AlloyCraft by CattyBook

Do you believe that Minecraft's progression is too quick and needs to me smoothened?

This mod attempts to solve this problem by adding two new material tiers between iron and diamond: Steel and Rose Gold.

Steel is obtained by combining iron with coal while Rose Gold is obtained by combining Gold and Copper.

Steel is intended to be a more durable iron, though it has a slightly higher tool efficiency than iron. In the other hand, Rose Gold feels stronger, it is quite durable and serves its purpouse as a midgame to endgame step.

You can also upgrade Iron equipment to Steel equipment with a Steel Upgrade and 1 Coal in the smithing table. Additionally, Copper and Gold equipment can be fused with a Rose Gold Upgrade to obtain Rose Gold equipment. This method of obtaining tools was implemented to allow players to use the generated loot of certain structures such as ruined portals while keeping its enchantments.

Purpurite was added in version 1.1.0; this is an alloy created with Lapis lazuli and Redstone dust which can be crafted into Purple dye, the Purpurite block (decorative) and into the Enhanced Bookshelf. The Enhanced Bookshelf acts like a regular Bookshelf but gives more power to the Enchanting Table (max. lvl. is still 30).

A datapack made by me adds Rose Gold loot to different structures; It can be downloaded here: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/data-packs/alloycraft-by-cattybook-rose-gold-loot.

If you find any bug or think about something cool that I could add to the mod, feel free to leave a comment :D