OREBOUND Modpack 0.1.2

This update focuses heavily on mining progression, early-game quality of life, Resource Seam management, automation, and overall progression reliability.

Resource Seam Improvements

Resource Seams can now be relocated using Mekanism Cardboard Boxes.

• Package a Resource Seam with an empty Cardboard Box.
• Move it to a new location.
• Place the box and unpack the Seam.
• Resource, grade, discovery information, custom name, and Seam identity are preserved.

A new early sawdust recipe makes Cardboard Boxes accessible without requiring advanced Mekanism processing:

1 Any Log → 4 Mekanism Sawdust

New optional quests teach both sawdust crafting and Seam relocation.

Improved Prospecting

Prospecting controls have been standardized.

Shift + Right Click

• Opens target/resource selection.

Right Click

• Performs the normal scan or survey.

The Ore Scanner and Geological Surveyor now provide much more useful long-distance Seam searching.

The Geological Surveyor also keeps its last successful signal visible until another survey is performed.

New Crushing Hammer

Added an early-game Crushing Hammer.

Use common stone materials to create Gravel, then crush Gravel for Sand and guaranteed Flint.

This creates a reliable early material loop without requiring players to depend entirely on random Flint drops.

A new optional quest branch teaches the system.

Miner Automation Overhaul

All six OREBOUND Miners now have proper configurable Input and Output sides.

Each face supports:

• Disabled
• Input
• Output

Input sides accept fuel, upgrades, and power where appropriate.

Output sides expose and automatically push mined resources.

This makes Miners much easier to integrate with:

• Pipez
• Mekanism logistics
• Integrated Dynamics
• Storage networks
• Other automation systems

Existing Miner configurations migrate automatically.

Growth Chamber Rework

The starting farm no longer contains pre-planted crops.

The Growth Chamber now starts with empty hydrated farmland so players can choose what they want to grow.

Starter supplies are provided in the barrel:

• Bread
• Wheat
• Wheat Seeds
• Carrots
• Potatoes
• Oak Saplings
• Torches

Permanent lighting remains around the farm.

This fixes crops disappearing immediately during world initialization.

Mining Progression Fixes

• Fixed Compact Stone breaking without dropping.
• Corrected Minecraft harvesting tags for OREBOUND geology and machines.
• Improved Mining Power consistency.
• Deep-Strata Diamond, Emerald, and Fluorite now properly require Mining Power 4.
• Added correct Mining Power behavior for deepslate ore variants.
• Fixed high-tier Miner Seam claim handling.
• Improved Reinforced and Core Miner integration.

Quest Improvements

• Added Sawdust and Cardboard Box Seam relocation quests.
• Added Crushing Hammer progression.
• Added direct Miner Storage Upgrade progression.
• Corrected outdated prospecting instructions.
• Improved Mining Power descriptions.
• Updated Miner automation instructions.
• Updated Growth Chamber information.

Integration & Polish

Several large integration audits were completed across the pack.

Checked and improved:

• Resource Seam persistence
• Mining Power progression
• Miner claims
• Miner automation
• Harvest requirements
• Loot tables
• Material acquisition paths
• Recipes
• Quest dependencies
• Advancement triggers
• Item and block tags
• Mekanism integration
• Field Manual documentation
• World migration behavior

This update makes the core OREBOUND progression significantly more reliable while improving the transition from early manual mining into automated industrial operations.

Keep digging. The deeper systems are only beginning.