Apocalyptic Fortress
The Apocalyptic Fortress modification completely overhauls Nether fortresses, making their exploration more engaging and rewarding. This project dramatically enhances both the visual appearance of these structures and their gameplay mechanics, offering numerous new interactive elements.
IMPORTANT: Requires installation of geckolib-forge-1.19-3.1.36 or newer version!
Main Features
- Expanded exploration areas within fortresses
- Most decorative blocks now serve gameplay functions
- Some wither skeletons wield bows instead of stone swords
- More complex interior and exterior fortress architecture
- Certain features significantly affected by game difficulty level
Functional Blocks
Dungeon Chest
Chests in fortresses can contain common resources or be locked. Unlocked chests sometimes contain blaze keys that can open locked versions with valuable loot:
- 1 to 3 Netherite scraps
- Netherite ingot
- Wither skeleton skull
- Enchanted golden apple
- Witherite shears (item update exclusive)
- Obsidian talisman (item update exclusive)
Fortress Beacon
Beacons in fortresses are initially locked and require blaze keys to interact. Default range is 32 blocks horizontally. Effects depend on difficulty:
- Peaceful: does not remove fire resistance from players
- Easy: removes fire resistance but doesn't grant mobs resistance
- Normal: removes fire resistance and grants resistance II to mobs
- Hard: removes fire resistance and grants resistance III to mobs
Right-click disables beacon effects. Using lava bucket increases range (max 64 blocks), water bucket decreases range (min 1 block). Liquid is not consumed during adjustments.
In item update version: When feeding blaze power to beacon, 5% chance to drop blaze core.
Explosive Barrels
Explode instantly when hit by fire projectiles or redstone signal. Affected by gravity and explode upon hitting the ground after falling.
Pots
Breakable vessels that drop various items when destroyed: coal, bones, arrows, potions. Quality of dropped items has 4 rarity tiers: common (90%), uncommon (7.5%), rare (2%), legendary (0.5%). Vulnerable to falling and projectiles. When falling onto mobs, deal damage comparable to anvils.
Gold Piles
Piles of gold ingots in different sizes, provide 1 to 4 ingots when collected.
Nether Brick Piles
Come in various sizes, provide 1 to 4 Nether bricks. When mined, 0.1% chance (1 in 1000) to drop Netherite ingot.
Wither Vines and Leaves
Deal small wither damage to non-wither mobs and flying creatures when stepped on. Mining these blocks also withers players. Barrel explosions on wither leaves create lingering potion effect.
In item update: Wither leaves and vines can only be obtained with witherite shears, preventing wither damage during collection.
Book Piles
Located under roofs and inside structures. Provide 1-4 regular and/or enchanted books depending on pile size. Each book has approximately 30% chance to be enchanted with one of: flame, fire aspect, fire protection, sharpness, power, efficiency, unbreaking, blast protection, projectile protection, smite, infinity, looting, mending.
Pot of Greed
Priceless golden vessel that appears in place of regular pots with 2% chance. Provides valuable rewards when broken, plus offers quests for even more valuable items. Three quest levels:
- Use golden sword on Pot of Greed - reward: fragment of greed
- Donate 100 gold ingots - reward: crest of greed
- Give 24 golden items (any except enchanted golden apple) - reward: emblem of greed
After completing each stage, one of three eyes on surface lights up, and dropped resources improve with quest level progression.
Additional Elements (from item and advancement updates)
The modification includes unique artifacts from the item update and special achievements that add new goals for players.
