1.4.0

Added

• Advancements + kill tracking. Added a full Ascension advancement tree and per-item kill counters for leveled weapons.
• Trait synergies. Cryoexecution, Plague Doctor, and Stormbreaker reward specific trait pairs with +25% conditional damage.
• Curse traits. Trait rolls can now hit a cursed sub-pool (curse_frail, curse_sluggish, curse_brittle, curse_weak) with direct downsides. Configurable via enableCurseTraits and curseChance.
• Loot tier tuning. Added lootLevelBumpChance and treasureLootLevelBumpChance to control high-tier pre-leveled loot rarity.

Changed

• Loot distribution rework. Pre-leveled loot now uses a cleaner truncated geometric formula, making Divine properly rarer than Mythic.
• Removed Deflection. Evasion now covers the useful projectile-negation niche; old Deflection slots are repaired automatically when a player's inventory loads.
• Trait-gap repair. Removed/invalid trait IDs are dropped and refilled once on player join so old gear keeps its unlocked trait count.
• Cleaner tooltips. Removed noisy next-level trait previews from normal inventory tooltips.

1.3.0

Added

• Added native Warband compatibility for mob core drops.
• Warband support (upcoming mod, might be out by the time you read this)
  • Warband-stamped mobs now add Ascension Core drop chance based on Warband difficulty.
  • Warband squad members receive a small additional Ascension Core drop bonus.
  • Warband leaders can add a Chaos Core drop bonus based on Warband difficulty.
  • Farm-suppressed Warband mobs are excluded from Warband-based core drop bonuses.
  • Added config controls for Warband integration:
    • enableWarbandIntegration
    • warbandMinimumDifficulty
    • warbandAscensionCoreBaseChance
    • warbandAscensionCoreDifficultyChance
    • warbandSquadRoleAscensionCoreBonus
    • warbandChaosCoreDifficultyChance

Fixed

• Fixed Hostile Mobs Improve Over Time compatibility so drop scaling only applies to mobs actually tagged as improved by the datapack.
• Fixed Consuming Speed applying far more strongly than its tooltip percentage implied.
• Fixed Experience Bonus, Natural Regeneration, and Repair Discount using flat dynamic modifiers instead of true percentage modifiers.
• Existing ascended gear now periodically rebuilds outdated Ascension attribute modifiers when held, carried, or equipped by a player.

1.2.0

• Hostile Mobs Improve Over Time support — Ascension and Chaos Core drop rates now scale with that datapack's per-player difficulty score. Soft integration; no effect if the datapack isn't installed.
• New config: enableHostileMobsImproveIntegration, plus per-level drop-chance tuning.

1.1.0

New

• Gear Salvage — place leveled gear alone in an anvil (no second item, no rename) to break it down and recover a portion of the Ascension Cores invested in it. Move your investment to a better base item instead of stranding cores in old gear.
• Chaos Gamble Mode — optional config flag. Makes Chaos Core rerolls swingier: traits can roll above their normal maximum, or bust to the minimum.
• New config: enableSalvage, salvageRefundPercent, chaosGambleMode, and enableEnchantmentSlots (toggle the whole enchantment-slot system).

Fixed

• Enchantment-slot cap was never enforced on un-ascended gear — enchanted books could be slapped onto un-leveled gear with no limit. The cap now applies from level 0 up, and only affects enchanted books (anvil repairs and renames are untouched).

• Buffed Stealth Trait
• Fixed tools using weapons trait pool
• Removed consume speed trait from tools pool

Initial Release!