Adventure Catalyst

1.0.4 (May 15th, 2026)

Additions

• Sniffers will now have a chance to dig up Nymph Lotus Seeds when in the Sunken Swamp.
  • You can place these seeds in water for them to grow.
  • Once fully grown, they will drop a Nymph Lotus when broken and no extra seeds (similar to other Sniffer flowers).
• Added Stoplight, a block that can drop from a Frog eating an Ooze.
  • When triggered by redstone it will cycle between 3 colors.
  • When one is triggered, it will trigger nearby Stoplights.
  • Sends a Comparator signal based on its color (0, 8, 15)
• Added a new structure that spawns in the amber section of the Preservation Basins.
  • It's an old archaeology dig site where you can find suspicious gravel.
  • You have a chance to discover the 3 new pottery sherds (Baby, Breath, and Cube) along with a new armor trim smithing template (Blast).
• You can now throw Gel balls, Slick balls, and Ooze balls from a Dispenser.
• The blocks/items Amber Ants can harvest is now datapack-able.
  • The folder is under adventure_catalyst:adventure_catalyst/ant_harvestable.
  • "block_state" is a Simple State Provider of the block they should harvest (ex: fully grown wheat).
  • "block_predicate" is a Block Predicate Filter to match the correct block state placement (ex: farmland underneath).
  • "loot_table" is an Identifier for the loot table that should drop when they harvest (ex: "minecraft:blocks/wheat").
  • "can_replant" is an optional Boolean for if they should replant after harvesting. Defaults to false.
  • "replanted_block_state" is an optional Simple State Provider of the block they should replant (ex: first stage of wheat). Defaults to Air.
  • To be able to assign an item to an Anthill, it must be in the tag "adventure_catalyst:items/ant_harvestable".
  • To be able to let ants use up the item they are replanting, it must be in the tag "adventure_catalyst:items/ant_replantable".
• You can now use Shears on an Ant Hill to drop one slot of its items.
• You can now craft Cyan Dye from a Lesser Lotus.
• Added a new advancement called "Memory Leak"
  • This is granted when breaking an empty Experience Amber Bead.

Changes

• Roasted Marshmallows will now grow cold after 600 world ticks (about 30 seconds), reducing the amount of experience gained from them.
  • This happens even if you were to put them in a container.
• Interpolated the Marshmallow roasting hand animation.
• Updated Roasted Marshmallow textures.
• Updated Amber Ant AI to use the Brain system (they should hopefully be smarter now).
• Amber Ants can be renamed by Anthills multiple times unless they were named by a Player.
  • You can name the ant or the hill "amber ant" and it will reset their named status.
  • You can also name the hill "anthill" to remove any ant's names that were not named by a player.
• Improved the stone wall between Sunken Swamp's water and other biomes.
• Globules can now be mined quicker with a shovel.
• Press can now be mined quicker with a pickaxe.
• Various Minor Changes.

Fixes

• Fixed various Sinytra Connector crashes.
• Slickstep Soles and Gel Padded Knuckles now show their required enchanted items in the recipe book.
• Fixed Amber Stairs, Slab, and Wall not having a drop.
• Fixed Amber Bricks, Stairs, Slab, and Wall not having a drop.
• Anthills should now check that there is an open block next to it that the ants can exit from before generating.
• Amber Ants should no longer exit out of a hill when there is no block to exit onto.
• Amber Ants should now be able to jump when on Ooze Residue.
• All tool types now shatter Amber Beads when breaking.
• Fixed Baby Boomer spawners continuing to spawn mobs after torches have been placed.
• Eating a Roasted Marshmallow now plays an experience gained sound.
• Fixed Dragonflies not properly playing their flight sound when not moving midair.
• Fixed Silk Touch not properly removing itself after no longer having the Berry Picking effect.
• Fixed being able to compost anything.
• Fixed not being able to get Roasted Marshmallow 1.
• Fixed tamed Baby Boomers not updating their model properly.
• Fixed not being able to swim when underwater with the Water Cross effect.
• Fixed missing subtitles.
• Various Minor Fixes.

