Jet's Better Exploration

A modification that rethinks various Minecraft game mechanics, making world exploration more engaging and logical. To fully understand all the changes, I recommend watching the overview video.

Main Innovations

Cartographers now offer the Ancient Explorer map after defeating the Ender Dragon. This unique item points the way to a lost Ancient City.

In the world of alchemy, a Sculk Vial has appeared, crafted from 5 echo shards. This vessel can accumulate up to 30 experience levels, becoming a valuable tool for experienced players.

World Balancing

The frequency of Ancient City appearances has been halved, but in compensation, woodland mansions have become three times more common. Ancient City treasure rooms now contain diamond armor and tools, making their exploration more rewarding.

The Recovery Compass is no longer craftable - it can now be found exclusively in woodland mansions, and with a completely updated texture.

Geological Features

Ore distribution in different biomes has become more diverse, and biomes now also affect the growth rate of agricultural crops. For a detailed study of these changes, the Biome Diversification Catalog is available.

Transportation System

Powered rails are now crafted using copper ingots instead of gold ones. Minecarts with passengers reach speeds of up to 12 m/s instead of the standard 8 m/s. To achieve maximum speed of 16 m/s, super powered rails are used, crafted from gold ingots.

Village Economy

Trading with villagers has become more biome-dependent, while the pre-trade rebalance system is preserved, but with increased frequency of biome-specific offers.

Horses and Equipment

Horse armor now has durability and can be enchanted. Available enchantments include Unbreaking, Mending, various types of Protection, Respiration, Frost Walker, Depth Strider, Feather Falling, and Soul Speed.

Horses have gained the ability to sprint, reaching speeds 120% higher than their base speed. However, they now have a stamina bar that gradually depletes during sprinting. When fully depleted, movement speed decreases by 30% until fully recharged.

Nether

Ice now evaporates in the Nether. Striders no longer get cold when leaving lava in their home dimension - cooling only occurs in the Overworld. Additionally, striders can spawn directly on the Nether terrain and freely move across it instead of lava.

Additional Settings

Boats no longer accelerate on ice, but this behavior can be changed using the game rule allowIceBoatSpeed.

The minecart logic is adapted based on Audaki's Cart Engine.