📌 Version 1.4.6

🏝️ Landfall — the endless ocean now hides islands worth finding, worth mining, and worth defending

✨ New Features

• 🏝️ Added three island sizes: small, medium, and large
• ⛏️ Islands can now generate iron and coal ore
• 🧭 Added the /nearestisland command to locate the closest island
• 🧟 Islands can now spawn hostile mobs at night

🏝️ Islands

• 🟢 Small
• 🟡 Medium
• 🔴 Large

⛏️ Ores

Island rock can now hide ore, hidden among the stone.

🧭 /nearestisland Command

• /nearestisland — nearest island of any size
• /nearestisland small / medium / large — nearest island of that size
• Returns a clickable teleport link Access:
• ✅ Always available in Creative and Spectator
• 🔐 In Survival and Adventure, only with cheats enabled

🧟 Hostile Mobs on Islands

Mob odds:

⚙️ Technical Changes

• 🏝️ Added small/medium/large island size categories to world generation
• ⛏️ Added weighted iron/coal ore rolls to island stone generation
• 🧭 Added /nearestisland command with small/medium/large subcommands and a teleport link
• 🔐 Restricted /nearestisland to Creative/Spectator, or Survival/Adventure with cheats enabled
• 🧟 Added a dedicated hostile mob spawner for islands, independent of the ocean biome's natural spawn list
• 🎯 Implemented weighted mob selection and light/distance-based spawn gating

The ocean isn't as empty as it looks — and neither are its islands. 🏝️

📌 Version 1.4.2

🦈 Into the Deep — diamonds now await in the depths, but the ocean has gained a new apex predator

✨ New Features

• 🦈 Added Sharks, a dangerous new hostile ocean mob
• 💎 Expanded Stage 6 progression with underwater diamond generation
• 🌊 Improved deep-ocean exploration with a new risk versus reward experience

📈 Progression System

Complete objectives to unlock new loot tiers.

🌊 Stage 6 — Into the Depths

Objective: Dive 10 blocks deep wearing a turtle helmet

Unlocked Loot

• Potion of Water Breathing (03:00)

New in 1.4.2

• 💎 Diamonds now generate between Y 60 and Y 70

🦈 Sharks

A new hostile ocean predator has been added.

🌊 Spawning

• Spawn naturally between Y 60 and Y 80
• Spawn in groups of 1–3 sharks

⚔️ Behavior

• Once a shark spots a player, it begins pursuing them
• Nearby sharks are alerted and join the hunt
• Sharks continue following their target even after losing direct sight
• If the player leaves the water, sharks circle nearby for 30 seconds
• After that, they lose interest and swim away
• They cannot target the same player again until 20 seconds have passed and they spot the player once more
• Sharks eat any dropped item they pick up after 3 seconds

📊 Attributes

• ❤️ Health: 16 (8 hearts)
• 🗡️ Attack Damage: 2.5
• 🏃 Movement Speed: 1.3
• 👀 Follow Range: 24 blocks

🌍 Gameplay

• 💎 Diamonds can now be obtained by progressing into the deepest ocean layers.
• 🦈 Exploring those depths is now much more dangerous, as sharks actively hunt nearby players.

⚙️ Technical Changes

• 💎 Added diamond generation between Y 60–70 after reaching Stage 6
• 🦈 Added shark spawning between Y 60–80 with group spawning support
• 🎯 Implemented coordinated shark alert and pursuit AI
• ⏳ Added persistence and cooldown logic for shark targeting
• 🍖 Implemented dropped-item consumption behavior

The deepest waters now hold the greatest treasures... and their deadliest guardians. 🦈

📌 Version 1.3.8

🌙 Bugfix Update — the sun finally rises over the raft

🐛 Bug Fixes

• 🌙 Fixed a bug where sleeping in a bed inside the Raft dimension would never turn night into day
• ⏰ The in-game clock is now correctly synced when waking up from sleep in raftworld:raft

🌍 Gameplay

• 🛏️ Sleeping in the Raft dimension now properly skips the night, just like in the Overworld