1.0.3 (April 24th, 2026)

The Press Update

Now requires a minimum Fabric version of 0.19.2

Additions

• Ants will now farm Cabbages, Onions, and Tomatoes from Farmer's Delight if installed.
• Naming an Anthill Block Item names the Amber Ants inside.
• Added Wooden Drill-bit to the Drill Block, specialized for blocks broken by the Hoe tool.
• Added Press Block, a Redstone-powered Block Entity that can place blocks.
  • Triggered similar to a dispenser or dropper.
  • Has a maximum of 5 inventory slots.
  • Cannot place double blocks, like beds or doors.

Changes

• Updated Baby Boomer texture.
• Updated Boomer model and texture.
• Updated Ooze mob's model and texture.
• Dragonflies no longer target a player if they are riding a Happy Ghast from VanillaBackport.
• Dragonfly no longer hovers over lava when out of stamina.
• Dragonfly fleeing has been improved.
• Dragonfly speed while ridden has been normalized.
• Various Minor Changes.

Fixes

• Fixed Amber Ants going too far to harvest and becoming lost.
• Fixed Amber Ants sometimes spinning when trying to enter their hill.
• Fixed Amber Ants not properly being immune to ooze (should not slow down or sink in it).
• Fixed Dragonflies not assigning a special variant properly.
• Various Minor Fixes.

1.0.2 (April 16th, 2026)

The Arthropod Update

Additions

• Added Dragonfly and Amber Ant to Arthropods mob tag.
• Added new Bane of Arthropods bonus loot mechanics for arthropod mob kills:
  • Enchantment level-based bonus drops using two unique loot tables for each arthropod mob along with a shared loot table for Level V.
  • Basic loot tables for Levels 1 and 2.
  • Premium loot tables for Levels 3 through 5.
  • Sweep kills at higher enchantment tiers use basic-table drops.
  • Premium drops are limited via a short chain window + cooldown. This is to force the basic table drop in mob grinders.
    • The limit is currently 2 drops every 15 seconds, after of which a separate 15-second cooldown is started that is reset back to 15 seconds anytime the bonus loot is dropped.
  • Added drops:
    • Silverfish
      • Basic Loot Table: 45% Clay Ball x2-4, 35% Gravel, 20% Calcite.
      • Premium Loot Table: 45% Iron Ingot, 35% Bottle o' Enchanting, 15% Eye of Ender, 5% Potion of Invisibility.
    • Dragonfly
      • Basic Loot Table: 45% Phantom Membrane, 35% Giant Moatstool Cap x1-2, 20% Mangrove Propagule.
      • Premium Loot Table: 45% Lapis Lazuli x1-2, 30% Gel Ball, 20% Leaping Potion, 5% Slow Falling Potion.
    • Spider
      • Basic Loot Table: 45% Sand, 35% Vines, 20% Cobwebs.
      • Premium Loot Table: 45% Coal x1-3, 30% Bottle o' Enchanting, 15% Splash Potion of Instant Health II, 10% Splash Potion of Harming II.
    • Cave Spider
      • Basic Loot Table: 45% Tuff, 35% Glow Berries, 20% Cobwebs.
      • Premium Loot Table: 45% Redstone x2-4, 30% Bottle o' Enchanting, 15% Splash Potion of Regeneration, 10% Splash Potion of Poison II.
    • Endermite
      • Basic Loot Table: 50% Amethyst Shard x4-8, 50% Enderpearl.
      • Premium Loot Table: 50% Enchorus Pie, 40% Chorise Pearl Tea, 10% Ender Chest.
    • Bee
      • Basic Loot Table: 50% Honey Bottle, 50% Honeycomb.
      • Premium Loot Table: 60% Honey Block, 25% Beehive, 15% Nymph Lotus.
    • Amber Ant
      • Basic Loot Table: 70% Running Ooze Block, 30% Experience Amber Bead.
      • Premium Loot Table: 45% Century Egg, 35% Globule, 20% Ant Pheromones.
• Added new Amber Block variants (stairs, slabs, wall).
• Added Amber Bricks and variants.
• Added new functionality to Running Ooze Block, allowing players to bridge downwards by crouching while placing a block on it.
• Added new Dragonfly animations.
• Drenched can now be bucketed.

