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Nico's Cave Expansion

This add-on enhances your underground exploration by introducing a variety of new caves. It also adds new mobs, blocks, plants, food, ores, and equipment.
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Discover more features underground! Nico's Cave Expansion is an add-on that enhances your underground exploration by introducing a variety of new caves. It also adds new mobs, blocks, plants, food, ores, and equipment.

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(v1.9.3)

NEW UPDATES:

Version: 1.9.3


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Version: 1.9.3

MOBS:

  • Removed the ability for custom mobs to regenerate health while resting. Most custom mobs can already be healed through feeding, giving healing items more usefulness.
  • Golden Dandelions now work on custom baby mobs, preventing them from growing up.
  • Moss Mushling release effects no longer affect other Moss Mushlings.

BLOCKS:

  • Added the Moss Sprouts Bale.
  • Mycelium Sprouts Bales and Glowcelium Sprouts Bales can now be used as fuel with a burn time of 50 seconds, and can now also be composted with a 100% composting chance.

RECIPES:

  • Added a Limestone Bricks recipe using Cracked Limestone Bricks and Clay in the Crafting Table.
  • Added a Marble Bricks recipe using Cracked Marble Bricks and Clay in the Crafting Table.
  • Added a Soul Stone Bricks recipe using Cracked Soul Stone Bricks and Clay in the Crafting Table.

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Version: 1.9.2


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Version: 1.9.2

NOTE:

  • This version may no longer be able to update over older versions.

TECHNICAL CHANGES:

  • Changed the UUID to fix importing issues on Realms. (Note: This will prevent the add-on from updating over older versions.)
  • Added the PBR or Vibrant Visuals capabilities.

ITEMS:

  • Increased the Moss Berry Cookies chance for effect to apply on consumption from 5% to 10%.

RECIPES:

  • Fixed recipes for Mosshroom Hyphae Lantern using Mosshroom Hyphae.
  • Chiseled Bookshelves can now be crafted using Mosshroom Planks and Mosshroom Slab.
  • Composters can now be crafted using Mosshroom Slab.
  • Daylight Detectors can now be crafted using Mosshroom Slab.
  • Lecterns can now be crafted using Mosshroom Slab.

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Version: 1.9.1


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Version: 1.9.1

NOTE:

  • This update only works with Minecraft version 26.0 and higher.

BLOCKS:

  • Custom stairs now have the same collision box as vanilla stairs.

MOBS:

  • In Creative Mode, baby mobs can now be spawned by using their Spawn Eggs.
  • Updated the Wandering Trader trades.
  • Crystalmite:
    • Increased the melee attack damage.
  • Mossy Skeleton:
    • Fixed the equipment interaction bug where valid equippable items is in both player's hands.
    • Increased max health from 20 to 25 for wild Mossy Skeletons, and from 30 to 40 for tamed Mossy Skeletons.
    • Can now use kinetic weapons, such as spears.
    • Wild Mossy Skeletons now have a higher chance to pick up and equip items.
    • Wild Mossy Skeletons can now pick up spears.
    • Tamed Mossy Skeletons will no longer pick up and equip items automatically; they can now be equipped only through owner interaction.
    • Tamed Mossy Skeletons can now equip Bows, Crossbows, and Spears through interaction.
    • Fixed a bug where tamed Mossy Skeletons could not equip leggings through interaction.
    • Equipped items on tamed Mossy Skeletons can now be removed using Shears.
    • Tamed Mossy Skeletons will no longer drop a Sprouted Bone on death.
    • Tweaked the PBR texture.
  • Myceling & Glowceling:
    • Adult Myceling & Glowceling can now breed together.
    • Improved Mycelium Sprout production. Tamed Mycelings now produce them faster than wild ones.

ITEMS:

  • Redesigned the Glowbird Spawn Egg.

TECHNICAL CHANGES:

  • Updated several files to 26.0 version.

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Version: 1.9


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Version: 1.9

TECHNICAL:

  • Updated for compatibility with Minecraft version 1.21.24.
  • Added PBR texture support for all the custom blocks, entities, and particles.

MOBS:

  • Each custom mob Spawn Egg now has a unique visual.
  • Fixed a bug where mobs would not naturally spawn on top of any custom full-cube block types.
  • Glowbird:
    • Can now lay eggs on top of any custom full-cube blocks.
  • Crystalmite:
    • Can now slowly regenerate health while sitting or sleeping.
  • Mossy Skeleton:
    • Tamed Mossy Skeletons can now equip all types of vanilla armor, tools, melee weapons, and off-hand items such as Shields and Totems of Undying through owner interaction.
  • Myceling & Glowceling:
    • Can now lay eggs on top of any custom full-cube blocks.

BLOCKS:

  • Custom blocks now support precipitation behavior.

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Version: 1.8


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Version: 1.8

NOTE:

  • If you’re updating from an older version, this add-on may not work properly in existing worlds.
  • This update only works with Minecraft version 1.21.120 and higher.

TECHNICAL CHANGES:

  • Changed all identifiers.
  • Shortened several file names.
  • Rewrote all Script API event code.
  • Added language support for Spanish and Japanese.

