Equinox

BLOOM AND GLOOM

That’s the theme of the modjam that “gave birth” to this mod. We had a total of 2 weeks to make a mod around that, our team was essentialy just me and a friend, and to add on top of everything, we had 1 week instead of 2, as our schedules didn’t match up.

ALSO, JEI IS REALLY RECOMMENDED !!! it is your only way to see the altar crafts

Anyways, now onto the mod !

Equinox adds a new dimension, called “The Realm”. This dimension is contested by 2 forces, darkness and light, the light world being on the surface, and the dark world being underground.

How to enter The Realm

To gain acces to The Realm, you will have to kill the Light Patron, the great guardian of this dimension, and to summon him, you will have to shoot a light / dark projectile on an altar

But what is an altar ?

It’s your brand new crafting table ! When in a place where the light level is at 15, it will automatically generate sunballs, and when in pure darkness, it will generate dark shards. Those generated items can be used to craft either dark pellets, and light pellets, the ammo of the polyvalent scepter (which can also be crafted on the altar).

The Realm

As said before, The Realm is divided into 2 distinct parts. The surface and the darkest depths, and each part has it’s set of biomes.

Beds and respawn anchors cannot be used there, each venture in this biomes is a risk, as you will not be able to respawn there, your only exit being either death, or doing a return ritual on an altar

The return ritual is pretty simple, even if the name can sound scary, all you have to do to leave the dimension is to stand on an altar, it will instantly teleport you back to the overworld. This will destroy the altar

The Surface

The surface is the light part of the dimension, where you will find new (annoying) mobs and a bunch of new ressources

The lit up fields

The lit up fields is the “default” biome of the surface, where you will find the 2 new mobs, and fractured wood, a strong wood type used to craft weapons

Scorching fields

The scorching fields are the direct result of an excess of light, temperature started to rise to a point air itself started to crystalize, forming spikes all around the biome, and setting the ground aflame. Those air spikes can be broken to harvest air crystals

The dryland

Much like the scorching fields, the dryland is the totaly burnt up version of the lit up fields. All you can find here are statues of fossilized mobs, your only way to harvest ashstone

The darkest depths

The darkest depths is the part under the surface, where darkness thrives, and tries to get hold of the few light that passes trough from the surface

The depths

The depths are a place devoid of all life. The reason ? The mushrooms, the fungi is constantly releasing a flow of toxic spores, making it a hostile environement for any form of life trying to approach it. It will in most cases be under the lit up fields. You can harvest the dark fungi to get a hold of their poisonous proprieties

The toxic wastes

The toxic wastes are located right under the dryland, the ashes directly impacted the ecosystem in the darkest depths, making sulfur spikes appear, and make a new lifeform emerge, the schlob, a frog-like creature that spits acid. You can harvest the sulfur spikes to obtain sulfur and use it’s explosive capabilities.

The infested caves

The infested caves are the home of the Oremaws, creatures that love munching on the only ore present in the darkest depths, bizmuth. But they will never refuse any other kind of snack. This biome will mostly be found under the scorching fields. Due to the ormaw activity, bizmuth is much more common in this biome, as they bring it to their nests.

The Dark Guardian

The dark guardian is the boss of the darkest depths, and you can summon this beast by shooting a light or dark pellet onto the altar with the polyvalent scepter while being in one of the 3 biomes of the darkest depths.

Bosses

The Light Patron and the Dark Guardian will each drop a soul when defeated.

You can use a boss’s soul to craft a Convergence Block. The Light Patron’s soul creates a Light Convergence, while the Dark Guardian’s soul creates a Dark Convergence.

Once you place a Convergence Block, it will begin changing the dimension, causing either Light or Darkness to take over. You can only place one Convergence Block, and your choice is permanent.

Once one side takes over, the losing side’s altar recipes will become unavailable, while the winning side will unlock new, powerful crafting recipes at the altar.