Ancient Aether

Additions

• Added Buffalo Wool
• Added Buffalo Carpet
• Added Aerogel Glass
• Added Aerogel Glass Pane
• Added Aerogel Glass Door
• Added Aerogel Glass Trapdoor
• Added Wyndcaps Ice
• Added Skyroot Pine Leaves
• Added Skyroot Pine Sapling
• Added Crystal Skyroot Leaves
• Added Crystal Skyroot Sapling
• Added Crystal Aercloud (Use not implemented)
• Added Windblower (Use not implemented)
• Added Holystone Vase
• Added Ancient Holystone Vase
• Added Hermes Ring
• Added Hermes Pendant
• Added Arkenium Ring
• Added Arkenium Pendant
• Added Pickaxe of Arkzenus (Found in Silver Dungeons and is used to mine Valkyrum Ore)
• Added Valkyrum Ore
• Added Valkyrum (A replacement to the original Valkyrie Stuff)
• Added Valkyrum Sword
• Added Valkyrum Lance
• Added Valkyrum Tools
• Added Valkyrum Armor (which is trimmable unlike the original Valkyrie Armor)
• Added Valkyrum Ring
• Added Valkyrum Pendant
• Added Valkyrum as a trimming Material
• Added Skyroot Grassland Biome
• Added Ancient Ruins
• Added Wyndcaps Ruin
• Added Skyroot Valkyrie Camp
• Added Wyndcaps Valkyrie Camp
• Added a Custom Loot Tier System consisting out of 5 Tiers: Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Seasonal
• Blue Aerclouds can now be enchanted into Violet Aerclouds
• Added more Biome Tags which should be useful for Modpack Creators and Add-On Compatibility

Changes

• Renamed Aerotic Stone to Aerogetic Stone
• Renamed Divine Gravel to Gravity Gravel and it now increases your jump height
• The Day-Night Cycle is now automatically enabled
• Disabled the old Creative Mode Dungeon Tooltips and Green Names due to the new System
• The Base Mod Music Disc now have a White Name instead of a Blue Name
• Hermes Ring & Pendants can now be found in the Bronze Dungeon Treasure Chests
• Health Rings & Pendants, Arkenium Ring & Pendants, Pickaxe of Arkzenus and Strength Stones can now be found inside of the Silver Dungeon Treasure Chests
• Removed Valkyrie Stuff from Bronze and Silver Dungeon Treasure Chests
• Rebalanced Bronze and Silver Dungeon Treasure Chests
• Highland Buffalos now drop 1-3 Buffalo Wool & 1-3 Raw Beef instead of 0-2 Leather & 1-3 Raw Buffalo Ribs
• Renamed Mythical Forests to Elevated Forests
• Renamed Mythical Clearings to Elevated Clearings
• Renamed Crystal Hollows to Crystal Oasis
• Valkyrie Settlements have been renamed to Skyroot Valkyrie Settlement (there will be more variants in the future)
• Crystal Hollows has been disabled for now until it gets a rework
• Revisited some of the Old Book of Lore Entries to make them more accurate
• Aerogel can now be found in the Aether Natural Blocks Tab
• Gravity Gravel is now placed after Quicksoil instead of Aether Dirt in the Creative Inventory
• Reworked the order of the Aether Equipment & Utilities Tab and the Aether Armor and Accessories Tab
• Sakura Leaves now have Cherry Leaves Sounds instead of regular Leaves
• Sky Blues now generate in all biomes
• Highland Buffalos can no longer be bred using Sky Blues
• Reworked Passive Mob Spawning
• Reworked Cockatrice Spawning (they can now spawn in groups and also a little more frequent to fit Ancient Aether's new Worldgen)
• Aerogel can no longer be enchanted into Obsidian
• Paper can no longer be crafted from Aechor Petals
• Removed Redstone from the Sentry Lab Loot Table
• Reworked Valkyrie Settlement Loot Tables
• Merged the 2 Ancient Aether Worldgen Datapacks into One
• Huge Code Clean-Up
• Updated Credits
• White Apples have been reenabled again and now drop from Crystal Skyroot Leaves
• Reverted the renaming changes for the original Skyroot Stuff (but it is still only obtainable through commands)
• Disabled the old Valkyrie Stuff
• Aether Portals can now spawn on coasts again
• All Aercloud Clusters are now equally sized

Worldgen

• Completely reworked the Worldgen
• Islands Sizes have been rebalanced to not be extreme anymore (still a lot bigger than the Islands in the original gen)
• Greatly Improved Coast Generation
• The Gaps between Islands are no longer as huge as before
• There is now a Cloudbed at y80
• Improved Terrain Generation on top of Islands to have a lot more flatter areas and the mountains now only generate up to y180 in the regular biomes
• Added more Overhangs and Cliffs to the Base Gen
• The Different Regions can no longer generate on the same Island
• Each region now has unique Terrain Generation
• The Wyndcaps has epic Mountain Scapes that go up to y256 and valleys between them for players to build
• Sakura Jungles have a very amplified terrain generation with lot of overhangs, smaller Islands and terrain that even goes underneath the Cloudbed
• Elevated Islands generate 20 Blocks higher than regular Islands
• Completely rebalanced Biome Gen
• Reworked Tree and Flower Placement
• Skyroot Meadows are now very flowery like Vanilla Meadows
• Skyroot Grasslands are now like the original Skyroot Meadows
• Skyroot Forests now have a lot of fancy Skyroot Trees aswell as Golden Oak Trees and are generally denser
• Skyroot Groves are less dense Skyroot Forests with less big trees
• Highsproot Trees now only generate in Skyroot Meadows and Skyroot Woodlands. They have been replaced with Crystal Skyroot Trees in the other Biomes
• Tweaked Tree and Flower Placement in general
• Reworked Cave Gen (Caves are now wider but less tall, and also rebalanced the generation of caves)
• Added Small Lakes to the Underground
• Rebalanced Holiday Tree Generation to fit better with Ancient Aether's new Terrain
• Rebalanced Gravite Generation
• Removed Extra Gravite on Mountains
• Made Valkyrie Settlements more frequent
• Reworked Valkyrie Settlement Generation with more House Variants, updating the original ones, street lanterns, more secret rooms and also allowed to be bigger and having winding paths
• The Ancient Dungeon Gen has been temporarely removed until I rework it and has been replaced with a new entrance as a placeholder for now
• Quicksoil Coasts no longer generate in Skyroot Jungles
• Wyndcaps Biomes now have Wyndcaps Coasts

