Treat. * Corail Tombstone utility items have been rebalanced into mid/late progression: * Soulbound Charm now requires Source Gem and Honeycomb. * Tablet of Recall now requires Source Gem and Ender Pearl. * Lost Tablet now requires Source Gem Block and Diamond. * Receptacle now requires Honey Treat. * Dungeon, structure, loot, and worldgen settings have started receiving balance passes to reduce early over-rewarding.

Quests

• Added the first guided chapter: Foundation. * Added early magic progression through Source Gem and Ars Nouveau quests. * Added bee economy progression through the Primer Néctar chapter. * Added Create industrial progression through the Taller Colonial chapter. * Added death/soul progression through El Rito del Alma. * Fixed broken quest dependencies in the early questline. * Quest progression is currently linear to better guide players through the alpha experience.

Notes

This is an early beta version. Expect missing polish, balance changes, quest expansion, recipe adjustments, and possible bugs. Feedback about progression pacing, recipe costs, quest clarity, worldgen density, and mod balance is especially useful for future updates.

Recommended

• Minecraft 1.21.1 * NeoForge * 8 GB RAM recommended