OREBOUND Modpack 0.1.4

A large progression guidance resource balance and quality of life update

Resource Balance

• Increased ore availability across the world
• Increased Resource Seam and special site frequency
• Improved early and mid game Lapis availability
• Added permanent Lapis Resource Seams
• Added renewable Amethyst Resource Seams
• Added reliable routes for Kelp Leather String Clay Dielectric Paste and other progression resources
• Added recovery routes for oil crops Archwood and other modded resources that can be difficult to obtain underground
• Added craftable AE2 Inscriber Press progression
• Improved Steel progression and compatibility
• Improved Dense Strata lava and Brass progression guidance
• Improved underground passive animal and Bee progression
• Removed livestock and Bee spawn eggs from the Ecology Cache in favor of natural spawning systems

Quest Book Overhaul

• Rebuilt a large portion of the quest objective system to use real automatic detection
• Added hundreds of proper item advancement dimension and mob kill objectives
• Reduced unnecessary manual checkmark quests from roughly 300 to only 42
• Improved quest tracking reliability
• Improved progression dependencies throughout the campaign
• Added clearer setup instructions for Miners
• Added clearer side configuration and upgrade instructions
• Expanded Mining Control and resource registry guidance
• Added detailed Deep Core Scanner instructions
• Added complete Quantum Bore construction guidance
• Added complete Worldheart construction and startup guidance

Nether and End Chapter

• Fully restored the Nether and End quest chapter
• Added the proper chapter name
• Restored all quest names and descriptions
• Restored the complete dependency chain
• Added Nether progression branches for Blaze resources and Nether agriculture
• Added the crafted End access progression
• Added Dragon Chorus and Shulker progression
• Fixed broken localization IDs that caused unnamed quests
• Cleaned player facing chapter text to prevent localization parsing issues

Mod Guide Books

• Added a new optional Mod Guide Books quest tab
• Added 24 guide entries for mods with useful in game manuals or documentation
• Guide entries do not affect progression
• Completing an entry now rewards the corresponding real guide book
• Fixed Patchouli based manuals so they open the correct mod documentation instead of using generic books
• Added readable names to every guide reward and icon
• XNet now correctly points players to the shared RFTools Technology Guide
• Added an OREBOUND supplied Roost Ultimate Guide because the installed Roost version contains book assets but does not register the original book item

JEI and Ore Guidance

• Disabled the misleading Just Enough Resources World Gen tab
• OREBOUND uses custom underground geology and does not follow vanilla ore height distributions
• Updated quest guidance to explain that finite OREBOUND ores generate roughly from Y76 through Y180 with strong availability around the starting elevation near Y128
• Improved Prospector Hammer guidance for locating permanent Resource Seams by direction distance and Y level

Loading Screen Improvements

• Rebuilt all 36 early loading animation frames for consistent rendering
• Corrected OREBOUND title positioning during NeoForge early loading
• Improved loading screen stability across different display conditions

Miner Quality of Life

• Expanded upgrade slot support across higher Miner tiers
• Added stackable Miner upgrades
• Mechanical Miners can now sustain themselves from Coal they mine after being initially fueled
• Added a configuration option to disable Mechanical Miner self fueling if desired

Quantum Bore and Worldheart

• Improved Quantum Bore validation and orientation handling
• Fixed Energy Coolant and Output port automation
• Improved Bore interface sizing and structure diagnostics
• Improved Worldheart validation and orientation handling
• Fixed Energy Coolant and Seed automation through the dedicated Worldheart ports
• Improved Worldheart interface sizing and live structure diagnostics
• Existing correctly built structures should no longer need to be rebuilt because of Controller facing issues

General Fixes

• Fixed misleading ore generation information
• Fixed missing quest names descriptions and dependencies
• Fixed generic or missing Mod Guide Book rewards
• Fixed Chicken Roost showing Missing Item
• Improved resource availability to reduce progression dead ends
• Improved compatibility and guidance throughout the main campaign

Includes OREBOUND Core 0.1.4