⚙️ Technical Changes

• 🌙 Added a dedicated sleep handler that forces the day/night cycle to advance correctly from non-Overworld dimensions
• 🔧 Fixed an issue where the day/night clock in raftworld:raft could not be updated directly, since it mirrors the Overworld's time data

No more endless nights adrift — sleep tight, wake up to the sunrise 🌅

📌 Version 1.3.7

📈 Progression Update — unlock new floating loot as you survive and expand your raft

✨ New Features

• 📈 Expanded the Progression System with new mid–late game stages and rewards
• 🏆 Added new advancements to guide underwater and armor progression
• 🪸 Introduced new ocean-based loot tiers (kelp, prismarine, turtle materials)
• 🐢 Added a new Enchanted Turtle Shell with special underwater mechanics
• 🌊 Improved water interaction mechanics in the Raft dimension

📈 Progression System

Complete objectives to unlock new loot tiers.

🪖 Stage 5 — Iron Head

Objective: Craft an Iron Helmet Unlocked Loot

• Kelp, Turtle Scute, Prismarine Shard

🌊 Stage 6 — Into the Depths

Objective: Dive 10 blocks deep wearing a turtle helmet Unlocked Loot

• Potion of Water Breathing (03:00)

🐢 Enchanted Turtle Helmet

A new upgraded turtle helmet has been added.

🧵 Crafting Recipe

  P
P T P

• T = Turtle Shell
• P = Potion of Water Breathing (03:00)
• Result: 1x Enchanted Turtle Shell

🌟 Effects

• Grants Water Breathing for 4 minutes
• Effect resets only after being out of water for 1 minute
• Re-entering water restores duration back to 4 minutes
• Wearing a Turtle Helmet or Enchanted Turtle Helmet makes you immune to water currents in the raftworld:raft dimension

🏆 New Advancements

• 🪖 Iron Head — Craft an Iron Helmet
• 🌊 Into the Depths — Dive 10 blocks deep wearing a turtle helmet

🌍 Gameplay

• 🌊 Water current mechanics now interact with armor progression (turtle gear immunity)

⚙️ Technical Changes

• 📊 Expanded progression manager with Stage 5 and Stage 6 support
• 🏆 Added new advancements for helmet crafting and deep diving objectives
• 🪸 Added new loot tables for ocean progression tiers
• 🐢 Implemented enchanted turtle helmet status system and water-state tracking
• 🌊 Updated current physics to respect turtle helmet immunity

A deeper ocean, a stronger raft, and new ways to survive beneath the waves 🌊

📌 Version 1.3.3

📈 Progression Update — unlock new floating loot as you survive and expand your raft

✨ New Features

• 📈 Added a Progression System that unlocks new floating loot by completing objectives
• 🏆 Added a complete set of advancements to guide progression through the mod
• 🌍 Improved the Raft dimension so hostile mobs can no longer naturally spawn unless they spawn in water
• 🌐 Added Spanish (Spain) (es_es) language translations

📈 Progression System

Complete objectives to unlock new loot tiers.

🌱 Stage 0 — Base

Available from the start.

Unlocked Loot

• Dirt, Oak Planks, Stick, Rotten Flesh, String, Oak Sapling

📦 Stage 1 — Raft Net

Objective: Build a Raft Net

Unlocked Loot

• Wheat Seeds, Potato, Carrot

⛏️ Stage 2 — Farming

Objective: Obtain 10 Wheat and a Wooden Hoe

Unlocked Loot

• Cobblestone, Coal, Raw Iron, Iron Nugget

🪓 Stage 3 — Stone Age

Objective: Obtain a Stone Pickaxe and Stone Axe

Unlocked Loot

• Flint, Clay Ball, Cod, Salmon

🔥 Stage 4 — Iron Age

Objective: Smelt 5 Iron Ingots

Unlocked Loot

• Redstone, Lapis Lazuli, Copper Ingot, Gold Nugget

🏆 New Advancements

• 🌍 Raft World — Survive the endless ocean (Unlocked upon entering the Raft dimension)
• 🟫 Catching Everything — Build a Raft Net
• 🌾 Green Thumb — Obtain 10 Wheat and a Wooden Hoe
• 🪨 Rock Solid — Obtain a Stone Pickaxe and Stone Axe
• 🔥 Blast Furnace Beginner — Smelt 5 Iron Ingots

🌊 Floating Loot

Floating loot now expands as you progress.

