HollowLight – Update Changelog

World Generation & Atmosphere

• Reworked the pack around a Post-Apocalyptic Cozy Horror Space Survival theme.
• Integrated The Lost Cities as the primary world generation style.
• Added compatibility support for:
  • Regions Unexplored
  • TerraBlender
• Adjusted Lost Cities settings for:
  • Increased abandoned city generation
  • Taller ruined skyscrapers
  • Improved exploration density
  • Better apocalypse atmosphere
• Increased chest spawn frequency in Lost Cities structures.
• Increased overall loot generation inside ruined buildings.
• Began experimenting with darker interiors and atmospheric lighting.

Loot System Overhaul

• Installed and configured:
  • KubeJS
  • LootJS
• Created custom HollowLight Lost Cities loot tables.
• Added large amounts of custom survival loot including:
  • Medical supplies
  • Scrap materials
  • Military gear
  • Food/survival items
  • Rare scavenging rewards
• Added firearm loot integration for:
  • Glock 17
  • AK-47
  • M4A1
  • MP5
  • SCAR-H
  • HK416
  • M16A1
  • Vector .45
  • UZI
  • AA-12
  • Desert Eagle
  • Remington 870
• Added matching ammo types into loot pools:
  • 9mm
  • .45 ACP
  • 5.56x45
  • 7.62x39
  • 7.62x51
  • 12 Gauge

Shop & NPC System

• Began development of immersive in-world trader systems.
• Added NPC trading framework using:
  • Easy NPC
• Created custom trader concepts including:
  • Arms Dealer
  • Camp Supplier
  • Survivor Trader
  • Biohazard Researcher
• Added camping and survival supply shop inventories.
• Added firearm crate systems to work around missing weapon icons.
• Added ammo crate systems with custom item textures.
• Added NPC dialogue for:
  • Skeleton scavenger traders
  • Human gunsmiths
  • Survivor camp vendors
• Shifted toward fully immersive NPC-based trading instead of command-only shop systems.

Core Modpack Expansion

Space & Exploration

Added/expanded support for:

• Ad Astra
• Space progression and off-world survival planning
• Endgame escape/survival progression concepts

Technology & Industry

Expanded engineering and automation progression with:

• Create
• Create: New Age
• Create: Steam 'n' Rails
• Create Crafts & Additions
• Create Deco
• Create Copycats

Horror & Survival

Integrated additional horror content including:

• Cataclysm
• Born in Chaos
• Whisperwoods
• Eyes in the Darkness
• The Graveyard
• True Darkness

Cozy & Creature Content

Added/expanded creature and comfort-focused mods:

• Alex’s Mobs
• Critters and Companions
• Doggy Talents Next
• Domestication Innovation
• Farmer’s Delight ecosystem mods

Gameplay & Quality of Life

• Added tree chopping functionality for faster wood gathering and smoother early-game progression.
• Improved exploration rewards across ruined cities.
• Increased incentive to enter buildings and scavenge.
• Continued balancing around:
  • Scarcity
  • Horror atmosphere
  • Survival progression
  • Late-game space progression

Performance & Optimization

Integrated optimization improvements including:

• Embeddium
• ModernFix
• FerriteCore
• ImmediatelyFast
• Chunk generation and loading optimizations
• Chunk pre-generation planning using Chunky
• Reduced lag during Lost Cities terrain generation

General Development Progress

• Continued refining the overall identity of HollowLight as a blend of:
  • Horror
  • Cozy survival
  • Exploration
  • Space progression
  • Post-apocalyptic scavenging
• Continued development of guided progression and future questline structure.