The Modern Colony

# The Modern Colony 2.0.0 – The Quest Update

A full rework of the quest book, a clear stage progression and better guides for MineColonies and automation.

## ⚠️ Before updating
- **Back up your world** before updating.
- Your progress carries over. Old Weapons and Croptopia quests no longer exist, and some reworked quests may need to be completed again.
- Stages now unlock right after you claim a stage quest (no relog needed).

## 📜 Quests
- **All 5 main chapters rebuilt** (Stone Age → Robotic Era) with detailed descriptions, clear paths and stage loot crates.
- **Colony Guide:** every MineColonies hut explained, unlocked age by age.
- **New: Colony Life** – happiness, food tiers, diseases, raids, research, schools and logistics.
- **New: Create Automation** – Create machines by age and the Create ore loop (tuff → nuggets, ore stones, crushing, washing).
- **New: Gear Progression** – replaces the Tools and Weapons chapters.
- **Reworked:** MekaSuit Modules, Backpacks, Storage, and **Food and Farming** (Farmer's Delight + Croptopia together).
- Hut quests now show which **University research** each hut needs.

## ⚙️ Progression
- **Immersive Engineering heavy industry** in the Age of Metal Alloys: Diesel Generator, Biodiesel and the Excavator.
- **Ore processing ladder:** Arc Furnace / Enrichment (2x) → Purification + Digital Miner (3x) and Injection (4x) in Pre-Robotic → Dissolution (5x) in Robotic.
- **New ore tiers:**
  - Vibranium (Metal Alloys, needs a netherite pickaxe)
  - Vulpus (Pre-Robotic)
  - Enderium (Robotic)
  - Each tier is mined with the pickaxe of the previous one and is required to advance.
- **ME Colony Terminal:** connect your Warehouse to AE2 in the Robotic Era.

## 🔧 Fixes
- Fixed stages not unlocking until you relogged.
- Fixed Croptopia salads and soups giving 2 bowls instead of 1.
- Lock messages are now in English.
- JourneyMap replaced by Xaero's Minimap and World Map.
- Quest text and formatting fixes.