IN Sandbox – Release: v1.1

Resources & Crafting:

• Lapis added to cobblestone generators and world generation for blue dye.
• Green dye craftable by combining blue + yellow.
• Black dye craftable using coal.
• Lard added, drops from zombies.
• Lard usable to craft candles.
• Candle crafting fully functional using lard.

Tools & Equipment:

• Golden axe, shovel, and hoe removed as they were useless.
• Golden pickaxe and sword remain with special attributes and buffed durability (320).
• Golden sword now has +3 armor shred, allowing it to hit through armor.
• Golden pickaxe has reduced mining speed (5), comes with Fortune, and mines at iron level.
• Durability for all tools now follows a Fibonacci-like progression starting from 64:
  • Wood: 128
  • Copper: 192
  • Gold: 320
  • Iron: 512
  • Diamond: 812

Gameplay & Environment:

• Mobs no longer despawn in pens.
• Pillagers, zombie villagers, wandering traders, and llamas no longer spawn. (werent supposed to)
• Removed annoying update notice from a mod.
• Crafting performance improved via HashMap optimizations.
• All ores can now appear in cobblestone generators (extremely rare).
• Pistons re-added for basic redstone functionality.

Mob Tweaks:

• Zombies are now tougher, 27 HP, drop lard (rare, always 2).
• Skeletons have 13 HP.
• Spiders are faster and scarier: can step up full blocks and 0.38 speed.
• Creepers are slower, 0.225 speed, and drop all tiles when exploding.

Hazards & Player Interaction:

• Spike block added, craftable with coal blocks and iron ingots (new hazard element).
• Nametags only visible when directly looking at another player.
• Oil lamps added. Holding one gives a bright spectral glow effect so friends can see you through walls.

Planned / Future Features:

• Lard may be used for soap in a future update.