Ruins of the Past
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Datapack which overhauls archeology, pottery, and adds runes!
Includes a large focus on traversing worlds with enhanced world generation, structures, dungeons, and more for players to find unique loot.
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Adds mysterious ancient structures, a full pottery system, and rune crafting to your survival world! This datapack introduces new structures to explore, functional blocks to craft with, and a deep pottery & rune system to master.
Since this is a Datapack and Resource pack, both can be installed once server side and will apply to all players that join, voiding the need for each player to install the pack!
Forgotten Structures
- Explore 3 mysterious structures scattered across your world!
- Mayan Temple – A jungle pyramid filled with traps and loot
- The Crypt – An underground tomb with new pottery sherds
- Desert Dig Site – An archaeological site where you can discover ancient tablets
New Blocks
- Craft & discover 5 new functional blocks!
- Pedestal – Display your items, and dye it to match your style
- Runestone – A decorative block
- Research Workbench – Analyze ancient tablets to discover runes or structure maps
- Pottery Wheel – Craft brand new pottery
- Runic Altar – Imbue items with runes using XP
Pottery System
- Create pots with form and function!
- 6 base pot types: Thin, Small, Square, Large, Vase, and Slab
- Dye system with 32 colors
- Sherds on all 4 sides, with brand new sherds to collect
- Crafted using bundles, reinforced bundles, Eye of Ender, TNT, and more
Rune Crafting
- Research tablets and apply powerful runes!
- Ancient Tablets can be researched to unlock runes or reveal maps to structures
- Use the Runic Altar to apply runes to items (1 rune per item, permanent)
- XP is consumed through the transcriber system
Q. How do I download the pack?
A. Install the datapack in the vanilla world creation menu! ¹
Q. I cant find the resource pack!
A. Go to the Versions tab, find the datapack version you want and click the name, then scroll to the bottom and install the resource pack. ²
Q. The Transcriber / Rune system feels incomplete?
A. The Transcriber is still being actively reworked and will receive updated mechanics in future versions!
Q. I experienced a bug, what do I do?
A. Join the Discord and file a bug report :D
¹ How To Download!
Data Pack:
- Click the latest Datapack version.
- Scroll down and Download the Primary file.
- If you want to create a World, go to Singleplayer > Create New World > Data Packs > Open Pack Folder. (It is not recommended to put it in an already existing world!)
- Copy/Cut and Paste the downloaded file there.
- Open/Create your world.
- Note: You need to also install the Required Resource Pack.
Required Resource Pack:
- Click the Datapack featured version.
- Scroll down and Download the Required Resource Pack.
- Open Minecraft and go to Options > Resource Packs > Open Pack Folder.
- Copy/Cut and Paste the downloaded file there.
- Activate the Resource Pack. (you can reload the resources with f3+t ingame)
See image below for reference
² How to get Resource Pack!
* Release Dates
There is no SET date for update releases, join the discord for more info!
Cool / Semi Secret Advancement
Stack a dyed Pedestal on top of itself 4 times to unlock a cool advancement.
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6 Pot Shapes! In order of appearance: Thin, Square, Small, Large, Vase, Slab -
Base dyed pots! Dye pots to make them have colors similar to that of terracotta -
Vibrant Dyed Pots Dye pots using Vibrant dyes crafted with glow ink sacks! these have colors simillar to that of concrete -
Pottery Sherds! Craft a pot with pottery sherds! over 30+ possible sherds -
Runestone A new Decorative Block! -
The Runic Altar An EERIE Altarr for applying runes! -
The Research Workbench Research Ancient tablets to discover runes or Explorer maps! -
Pottery Wheel GUI 6 Pot Shapes! -
Pottery Wheel GUi (crafting storage pots) Storage Pots can hold 64 items of 1 type! (you can also make a reinforced variant using a reinforced bundle which can hold up to 256 of 1 item!) -
Pottery Wheel GUi (crafting linked pots) A simple linked pot can hold 64 items of 1 type, and can be accessed through ANY linked pot -
Pottery Wheel GUi (crafting trapped pots) Craft Explosive pots! these explode when right clicked or broken (but can still be dyed by sneak right clicking!) having a line of them will cause a chain reaction, they can also break close by storage pots, dropping all their items! -
Research Table GUI the gui of the research table! -
Research Table GUI (First Puzzle) Decipher the correct button through translating their name! -
Research Table GUI (Second Puzzle) Unscramble the Hidden Picture! -
Research Table GUI (Second Puzzle completed) one of the unscrambled pictures! -
Runes! runes! -
The Mayan Temple!
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