Chroma Tools & Utilities

The July update marks a major turning point for the future of Chroma. It completely reworks the Chromatic tool class and introduces the largest content update so far. Featuring a brand new cave biome beneath the Deepslate layer, a unique structure, new hostile mobs, additional pets, a Crystal Relict, and an in-game handbook explaining the mod's mechanics.

Reworks

This update marks the beginning of a major overhaul series that will fundamentally reshape the entire mod. More information can be found in the roadmap.

Roadmap 2026

Charred Caves

The Charred Caves are a brand new cave biome shaped by lava, ash, and basalt-like rock formations. With this update, the world has been extended by an additional 64 blocks in depth, placing the biome beneath the Deepslate layer. It is home to the rare Chromatic Ore, new hostile mobs, a unique structure, and much more.

The Charred Caves are designed as a late-game area, offering powerful equipment for those willing to face the challenge. Due to the extreme atmospheric pressure at these depths, players must wear a Netherite Helmet or stronger to survive. Without suitable head protection, they will periodically take heavy damage.

Charred Caves

Chromatic Equipment

Significant changes have also been made to the Chromatic equipment

Creative Tab Title

The longterm plan is to move all equipment classes into a single inventory tab. Individual classes will be separated by dedicated category headers. With this update, the Chromatic class becomes the first to receive its own heading.

Chromatic Particles

Chromatic Equipment features now a new patricle type that matches the class.

Chromatic heading

Chromatic Hoe

The attack damage and attack speed values of the Chromatic Hoe were swapped. This bug has been fixed, and the hoe has also received 1 additional attack damage.

Mining Speed

The mining speed of all Chromatic tools has been increased. As a result, the Chromatic Pickaxe can now instantly mine stone when enchanted with Efficiency V, while all other blocks can also be mined more quickly.

Fountain Dungeon

The Fountain Dungeon is a new structure found within the Charred Caves. Its entrance always generates connected to an open cave and serves as the source of the Chromatic Upgrade Template.

At its center lies the XP Fountain, which must be filled with a total of 50 experience levels. Once fully charged, the fountain overloads and rewards the player with the Chromatic Upgrade Template.

Up to four spawner rooms can generate around the dungeon, each containing Charred Stalker spawners and chests filled with valuable loot, including:

• Chromatic Nugget (1-5)
• Experience Bottles (2-7)
• Chromatic Ingot
• Netherite Ingot
• Netherite Pickaxe
• Netherite Shovel
• Netherite Hoe
• Debris Launcher

Fountain Dungeon

Entities

This update introduces two new hostile mobs and two new pets.

Charred Ghost

The Charred Ghost is a floating hostile mob found within the Charred Caves. It attacks by hurling large chunks of basalt at the player, dealing heavy damage upon impact.

Charred Ghost

Charred Stalker

The Charred Stalker is a melee focused hostile mob wielding a Netherite Sword. Despite its simple combat style, it should not be underestimated.

Charred Stalker

Charred Cube

The Charred Cube is a friendly mob found within the Charred Caves. Once tamed, it becomes a pet and fights alongside the player against the dangers lurking within the new cave biome.

Charred Cube

Drillie

Drillie is a pet that deals damage in a full 360 degree radius around itself. This makes it exceptionally effective against large groups of enemies.

Drillie

Crystal Relicts

Debris Launcher

The Debris Launcher grants the player the signature ability of the Charred Ghost. It launches a massive chunk of basalt at enemies, dealing heavy damage on impact.

Blocks

Several new blocks have been added for the new cave biome, further expanding its atmosphere and variety.

• Charred Basalt
• Smooth Charred Basalt
• Polished Charred Basalt
• Slag
• Charred Basalt Gold Ore
• Charred Basalt Emerald Ore
• Charred Basalt Diamond Ore
• Charred Basalt Chromatic Ore
• Chromatic Block

Chroma Handbook

The Chroma Handbook explains how to obtain the new tools and progress through the Chromatic class. It will be expanded in future updates to cover the remaining classes as well.

Chroma Handbook

Chroma version

The installed Chroma version is now displayed above the Minecraft version in the main menu.

In addition, each world now stores the Chroma version it was last played with. This allows the mod to determine whether a world can be loaded safely or if a warning should be shown beforehand to help prevent potential world generation issues.

