2.0.4 BETA TEST FIXES

This BETA update focuses on progression balance, loot, crafting, HUD improvements, compatibility, and further polish across the pack.

LevelZ, Equipment & Progression

• Updated LevelZ+ with tooltip fixes, performance improvements, and support for the current in-game stat names.
• Consolidated TSS, combat, and Small Ships integration into LevelZ+ and removed the redundant standalone integration mods.
• Rebalanced equip, crafting, and smithing requirements across Artifacts and Jewellery.
• Rebalanced several Artifact recipes to better match their strength and progression point.
• Added or updated requirements for all four Totem types, with stronger Totems requiring higher Chance levels.
• Fixed Mythic repeatable jobs not unlocking when their requirements were met.

Crafting & Survival

• Rebalanced all 17 Simply Tents recipes.
  • Tent upgrades now use appropriate construction materials instead of combining multiple tents.
  • Added #pota:ropes support for Farmer's Delight and Supplementaries rope.
  • Canvas Walls and Zip Canvas Walls now work as campsite pieces and crafting components.
  • Costs now scale with tent size, with larger tents upgrading from the previous tier (be sure to empty your tent before upgrading it!).
• Rebalanced the standard Arrow recipe for better early-game ammunition progression.
• Added Bundle Tweaks, allowing individual Bundle items to be selected with the scroll wheel.
  • Disabled the conflicting Mouse Tweaks scroll behaviour.

Loot, Quests & World

• Implemented Part 2 of the loot table overhaul.
  • Improved loot distribution, fixed duplicate enchanted-book rolls and invalid loot, and updated Brutal Bosses world-boss pools.
• Updated Quest Book rewards, reward tables, and more quests to be optional/side quests.
• Fixed several issues with the new Advancement system.
• Reduced Bounty Board refresh time from 5 minutes to 2 minutes.
• Reduced Runeblade-wielding enemy spawn rates in the Overworld.
• Disabled Skeletons transforming into Wither Skeletons on death.

HUD, UI & Compatibility

• Added Dynamic RPG Resource Bars and a custom PotA Stamina compatibility module for improved Health, Armor, Stamina, Mana, and combat-resource HUDs.
  • Removed Overflowing Bars.
• Added the Keybind prompt back to the Ascendancy HUD.
• Fixed several Zenith tooltip issues.
• Removed Not Enough Recipe Book and enabled Recipe Essentials to disable the vanilla Recipe Book instead.
• Updated Field Guide, fixing a crash when scanning named enemies such as Brutal Bosses. Thanks evanbones!
• Updated Slash Loot, restoring compatibility with integrated multiplayer servers such as E4MC. Thanks slashdemon!
• Further optimised KubeJS progression and combat scripts, reducing repeated runtime checks and unnecessary script work to improve performance and stability.

Ships & Mod Updates

• Updated Small Ships to 2.0, adding Dockyard crafting, new ships, wind mechanics, ship upgrades, and more!
• Updated ETF, EMF, Every Compat, and Shield API.

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