Exploration mods

[OniyaMCD]

My kid is interested in creating a modpack with an exploration theme. What individual mods (not packs) do people like that add:

a) dimensions or
b) interesting overworld generation

If you can put in a bit about what it adds and why you like it, it would be great.

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Just to check: are you guys looking to create this in a particular version of Minecraft?

 

[OniyaMCD]

Currently still deciding. 1.7.x mods wouldn't be a deterrent for either of us, but if we see that there's a good selection of 1.12 mods, it might tip the scales.

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Ah ok, good to know!

 

[KingTriaxx]

Recurrent Complex has some cool overworld structures. Roguelike Dungeons are fun to explore with loot worth finding. Tough fighting in it though.

 

[LordPINE]

Chromaticraft adds quite a bit of worldgen, and in my opinion the coolest dimension in all of minecraft. It is however quite difficult to get into.

 

[OniyaMCD]

Chromaticraft adds quite a bit of worldgen, and in my opinion the coolest dimension in all of minecraft. It is however quite difficult to get into.

As in the dimension, or as in the mod itself?

 

[KingTriaxx]

Both. Chromaticraft is a Reika mod, which means it's difficult, obscure and requires significant guess work. And the dimension is late game Chromaticraft, requiring you be quite powerful to not die from damage on entry.

 

[OniyaMCD]

Insufficient documentation would make things a problem - although there's the fall back of 'That's what creative mode is for!' :-/

 

[KingTriaxx]

Insufficient documentation isn't the problem. Everything is well documented and described. Once you find out about it. For example, there are flowers that exist in the world at generation. But they're invisible until you unlock the knowledge of them. If you don't know what something is, then not only can't you see it, but what you do see is gibberish. Reika's perhaps too clever, but is also very good at stymying players trying to cheat the system.

 

[OniyaMCD]

Insufficient documentation isn't the problem. Everything is well documented and described. Once you find out about it. For example, there are flowers that exist in the world at generation. But they're invisible until you unlock the knowledge of them. If you don't know what something is, then not only can't you see it, but what you do see is gibberish. Reika's perhaps too clever, but is also very good at stymying players trying to cheat the system.

Is there a good pack available for learning this mod? I found the available wiki resources quite lacking, so I'm guessing the 'documentation' is all in-game.

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Is there a good pack available for learning this mod? I found the available wiki resources quite lacking, so I'm guessing the 'documentation' is all in-game.

I think A Polychromatic World is actually a great pack for it, because it’s well
integrated with the other mods and general progression - you need to progress through the different tiers, but it’s smartly done and spread across the whole timeframe of the pack, so there’s no crazy rush to learn loads of complex stuff at once.

 

[LordPINE]

A bit of self promotion here, but between Thaumcraft, Chromaticraft, Twilight Forest and Mariculture, there is quite a bit of exploration in A Polychromatic World.

Other mods that you might be interested in, that are not in my pack, would probably be Abyssalcraft and the Aether. And maybe Divine RPG.

 

[KingTriaxx]

Yeah, Lensmanoz played through it on the Modular Mayhem pack on his channel, and the pack is if not based around it then interestingly different enough from most other packs to be worth playing. Plus it has more exploration mods, like Matter Overdrive in it.

 

[OniyaMCD]

Does the mod that put in those cylindrical battle towers still exist? I don't remember the name...

 

[KingTriaxx]

Dungeon Tactics I think is the one you're thinking of.

 

[LordPINE]

Maybe AtomicStrykers Battle Towers?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Maybe AtomicStrykers Battle Towers?

That's what it made me think of - it had those cyclopean golems at the top, and the tower collapsed once they were killed right?

 

[LordPINE]

Yeah, exactly that.

 

[Reddis]

The first place I would start is https://minecraft.curseforge.com/mc-mods. You can then search for mods based on your preferences, but I recommend looking in the Adventure and RPG section for your needs. After that, I would recommend mods such as Mystcraft (magic based dimension exploration), RFTools (tech based dimension exploration) Roguelike Dungeons (overworld dungeon crawling), Astral Sorcery (magic based mod based on night time and searching for ruins in the overworld) Forestry / Bees (has a person searching the overworld for bee hives), Twilight Forest (dimension mod with insanely hard titans to fight, think Gaea and the titans), Biomes o Plenty (pretty world gen to explore), Abyssalcraft (like Astral Sorcery but demon based), Galacticraft (space exploration), and so many more. It really just depends on what type of exploration you want to do.