Crafting recipes

Crafting recipes

Worldgen

• Chromy tree removed
• Palm tree removed
• Chromatic Ore Worldgen reworked
• Chromatic Upgrade Template removed from Ancient City loot pool
• Worldgen message with major updates

Bugfixes

• Chromatic Armor now supports Smithing Templates (1 year old Bug :/)
• Fixed Celestial & Corrupted Spear not dealing more damage

• Version 26.2 support

The June update expands Chroma across every aspect of the mod. It introduces new pets, the most unique Crystal Relicts yet, and another piece of Chromatic Armor, all in a single release. Welcome to Version 3.4.0!

Entities

This update introduces two new pets.

Reaper

The Reaper is the second underwater pet, featuring a unique ability. Inspired by the Reaper Leviathan, it relentlessly hunts enemies beneath the surface. Once it locks onto a target, it grows in size and crushes its prey with its powerful jaws. However, be warned, the Reaper is ineffective on land.

• Health: 40
• Attack Damage: 8
• Grab Damage: 12
• Scale: between 4.75 - 9.5 (depends on enemy size)

Reaper

Traubina

Traubine is an air pet that poses a serious threat to enemies. As a mutated bee, it stings its target and amplifies all damage dealt to that entity.

• Health: 14
• Attack Damage: 2
• Multiplication: Damage x3

Traubina

Armor

Another piece of the Corrupted Armor set has been added. The Corrupted Leggings provide the same enhancements as the previously introduced helmet and boots.

Crystal Relicts

This update introduces three new Crystal Relicts, ranging from entirely new mechanics to impressive visual highlights.

Spiky Staff

The Spiky Staff fires a cactus like projectile that splits into several smaller projectiles after traveling a short distance. With enough practice, it can be used to hit enemies from extreme range.

Spiky Staff

Drill

The Drill slams into the ground with tremendous force, creating a massive shockwave that damages and knocks back all nearby enemies in a 360 degree radius.

Drill

Poisonous Bottle

The Poisonous Bottle throws a flask filled with poison at its target, creating a lingering area of effect that damages enemies over time. To make aiming easier, the landing position of the bottle is displayed before it is thrown.

Crafting recipes

Crafting recipes

The May update brings another fresh wave of content to Chroma, introducing several new additions such as two new pets, Corrupted Armor, and a new Crystal Relict. A number of quality of life improvements have also been included with this release.

Entities

This update introduces two new pets, while another existing pet has received a complete overhaul:

Spell Tower

The Spell Tower is a stationary pet capable of throwing potions. These can either provide helpful potion effects or defend a base by damaging hostile mobs and other players.

• Health: 10
• Charge: 16s

Spell Tower

Guardian

The Guardian is defined by its extreme destructive power, making it pretty strong but also highly dangerous. Even to its own user.

• Health: 34
• Attack Damage: 6
• Laser Range: 24 blocks
• Laser Damage: 18
• Laser Splash Damage: 8
• Laser Explosion Power: 4xTNT

Guardian

Medoh

Medoh has also received a major overhaul, featuring a new item model, improved AI, and refined animations.

Items

This update also introduces several new items:

Corrupted Armor

The Corrupted tool class has now received its first armor pieces. The helmet and leggings can now be upgraded into Corrupted Armor.

• Durability: +4% (compared to Celestial)
• Toughness: +10% (compared to Celestial)
• Knockback Resistance: +8% (compared to Celestial)

Void Arrow

The Void Arrow is a new type of arrow with a unique ability. Upon hitting its target, the entity is defeated instantly, regardless of its health or armor. However, no experience or loot will be dropped.

QoL

• The Corruption theme has been removed as the main menu background music.

Crafting recipes

Crafting recipes

This version is a port of the mod to the Forge loader. It is not actively developed and may contain bugs or incomplete features.

This version is a port of the mod to the NeoForge loader. It is not actively developed and may contain bugs or incomplete features.

The March update, which releases in April due to a delay, introduces several new features. These include a new pet, multiple Crystal Relicts, and the addition of spears.

26.1 support

This version and all future releases are now available for version 26.1. Previous versions are no longer supported.

Due to a complex update process, some features are currently unavailable, including the Corruption intro screen and the credits screen. These will be reintroduced in a future update.

Spears

Spears are now available in Chroma: Tools & Utilities. This includes the Chromatic, Celestial, and Corrupted Spear.

• Chromatic Spear: +1 Attack Damage (compared to Netherite)
• Celestial Spear: +2 Attack Damage (compared to Netherite)
• Corrupted Spear: +3 Attack Damage (compared to Netherite)

Spears

Entities

A new pet has been introduced, featuring the ability to transform enemies.