⚡ Fast Items

The first 10 spawned items move toward the player much faster.

Tag: raftworld_fast

🌍 Gameplay

• 🚫 Hostile mobs no longer naturally spawn in the Raft dimension unless their spawn location is in water
• 📈 Floating loot progression provides a more natural survival experience and gradual access to resources

⚙️ Technical Changes

• 📊 Added a progression manager for unlocking loot stages
• 🏆 Added new advancements for each progression milestone
• 🌊 Updated loot spawning to respect unlocked progression stages
• 🌐 Added complete Spanish (Spain) localization (es_es)

A better survival journey, one floating reward at a time 🌊📈

📌 Version 1.2.6

🕸️ Raft Net update — collect, store, and automate your floating loot

✨ Features

• 🕸️ Added the Raft Net block — a craftable container that catches drifting items
• 📥 Items carried by ocean currents are automatically absorbed into the Raft Net's inventory
• 🪝 Hoppers can now insert and extract items from the Raft Net
• 🪓 Raft Net can be broken with any tool, but an axe is the efficient tool for it

🖥️ User Interface

• 🎛️ Added a dedicated Raft Net menu/screen with a 3x3 inventory grid
• 🧾 Raft Net crafting recipe now unlocks early, as soon as the player picks up planks, string, or a stick — no need to craft it first

🌊 Gameplay

• 🕸️ Place a Raft Net in the water to passively collect floating debris carried by the current
• 📤 If the Raft Net's inventory is full, items simply continue drifting — nothing breaks or gets lost
• 💥 Breaking the Raft Net drops its full inventory on the ground, so nothing stored inside is lost
• 🪵 Raft Net uses wood sounds for placing, breaking, and walking

🧵 Crafting Recipe

S S S
P I P
S S S

• S = String
• P = Any Planks
• I = Stick
• Result: 1x Raft Net

⚙️ Technical Changes

• 🧱 Added RaftNetBlock, RaftNetBlockEntity, and RaftNetMenu/RaftNetScreen
• 🔌 Registered an ItemHandler capability for the Raft Net, enabling hopper compatibility via InvWrapper
• 📜 Added a loot table so the block properly drops itself on break
• 🏷️ Added a mineable/axe tag entry for correct tool efficiency
• 🏆 Reworked the recipe-unlock advancement to trigger on inventory items instead of world join

A cozier ocean survival experience, one net at a time 🕸️🌊

📌 Version 1.2.0

🌊 Major gameplay expansion update for Raft World

✨ Features

• 🌊 Floating debris system expanded with improved spawning logic
• 🌬️ Ocean currents now affect players as well as items
• 🌱 Added Oak Saplings to floating loot pool
• 📦 Refined item drift behavior and water interaction physics

🖥️ User Interface

• 🖼️ Added a full-screen Overworld entry screen
  • Displays a centered title: "RAFT WORLD"
  • Subtitle: "Use /startraft to begin your adventure"
  • Players are unable to move or interact until the /startraft command is used
  • Screen applies a blindness effect to fully block gameplay visibility
  • Ensures players properly start their journey in Raft World before proceeding

🌊 Gameplay

• 🌊 Players are now influenced by ocean currents while swimming
• 🪵 Expanded resource variety for early-game survival
• 🧭 Better guidance for starting a new Raft World run

⚙️ Technical Changes

• 🧠 Improved current simulation consistency between entities and players
• 🔄 Optimized tick-based spawning and movement logic
• 🧱 Updated loot table logic to include saplings

A more immersive ocean survival experience 🌊🚀