BetterEnd: Initial Exploration and Basic Crafting

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BetterEnd introduces new biomes, resources, and creatures to the End dimension, enhancing its atmosphere with unique sky visuals, music, sounds, and effects. The mod features a custom End generator, resulting in varied island shapes, terrain, and elevations, often containing caves with distinct resources.

Exploring Biomes

BetterEnd includes over 24 new biomes, each offering a unique experience. Some examples of these biomes are:

Amber Land
Blossoming Spires
Chorus Forest

Each biome provides its own set of resources and may contain unique mobs, some of which have biome-specific variations.

Basic Crafting

BetterEnd expands crafting possibilities with 577 new recipes. Here are some examples of how to create new blocks and items:

To make an Aeternium Block, combine 9 Aeternium Ingots. You can reverse this by crafting an Aeternium Block back into 9 Aeternium Ingots.
Craft 4 Raw Amber into an Amber Gem, then use 4 Amber Gems to create an Amber Block. An Amber Block can also be broken down into 4 Amber Gems.
Combine 9 Dense Emerald Ice to form Ancient Emerald Ice.
For lighting, craft an Andesite Lantern with 2 Andesite Slabs and Aurora Crystal Shards. Similarly, an Azure Jadestone Lantern requires 2 Azure Jadestone Slabs and Aurora Crystal Shards.
Create an Andesite Pedestal by combining 2 Polished Andesite Slabs and Polished Andesite.
Form an Aurora Crystal from 4 Aurora Crystal Shards.
Many items can be crafted from Azure Jadestone:
- 4 Azure Jadestone make 4 Azure Jadestone Bricks.
- 3 Azure Jadestone Bricks yield 6 Azure Jadestone Brick Slabs.
- 6 Azure Jadestone Bricks craft into 4 Azure Jadestone Brick Stairs.
- 6 Azure Jadestone Bricks form 6 Azure Jadestone Brick Walls.
- An Azure Jadestone Button is made from a single Azure Jadestone.
- 3 Azure Jadestone Bricks create 3 Azure Jadestone Flower Pots.
- 8 Azure Jadestone are needed for an Azure Jadestone Furnace.
- 2 Azure Jadestone Slabs and an Azure Jadestone Pillar create 2 Azure Jadestone Pedestals.
- An Azure Jadestone Pillar is made from 2 Azure Jadestone Slabs.
- 4 Azure Jadestone Bricks can be polished into 4 Azure Jadestone Polished.
- A Azure Jadestone Pressure Plate requires 2 Azure Jadestone.
- 3 Azure Jadestone yield 6 Azure Jadestone Slabs.
- 6 Azure Jadestone craft into 4 Azure Jadestone Stairs.
- 4 Azure Jadestone Polished create 4 Azure Jadestone Tiles.

Blasting and Smelting

Beyond standard crafting, BetterEnd introduces recipes for blasting and smelting.

Blasting

There are 20 blasting recipes available. Most Terminite and Thallasium tools and armor can be blasted down to their respective nuggets:

Terminite Axe, Boots, Chestplate, Smith Hammer, Helmet, Hoe, Leggings, Pickaxe, and Sword all yield a Terminite Nugget.
Thallasium Axe, Boots, Chestplate, Hammer, Helmet, Hoe, Leggings, Pickaxe, and Sword all yield a Thallasium Nugget.
Thallasium Ore and Raw Thallasium can be blasted into a Thallasium Ingot.

Smelting

The mod also includes 29 smelting recipes:

End Stone Bricks can be smelted into Cracked End Stone Bricks.
A End Lily Leaf becomes a End Lily Leaf Dried when smelted.
Smelting End Stone Dust produces Glass.
A Wet Menger Sponge can be smelted into a Menger Sponge.
Smelting a Purple Jellyshroom Cap yields a Slimeball.
Similar to blasting, many Terminite tools and armor can be smelted into a Terminite Nugget, including the Terminite Axe, Boots, Chestplate, Smith Hammer, Helmet, Hoe, Leggings, and Pickaxe.