RENAMED:

  • "Glow Bird" → "Glowbird"
  • "Glow Bird Egg" → "Glowbird Egg"

MOBS:

  • Glow Bird:
    • Increased natural spawn rate.

WORLD GENERATION:

  • Updated several vegetation features — Bush, Leaf Litter, Pink Petals, and Wildflowers can now be replaced during world generation.
  • Improved Glow Lichen generation — it can now generate attached to most full-cube block types, and its generation rate in Mushroom Caves has been reduced.
  • Increased the generation rate of Mycelium Sprouts and Glowcelium Sprouts.

BLOCKS:

  • Fixed the texture bug on custom potted plants.
  • Adjusted the selection box, collision box, hardness, and blast resistance of most custom blocks to better match those of vanilla blocks.
  • Most solid custom blocks are now redstone conductors — buttons, levers, pressure plates, and other redstone signal emitters will now work when placed on custom blocks.
  • Custom blocks now behave correctly when pushed by pistons.
  • Custom blocks with pillar-type rotation (such as stems, bales, and pillar blocks) now have correct texture rotation based on their placement, matching their corresponding vanilla blocks.
  • Custom blocks with cross-model (such as plants and crystal clusters) now have consistent textures on all sides, similar to vanilla cross-model blocks.
  • Fixed an issue where blocks couldn’t be placed on custom slabs.
  • Custom plants now have slightly randomized positioning within a 1-block range when placed, similar to vanilla grasses.
  • Custom sprouts can now be instantly removed when a block is placed over them.
  • Custom ore drops now have the same average yield as vanilla ores when mined with or without the Fortune enchantment.
  • Mycelium Sprouts & Glowcelium Sprouts:
    • Reduced particle emission frequency.
  • Clumps of Mosshroom Fungus:
    • No longer instantly mined. They can now be efficiently mined using a hoe or shears.
    • Revamped textures and added semi-emissive details.
  • Moss Berry Bush:
    • Tweaked the block model.
  • Active Heated Netherrack:
    • Will no longer be triggered by mobs with the Fire Resistance effect.
    • The explosion block is now solid.
    • Fixed the explosion name appearing when a player dies from the explosion.
  • Rose Quartz Lamps:
    • Improved texture material instances — block sides no longer appear dim.
  • Mosshroom Hyphae Lamp:
    • Improved texture material instances.
    • Updated rendering method and added PBR texture support.
  • Mosshroom Hyphae Lantern:
    • Improved texture material instances.
    • Updated rendering method and added PBR texture support.
    • Tweaked the extension model when placed on the side face of a block.

ITEMS:

  • Added “Smeltable” info to several items and blocks that can be smelted.
  • Custom bone meal can now also be used as fertilizer on various fertilizable (mostly custom) blocks.

RECIPES:

  • The following blocks can now be smelted in a blast furnace to obtain their cracked variants:
    • Limestone Bricks
    • Marble Bricks
    • Soul Stone Bricks

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Version: 1.7


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Version: 1.7

NOTE:

  • This update now only works with Minecraft version 1.21.80 and higher, and may no longer support updating older versions in your existing Minecraft world.

"General"

  • Updated for compatibility with Minecraft version 1.21.93.
  • It no longer disables achievements when used in Survival mode.

"Fixes & Changes"

MOBS:

  • Glow Bird:
    • Glow Birds are now less likely to fall into the void when attempting to land in the End dimension.

BLOCKS:

  • Fixed the Mosshroom Stem & Rose Quartz Pillar texture rotation.
  • Blocks that now instantly replaceable when placing other blocks on them:
    • Moss Sprouts
    • Mycelium Sprouts
    • Glowcelium Sprouts

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CONTENTS:

 

 

See more information here:

ModBay - Nico's Cave Expansion

 

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Known Issues/Bugs

  • Equipment model doesn't show glints:
    • Equipment model with a glowing texture doesn't glint when it has an enchantment.
    • This refers to olivine armor and magic staffs.
    • The enchantments are still applied to the equipment, but it's just don't the glints in the model.
  • Non-solid custom blocks:
    • Vanilla fences and walls are connected to a non-solid custom block.
    • Grass block will transform into dirt when non-solid custom block is placed at the top of it.
    • Some of the non-solid blocks won't break when the supporting blocks are broken.

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Add-on Notes

  • Add-on may only be compatible with Minecraft version 26.10 or higher.
  • This add-on is NOT using a 'player.json' file.
  • This add-on is mostly compatible with other add-ons.
  • Add-on will work on the realm or server; just make sure you install the correct files.
  • Add-on is not tested yet on the beta and preview versions of Minecraft, so expect some bugs if you are using those versions.
  • Remove the old packs before installing the new version of the packs.
  • If you create a review, gameplay video, or showcase of this add-on, please remember to give credit and include the original link to this webpage.
  • Do not provide any other download links.

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Installation!

  • Download the 'Nicos Cave Expansion (v1.9.3).mcaddon', or the seperated packs (Behavior Pack & Resource Pack).
  • Import the packs into Minecraft and wait until the both behavior pack and resource pack are successfully imported.
  • Make sure to install both the behavior pack and resource pack before entering you world.
  • This add-on doesn't need any experimental options to toggle to on.

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