GrimoireAnchor

This mod aims to make the overworld more fun and easier to start with

This mod adds some new recipes for Netherite, Diamond and Emerald to make life easier There are new tools and achievements as well

This mod aims to make it very easy to understand new items and recipes it offers

✨ Arcane Expansion

Arcane Expansion expands Minecraft with new mobs, tools, progression systems, and mechanics while maintaining a balanced, vanilla-friendly experience.

📦 Features

🔧 Crafting & Progression

• New recipes for Netherite, Diamond, and Emerald
• Recipes unlock dynamically as you collect materials
• Additional recipes and unlocks tied to advancements
• Full recipe access through the Doll interface
• 52 custom advancements guiding progression

🧙 Tools, Weapons & Items

• Grimoire → upgraded to Waxed Grimoire

• Anchor variants

  • Base Anchor
  • Diamond Anchor
  • Siren Anchor
  • Honey Anchor

  • Katana — fast melee weapon

  • Hammer — heavy axe-like weapon/tool

  • Syringe — versatile utility tool

  • Remote — utility/control item

  • Green Lantern — interacts with ores to generate blocks

  • Scale — new material used for equipment

  • Additional progression-focused items and materials

👁️ Mobs & Creatures

A collection of original creatures and entities:

• Dryad — nature-themed mob with unique drops
• Siren — water-based mob with improved behavior
• Doll → Puppet → Marionette — evolving entity chain
• Vampire — hostile mob with improved AI
• Wanderer — improved AI and behavior
• Sinless Seven — powerful late-game entity
• Demiflower — new mob, with crash-related issues fixed
• Melia — duplicates itself and drops honey when killed

🌱 World Additions

• Withering Rose

  • Can apply the Wither effect
  • Can interact with projectiles

  • Seedling — new plant

  • Additional flora connected to progression and mechanics

🛡️ Equipment

• Sirenade Armor — new armor set
• Scale material used as part of the equipment progression

🎁 Systems & Mechanics

• Custom loot tables
• Unique mob drops
• Doll generates Redstone over time
• Anchors lose durability when used for aquatic traversal
• Mobs and entities have improved AI and behavior
• Progression is tied to exploration, materials, recipes, and advancements

🎮 Quality of Life

• Guide Menu — opens by default with B
• Improved recipe visibility
• Advancement-based recipe progression
• Various AI, balance, and gameplay fixes

🔄 Version History

v1.0.9

• Added new material recipes
• Added Dryad, Siren, and Doll
• Added Grimoire, Anchor, and Katana
• Added Withering Rose
• Added initial advancements

v1.1.8

• Improved the recipe unlock system
• Added the Doll recipe interface
• Added the Hammer
• Updated mob textures
• Added Vampire and Wanderer
• Improved mob AI
• Added loot tables

v1.2.7

• Fixed the Siren leaving water
• Improved AI behavior
• Added mob drops for Dryad and Doll
• Added 14+ advancements
• Added advancement-based recipe unlocking

v1.3.7

• Doll now generates Redstone over time
• Withering Rose gains projectile functionality
• Added Puppet
• Added Syringe
• Added Diamond Anchor

v1.4.6

• Added Sinless Seven
• Added Marionette
• Upgraded the Syringe
• Added the Remote
• Added the Guide Menu (B)
• Fixed the Hammer's extreme knockback
• Added 3+ advancements

v1.5.7

• Added the Green Lantern
• Doll, Puppet, and Marionette can now take damage from players
• Added Demiflower
• Fixed Demiflower-related crashes
• Updated the Siren
• Added the Siren Anchor
• Added Sirenade Armor
• Added the Scale material
• Anchors now lose durability during aquatic traversal

v1.6.3

• Added the Seedling plant

• Added Melia

  • Duplicates itself
  • Drops honey when killed

  • Added the Honey Anchor

  • Added the Waxed Grimoire

  • Expanded progression systems

  • Total advancements increased to 52

🏁 Developer Note

Arcane Expansion has been tested in survival and supports a full Minecraft playthrough, including defeating the Ender Dragon, while maintaining a fair and balanced progression.

⚙️ Design Philosophy

Arcane Expansion is designed to add depth to Minecraft without moving too far away from vanilla mechanics.

New content is integrated into the existing survival progression through:

• Exploration
• Advancements
• Crafting
• Mob encounters
• Resource gathering
• Equipment progression

The goal is to make the additional content feel like a natural part of Minecraft rather than a separate progression system.