Kaucja

Kaucja v5.0.0 — The Mega Update
A massive content update adding 240+ items, 66+ blocks, 9 villager professions, 10+ entities, 10 machines, 3D bottle models, trash piles, boss fights, a bottle portal, and tons more. This changelog covers everything from v7.5.0 onward (the Polish Park update was v7.4.0 — see its separate changelog).

🎨 NEW DECORATIVE BLOCKS (22+)
Build your base in style with bottle-themed decorative blocks:

Bottle Bricks (8 color variants): Green, Blue, Red, Stained (Purple), Dark, Yellow, White, Black
Bottle Cap Floor — colorful floor made from bottle caps
Bottle Cap Mosaic — 4×4 colorful cap pattern
Recycled Glass Block & Pane — translucent green glass
Compressed Trash Block — blast-resistant building material
Bottle Chandelier — hanging light (light level 15)
Bottle Wind Chime — decorative hanging chime
Compost Pile — organic pile with green sprouts
Bottle Tree Decoration — tree with colorful hanging bottles
Trash Can Planter — trash can repurposed as flower planter
Bottle Cap Path — path made of compressed bottle caps
Fertile Soil — rich dark soil from composting
Eco Energy Block — glowing green energy block
Bottle Glass Pillar — translucent green column
Bottle Cap Wallpaper — colorful cap wall covering
🛠️ NEW TOOLS & WEAPONS (22+)
Bottle Cap Pickaxe — iron-tier pickaxe from compressed caps
Glass Shard Sword — fragile but powerful sword
Bottle Cap Axe, Shovel, Hoe — complete bottle cap tool set
Aluminium Shield — reflective shield variant
Trash Can Lid — Captain America style thrown shield
Soda Grenade — throwable that applies Slowness II for 10s
Recycler’s Trowel — converts placed blocks back to bottles
Bottle Trap — shatters on step, deals damage + bleeding
Bottle Cannon + Turret — heavy bottle-firing weapons
🍾 NEW DRINKS (15+)
All drinks are drinkable with proper hunger/saturation values:

Cola Float, Smoothie Bowl, Bubble Tea Deluxe
Hot Cocoa Deluxe, Mojito Mocktail Deluxe, Espresso Deluxe, Energy Drink XL, Iced Tea Deluxe
Spring Blossom Bottle, Summer Sun Juice, Autumn Pumpkin Smoothie, Winter Frost Drink
Bottle Energizer, Bottle Plasma, Bottle Stardust, Bottle Dragon’s Breath
All drinks now have 3D models — aluminium cans are cylindrical, plastic bottles are blocky with caps, glass bottles are curved with necks.

🍞 NEW FOOD (13+)
All food items are edible with proper nutrition values:

Bottle-Shaped Cake (10 hunger), Bottle Pizza (8), Bottle Burger (10), Bottle Taco (7), Bottle Sushi (6)
Recycled Chocolate, Bottle Jam, Bottle Honey, Bottle Yogurt, Bottle Bread, Bottle Cookie, Bottle Pie, Bottle Soup
🏗️ NEW MACHINES (10 — All Functional!)
Machine
How to Use
Reverse Vending Machine Right-click to open GUI. Place bottles in 9 slots for bulk deposit with 5% bonus!
Coin Mint Right-click with metal ingots to mint coins. Copper/Iron → Copper Coins, Gold → Silver Coins.
Composter 3000 Right-click with organic items (bottles, dirt, leaves, seeds) to get Fertile Soil.
Deposit Vault Right-click to store 50% of your money (protected from hacker raids). Break to retrieve.
Label Printer Right-click with Empty Bottle + Paper to create labeled bottles.
Eco Wind Turbine Right-click to harvest 1-3 Singularity Tokens.
Bottle Filler Pump Right-click with Empty Bottle to fill with water.
AI Deposit Assistant Right-click to auto-deposit ALL bottles in your inventory for money.
Recycling Bin Right-click with bottles to recycle at 75% value.
Bottle Music Box Right-click to play a random bottle melody! ♪

🐺 NEW MOBS (5+)
Trash Slime (Hostile)
Spawns in dark areas, splits into 2 when killed
Drops 1-3 random bottles + plastic pellets
Bottle Ghost (Hostile)
Floating ghost that makes ghast sounds
Drops Bottle Wisp Essence + random bottles
Eco Wisp (Passive)
Glowing green particle mob, floats around
Purely cosmetic — adds atmosphere
Trash Titan (Boss)
Summoned with the Bottle Cataclysm Summoner
100 HP, 8 attack damage, high knockback resistance
Drops: Recycling Aegis (legendary shield), 3-5 Singularity Tokens, Bottle Cataclysm Core, 5-10 bottles
Broadcasts “The Trash Titan has been summoned!” to all players
Seasonal Boss
60 HP slime boss with 4 random seasonal types
Drops seasonal trophy + bottles + singularity tokens
All mobs have spawn eggs available in the creative tab!

