This is an expert style pack for Minecraft veterans.
This pack will not hold your hand, there is no guide, just a few basic rules with an end goal in mind.
The beginning...
You will start off in a lovingly composed, harsher than usual Vanilla+ style world.
You can expect to find such things as...
-Only Vanilla ores and world-gen set in a "Quark: Realistic" world-type.
-Dynamic Trees.
-The quality of life addition of "Shield Parrying" and "Antique Atlas".
-A compelling and unique cave system through the combination of Better with mods "Hardcore Strata", Quarks speleothems and Worley's caves providing a far more natural and compelling cave system.
Stone is split into three layers; high, mid and low strata. High strata is normal stone, mid and low strata will require Iron and Diamond level tools respectively forcing spelunking to be the most viable method of acquiring diamonds.
The Progression
Once you have a diamond you can craft your first Book of Knowledge. There are 7 Books; find them in JEI by searching "Quaesitum" each one requiring a different tiered ingredient with a book.
Book 1: It's better with mods.
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
Better with Mods, Quark, Chisel, Chisels and Bits, Cooking for Blockheads, Harvestcraft, Rustic, Exchangers, Building Gadgets and The Twilight Forest.
Power level for this tier: Mechanical
Book 2: The Electric Boogaloo.
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
Iron Chests, Funky Locomotion, Drawbridges, Buildcraft Transport, Forestry and Open Blocks.
Power level for this tier: Renewable biofuels
Book 3: Age of Engineering.
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
Industrialcraft 2, Tech Reborn, Logistics Pipes, Redstone switches and Gauges, Translocators, World Control, Project Red Wires, Lights and Circuits, Wireless redstone and The Between Lands.
Power level for this tier: Nuclear
Book 5: Quantum Mechanics.
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
RF Tools, Portal Gun, Open Modular Turrets, Modular Powersuits, Galacticraft, Computercraft and Factory0 Resources.
Power level for this tier: Fusion
Book 6: Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
Avaritia and Draconic Evolution.
Power level for this tier: Draconic Reactor
Book 7: Cosmic Completionist.
This book is for the completionists. Upon crafting all of the creative recipes and expensive all encompassing recipes. You can say you beat this pack.
Hardcore changes...
-Monsters won't burn in the sun and will hunt you relentlessly tracking you by sight, scent and sound.
-Darkness will drive you mad. The gloom will close in on you if you decide to go into the caves without adequate light. Don't get lost, these caves can go on forever. This is worsened by coal only providing one torch per craft.
-Stopped the ability to place blocks while in the air. This stops the use of ‘Derp Pillars’ to escape attacks
-Water source blocks cant be moved requiring power stations and farms to be built near bodies of water. Water can be pumped from rivers and oceans indefinitely.
-No item teleportation making carts and trains viable long distance transport
-Creative flight is an end game reward, not a day 1 acquisition
-The Twilight forest portal requires soul flux instead of diamond (Requires The End + Better with mods)
-The Between lands portal (The Swamp Talisman) requires you to have beaten The Twilight Forest.
Power tech tree:
Whitelisted server available for Youtubers/Streamers: Shoot me a message.
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This is an expert style pack for Minecraft veterans.
This pack will not hold your hand, there is no guide, just a few basic rules with an end goal in mind.
The beginning...
You will start off in a lovingly composed, harsher than usual Vanilla+ style world.
You can expect to find such things as...
-Only Vanilla ores and world-gen set in a "Quark: Realistic" world-type.
-Dynamic Trees.
-The quality of life addition of "Shield Parrying" and "Antique Atlas".
-A compelling and unique cave system through the combination of Better with mods "Hardcore Strata", Quarks speleothems and Worley's caves providing a far more natural and compelling cave system.
Stone is split into three layers; high, mid and low strata. High strata is normal stone, mid and low strata will require Iron and Diamond level tools respectively forcing spelunking to be the most viable method of acquiring diamonds.
The Progression
Once you have a diamond you can craft your first Book of Knowledge. There are 7 Books; find them in JEI by searching "Quaesitum" each one requiring a different tiered ingredient with a book.
Book 1: It's better with mods.
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
Better with Mods, Quark, Chisel, Chisels and Bits, Cooking for Blockheads, Harvestcraft, Rustic, Exchangers, Building Gadgets and The Twilight Forest.
Power level for this tier: Mechanical
Book 2: The Electric Boogaloo.
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
Iron Chests, Funky Locomotion, Drawbridges, Buildcraft Transport, Forestry and Open Blocks.
Power level for this tier: Renewable biofuels
Book 3: Age of Engineering.
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
Magneticraft, Industrial Renewal, Immersive Engineering, Immersive Railroading, Immersive Petroleum and Thaumcraft.
Power level for this tier: Refined petrochemicals
Book 4: Watch out! Radioactive man!
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
Industrialcraft 2, Tech Reborn, Logistics Pipes, Redstone switches and Gauges, Translocators, World Control, Project Red Wires, Lights and Circuits, Wireless redstone and The Between Lands.
Power level for this tier: Nuclear
Book 5: Quantum Mechanics.
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
RF Tools, Portal Gun, Open Modular Turrets, Modular Powersuits, Galacticraft, Computercraft and Factory0 Resources.
Power level for this tier: Fusion
Book 6: Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
This book will unlock the knowledge of the following mods:
Avaritia and Draconic Evolution.
Power level for this tier: Draconic Reactor
Book 7: Cosmic Completionist.
This book is for the completionists. Upon crafting all of the creative recipes and expensive all encompassing recipes. You can say you beat this pack.
Hardcore changes...
-Monsters won't burn in the sun and will hunt you relentlessly tracking you by sight, scent and sound.
-Darkness will drive you mad. The gloom will close in on you if you decide to go into the caves without adequate light. Don't get lost, these caves can go on forever. This is worsened by coal only providing one torch per craft.
-Stopped the ability to place blocks while in the air. This stops the use of ‘Derp Pillars’ to escape attacks
-Water source blocks cant be moved requiring power stations and farms to be built near bodies of water. Water can be pumped from rivers and oceans indefinitely.
-No item teleportation making carts and trains viable long distance transport
-Creative flight is an end game reward, not a day 1 acquisition
-The Twilight forest portal requires soul flux instead of diamond (Requires The End + Better with mods)
-The Between lands portal (The Swamp Talisman) requires you to have beaten The Twilight Forest.
Power tech tree:
Whitelisted server available for Youtubers/Streamers: Shoot me a message.
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