Neo Ascension 2.1.0 — Balance & Progression Update

This update focuses on improving game balance, refining progression, and making exploration more rewarding while preserving the challenging RPG experience of Neo Ascension.

⚔️ Balance Changes

• Disabled the acquisition of Allthemodium, Vibranium, and Unobtainium armor sets from All the Wizard Gear through normal gameplay.

• Removed their crafting recipes and hidden them from JEI.

• All the Wizard Gear spellbooks remain available.

• Preserved the relevance and progression of other armor sets throughout the modpack.

🐗 Unobtainium Progression Rework

• Piglich now has a 100% chance to drop 1 Unobtainium Upgrade Smithing Template when defeated by a player.

• Original Piglich Heart drops remain unchanged.

• Reworked Unobtainium template acquisition to make defeating Piglich a more meaningful progression milestone.

• Preserved the original difficulty of the All the Mods dimensions.

🎨 Resource Pack Improvements

• Fresh Animations, FA+ Player, and Mandala's GUI are now enabled by default.

• Removed personal keybind, mouse, graphics, and audio settings from the distributed options file.

• Players can customize their settings without inheriting the modpack creator's personal preferences.

🔧 General Improvements

• Maintained Better Combat compatibility.

• Preserved existing mod configurations and gameplay mechanics.

Our goal is to make progression feel more rewarding and balanced while maintaining the challenge, exploration, and freedom that define Neo Ascension.