Savaru IV - Kohtalon Mies — 1.4.0 Update Announcement

Release date: 2026-05-14 Previous version: 1.3.5

🆕 Two Brand-New Class Paths

The headline of this release: the FTB Quest Book now ships with two complete new class paths — Bards and Soulwarden.

Each path comes with its own Epic / Legendary loot box reward tables (2 new reward tables added).

📦 Mod Changes

Added (9)

• Bard (RPG Series Plus) — new class core
• Soulwarden (RPG Series Plus) — new class core
• LNE Archers Add-On — archer class expansion
• LNE Paladins & Priests Add-On
• LNE Rogues & Warriors Add-On
• LNE Wizards Add-On
• Rival Trespassers — new hostile mobs
• Trial Guardians — new trial-themed guardians
• DECI-lib — required library

Removed (1)

• Savaru's Affixology (CurseForge version) → now shipped as a local jar savaru-affixes-1.4.1.jar. Functionality is fully preserved; only the delivery channel changed.

Updated (7)

• ANARCHY Minibosses (RPG Series Plus)
• Fabric API
• Fancy World Animations
• FTB Ultimine (Fabric)
• MossyLib
• Platform
• Vanilla Backport

New local jars

• savaru_legacyology-0.1.5.jar — Savaru worldbuilding / legacy system

🎨 Massive Visual Overhaul (Resource Packs)

The resource pack count grew from 2 in 1.3.5 to 30 in 1.4.0. The headliner is the full Excalibur weapon texture ecosystem, alongside new player animations, GUI restyles, beds, and 3D tool models.

Excalibur weapon textures

• Excalibur_V26.1_01.zip (main pack)
• 14 compatibility sub-packs: FriendsFoes, JEI, MutantMonsters, Lootr, Deeper and Darker, End Remastered, Trash Slot, Curios & Accessories, Better ModList, Modern World Creation, Advanced Netherite, Target Dummy, and more
• Simply More x Excalibur / Simply Swords x Excalibur — integration with the Simply weapon series

Player / combat / GUI

• 1.21.2 Fresh Moves v3.1 (With Animated Eyes) — new player animations + animated eyes
• Boss Bars Reforged v1.2
• DeathFX+Audio-v2 — death visual & audio enhancements
• Crimson_Gui_1.0.0
• Hellim's TrueTexture GUI v0.1
• RPG_Series_Icons-1.4.0+1.21.1

Furniture & tools

• Better 3D Beds.zip
• Cozy_Beds-v1.4-pre1.21.4.zip
• Tactical3DTools[10].zip

Weapon texture reinforcement

• Modded Swords x Punchy! 1.21.1 v1.3.1
• Rappenem's Reforge v1.12
• Simply Swords Reforged v1
• SimplyMore Ultimate BETA

Shader

• superDuperVanilla.zip is now actually packaged (1.3.5 only had a .txt placeholder)

📖 FTB Quest Book Cleanup

• 2 new class chapters: Bards, Soulwarden
• 2 new loot-box reward tables: 3A173A41AB17AD64 (Bards Legendary) and 67C9E2D57E67BDD1 (Bards Epic)
• 13 existing class chapters revised: Witcher, Knight, Gunslinger, Monk, Class Shop, Cleric, Mage, Berserker, Rogue, Archer, Warrior, Class Selection, r4
• English translation finalized: 51 remaining Chinese entries in the quest book have been fully translated to English (covering Bards All Spell Power / Arcane / Healing Power / Healing Power Fuse, Soulwarden Soul Spells / Spell Lifesteal / All Spell Power, the path-unlock quests, and the "Unlock for Free" task prompts). The Wither → Witcher typo was also fixed. en_us.snbt expanded from 515 to 574 lines and now matches zh_tw.snbt entry-for-entry.

⚙️ New Config Modules

The following new subfolders/files appear under config/, paired with the new mods and features:

• better_looting/ — loot drop tuning
• decilib.json — DECI-lib settings
• savaru_cursorfx/ — custom cursor effects
• savaru_legacyology/ — Savaru legacy system
• soulwarden/ — Soulwarden class settings
• spiffyhud/ — HUD polish
• trespassers/ — Rival Trespassers behavior

⚠️ Upgrade Notes

1. Save compatibility: Savaru's Affixology was switched to a local jar. The mod ID is unchanged, but we still recommend backing up your save before upgrading.
2. Resource pack activation: Most of the 30 resource packs need to be enabled manually in the in-game resource-pack menu (adjust load order as needed). The Excalibur main pack should sit below its compatibility sub-packs.
3. First launch: With this many new mods and resource packs, the initial load will take noticeably longer than usual.
4. Multiplayer: All players must update to 1.4.0 together; the new Bards/Soulwarden quests are only available in saves opened on 1.4.0 or later.

🙏 Acknowledgements

Thanks to the playtesters who reported the leftover Chinese strings throughout the 1.3.x line — they have all been cleaned up in this release.