The Final Project

A Post-Apocalyptic Create Modpack for NeoForge 1.21.1

"The machines are still there. Rusted, overgrown, half sunken into earth and moss — but still there. The hum was gone. But the machines remained. Waiting."

🔩 What Is This Modpack?

The Final Project is a post-apocalyptic, lore-driven modpack built around Create as its core mechanic. The world once held a thriving steam-and-mechanical civilization called Varenholm — and then, one Tuesday morning, everything stopped. Every machine. Every train. Every wheel. All at once.

You wake up in the ruins of that world. You don't know how long you've been asleep. But the machines are still there.

Your goal: bring the hum back.

📖 Lore

The world of The Final Project is built on a rich original story spanning six chapters — from the first Builders who discovered mechanical power, to the Age of Steam, to the great railway network that connected a civilization, to the mysterious PROMETHEUS Project that tried to harness electricity — and was stopped by politics before it could change everything.

The Great Silence came not like a storm, but like winter. Slowly. Then all at once.

Scattered across the ruins are diary pages, research reports, and the last logs of a system called PROMETHEUS-7, still waiting in dormant mode for someone to flip the final switch.

Lore books are hidden throughout the world. Find them. Read them. Understand what happened.

⚙️ Core Gameplay

The Final Project is built around a clear progression:

Early Game — Survive. Gather resources. Build your first rotating machines with Create. The world is silent and dangerous.

Mid Game — Enter the Brass Age. Build automated factories, lay your first railway lines with Steam 'n' Rails, explore abandoned structures for ancient relics. Connect the world.

Late Game — Harness electricity with Create: New Age, achieving what the ancestors never could. Build an Applied Energistics 2 network — the Thinking Machine. Take to the skies with Create Aeronautics.

End Game — Found a colony. Connect everything. Craft The Prometheus Core.

🏆 The Prometheus Core — Endgame Goal

Inspired by modpacks like All the Mods, The Final Project has a single ultimate crafting goal: The Prometheus Core.

This is not a simple recipe. To craft it, you must:

Master Create and reach the Brass Age
Build a working railway network
Harness electricity (Create: New Age)
Build an AE2 storage network
Found and grow a MineColonies colony
Hunt down 5 ancient relics hidden in the deepest dungeons
Combine three intermediate crafting stages into the final Core

When the Core is placed and the last switch is flipped — the hum returns.

🗺️ Key Mods

Technology & Automation

Create 6.x — core mechanic
Steam 'n' Rails — railways and locomotives
Create: New Age — electricity
Applied Energistics 2 — storage and automation
Create Aeronautics — airships

Exploration & Dungeons

When Dungeons Arise + Seven Seas
YUNG's Better Dungeons, Strongholds, Desert Temples
Structory, Lootr

Colony & Society

MineColonies — build a civilization
Create: Colony + CreateColonies — Connect Create with your colony

Food & Survival

Farmer's Delight + multiple addons
Spice of Life: Carrot Edition — food diversity rewards

World & Atmosphere

Biomes O' Plenty + Nature's Spirit
Serene Seasons
Alex's Mobs, Critters and Companions

Quality of Life

FTB Quests — quest system
JEI, Jade, Waystones, Gravestone
Sophisticated Backpacks, Storage Drawers

📋 Current Status

⚠️ This modpack is currently in active development.

What is complete:

Full lore (German + English) — 6 chapters of original story
Custom mod with unique items
Custom ore
All textures and item icons

Coming soon:

⏳ Full FTB Quest line — ~180 quests across 12 chapters are designed and documented, currently being implemented in-game
⏳ Complete Endgame — The Prometheus Core recipe and final sequence are being implemented via a custom NeoForge mod currently in development
⏳ Dungeon Loot Tables — The 5 ancient relics will be added to specific dungeon structures
⏳ Lore Books — All 8 lore fragments as in-game readable books

Planned:

Balance passes and difficulty tuning
Server support testing
CurseForge manifest polish

🖥️ Requirements

Minecraft: 1.21.1
Mod Loader: NeoForge 21.1.x
RAM: Minimum 6 GB allocated, 8 GB recommended
Java: 21

💬 Feedback & Issues

This is a passion project built by one person. If you find crashes, missing recipes, or have suggestions — please leave a comment or open an issue. Every piece of feedback helps.

The hum will return. But only if you bring it back.

— The Final Project, developed with ❤️ and way too many late nights