🧑‍🌾 VILLAGER PROFESSIONS (9 total)
Profession
Job Site
Sells
Clerk Shop Drinks, bags, golden crate
Police Deposit Machine —
Hacker Electronics Workbench Microchips, firmware, signal jammers
Eco Warden Eco Beacon Eco gear, saplings, recycled pickaxe, trophies
Bartender Bottle Infused Oven Fancy drinks, cakes, pizza, burgers, Dragon’s Breath
Bottle Collector Bottle Compactor Buys empty bottles, sells bags + backpack
Bottle Cap Trader Trash Can Cap cosmetics: necklaces, earrings, crowns
Police Chief Deposit Activator Warrants, shields, drones, bribes
Hacker Informant Label Forger Bribes, manifestos, suspicion detectors, black market tokens

🌀 BOTTLE PORTAL
Crafted from 8× Compressed Bottle Cube + 1× Empty Bottle
Ignite with Flint and Steel (like a nether portal!)
Emits light level 7 (unlit) or 15 (lit) — bright glowing texture when ignited
Right-click when lit to teleport upward with enderman sound
🗑️ TRASH PILES
Spawn inside Park structures (2-4 per park, around the perimeter)
Break them for 1-3 random bottles (glass/aluminium/plastic)
Right-click with empty hand to rummage (get 1 bottle without breaking)
Silk touch drops the trash pile block for decoration
Craftable: 1× Dirt + 1× Empty Bottle → 1× Trash Pile
🌳 PARK STRUCTURE (Polish Style)
Procedurally generated, 25-40 block size, every park is unique
Won’t spawn on water (checks 15 ocean/river/swamp biomes)
Won’t get cut off at chunk boundaries (safe block writing)
Terrain flatness check — won’t spawn on steep hills
Contains: hedge border, gravel paths, fountain OR pond, 4-7 tree clusters, 3-5 benches, 4-6 street lights, 2-4 trash cans (100% guaranteed), picnic tables, bike rack, playground (sandbox, seesaw, slide), flowers, bushes, decorative rocks, 2-4 trash piles
Park Variants
Cemetery — iron fence, gravestones, memorial bench, dark oak trees
Floating Park — sky island at Y=200+ with cherry blossoms + loot chest
Mushroom Park — mycelium ground, huge mushrooms, red mushroom benches
🎒 FUNCTIONAL ITEMS
Item
What It Does
Magnetic Bottle Magnet Right-click: pulls all bottles within 12 blocks toward you. Passive: attracts bottles while held.
Coffee Thermos 10 charges. Right-click to drink: Speed + Haste for 60s + 2 hunger. Refill by crafting with Coffee.
Bottle Backpack Auto-collects empty bottles within 6 blocks while in your inventory!
Recycling Scanner Right-click on a chest: scans for depositable bottles, shows count + total value.
Bottle Glow Stick Held item that provides light in dark places.
Cataclysm Summoner Right-click on a block to summon the Trash Titan boss!

👑 COSMETIC ARMOR (10+)
Recycler Outfit (Hat, Shirt, Pants, Boots) — green with reflective stripes, dyeable
Park Ranger Hat — brown leather hat with badge
Bottle Cap Crowns (4 tiers): Copper, Silver, Gold, Diamond — increasing armor + durability
Bottle Cap Earrings — cosmetic accessory
Recycling Symbol Cape — green cape with recycling triangle
📖 LORE & COLLECTIBLES (14+)
5 Lore Books — tell the story of the Kaucja universe
Vintage Bottle — rare collectible
Bottle Singularity — black-hole bottle (Nether Star + Compressed Cube + Ender Pearl)
Recycling Aegis — legendary shield (Nether Star + 3 Eco Beacons + Trash Can Lid)
Bottle Throne — “King of Recycling” (4 Golden Crates + Bottle Brick + Nether Star)
Bottle Cataclysm Core — from the Bottle Cataclysm event
Hacker’s Manifesto, Bottle Saint Statue, Park Dedication Plaque
Master Recycler Certificate, Singularity Token, Bottle Karaoke Disc
Bottle Whisperer Charm, Bottle Sage Token, Ocean Guardian Title, Bottle Diploma
🏗️ VILLAGE REPUTATION SYSTEM
Deposit bottles at deposit machines to earn +1 reputation per deposit
5 reputation levels affect trade prices:
Beloved (75+): 20% discount on all trades
Trusted (25+): 10% discount
Neutral: normal prices
Distrusted (-25 to -75): 20% markup
Hated (-100): 50% markup
🎵 PONDER SCENES (Create Integration)
When Create is installed, Ponder scenes show for all Kaucja blocks with proper text descriptions and usage instructions — not just raw IDs. Each scene explains:

What the block does
How to use it
Tips and tricks
📊 STATS
Category
Count
Total Items 240+
Total Blocks 66+
Villager Professions 9
Entities 10+ (4 mobs + 2 bosses + projectiles)
Machines 10
Crafting Recipes 258+
Create Integration Recipes 10
Advancements 73
Lang Entries (EN+PL) 170+ each

🔄 COMPATIBILITY
Minecraft: 1.20.1
Forge: 47.2.0+ (tested on 47.4.10)
Create: Optional, 0.5.1+ through 6.0.8
Java: 17
🐛 CRASH FIXES
Fixed Failed to load registries crash (removed invalid dimension/biome modifier JSONs)
Fixed StackOverflowError crash (recursive safeSetBlock calling itself)
Fixed The stack count must be 1 inventory crash (removed .durability() from tool items)
Fixed world creation crash (removed orphaned worldgen JSONs)
Fixed recipe tag errors (minecraft:strings → minecraft:string)
Fixed advancement format (plain string → {“text”: “…”})
🎯 HOW TO USE
Find a village — trash cans spawn in villages (100% guaranteed)
Use the deposit machine — insert empty bottles for cash
Buy drinks at the shop — spend your cash on cola, juice, energy drinks
Craft machines — RVM for bulk deposits, Coin Mint for coins, Composter for soil
Find parks — parks generate in the overworld with trash piles, benches, fountains
Break trash piles — get random empty bottles
Magnet + Backpack — auto-collect bottles while exploring
Summon the Trash Titan — craft a Cataclysm Summoner and right-click on a block
Build the Bottle Portal — 8 compressed cubes + bottle, ignite with flint and steel
Explore villager trades — 9 professions with unique items
Enjoy the update! 🍾🗑️🛡️✨