Hardcore Alchemy: Magic With Consequences

🦋 · alpha v0.8.7 · Heart sacrifices · Voidfade consequences · Fixed permamorph diet/nutrition/thirst

https://github.com/asanetargoss/HardcoreAlchemy/wiki

Hardcore as in Hardcore Mode (but you keep your world).

In Hardcore Alchemy, you live as a shapeshifting mage in an unforgiving world. You can use your morphing ability to avoid combat, but only for a limited time. When you die, you respawn elsewhere and are unlikely to find your old base again. But over time, you may accumulate resources or magic research which stay with you.

Become a powerful mage or get stuck as a chicken for the rest of your life. When you die, the negative effects of the magic you have acquired are erased, allowing you to forge a new path. A curated selection of magic mods are enhanced with custom-coded mechanics, adding additional tradeoffs.

Thoughtful survival.

You are weak, and have additional survival needs like nutrition and thirst. Stone is harder, food will decay, and you will have reduced starting health that can be upgraded through various challenges... or sacrificed.

A curated selection of survival and mob mods have been thoughtfully configured and modified to strike a balance of fairness and difficulty. Some survival mechanics have been custom-coded with this modpack in mind.

Play at your own pace.

Choose when you are ready to venture from the safety of your base. Mobs will not relentlessly dig through your base to get to you. You are not on a timer. And you will rarely be trapped in your base with nothing to do.

In-game documentation.

A craftable in-game guidebook, "The Traveling Alchemist," gives you guidance on how to survive and progress. Once you have the tools necessary for your survival, what you do next is up to you.

Online wiki.

For more information about the modpack, visit the Hardcore Alchemy wiki!

The wiki contains an online copy of the Traveling Alchemist, as well as content warnings and changelogs.

Linux users, and performance-conscious users, may consider using the cross-platform MultiMC version of the modpack, as it contains a newer version of LWJGL which fixes some bugs, and automatically configures the JVM settings. Information about the MultiMC version is also available on the wiki.