Ancient Portal Fast Travel

This mod is in beta

Problem: there is no practical way of traveling arbitrary distances in a world, even in the late game.
Problem: strongholds are the only "strategic" locations that present an incentive for setting up a base.
Problem: the ancient cities are, if you ask me, dissapointing.
Problem: there is an unused portal in the center of the Ancient City.

This mod presents a solution.

Ancient Portal Fast Travel turns the ancient city portal into a fast-travel portal that can connect to other ancient cities over arbitrary distances, given you've visited your destination. It does this with distinct mechanics, visually appealing graphics, and custom sound design.

Just Two Items:

Echo of the Ancients, found in mineshaft chests, stronghold libraries, dungeon chests, and treasure bastions. Their shrill calls when used are echoed by lost souls. Perhaps you will be able to follow the echoes? Presents an immersive way of locating ancient cities.

Echo Keys, crafted from one EotA and 9 Echo Shards. They can be linked to the nearest city by right-clicking on reinforced deepslate (the "portal frame"). Using a linked key on the portal of a different ancient city will attempt to open a portal to the linked city. 7 XP levels are needed for the key to activate, but it may not be enough for you to survive the journey!

Portal Activating Animation

Notice for Forge users!

This mod does not have a real Forge version. Instead, I have made sure that it will work with Sinytra Connector.

This Mod Is Not Finished!

Bad Code Warning: I am still in the process of cleaning up my atrocious code. In the meantime, there may be bugs and crashes, and no issue tracker or repository. There are also more features I intend to add, including a config file and making the items available through the creative inventory.