An example of different tools that can be created by different parts and materials.

Forgero 0.12: Bows & arrows
The bow and arrow update is the latest update! It makes it possible to craft bows and arrows using all available materials in the game. There are multiple available bow and arrow variants, and they all affect different aspect using the bow,


Other upcoming features:
We will continue to update the mod with exiting content, and QoL improvements between the big updates. If you have any needs, or good ideas for the mod, feel free to let us know!

• Progression and station overhaul
• Gem and extended module overhaul
• Armor sets
• Smithing

Tools

Getting started with Forgero is pretty simple - just craft your first tool!

Tip: Forgero includes a command for creating a station with most items required for tinkering with its systems. Just run /forgero createstation

Tip: Forgero has support for Patchouli's guidebooks and will give you a access to an in-game guidebook to aid with you progression. If you want to craft the book, simply combine a tool part and a book in the crafting table.

Tools can be crafted by combining tool part in a crafting table. A tool requires a handle and a head. The binding is optional, but can yield supply the tool with additional attributes just like the other tools parts. The tools type, i.e. pickaxe, is decided by which head component you have used. Creating an axe requires a axe head, and a shovel requires a shovel head. The primary stats and functionality will be decided by the tools head by default, the handle and binding provides less significant stats, but can be supplied with upgrades making them a vital part of your tool. Tools are based on Minecraft's vanilla tools, which makes them compatible with all tool related activities in game, like enchanting or stripping logs with an axe.

 You can view the tool's attributes in the tooltip, which will tell you how each unique tool configuration will perform as well as which tool parts were used to craft it.

Tool parts

Before you can create your first tools, you need to create the proper tools parts!

There are many different types of tool parts: heads, handles, bindings, blades, sword guards and pummels. Creating a toolpart requires a schematic for that specific toolpart. The schematic will tell you how much material is needed for creating it. The material used when creating the toolpart will give it it's primary look, as well as some core attributes. The recipes are shapeless, but you need to fill out the correct amount of material!

Currently available tools parts:

• Pickaxe head
• Shovel head
• Axe head
• Sword blade
• Hoe head
• Handle
• Binding
• Sword guard
• Pummel

Materials

Materials can be used for two purposes in Forgero, construction and upgrades. Constructing with materials will create the base of your tool parts and will give the tool part some core stats. Different tool parts will benefit from different attributes of a material. These materials are used to calculate the core attributes of a tool like damage, mining speed, mining level and attack speed. Secondary materials give unique looks and some additional bonuses to tool part. Secondary materials increase the properties of tool parts, and can increase the mining level. Materials and their properties are based on configuration files, editing existing materials, and adding new materials can all be done through editing some files! A goal for the mod is for other mods which adds materials to be easily integrated with Forgero's tool system. The textures of tool parts are generated from palettes which are listed alongside the properties of materials. If there exists a reference image which contains all colours of a materials, Forgero can extract a palette from these images and create new dynamic textures.

Currently available primary materials:

• Spruce
• Birch
• Oak
• Stone
• Iron
• Gold
• Diamond
• Netherite
• Copper
• Andesite
• Dark oak
• Crimson
• Diorite
• Granite
• Jungle wood
• Warped wood

Additional secondary materials:

• Leather
• Glowstone
• Rabbit hide

If you want to check out the progress on adding more materials to the game, as well as planned materials, head over to Github

Upgrading tool parts with secondary materials can be done with the upgrade table

Schematics

Schematics are the most important factor when creating tool parts. They decide the primary functionality of the tool part. Schematics will decide which type of tool it is, as well as how it looks. Different schematics can create different looking tools. Schematics can vary both in attributes, functionality and looks! The schematics with better attributes will be more rare, and harder to come by. Rarer schematics might also require more materials for crafting. Check the tool tip of the schematic to see how much material is required. Some schematics will contains properties which will allow a tool to alter how it will interact with the world. These properties can be Vein mining and pattern mining. Different variant are available for all tools.

Pattern mining pickaxe head. This head will allow blocks to be broken, in a specified pattern, like 3x3. More patterns are coming in the future. This mining style will take a lot more time, than regular single block mining, as it will accumulate all blocks in the range and add the mining efficiency calculation of all blocks as one. Each broken block will also affect the tools durability.

Vein mining pickaxe head. This schematic will allow you to break veins of blocks, like coal and iron. The axe alternative allows you to vein mine Logs. The pattern has a set depth, which limits how many blocks can be broken as a single vein. Lower tier schematics will have lower vein depth. Mining veins can take a lot of time, as the tool will calculate all the selected vein block to break when calculating the efficiency of tools.

More schematics and supported properties for interacting with blocks and entities are planned and in develooment, head over to Github to check the current progress.

A lot of the possible tool parts are not craftable by default. Only the default schematics can be crafted with piece of paper. More advanced schematics and tool parts are supposed to be found in treasure chests and dropped from enemies. Treasure chests have been manually configured to contain some types of Forgero loot corresponding to the type of chest as well as the rarity level of the tool part or schematic, here is the complete list of chests which can contain Forgero loot, as well as their targeted content:

Ancient city

Rarity: 60-120

Schematics: all

Parts: all

Gems:

Mineshaft

Rarity: 10-50

Schematics: pickaxe, handle

Parts: pickaxe, handle, binding

Gems:

Stronghold

Rarity: 30-70

Schematics: pickaxe, handle

Parts: pickaxe, handle, binding

Gems:

Pyramid

Rarity: 20-60

Schematics: shovel

Parts: shovel

Gems:

Jungle temple

Rarity: 20-60

Schematics: axes

Parts: axes, handles, wooden parts

Gems:

Pillager outpost

Rarity: 20-50

Schematics: weapon/sword schematics

Parts: blades and sword guards

Gems:

Swamp hut

Village

Rarity: 10-50

Schematics: All, in relevant

Parts: All, in relevant

Gems: Some, in relevant chests

Woodland mansion

Rarity: 50-90

Schematics: all

Parts: all

Gems: overworld

Ruined portal

Rarity: 30-80

Schematics: none

Parts: only gold

Gems:

Ocean ruin

Shipwreck

Rarity: 10-80

Schematics: all

Parts: all

Gems: some, overworld

Ocean Monument

Nether fortress

Rarity: 40-70

Schematics: all

Parts: all

Gems: some, and nether specific

Bastion Remnant

Rarity: 50-90

Schematics: all

Parts: all + golden ones

Gems: some, and nether specific

End city

Rarity: 50-130

Schematics: all

Parts: all

Gems: all

Spawners

Rarity: 20-50

Schematics: all

Parts: all

Gems: all

Loot drop from mobs

Zombies

Rarity: 10 - 50

Parts: all

Very slim chance

Pillagers

Slim chance Rarity: 20-60

Schematics: all

Parts: all

Gems: none

Witches

Slim chance 

Gems: all