Changes

• Dragonflies now avoid Soul Lanterns. If repelled by one long enough, they will disengage from the player and flee.
• Updated Dragonfly model and textures.
• Updated Dragonfly stamina bar colors.
• Saddled Dragonflies can be sheared to retrieve their saddle.
• Dragonflies can now fly closer to water when riding them.
• Dragonflies now stay within a small distance from where they were last dismounted.
• Tamed Dragonflies can now be lead.
• Experience Amber Beads placed by the Preservation I effect (obtained from non-enchanted Century Eggs) now start to decay after one in-game day, losing approximately two levels per day.
• Boomers and Drenched can no longer ride boats or minecarts.
• Doubled the durability of Bandage.
• Changed crafting recipe for Sunken Shroomlight to make it easier to farm.
• Sunken Seagrass, Sunken Vines, and Frogbit are now compostable.
• Changed Glowberry Jam recipe to require 2 Glowberries (increased from 1).
• You can no longer use offhand items when sliding.
• Various Minor Changes.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that consumed off-handed items instead of Oozeball upon using Oozeball.
• Fixed Dragonflies teleporting upwards near waterfalls.
• Dragonflies now drop their saddle when killed.
• Fixed Frog spawning rates in Sunken Swamp biome.
• Fixed Anthills not dropping their inventory when broken.
• Fixed Subterannean Mode placing world spawn near mineshafts instead of inside them.
• Fixed missing subtitles.
• Added missing Century Egg and Slickball (x9 from Slick Block) crafting recipes.
• Various Minor Fixes.

1.0.1 (April 10th, 2026)

The Advancement Update

Additions

• Added Watercress Stew and Water Cross effect.
• Added Glowberry Jam and Gleaming effect.
  • Temporarily adds Gleam enchantment to pickaxe, yielding more drops for Coal, Iron, Copper, Gold, Lapis, and Redstone ore.
• Added ability to bonemeal Giant Lilypad to receive its block.
• Added 15 Advancements.
  • Adventure Awaits - Obtain an Adventure Gear Smithing Template
  • Ant Bully - Scare an Amber Ant by Breaking an Amber Bead
  • Cordyceps?! - Corrupt an Anthill
  • Eusocialite - Reassign an Ant Colony's Harvest with Ant Pheromone
  • Friends in High Places - Tame a Dragonfly
  • Gather Around - Eat a Perfect Roasted Marshmallow with Friends
  • Hope You Brought an Exit Plan - Teleport above the Nether Roof with Pearl Tea (Challenge)
  • Landing on Your Feet - Launch through the air with the Gelatinous Effect
  • Leaps and Bounds - Smith the Gelbound Gauntlet (Challenge)
  • Slippery Slope - Smith Slickstep Boots (Challenge)
  • The Pacifier - Shear a Baby Boomer
  • Too Close to the Sun - Gunk up a Player's Elytra with a Snarrow (Challenge)
  • Unstoppable Force - Give a Drill a Netherite Drillbit
  • You Spin Me Right Round - Place a Drill
  • Your Memory Lives On - Eat an Enchanted Century Egg (Challenge)

Changes

• Drill returns ore when its Drillbit is changed.
• Increased Giant Moatstool Cap drop chances.
• Marshmallow gives experience only when in range of a campfire, as displayed by its rarity color.
• Slickball recipe now grants 2 Slickballs (increased from 1).
• Amber Beads now have a lower max damage when falling onto an entity (20 health max -> 9).
• Amber Ants can now walk on Ooze Blocks.
• Updated Amber Glass texture.
• Decreased Dragonfly Wing drop rate to 50% (decreased from 100%).
• Removed Cave Vines from Sunken Swamp biome.
• Added Recipe Unlocks.
• Removed Subterannean Withering effect being applied on Nether Roof.
• Various minor changes.

Fixes

• Fixed incompatibility with certain zoom mods.
• Fixed tamed Dragonflies despawning.
• Fixed Amber Ants not going into their hill when scared.
• Fixed Amber Ants not being reassigned to new hills.
• Various minor fixes.

Premiering the completed Drenched and Sticky Updates!

Various bug fixes and additions!