Ruthless Frontiers - Grim Harvest — Changelog

0.3.6

Mods Added

• Bad Wither No Cookie - Reloaded — Suppresses the Wither's world-broadcast sound effect
• Difficulty Lock — Defaults the game difficulty to Hard. Players can still change it.
• Dimensional Trial Chambers — Adds trial chamber-style structures to the Overworld
• Nether Trials & Chambers — Adds trial chamber-style structures to the Nether
• Not Enough Trials — Adds additional trial chamber variants and content
• Welcome Screen — Adds an in-game welcome/what's new screen for modpack announcements

Mods Removed

• Medieval Buildings [End Edition] — End dimension structure mod removed - Preparation for end removal
• MES - Moog's End Structures — End dimension structure mod removed - Preparation for end removal
• YUNG's Better End Island — End dimension structure mod removed - Preparation for end removal

Mods Updated

• 3 mods received file updates (updated to newer versions)

Gameplay Changes

• Season locked to Winter (was Fall) — reflected in shader settings (SNOWY_WORLD=true)
• Loot tables expanded in rpg_series/loot_equipment_v2.json:
  • Added tier 3, 4, and 5 weapons to loot pools of rpg-miniboss lesser mobs
  • Added tier 3 armors to loot pools of rpg-miniboss lesser mobs
  • Added tier 3 dragon-themed relics to loot pools of rpg-miniboss lesser mobs
• Oathsworn Paladins templar armor set (regular + netherite) added to RPG tier caches
• Two datapacks removed: oath_3.zip and set_night.zip
• Removed squid farm and cacao farm from valid starting farms - often resulted in starting in water, on floating islands, or deep in jungle

Rendering & Performance

• Shaders disabled by default — players must manually enable shaders
• Default shader pack changed from ComplementaryUnbound r5.6.1 to miniature-shader 2.18.9 (lighter weight)
• Render distance increased from 12 to 16 chunks
• Dynamic lights upgraded from FAST to REALTIME mode
• Chunk fade-in animation disabled
• FPS display hidden (was Simple)

Visual & Camera

• Camera offsets adjusted (x: 0.0 → -1.0, y: 1.2 → 0.6)
• FancyMenu UI scale changed from 4.0 to 2.0
• New Welcome Screen layout added