Advancements

• Reworked the Advancement Tree
• The Advancement Tree Background is now Holystone
• Added a Advancement for finding all Aether Biomes instead of each region having one individually called "Aersospace Traveller"
• Added an Advancement for obtaining the Vampire Blade called "Bloodlust"
• Added an Advancement for obtaining the Pickaxe of Arkzenus called "The Pickaxe of Gods"
• Added an Advancement for obtaining Valkyrum called "What Cloud are made of"
• Added an Advancement for obtaining the Valkyrum Lance called "Lancin' and Dancin'"
• The Advancement "Earning your Wings" now requires Valkyrum Armor instead of a piece of Valkyrie Equipment
• The Advancement "Out of Order" is now marked as a Goal
• The Advancement "Shut Down" has been temporarely disabled
• Removed Advancement "Plunderers Remorse" but I plan on bringing it back in the future
• Removed Advancement "A well earned rest"
• Removed Advancement "Challenger to the Throne"

Art

• Ancient Aether's Base Mod Retextures have now been turned into a pre-installed Resourcepack called Ancient Aether Tweaks
• Ancient Aether's built-in Resourcepacks now have Icons

Ancient Aether Texture Updates

• Updated Gravity Gravel Texture
• Updated Ancient Rune Texture
• Updated Highsproot Leaves Texture
• Updated Sakura Leaves Texture
• Updated Sakura Log Texture
• Updated Highlands Viola Texture
• Updated Sky Blues Texture
• Updated Divine Skyroot Sapling Texture
• Updated Highsproot Sapling Texture
• Updated Frosted Highsproot Sapling Texture
• Updated Sakura Sapling Texture
• Updated Sakura Blossoms Texture
• Trapped Sakura Blossoms now have a slightly different texture -Updated Roothyrn Texture
• Updated Strength Stone Texture
• Updated Health Ring + Pendant Textures
• Updated Ancient Sword Texture
• Updated Ancient Ring Texture
• Updated Gravitite Dartshooter Texture
• Updated Sakura Door Icon Texture
• Updated Sentry Lantern Texture
• Updated Angelic Lantern Texture

Aether Texture Updates

• Updated Cockatrice Texture
• Updated Zanite Ore Texture
• Updated Zanite Gemstone Texture
• Updated Zanite Block Texture
• Zanite Blocks now have a unique top and bottom texture
• Updated Zanite Sword Texture
• Updated Zanite Tools Textures
• Updated Zanite Armor Textures
• Updated Zanite Accessory Textures
• Updated Zanite Trim Material Texture
• Updated Skyroot Sword Texture
• Updated Skyroot Tool Texture
• Updated Holystone Sword Texture
• Updated Holystone Tool Textures
• Updated Gravitite Sword Texture
• Updated Gravitite Tool Textures
• Updated Regeneration Stone Texture
• Updated Flaming, Holy & Lightning Sword Texture (These 3 Swords currentely use the same shape because of an upcoming addition, so stay tuned)
• Updated Lightning Knife Texture
• Updated Pig Slayer Texture
• Updated Vampire Blade Texture
• Updated Skyroot Sapling Texture
• Updated Golden Oak Sapling Texture
• Updated Valkyrie Cape Texture
• Updated Golden Feather Texture

Translations

• Added a Chinese translation

Compatibility

• [Lost Content] The Crystal Trees on top of the Golden Dungeon have been replaced with Crystal Skyroot Trees
• [Lost Content] Lost Content Items now use Ancient Aether's Loot System

Fixes

• Fixed Violet Aerclouds not being mineable faster using a hoe
• Fixed Ancient Sword being ineffective in the Aether
• Fixed Ancient Aether Double Slabs only dropping one Slab
• Fixed the Mod Banner in the Credits being to small
• Fixed the Names of the in-built datapacks being bugged
• Fixed Ancient Aether Potted Plants not having a display name
• Fixed Aether Portal being able to spawn on Violet Aerclouds
• Tag Fixes

Removals

• Removed Raw and Cooked Buffalo Ribs
• Removed Buffalo Rib
• Removed Wynd Zephyr
• Removed Cold Skyroot Forest
• Removed Aerogel Bottle
• Removed Valkyrie Wine
• Removed Drift Weed
• Removed Ancient Aether Crystal Leaves
• Removed Ancient Aether Crystal Sapling
• Removed Growing Crystal Fruit
• Removed Crystal Fruit
• Removed Divine Crystal