This is TheMechanicalMachine's (that's me) Machination. What does that mean? I've built this modpack from the ground up with fun and enjoyment at its core. With the help of many wonderful mods, this modpack is designed to be challenging yet rewarding. This will be a complete guide to all that this modpack has to offer, and trust me, that's a lot. Do be warned though, this is my first modpack and it's still a work in progress with one known bug. Still, it's very stable and very fun. Let's look at a brief overview of the mods with the most impact to gameplay followed by a brief description of what to expect:

Exploration

Action & Adventure

Health and Hunger Tweaks: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/health-and-hunger-tweaks

Spartan Weaponry: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/spartan-weaponry

Gravestone: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/gravestone-mod

Illagers+: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/illagers

Lootr: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/lootr

Level Up! Reloaded: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/level-up

Mob Grinding: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/mob-grinding-utils

Spartan Shields: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/spartan-shields

Better Combat: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/better-combat-rebirth

Battle Towers: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/atomicstrykers-battle-towers

Roguelike Dungeons: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/roguelike-dungeons

Infernal Mobs: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/atomicstrykers-infernal-mobs

Bloodmoon: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/bloodmoon

Bountiful (Bounty Board): https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/bountiful

Building / Crafting

Tinker's Construct: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/tinkers-construct

Tinker's Armory: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/constructs-armory

Tinkers' Tool Leveling: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/tinkers-tool-leveling

Toolbelt: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/tool-belt

ProjectE: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/projecte

Ore Excavation: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/ore-excavation

Decocraft: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/decocraft

Trinkets and Baubles: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/trinkets-and-baubles

Bountiful Baubles: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/bountifulbaubles

Carry On: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/carry-on

Treecapitator: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/treecapitator-updated

OpenBlocks Elevator: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/openblocks-elevator

Inventory Pets: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/inventory-pets

Vanilla Plus Tools: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/vanilla-tools

Culinary Construct: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/culinary-construct

Desconstruction Table: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/deconstruction-table

Disenchanter: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/the-disenchanter-mod

Quality Tools: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/quality-tools

Roost: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/roost

Quark: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/quark

Effortless Building: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/effortless-building

Iron Chests: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/iron-chests

Iron Furnaces: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/iron-furnaces

Multiplayer Co-op

Cosmetic Armor Reworked: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/cosmetic-armor-reworked

Xaero's Minimap: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/xaeros-minimap

Player Revive: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/playerrevive

Morpheus: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/morpheus

Ping: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/ping

What to Expect

From the moment you spawn in, the world was designed to be heavily explored. With multiple mods that spawn unique structures and dungeons to be explored and raided, to new custom villages that manage and grow themselves, you must find where you fit in this world. Weather can now impact your survival, with tornadoes, dust storms, and blizzards being real threats. New unique weapons and armor from the Spartan Armory or Tinker's Construct will help you survive. Level up skills enhancing your abilities both on and off the field of combat.

If combat isn't your forte, this modpack has your back. With mods like effortless building and decocraft, you can build the home of your dreams in record time. Upgrade your chests for more storage, or furnaces for faster cooking, you can now add actual elevators to your home. Cook custom sandwiches using the ingredients of your choice. Even tame and train your very own puppers, making him unkillable (thought he can still be temporarily 'knocked out') so you never have to worry about losing your beloved pet while exploring. He'll even come to your rescue if you train him properly.

With multiple new dimensions to explore, you have more locations to conquer. Enter the Twilight forest and take on powerful bosses, or enter the Aether, a new mystical land full of mystery and wonder.

Multiple new multi-player friendly mods make gameplay easier with friends. Only half the server at any given time needs to sleep to skip the night thanks to Morpheus. Did you get overrun by zombies or gunned down by a Skeleton archer? Don't worry, with player revive, if a buddy is nearby, they can revive you before you bleed out, allowing you to continue your adventure without needing to respawn. Exploring a dungeon with friends and you found the way forward, but they're off in another room? Stop saying, "over here", you can now PING where you want to draw their attention, and a temporary waypoint will pop up on their screen showing them the way. Customize your avatar with whatever armor you want, or hide your armor and show off that awesome skin, all while still gaining the benefits of the armor equipped.

TheMechanicalMachine's Machination is designed to be fun and engaging. It's built for exploration, combat, building, crafting, and thriving! It's comfortably designed with multiplayer in mind. I'm constantly finding ways to improve the experience. If you tried it out and enjoyed it, let me know. If something was lacking or broken, let me know that, too. I love feedback. I hope you have fun!

Known Issues:

Health and Hunger Tweaks has successfully changed how health and hunger works. Unfortunately, actually accessing the health menu and using any of the items from the mod crash the game. I'm currently working on fixing this. In the meantime, it's advised not to access the health menu or use the healing items until a fix can be implemented.

TheMechanicalMachines Machinations