AstraForge: Industrial Ascension

Start with discovery, survival, and gear progression. Finish by building infrastructure, running production lines, and taking your world **off-planet**. --- ## What this pack is - **Exploration-first** progression with dense worldgen, structures, and loot. - **Combat that feels modern**, with movement, animation-driven melee, and meaningful weapon variety. - **RPG build progression**: level up, allocate stats, hunt relics, and keep up with scaling threats. - A **mid → late-game Space Program** where you build rockets, machinery, oxygen systems, and planetary outposts. - **Quality-of-life that stays out of your way**: recipes, HUD info, travel, multiplayer-safe loot. ## What this pack is not This is **not** a kitchen-sink “factory simulator” with half a dozen massive tech mods. The industrial depth is **deliberately concentrated** into the Space Program and its supporting automation/QoL. --- ## The gameplay arc ### Early game: establish your foothold - Explore a more varied world, secure food, and build your first base. - Loot structures for upgrades, artifacts, and powerful weapon finds. - Start shaping your character: early attribute choices matter and create real “build identity.” - Use streamlined enchanting/anvil improvements to get geared faster. ### Mid game: build infrastructure + specialize - Create a logistics backbone: travel points, storage flow, and villager/animal support. - Start pushing deeper structure content and tougher encounters. - Begin the ARPG loop: **relic hunting** + build tuning to match higher danger zones. - Prepare the materials and setup required to launch. ### Late game and beyond: the Space Program - Shift from “survive the world” to “industrialize it.” - Build rockets, refine fuel, generate oxygen, and establish planetary outposts. - Expand into multi-base operations across worlds and dimensions. - Your build keeps evolving: character levels, relic loadouts, and the world’s difficulty scaling all continue past “endgame.” --- # 🧬 RPG Progression & Scaling Difficulty (Builds actually matter) This pack doesn’t just give you more loot. It gives you **systems** that make loot, stats, and risk scale with your progress. ## Player leveling & attributes - A full **RPG leveling system** with **skill points** you spend into attributes to define your build. - A dedicated attribute screen + respec/refund support so you can iterate instead of rerolling worlds. - Optional **weapon & armor leveling** so your gear can gain XP and improve over time as you use it. ## Relics as your “ARPG loot chase” - **RPG-style relics** that drop from mobs and loot chests and are worn as equipment. - Relics roll **randomized stat bonuses**, come in rarities, and are configurable with dimension-aware drop behavior. - This is the glue between “I cleared a dungeon” and “my build is now stronger in a specific way.” ## The world pushes back - Hostile mobs are assigned **levels** and scale based on: - nearby player levels, - dimension / biome, - and even nearby structures (so dungeons can be true danger zones). - Scaling affects **health, damage, armor, and XP rewards**. - Optional RPG-style nameplates can display enemy level/health so you can instantly read threat level. **Result:** as you get stronger, the game doesn’t flatten out. You’re expected to keep upgrading, specializing, and taking smarter fights. --- # 🚀 The Space Program (Tech / Automation / Exploration) Space is not a side activity here, it’s the **intended escalation path**. **You will be:** - **Building rockets, suits, stations, and machines** - **Refining fuel and moving fluids** - **Generating and distributing oxygen** - **Powering a growing industrial base** - **Launching to new celestial bodies** and strip-mining/settling them for unique resources **Expect a “space-age” workflow:** 1. Prepare materials and build the tech foundation 2. Assemble rockets and support systems 3. Establish a first foothold (Moon/Mars-style outpost) 4. Expand into specialized off-world mining + production 5. Connect everything into a multi-base network If you like planning supply chains and building infrastructure that *actually matters*, then this is the modpack for you. --- ## Automation that matters This pack focuses automation on **time-sinks you actually feel**: - **Hands-off bartering** for reliable Nether outputs - **Hands-off animal feeding/breeding support** for food and materials - **Smarter farming villagers** that behave like they should - Space tech that forces real systems: **oxygen + fuel + transport + power** --- ## Content highlights ### World & biome variety - Explore fresh terrain and biome sets built for long-term survival worlds. ### Structures & points of interest - Villages and outposts feel less repetitive. - Ruins and world structures give you reasons to roam (and return). ### Combat, loot & build progression - More fluid melee combat and movement. - Unique weapon finds and exploration rewards that keep the loot game