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A port of the Better Survival mod to Minecraft 1.20.1

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BetterSurvival-1.20.1-1.3-iaf-rlc.jar

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Better Survival Reforged

A Minecraft Forge mod for 1.20.1 that adds new weapon types, enchantments, potion systems, and cross-mod integrations to enhance your survival experience.

Original Author: BlockVader (Better Survival)


⚔️ Weapons

Five new weapon categories, each with a full material tier progression (Wood → Stone → Iron → Gold → Diamond → Copper → Emerald → Crying Obsidian):

Weapon Description
🔨 Hammer Right-click to ground slam
🗡️ Dagger Bonus damage from behind
🪓 Battle Axe Can disarm opponents
🔱 Spear Throwable with extended reach
🥊 Nunchaku Combo weapon: hit faster, hit harder

Cross-Mod Material Tiers

  • Silver — Ice and Fire CE integration, +2 damage to undead
  • Dragonbone / Fire / Ice / Lightning Dragonbone — Crafted with Ice and Fire CE materials with elemental effects
  • Fire / Ice / Lightning Dragonsteel — Top-tier weapons with dragon element powers
  • Umbrium / Scarlite — Defiled Lands integration with bleeding/vampirism effects

✨ Enchantments

25+ unique enchantments including:

  • Vampirism — Heal on hit
  • Education — Bonus XP
  • Assassinate — Enhanced backstab damage
  • Bash — Stun on hit
  • Combo — Increasing damage per consecutive hit
  • Disarm — Knock items from enemy hands
  • Arrow Recovery / Multishot / Rapid Fire / Range — Ranged enhancements
  • Tunneling / Diamonds Everywhere / Versatility — Mining improvements
  • Agility / High Jump / Vitality — Armor boosts

🧪 Potion System

  • Potion Cauldron — Coat weapons with potion effects
  • Custom potions: Blindness, Decay, Warp, Antiwarp, Milk, Cure, Dispel
  • Full support for Splash, Lingering, and Tipped Arrow variants

📦 Dependencies

Mod Required Purpose
Defiled-Lands-Reforged ❌ Optional Added Umbrium and Scarlite series weapons
Ice and Fire CE ❌ Optional Dragon material weapons & silver weapons
Ice and Fire: Dragons  ❌ Optional Dragon material weapons & silver weapons
Ice and Fire RLC ❌ Optional Added the chain lightning effect from IAF-RLC as a new attack effect for Lightning Dragons

All dragon-themed weapons in this version have had their special effects reworked.

🙏 Credits

  • BlockVader  — Original Better Survival mod author

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  • Vanilla weapons
    Vanilla weapons Wood → Stone → Copper → Iron → Gold → Diamond → Copper → Emerald → Crying Obsidian
  • Integration with Defiled Lands and Ice and Fire CE
    Integration with Defiled Lands and Ice and Fire CE Umbrium;Scarlite;Silver;Dragonbone;Fire / Ice / Lightning Dragonsteel;Fire / Ice / Lightning Dragonbone

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