Huggy

Huggy is the newest companion at the player’s side. With its terrifying scream, it can transform targets within an 8 block radius into 2 to 4 “Critters”. These small creatures aggressively attack everything around them.

• Health: 30
• Attack Damage: 4
• Critter Count: 2-4
• Scream Radius: 8 blocks
• Scream Cooldown: 8 seconds

Huggy

Critter

• Health: 1
• Attack Damage: 2

Critter

Items

This update introduces two new Crystal Relicts.

Lucky Pouch

The Lucky Pouch, a Verdant Relict, grants the player a small selection of random items every three minutes. The item pool is strictly limited and filtered, ensuring that no overpowered or creative-only items can be obtained.

Totototem

The Totototem, a Crimson Relict, is an enhanced version of the Totem of Undying. After being used, it has the ability to recharge itself over time, although this process takes a considerable duration.

Totototem

Crafting recipes

Several additional crafting recipes have also been added.

Crafting recipes

Future

Future updates will no longer be available for versions prior to 26.1. However, regular updates with new content will continue to be released for the newer versions.

Until then, enjoy Chroma.

The February update introduces several major additions, including a comprehensive rework of the pet system, the Corrupted CPU, a new Crystal Relict, and more. The mod also parts ways with a previously required helper dependency, which is no longer needed.

Geckolib

Since the major Pet Update in version 2.5.0, the additional mod Geckolib has been required to render pet models and animations. This is no longer the case. With significant effort, all existing pets have now been converted to vanilla models.

Following the update to version 1.21.11, the previous animation system no longer functioned as intended and resulted in multiple visual issues. As a result, the entire system has been rebuilt using vanilla entities. All future pets will also be implemented using this approach.

Ideally, players should not notice this transition at all, as it affects only the technical foundation. A return to Geckolib is currently not planned.

Entities

A new pet featuring two unique mechanics has been introduced. In addition, all existing pets have been revisited, with several receiving updated models, textures, or animations.

Medoh

Medoh is the first flying pet, allowing it to accompany the player in addition to an already active ground pet. It grants the Jump Boost effect to nearby players, significantly increasing their jump height. By default, it does not engage enemies and only attacks under specific conditions.

• Health: 20
• Effect: Jump Boost II
• Beam Range: 8
• Beam Damage: 42

Medoh

Eagle Artillery

The Eagle Artillery has received a fundamental overhaul, featuring a new model, updated textures, and improved animations.

Eagle Artillery

Previous Model Reworked Model

Zappie

Zappie has also received a new texture along with improved animations.

Zappie

Previous Model Reworked Model

Floaty

Floaty has also been updated, now featuring a new model and texture.

Floaty

Previous Model Reworked Model

Corrupted Boss

The Corrupted Boss is the first boss introduced in Chroma: Tools & Utilities. As the guardian of the Corrupted class, it must be defeated before the player can fully progress and craft the new tools.

It is summoned by constructing a specific pattern, similar to an Iron Golem structure. However, Obsidian is used instead of iron blocks, and a Heavy Core replaces the carved pumpkin.

The boss features four distinct phases, each differing significantly in behavior.

In Phase I, it engages in close combat and deals heavy melee damage. In Phase II, it shifts to ranged attacks and actively distances itself from the player. In Phase III, it marks three areas on the ground. The player must step into these zones to break the boss’s shield, allowing it to be damaged again. In Phase IV, it ascends into the air and unleashes a barrage of fireballs, causing widespread destruction in the surrounding area.

Upon defeat, the boss drops a Music Disc containing the soundtrack that plays during the battle, as well as the Corrupted Upgrade Template.

Corrupted CPU

Items

This update also introduces a new Crystal Relict.

Magnet Module

The Magnet Module allows blocks to be moved freely. By holding right click, a targeted block can be repositioned using the mouse. Once released, the block falls to the ground and is placed automatically if possible. If the player sneaks while the block is still in the air, it will be placed instantly at its current position.

Magnet Module

Crafting recipes

Several additional crafting recipes have also been added.

Crafting recipes

Tech

• The Leap Feather is now functioning properly again.
• Leap Feather durability (600 -> 256 | -55,8%)
• Corruption intro screen moved to Credits and Attributions section.
• The Corruption soundtrack now plays in the main menu.

Future

This update introduces several new features to the mod. Further updates are planned, bringing additional content and refinements. While the exact direction of upcoming features has not yet been finalized, initial concepts are already in development.

The next update may release slightly earlier or later than usual. Until then, enjoy exploring Chroma.