This is a fun modpack even tho I'm only in very early game. I hope it continues to be fun and doesn't bog down, but so far so good!
Still can't complete the first quest, killed a few Endermen but they haven't dropped any pearls, darn it. And died once trying.
Here's my biggest tip for early game - write down the coordinates of your home base. LOL When I repspawned I realized I was totally lost and in big trouble but luckily I found my house before the sun went down by wandering around and increasing my view distance to the max. WHEW!
And I also can't get a sugarcane to grow between my carrot and wheat even tho I have sand beneath the double thingie. I even put a water block next to the sand in case that is required since sugarcane needs to be adjacent to water in vanilla minecraft. But nothing will grow there for at least the hour or so since I planted them. No Mandrake Root either. Frustrating. I'm stuck on these two quests and can't proceed right now.
Yeah as soon as you kill a vanilla one that quest will complete for you. Also, make sure you have a high light level on the block that you're trying to crossbreed onto, if it's too dark to grow, it won't spawn the mutated seed. I made a nice tall column as a landmark when I set up a base