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

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grimoire-1.5.7-neoforge-1.21.8.jar
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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 unlocks tied to advancements
  • Full recipe access via the Doll interface
  • 48 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 tool (fixed extreme knockback)

    • Syringe – upgraded, versatile utility tool

    • Remote – utility/control item

    • Green Lantern – interacts with ores to generate blocks

    • New materials including Scale ingots

⚖️ Tools and weapons are balanced for consistent progression.


👁️ Mobs & Creatures

A diverse set of original entities:

  • Dryad – nature spirit with drops
  • Siren – water-based mob with improved behavior
  • Doll → Puppet → Marionette – evolving entity chain with new mechanics
  • Vampire & Wanderer – improved AI
  • Sinless Seven – powerful late-game entity
  • Demiflower – stabilized after crash fixes
  • Melia – duplicates itself and drops honey

🧠 AI improvements ensure more natural behavior across hostile and passive mobs.


🌱 World Additions

  • Withering Rose

    • Can apply the Wither effect
    • Seedling – new plant

    • Additional flora tied to progression and mechanics


🛡️ Equipment

  • Sirenade Armor – new armor set
  • Progression tied to new materials like Scale

🎁 Systems & Mechanics

  • Custom loot tables

  • Mobs drop useful items

  • Resource generation mechanics:

    • Doll produces Redstone over time
    • Anchors now lose durability when used underwater


🎮 Quality of Life

  • Guide Menu (default key: B)
  • Recipe visibility improvements
  • Fixes to mob AI and behavior
  • General balancing and bug fixes

🔄 Version Highlights

v1.0.9

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

v1.1.8

  • Recipe unlock system improvements
  • Doll recipe interface added
  • Added Hammer
  • Updated mob textures
  • Added Vampire and Wanderer (AI improvements)
  • Added loot tables

v1.2.7

  • Fixed Siren leaving water
  • Improved AI behavior
  • Added mob drops (Dryad, Doll)
  • Added 14+ advancements
  • Advancement-based recipe unlocks

v1.3.7

  • Doll generates Redstone over time
  • Withering Rose gains projectile effect
  • Added Puppet
  • Added Syringe and Diamond Anchor

v1.4.6

  • Added Sinless Seven
  • Added Marionette
  • Upgraded Syringe
  • Added Remote
  • Added Guide Menu (B)
  • Fixed Hammer physics bug
  • Added 3+ advancements

v1.5.7

  • Added Green Lantern
  • Doll/Puppet/Marionette can take player damage
  • Added Demiflower (with crash fixes)
  • Updated Siren + added Siren Anchor
  • Added Sirenade Armor and Scale ingot
  • Anchor durability changes in water

v1.6.3

  • Added Seedling plant
  • Added Melia (duplicates and drops honey)
  • Added Honey Anchor and Waxed Grimoire
  • Expanded progression systems
  • Total advancements increased to 48

🏁 Developer Note

This mod has been tested in survival and supports a full playthrough, including defeating the Ender Dragon, while remaining fair and balanced.


⚙️ Notes

Designed to expand gameplay depth without straying far from vanilla mechanics.

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  • View with anchor
    View with anchor The anchor is crafted using 4 copper ingots and 1 iron nugget Perfect for survival combat and traversal
  • Igloo
    Igloo First image of a baby doll
  • All available items
    All available items As of version 1.1.8
  • All available items
    All available items This was done using the Just Enough Items mod
  • cobblestone house
    cobblestone house first image that includes the hammer
  • Custom achievements
    Custom achievements More achievements will be added in the future
  • Advancements
    Advancements Doll and Puppet related advancements
  • Doll
    Doll The minimap is Xaoro's minimap The doll is crafted using a compass and 4 iron nuggets

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