KidZ 5 - Dragons and Creepers

Changelog for version 1.2

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Main changes

Focuses on a much stronger early-game progression, clearer Create and MineColonies guidance, improved ore processing, a redesigned Questbook experience, and another round of UI, balance, and compatibility improvements.

Added

• Added More Mekanism Processing to better connect Mekanism with the pack's ore progression.
• Added a new custom Questbook visual theme with clearer chapter identity, progression states, and improved readability.
• Added new Questbook artwork and Create-themed visuals.
• Added a much more complete first Create progression, guiding players from their first moving parts to early mechanical power and ore processing.
• Added additional MineColonies progression steps for establishing and growing the first settlement.
• Added new storage, mining, automation, and exploration quest content.
• Added several compatibility and recipe fixes for Create, Silent Gear, Farmer's Delight, Create Deco, Stellaris, Supplementaries, and other integrated mods.
• Added improved data cleanup to remove recipes and entries that should not be part of the intended progression.

Questbook changes

• The early Questbook has been substantially expanded and reorganized.
• Create progression now has a clearer learning path through early rotational power, basic machines, logistics, and the first important processed materials.
• MineColonies onboarding has been rewritten and extended, with clearer guidance from planning the colony through its first important buildings and workers.
• Several chapters have been renamed or reorganized to make the progression easier to understand.
• Mining, storage, home, exploration, and mechanical progression have been separated more cleanly into dedicated sections.
• More quests now explain what an item or machine is for instead of simply asking the player to craft it.
• Quest descriptions have received another writing and consistency pass.
• Quest icons, shapes, chapter visuals, dependency lines, and lock indicators have been improved.
• Several progression milestones and hidden checks have been refined so quests unlock in a more natural order.
• Reward presentation and chapter completion feedback have been improved.
• Numerous quest positions and layouts have been adjusted for a cleaner Questbook.

Mod changes

Added

• More Mekanism Processing

Updated

• Clean Swing Through Grass
• FTB Library
• FTB Quests
• FTB Ranks
• FTB Ultimine
• JEI / REI / EMI WorldGen
• Just Enough Items
• Just Enough Mekanism Multiblocks
• KubeJS
• Silent Gear Jade Tiers
• Sophisticated Backpacks
• Sophisticated Backpacks Create Integration
• Sophisticated Core
• Sophisticated JEI Index

NeoForge has been updated from 21.1.249 to 21.1.250.

Config changes

• Reworked ore processing to create a clearer progression between early Create processing and later Mekanism processing.
• Zinc progression has been expanded and better integrated into the early mechanical path.
• Updated several MineColonies balance settings and colony progression defaults.
• Nerfed Rain. It will rain less globally.
• Improved JEI layout and recipe browsing defaults.
• Updated HUD presentation, including health and status information.
• Updated default keybindings and several client-side quality-of-life settings.
• Improved Mekanism safety settings for moving special blocks.
• Updated JourneyMap, Inventory Profiles, Structurize, and other client defaults.
• Added several datapack and recipe compatibility fixes to reduce unnecessary warnings and broken integrations.
• Continued internal cleanup of custom recipes and namespaces for a more consistent pack foundation.